Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[Icy Shake]

You can use https://goo.gl/.

For instance, http://goo.gl/D4ar3K goes to the Russian version of the hub page.

[O. Hinds]

You can use https://goo.gl/.

For instance, http://goo.gl/D4ar3K goes to the Russian version of the hub page.

Ah, thank you.

[ILM126]

Looks like the science of Space Travel in the Equus system just got a whole lot more interesting.

Ah, I'm glad that that's your reaction.  :)

I just remembered that the latest chapter would be released already. But turns out that it's being edited now or something, because the title is already up on the page :\

It's not going up this weekend, sorry.  It looks like it will be a long one.  We're hoping for next weekend.  Did you want to wait until it came out  to do more work?  I can't confirm or deny that there's anything relevant, of course, but, as Tom hasn't hit yet in the posted chapters, there is indeed a possibility that there might be.

I don't know.... making sure you had a satellite reasonably close to zenith for the entire planet at all times would require something more on the scale of a GPS network -- at least 24, assuming you orchestrated them to never double-cover the same area and considered anywhere within 45 degrees of zenith to be "overhead". (Also, spherical geometry sucks.) In practice it would probably take something more like 60 sats as a back-of-the-envelope estimate, but that's spending an awful lot of effort to cover barren ice caps and oceans.

Right, as I said, you'd not have them constantly overhead, but the period is probably only about ninety minutes.  Too long for some applications, sure, but quite sufficient for others.

Anyway, I think that I may have misinterpreted what I was replying to.  Were you thinking of having them all share an equatorial orbit or something?

On the other hoof, as you point out, orbital inclination becomes largely a non-issue with a non-rotating planet.

Well, not exactly.  You still have to get the satellites into the orbits you want, and for some applications, the shifting ground coverage is advantageous.

Spoilers for "The Cutie Map":

Hm, interesting; I didn't notice any of that.
[looks at your name]
Oh, right.  :)

Hmm, I don't mind waiting for a bit longer. I also need some more time to think how Equus' system works again. At least this time it will be more accurate ^^

[RoboRed]

Heads up, guys:
http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/471035/psa-potential-story-thefts
http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/471035/psa-potential-story-thefts#comment/2983478

[O. Hinds]

Ah, oh dear; thank you very much.  I'd seen the announcement and checked the list, but I didn't find PH there. I'll email Somber; hopefully he'll see the email soon.

And may I just say that it's kind of ridiculous that people are pirating things that are already free?

[Icy Shake]

It's there. Only through chapter 48 for some reason, and marked as "Russian" even though it's in English, but it's there.

Also, "Simply Rarity."

[O. Hinds]

Somber is aware of both of these and taking action; thank you.

[SilentCarto]

Heads up, guys:
http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/471035/psa-potential-story-thefts
http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/471035/psa-potential-story-thefts#comment/2983478

And speaking of things that deserve an Orbital Friendship Cannon strike...

[Somber]

Sigh.  I notified them.  What a mess.  Whole chapter's a mess.  Whole fic is a mess.

::Sulks off in a lump of fail.::

[O. Hinds]

The chapter and story are not messes, Somber. Well, okay, the chapter is still a bit of a mess, but that's because it's not finished. Since when are building sites neat and tidy?

[Evilgidgit]

Cool avatar, Swicked.

And to Somber, PH is one of the finest things I've ever read.

[ILM126]

Yeeesh....

[Somber]

Finally got another scene done.  Hope it matches what's in my head.  I really wish I could play music.  I just can't write in the soundtrack...

[O. Hinds]

You could put links in? You've done that in the past. I've not seen the scene in question yet, but would that not work?

[Somber]

Cause I don't know music on the net that would fit the music in my head.

[decumos]

Now I wish I had a plushie pony version of Somber that starts humming various tunes whenever I read Project Horizons.

[O. Hinds]

Cause I don't know music on the net that would fit the music in my head.

Oh, that sort of soundtrack; I understand. Sorry.

Now I wish I had a plushie pony version of Somber that starts humming various tunes whenever I read Project Horizons.

:D

[O. Hinds]

Announcement:
The 57 Matter has been resolved by a reversion to the old version of events.

[ILM126]

Now I wish I had a plushie pony version of Somber that starts humming various tunes whenever I read Project Horizons.

I can already imagine someone making it already.... =D

[SilentCarto]

Announcement:
The 57 Matter has been resolved by a reversion to the old version of events.

Oh, ok... good... which change was that, again?

