From 96df29b1f9a7c2e128152a988119896144b75258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leni Aniva Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:31:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Restructure notes to prepare for branching --- README.md | 19 ---- README.org | 22 ++++ notes/char-ryouko.org | 18 --- notes/chars/other.org | 106 +++++++++++++++++ notes/chars/shizuki-ryouko.org | 48 ++++++++ notes/history.org | 39 ++++++- notes/places.org | 35 ++++++ notes/settings.org | 202 ++++----------------------------- notes/works.org | 28 +++++ 9 files changed, 295 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README.md create mode 100644 README.org delete mode 100644 notes/char-ryouko.org create mode 100644 notes/chars/other.org create mode 100644 notes/chars/shizuki-ryouko.org create mode 100644 notes/places.org create mode 100644 notes/works.org diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 07b2190..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -# To The Stars Battle Diagrams and Annotations - -This project's goal is to provide visualisations and summaries of battles and -plots in the AO3 novel *To The Stars*. - -The battle symbology is derived from NATO Joint Military Symbols and is -augmented to ensure full compatibility. - -## Format - -The symbology used in battle diagrams is given in `references.tex`. To cite a -passage, use the format `(VOL CH LINE)`, e.g. `(I.1.123)` refers to line `123` -of volume I chapter 1 (A Wish). The line number is the unfolded line number -which can be extracted in Emacs via `nov.el` and -``` emacs-lisp -(setq nov-text-width t) -(add-hook 'nov-mode-hook 'visual-line-mode) -``` - diff --git a/README.org b/README.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8e9a8b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.org @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +* To The Stars Battle Diagrams and Annotations + +This project's goal is to provide visualisations and summaries of battles and +plots in the AO3 novel /To The Stars/. + +The battle symbology is derived from NATO Joint Military Symbols and is +augmented to ensure full compatibility. + +** Format + +The symbology used in battle diagrams is given in ~references.tex~. + +To cite a passage, use the format ~(VOL CH LINE)~, e.g. ~(I.1.123)~ refers to +line 123 of volume I chapter 1 (A Wish). The line number is the unfolded line +number which can be extracted in Emacs via `nov.el` and +``` emacs-lisp +(setq nov-text-width t) +(add-hook 'nov-mode-hook 'visual-line-mode) +``` +To refer to a character "First Name, Last Name", use "Last Name, F.". For +example, Shizuki Ryouko is referred to as "Shizuki R.". This format is uniform +across the wiki. diff --git a/notes/char-ryouko.org b/notes/char-ryouko.org deleted file mode 100644 index 84b7cec..0000000 --- a/notes/char-ryouko.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -#+title: Shizuki Ryouko - -* Volume I - -** Chapter 1 - -Her wish of being a magical girl was granted after a near-death encounter with -demons and miasma (I.1.1285). - -** Chapter 2 - -Her weapon as a magical girl is a arbalest (crossbow). She can teleport up to -2000 kg (I.2.281) but cannot telekinesis or teleport objects without teleporting -self (I.2.289). The maximal range is 200km (I.2.293), which beated previous -record of 63km (I.2.307). Her teleportation works by manipulating space -(I.2.325). - -Sakura K. was assigned to be her commanding officer (I.2.365). diff --git a/notes/chars/other.org b/notes/chars/other.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19d2b18 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/chars/other.org @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +#+title: Other Characters + +* Proximal to Shizuki R. + +** Simona + +Friend of Ryouko and foreign exchange student (I.1.209) + +- Wants to be a violinist (I.1.255) +- Exchange student but not very interested in learning languages. She embarked + on an exchange to get away from family (I.1.835) +- Describes Earth as same people everywhere (I.1.871) +- May have romantic feelings towards Ryouko (I.1.895) (I.2.543) + +** Chiaki 智晶 + +Friend of Ryouko (I.1.209) +- Long-haired (I.1.209) + +** Ruiko 瑠衣子 + +Friend of Ryouko (I.1.209) +- Pig-tailed (I.1.209) +- Wanted to learn nanoengineering or theoretical physics (dropped) (I.1.223) + +** Ryouko's father + +- Over 100 years old but looks around 30 (I.1.79) + +** Ryouko's mother + +** Ryouko's (paternal) grandfather + +- Join the military on Monday next week [relative to reference] (I.1.161) + +** Ryouko's (paternal) grandmother + +- Joined the military for 12 years (I.1.133) +- Stopped writing to her family but she is not dead. (I.1.133) + +** some french magical girl + +Does not trust the government (I.1.625) + +* Central + +** Tomoe Mami 巴　麻美 + +- Looked to be 19-20yo despite being hundreds of years old. (I.1.307) +- Can converse while holding a motionless face (I.1.351) +- Body is enhanced as for every magical girl (I.1.423) +- Field Marshall (I.1.689) +- Hated recruiting because of the innocence of the girls (I.2.19) + +** Sakura Kyouko 桜　香子 + +- Chooses to remain 14 (I.1.471) +- Looks to be 14 and lives in the Catholic-style church in Mitakihara (I.1.429) +- Calls Mami "Marshal" (I.1.477) +- Calls MSY the "Union" (I.1.589) + +** Akemi Homura 暁美　ほむら + +- "Left" with no more news (I.1.517) +- Believs in "Goddess of Hope" (I.1.539) +- 20 years ago she leveraged the Goddess of Hope and her charisma to start a + religion (I.1.573). This became the Cult of Hope which was the only living + religion which gained members (I.1.577). +- Had presentations and statistics when she was spearheading MSY (I.1.611) +- Vanished after saving Epsilon Eridani (I.1.581) + +** Yuma + +Involved in MSY (I.1.613) + +- In government (I.1.623) + +** Patricia von Rohr + +Introduced in (I.2.869) (I.2.965). + +Excerpt from (I.2.969): +#+begin_quote +Rank: Colonel +MG Classification: Miscellaneous, Technological Specialist +MG Weapon: Drone Swarms +Immediate Commanding Officer: Sakura K., Lieutenant General +Primary Mentor (optional): None +#+end_quote + +** Maki + +Introduced in (I.2.877). + +* Incubators + +** Kyubey + +- Says Akemi Homura has disappeared due to the exhaustion of her soul gem (I.1.907) + +* Military + +** Fleet Admiral Xing +Has some feud with General Blackwell [v2/p80] +** General Blackwell +Has some feud with Fleet Admiral Xing [v2/p80] diff --git a/notes/chars/shizuki-ryouko.org b/notes/chars/shizuki-ryouko.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8b5027 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/chars/shizuki-ryouko.org @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +#+title: Shizuki Ryouko; 静樹　良子 + +* Settings + +Main protagonist + +- Diminutive stature but does not want to be perceived as a child (I.1.27) +- Has a automatic telescope from grandmother which receives instructions from + cortical implants. (I.1.63) + +* Volume I + +** Chapter 1 + +T+0: +- 14 years old (I.1.33) +- Lives on the 42nd story, in Mitakihara city (I.1.43) +- Could not find a hobby (I.1.73) +- Wants to be a space traveler (I.1.239) +- Wants to be a magic girls despite knowing the risks since the life has + contrast with the "sterile, prosaic life" (I.1.399). +- Thinks "nothing is worth rushing for" (I.1.39) + +Her wish of being a magical girl was granted after a near-death encounter with +demons and miasma (I.1.1285). + +** Chapter 2 + +Sakura K. explains to Shizuki R. about the military system. Shizuki R. did not +know much about the cult (I.2.125). + +- The main colour is green (I.1.1309, I.2.187) +- Her weapon as a magical girl is a arbalest (crossbow). +- She can teleport up to 2000 kg (I.2.281) but cannot telekinesis or teleport + objects without teleporting self (I.2.289). +- The maximal range is 200km (I.2.293), which beated previous record of 63km +(I.2.307). +- Her teleportation works by manipulating space (I.2.325). +- Her fingernail shows a green five-pointed star (I.2.137) + +Tomoe M. has already registered Shizuki R. at this stage. Sakura K. is assigned +to be her commanding officer (I.2.365). +- Shizuki R.'s rank is Second Lieutenant (I.2.398) + +Sakura K. introduced Shizuki R. to combat the demons (I.2.641). The demons +change strategy and nearly exhaust Shizuki R. (I.2.725). Shizuki R. was lectured +by Sakura K. (I.2.755). Shizuki R. comes back late after curfew and sends a +message to her family to explain (I.2.853). diff --git a/notes/history.org b/notes/history.org index b0f7aed..1f635d4 100644 --- a/notes/history.org +++ b/notes/history.org @@ -17,10 +17,41 @@ the military 30 years of service. The minimum age of combat was dropped to 13 A defect in the Cult of Hope's computers caused random drops with grief cubes for squads on the front line (I.1.653). The occurrence seems random. This was counterintuitive