Galaxy With Grid

[Nowhere Man]

Well here is my first attempt at a Star Trek Star Chart.

This realy allows me to understand how huge the galaxy is. The Gama Quadrant is way out there.

 

[Lorna]

This realy allows me to understand how huge the galaxy is. The Gama Quadrant is way out there.

Yep. I've tried to at least make Federation space accurateish.

The thing is to the scale of 1 block representing 5000 lightyears. Picard mentions in first contact that Federation space is spread across 8000 lightyears. I've show Fed space spread across 10,000 lightyears so on a Galactic scale Federation space is extremely small and they have much to still explore in the Alpha Quadrant.

 

[timelord1010]

Nice map but nothing on the Delta Quadrant? It would be nice to see how large Borg and the other races territory is. Also, any chance of a edge on view of the 24th century galaxy? It would be nice to see how "deep" the territory of the various powers are.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ The Borg ARE the Delta Quadrant.

Assuming anything else would be futile

 

[RichMerk]

Neat, another mapmaker! It'll be interesting to see how yours progresses so I can compare it to mine.

 

[Pavonis]

I think it would make more sense to use a polar coordinate system rather than a Cartesian one. And the various empires of the galaxy would probably be more restricted to the spiral arms, rather than evenly spread out.

 

[Kaziarl]

I think it would make more sense to use a polar coordinate system rather than a Cartesian one.

Not sure what that means. Can you explain please?

And the various empires of the galaxy would probably be more restricted to the spiral arms, rather than evenly spread out.

That makes a lot of sense actually. The space between the spiral arms are supposed to be devoid of stars, and by extension life right?

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I think it would make more sense to use a polar coordinate system rather than a Cartesian one.

Not sure what that means. Can you explain please?

Concentric, spread outwards from the core, like how the grid on a globe or a map of Earth often spreads out from the poles.

Basically, arcing around the galaxy, slicing it up into pie slices and little bits and pieces of pie slices, as opposed to cutting it into cubes.

 

[Kaziarl]

Ok, so the way it's laid out in the Star Trek: Star Charts?

 

[Lorna]

And the various empires of the galaxy would probably be more restricted to the spiral arms, rather than evenly spread out.

The area between rings isn't THAT devoid of stars, there are some out there, plus it makes sense that empires would claim the empty space as their territory anyway, maybe their worlds are located on two arms and so they want to secure the area between the arms.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Even though there's no point in securing empty space, even with warp drive, because... well, it's called space for a reason.

 

[Lorna]

Even though there's no point in securing empty space, even with warp drive, because... well, it's called space for a reason.

An enemy could use that empty space to launch an attack because they'd be free to roam it. If however the empty space was claimed it could be enclosed and bordered off so no other species could traverse it. If they're going to border the empty space off at each end then they might as well say it's there's.

Get it?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

An enemy could use that empty space to launch an attack because they'd be free to roam it. If however the empty space was claimed it could be enclosed and bordered off so no other species could traverse it. If they're going to border the empty space off at each end then they might as well say it's there's.

Get it?

Helluva big fence

 

[Satyrquaze]

Looks great so far, Lorna!

 

[Lorna]

An enemy could use that empty space to launch an attack because they'd be free to roam it. If however the empty space was claimed it could be enclosed and bordered off so no other species could traverse it. If they're going to border the empty space off at each end then they might as well say it's there's.

Get it?

Helluva big fence

Not really. If they have territory/systems on each side of the empty space (on two arms) they only need to drop sensor buoys on each end of the empty space and tell people to stay out. Anyone who ignores the warning and enters the empty space will be detected and intercepted for trespassing.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Even though there's no point in securing empty space, even with warp drive, because... well, it's called space for a reason.

An enemy could use that empty space to launch an attack because they'd be free to roam it. If however the empty space was claimed it could be enclosed and bordered off so no other species could traverse it. If they're going to border the empty space off at each end then they might as well say it's there's.

Get it?

You can just keep going around empty space, and then you're gonna end up claiming so much space that it becomes impractical to claim your own.

Space =/= an ocean.

 

[Finn]

Two gripes

I think the territories are too big. If the Klingons were able to reach Cardassian border in time at the start of DS9's Season Six, it wouldn't take more than a couple of weeks to across the galaxy when judging from the sizes shown.

Also, why no rounded territories?

 

[Lorna]

Two gripes

I think the territories are too big. If the Klingons were able to reach Cardassian border in time at the start of DS9's Season Six, it wouldn't take more than a couple of weeks to across the galaxy when judging from the sizes shown.

We know that it takes several months to get from Earth to DS9, we know it takes a couple of days to reach Cardassian space from DS9, we know that Quo'nos is only 4 days away from Earth. We know Federation space is spread across 8000 lightyears.

The Klingon fleet was probably headed for Cardassian space months in advance and was probably deployed to a small deep space supply planet when the Dominion became a probable threat.

 

[Kaziarl]

But it's not necessarily a straight line distance. 8000 square lightyears is different then 8000 lightyears at it's widest point. And since this is space, it's more likely 8000 cubic lightyears isn't it?

 

[Lorna]

But it's not necessarily a straight line distance. 8000 square lightyears is different then 8000 lightyears at it's widest point. And since this is space, it's more likely 8000 cubic lightyears isn't it?

You're still talking months of travelling, it takes months from DS9 to Earth. The other persons gripe is that he expects only a journey of weeks from Klingon space to Cardassian space, that's just not possible.