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Jun 17, 2016 at 5:45 vote accept Mark Rogers
Nov 11, 2014 at 16:24 answer added Kor timeline score: 1
Aug 7, 2014 at 3:08 comment added Alex Also, the Bungie team when originally releasing Halo commented that they'd based the Halo ring design on Iain M. Bank's orbitals. Worth reading: vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
Sep 24, 2013 at 19:38 answer added Chris timeline score: 2
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Feb 25, 2013 at 14:45 vote accept Mark Rogers
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Feb 25, 2013 at 6:50 comment added dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten "An orbital is apparently any massive artificially created megastructure, similar to the Death Star or the titular Halo" No. An orbital means a ring. Can't recall right off which book that is in, but an orbital is a ring.
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Feb 25, 2013 at 1:25 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/305851094926520320
Feb 24, 2013 at 23:25 answer added Daniel Roseman timeline score: 21
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Feb 24, 2013 at 23:08 comment added Solemnity The Vavatch was actually bigger than most orbitals.
Feb 24, 2013 at 22:54 history asked Mark Rogers CC BY-SA 3.0