since computers are not supposed to make such mistakes. Secret -examination squads sent by Kyouko could not spot problems (I.1.657). Similar +examination squads sent by Sakura K. could not spot problems (I.1.657). Similar defects caused girls to be sent behind the lines or home and never came back. (I.1.665). -When Kyouko was visiting Wolf 359, a platoon of infantry dragged Saya-chan's -body and soul gem back to safety, but lost her. They broke down in front of -Kyouko demanding that she finds the missing Saya-chan (I.1.359). +When Sakura K. was visiting Wolf 359, a platoon of infantry dragged Saya-chan's +(other details unknown) body and soul gem back to safety, but she expired. They +broke down in front of Sakura K. demanding that she finds the missing Saya-chan +(I.1.359). + +** Chapter 2: Fantasma + +Tomoe M. hates recruiting (I.2.19). Simona is shocked that Shizuki R. became a +magical girl. Tomoe M. escorted Simona home and Sakura K. introduced Shizuki R. +to combat. At this stage + +- Tomoe M.'s rank is Field Marshal (I.1.1185) +- Sakura K.'s rank is Lieutenant General (I.2.113) + +Sakura K. introduces Shizuki R. to combat the demons. At the same time, Tomoe M. +explains to Simona the importance of understanding Shizuki R.'s feelings. + +Tomoe M. schedules meetings with Fleet Admiral Xing and General Blackwell +(I.2.609). She is asked by the production committee of the film "Akemi" and +propaganda machines to have an appearance at a screening for recruitment +purposes (I.2.621). + +Shizuki R. and Sakura K. combat the leftover group of demons (I.2.641). +Shizuki R. nearly exhausts herself and is lectured by Sakura K (I.2.755). + +Sakura K. is briefed by von Ruhr, P. about the ground zero of the demon attack +(I.2.992). Grief cubes were left on the ground to hatch demons which breaks +regulations and is incredibly dangerous (I.2.1000). Sakura K. concludes that +someone left them there deliberately (I.2.1032). Sakura K. orders von Ruhr, P. +to keep the matter inside the church (I.2.1076). + +Sakura K. and Shizuki R. meet the family of Shizuki R. (I.2.1094). + +**Lead**: A woman was observed by Shizuki R. in the distance when the demon attack happened (I.2.1144). diff --git a/notes/places.org b/notes/places.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..767d72e --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/places.org @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +#+title: Places + +* Earth + +** Mitakihara City + +Mitakihara has a major starport which is particularly important and busy +(I.1.55). + +The city is crammed and most families in tight flats (I.1.89). + +School is at the 30th floor (I.1.193). + +*** Buildings +- Shizuki Consumer Goods (I.1.417) +- Hephaestus Nanotechnology (I.1.417) +- Chronos Biologics (I.1.417) +- Zeus and Prometheus Research Centres (unique to Mitakihara) (I.1.417) + + The two research centres face each other over a narrow causeway between them. +- Headquarter of Cult of Hope (Catholic-style church) (I.1.429). + + Church has a small bedroom for one (I.1.467). + +** Space Stations + +- Earth has defense stations orbiting (I.1.61) +- Bucky Model space stations are shaped like football (I.1.65) + +* Colonies + +** Epsilon Eridani +A human colony; Akemi H. helped to save it (I.1.581). +** Wolf 359 +A human colony (I.1.675). diff --git a/notes/settings.org b/notes/settings.org index 3903469..916f832 100644 --- a/notes/settings.org +++ b/notes/settings.org @@ -1,135 +1,12 @@ -#+title: To The Stars +#+title: Settings -* Characters - -*** Shizuki Ryouko 静樹　良子 - -Main protagonist - -- Diminutive stature but does not want to be perceived as a child (I.1.27) -- Begins as 14 years old (I.1.33) -- Thinks "nothing is worth rushing for" (I.1.39) -- Lives on the 42nd story, in Mitakihara city (I.1.43) -- Has a automatic telescope from grandmother which receives instructions from - cortical implants. (I.1.63) -- Could not find a hobby (I.1.73) -- Wants to be a space traveler (I.1.239) -- Wants to be a magic girls despite knowing the risks since the life has - contrast with the "sterile, prosaic life" (I.1.399). - -*** Simona - -Friend of Ryouko and foreign exchange student (I.1.209) - -- Wants to be a violinist (I.1.255) -- Exchange student but not very interested in learning languages. She embarked - on an exchange to get away from family (I.1.835) -- Describes Earth as same people everywhere (I.1.871) -- May have romantic