NMSCS Field Experiment # 081718PCA

Precedence: FIELD EXPERIMENT Date: 08/19/2018

To: No Man’s Sky Cartographic Society

From: Zen Amatin and Willyium

Report ID #: 081718PCA

Title: Using base computers to determine grid locations and distance

Synopsis: Placing and using base computers as navigational landmarks proved an effective way of calculating distances. It was also established that the max distance the analysis visor is able to display is equivalent to 60 minutes; the experiment resulted in standardization of “u” the unit of distance used in No Man’s Sky.

Details: Using the scanner to determine grid locations and distances, we placed navigational markers at the intersection of the equator and the prime meridian, also called Center Point (00.00, 00.00), the North Pole (00.00, +90.00), and the East Pole[i](+90.00, 00.00) of the moon Ajjala Zen[ii] in order to determine its size.

We placed base computers as navigational markers at three points (stated above), however the scanner showed the distance between these markers in time (minutes and seconds) instead of u[iii for ranges greater than 1,230u. It was also determined that the scanner’s maximum scan range is 60 minutes, and will display “1 hour” for all targets at or greater than that distance away.

Due to this limitation two additional navigation markers had to be placed half way between the Center Point and the North and East Poles, one at (00.00, +45.00) and the other at (+45.00, 00.00) as show in Figure 1.

Fig. 1 – Demonstration of additional navigational markers placed half way between Center Point and poles.

From these midpoint locations, we observed accurate distances to all points which were consistent to within 2u. The distance from the Center Point to the mid points was 47 minutes 59 seconds and from the Mid Points to the each of the Poles was 47 minutes 58 seconds.

The data collected during this experiment lead to the discovery of the standard calculation for distance per second, which is 4.20u. Using this calculation, the total distance from the Center Point of Ajjala Zen to either its North or East Poles is 24,179.40u. From these measurements we have determine the circumference of this moon to be 96,717.60u and to have a surface area of 744,391,077u².

[i] The terms North and South Pole to refer to +90.00 and -90.00 latitudes. The terms East and West Pole refer to +90.00 and -90.00 longitudes.

[ii] Ajjala Zen, Moon of planet Artford Zen, in the AGT Muri II system, Kemunyekho Terminus, Euclid Galaxy (https://atlashub.space/discoveries/ajjala-zen/)

[iii] We estimate the unit of distance “u” to be equivalent to 1 meter.

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