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Canon
Dr. Jay Maron

Game of Thrones
Star Trek
Babylon 5
FTL speed
History of inventions

Canon

             Major  Minor  TV Seasons  Novels  Graphic novel  Video games
             films  films                         seasons

Avengers        33       ?    14         Many       Many           27
James Bond      27       ?     0           50         13           31
X Men           14       ?    17          170       Many           30
Star Trek       13       8    47          850         27          139
Star Wars       12    Many    41          450       Many           88
Batman          11       ?     4           41       Many           41
Superman        11       ?    11         Many       Many           17
Harry Potter    11       ?     0            7       Many           20
Indiana Jones    9       ?     2           47       Many           22
Game of Thrones  0       ?     9            0       Many         Many
Babylon 5        0      14     8         Many       Many         Many
Shakespeare      Many    ?  Many           37       Many         Many   37 original plays plus much fan fiction
Judeo-Christian  Many Many  Many         Many       Many         Many
Greco-Roman      Many Many  Many         Many       Many         Many
Norse            Many Many  Many         Many       Many         Many

Wong Fei Hung   89
Godzilla        32
Hercules        19
Hellraiser      10
Fast & Furious   8
Rocky            7
Police Academy   7
Middle Earth     6
Mission Imp.     6
City Hunter      6
Once Upon a Time 6                             Once Upon a Time in China
God of Gamblers  6
Highlander       6
Spider Man       6
Transformers     6
Battlestar       5       6
Bourne           5
Pirates Carib    5
Die Hard         5
Shrek            5
Jack Ryan        5
Terminator       5
Fantastic Four   4
Guardians Galaxy 3
Sesame Street           53
Doctor Who       1      37
Blacklist               10
The Star Trek series are Original (3), Animated (2), Next Gen (7), DS9 (7), Voyager (7), Enterprise (4), Discovery (5), Picard (3), Short Treks (2), Lower Decks (4), Prodigy (1), Strange New Worlds (2).

There are 45 James bond novels and 5 Moneypenny novels.

Novelizations of films are not counted.


Game of Thrones

Dragons

Dragon     Birth  Death  Size  Riders

Balerion    -126    94   1     Aegon I,  Maegor I,  Viserys I      Died of old age
Meraxes      -90    10    .75  Rhaenys                             Killed by an arrow
Vhagar       -50   131    .8   Visenya,  Leana Velaryon,  Aemond   Died in fight with Caraxes
Cannibal     -50   145    .8   Riderless                           Lived past the Dance of Dragons
Quicksilver    6    42    .25  Aenys I,  Aegon                     Killed by Balerion
Dreamfyre     32   131    .7   Rhaena,  Helaena                    Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Vermithor     32   131    .6   Jaehaerys I, Hugh Hammer            Died in the Dance of Dragons from fighting Seasmoke
Silverwing    32   145    .6   Alysanne, Ulf the White, Riderless  Fought in the Dance of Dragons and was the only survivor
Sheepstealer  32   145    .6   Nettles                             Lived past the Dance of Dragons
Caraxes       71   131    .6   Daemon                              Died in fight with Vhagar
Meleys        75   130    .6   Rhaenys                             Killed by Sunfyre and Vhagar
Seasmoke      95   131    .4   Leanor, Addam                       Killed by Vermithor in the Dance of Dragons
Syrax         97   131    .5   Rhaenyra                            Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Sunfyre      107   131    .45  Aegon II                            Died of injuries from dragon fights
Tessarion    115   131    .3   Daeron  Aegon II                    Died in the Dance of Dragons from fighting Seasmoke
Vermax       116   131    .35  Jacaerys                            Killed by an arrow
Grey Ghost   121   131    .3   Riderless                           Killed by Sunfyre
Stormcloud   122   131    .3   Aegon III                           Died naturally
Arrax        115   129    .3   Lucerys Velaryon                    Killed by Vhagar
Tyraxes      118   131    .3   Joffrey                             Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Moondancer   126   131    .15  Baela                               Killed by Sunfyre
Morghul      124   131    .2   Jaehaera                            Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Shrykos      124   131    .2   Jaehaerys                           Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Morning      128   145    .15  Rhaena                              Lived past the Dance of Dragons
Drogon       298          .4   Daenerys                            Alive after "Game of Thrones"
Rhaegal      298   303    .3   Jon Snow                            Killed by an arrow
Viserion     298   302    .3   Night King                          Killed by the Night King. Undead version killed by Arya

