#WritersCoffeeClub#Writing Jan 13: Do you like maps? If they feature in your work do you draw them by hand or use an application?
Funny that this question came up on the day I included a map in my latest chapter. It's a map of the Oval (the region where FTL works in Stardust). It's meant to be 3D but it has to be 2D because screens are flat. I made it in paint.net.
@maxthefox This one here I used simbad and others for data, laid out in astrosynthesis, and finished in affinity design and photo. It is for Solis People of the Sun, Kosmic #Kosmic#SolisPeopleoftheSun#TravellerRPG
I tried a 100 light-year radius sphere containing the closest 2842 stars (counting all stars in binaries and trinaries). The stars are divided into 13 empires each with a 33.3 light-year radius. Stars on the border of each empire are classified as "neutral zone".
@nyrath@maxthefox They are nice maps. I settle on about 15 pcs, though the GAIA DR3 catalog has an insane amount of hits, 100k or so? I was thinking of maybe sectioning off a little area to build up. Though I still have a lot of work to finish right here.
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