Lit The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion

is the Mid Rim map missing Hallu Sector from The Far Orbit Project?

if so, easiest fix is to make it a subsector



btw I noitced Wookiee's page for "Jedi Dawn"
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Dawn
lists 3 races I didn't know about:
* Banasthaur
* Druulgothan
* Ma'alkerrite ape-men

This could suggest planets "Banasthauria"?. "Druulgoth"?, and "Ma'alkerr"?
and from the articles on these races these planets may be near Toprawa

 

Uh-uh, pal. You finish all the sectors, THEN go insane.

 

Yep, missed Hallu. Crud. Nice catch. Agree with subsector fix. Will address next time.

The other ones are known; the ones that make the cut will be in the next update, if they didn't already make it. (I sometimes lose track of proposed/decided/published.)

 

Well, if you wanted to make life easier on yourself and cheat a bit, you could just say the Empire split up certain sectors in favor of influential individual worlds (Bormea to Corulag, Brentaal, and Chandrila, and such).

Of course, if you already ruled that out in the Atlas (haven't had the chance to read it yet), then yeah, you're going to go blind.

 

Jason, I finally got around to reading the CW Incr Veh book, quite excellent.

I am perturbed LFL changed the lengths of all the vehicles, even the ones from Episode I (like the AAT and MTT), and even from the Classic Trilogy (Khetanna and even the famed Slave I!) But I know that's not your fault.

I love all the attention you paid to minor-cameo background vehicles.

I noticed two implied planets that aren't in atlas index:

p81 mentions "Apokan spider-oak"--so there should be a planet "Apoka" or "Apok"
and the Haven-class station is build by "Ventex Construction Yards"--I assume these to be in a "Ventex" system, unless Ventex is a person or company name?

 

new planets in Jedi Path
Protogeyser p34
Quanducial p83
Bakuun? P120
Barbeen p65


new planets in Ascension
B?nish p129
Aloxor
Xilxash
Upekzar
Vexar in Corporate Sector
G?haris p63
Reco system?in Maraqoo sector

 

Crisis of Faith presents many planets in Unknown Regions in vicinity of or inc. in Empire of the Hand
1) Chaos Triangle (area of space ruled by the Chosen)
2) Braccio p467
3) Quethold
4) Oristrom
5) Tantsor system

 

Interesting, haven't read that one yet -- it's on the stack behind ASCENSION and the manuscript for APOCALYPSE.

Hearing this makes me even more relieved that Dan and I decided to leave the Empire of the Hand out of the ATLAS. Maybe if we ever do a revised/updated one we'll reconsider that, but looks like giving Zahn a free hand last time around was the right idea.

 

yes, leaving Empire of Hand alone for whole was probably smart, since both Zahn and the Legacy-era books are messing with it...

if y'all want a project for a supplement, I would suggest the Killiks

Catlia
Reco system
Gyuel system
Massoss
Snevu
Tenupe
Tusken's Eye
Woteba
Yoggoy
Lizil colony world from the Joiner King
--that's 10 systems right there, and I'm sure y'all would think of some more
in addition, there could be a map of the Dark Nest Crisis?

alternately, while the Atlas highlights most of the sectors of the main Classic Trilogy planets, there is still no highlight for Dagobah's Sluis Sector; I think this has a lots of potential, including some further development of the Bpfasshi conflict, and maybe some info on what's up with Mt. Yoda post-GODV?

 

There's also Corrdair, which had a battle.
And "B'Ya" which may have just been a weapons testing facility.

The planet Themis is the location of Runaway Starfighter, from the Clone Wars comic magazine #24.

 

At the risk of sounding like a [bad word], early reveals aren't as much fun as you might think. If you like something and get excited, you don't have anyone to talk about it with, so it's kind of weirdly lonesome. I've actually enjoyed Clone Wars more last season and this season because I could run off to the boards at the same time as everybody else and see what people thought.

I know this qualifies me for music from a very small violin....

 

*plays the very small violin*

Sorry, couldnt resist

 

Hello everyone! I hope I'm not terribly wrong in coming here, but you seem like experts for planets....

I'm considering joining the NaNoWriMo and I have a plot idea for a pretty long novel....the problem is that I have yet to find the right homeplanet for my OC.
Maybe you can help me?

