On 27Feb2018 1751, Kenneth Barns wrote:

> 6. G:ROF is a dog's breakfast. Dates are given in the Imperial
> system, but conflict with prior sources for events up until the
> Interstellar Wars. It seems as though “gold standard Imperial dates”
> for events were converted into Solomani dates by adding 4518 (or by
> using the Solomani dates given in “most sources”) then converted back
> into imperial dates by subtracting 4521. The dates after -2408 (the
> start of the First Interstellar War) do match prior sources. For
> published Imperial dates before -2408, add 4521 to get the “gold
> standard Solomani date”, or add 3 to get the “gold standard Imperial
> dates”*. For -2408 and after, add 4518 to get the “gold standard
> Solomani date; no correction is needed for the printed Imperial
> dates.

/Ring of Fire/ conflicts with prior sources in all kinds of ways, which
can be really bloody annoying if you're trying to use it and other
sources because you have to read over everything for entire subsectors
and either reconcile the differences or decide which you're going with
(and then note that for the future). Even some astronomical data was
changed up, IIRC.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief