Pact Worlds Map and Mnemonic!

Of interest, though, is the fact that Idari is new. I don't know if it has been in the forums or not, but Idari doesn't appear on the maps from Distant Worlds or People of the Stars.

It's a kasatha generation ship turned space station.

A is for Aballon, where machines do roam
C is for Castrovel, the elvish & lashunta home
A again for Absalom Station, where SFS grew
And Another A for Akiton -- which is Red -- not Blue
V is for Verces with its line of light and dark
I is for Idarii, and the Kasathas who missed the mark
D is for Diaspora, the lost ones and the void
E is for Eox, and its Eerie Bone Sages
T is for Triaxus, wand'ring through the ages
L is Liavara, with its shepherd worlds employed
B is for Bretheda, the cradle of many moons
Another A for Apostae with its sleepers and its ruins
A final A for Aucturn and the Dominion of the Black
(Woe to all of us... Should they choose to attack.)

A is for Aballon, where machines do roam

C is for Castrovel, the elvish & lashunta home
A again for Absalom Station, where SFS grew
And Another A for Akiton -- which is Red -- not Blue
V is for Verces with its line of light and dark
I is for Idarii, and the Kasathas who missed the mark
D is for Diaspora, the lost ones and the void
E is for Eox, and its Eerie Bone Sages
T is for Triaxus, wand'ring through the ages
L is Liavara, with its shepherd worlds employed
B is for Bretheda the cradle of many moons
Another A for Apostae with its sleepers and its ruins
A final A for Aucturn and the Dominion of the Black
(Woe to all of us... Should they choose to attack.)

This is so happy-making! :)

Androids Can't Ask About Vital Information Detailing Emotions: Terror, Lust, Boredom, And Anger.

So, a completely astonishing and very intriguing danger exists? Then let's be amazingly adventurous!

AbaCAbsA VIDEo TriaL BAA!

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Succubuses
Are
Cuddly,
Absolutely
Awesome,
Very
Intelligent,
Delightfully
Exuberant &
Talented
Lovers,
But
Awful
Accountants.

...Wording is hard.

Hmm wrote:

A is for Aballon, where machines do roam

C is for Castrovel, the elvish & lashunta home
A again for Absalom Station, where SFS grew
And Another A for Akiton -- which is Red -- not Blue
V is for Verces with its line of light and dark
I is for Idarii, and the Kasathas who missed the mark
D is for Diaspora, the lost ones and the void
E is for Eox, and its Eerie Bone Sages
T is for Triaxus, wand'ring through the ages
L is Liavara, with its shepherd worlds employed
B is for Bretheda the cradle of many moons
Another A for Apostae with its sleepers and its ruins
A final A for Aucturn and the Dominion of the Black
(Woe to all of us... Should they choose to attack.)

This is so happy-making! :)

+1. This is delightful, and sounds like something that kids on Absalom Stations would learn.

F*@~ that's a lot of A's, wish I saw that many in school XD

quibblemuch wrote:

Hmm wrote:

A is for Aballon, where machines do roam

C is for Castrovel, the elvish & lashunta home
A again for Absalom Station, where SFS grew
And Another A for Akiton -- which is Red -- not Blue
V is for Verces with its line of light and dark
I is for Idarii, and the Kasathas who missed the mark
D is for Diaspora, the lost ones and the void
E is for Eox, and its Eerie Bone Sages
T is for Triaxus, wand'ring through the ages
L is Liavara, with its shepherd worlds employed
B is for Bretheda the cradle of many moons
Another A for Apostae with its sleepers and its ruins
A final A for Aucturn and the Dominion of the Black
(Woe to all of us... Should they choose to attack.)

This is so happy-making! :)

+1. This is delightful, and sounds like something that kids on Absalom Stations would learn.

I love the idea of a nursery rhyme with a final line that bleak.

I wonder... I recall the old Pathfinder book for space, and I recall there being mention of one of the planets having "portals to Golarion". I forget which planet that was.

Anyways, just for clarity, Starfinder is going to explode those portals isn't it? I'm pretty sure you're not going to allow that kind of Meta-knowledge to overturn the established conclusion.

Hmm... Actually... I wonder what happens if in a (Pathfinder) campaign, a player group gets stuck in temporal stasis on Golarion between Pathfinder and Starfinder... And they wake up on Golarion at the end of what we're calling "the gap"... How does that work out?

Also, that leaves the big question if its actually possible for them to still be on Golarion after the gap. Like... Would those put in stasis on Golarion in Pathfinder wind up in Absolom station instead when they wake up and be like "how did I get here?"

I don't know. Just... Thoughts.

