Re[2]: Flow Question

     I've been working on a 3-D concept for the flow that works something 
     like this:
     
     The 'flow is indeed (by all appearances) essentially 2-d, though with 
     a finite thinkness, AT LEAST thick enough to completely engulf even 
     the largest Sphere.  
     
     However, unbeknownst to the poor inhabitants, the ENTIRE universe is 
     actually stretched about a HUGE Spherical shape (not unlike how the 
     Earth's oceans are wrapped around a sphere).  The curvature, in fact, 
     is so slight that most are completely unaware of this.  
     
     To test out the hypothesis, I mapped the only available of known space 
     I had (the one at 
     http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/ibowley/spelljam/flow.html)
     over a large sphere, covering perhaps 1/3 of the surface area, with 
     the Arcane Outer Flow leading to "unknown" space (the remaining 2/3).  
     The "flows" themselves are similar to the lines on a Soccer ball in 
     concept, though legends speak of an ultimate "source" of these which 
     eventually leads to a huge "sink" hole as well.
     
     
     One could argue that this sphere is in a sense a 4th dimensional 
     object - a HyperSphere if you like _ thus impossible to be perceived 
     by us 3-d creature unless you manage to circum navigate the flow!
     
     What lies beyond either edge?  Hmmm...been thinking about this, but I 
     figure ABSOLUTELY NOTHING or maybe even a region or "normal" 
     semi-infinite space on the inside, and perhaps the Astral Plane on the 
     outside (actually, one could argue that the inside *could* be the 
     ethereal plane).
     
     I have other, even crazier ideas, including what happens at either 
     "pole" of this hypersphere!
     
     -Alexander E. Archimedes
     (on Sabbatical at the Great Archive on Crescent, HeartSpace)
     


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Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Flow Question
Author:  "Jeremy G." <theguys@????????-??.com> at smtp_gway
Date:    10/2/97 11:45 PM


     
     
> If I remember correctly, The crystal spheres can be found floating in the 
> Pholgiston,  would that mean that the Pholgiston is like a gigantic Ocean 
> and every crystal is on that Pholgiston plain.  So basically all Crystal 
> Sphere are on the same plain.  Making travel in the Pholgiston 2
> dimensional.  But in wildspace travel would be 3 dimensional. 
> 
     
If you are right and the flow is only 2-D then spelljammers are like 
submarine in that the air envelope become like a bottle around the ship so 
This may mean the flow is in 3-d but I think the single dimension of paper 
make it harder to know
     
Jeremy G.
     
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