Re: CHAT: The centre of the temporal universe, was Translation relay

[Herman Miller <hmiller@IO.COM>]

On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:42:40 -0700, Matt Pearson <mpearson@POP.UCLA.EDU>
wrote:

>The Teonim must have a hard time finding the Tokana, since I still
>haven't managed to nail down exactly where they live.  I keep going
>back and forth between Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands,
>and the north shore of the mouth of the Columbia River (i.e. the
>southwestern tip of Washington State).  I'm also vacillating between
>whether they'll be a hunter-gatherer people or a small-scale agricultural
>people (or both).  Conculturally, the Tokana are sort of in limbo right
>now, I guess...
>
>Matt.

Speaking of concultural limbo, the whole of the Kolagian sector is in a
similar state at the moment. The biggest displacement has got to be the
planet Thersenia, which was near the Omega Centauri star cluster. I want
the distances to be more realistic, while still remaining a ways away, so
I'm thinking they must be somewhere around the Pleiades, if I can find a
suitable star nearby.

(Physical distance is actually misleading since Kolagian space travel
depends on the existence of "tunnels" in the luminiferous ether, which are
thought to have been built by an ancient civilization. But it's a good
rough guide to travel time.)

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