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Tanith

2018-06-10T04:39:42Z

Xanthiosaurus: /* Tanith (82 Eridani IV) */

== Tanith (82 Eridani IV) ==

Fictional planet. [[82 Eridani]] has several exoplanets, including super-earths.

Orbital period approximately 15/20 Earth's, so ~273.94 standard days. (In ''[[The Eridani Convergence]]'', Roberts mentions that Tanith has been settled for "twenty local years, so about fifteen Earth years.")

The local day is ~23.16 hours long, so the midnight hour is only ten minutes. This makes the year 283.875 local days long, call it 284 with an anti-leapyear every 8. Usually 8 24-day months and 4 23-day months.

Main city is Harp City. From TEC:
It was named for HARPS, “High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher”, the astronomical instrument which had, over a century ago, first discovered the large exoplanets orbiting the star.

Tanith

2018-06-10T04:39:30Z

Xanthiosaurus: /* Tanith (82 Eridani IV) */

== Tanith (82 Eridani IV) ==

Fictional planet. [[82 Eri]] has several exoplanets, including super-earths.

Orbital period approximately 15/20 Earth's, so ~273.94 standard days. (In ''[[The Eridani Convergence]]'', Roberts mentions that Tanith has been settled for "twenty local years, so about fifteen Earth years.")

The local day is ~23.16 hours long, so the midnight hour is only ten minutes. This makes the year 283.875 local days long, call it 284 with an anti-leapyear every 8. Usually 8 24-day months and 4 23-day months.

Main city is Harp City. From TEC:
It was named for HARPS, “High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher”, the astronomical instrument which had, over a century ago, first discovered the large exoplanets orbiting the star.

82 Eridani

2018-06-10T04:39:07Z

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[[Category:Stars_with_Planets]]
== 82 Eridani ==

G-5 type star, the title star of ''[[The Eridani Convergence]]'' (a bit brighter than [[Tau Ceti]]).

Also known as 82 G. Eridani (for Gould catalog), e Eridani and HD20794. Determined to have at least two, possibly three "super-Earths" in relatively close orbit.

Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82_G._Eridani

SolStation entry: http://www.solstation.com/stars/82erida2.htm

=== Planets ===
{|Class=wikitable
! Name || Mass M⊕ || Orbit AU || Period (x24h)
|-
| I (b) || ≥2.7 ± 0.3 ||0.1207 ± 0.002 ||18.315 ± 0.008
|-
| II (c) ||≥2.4 ± 0.4 || 0.2036 ± 0.0034 || 40.114 ± 0.053
|-
| III (d) || ≥4.8 ± 0.6 || 0.3499 ± 0.0059 || 90.309 ± 0.184
|-
|Inner H.Z. Edge?|| || ~0.555 || ~179
|-
| IV ([[Tanith]]) || TBD ~1 || ~0.79 || ~265
|-
|Outer H.Z. Edge?|| || ~1.109 || ~511
|-
| V (gas giant)|| Saturn size || TBD || TBD
|-
| VI (ice giant)|| Neptune size || TBD || TBD
|-
| Others TBD || || ||
|-
| Dust disk || || ~19 to ~30 AU ||
|}

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2018-06-10T04:37:21Z

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A note on canon:
*It's not canon until it's ''published''. Information in this wiki that has not appeared in a published story is subject to change, consistent with what has been published.
*Even canon ''might'' be subject to change (retcon), but only if there's a damned good reason.
*Information only provided by a potentially unreliable narrator may not be true, so may or may not be canon. (Since all the Jason Curtis stories are told in first person, Curtis could be considered an unreliable narrator. Anything in dialog can only be as accurate as what the speaker knows or thinks he/she/it knows. The speaker may also be lying.)

====SPOILER WARNING====
While we hope to avoid major plot spoilers, it is inevitable that reading information here before reading the story or book in which it is revealed may spoil some surprises. To avoid this, go and read every T-Space story published, then come back. (grin)

===Wiki Sections===
* [[People]]
** [[Characters]]
** [[Species|Sapient Species]]
* [[Places]]
** Table of [[all stars within 10 parsecs]]
* [[Things |Objects (inanimate)]]
** [[Organizations]]
** [[Artifacts]]
** [[Technologies]]
* [[Creatures|Alien Animals]]
* [[Plants|Extraterrestrial Plants]]
* [[Titles]]

== Editing ==
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If you want an account to allow you to edit this wiki, send me a message. Or, the contents of this wiki can be discussed on my blog page.

==Copyright==
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Kakuloa

2018-06-10T04:26:54Z

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== Kakuloa ==
Habitable planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, (Alpha Centauri B II)

First extra-solar planet landed upon by humans (but first settlement on [[Sawyers World]]).

* Largest city: Krechets Landing, Kakuloa City (? see ''Renee'')

* Rotation: ~23 hr ?
* Radius: slightly smaller than Earth (0.986 e, 7880 mi)
* Density: slightly higher than Earth (5.76 gm/cm3, vs 5.52 for Earth)
* Gravity: slightly higher than Earth per ''Alpha Centauri: First Landing'' (1.028g)

Escape velocity is lower than Sawyers World, thus less than 11.42 km/sec (or net less than 11 km/sec)
** 11.35 km/sec, with a 0.48 km/sec equatorial rotation boost.

