rjord2021
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For creating this mod I am using detailed star maps of the Star Trek universe.... with planets for the different races and for each system in the United Federation of Planets....eg Vulcan, Orion, Andorian, Mutara, Fuicus, Omicron and so on. I need to look at whether it is possible to create the official Star Trek map with planets, systems,etc in their correct place. If so, how to do this. I am assuming this is not possible due to the random placements at the start of the game. I just wanted to note that the location of the Tholians and Gorn are different in the map with the previous post. The locations on the prior map for these 2 are wrong and are shown correctly on the map on this post. The prior map shows the correct location of The Triangle. With the map below, the left side of the United Federation of Planets is in the Alpha quadrant and the right hand side is in the Beta Quadrant. After watching Star Trek for 40 years there were a few things I never knew until doing this mod.I had always assumed that the story told of TOS was told from the alpha Quadrant but in fact I was assuming wrong. Earth is actually on the border between the Alpha and Beta Quadrant is home to the Vulcans, Andorians, Orions, Bolians, Son'a, Risians, Organians, Coridan, Axanar, Nausicaans, Suliban, Gorn and others. For the Federation to battle either the Romulans or Klingons they would be in the Beta Quadrant and not in the Alpha Quadrant. If the Federation were attacking the Cardassians or Ferengi, then they would need to be in the Alpha Quadrant. Based on this, I am going to change the title of the mod tomorrow from Star Trek - The Alpha Quadrant Wars to Star Trek - Where No Man Has Gone Before. Will the Cardassians and Ferengi be in the mod? With the Cardassians they were mentioned in an episode of Star Trek : Enterprise in the episode "Dead Stop" where : Among the many alien bodies are a Klingon, a Vulcan, a Cardassian, a Xepolite, a species that closely resembles the Vaadwaur, and a member of Kago-Darr's species. This marks the only appearance of the Cardassians in Star Trek: Enterprise, although they are later mentioned in ENT: "Observer Effect". With the Ferengi, they boarded the Enterprise in Season 1 Episode 19 "Acquisition" but they were never called Ferengi as the official first contact with them was in the TNG era. So both Cardassians and the Ferengi were met by the Federation pre TOS era so could be in the mod.... but I will need to consider this as there are so many choices of races that can appear in the mod already. Roy EDIT: Page 81 of the modding guide indicates I can create the galaxy map as long as I keep below 1400 stars. Will have a look at this over the coming weeks. I can also add events and create a story line. This could be interesting as I have a detailed star trek time line I am editing at the moment and could add to the mod to make it realistic.
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