I'm looking for a planet in the Vector Prime of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion (Dalonbian or adjacent sectors) that was formerly an Imperial world and was conquered (or freed ) by the Alliance in 6 ABY or prior to it (preferably prior to it, even thoguh it's somewhat unlikely). <- that is part of my character's background, so it's entirely made up

I've been clicking through the wookiepedia pages for the planets in the Dalonbian sector, but that's kinda difficult. I thought I'd found a perfect match in Dubrillion, but I checked other links related to it and discovered that while there was a rebel attack on it at the right time, it stayed on Imperial world (at the very least until 12 ABY).

I was wondering if there's a planet I could use. If not, I'll just pick one without any information and make something up.... The story will be an AU anyway, but I'd like to stick to canon whenever I can.

Any thoughts on a planet?


Also, I was wondering if there are sectors in space where certain species like to settle? What species could I expect in the Dalonbian Sector or the Tingel Arm in general?

 

A couple of new locations from Clone Wars UK magazine short comics:

Bogoa - a planet from "The Only Good Clanker", issue #26. It's coral makes great shipbuilding material.

Themis - a planet from "Runaway Starfighter", issue #24. Has a moon with explosive ore that can be used as power source.

 

I think this week's TCW episode, Darkness on Umbara, may be the first time that the term "Expansion Region" has been used in G-level or T-level canon. Just sayin.'

 

I was getting sick of Mid Rim/Outer Rim worlds every other episode, so this is good. The TCW movie had Wild Space mentioned by name. We also visit the Inner Rim (Antar), Colonies (Cato Neimoidia) and Hutt Space (Toydaria, Nal Hutta) in the show, so that leaves the Unknown Regions and the Deep Core, among the major regions.

 

Thank you so much!!!

The information about the species is invaluable. I know none of them...but I'll make sure to do some research. And I will definitely look at the planets.


EDIT: I just had a look at the Generis system....

You!
You are my hero! It fits perfectly to many things I had planned as my OC's background - which I hadn't even mentioned here!
You probably have no idea how amazing your suggestion was! If I were anywhere near you in real life, I'd give you a hug, a kiss on the cheek and buy you a huge coffee at the next starbucks. Since that is not the case, I'll settle for a . You have helped me much more than you can imagine. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

The Muuns are the most awesome species in the EU. Do make sure you at least mention them. Space Greco-Roman-Goths FTW.

 

Jacen, Wookieepedia seems to have interpreted Atlas to mean that all ORD planets were settled in Pius Dia era; that wasn't your intent, was it? Because certainly Ord Cestus was settled only much later, in the 400s BBY


PS Moltok is home to 2 species, the Makurth and the Ho'Din; the Ho'Din look a bit tree-like, or flower-like, but are technically reptiles

 

Apparently Wookieepedia hasn't heard of Ord Antalaha which was specifically settled during the Clone Wars. Except, of course, that they have and it's in the list of ORD worlds.

It's amusing, though, in Pirates and Privateers how they manage to describe the Republic base there during the Clone Wars without referencing anything about the war or who they were fighting...

 

just because an area is within explored space doesn't mean every nook and cranny is settled, or even contacted

I very much am cautious of how Wookieepedia assumes every planet within drawn Atlas borders was part of a government at given time; this seems fallacious reasoning; within any given borders of a space government there are no doubt many independent, unaligned, uncontacted, and primitive planets

i don't see anything in Atlas to indicate ALL the Ords were settled in Pius Dea, just that this is when the Ord settlements BEGAN; Jedi Path reads the same way; also, ORDs still operated as such in 990 BBY acc to Jedi Path, so Wookieepedia's apparent assumption the "Ord" prefix was merely historical post-Pius Dea is obviously false

a possible continuity error in Atlas--it says the first Jedi got their lightsaber crystals from the PLANET Adega; admittedly, Adega is a planet in REBELLION, but in GATORW there is no PLANET Adega, Adega is just the system Ossus is in [the list of planets in Adega system does not contain a planet called Adega]; given Rebellion predates GAORW, perhaps GAORW should be considered the source in error

besides Ossus, GAORW lists Adegan system containing Kassa, Tarassi, Colsassa, and Missarassa; Colsassa is a gas giant and Missarassa an ice ball, but maybe Adega as planet can be retconned = Kassa or Tarassi?

EDIT: Atlas says Khil settled merakai, Minkring, Shelkonwa, and Purnham same time, but when is this, exactly?