Alioth

[Astrophil]

I've been terribly lax in keeping up with DU's Twitter feed but I saw the Alioth city and it is just gorgeoussss. It provides a really nice contrast to what I imagine will be the atmosphere of space gameplay. The use of warmer and more neutral colors (brown, orange, yellow, etc.) is a nice break from the mechanical and sterile aesthetic environment of space, which I would think to be more of a blue/black/grey color scheme.

 

Speaking of Alioth, where did the name come from? According to Wikipedia, apparently from the Arabic word for a fat sheep tail. But the name for this particular planet in DU. It may have been buried somewhere in a past devblog or lore entry; I apologize if this is the case. And if Alioth were to be a modifier or were to describe an inhabitant of the planet, what form would it take? 

 

Maybe (I have no idea how to pronounce half of these):

 

Aliothan

Aliothian

Alioth

Ali

Aliothin

 

Oh lookie. Upon further research, I have discovered Alioth to be a significant location in Elite: Dangerous, namely, the capital of the Alliance. Another great game, if I may say so myself. Horizons hype!

 

 

 

[NQ-Nyzaltar]

Hi Astrophil,

 

Alioth is just the name invented by the novelist Alain Damasio.

You cand find also this name in the short story written by him.

If you haven't read it, you can find the five parts of the short story on the DevBlog:

 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

 

Best regards,

Nyzaltar.

[DevisDevine]

I am fairly certain Aliothians were a race of people in Stargate Atlantis as well.

 

Regardless, as little time as I will spend on Alioth, I don't think I could consider myself an Aliothian.