Terminal

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

A'right, I'm going to put together a post today. I'm going to start traversing towards a few of my neighbors as well.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

So the distances aren't that big a deal?

@Ascendant

The distances are a big deal, but the FTL speed cap is rather high (relative to most NRP caps). Additionally, at the start of the RP, everyone has been in the True Vacuum for four weeks. So you have a 40,000 lightyear envelop of space which it is possible for you to have traveled across in that time - which is half the distance of our region's width at 80,000 lightyears.

Which means initial contact times are probably not going to be too intensive for you to arrange. In the future it might take longer to move around simply because you don't have the four week headstart.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

I have to say this whole 3d map thing is an enormous pain in the ass, particularly when trying to figure out who you're closest to without going through the entire list of coordinates.

@Ascendant

Then just don't deal with it. The way timing works IC means that you can basically just shoot interest at other factions/posters and expect to trade initial contact pings by the next post and meet up by the second, even with the speed limit.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

@Terminal I didn't realize you were measuring coordinates from the top left instead of the bottom left. If you look at my original post, I did list that as my assumption.

So where I was hoping to actually be would accordingly be 530, 610, 530. Apologies for the miscommunication.

@Mihndar

Ok, I'll see about moving you for the next map revision - unless you're ok with your spot now.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

@TerminalMind to add numbers for the anomalies on the map?
Without that the coordinates for the anomalies are kind of useless.
For example which number is for the wormhole that propels me close to Durandal?
What are the exit wormhole's coordinates?
I have no way to tell aside from a wild guess or measuring one of the coordinates myself.

@Willy Vereb

As is described right at the top of the coordinates section, the Sequential Anomalies are listed in order of their appearance on the maps, from left to right (which remains unchanged between maps since they only shift position vertically). So Wormhole One is the the Wormhole on the far left on both maps.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

@Ascendant and @Beach Burrito are approved and have been added to the OP.

@Beach Burrito, final line: While it has the capacity to affect and influence every species, I would appreciate it if you needed to calibrate the process for each specific species. It can affect multiple species at a time and I give you permission to retroactively upgrade previous installations with each calibration (we can say the calibrations can be made with simple software adjustments or the like), and so having to do some calibrations beforehand is a minor thing to ask.

Map updated.
Anomalies added.
Coordinates added.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

Ok, time for me to stop waiting.

I have added six (three) stable wormholes to the map that are paired up - head into one, you come out the other. I rerolled their positions so that each pair always connected different quadrants, but otherwise the results are untampered with. I am particularly pleased with the wormhole precariously positioned right next to the Southwest Blazar Bubble.

Going over the most recent sheets and reviewing them, will add new nations to the Map before updating it.

If there aren't more posts IC soon, I'll post something myself and ping everyone currently approved.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I'm also posting ALL MAP COORDINATES FOR EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE ANOMALIES. I'll also include @Willy Vereb's handy calculation link, as well as @Ascendant's manual calculation.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

I suppose I am more able to accept the idea with the added caveat that the system merely has the capacity to affect other species - which is more reasonable than the impression I originally had.

Go ahead and add your sheet to the characters tab, and I'll add you to the OP.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

I'd say that it would need to be more minutely calibrated if the intention were to target and effect a specific person within a desired timeframe, but as a whole the initiative should be fairly effective. Everything is deterministic, including the psyche. Bitumans can accurately assume certain values to be in place based on approximate levels of intelligence and the activities a person chooses to engage in. Like everything there'd be a margin of error to account for but on the whole I think it's a pretty solid foundation.

@Beach Burrito

Except they are dealing with alien species they know literally nothing about who do, in fact, have subjective perspectives of beauty - if they even have a concept of beauty at all, or aesthetics for that matter - whose psychology may be so foreign and contrary to your preconceived notions of thought that even if they took every single step in that little dance of yours, choosing to stay in your amusement parks and play your games and looki at all your sculptures, your system might then completely fail to produce the desired effect.

And so I am afraid I am going to have to insist that it will need to be calibrated for every individual species. I'm not saying it will take you years to calibrate, but it will take some time and careful analysis. It's not an unreasonable thing for me to ask, it's just playing fair with the other posters. I'll even let you have it pre-calibrated for Humans since you have prior details on their physiology and have had considerable time to study it.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

In runs on the notion that beauty is not subjective, and that it can be calibrated to have desired effects upon desired viewers. On the base level it's a broad spectrum 'appreciation' for the various structures and overall composition by which it falls together, with considerations given to a plethora of sensory awareness--running the gamut from sight and sound to smell and electrorecption. On the surface this just means bituman's have 'making worlds pretty' down to a science.

Beauty is subjective between species. There might even be species which do not have a concept of beauty. So yes, it would very much need to be adjusted and specifically calibrated for specific species.

The personal pull comes from interaction with bitumans and exposure to bituman culture--with intensity on the effect proportionate to the time one remains immersed. This is because subliminal messages lace just about everything one can see/hear or interact with. It relies on the idea of 'pitfalls' based around the type of entertainment or recreation an individual may seek out of their own accord, with the vector of indoctrination calibrated to the specific 'profile' of those most likely to become its targets. What sort of people are likely to look for prostitutes? Illegal substances? Nightclubs? It's an active effort administrated over by some of the most powerful intellects in existence--machine or otherwise.

Think of it like this, soldiers aren't going to call off an attack just because the city their bombarding leaves them awe struck--but immigrants and detainees are going to have a higher turnaround than they would with other nations and operatives in 'deep cover' might end up going native.

That's my take on it anyhow.

@Beach Burrito

As long as it needs to be specifically calibrated to particular species then yeah, sure - and that will be a process involving lots of intensive psychological and neurological study. Just be sure to emphasize that point and I will approve your application.