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[Harrod200]

I dunno; they all seem to have adopted English as a galactic language (don't recall seeing anything about universal translators in the codex). Maybe they decided 'hey, these Humans have things about right'

[Haasth]

That's just how aggressive humans are.

**** their habits, they'll have to adjust to us! And they did just that.



In truth, I have no clue how long it'll take. Seems like a regular year though.

[Kruczinski]

Harrod200 wrote...

I dunno; they all seem to have adopted English as a galactic language (don't recall seeing anything about universal translators in the codex). Maybe they decided 'hey, these Humans have things about right'

It says so here in the Codex:

Technology: Translation Human cultures remain linguistically divided. Some converse in Spanish, others in Mandarin, Arabic, Swahili, etc. Every alien race has their own equally broad panoply of languages and dialects.

Most individuals know only their mother tongue, and rely on machine translation. Modern portable computers allow anyone with a few hundred credits of equipment to enjoy seamless real-time translation of alien languages, courtesy of handheld PDAs, computers in clothing or jewelry, or sub-dermal implants. Without fast and accurate translation, galactic trade and culture would not exist.

Governments provide subsidized software, updated through the public extranet "on the fly", often as users approach spaceport customs facilities. Even the batarians, who isolated themselves from galactic society nearly two decades ago, take pains to provide up-to-date glossaries and linguistic rules, though most suspect that this is only so they can continue exporting propaganda.

It is still considered broad-minded and practical to be able to speak without machine aid. Children often take courses in alien language, and most races can speak the simplified artificial "trade tongue" with little difficulty.

Some species must rely on machine translation to interact with the rest of the galaxy. Hanar, for example, cannot reproduce the spoken language of any humanoid species, and other races cannot reproduce hanar bioluminescence without mechanical aid. Newly discovered or obscure races don't have machine translation available until the linguists have had time to study them.

[Harrod200]

Ah OK musta missed that one

[RyuKazuha]

Harrod200 wrote...

I dunno; they all seem to have adopted English as a galactic language (don't recall seeing anything about universal translators in the codex). Maybe they decided 'hey, these Humans have things about right'

But there is an entry concering that topic. Translators are use, since some races don't even have the ability to vocalize. ^^

It's no clear how long the galactic standard year is, as far as i know, sorry.

[marshalleck]

To get back on track, a standard galactic day just so happens to be roughly 24 hours. A galactic year happens to be roughly 365 galactic days. Hell of a coincidence, isn't it?

I think this is in the first book.

Modifié par marshalleck, 19 janvier 2010 - 10:05 .

[sirisaacx]

It's definitely mentioned in the codex / one of the books somewhere. I think a galactic standard day was around 20 hours, but I read about it a while ago. No estimate on the year, only that it's vaguely related to earth's year.

Edit: Ninja'd

Also, perhaps most life sustaining planets have a common orbit and rotational speed? Just hypothesizing.

Modifié par sirisaacx, 19 janvier 2010 - 10:07 .

[ramdog7]

Harrod200 wrote...

I dunno; they all seem to have adopted English as a galactic language (don't recall seeing anything about universal translators in the codex). Maybe they decided 'hey, these Humans have things about right'

in acenscion they mention a traslater device wore by DR. Sanders

[Ronin Zakath]

marshalleck wrote...

To get back on track, a standard galactic day just so happens to be roughly 24 hours. A galactic year happens to be roughly 365 galactic days. Hell of a coincidence, isn't it?

Awfully convenient for us.

[Xerxes52]

One hour.
Oh wait, that's a galactic standard week.

[marshalleck]

Ronin Zakath wrote...

marshalleck wrote...

To get back on track, a standard galactic day just so happens to be roughly 24 hours. A galactic year happens to be roughly 365 galactic days. Hell of a coincidence, isn't it?

Awfully convenient for us.

I can see why the writers would choose to just go the easy route. Have you ever noticed how many people are confused by time zones and daylight savings? Now try to extend that to a timeline composed of 50,000 non-standard years worth of non-standard days and you'd have one hell of a confused fan base constantly complaining about time and dates in the game.