feelings towards Ryouko (I.1.895) (I.2.543) - -*** Chiaki 智晶 - -Friend of Ryouko (I.1.209) -- Long-haired (I.1.209) - -*** Ruiko 瑠衣子 - -Friend of Ryouko (I.1.209) -- Pig-tailed (I.1.209) -- Wanted to learn nanoengineering or theoretical physics (dropped) (I.1.223) - -*** Ryouko's father - -- Over 100 years old but looks around 30 (I.1.79) - -*** Ryouko's mother - -*** Ryouko's (paternal) grandfather - -- Join the military on Monday next week [relative to reference] (I.1.161) - -*** Ryouko's (paternal) grandmother - -- Joined the military for 12 years (I.1.133) -- Stopped writing to her family but she is not dead. (I.1.133) - -*** Tomoe Mami 巴　麻美 - -- Looked to be 19-20yo despite being hundreds of years old. (I.1.307) -- Can converse while holding a motionless face (I.1.351) -- Body is enhanced as for every magical girl (I.1.423) -- Field Marshall (I.1.689) -- Hated recruiting because of the innocence of the girls (I.2.19) - -*** Sakura Kyouko 桜　香子 - -- Chooses to remain 14 (I.1.471) -- Looks to be 14 and lives in the Catholic-style church in Mitakihara (I.1.429) -- Calls Mami "Marshal" (I.1.477) -- Calls MSY the "Union" (I.1.589) - -*** Akemi Homura 暁美　ほむら - -- "Left" with no more news (I.1.517) -- Believs in "Goddess of Hope" (I.1.539) -- 20 years ago she leveraged the Goddess of Hope and her charisma to start a - religion (I.1.573). This became the Cult of Hope which was the only living - religion which gained members (I.1.577). -- Had presentations and statistics when she was spearheading MSY (I.1.611) -- Vanished after saving Epsilon Eridani (I.1.581) - -*** Yuma - -Involved in MSY (I.1.613) - -- In government (I.1.623) - -*** some french magical girl - -Does not trust the government (I.1.625) - -*** Kyubey - -- Says Akemi Homura has disappeared due to the exhaustion of her soul gem (I.1.907) - -*** Fleet Admiral Xing -Has some feud with General Blackwell [v2/p80] -*** General Blackwell -Has some feud with Fleet Admiral Xing [v2/p80] - - - -* In-Book Items - -** Books/Documentaries - -*** /Universal Guidelines for Middle School Instructors (12th revision)/ -- Mentioned in (I.1.11) -*** /Daughters of the Contract: A Documentary/ -- Mentioned in (I.2.7) -*** /Mahou Shoujo: Their World, Their History (Julian Bradshaw)/ -- Mentioned in (I.2.15) - -** Laws/Edicts - -*** /Special Conscription Act/ (I.1.381) -Due to a special conscription act enacted 20 years ago, all new magic girls owe -the military 30 years of service. The minimum age of combat was dropped to 13. -Magic girls enter the military not as privates but 2nd lieutenants. -*** /Information Restriction Act/ (I.1.391) - -Restricts information about Magica from the populace. - -Impossible to enforce. - - -** Tools +* Tools - Chronometer: Some type of clock (I.1.717) -* Settings +- [v2/p63] A nomenclator describes the identity of an individual. -** Magica +* Magica - Discouragement from parents is illegal but practiced (I.1.377) - Not bound by travel restrictions (I.1.379) @@ -144,18 +21,19 @@ Impossible to enforce. Mami. - Operating alone is a violation of regulations (I.1.955) - Mentorship and team systems between magic girls existed before MSY (I.2.9) -- All magical girls upon enlistment becomes emancipated (I.2.377) +- All magical girls upon enlistment becomes emancipated (I.2.377) and movement + concealed from their parents (I.2.855). - Fingernail mark (I.2.137) - Emergency mode is mostly useless to magical girls (I.2.261) -*** Mahou Shoujo Youkai (MSY) 魔法少女妖怪 +** Mahou Shoujo Youkai (MSY) 魔法少女妖怪 An organisation spearheaded by Homura which collects data about battles, grief cube collections, grief cube usage. Members resisted Homura on insisting forcefully. (I.1.611) This organisation caused the number of deaths in battle to drop and a grief cube -surplus. Kyouko and Mami are still executive heads of MSY but leaves +surplus. Sakura K. and Tomoe M. are still executive heads of MSY but leaves the day-to-day handling to their legates. (I.1.617) This organisation was called Union implying that the incubators are the bosses @@ -163,17 +41,21 @@ of magica (I.1.591). Grief Cube Audit tallies the grief cubes in reserve (I.1.605). -*** Cult of Hope +** Cult of Hope Uses its infrastructure to handle all data collection for grief cube logistics (I.1.633). -*** Recruiting +** Recruiting Recruits were rushed through their contracts (I.2.37). The one-time offer is probably a lie (I.2.43) to aid recruitment. -** Demons