From: [r--dd--n] at [ttidca.TTI.COM] (John Redden)
Subject: Other Suns # 5
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The Altani caste system
In order of descending social position, the castes
within Altani society are as follows:
(1) Soldier/warrior
(2) Scientist (was "priest" in pre-tech times)
(3) Artist/craftsman
(4) Herdsman/agriculturalist
(5) Merchant
(6) Entertainer (actor, singer, etc.)
(7) outcast (codii)
Preliminary Drafts
Psychological Profile for Traditionalist Altani
Brave/Neutral/Cowardly: 01-50/51-90/91-100
Cautious/Neutral/Reckless: 01-60/61-90/91-100
Forgiving/Neutral/Vengeful: 01-10/11-20/21-100
Generous/Neutral/Miserly: 01-30/31-70/71-100
Hedonistic/Neutral/Stoic: 01-10/11-30/41-100
Honorable/Neutral/Treacherous: 01-80/81-90/91-100
Humble/Neutral/Arrogant: 01-30/31-70/71-100
Merciful/Neutral/Cruel: 01-30/31-70/71-100
Optimistic/Neutral/Pessimistic: 01-10/11-50/51-100
Peacable/Neutral/Combative: 01-30/31-70/71-100
Trusting/Neutral/Suspicious: 01-20/21-60/61-100
Xenophilic/Neutral/Xenophobic: 01-10/11-80/81-100
Psychological Profile for Spacer Altani
Brave/Neutral/Cowardly: 01-50/51-90/91-100
Cautious/Neutral/Reckless: 01-60/61-90/91-100
Forgiving/Neutral/Vengeful: 01-10/11-20/21-100
Generous/Neutral/Miserly: 01-30/31-70/71-100
Hedonistic/Neutral/Stoic: 01-30/31-60/61-100
Honorable/Neutral/Treacherous: 01-80/81-90/91-100
Humble/Neutral/Arrogant: 01-30/31-60/61-100
Merciful/Neutral/Cruel: 01-40/41-80/81-100
Optimistic/Neutral/Pessimistic: 01-15/16-60/61-100
Peacable/Neutral/Combative: 01-40/41-60/61-100
Trusting/Neutral/Suspicious: 01-30/31-80/81-100
Xenophilic/Neutral/Xenophobic: 01-35/36-85/86-100
Copyright 1989 by N. C. Shapero
Altani/Shipborn (L'Drey): As per Traditionalist, save as follows:
Forgiving Vengeful 10 61
Generous Miserly 15 56
Hedonistic Stoic 60 91
Optimistic Pessimistic 15 61
Trusting Suspicious 30 71
Xenophilic Xenophobic 25 91
THE ALTANI AND L'DREY TIME SYSTEMS
A day is divided into eight parts (each roughly three hours
long) and each large part is divided into 64 smaller parts (each
roughly three minutes long). The "day" is actually 24 hours 5
minutes long.
To be precise, the day is divided up as follows:
Interval Name Duration
Hours Minutes Seconds
Mar 24 5
San 3 0 37.50
Kir 0 2 49.30
Ral 0 0 2.65
One day (Mar) is 8 San, 1 San is 64 Kir, 1 Kir is 64 Ral.
The Altani use an octal (base 8) number system (funny about that,
they have two hands with three fingers and an opposable thumb on
each hand). The day begins at sundown and ends at the following
sundown (Altani are nocturnal, remember?). A time of 5.34 (5
San, 34 [octal] Kir = 28 [decimal] Kir) would be 15 hours 187.5
sec + 48 minutes 1380.4 seconds or 16 hours 14 minutes 7.9 sec-
onds after sunset.
Each year is 667.2 local days long, and the calendar is
divided up into four seasons. The year starts with Spring and
ends with Winter. Spring, Summer, and Fall are each 167 days long
and Winter is 166 days long. Every five years, an extra day is
added at the end of Winter in order to keep the calendar correct.
There are no "days of the week" as such in the Altani calendar.