Modifié par marshalleck, 19 janvier 2010 - 10:14 .

[Saberdark]

I think one of the books discussed this topic. IIRC, it's approximately the same length as an Earth year. Couldn't find the relevant section though.

I can however tell you how the galactic standard day works. It's divided into 20 hours, each of which is composed of 100 minutes. Each minute is made up of 100 seconds, but the seconds are half as long as Earth seconds. The net result is that the GSD is about 15% longer than an Earth day. Just looked it up in Revelation.

Modifié par Saberdark, 19 janvier 2010 - 10:17 .

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

sirisaacx wrote...Also, perhaps most life sustaining planets have a common orbit and rotational speed? Just hypothesizing.

Well technically this would be true, not sure for ME universe. But most planets would have to be in a similar orbit to Earths in order to sustain life. But there are other variables to take into consideration, such as Size of Systems Star and the size of Planet and whether it has a moon or not. The last one may have some confused but without a moon the Earth would be Tidal Locked to the Sun causing no turning of the Earth.

[Spitfire80]

Maybe the protheans did something to potential life bearing worlds, standardizing the time it took for a full cycle around their stars and their daycycles.



or not,...

[JudgeQwerty]

I imagine its a very confusing thing, much like the Chinese, Islamic, and Gregorian calendars are sort of kind of not really different but just enough to inspire oodles of frustration. Then again, most races have had millenia to get used to the standardized version.

[sirisaacx]

Saberdark wrote...

I think one of the books discussed this topic. IIRC, it's approximately the same length as an Earth year. Couldn't find the relevant section though.

I can however tell you how the galactic standard day works. It's divided into 20 hours, each of which is composed of 100 minutes. Each minute is made up of 100 seconds, but the seconds are half as long as Earth seconds. The net result is that the GSD is about 15% longer than an Earth day. Just looked it up in Revelation.

Wait, why the heck are they using base ten? Most of the citadel species don't even have ten fingers or toes.

[Laterali]

Xerxes52 wrote...

One hour.
Oh wait, that's a galactic standard week.

Oh Men in Black reference....

[Lightice_av]

Celrath wrote...

 Is it 365 galactic standard days if so how long a a galactic standard day? is it twenty four galactic standard hours if so how is a ...... well i think you get the point.

According to Revelations the galactic standard year is 15% longer than Earth year and it's a compromise between the Asari, Salarian and Turian years. Furthermore, a galactic standard hour is divided to hundred minutes, that divide to hundred seconds, but each second is only about half the length of an Earth second. I think that standard day was 20 standard hours long, but I'm not entirely sure...

EDIT: Oops, someone got ahead of me.

Modifié par Lightice_av, 19 janvier 2010 - 11:06 .

[RyuKazuha]

Humans came up with hexa-decimal-systems, so races with 6 fingers could come up with decimal systems the other way around. And since Math is (not considering the issue of how a "unit" is actually defined) independant from the world it's applied to, there should be no reason not to come up with this.

[Dlai]

sirisaacx wrote...

Also, perhaps most life sustaining planets have a common orbit and rotational speed? Just hypothesizing.

This is mostly correct. Around each star is a habitable zone in which the star provides enough heat to sustain life to a planet. To close to the sun and everything burns, to far away and everything freezes.

So all planets sustaining life would probably have approximately the same orbit and approximately the same length year, in a standardized measurement system such as seconds, minutes, or hours.

[Frotality]

sirisaacx wrote...



Also, perhaps most life sustaining planets have a common orbit and rotational speed? Just hypothesizing.

this. it is a reasonable and convenient threory, and greatly simplifies things.

[Spitfire80]

Dlai wrote...

sirisaacx wrote...

Also, perhaps most life sustaining planets have a common orbit and rotational speed? Just hypothesizing.

This is mostly correct. Around each star is a habitable zone in which the star provides enough heat to sustain life to a planet. To close to the sun and everything burns, to far away and everything freezes.

So all planets sustaining life would probably have approximately the same orbit and approximately the same length year, in a standardized measurement system such as seconds, minutes, or hours.

Yes, but not every star has the same strength, a younger sun might expand its life belt further than an older star. I think.