Category:Anomalous Regions

This category lists interstellar phenomena that define large regions by their atypical features, such as rifts and plasma fields. Short-hand for these oddities will be "regions".

• Anomalous Region page template

Dimensions Determination Method

1. Provide Perplexity the dimensions of the nebula/star cluster/region's established coordinates of its central plane:

A closed asymmetrical shape is represented on a 2D map with the following (JSON format) coordinates. Generate that 2D representation as an image with a defining boundary.

Attach those points; ex:

"points":[{"x":-31.16,"y":10.75,"z":0},{"x":-32.15,"y":8.55,"z":0},{"x":-29.8,"y":7.14,"z":0},{"x":-27.71,"y":10.75,"z":0},{"x":-26.6,"y":12.82,"z":0},{"x":-28.14,"y":12.51,"z":0}]

Confirm the provided image roughly matches the actual shape in SST.

2. Determine the relative center of the the region:

What is the relative coordinate for the geographic center of this shape?

3. Determine the greatest length between established coordinates of the region. Half of this number is recorded as the radius:

What is the longest dimension that exists within this shape?

4. Determine the upper and lower z-axis values, based on half of that greatest length (i.e., the radius); modify as necessary/pertinent.

5. Determine the approximate volume by the central plane's established dimension and double the radius; the use of the term "nebula" instead of "region" is intended to clarify the request to the AI:

Calculate the volume of a large irregular diffuse nebula (not bipolar) with a fractal boundary and vertical extent of ## units (crossing through the geographic center), using the defined cross-sectional area as the base.

Building Regions in Starship Tracker

Note: For the sake of simplicity, the dimensions of regions in Starship Tracker are perfectly identical from the top to the bottom.

• If a region exists completely within one sector plane (ex: 0.00 to 20.00 on the Z-axis): Set its Z-coordinate to the region’s center plane, meaning its central Z-coordinate. Label it within SST with the region’s normal name, with no suffix.
• If a region spans two sector planes: Create two location entries: one for its bottom and one for its top. Name the entries Region Name (bottom) and Region Name (top). Assign each entry the appropriate designated bottom or top Z-coordinate as established for the region. Do not create a separate entry at the region’s center Z-plane. Depending on the plane of the central Z-coordinate (ex: Z of +22.5), one of the two representations is sharing the "original" plane (ex: Z of +28.5) and displays the region’s name at its geographic center on that base Z-plane (at +22.5), using 75% font size. The secondary representation displays the name at the appropriate end of the region’s Z-axis—top or bottom—using 50% font size.
• If a region spans three or more planes: Create an entry for every relevant sector plane. Create a base-plane entry using only the region’s normal name, with no suffix. Set its Z-coordinate to the region’s base/center Z-coordinate. Create a top entry named Region Name (top). Set its Z-coordinate to the designated top Z-coordinate. Create a bottom entry named Region Name (bottom). Set its Z-coordinate to the designated bottom Z-coordinate.

For every sector plane between the top and bottom planes, create an intermediate entry. Append the floor (lowest Z-value) of that sector plane to the region name (ex: Alshanai Rift (-20)). Set the entry’s Z-coordinate to the midpoint of that sector plane (ex: for a sector plane running from Z = -0.01 through Z = -20.00, use Z = -10.00).