References
Real Life Stars
Epsilon Eridani | The Eridani system |
Lalande | The Lalande system |
Rigel | The Rigel Aurelius system |
Antares | Antares-class ships |
Denebola | The Denebola system |
HD 44594 | The HD 44594 system |
Religion, Mythology, Ancient History
Greek underworld | The Elysium system | Named after a location where heroes and virtuous people lived the afterlife |
Chinese mythology | The Tianlong system | Named after dragons |
The Shenlong system |
The Tao Tie system | Named after beasts |
The Qilin system |
The Kunlun system | Named after mountains |
The Peng Lai system |
Chinese history | The Liu Bai system | Liu Bai was a warlord of the Han Dynasty |
The Epic of Gilgamesh | The Enkidu system | Enkidu is a character of the aforementioned source |
Archangels | The Tzadkiel system | Named after |
The Metatron system |
The Galgaliel system |
Ars Goetia | The Flauros system | Named after demons |
The Dantalion system |
Roman Emperors | The Galerius system | |
The Numerianus system | |
Science Fiction & Fantasy
2001: A Space Odyssey | Intro screen | The icon for New Game shows an upper half of Earth in front of the Sun, not unlike the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Alien | The LV 426 system | Named after a location in the film |
The Acheron system | |
The Man In The High Castle | Loot | During a livestream, George said that Curators loot is inspired by the trade of antiques and forgeries as described in The Man In The High Castle |
Doctor Who | level 8 unknown device named device(s) labeled “Dalek1” | |
Star Trek | The Vori system | |
Tan Ru | TanRuDorem |
Star Wars | Bootleg Star Wars 3DV | |
Book of the New Sun | The Severian's Star system | Named after the protagonist of the book |
| Ministry of Records | On the Crash Reports section of the Ministry of Records, unidentified users are given the name “simulacrum” |
Video Games
Star Control 2 | Shofixti | If the player enters nothing in the Name field of the Ship Selection screen, the name defaults to Shofixti. |
Tor Quan | Named similarly to the Ur Quan |
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