Kings of Westeros

          #  Years Start  End  Dragon        Nickname

Aegon     I    37    0   37    Balerion      Conquerer
Aenys     I     5   37   42    Quicksilver
Maegor    I     6   42   48    Balerion      Cruel
Jaehaerys I    55   48  103    Vermithor     Conciliator
Viserys   I    26  103  129    Balerion
Aegon     II    2  129  131    Sunfyre
Rhaenyra  I     0  131  131    Syrax
Aegon     II    0  131  131    Sunfyre
Aegon     III  26  131  157    Stormcloud    Dragonbane      The last dragon died during his reign
Daeron    I     4  157  161                  Young Dragon
Baelor    I    10  161  171                  Beloved
Viserys   II    2  171  173      
Aegon     IV   11  172  184                  Unworthy
Daeron    II   25  184  209                  Good
Aerys     I    12  209  221
Maekar    I    12  221  233
Aegon     V    25  233  258                  Unlikely
Jaehaerys II    3  258  261
Aerys     II   18  262  280                  Mad King
Robert    I    18  280  298
Joffrey   I     3  298  301
Tommen    I     2  301  303
Cersi     I     2  303  305
Daenerys  I     0  305  305   Drogon         Breaker of Chains
Bran      I        305                       Broken

War of Dragons

At the start of the war, Aegon II had 6 dragons and Rhaenyra had 12. After the war, Aegon II had 2 and Rhaenyra had none. Rhaenyra was toasted by Aegon II's dragon Sunfyre.

The war was precipitated by the death of King Viserys I. The Westeros lords were split on the successor, with some favoring Aegon II and some favoring Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra had more dragons and decided to fight for the throne. She managed the war poorly and lost all her dragons.

At the end of the war, Sunfyre died and Silverwing went rogue. At this point, there were 4 dragons left in the world and the Targaryens controlled none of them. They were all rogue.

The war started when Aemond and Vhagar killed Lucerys and Arrax. The killing was unwise, because the likely result is war and the death of dragons. The war weakened the Targaryen house.

Sunfyre killed 3 dragons, a mob killed 4 dragons, and 3 dragons died in the Dance of Dragons.

Westeros is a balance of power between Targaryens, Lords, and the Faith of the Seven. The balance of power disintegrated.

A synergistic relationship is possible between Targaryens and lords. Targaryens have the virtue of dragons, which protect the realm from invasion. Lords have the virtue that they can manage the people. An example of a synergistic balance of power is that lords let the Targaryens have the throne, and that the Targaryens respect the autonomy of lords.

The lords need to be unified to keep the Targaryens in check. A Targaryen king should require the support of lords. Once Aegon II and Rhaenyra started fighting, lords should have demanded that neither be monarch, and the lords should have chosen a different Targaryen.

Faction    Dragon       Rider

Aegon II   Vhagar       Aemond                   Died in fight with Caraxes
Aegon II   Sunfyre      Aegon II                 Died of injuries from dragon fights
Aegon II   Silverwing   Alysanne, Ulf, Riderless Survived the Dance of Dragons
Aegon II   Vermithor    Jaehaerys I, Hugh        Died of injuries from fighting Seasmoke in the Dance of Dragons
Aegon II   Tessarion    Daeron                   Died of injuries from fighting Seasmoke in the Dance of Dragons
Aegon II   Dreamfyre    Helaena                  Killed in the dragonpit by a mob

Rhaenyra   Meleys       Rhaenys                  Killed by Sunfyre and Vhagar
Rhaenyra   Moondancer   Baela                    Killed by Sunfyre
Rhaenyra   Grey Ghost                            Killed by Sunfyre
Rhaenyra   Caraxes      Daemon                   Died in fight with Vhagar
Rhaenyra   Arrax        Lucerys                  Killed by Vhagar
Rhaenyra   Vermax       Jacaerys                 Killed by an arrow
Rhaenyra   Seasmoke     Leanor, Addam            Killed by Vermithor in the Dance of Dragons
Rhaenyra   Syrax        Rhaenyra                 Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Rhaenyra   Tyraxes      Joffrey                  Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Rhaenyra   Morghul                               Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Rhaenyra   Shrykos                               Killed in the dragonpit by a mob
Rhaenyra   Sheepstealer Nettles                  Seceded from Rhaenyra's command

Targaryens


Westeros


World


Star Trek

              Seasons  Year        Captain

Enterprise         4   2151-2155   Archer
Discovery          5   2256-       Georgiou, Lorca, Pike
Short Treks        2   2257-
Star Trek          3   2266-2269   Kirk
Next Generation    7   2364-2370   Picard
Deep Space 9       7   2369-2375   Sisqo
Voyager            7   2371-2404   Janeway
Picard             3   2399-2402
Lower Decks        5   2380-2381
Prodigy            2   2383-2384
Strange New Worlds 4   2259-2259   Pike

