Universal Naming Convention

Summary

The naming convention for StargateMC's celestial objects follows a 9 character pattern to better facilitate a stargate network, which uses 9 chevron addresses to navigate the universe.

Clusters

Galactic Clusters (aka. Hyperspace dimensions) have a single character name (eg: L-Cluster).

All Celestial objects within them will contain this designation as the last character of their name, examples below:

• A planet (Earth): P2X-3YZ-0-PL
• A Star (Sol): P2X-SOL-A-PL
• A Star System (The Solar System): P2X-SYSTEM-PL
• A Galaxy (The Milky Way): PL-Galaxy
• A Cluster (The local galactic group): L-Cluster

This also doubles as the 9th chevron for stargate addresses within the hyperspace / galactic cluster boundary.

Galaxies

Galaxies (aka. a logical group of star systems in an area) have a double character name (eg: PL-Galaxy).

All Celestial objects within them will contain this designation as the last 2 characters of their name, examples below:

• A planet (Earth): P2X-3YZ-0-PL
• A Star (Sol): P2X-SOL-A-PL
• A Star System (The Solar System): P2X-SYSTEM-PL
• A Galaxy (The Milky Way): PL-Galaxy

The unique portion of the galaxy name (eg: P in PL-Galaxy) also doubles as the 8th chevron for stargate addresses within the same galactic cluster (hyperspace) boundary, supporting 8 chevron dialling.

Star Systems

Star Systems (aka. space dimensions) have a triple character name (eg: P2X-SYSTEM-PL).

All Celestial objects within them will contain this designation as the first 3 characters of their name, examples below:

• A moon (Luna): P2X-3YZ-A-PL
• A planet (Earth): P2X-3YZ-0-PL
• A Star (Sol): P2X-SOL-A-PL
• A Star System (The Solar System): P2X-SYSTEM-PL

The star system designation is always used as the first 3 characters of the stargate address for 9 chevron stargates, when dialling any planet, moon or star in the system.

Stars

Stars (aka. big balls of fire) have a 9 character designation, containing the cluster, galaxy and system information, as well as 4 characters to identify the star.

All stars will have a unique portion of their designation, containing SOL, and A-Z to signify the 1st through to 26th star in a system.

• A Star (Sol): P2X-SOL-A-PL

Star designations will always contain their system, galaxy and cluster designations.

Planets

Planets (aka. rocks, or balls of gas ) have a 9 character designation, containing the cluster, galaxy and system information, as well as 4 characters to identify the planet.

All planets will have a unique portion of their designation, containing 3 characters, and a 0 for the 7th character to identify the object as a planet.

• A Planet (Earth): P2X-3YZ-0-PL

Planet designations will always contain their system, galaxy and cluster designations.

Moons

Moons (aka. rocks, or balls of gas ) have a 9 character designation, containing the cluster, galaxy and system information, as well as 4 characters to identify the moon.

All moon will have a semi-unique portion of their designation, containing 3 characters, shared with all moons of the same planet, plus the planet itself, as well as a single character between A-Z for the 7th character to identify the object as a moon.

• A Moon (Luna): P2X-3YZ-A-PL

Moon designations will always contain their system, galaxy and cluster designations, and share the same 3 character designation as all other moons in orbit of their planet, as well as the planet itself.