Two moons, one about Luna sized, Mahina Nui, and one about 460km (285mi) diameter, Mahina’uku.

=== Notes ===
* Tree squids
* Former thriving squidberry industry (see ''Stone Age'', ''Reticuli'')
* Orbiting shipyards (see ''Renee'', ''Chara Talisman'')
* Great surf beaches
* Hotel InterPlanetary, Parry's Restaurant

==Sources==
* Renee
* [[Alpha Centauri: First Landing]]

User:Xanthiosaurus

2018-06-10T04:20:53Z

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Hi. This is my page. Not much here yet, either.

Velkaryan

2018-06-10T04:08:26Z

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== Velkaryans ==

Major antagonists in Carson & Roberts series. Formal name is the Church of Divine Stellar Providence. They believe (or claim to) that God created the terraformed planets for His Chosen: humans. They are also a political movement.

Something of a cross between UFO cultists (like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28religious_group%29 Heaven's Gate]) and 1930s National Socialists (Nazis), at least in terms of methods.

=== Velkaryan HQ ===
To give some flavor to the Velkaryans, here's the description of the main conference room in their Earth headquarters, as described in ''[[The Reticuli Deception]]'':
<blockquote>
The main conference room in the headquarters of the Church of Divine Stellar Providence, the Velkaryans, was, like the rest of the building, nothing if not opulent. The wood panelling comprised slabs taken from trees of a dozen different planets, although all from species which closely resembled their respective distant terrestrial cousin species, framed by gleaming slices of petrified woods of Earth. The polished stone tabletop and room accents were of a type of marble in which swarmed hundreds of small fossils, mostly the spiral shells of ammonites. The fossils were more than just decorative; ammonites had gone extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, at the same time -- give or take a few millennia -- as various planets around some of the nearer stars were being reformed in Earth's image; terraformed. Velkaryan tenets held that this was done to make way for God's Chosen: humans. Fossils had been found on other planets, but nothing so old. The carefully quarried, shaped and polished pieces here were a way of affirming that Earth was special, and therefore so must be humans.
</blockquote>

=== Velkaryan Operations ===

'''Warning: Spoilers''' for ''[[The Eridani Convergence]]'' et seq.

==== Operation Piranha ====
Influencing the Venezuela national elections to bring the Velk to power. Strong arm tactics, vote hacking, etc (paralleling rise of Nazis in Germany in 1930s).

Named for the the infamous fish, not the Piranha Brothers.

==== Operation Jade Ribbon ====
Verdigris-based operation to seize power there beyond New Toronto, confine the natives to reservations (presumably ultimately concentration/extermination camps), and military buildup. (They have starship manufacturing capability there.)

Named for the [[Creatures#Jade_Ribbon_Snake|venomous gliding snake]].

(More to come)

Organizations

2018-06-10T04:05:24Z

Xanthiosaurus: /* Organizations */

== Organizations ==

Description of organizations in T-Space, and how they work (in a practical sense, not a detailed technical sense (otherwise I'd be building them!)).

* [[Department of Homeworld Security]]
* [[''Union de Terre'']]
* [[Velkaryan]]

Organizations

2018-06-10T04:04:24Z

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Organizations

2018-06-10T04:01:22Z

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Main Page

2018-06-10T03:58:05Z

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== Back to the Blog==
To get back to the main site page (the blog), click: [http://www.alastairmayer.org/ here].

== The T-Space Bible Wiki ==

=== Everything you wanted to know (or at least, has been written) about T-Space. ===

A note on canon:
*It's not canon until it's ''published''. Information in this wiki that has not appeared in a published story is subject to change, consistent with what has been published.
*Even canon ''might'' be subject to change (retcon), but only if there's a damned good reason.
*Information only provided by a potentially unreliable narrator may not be true, so may or may not be canon. (Since all the Jason Curtis stories are told in first person, Curtis could be considered an unreliable narrator. Anything in dialog can only be as accurate as what the speaker knows or thinks he/she/it knows. The speaker may also be lying.)

====SPOILER WARNING====
While we hope to avoid major plot spoilers, it is inevitable that reading information here before reading the story or book in which it is revealed may spoil some surprises. To avoid this, go and read every T-Space story published, then come back. (grin)

===Wiki Sections===
* [[People]]
** [[Characters]]
** [[Species|Sapient Species]]
* [[Places]]
** Table of [[all stars within 10 parsecs]]
* [[Things |Objects (inanimate)]]
** [[Organizations]]
** [[Objects - Starships, Artifacts and Devices]]
** [[Technologies]]
* [[Creatures|Alien Animals]]
* [[Plants|Extraterrestrial Plants]]
* [[Titles]]

== Editing ==
Unlike Wikipedia, but like many special-purpose wikis, this one does not allow anonymous editing nor does it allow self-creation of accounts. This is to help preserve the sanity of the site (and the author), prevent spam, etc.

If you want an account to allow you to edit this wiki, send me a message. Or, the contents of this wiki can be discussed on my blog page.