-2700      Vulcan is in a violent colonial era
-900       Vulcans develop space travel
 400       On Vulcan, Surak introduces logic.  Subsequent wars force
           some Vulcans to flee Vulcan and colonize Romulus, and they become
           the Romulans.
 930       Kahless introduces the concept of honor to a warlike Klingon society
1900       Vulcan civilization stabilizes and interstellar exploration begins
1947       Vulcans develop warp drive
1947       Klingons develop warp drive, possibly from reverse-engineering
1957       Earth launches its first spacecraft, Sputnik. Vulcan begins monitoring
           the Earth
2047       Vulcans warp drives reach a speed of Warp 2
2049-2053  Earth WW III
2050       War begins between Vulcan and Andoria
2063       On Earth, Zefrim Cochrane invents the Warp drive,
           prompting the Vulcans to make official contact with Earth
2151       Klingons encounter Earthlings
2151-2152  Enterprise Season 1    (Captain Archer)
2152       Skirmish between a Federation and Romulan warship
2154-2155  Enterprise Season 4
2156-2160  Earth-Romulan War
2160       Battle of Cheron.  The Federation, Klingons, Andorians, and Tellarites
           defeat the Romulans.  Neutral zone established along the Romulan border.
           Romulans go into isolation.
2161       Founding of the United Federation of Planets, including Earth, Vulcan,
           and Andoria. Enterprise season finale
2256       Discovery Season 1
2258       Star Trek 11.  Timeline forks here to the alternate timeline of Star trek 12.
2266-2267  Star Trek Season 1     (Captain Kirk)
2266       Romulans end their isolation and attacks the Federation
2268-2269  Star Trek Season 3
2271       Klingons defeat the Romulans at the battle of Klach D'Kel Brakt
2285       Wrath of Khan
2285       Klingons acquire cloaking technology from the Romulans
2311       Romulan empire goes into isolation
2344       The Federation and the Klingon Empire negotiate a peace treaty
2347       Federaton-Cardassian war begins
2353       The Borg become aware of the existence of humanity
2353       The Federation and the Klingon Empire form an alliance
2354       The U.S.S. Raven is sent to investigate the Borg and disappears
2364       The Next Generation Season 1 (Captain Picard)
2364       Several Federation and Romulan outposts are destroyed by the Borg,
           prompting the Romulan Empire to come out of isolation and negotiate with
           the Federation.
2364       The Federation makes first contact with the Ferengi
2366       The Borg invade the Alpha Quadrant and attack the Federation
2367       Gowron becomes Chancellor of the Klingon Empire
2367       The Federaton and the Cardassian Union sign a peace treaty
2369       Cardassian occupation of Bajor ends
2369       Starfleet takes posession of Deep Space 9
2369       Bajor wormhole discovered.  Starfleet begins exploring the Gamma Quadrant
2369       Deep Space 9 Season 1 (Captain Sisqo)
2370       The Next Generation Season 7
2370       The Federation encounters the Dominion in the Gamma Quadrant, in which
           the U.S.S. Odyssey is destroyed by a Jem'Hedar ship
2371       The Federation and the Romulans begin cooperating in their struggle
           against the Dominion.  The Romulans give the Federation cloaking technology
2371       Voyager Season 1 (Captain Janeway)
2373       The Dominion invades the Alpha Quadrant and attacks the Federation
           the Klingons, and the Cardassians.  The Cardassian homeworld is captured.
2374       The Romulans enter the war against the Dominion
2375       The Federation, Klingons, Romulans, and Cardassians defeat the Dominion
           and eject them from the Alpha Quadrant
2375       Deep Space 9 Season 7
2387       Romulus destroyed by a supernova
2404       Voyager Season 7

Star Trek


Warp speed

Warp factor   Speed in light units

    1              1
    2             10
    3             39
    4            102
    5            214
    6            392
    7            656
    8           1024
    9           1516
    9.99        7912
   10         Infinite

Babylon 5

Distance from B5 to Earth is 37.5 light years, which is 3 days travel time.
Distance from B5 to Centauri Prime is 70 light years, which is 4 days of travel time.
The distance between B5 and Narn is 12.2 light years.


Battlestar Galactica


FTL speed

In the table, "warp speed" is the characteristic travel speed, "radius" is the radius of known space, and "time" is the number of years required to travel this radius.


