WORLDS OF NOTE
Every world in the gate network has its own unique database of addresses. Most have upwards of 100-2,000 unique addresses, while certain 'node worlds' have databases that run into the low six digits. No gate address can be used anywhere except at that gate; gates that connect to the same place use entirely different addresses. Attempts to connect to a gate using addresses not in the database have ended... poorly.
Strangelove: A post-apocalyptic Gaian world where the residents nuked themselves into oblivion roughly 2,500 - 3,000 years ago, taking most of the biosphere with them. Important due to the discovery of the Great What, otherwise of marginal value. (Grand Central)
New Cornwall: Mercurian rockball in orbit around a mostly-dead white dwarf star. The Convention set up metals mining facilities to support Solward industries. (Oberon)
Nevermore: Gaian world with extensive ruins of an alien civilization dating roughly 65,000 years BP. (Oberon)
Hyboria: Gaian world in orbit around Delta Pavonis, extensive glaciation but quite pleasant at the tropical latitudes. Best known as the closest gate location to Sol and the largest Fen colony in the Weave. (Oberon)
Fiddler's Green: Gaian world in orbit around Zeta 1 Reticuli. The gate only connects to Oberon and Hyboria, creating the Local Triangle. (Oberon)
Shanxi: Martian world with a small preserved Strangelovian outpost near the gate. Originally thought to be non-human in origin. (Strangelove / Oberon)
Polyphemus: Gate emplaced on an asteroid (Brinker's Rock) in semi-synchronous orbit around a Jovian world roughly 3 Jupiter masses in size. (Grand Central)
New Grantville: A proto-Venusian world in orbit around a brown dwarf. The thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere traps just enough heat to make the place somewhat livable. (Grand Central)
Bronson Alpha / Bronson Beta: Twin Gaian worlds that orbit a common point roughly 100 km above their surfaces. Tidal forces make each planet into an egg shape, as well as sharing a common atmosphere. (Grand Central)
Dylath-Leen: A post-Gaian world around a blue-white giant, home to some of the oldest alien ruins known (~7,500,000 BP). (Grand Central)
Please feel free to add your own contributions to the list. Just remember that 1) there aren't any live sapient aliens yet, 2) gates don't have to connect straight away, they can be on other planets, and 3) not every gate goes to something life-bearing. Have fun. ~ The Mgt.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
Every world in the gate network has its own unique database of addresses. Most have upwards of 100-2,000 unique addresses, while certain 'node worlds' have databases that run into the low six digits. No gate address can be used anywhere except at that gate; gates that connect to the same place use entirely different addresses. Attempts to connect to a gate using addresses not in the database have ended... poorly.
Strangelove: A post-apocalyptic Gaian world where the residents nuked themselves into oblivion roughly 2,500 - 3,000 years ago, taking most of the biosphere with them. Important due to the discovery of the Great What, otherwise of marginal value. (Grand Central)
New Cornwall: Mercurian rockball in orbit around a mostly-dead white dwarf star. The Convention set up metals mining facilities to support Solward industries. (Oberon)
Nevermore: Gaian world with extensive ruins of an alien civilization dating roughly 65,000 years BP. (Oberon)
Hyboria: Gaian world in orbit around Delta Pavonis, extensive glaciation but quite pleasant at the tropical latitudes. Best known as the closest gate location to Sol and the largest Fen colony in the Weave. (Oberon)
Fiddler's Green: Gaian world in orbit around Zeta 1 Reticuli. The gate only connects to Oberon and Hyboria, creating the Local Triangle. (Oberon)
Shanxi: Martian world with a small preserved Strangelovian outpost near the gate. Originally thought to be non-human in origin. (Strangelove / Oberon)
Polyphemus: Gate emplaced on an asteroid (Brinker's Rock) in semi-synchronous orbit around a Jovian world roughly 3 Jupiter masses in size. (Grand Central)
New Grantville: A proto-Venusian world in orbit around a brown dwarf. The thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere traps just enough heat to make the place somewhat livable. (Grand Central)
Bronson Alpha / Bronson Beta: Twin Gaian worlds that orbit a common point roughly 100 km above their surfaces. Tidal forces make each planet into an egg shape, as well as sharing a common atmosphere. (Grand Central)
Dylath-Leen: A post-Gaian world around a blue-white giant, home to some of the oldest alien ruins known (~7,500,000 BP). (Grand Central)
Please feel free to add your own contributions to the list. Just remember that 1) there aren't any live sapient aliens yet, 2) gates don't have to connect straight away, they can be on other planets, and 3) not every gate goes to something life-bearing. Have fun. ~ The Mgt.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"