I like to think that either they would be kept within that same time frame (fixed events in time, like Doctor Who) or they would lose their memories like everyone else.

As for the portals, the ones from/to Golarion will be non functioning. More interesting are the portals between worlds like Eox and Verces. Instantaneous army transfer means they'll probably be treated like Stargates.

Always Consult An Appropriate, Verified, In-Depth Exobiologist To Locate Barely Appropriate Adventures.

(Something the cast of every Alien movie failed to do. And look what happened.)

So just curious, do we know the name of the name of the star Absalom station orbits? I just figure since eventually we will be leaving the solar system at some point and we usually name a system for its star we should know that name.
Wait is it Sarenrae? She was related to the sun but is that this specific sun or just yellow stars in general? Would be cool if it was the Sarenrae system.

*cracks knuckles*

Armor
Class
Advancement
Aids
Very
Inefficiently
Despite
Everyone
Trying
Layered
Builds
As
Ablation

Seriously, players, stop trying to optimize AC. It really isn't worth it.

Seriously, players, stop trying to optimize AC. It really isn't worth it.

Huh... I didn't know that.

For the record, should I still be using Dex builds over Strength builds for Hit/Damage if Dex also gives AC? Or should I try and make "normal" characters that use Strength as a main stat.

... Not that I'm actually all that interested in Strength builds to begin with... Something about the idea of such hulking muscles seems off-putting to me, I prefer sleek and nimble bodies.

I think the one time I've found for using Strength AND Dexterity at the same time is with a certain Vigilante Talent that allows one to add 1/2 Vigilante level to damage if you use Dex for hit and Strength for Damage.

Anyways...

*cracks knuckles*

Armor
Class
Advancement
Aids
Very
Inefficiently
Despite
Everyone
Trying
Layered
Builds
As
Ablation

I may actually remember this one. Very well done.

A Cheerful Albino Astronaut Visits Intrepid Dear Edward To Launch Ben's Awful Androids.

Huh... I didn't know that.

For the record, should I still be using Dex builds over Strength builds for Hit/Damage if Dex also gives AC? Or should I try and make "normal" characters that use Strength as a main stat.

... Not that I'm actually all that interested in Strength builds to begin with... Something about the idea of such hulking muscles seems off-putting to me, I prefer sleek and nimble bodies.

I think the one time I've found for using Strength AND Dexterity at the same time is with a certain Vigilante Talent that allows one to add 1/2 Vigilante level to damage if you use Dex for hit and Strength for Damage.

Not every high-strength character has to look like Charles Atlas. Look at some of the pathfinder iconics.

Going for dex-based offense is mostly a question about what you are doing with your feats. A fighter or paladin can get a lot more mileage out of wearing heavy armor and using the feat slot for power attack, but a rogue or monk which doesn't have very good armor may find it worthwhile to grab weapon finesse or its advanced forms to fight without sacrificing too much defensive capacity (this goes double for small races). Dex-to-damage builds will lag behind strength-based builds 90% of the time, but that may not be your main priority (combat reflexes benefits from high dex, for example).

More often, I find the initiative bonus from dex affecting the game a lot more than the AC bonus does.

Awaken
Charm Person
Atonement
Aid
Veil
Invisibility
Disintegrate
Enervation
Teleport
Light
Black Tentacles
Antimagic Field
Antilife Shell

Android mnemonic:

01000001 01100010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101111 01101110

01000011 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110110 01100101 01101100

01000001 01100010 01110011 01100001 01101100 01101111 01101101 00100000 01010011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

01000001 01101011 01101001 01110100 01101111 01101110

01010110 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110011

01001001 01100100 01100001 01110010 01101001

01000100 01101001 01100001 01110011 01110000 01101111 01110010 01100001

01000101 01101111 01111000

01010100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01111000 01110101 01110011

01001100 01101001 01100001 01110110 01100001 01110010 01100001

01000010 01110010 01100101 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100100 01100001

01000001 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01100001 01100101

01000001 01110101 01100011 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101110

^ I tried to tranlate this, but the free binary translaters on the web just gave me back garbage symbols. Does anyone have a good translation?

Hmm

It's just the names of the planets in binary.
I used this tranlator

All
Celestials
Aligned
Accurately
Very
Intuitively
Directs
Everyone
To
Locate
Bodies
As
Asked

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

In the Pact Worlds....

Abadar
Calistria
And
Aroden -
Virtually
Indistinguishable
Deities
Except
That
Little
Bitty
Alignment
Affair

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

I kinda want to know what it would look like now...

James Sutter wrote:

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

I kinda want to know what it would look like now...