                            Speed         Size of     Time to cross  Technologically
                                        known space    known space       legit?
                           ly/year          ly            years

Star Trek: Enterprise            200         1000         5                    Year 2151. Captain Archer
Star Trek: Original Series       400         6000        15                    Year 2266. Captain Kirk
Star Trek: Next Generation      2000         6000         3                    Year 2364. Captain Picard
Star Trek: Subspace message    53000         6000          .11
Babylon 5                      10000          200          .02
Battlestar Galactica: Humans    6000        10000         1.7
Battlestar Galactica: Cylons  100000        10000          .1
Star Wars                    2000000        60000          .03
Larry Niven, Bussard Ramjet         .03        60      2000                    Uses magnetic monopoles
Larry Niven, Hyperdrive I        122           60          .5                  Quantum I hyperdrive
Larry Niven, Hyperdrive II    421000           60          .000017             Quantum II hyperdrive
Stargate: Wraith               18000     10000000       560
Stargate: Goa'uld Ha'tak       32000     10000000       312
Stargate: Tau'ri             1300000     10000000         8
Stargate: Human            100000000     10000000          .1
Stargate: Tau'ri + ZPM     260000000     10000000          .04
Stargate: Ori             >300000000     10000000         <.03
Stargate: Wraith + ZPM   1.6 billion     10000000          .006
Stargate: Asgard           4 billion     10000000          .003
Stargate: Lantean          6 billion     10000000          .002
Stargate: Replicators     18 billion     10000000          .0006
Stargate: Wormhole       100 blllion     10000000          .0001
Hydrogen+Oxygen rocket              .00003       .001    33              *
Fission thermal H rocket            .00004       .001    25              *     Powered by fission
Fission afterburner rocket          .0001        .001    10              *     Powered by fission
Ion rocket                          .0003        .001     3.3            *     Powered by fission
Fusion rocket                       .06          .001      .017          *
Black hole rocket                   .2        100      2000              *     Use the Oberth maneuver near a spinning black hole

For the hydrogen+oxygen rocket, "known space" corresponds to the solar system.

The characteristic distance between black holes is 30 light years.

In Battlestar Galactica, a ship makes jumps in hyperspace. Human ships travel 5 light years per jump and they can do 3 jumps per day. Cylon ships can jump 100 light years.


History of inventions


Smartphone tricorder

The table lists devices that could be part of a tricorder. Light items can be bundled in the tricorder and heavy items can be add-ons.

                    Power/mass   Minimum mass
                     Watt/kg         kg

Thermometer                  -   <.005
Barometer                    -   <.005
Hygrometer                   -   <.005
Accelerometer & gyroscope    -   <.005
Mic                          -   <.005
Bluetooth                    -   <.005
Wifi                         -   <.005
Light                      200   <.005
Speaker, treble             50   <.005
Speaker, ultrasound         50   <.005
Laser                       50   <.005
Flash & strobe               -   <.005     10 MJoules/kg
Periscope                    -   <.005
Camera, Visible              -    .01
Camera, Infrared             -    .01
Camera, Ultraviolet          -    .01
Haptic sensor                -    .01
Sensor, blood pulse          -    .01
Flare                        -    .01      10 MJoules/kg
Antenna, audio dish          -    .01
Joystick & haptic sensor     -    .01
Filters for IR, visible, UV  -    .01
Weight scale                 -    .01
Electronic multimeter        -    .015
GPS                          -    .015
Antenna, radio & audio dish  -    .02
Radio transceiver           40    .02
Cell phone, no screen       40    .02
Laser, scanning             20    .02
Drone, flying              500    .025
Microscope 20x               -    .03
Spectrometer. IR, visible, UV     .03
Cell phone screen           40    .05
Geiger counter               -    .05
Magnetometer                 -    .06
Electrometer                 -    .06
EMF, radiofrequency          -    .06
Speaker, vibrating          60    .1
Radar                             .1
Projector                   50    .1
Keyboard                     -    .15
Satellite phone              -    .15
Telescope, 7x, 25 mm         -    .15
X-ray calorimeter            -    .15      Resolution =  10%
Speaker, bass               20   1
X-ray spectrometer           -   1.5       Resolution = .02%

Power sources:

                       Power/mass   Energy/mass
                        Watt/kg      MJoule/kg

Battery, high energy/mass    500         .8        LiNiCoAlO2
Battery, high power/mass    2000         .2        Li4Ti5O12
Capacitor                 100000         .01
Generator, gasoline          100       18
Generator, photoelectric      60        -
Generator, thermoelectric     20        5          30% efficiency
Generator, radioisotope       20   200000

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