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Post by DesertGhostExarch on May 20, 2004 16:22:08 GMT -5
Is there still room for more? I've been looking for a place to drop the Alterac Sector (a broadened version of my Alterac System, which is now bizarrely overpopulated with Imperial power structures due to it being my "home base" for so many of my short story characters), although I've not worked on it for long because it's still in its collapsed "star system" state. Of course, I dunno if Blizzard Entertainment would like me to use the name "Alterac"....
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Post by CELS on May 20, 2004 16:30:14 GMT -5
Go right ahead! Just post a description, short or long, and if it's not completely insane, it's up! Btw, if having a sector named Alterac is like having a planet called Alderaan (sp?), maybe you should pull a GW and change the name so that it looks different, but is pronounced the same?
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Post by DesertGhostExarch on May 20, 2004 16:59:15 GMT -5
Ah, well. You asked. I guess I'll change it to Kaltore (as that's the main planet anyways, and Alterac always did sound rather cheesy....).
The Kaltorian Sector: The Kaltorian Sector's civilized capital world (Kaltore) is notorious with the blackships of the Inquisition as producing an especially large yield of psykers well in excess of required tithes even after the bloody reign of witchhunters during the aftermath of the Conclave of Nikea and rousings of Imperial Cult activity. Due to the extensive colonization of surrounding systems by Kaltore's original human inhabitants, these "purges" often turn into full-blown sector-wide pogroms but rarely succeed in exorcising the condition. At the opening of the forty-first millenium, the Kaltorian Sector has seen increased activity with Ork Waaagh!s and as recently as ~236.M41 only barely defeated the thrust of the Alpha Legion Lord Y'tzl's invasion force thanks to the timely intervention of the Kaltorian Legion Space Marines. The physical destruction from the First Y'tzl War is only recently being healed, but the wide-scale sacrifices of psykers have resulted in scars that run far deeper. As such, the name "Y'tzl" is used as a swear-word throughout the sector.
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Post by CELS on May 20, 2004 18:03:51 GMT -5
Some nitpicking and questions;
If the capital is called Kaltore, I think the sector would be called Kaltorian sector. For example, Meksum's subsector is called the Meksum subsector, and not Meksumian subsector. Dorvastor's subsector is called Dorvastor subsector, and not Dorvastorite subsector.
Are you suggesting that rogue psykers are common in this sector, as a result of Kaltore's expansion in earlier millennia? I think you might consider toning this part down, as rogue psykers are very, very nasty if they fall in the wrong hands, let alone thousands and thousands of them spread across the sector.
Sounds like a very interesting sector, but I suggest that a few slight changes are made.
By the way, where would you like the sector placed? Which cube? (See stickified thread in this forum)
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Post by Minister on May 20, 2004 19:07:06 GMT -5
Not necicarily, not even usually. Aberdeen is in Aberdeenshire, but Glasgow is in Strathclyde. Same applies for 40K sectors and sub-sectors.
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Post by CELS on May 20, 2004 19:13:43 GMT -5
I'm aware of that. And I do know that the system we used for naming the Anargo sector and its subsector is not consistent with 40k fluff and fiction (ref: Gothic sector and Thracian Primaris being the capital of Helican subsector)
I just think that if we're enforcing certain rules for the subsectors in Anargo, and the sector itself, we should use these rules for the neighbouring sectors too.
And if we don't want to do that, we give PPLs the opportunity to call their subsectors whatever they want, instead of just naming them after their capital.
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Post by DesertGhostExarch on May 20, 2004 22:31:42 GMT -5
If the capital is called Kaltore, I think the sector would be called Kaltorian sector. For example, Meksum's subsector is called the Meksum subsector, and not Meksumian subsector. Dorvastor's subsector is called Dorvastor subsector, and not Dorvastorite subsector. I don't quite understand what you're getting at with that first thought. It is called the Kaltorian Sector. However, from your later comments, I'll assume that there's a hidden "not" in there. And eh, if you want it that way it's fine. I'm not going to get ticked about a name change like that! Mmm, this is one of the problems of translating it from a system to a sector. But no, I wouldn't say I was going for "common," as any rogue psykers eventually end up instigating one of these pogroms. After ten millenia of these, only a residual, diluted chance exists that psykers will crop up, even in the boondocks regions. However, due to the pervasiveness of psionics before the Conclave, this background effect makes psykers show up more often than in other parts of the Imperium. So, relatively more common, yes, but not evil-ly common. Arr...whatever's available. Something adjacent to another Orkoid infestation, if that's possible.
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Post by Destecado on May 21, 2004 12:24:32 GMT -5
I know that we are not using the Galactic Map from Dark Milenium, but we still need to descide how close to the edge of the galactic arm the Anargo sector lies. Even if it does not lie directly at the edge, a couple of these bordering sectors may. This might lead to sparcly populated sectors.
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Post by Kage2020 on May 22, 2004 14:51:31 GMT -5
Erm, yes were. As well you are aware from PPL. While I'm not keen on it, it is the simple thing to do at the moment. Check out the PPL board for discussion on the location of the Anargo sector at this point. Kage
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Post by Sojourner on May 26, 2004 22:06:24 GMT -5
I prefer Alterac.
Fiddle with the pronounciation to Al'tarrac or something if you prefer. In this case, it sounds vaguely Arabic - something which might allow the creation of some interesting imagery, though I'm not sure whether we want to court controversy in such ways...
Kage?
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Post by DesertGhostExarch on May 27, 2004 14:12:19 GMT -5
Al'tarrac is okay as well, but throwing around apostrophes always leaves me uncomfortable. Aeltyrrok, perhaps?
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Post by CELS on May 28, 2004 1:52:04 GMT -5
DesertGhostExarch, this could easily turn into a long series of one-line posts where people make suggestions for names. As the creator of the sector, I suggest that you just pick a name. Even "Alterak" is fine by me ;D Since you want it near some orks, I'll put it next to the Cruciatine sector, a sector that's pretty much been torn apart by Ork waaaghs! and the sector from which the majority of orks in the Anargo sector came Also, I think we should clarify that the extraordinary number of psykers is specific for the Kaltore system, and not the entire sector. Do you want me to do that when I add this sector to the list, or do you want to do that yourself?
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Post by DesertGhostExarch on May 28, 2004 9:43:11 GMT -5
True, but it looked like the bigwigs weren't looking in and I felt a little extra "bump" was necessary. Alterak it is. As for a clarification.... Will this do? The Alterak Sector: The Alterak Sector's civilized capital planet (Kaltore) is within a star system notorious with the blackships of the Inquisition as producing an especially large yield of psykers well in excess of required tithes despite the bloody reign of witchhunters during the aftermath of the Conclave of Nikea and various historical rousings of Imperial Cult activity (eg, the Age of Apostasy). The rest of the sector has been largely unaffected by this malignancy due to the wake of such pogroms. In the words of Inquisitor Lord Tiberius Rork, Kaltore's deviancy has become "quite contained." </other info, starting with "At the opening..."/>
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Post by Minister on May 30, 2004 8:38:11 GMT -5
Seems fine. Pick a number for it and we've got another sector done.
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Post by CELS on May 30, 2004 8:50:54 GMT -5
Done. I've put it next to the Cruciatine sector as promised (square 22), with the modified description. Praise the Emperor. *puts on vending uniform* Sectors! Get your steaming hot sectors! Only 13 still available! Step right up! Get your free sectors!
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