If you look closely, the 'dot' for Spokane is clearly visible inside Washington.
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Map Thread XVII
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Really, if you want relatively arbitrary straight lines, the best examples are not in Africa, but in the later-settled bits of the US, Canada and Australia, where a combination of very rapid movement of the frontier, total disregard for the indigenous population, and a certain sense of the new lands as a blank canvas combined to make such exceedingly angular constructs as Wyoming, Saskatchewan or (to a lesser extent) my own state of New Mexico.
Yeah. Half of the US states west of the Mississippi are just basically rectangles.
I prefer calling it Squareboi. Its inhabitants shall be called Squarebois.
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Dont forget California with it's eastern borders above the Colorado River. I heard that the state boundaries were established so that California could have all the gold.
So I'm not the only one who uses Wikipedia maps. Thank goodness.
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CASE SUMMARY
NEW MONTEGA BAY.XII.5 - "IVANHOE"
MASS - 0.0039 M⊕ or 25.99 M⚳
IVANHOE is the largest satellite of MESORI, itself the twelfth major satellite of the star NEW MONTEGA BAY. MESORI is an ice-ball with few convenient resources and accordingly the Martian People's Council did not assign it or its satellites a high priority for exploration or investigation. This chain of reasoning seems demonstrably flawed in hindsight. First close approach was in 2656, when ice trawler DIGORY KIRKE sent transmission noting "unusual topography, especially pronounced in highlands - not necessarily of natural origin"
DIGORY KIRKE subsequently exchanged series of messages with nearby ship UNSS TULSIDAS - last message received was "have begun to sketch" followed by comms silence. UNSS TULSIDAS arrived on scene to find scattered debris, subsequently identified as DIGORY KIRKE. Wreckage demonstrated signs of tremendous shear force and abnormal deformation to head and hands of remaining crewmen, suggesting kernel drive of DIGORY KIRKE had engaged in non-uniform way.
UNSS TULSIDAS completed forensics report and transmitted in its entirety, along with topographic map, to nearest Martian settlement, NEW PALEMBANG. One hour later sent codicil to report. Codicil stated "IT IS THE KEY. WE ARE THE DOOR." UNSS TULSIDAS engaged kernel drive at 15 min after final transmission. Did not reappear.
All crew presumed dead.
DO NOT TRANSCRIBE THE SYMBOLS REPEAT DO NOT TRANSCRIBE THE SYMBOLS
CASE SUMMARY
NEW MONTEGA BAY.XII.5 - "IVANHOE"
MASS - 0.0039 M⊕ or 25.99 M⚳
IVANHOE is the largest satellite of MESORI, itself the twelfth major satellite of the star NEW MONTEGA BAY. MESORI is an ice-ball with few convenient resources and accordingly the Martian People's Council did not assign it or its satellites a high priority for exploration or investigation. This chain of reasoning seems demonstrably flawed in hindsight. First close approach was in 2656, when ice trawler DIGORY KIRKE sent transmission noting "unusual topography, especially pronounced in highlands - not necessarily of natural origin"
DIGORY KIRKE subsequently exchanged series of messages with nearby ship UNSS TULSIDAS - last message received was "have begun to sketch" followed by comms silence. UNSS TULSIDAS arrived on scene to find scattered debris, subsequently identified as DIGORY KIRKE. Wreckage demonstrated signs of tremendous shear force and abnormal deformation to head and hands of remaining crewmen, suggesting kernel drive of DIGORY KIRKE had engaged in non-uniform way.
UNSS TULSIDAS completed forensics report and transmitted in its entirety, along with topographic map, to nearest Martian settlement, NEW PALEMBANG. One hour later sent codicil to report. Codicil stated "IT IS THE KEY. WE ARE THE DOOR." UNSS TULSIDAS engaged kernel drive at 15 min after final transmission. Did not reappear.
All crew presumed dead.
DO NOT TRANSCRIBE THE SYMBOLS REPEAT DO NOT TRANSCRIBE THE SYMBOLS
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It's kind of hard to tell due to the resolution(didn't realize it was set so small), but Spokane is in roughly the right spot. You might be thinking that the dot for Sandpoint is labeled as Spokane
inb4 .jpeg rage.
NAZPOCALYPSE: The Last of the Aryans
The Thousand Year Reich is approaching an end. The whales the Lord of the Isles had relied on as leverage have migrated elsewhere as the climate cools, moving further afield into the waters of the Roman Empire. The North Sea Internationale has decreed a Modernization Project in Scotland, and forces are moving from Berwick into the Highlands. The Duce in Avignon and the Commissar in Oslo have agreed that the Lord of the Isles and his vassals in Ullapool are no longer to be tolerated. Boots are landing in Inverness, and marching to Kintyre. Sails are raised, and the People's Army hold axes, spears, and swords in tight, calloused hands.
Soon the last Swastika flags will be lowered, never to rise again.
The Thousand Year Reich is approaching an end. The whales the Lord of the Isles had relied on as leverage have migrated elsewhere as the climate cools, moving further afield into the waters of the Roman Empire. The North Sea Internationale has decreed a Modernization Project in Scotland, and forces are moving from Berwick into the Highlands. The Duce in Avignon and the Commissar in Oslo have agreed that the Lord of the Isles and his vassals in Ullapool are no longer to be tolerated. Boots are landing in Inverness, and marching to Kintyre. Sails are raised, and the People's Army hold axes, spears, and swords in tight, calloused hands.
Soon the last Swastika flags will be lowered, never to rise again.
At last! Every few months that original map drifts back into my mind and I couldn't help but wonder about that strange devolved nazi rump state in Scotland. Is it just one state, or just two closely tied ones? Does "socialism" rule in mainland Europe?
Info hazards scribbled all over the planet? Interesting
. Seems like good way to keep things away from this place. Maybe a prison? A prison with an inmate dangerous enough to warrant transforming the physical geography of the satellite into a lethal info hazard?
Sounds like a job for the SCP foundation
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Info hazards scribbled all over the planet? Interesting
A prison with an inmate dangerous enough to warrant transforming the physical geography of the satellite into a lethal info hazard?
Sounds like a job for the SCP foundation
I definitely see "Behind The" in the bottom right, along with some other characters in that section.
████ ███████ scribbled all over the planet? Interesting
A prison with an inmate dangerous enough to warrant transforming the physical geography of the satellite into a ██████ ████ ██████?
Sounds like a job for the ███ foundation
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I definitely see "Behind The" in the bottom right, along with some other characters in that section.
Do not attempt to read!
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO READ!
If it means the safety of the entire known universe, then DO! NOT! ATTEMPT! TO! READ!
Ephraim Ben Raphael
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Info hazards scribbled all over the planet? Interesting
A prison with an inmate dangerous enough to warrant transforming the physical geography of the satellite into a lethal info hazard?
Sounds like a job for the SCP foundation
Or the preternatural equivalent of Yucca Mountain- the builders clearly took Nuclear Semiotics to its logical conclusion.
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