| From: | chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: genetically-reconstructed brontosaurus |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Sep 1996 22:49:29 -0500 (EST) |
>>> to 2 million years old... And we're talking Homo erectus here, not Homo
>>> sapiens.
>>>
>>I think you misunderstood.
>>SR is the 6th age, each is about 5250 years, puts the start of the
>>1st age as the mayans count them arround 22000BC. I think the mayans
>>go back less than to the start of the 5th age (as they count them),
>>by what i've managed to find out.
>
>I was under the impression that the ages were of variable lengths?
>Isn't there a statement somewhere that each wave flux of the mana sine is a
>different length?
>
>
Here's my thoughts on the subject, for what they're worth...
For one, scientists THINK the earth is that old. This is the most popular
theory. However, their IS a small section of bona fide scientists (not the
wackos that believe in psychic's and such) that believe the earth is
considerably younger. Granted, it's still around a million years by their
reckoning, but...
Another theory held by some Christian scientists estimate the earth at an
even younger age, somewhere in the 5 didgit range of like 22,000 years...
Now, while I'm not sure who is right, I do know this...
Shadowrun is a world where magic exists and in 2011, quite a few formally
held opinions on how the Earth worked had to be changed. Maybe magic has
messed up carbon dating... If we have dinosaur bones that are millions of
years old, why don't we have and Troll or Orc skeletons from however many
thousands of years it's been since the last magic age? Where are the dragon
bones? Ok, Dunkelzahn mentioned some in his will... So why weren't they
found before the awakening? How about all the other paranormal creatures?
Where are all their bones?
Now, before any of you answer, think about this. It's a game. It's a game
with a fantasy twist to it. Stuff exists in the game that doesn't in
reality. FASA has come up with a few fictional explanations and theories as
to how things work, but I don't expect them to actually come out with a book
with all the answers. You want every single fictional theory and piece of
tech explained? The Star Trek page is just a few websites down that way,
take a left at the Batman Home Page...
The game is deliberately left open so that the majority of Shadowrun Games
don't get bogged down by meaningless drivel. However, for those of you who
want to have this info, or need to have it, because you're playing a mage
scientist who's trying to formulate these theories, well then by all means
feel free. This is at the player and Gm's discretion.
Well, I kinda went off the topic, but the point to all my rambling is this:
Don't worry about the details... Just have fun...:)
Well, that's my 2 nuyen's worth, hope it was worth it...
Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?
Not a flame, but a small glow:)