==Copyright==
Contents of this Wiki are Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 by Alastair Mayer, except where otherwise specified. Contributions by others are copyright by their author, but (by posting here) with an implied unlimited, nonexclusive license for use with the wiki.

Main Page

2018-06-10T03:56:51Z

Xanthiosaurus: /* Editing */

== Back to the Blog==
To get back to the main site page (the blog), click: [http://www.alastairmayer.org/ here].

== The T-Space Bible Wiki ==

=== Everything you wanted to know (or at least, has been written) about T-Space. ===

A note on canon:
*It's not canon until it's ''published''. Information in this wiki that has not appeared in a published story is subject to change, consistent with what has been published.
*Even canon ''might'' be subject to change (retcon), but only if there's a damned good reason.
*Information only provided by a potentially unreliable narrator may not be true, so may or may not be canon. (Since all the Jason Curtis stories are told in first person, Curtis could be considered an unreliable narrator. Anything in dialog can only be as accurate as what the speaker knows or thinks he/she/it knows. The speaker may also be lying.)

====SPOILER WARNING====
While we hope to avoid major plot spoilers, it is inevitable that reading information here before reading the story or book in which it is revealed may spoil some surprises. To avoid this, go and read every T-Space story published, then come back. (grin)

===Wiki Sections===
* [[People]]
** [[Characters]]
** [[Species|Sapient Species]]
* [[Places]]
** Table of [[all stars within 10 parsecs]]
* [[Things |Objects (inanimate)]]
** [[Organizations]]
** [[Objects - Starships, Artifacts and Devices]]
** [[Technologies]]
* [[Creatures|Alien Animals]]
* [[Plants|Extraterrestrial Plants]]
* [[Titles]]

== Editing ==
Unlike Wikipedia, but like many special-purpose wikis, this one does not allow anonymous editing nor does it allow self-creation of accounts. This is to help preserve the sanity of the site (and the author), prevent spam, etc.

If you want an account to allow you to edit this wiki, send me a message. Or, the contents of this wiki can be discussed on my blog page.

==Copyright==
Contents of this Wiki are Copyright (C) 2016, 2017, 2018 by Alastair Mayer, except where otherwise specified. Contributions by others are copyright by their author, but (by posting here) with an implied unlimited, nonexclusive license for use with the wiki.

The Chara Talisman

2017-07-09T20:50:24Z

Xanthiosaurus: add errata section

[[Category:Titles]]
[[File:Chara-cover.jpg|200px|left]]
== The Chara Talisman ==
''The Chara Talisman'' is Alastair Mayer's first full-length novel. (Although short by modern door-stop standards, at some 75,000 words it handily exceeds the SFWA and Hugo definitions for novel length.) It is thus, then, the first-written T-Space novel, although the events take place some fifty years after the first Alpha Centauri expeditions.

*Publisher's page: ''[http://www.mabashbooks.com/otherbooks.html#chara The Chara Talisman]''
*Available on [https://www.amazon.com/Chara-Talisman-Alastair-Mayer-ebook/dp/B0065USS7G/ Amazon]

=== Plot ===
==== Elevator Pitch ====
The original "elevator pitch" for the book was "Indiana Jones meets Han Solo", set in the same T-Space universe (but later in time) as the Jason Curtis story "Into the Fire".
==== Brief Synopsis====
The novel builds on the short story "[[Stone Age]]" which first appeared in the June, 2011 issue of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine, his third appearance in that magazine (although first non-flash piece). Archeologist Hannibal Carson finds, on an alien planet ([[Verdigris]]) what appears to be a primitive artifact, but later turns out to have high-tech origins some 15,000 years earlier. The book further explores the significance of the find, which appears to be some kind of key to a store of alien technology hidden on yet another planet.

Star pilot Jaqueline "Jackie" Roberts, who had a romantic relationship with Carson some years earlier, crosses paths with him again as she's hired (by a mysterious organization) to be his charter pilot to track this alien storehouse down. Along the way they pick up Marten, a [[timoan]] archeologist colleague of Carson's.

Meanwhile, a group of bad guys with some connection to the raiders who originally jumped Carson back on Verdigris are also looking for that same alien storehouse. They think it might be an arsenal.

Roberts manages to decipher the astronomical clues on a talisman that Marten has, and they set out to investigate. Unknown to them, the bad guys are following them. Carson, Roberts and Marten make a surprising discovery, just as the bad guys catch up with them. Shenanigans (complete with exploding spaceships) ensue.

=== Locations ===
[[File:chara-chart.png|left|400px]]
* [[Verdigris]] - Delta Pavonis III
* [[Epsilon Eridani]] II (deep space and Spitzer Spaceport)
* [[Sawyers World]] - Alpha Centauri A II
* [[Kakuloa]] - Alpha Centauri B II
* [[Taprobane]] - [[Epsilon Indi]] II
* [[Chara]] III - aka Beta Canorum Venaticum III
* [[Lalande 21185]] (a red dwarf)

=== Errata ===
This section is for corrections of typos, etc. that snuck their way into print (or e-book).
Each should be preceded by its printing/edition.
==== First Printing ====

==== Second Printing ====