and Miasmae +** Life on the Frontlines + +- Many magical girls choose other girls as partners (I.2.543). + +* Demons and Miasmae A miasma is a patch of localised thing which can be cleaned up (I.1.931). Signals have a hard time moving through miasma (I.1.991). It also interferes with biology @@ -187,7 +69,7 @@ Miasmae and demons occur in industrial districts where populations are sparse (I.1.1113). Being able to see demons outside of miasma is the smoking gun of a magical girl (I.1.1213). -** Timeframe +* Timeframe - The incubator system still exists. Instructors cannot divulge information about incubator system until the pupils are at age 20. (I.1.9) @@ -211,7 +93,7 @@ magical girl (I.1.1213). regions and can take pictures (I.1.287). - Aliens (I.1.529) -*** Emergency Packages +** Emergency Packages The packages operate by assisting with motion and thought. The civilian-issue version is weaker than the military version. Emergency mode turns on when there @@ -220,7 +102,7 @@ is a life-or-death situation (I.1.1063). Exiting emergency mode causes /recoil/ which is traumatic. Some soldiers turn emergency mode on for weeks at a time and exiting is very difficult (I.1.1133). -** Economics +* Economics The economy operates on a /eudaemonic/ model rather than capitalistic. (I.1.261) @@ -233,7 +115,7 @@ The economy operates on a /eudaemonic/ model rather than capitalistic. (I.1.261) - Goods are more expensive away from centres of production, which are in cities (I.1.89) -*** Travel +** Travel - Solution to congestion was to go 3D via traffic tubes (I.1.189) (Just one more lane bro!!!) @@ -251,7 +133,7 @@ Military veterans can have unlimited travel on earth or colonies and the right to settle anywhere (I.1.383). -** Culture +* Culture - Governance stress having each generation of children experience a little of human conditions (I.1.33) @@ -266,7 +148,7 @@ to settle anywhere (I.1.383). - Human Standard (a internationalised and mutated form of English) is the Earth lingua franca (I.1.221). -*** Education +** Education - School is about socialising with peers and figuring out what you wanted to learn (I.1.197). @@ -276,45 +158,3 @@ to settle anywhere (I.1.383). Such sessions are for preparing the citizenry in a scarcity situation when the economy has to be switched from eudaimonic to scarcity mode (family Allocs tied to productivity), or even capitalistic. (I.1.261) - -** Places - - -*** Mitakihara City - -Mitakihara has a major starport which is particularly important and busy -(I.1.55). - -The city is crammed and most families in tight flats (I.1.89). - -School is at the 30th floor (I.1.193). - -Buildings -- Shizuki Consumer Goods (I.1.417) -- Hephaestus Nanotechnology (I.1.417) -- Chronos Biologics (I.1.417) -- Zeus and Prometheus Research Centres (unique to Mitakihara) (I.1.417) - - The two research centres face each other over a narrow causeway between them. -- Headquarter of Cult of Hope (Catholic-style church) (I.1.429). - - Church has a small bedroom for one (I.1.467). - -*** Space Stations - -- Earth has defense stations orbiting (I.1.61) -- Bucky Model space stations are shaped like football (I.1.65) - -*** Epsilon Eridani -A human colony; Akemi Homura helped to save it (I.1.581). -*** Wolf 359 -A human colony (I.1.675). - - -* Divergence - -In /To The Stars/, there are some divergences of meanings of words from common usage. These could also reflect on the author's misunderstanding. - -- (I.1.853) "A scramjet lifted into the air, using an antigrav assist": - Scramjets cannot start from standstill or subsonic conditions. -- [v2/p63] A nomenclator describes the identity of an individual. diff --git a/notes/works.org b/notes/works.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6804d54 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes/works.org @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +#+title: In-Universe Works + +* Books + +** /Universal Guidelines for Middle School Instructors [12th revision]/ +- (I.1.11) +** /Mahou Shoujo: Their World, Their History (Julian Bradshaw)/ +- (I.2.15) + +* Documentaries + +** /Daughters of the Contract: A Documentary/ +- (I.2.7) + +* Laws/Edicts + +** special conscription acts + +Mentioned in (I.1.381); Enacted at around T-20a. All new magic girls owe the +military 30 years of service. + +** Information Restriction Acts + +- (I.1.391) + +Restricts information about Magica from the populace. + +Impossible to enforce.