(this is the logical expansion of the hitherto used WI thread, and so shall

supplant it in its role as the principle thread for discussion of the terra
infnitus setting as a whole and comment on individual pieces written on it)
Welcome to the wonderful world of Terra Infnitus! an alternate history/shared
universe/epic round roin setting that see!s to chronicle the tales of an earth
the si"e of our timeline#s sun
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(for you math nerds out there, that means that the surface area of Terra
infnitus is 0<,088 times the si"e of our earth, and to calculate any distance,
you would multiply it y 008)&
Terra infnitus is oth mind ogglingly massive and open& 7rom the di=erent
genetic strands of humanity (or even some other species) created y the
great seperation of time and space etwixt civili"ations, to the unumered
cultures, nations, and religions allowed to develop in hitherto unseen
directions, there is little you can#t imagine into the world& :o, wither you wish
to write a timeline the rise and fall of the great >eanderthall imperium of
:icily (or whathaveyou), a more personal story of some ;ourney to the top of
some unelievaly tall mountian, or even explore the possiilities of the
dar!ness that lies in the great depths of the sea and the primordial forests of
s!ys!raper si"ed trees that may or may not exist in europe, you can
contriute to this great pro;ect of ours&
4ore 3ssumptions$
0$ The prolems caused y the sheer si"e of this earth#s 6ravity, as well as
the lighting heating of the earth, are handwaved to allow life as we !now it to
thrive on the planet&
<$ The atmosphere is proportainately higher, allowing for life to exist in places
that would e, if it wasn#t higher, assically in space&
/$ 3lthough inspiration for people and historical events will e inevetily
gleaned from our timeline, this is not an I:(T, so direct ports of civs as they
are in our timeline to where they ended up in our timeline is niether sensile
nor neccecary&
)ules for writing
)ule 0$ 4hances are you never heard of the guys in the other snippets, ?nless
they are right next door (especially in early times)
)ule <$ there is a reasonale amount of room for the rule of cool, ut it
cannot override the other rules&
)ule %$ >o mary sue civs& >ot all civs will have the same success@ some will
e small and poor, of course, and others will achieve great things in culture,
tech, etc, ut Ara!a'f'cation of any civ is not allowed&
)ule B$ Clease your civili"ations technological capailities reasonale within
the time frame you are writing as well as within the resource capailities prior
estalished y other writers& 2rgo >o 6?>: until the civ has reached the
infrastructure reDuired to maintain it&
)ule +$ -assive, world altering events (such as meteor stri!e, or an invasion
of lovecraftian horrors, for example) should e discussed with other writers,
and generally are discouraged in favor of more locali"ed events (and in this
world, a locali"ed event is pretty ig)
)ule ,$ !eeping rule one in mind, if any person or entity you write of comes in
contact with any person or entity written of y another person, consult with
them efore simply writing your perferred result&
)ule E$ thou shalt discuss in the discussion thread (this thread, oviously) or
via pm& thou shalt not spam the Terra infnitus archives&
?seful lin!s$
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