On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Kenneth Stone wrote: #> The Orb is not a fixed point -- wouldn't this mess #> up a coordinate #> system? "3 miles north-north-east and 1 mile up of #> the Orb" is going to #> land you in a giant Jhereg next if Zerika decides to #> teleport to Smallcliff #> for a little fresh fruit between the time you get #> the coordinates and #> the time you do the teleport. By now the Orb should know a great deal about the geography of the Dragaeran Empire. If "coordinates" means something like what we usually think of it as meaning, someone teleporting should be able to specify "on the South Bridge Road, 3 miles north of the boundary between Bright River County and Three Birds County", and have it work properly. But I think we've seen examples of people carefully visualizing the place where they want to teleport to, most recently Morrolan teleporting to Blackchapel, and I think that that's what is really meant by "coordinates". -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website