What's your fic's place within the Universal Stream?

Nerroth · 10-11-2008, 12:27 AM

Hi.

As detailed at the TF wiki, the TransTech Cybertronians have a system for cataloguing the various timelines and continuity families - or 'universal streams' - they have encountered, though they seem to have quite a few more left to get around to!

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Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984, and "Gamma" denoting a comic book or manga series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

Primax - Generation 1 continuity family
Tyran - The live-action movie continuity family
Malgus - The Transformers Animated continuity family

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

Alpha – Animated Series
Beta – Tech Spec/Toy/Pack-in Comic Only (“Box”)
Gamma – Comic Book/Manga Series
Delta – Motion Picture/Live Action
Epsilon – Club/Convention Fiction
Zeta – Text Stories, Storybooks and other prose works (printed)
Eta – Radio/Audiocentric Universes, Books on Tape
Theta – Live Performance / Spoken Word
Iota – Internet-Only Information (not involved with club/convention)
Kappa – Games (Video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Transformers Animated cartoon continuity would be Malgus 1207.26 Alpha.

So, if any of your fics have at least a provisional designation based on this list, what would it be?

EDIT: For my own part, Fate/Trans Form (which includes the Mosaic Avatar and other works of mine) has a provisional designation of Primax 307.23 Iota, while Worlds Distant would technically be in the same one as whichever designation Draven would have for Redemption, but as a written fic would be Primax 507.16 Iota.

Assuming I haven't messed those up, that is...

So, if your fic has a timeline, what is its designation?

Cyberwolf1980 · 10-11-2008, 12:05 PM

Interesting. It'll be very helpful in my Transtech fanfic. If I'm using it correctly, the Maximals would be Primax 996.16. What about fresh continuities, like my Chronicles fanfic?

Edit: Primax 996.16 Alpha

artoni · 10-11-2008, 12:17 PM

My Ius Prima fic would be Primax 908.5 Gamma.

Matrix Battles would be Primax 608.30 Gamma.

Digital Transformation would be Tyran 907.0 Delta.