[Icy Shake]

In the beginning, Somber created Crumpets, and she said she was a lesbian, and it was good.
Then Somber decided that she had long had the hots for Paladin Stronghoof. And Somber saw the conflict so brought about, and struck the establishing dialog from history.
But such things have effects that may not be foreseen, even by such as Somber, and there was despair and confusion, and a new need for watchfulness.
But lo, seeing this, Somber has restored the actions of the past to their original form, to end all dispute.

(Crumpets said she was only into mares. Later, when a subsequent chapter indicated she'd been pining for Stronghoof, this was retconned to something else. This had some ripple effects such that some other events needed to be rewritten or removed, perhaps most notably the stuff around Blackjack trying to set her up with Glory on the basis of that remark, which was (in my opinion, anyway) an important piece in the buildup to some of the discussions and interactions later in the chapter. Now it looks like she's just claiming to be a lesbian again, and it's not too much trouble to think of reasons why she'd say that.)

Note: this is all going from memory, except looking at the latest version of 57.

[SilentCarto]

In the beginning, Somber created Crumpets, and she said she was a lesbian, and it was good.
Then Somber decided that she had long had the hots for Paladin Stronghoof. And Somber saw the conflict so brought about, and struck the establishing dialog from history.
But such things have effects that may not be foreseen, even by such as Somber, and there was despair and confusion, and a new need for watchfulness.
But lo, seeing this, Somber has restored the actions of the past to their original form, to end all dispute.

(Crumpets said she was only into mares. Later, when a subsequent chapter indicated she'd been pining for Stronghoof, this was retconned to something else. This had some ripple effects such that some other events needed to be rewritten or removed, perhaps most notably the stuff around Blackjack trying to set her up with Glory on the basis of that remark, which was (in my opinion, anyway) an important piece in the buildup to some of the discussions and interactions later in the chapter. Now it looks like she's just claiming to be a lesbian again, and it's not too much trouble to think of reasons why she'd say that.)

Note: this is all going from memory, except looking at the latest version of 57.

OK, thanks.

[Somber]

blegh dunno my on frgnng charartrvtres  keep chammgeomgsjot didnow eat im doin.  stupd viccodn.  stpid bac.  stppd me



sprrie

[joltius]

Announcement:
The 57 Matter has been resolved by a reversion to the old version of events.

Uh, how I hate when you do such things. And if you changed that, so why didn't chenged ch72:
"
“Damn it,” I muttered, pulling off the helmet.  At least I hadn’t seen anyone I knew die, but this was almost as bad.  Crumpets.  Psalm.  Was there any kind of good resolution there?  Psalm didn’t want to kill anymore, but I could also understand Crumpets’s scorn for remaining inside where it was safe when she could have fought for them.  And Stronghoof... ugh... when I got back, I was going to have to take him aside and explain how a mare like Crumpets obviously felt about him, and a mare like Psalm probably didn’t.  Unless she did... but..."
But I may be wrong.

[FoolNeim]

Somber, you hold yourself to a crazy high standard. While that benefits us readers, you hating yourself or thinking your fic is anything less than epic (a word I try not to throw around casually) is utterly unwarranted. I'm just saying here.

[O. Hinds]

Oh, ok... good... which change was that, again?

Ah, sorry.

@Icy Shake:
Thanks. And nice presentation. :)

Uh, how I hate when you do such things. And if you changed that, so why didn't chenged ch72:
"
“Damn it,” I muttered, pulling off the helmet.  At least I hadn’t seen anyone I knew die, but this was almost as bad.  Crumpets.  Psalm.  Was there any kind of good resolution there?  Psalm didn’t want to kill anymore, but I could also understand Crumpets’s scorn for remaining inside where it was safe when she could have fought for them.  And Stronghoof... ugh... when I got back, I was going to have to take him aside and explain how a mare like Crumpets obviously felt about him, and a mare like Psalm probably didn’t.  Unless she did... but..."
But I may be wrong.

...Argh. Always something. Thank you very much for catching that, though!
And sorry that you don't like that we do it at all.

Hm...

Okay, it now reads:

And Stronghoof... ugh... when I got back, I was going to have to take him aside and explain how a mare like Crumpets obviously felt about him, “strictly for the mares” or not, and a mare like Psalm probably didn’t. Unless Crumpets really didn’t… or Psalm did... but...

[Stack Trace]

Uh, how I hate when you do such things.

You and me both. I'm still in the dark as to why that needed doing.

[Somber]

blegh dunno my on frgnng charartrvtres  keep chammgeomgsjot didnow eat im doin.  stupd viccodn.  stpid bac.  stppd me



sprrie

I have no memory of writing this...

[decumos]

Somber, did you steal Wild Pegasus from Queen Whiskey?

[Icy Shake]

*Vicodin.

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