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Zenariae
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Posted - 2014.11.27 04:12:31 -
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New Eden creatures are already quite bizarre both visually and in their narrative descriptions. For some examples see the following chronicle links:
Furrier
Hanging Long Limb
Fedo
Slaver
In consideration they're no stranger than an Elephant, Platypus or Axolotl to name a few real life creatures. Life in New Eden is most likely extremely diverse but its detailed description is vastly incomplete and wouldnGÇÖt be practical for the developers in the context of a video game. The laws of physics in describing an organism and believability would be the main limitations to think about.
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Zenariae
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Posted - 2015.01.15 07:17:37 -
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A fully self-sustained ecology requires all manner of animal/plant life to thrive and itGÇÖs simply not possible to create an entire ecology for a planet from scratch unless you were some sort of prolific maniac. nüè
A question thatGÇÖs come up for me though is in terms of a cold terra-formed planet, such as Caldari Prime, how has the ecology evolved since terraforming for human occupation? How have any of the introduced species (if any) adapted and changed?
Also, I feel there is some discrepancy between whatGÇÖs stated in Source and some of the wiki information regarding climate on this planet. Source states that Caldari Prime doesnGÇÖt experience seasonal variation on account of its stable planetary axis, however Cold Wind chronicle makes reference to autumn and elsewhere in wiki it is mentioned that Caldari PrimeGÇÖs equatorial and tropic regions are temperate while the rest of the planet is tundra. It also manages sustainable food production which would suggest some warmer regions, or is it entirely managed under artificial environments? Also, mention of tropics suggests that the planet does indeed have an axis.
I bring this up as IGÇÖd like to describe some flora/fauna for Caldari Prime for Roleplay purposes but I donGÇÖt want to be called up on it as being GÇÿwrongGÇÖ when there are evident discrepancies to work with. How do I work around this?
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Zenariae
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Posted - 2015.01.15 11:37:17 -
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Thanks for this Jandice, your comments are noted and very much appreciated.
Source clearly states the equatorial regions of Caldari Prime experience -15 to -3C year round, which is hardly temperate, yet in wiki it states the planet is given to temperate zones at the equator so IGÇÖm not really sure how to reconcile this difference. I also find it difficult to conceptualise how huge Kresh trees could evolve natively on a mostly barren tundra planet with little to no other lifeforms to sustain an ecology for the tree. I'm not trying to quibble or pick fault, I just want to avoid being caught in a minefield of possible errors and credibility/believability isses if I create some animals/plants for Roleplay purposes. To me the difference in descriptions between Source and wiki concerning temperate zones is a clear discrepancy.
This and your comments answer my question at least in that there is no work around for this. I'll leave it well enough alone. Moving on to other ideas.
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Zenariae
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Posted - 2015.01.16 00:44:04 -
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The information I used is taken from Eve Source and the EVE wiki, not the in game planet info popups, which is why I noted the discrepancies as puzzling. My understanding of 'temperate' in terms of weather is that it is characterised by moderate/mild temperatures. Am I confusing definitions of geographical zones with climate?
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Zenariae
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Posted - 2015.01.16 06:29:29 -
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Vulxanis Viceroy wrote:Well I personally don't own that book, but I would say you're on the right track lol and Idk about the planet. It sounds right to me.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I think Jandice is probably correct in advising to stay away from Caldari Prime to try this project and I'm not comfortable with what I see as differences in the two sources of lore about the same planet. Perhaps some unknown, non-descript planet to begin with?
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