Edge of Midnight: Base Map Progress X
Dec. 26th, 2023 07:58 pmHere's what I have as of this morning:

Again: The Edge of Midnight, if you're interested in what inspired this.

Again: The Edge of Midnight, if you're interested in what inspired this.
LP 552-46 as the candidate host-star.
If you're wondering where to find it:
http://hygmap.space/index.php?select_star=10127957&select_center=1
Needed something close to where the Federation, Klingons and Romulans share a border. Somewhere that was relatively obscure in any case.
More later...
If you're wondering where to find it:
http://hygmap.space/index.php?select_star=10127957&select_center=1
Needed something close to where the Federation, Klingons and Romulans share a border. Somewhere that was relatively obscure in any case.
More later...
Edge of Midnight: Base Map Progress V
Nov. 9th, 2023 10:26 pmI got a bit of fannish satisfaction today. This is a thing I've been working on the last few months.
https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/stellar-cartography.html
Not done yet, of course.
Good night and good luck.
https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/stellar-cartography.html
Not done yet, of course.
Good night and good luck.
So this is where I was as of last night:
https://www.deviantart.com/dewline-ottawa/art/EoM-DisputedZone-7Nov2023-A-993252400
https://www.deviantart.com/dewline-ottawa/art/EoM-DisputedZone-7Nov2023-A-993252400
Mapmaking: Starbase 20?
Oct. 26th, 2023 10:42 pmSo I was looking at maps of the FASA-Trek roleplaying game as well as Memory Beta entries today while I job-searched. Had a thought about where Starbase 20 might be in a map that tries to fit FASA's Triangle region into a largely-Mandel-compliant design...
https://www.deviantart.com/dewline-ottawa/art/Screen-Shot-2023-10-26-at-7-21-31-PM-990589585
https://www.deviantart.com/dewline-ottawa/art/Screen-Shot-2023-10-26-at-7-21-31-PM-990589585
For a sense of what I've been doing:
https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine/110897185618929509
It's fun, digging through HYGMap, SIMBAD, Memory Alpha, Memory Beta, and a few other sites as well for this stuff.
https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine/110897185618929509
It's fun, digging through HYGMap, SIMBAD, Memory Alpha, Memory Beta, and a few other sites as well for this stuff.
Yes, this is for the Edge of Darkness project.
Right now, I'm re-reading Star Charts and Stellar Cartography
1. GJ 3414
2. HD 10226
The latter is 150+ ly below "galactic equatorial". The former is 21 ly above it.
Other considerations for my choice?
Needs to be close to the core systems because of events in the DS9 episode "In the Pale Moonlight" where Betazed is taken by Dominion forces. Quoting Memory Alpha: "With Betazed captured, other nearby worlds, including Vulcan, Tellar, Alpha Centauri, and Andor, were at risk of Dominion attack."
(If you've got those systems within striking distance, Sol's in range, too, right?)
Also, it needs to be on the "roads" between those systems and Bajor/Cardassia's neighbourhood, which is roughly 100 ly above "galactic equatorial". If you look up from Earth towards the Ursa Major-Draco constellation border with a strong enough telescope, you should see the alleged home stars of those planets.
Right now, I'm re-reading Star Charts and Stellar Cartography
1. GJ 3414
2. HD 10226
The latter is 150+ ly below "galactic equatorial". The former is 21 ly above it.
Other considerations for my choice?
Needs to be close to the core systems because of events in the DS9 episode "In the Pale Moonlight" where Betazed is taken by Dominion forces. Quoting Memory Alpha: "With Betazed captured, other nearby worlds, including Vulcan, Tellar, Alpha Centauri, and Andor, were at risk of Dominion attack."
(If you've got those systems within striking distance, Sol's in range, too, right?)
Also, it needs to be on the "roads" between those systems and Bajor/Cardassia's neighbourhood, which is roughly 100 ly above "galactic equatorial". If you look up from Earth towards the Ursa Major-Draco constellation border with a strong enough telescope, you should see the alleged home stars of those planets.
Maps: Edge of Midnight Base Map Progress
Jul. 30th, 2023 08:59 amOkay, so I've been having fun reading this serialised Star Trek-linked fan-fiction dressed up as a history book called Edge of Midnight by John Concagh AKA "Seamus Devenish". So much so that I've started working on a "base map" to show his version of the affected regions of the Federation-Klingon border.
If you're interested in keeping an eye on my progress and you're not already on the relevant Discord or Facebook pages, I've got a thread running over at the Affinity forums, since Affinity Designer is what I'm using for this project.
If you're interested in keeping an eye on my progress and you're not already on the relevant Discord or Facebook pages, I've got a thread running over at the Affinity forums, since Affinity Designer is what I'm using for this project.
You've seen this guy's work on the TV and cinema screens across the decades, from at least Babylon 5 to Firefly/Serenity to Avengers: Endgame...
https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-timothy-martin-earls
https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-timothy-martin-earls
ByMUG: Presentations
May. 4th, 2023 09:44 pmSo I'll be doing a presentation over Zoom this upcoming Sunday.
https://bymug.ca/may-7-2023-meeting-information/
https://bymug.ca/may-7-2023-meeting-information/
Maps: Looking For Resources - April 2023
Apr. 9th, 2023 09:59 amOkay. Now I have QGIS on my new-ish Mac Mini, and I've started downloading Shapefile data because that seems to be a thing you do when you have GIS software that you intend to use. Some of you are on my friendlist because you've provided insights on map design over the years, and I am wondering what else I should be looking at and looking for. This is a hobby of mine that seems to have made me slightly more useful in my most recent day job, which I consider a good thing. I want to keep building on that.