Andropolos
Spaceman
Hello there, long time no poster comes back.
Amazed as I am to see pioneer take form, I think we all need to pitch in to help the team any each way we can.
I must first apologize as I am only familiar with WC, not privateer or the novels. As such any errors in the thoughts that follow are my own, and I should be blamed for them, in case the ugly horror of "does not conform to what is known" heads my way.
After reading about the map of landreich in 2650 in here...
http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=19527
I am greek and as such I can understand and recognise greek names when I hear/read them.
Oecumene or Οικουμένη means universe. As such the people living there, (most of them must be of greek origin, not only those in New Constantinople), It should be cosmopolitan, lots of trade going in, scientific hubs a plenty, ship magnates would love it and that sort of stuff. Think Onassis in space kind of people.
I would place 4 planets around Oecomene, Emporio, Folegandros, Passarona (birthplace of Alexander's mother), and Isokrates
On the other hand, Ilios or Ήλιος means sun. That to me would indicate that its people would be (again mostly greek in origin) and as contrast to the cosmopolitan oecumene, they would tend to be more often than most introvert, very religious, greek orthodox, and the like. Their plantet's names would be those of saints.
7 planets are orbiting ilios, named, Kyrios, Pantokrator, Agios, Osios, Martyr, Panagia, EnToutoNika, Meaning...Lord, Allmighty, Saint, Lesser saint, martyr, St. Mary (allsaint), entoutonika means "in hoc vinci" or "in this you win" and was the battle cry of Constantine the great when establishing the eastern roman state, which was later known as Byzantium.
In case anyone shouldn't recognise my nick, Andropolos was the captain of the ship that was destroyed in the initial encounter with the Kilrathi. I would take a guess that he might be from Ilios system, planet Pantokrator, the son of a Village priest, faithful to the bone to the principles that he was brought in and eager to serve in the navy, in the "black sea" , or space, as the people of his planet would call it.
On the other hand I can imagine a lot of families in the Oecomene sector, whose names are island names from modern day greece, most of which have made a fortune in the sea (owning and maintaining ships) as in
Naxiotis, Parios, Onassis (yea right), Laskaris, Niarchos,
or to quote Zorbas...
...The famous genius at sea is something beyond any rules of logic or rationalization. It is something like what Zorba, the hero of Kazantzakis, says: `"I cannot explain it with words, so I will explain it with dancing." It is sailing against the mainstream; it is the exploitation of certain opportunities in critical periods of shipping. It is to buy when others sell, to sail when others lay up, to order new buildings when others do not even dream of it. It is the deep belief of the Greek that the sea "becomes ill but she never dies...
In other words, what I would expect from my fellow greeks of the stars to do in the "black sea" that space wil become.
http://www.greece.org/poseidon/work/modern-times/business.html
For a small explanation on the whereabouts, the hows and whys of greek sea tycoons, and
for DA MAN...
http://onasis.gr/listcats.php?subac...767408&archive=&start_from=&ucat=6&show_cat=6
Opinions are always welcome. In case you want me to clarify something, let me know. Thanks for the hospitality and I will try to not be a lurker no more.
Amazed as I am to see pioneer take form, I think we all need to pitch in to help the team any each way we can.
I must first apologize as I am only familiar with WC, not privateer or the novels. As such any errors in the thoughts that follow are my own, and I should be blamed for them, in case the ugly horror of "does not conform to what is known" heads my way.
After reading about the map of landreich in 2650 in here...
http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php?t=19527
I am greek and as such I can understand and recognise greek names when I hear/read them.
Oecumene or Οικουμένη means universe. As such the people living there, (most of them must be of greek origin, not only those in New Constantinople), It should be cosmopolitan, lots of trade going in, scientific hubs a plenty, ship magnates would love it and that sort of stuff. Think Onassis in space kind of people.
I would place 4 planets around Oecomene, Emporio, Folegandros, Passarona (birthplace of Alexander's mother), and Isokrates
On the other hand, Ilios or Ήλιος means sun. That to me would indicate that its people would be (again mostly greek in origin) and as contrast to the cosmopolitan oecumene, they would tend to be more often than most introvert, very religious, greek orthodox, and the like. Their plantet's names would be those of saints.
7 planets are orbiting ilios, named, Kyrios, Pantokrator, Agios, Osios, Martyr, Panagia, EnToutoNika, Meaning...Lord, Allmighty, Saint, Lesser saint, martyr, St. Mary (allsaint), entoutonika means "in hoc vinci" or "in this you win" and was the battle cry of Constantine the great when establishing the eastern roman state, which was later known as Byzantium.
In case anyone shouldn't recognise my nick, Andropolos was the captain of the ship that was destroyed in the initial encounter with the Kilrathi. I would take a guess that he might be from Ilios system, planet Pantokrator, the son of a Village priest, faithful to the bone to the principles that he was brought in and eager to serve in the navy, in the "black sea" , or space, as the people of his planet would call it.
On the other hand I can imagine a lot of families in the Oecomene sector, whose names are island names from modern day greece, most of which have made a fortune in the sea (owning and maintaining ships) as in
Naxiotis, Parios, Onassis (yea right), Laskaris, Niarchos,
or to quote Zorbas...
...The famous genius at sea is something beyond any rules of logic or rationalization. It is something like what Zorba, the hero of Kazantzakis, says: `"I cannot explain it with words, so I will explain it with dancing." It is sailing against the mainstream; it is the exploitation of certain opportunities in critical periods of shipping. It is to buy when others sell, to sail when others lay up, to order new buildings when others do not even dream of it. It is the deep belief of the Greek that the sea "becomes ill but she never dies...
In other words, what I would expect from my fellow greeks of the stars to do in the "black sea" that space wil become.
http://www.greece.org/poseidon/work/modern-times/business.html
For a small explanation on the whereabouts, the hows and whys of greek sea tycoons, and
for DA MAN...
http://onasis.gr/listcats.php?subac...767408&archive=&start_from=&ucat=6&show_cat=6
Opinions are always welcome. In case you want me to clarify something, let me know. Thanks for the hospitality and I will try to not be a lurker no more.