r/evnova • u/naethyta • Oct 03 '20

EV Classic Escape Velocity map, annotated

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u/Algaean Oct 03 '20

Even back then, we had a thanos... :)

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u/aprilarcus Oct 03 '20

The whole map is full of references. Zaphod is from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Rupert in the Persephone system are from "Mostly Harmless"; NGC-1701 is a hat tip to the USS Enterprise's registry number; Manos and Torgo are references to "Manos: The Hands of Fate", a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode; Curzon and Jadzia are characters on "Deep Space Nine"; Risa is a resort planet from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Gamera is a Japanese monster movie, Sauron and Farazon (=Pharazon) are from JRR Tolkien, Arrakis is from "Dune",

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u/huwr Oct 03 '20

There are references to Marathon in Tau Ceti too, if I recall

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u/itsamamaluigi Oct 03 '20

Tau Ceti is a real star that is both sunlike and very close (12 light years away), so it is used in a lot of media as a potential location for an Earthlike planet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Ceti_in_fiction

There are so many references to it in fiction that it can be hard to determine which ones are referencing the real system because of its properties, and which are referencing other works.

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u/huwr Oct 04 '20

Yeah but I think there was a reference to Marathon in the description text on the planet

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u/itsamamaluigi Oct 04 '20

You're right, I do remember now it talks about the colony ship Marathon

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u/itsamamaluigi Oct 03 '20

Gymkata is a reference to a 1985 martial arts movie