From: tun kai poh [poh@cis.ohio-state.edu] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 15:04 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... > OH BTW has anyone > > ever played a game called Terra Nova Strike force centari? I am doing a > > conversion for BP for it, and I think the PBA's (powerd Battle Armour) > > would make a great additon to the SS.. (Super Troopers, IMC the natives > > call them the SS :) ) Is that a computer game, an RPG, or a wargame? > Hrmm, the only Terra Nova I have heard of was in Heavy Gear. The name ("new Earth") has been used in SF books for quite a while. Bob Shaw used it as a planet name in "Orbitsville" in the 70s, I think it was. On that note, what kind of names for water planets have there been over the years? Arthur C. Clarke used "Thalassa" in "The Songs of Distant Earth" (very Blue Planet-ish, I might add)... Kai Poh Otaku no Bataku *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jim Heivilin [ccbanzai@showme.missouri.edu] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 13:30 To: Blue Planet List (E-mail) Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - RSC Everyone, I've got the latest installment of the ongoing trials of Red Sky Charters on the web. Jason sent the same text to the list last week so if you've read it there, don't bother. Jim ******************************************* Jim Heivilin, Webmaster Biohazard Games ccbanzai@showme.missouri.edu *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ghost [awillia8@wvu.edu] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 14:13 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... tun kai poh wrote: > > Hrmm, the only Terra Nova I have heard of was in Heavy Gear. > > The name ("new Earth") has been used in SF books for quite a while. Bob Shaw > used it as a planet name in "Orbitsville" in the 70s, I think it was. > > On that note, what kind of names for water planets have there been over the > years? Arthur C. Clarke used "Thalassa" in "The Songs of Distant Earth" (very > Blue Planet-ish, I might add)... > > Kai Poh > Otaku no Bataku "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem is a classic of the SF genre, and has a planet made completely of "water." The book is a difficult read(it's a psychological-type SF), and the planet is utterly alien, but it presents an interesting idea to apply to BP... do the xenosilicates cause any effects on the planet itself beyond terraforming and ecology? An intelligent Poseidon would be a frightening thing... The Fading Suns RPG uses "Madoc" for a waterworld. Derived from German, I think. - Ghost *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Nezach [nezach@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 20:14 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... tun kai poh wrote: > > > Hrmm, the only Terra Nova I have heard of was in Heavy Gear. > > The name ("new Earth") has been used in SF books for quite a while. Bob Shaw > used it as a planet name in "Orbitsville" in the 70s, I think it was. So it isn't a very origional name is what you are saying ;) > On that note, what kind of names for water planets have there been over the > years? Arthur C. Clarke used "Thalassa" in "The Songs of Distant Earth" (very > Blue Planet-ish, I might add)... "Shora" from "A Door Into Ocean". Parallels the story of Blue Planet in some ways. The natives are at odds with the off world traders and the Empire who wants to exploit Shoras natural resources. The natives (Sharers) inhabit living islands and are very good with what would be considered bio-tech. A good read if you can find it. -- Enjoy, Ndege _______________________________ Every dogma has its day. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Pnzr7 [Pnzr7@aol.com] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 20:43 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... Alan Dean Foster had a water world in his book called `Cachalot'. Also this story did include uplifted cetaceans; if memory seves me right Tom Fisher *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: William Hindmarch [hindmarc@stu.beloit.edu] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 21:09 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... > "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem is a classic of the SF genre, and has a planet > made completely of "water." The book is a difficult read(it's a > psychological-type SF), and the planet is utterly alien, but it presents an > interesting idea to apply to BP... do the xenosilicates cause any effects on the > planet itself beyond terraforming and ecology? An intelligent Poseidon would be > a frightening thing... > "Solaris", I think I read in an interview, was the hard-edge source for the notion of a truly living planet on Earth 2 (much, much watered-down, no pun intended), which has been cited as a BP source in the past. Does anybody know where I can get a copy of "Solaris"? I looked (I think) last year and couldn't find it. But I wasn't looking specifically for it, so I didn't really look so hard. Maybe I should just try Amazon . . . wil *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: William Hindmarch [hindmarc@stu.beloit.edu] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 21:14 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... > On that note, what kind of names for water planets have there been over the > years? Arthur C. Clarke used "Thalassa" in "The Songs of Distant Earth" (very > Blue Planet-ish, I might add)... Not nearly as well-read a name, but a first season ST:TNG episode mentioned "New Pacifica" and I have since heard "Oceanis" since then. Neither are terribly original. Certainly, "Poseidon" seems straight-forward, too. But I think "Poseidon" is a more logical name from the context of people living in the setting (as it maintains the mythology method of naming and still sounds more like a proper name). The home of the Mon Calamari in Star Wars is a waterworld named, get this, Calamari. I had another one a second ago, but I lost it. wil *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Nezach [nezach@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, 16 March, 1998 21:41 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - A newbie's query ..... Pnzr7 wrote: > > Alan Dean Foster had a water world in his book called `Cachalot'. Also this > story did include uplifted cetaceans; if memory seves me right IIRC they were semi uplifted with a serum of some sort and given Cachalot by the humans to atone for all the nasty things we had done to them over the centuries. The cetacens were developing a civilization without "help" from humans. Then there is Calafia from the Uplift books by David Brin. 90% surface water, sizable fin population. -- Enjoy, Ndege _______________________________ Every dogma has its day. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message.