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How many points should Imperial Starburst have?

Murphy

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And is there any canon special meaning for that number?
I'm guessing it's not Imperial tech level, nor the amount of sectors...
 
And is there any canon special meaning for that number?
I'm guessing it's not Imperial tech level, nor the amount of sectors...

No canon information that I know of. All I know is that the one I'm working on right now has 24.


Hans
 
I count 21 on the MT starburst...

I count 21 sectors on the map that are outside the Solomani Sphere and likely are duchies...
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Parenths indicate probably not a duchy until after the 990's...

Dark Neb and Ealiyasiyw are probably combined with Reaver's deep.
Trojan Reach is canonically run from the Marches.
Reft is run from Deneb in the spinward, and Gushemege in the trailing.
Magyar, Solomani Rim, and Alpha Crucis are all deep inside the Solomani Sphere until after the Rim War. At which point, the Solomani Rim likely becomes a sector government, and the small chunks of non-solomani Mag and AC probably fall to it.
Hinterworlds is canonically out of Old Expanses.
Glimmerdrift Reaches is probably split between Delphi (rimward/spinward) and Ley (Trailing coreward).

Canonically, most of the 3I is stabilized by 200... (Thanks to T4 sources...)
 
I count 21 on the MT starburst...
Yeah, I have no idea where mine came from. It's a small icon I got somewhere years ago.

I suspect that there is no fixed number and that it's up to the individual artist.

It would be a nice bit of chrome if someone came up with a symbology, but I think we'd have to retcon quite a few pictures.


Hans
 
The first page inside the B3 has a starbust, with the shield for the ex libris reference, with 24 points.

How many 3I emperors have there been? Have they been adding one every century or so in the last few hundred years for each new Emperor/ess who comes along?
 
The Imperial Sunburst

The original sunburst graphic was a piece of art produced in house by GDW (by GDW in-house art director Rich Banner) for use in the Conflict Games Company game The Iliad. IT just sort of caught on and continued to become the icon it is today.
 
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