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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Super Shiny!!
Looks like not available for a week or so. Did not see a phone number to order from.
Can somebody find a phone number to place orders from? and perhaps a reminder when it is actually available for order.

Thanks a bunch.

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Note: The Map of the Verse will be available for the first time at Creation Entertainment's Serenity convention in Burbank, CA Nov. 22-23 and thereafter from this website and authorized QMx resellers.

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A QMx product must be unique, expertly designed, drool-worthy (although you shouldn’t need to be a fan to think so), and, most importantly, if we didn’t do it, probably no one else would.

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Originally posted by micjwelch:
I think that as long as we're buying stuff from these guys, they'll keep making it. Here's what they said about requirements for what they sell (from http://www.fireflyshipworks.com/2008/11/marian-calls-geek-music/).

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A QMx product must be unique, expertly designed, drool-worthy (although you shouldn’t need to be a fan to think so), and, most importantly, if we didn’t do it, probably no one else would.

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If you want more stuff from them, support them, and make comments on http://www.fireflyshipworks.com/. They really do read them.

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"The Map of the Verse is gorgeous and informative — something any Browncoat is going to want but an absolute must-have for players of the Serenity Role Playing Game as it will give major guidance to players and Gamer Masters about where the planets and moons of this star cluster sit. The map is a gao guhn piece of art, and I can't wait to have one hanging on my office wall!" — Jamie Chambers (author and designer, Serenity Role Playing Game)

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Originally posted by QMxAndy:
Our Big Science Brains theorize that the system would thus be inherently unstable and would break apart again in 25K to 50K years or so.

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Arthur C. Clarke's 2010 ...book even created a situation in which our own Jupiter collapsed and ignited, forming a smaller sun in orbit around our sun. This second, smaller sun provided a nice twilight effect at night from then on. (No more pitch-black nights on Earth any more). So if was good enough for that most "science" minded of all science fiction writers, it must be thought possible.

I love the way that the blue sun's satellites are at an off-kilter orbit compared to the rest. Fitting!

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Originally posted by QMxAndy:
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Okay, so I think this might make you even happier: There is an extensive white paper on the scientific background of the Verse that one of our researchers prepared so that the designer could make sure the graphics were as accurate as possible. We're prepping it for eventual release and I think it'll answer a lot of your questions. However, we probably won't be able to release it for at least a few more weeks.

Meanwhile, here's what it has to say about the stellar classes of the five primaries:

White Sun – Class A0
Georgia – Class G0
Red Sun – Class G5
Kalidasa – Class F5
Blue Sun – Class F0

What do you think?

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Originally posted by QMxAndy:

Meanwhile, here's what it has to say about the stellar classes of the five primaries:

White Sun – Class A0
Georgia – Class G0
Red Sun – Class G5
Kalidasa – Class F5
Blue Sun – Class F0

What do you think?

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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
besides internet money, is there a phone number we can place real orders on?

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Originally posted by Platonist:
Can anyone explain this?

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Originally posted by Lemming:

Where were you when they formed the map Brain Trust? :-)

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Originally posted by Lemming:

Where were you when they formed the map Brain Trust? :-)

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A good question. My first thought when looking at it was "Oh damn, Why was I not consulted?" The answer is: Because I was sitting in cold-ass Indiana and not sunny-warm LA with Whedon and Company. Grr. Arg.

I regard Joss Whedon, grouped with Neil Gaiman and Frank Herbert, to be the greatest storytellers of this age. Honestly, I'd be honored to consult my knowledge out for free. Consider Tycho at Penny Arcade:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/2/20/

On that note the call would come to my phone and go something like this:

RING RING
Me: "Yes Mr. Whedon?"
Joss: "What do you know about astronomy?"
Me: "I know everything."
Joss: "When can you be in LA to consult?"
Me: "Immediately."
END OF CALL

Yea sure, that's a pathetic fantasy. Hope everyone got a giggle.

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Originally posted by Lemming:

Lets be clear. Nobody on the Brain Trust was paid for their time or expertise. It was purely a consultation group composed of folk from QMX, The Signal and several other fans and associates who were invited on the basis of displayed Verse knowledge, attention to detail and because basically, we were asked. No doubt there are many many other fans out there with knowledge that could have been useful, but in doing the research for what would become a commercial product (albeit with fans desires firmly in mind) you can't have an unlimited size team.

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Originally posted by QMxAndy:
BSCM -

Okay, so I think this might make you even happier: There is an extensive white paper on the scientific background of the Verse that one of our researchers prepared so that the designer could make sure the graphics were as accurate as possible. We're prepping it for eventual release and I think it'll answer a lot of your questions. However, we probably won't be able to release it for at least a few more weeks.

Meanwhile, here's what it has to say about the stellar classes of the five primaries:

White Sun – Class A0
Georgia – Class G0
Red Sun – Class G5
Kalidasa – Class F5
Blue Sun – Class F0

What do you think?

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