Vega-Altair Mythological Coordinates

Could be. But Cassiopeia is the mother of Andromeda, which is both a galaxy and a constellation. The only thing that doesn’t fit there (and it may just have been to make the toast sound better) is that it says ‘mother of galaxies’ plural not galactic mother singular. You can see a few galaxies by looking at the constellation but as far as I’m aware only one is named for a child of Cassiopeia. Click to expand... Spanish ED: madre de las galaxias French ED : mère de toutes les galaxies (all of them !!) Portughese ED: mae das galaxias (sorry for the missing tilde) German ED: Mutter aller Galaxien (all of them !!)' No Frenchie nor Spaniard nor Potughese nor German would think it refers to Cassiopeia, but to the MW. Anglocentrism much will not help to find Raxxla... imho.

Going in that direction Gaea would also be a candidate, in myth she created the whole of the universe from chaos. Haven’t checked to see if there is a system Gaea, but if not the only thing that we have in game that is Gaea is Earth. Click to expand... My point is considering "mother of all the galaxies" as being the apparently largest one. As many people used to say, in a perfect English: 1. Saddam Hussain's reply to the coaltion's ultimatum was that 'if any army set foot in Iraq that they could expect the mother of all battle's'. 2. If you don't get your finger out you are going to get the mother of all bollockings from the boss. 3. Are you going round to Geordie's tonight? they say he is going to throw the mother of all parties. The jewell that burns in the brow of the mother...

"Mother of Galaxies" could potentially be interpreted as being Hera (or Juno, in Roman terms), as the Milky Way was said to have come into existence when the infant Heracles (Hercules) was suckled at her breast and then either torn away by Hera or was too enthusiastic and bit her. The resulting spray of milk became the via lactea, or Milky Way Galaxy. There is no constellation associated with Hera. (Constellations seemed to be reserved for objects and people either killed or "used" by Zeus ) Click to expand... The real mother of galaxies is dust.

If the clues to Raxxla are meant to be understood by the proficient English speakers only, then I agree with you. If not, that means what that means in every ED localisation. And I repeat, in other languages, nope, it's the MW. Mother of all galaxies ! Click to expand... Going in that direction Gaea would also be a candidate, in myth she created the whole of the universe from chaos. Haven’t checked to see if there is a system Gaea, but if not the only thing that we have in game that is Gaea is Earth.

Does not "the mother of all .." mean, also, something like the " largest of all.." in English like in other languages ? Look at the sky, you'll see the huge MW and then a lot of tiny galaxies. Click to expand... Could be. But Cassiopeia is the mother of Andromeda, which is both a galaxy and a constellation. The only thing that doesn’t fit there (and it may just have been to make the toast sound better) is that it says ‘mother of galaxies’ plural not galactic mother singular. You can see a few galaxies by looking at the constellation but as far as I’m aware only one is named for a child of Cassiopeia.

Princess Astrophel. There is a fair chance that Princess Astrophel refers to Vega. The stellar weaver princess of east asian mythology, that loves Atair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cowherd_and_the_Weaver_Girl If the other stars are spiraling and Vega isn't, that would probably make Vega a Pole star. The last time Vega was the north pole star, was around 12000 BC or about 15000 years ago(ED time). The period around 12000 BC was dramatic, both in a scientific and mythological sense. At the end of the ice age the sea levels changed, climate fluctuated and animals like mammoth and saber tooth tiger went extinct. Some evidence may also point to large comet impacts, in the period. In mythology the fall of Atlantis, the original story of the great flood and the traditional Maya cata...

The chinese valentines day mentioned by Han Zen: Princess star-lover links to the Qixi Festival where star crossed lovers meet on the 7th day of the 7th moon of the year in Chinese and Japanese tradition. Zhinu - represented by Vega, and Niulang represented by Altair, seprarted by the milky way as punishment. They meet once a year on a bridge of magpies that forms across the river. Qixi is pronounced 'KEY-she' ! Vega is call Orihime in japan. The story is also mentioned in carl sagan's novel 'contact'.. ​ Maybe we have to go on the day ? :| The bridge of magpies.. no idea how that could happen in game, but maybe the point midway between Altair and Vega is the 'meeting point' BTW Vega was not the pole star in 1200BC for the ancient greeks.. see my earlier post, or check for your se...

I like the idea of a bridge between systems, or something situational (like time of year) that opens up a gateway. I checked Vega (again, I'd visited it a few weeks back checking permit-locked systems for clues) and Altair but nothing on the outskirts of the systems except regular signal sources, of which I dropped into a couple of High Grades, but nothing relevant. Altair has three Installations and there was also a visiting megaship and it has the Tourist Beacon 0127 'New Agreements' about colonies agreeing to respect indigenous life. There is also a Niu Lang system but I have not checked that yet, however it is inhabited with two outposts and one landable surface port according to EDSM.