[Torg] Home Cosms

[Jones Jasyn]

On Jul 12, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Steve Crow wrote:

> So we're back to the question, are other cosms a roughly 50/50 mix  
> of pure and dominant zones, as the original rules state, or are they  
> entirely pure?

Yes.  That is, there are examples of both.

My thinking is that cosms differ in the amount of PE each has. More  
PE, more dominant zones. Less PE, more Pure Zones.

If one measured the ambient PE of several cosms, enough to collect a  
statistically significant random sampling, we could plot the number of  
cosms at 50/50, the number of cosms at 60/40 and so forth.

I assume that, like most other natural phenomena, this statistical  
distribution of cosms would follow a natural distribution bell curve,  
with 50/50 cosms being the mean and median (and mode, but that's not  
real important). In other words, 50/50 cosms are "average".

+ or - 1 standard deviation encompasses 66% of all cosms, which cosms  
vary between 60% pure to 60% dominant (That is, a cosm +1 standard  
deviation above the norm is 60% dominant, 40% pure. A cosm -1 standard  
deviations below the mean, 40% dominant, 60% pure).

A cosm like Tz'Ravok is probably 5 or 6 standard deviations below the  
mean, with very little PE.

A cosm like Earth, mucho grande much PE, is probably 5 or 6 standard  
deviations above the mean.

This is just my mental model of the cosmverse.  It isn't canon, though  
it does fit with the canon.

Jasyn Jones
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