 May 27, 2011 - 8:33pm | Anyone know what weather would look like on a water world? Zebs tells us that Faire is a water world with 5 Islands The rough bits of knowledge I have on weather and oceans would lead me to beleive that a world similar to earth would have just as interesting weather and seas as earth does but when it comes to a water world things might not get as interesting as they do on earth. Am I incorrect? I suspect that convection currents still move the air around and you still get wind. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 May 28, 2011 - 7:41am | Realistically, Earth is a "Waterworld" by classification, Venus is a Terran, and Mars is a Selenian.
Five Island landforms the sizes of Antarctica, Australia, or Greenland (which are all Islands for these particular planetology and sci-fi purposes, but considered continents for geological and political mapping purposes, shhh, lots of debate has been involved in whether Pluto is a Planet... or Australia an Island, Continent, or Island-Continent... whatever...), would still be significant landmasses for the purposes of breaking up the atmospheric conditions and providing variations, even though that would only take about 10% of the total world surface as "mainland", leaving it about 90% water. Even on an Aquarian (which is almost a Sub-Jovian itself in structural composition, and would have no significant landforms if any at all), there is still the possibility for very nasty weather, just like can be found on any Jovian or Sub-Jovian. Much of this matters how many, and of what size, satellites might be as well. Even a ring might move a the surface of a highly saturated world, enough to cause atmospheric variations, depending on the composition and distribution of the ring, and the composition and the size of the land masses. Oh humans!!  We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
May 29, 2011 - 3:56pm |
I kinda like the style suggested by the five island-continents mentioned in the origional post, myself. This gives a 90%/10% ratio and a real feeling of planet variation, and even uniqueness for Faire. Rather than merely five standard sized continents arranged like islands, which offers less real visual variation from the 70%/30% Earth standard ratio. Oh humans!! We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
May 29, 2011 - 8:04pm | Actually, IIRC, zebs simply said islands not continents which leads me to believe its islands. I suspect the intent was a water world. One of the islands is entirely devoted to being show rooms for the CFM I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
May 30, 2011 - 3:44am | Ok, that is what I thought you meant from this post, so I went with the 90%/10%, suggestions... It was that other post that confused me... your 40% to 70% water coverage, suggesting a more Earth-like land-coverage at around 70%/30% for the high-end... or low-ended at 40%/60%, which suggests several super-continents, rather than five main islands. Yeah, I like the 5 major island model best, with a ratio between 80%/20% and 90%/10%. Basically, Five Greenland Mainland Islands or similar, spread out, and possibly each surrounded by their own continental-shelves with minor archipelagos. An extreme, but believable, Nerean or "water-world". This gives plenty of rational for the strong Maritime historical tradition, influencing their global culture, and an interesting place to explore and have many planet-side adventures. Oh humans!! We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
May 30, 2011 - 5:13pm | Actually I meant the 40% to 70% water coverage for Homeworld and I feel there has to be some substantial water coverage to homeworld so that the maritime tradition has a long history and ifshnits venturing into space and discovering Faire would feel like the gods have just smiled on them and the rush would be on to colonize it. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
June 1, 2011 - 9:55am | oh, Homeworld, Faire... Ifshna.... got it!
Right, forgot how little there was originally printed on the Capellan system... but I am back up to speed... my mistake, I misread Homeworld for homeworld, and confused the CFM HQ and only 'known' habitable Capellan planet, for the Cradle of the Ifshnit... boy, was I running eye-tired and brain weary...  Just read up on Faire today, the only named land is, Red Islan of Faire the CFM HQ, and it says all the Large Islands of Faire have an open Mega Bazaar of unspecified corporations, and many seperate Corporate Showrooms dot the rest of the land, likely guild partners or conglomerate subsidiaries of the main Bazaar on that island. I am getting the impression that Faire was once the corporate retreat of Capella, and possibly a terraformed world for that purpose, and has since become the only 'open port' to Non-Ifshnit visiting the Capellan system for business and related pleasure. This suggests Homeworld and Ifshna are simply not open to non Ifshnit visits, and therefore no UPF citizen is likely to have any reliable information about them. I also note a regular inconsistency in their texts across all formats, in the same paragraph it will stress that they are loath of Mega-Corps and Cadres and other Organized Social Institutions, they prefer to be loners even amongst their own, but they are out-going and friendly, cooperative and benevolent, and regularly (by the apparent numerous institutions mentioned to exist) form large Multinational Corporations, Guild Houses and Conglomerates, and extensive Trading Partnership networks... ... can I paraphrase... "Inconsistency is the only thing in which Ifshnit are consistent." Oh humans!! We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
