(IW) Echo Nomenclature

David Johnston2 · 12-04-2011, 08:51 PM

Normal timelines are named, however obliquely, after the divergence from Homeline that most stands out to the namer. What are echos usually named after?

shadowjack · 12-04-2011, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Normal timelines are named, however obliquely, after the divergence from Homeline that most stands out to the name. What are echos usually named after?

I thought echoes were just numbered by the date, e.g. Echo-1972-AD, for an echo where it's 1972-AD. But now that I think of it, that may not actually be canonical. It makes sense, though.

malloyd · 12-04-2011, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowjack

I thought echoes were just numbered by the date, e.g. Echo-1972-AD, for an echo where it's 1972-AD. But now that I think of it, that may not actually be canonical. It makes sense, though.

Not that, since it would mean they'd all change name every year. You'd want to name them something like (time interval) before present. Infinity would probably use decimal years, but days or seconds would be just as good.

robkelk · 12-05-2011, 12:05 AM

I don't have the book with me, but IIRC, they name the echo lines "Echo-###", where the number signs are replaced by how many years the echo is behind Homeline. (An echo that's 324 years behind would be "Echo-324", one that's exactly two millennia behind would be "Echo-2000", and so on.)

I'm not sure what they do if two echoes are the same number of years behind Homeline.

Not another shrubbery · 12-05-2011, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by robkelk

I don't have the book with me, but IIRC, they name the echo lines "Echo-###", where the number signs are replaced by how many years the echo is behind Homeline. (An echo that's 324 years behind would be "Echo-324", one that's exactly two millennia behind would be "Echo-2000", and so on.)

I'm not sure what they do if two echoes are the same number of years behind Homeline.

Yeah.. that's the inset on p85 of Infinite Worlds. If they came across an echo the same number of years behind as another one, maybe they would just add an extra numeric designator to show the order of discovery.

Sunrunners_Fire · 12-05-2011, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

Yeah.. that's the inset on p85 of Infinite Worlds. If they came across an echo the same number of years behind as another one, maybe they would just add an extra numeric designator to show the order of discovery.

Echo-2000-A (B, C, ...) would be my suggestion for that.

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robkelk Untitled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: between keyboard and chair	Re: (IW) Echo Nomenclature I don't have the book with me, but IIRC, they name the echo lines "Echo-###", where the number signs are replaced by how many years the echo is behind Homeline. (An echo that's 324 years behind would be "Echo-324", one that's exactly two millennia behind would be "Echo-2000", and so on.) I'm not sure what they do if two echoes are the same number of years behind Homeline. __________________ Rob Kelk “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” – Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950 No longer reading these forums regularly.