Probably a bunch of tiny dots on a black background.

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

But it would really emphasize the bright red YOU ARE HERE arrow... for those with electron microscopes.

Archmage Variel wrote:

James Sutter wrote:

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

I kinda want to know what it would look like now...

Probably a bunch of tiny dots on a black background.

If the star was included, many of the dots probably wouldn't be visible to the naked eye.

Space: It's Mostly Me!™

Space: It's Mostly Me!™

You're so full of yourself!

Nothingness wrote:

Space: It's Mostly Me!™

You're so full of yourself!

It's all I've got!

James Sutter wrote:

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

But it would really emphasize the bright red YOU ARE HERE arrow... for those with electron microscopes.

Reminds me of an often mentioned case in the Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.

A from memory quote:

Perspective is a dangerous thing, in a bet with his wife who told him he never had any perspective, a man built a machine that showed a person the entire scope of the universe, and then showed them a bright red "you are here" sign. Everyone who ever used the machine has suffered total mental shutdown and death, including the inventor's wife.

Spaceships are crazy awesome and I don't especially trust leaving by airplane anymore.

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

What is this, a planet for pixels? I don’t wanna hear your excuses! The planets have to be at least three times bigger than this!

quibblemuch wrote:

James Sutter wrote:

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

Fact: Drawing the map to scale would have made it super boring to look at. :P

But it would really emphasize the bright red YOU ARE HERE arrow... for those with electron microscopes.

Reminds me of an often mentioned case in the Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.

A from memory quote:

Quote:

Perspective is a dangerous thing, in a bet with his wife who told him he never had any perspective, a man built a machine that showed a person the entire scope of the universe, and then showed them a bright red "you are here" sign. Everyone who ever used the machine has suffered total mental shutdown and death, including the inventor's wife.

Or, as my old astrophysics lecturer used to say, in a thick Manchester accent, "Space is vury vury big".

Ah Cheliax, absent anon, virulent in diabolism, evaded true liberation by angry ‘alflings.

A think a couplet would be easier to digest as a mnemonic. At least that's how I first learned the 12 cranial nerves.

A think a couplet would be easier to digest as a mnemonic. At least that's how I first learned the 12 cranial nerves.

That's the reason I created my little ditty. Rhymes help me remember.

Hmm

No mnemonics will ever get me to keep Aballon, Absalom, and Akiton straight.

Just rename all the other planets "A-[syllable]-omn" and be done with it.

Illustrious Starfinder Team,

Did you folks ever pick a favorite mnemonic or two? Which ones?

Hmm

Richard Edwards wrote:

I hope this illustration isn't supposed to be to scale or the physics are apparently not expected to be realistic in this game.

What is this!? A solar system for ants?

The solar system has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

Androids Collectively Absorb All Valuable Input During Extended Training, Lacking Bias And Assumptions.

Assertive Colonists Are Asking Various Individuals, During Video Interviews, "Does Eating Terrible Lunches Bring About Anger?"

It seems like that map would make a nice reference at the table. Could you provide a higher resolution version of that map suitable for printing?

This mnemonic for the sun and all the Pact Worlds system planets feels all too relevant to our troubled times:

Since Anyone Can Assert Anything, Verifying Information Daily Exorcises The Liars, Blowhards, And Addlebrains.

Even though everyone (but the gods) probably forgot their names, I thought it's be easier for us to remember to use a little rhyme about some of our iconic Pathfinder heroes. So here goes:

Amiri Covets Another Ale
Valeros Impulsively Downs Every Tankard
Lem Beholds Amiri's Anger

We REALLY need a big ol’ wall poster of this solar system map!

...Just noticed the date stamps on this thread. Ooof. I'll just leave this here with the necromancer and blame it on the late local hour...

Special Addendum: Consider Ancillary Security Action Versus Identified Diplomatic Envoys Taking Liberties Beyond Appropriate Allowances

(Yakko sings the nations)

Aballon Castrovel Absalom Station where we kissed our planet farewell.

Akiton Verces Idari's a nation that treked from their homeworld a spell.

Diaspora and Eox Triaxus Liavara Bretheda it's a gas giant oh boy does it smell.

Lastly Apostae where elves love to slay and Aucturn's nasty just kiss all the kaiju sianara.

Well it got stuck in my head and i wrote it and the threads already been necrod so....

Late to the game but...
"ACAA VIDET LBAA" is space-latin for "These are the planets."

Why is simplicity always the last to be considered? LOL

Apologies for the thread necromancy... ACAA VIDET LBAA !!!
(Pronounced AH-kah vee-DEBT le-BAH)

-Tom (Cleveland, Ohio)