Are these supposed to be public domain or are they part of an ATL?Here's some flags with their coat of arms on it.
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Are these supposed to be public domain or are they part of an ATL?Here's some flags with their coat of arms on it.
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Reminds me a little of my Tycho flag last year but I guess the similar symbolism makes that inevitable. The lines look a bit odd to me but that maybe because I'm used to unbisected crescents.Crossposting from the SLI thread once more.
So by 2150, our Moon has an official flag, it's purpose is to represent all of the settlements on the sub-surface, surface and orbit.
Also, long read ahead!
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On that faithful day on June 26th, 1969, Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk on Luna narrowly beating Apollo 11 by a margin of a month. Leonov would ultimately plant the flag of Red October on the Moon. Such a sight would prove horrifying and shocking to the bitter Americans and ultimately would lead to the Cold War extending into space and the Space Boom of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, in the simplest of terms a new Industrial Revolution in Space as many nations would join the race into the cosmos. As of 2150, Leonov's flag, the LK lander, and even the footprints have been preserved and is now under the watchful eye of the Soviet settlement of Leonov. The preserved site is treated with deep secular reverence by the locals.
Until only the mid-22nd Century, there wasn't single flag that represented the entire celestial body and it's respective polities, nor was able to be easily identified by colonists of all backgrounds and from the dozens of different settlements peppered on Luna and in Lunar orbit, be it the the vast underground cities inside the massive Lunar lava tubes, or the crater cities nestled in craters on the surface, and finally the large spinning habitats that bloomed out of the old stations in Lunar orbit. Instead there were dozens of flags that only one represented one specific colony, it was a mess essentially. So inevitably proposals began to appear and those proposals were meant to represent all the collective settlements on the surface and in orbit. One of these proposals did finally get chosen and adopted as the official flag of the entire celestial body and millions of people. Now, there is a flag that all Selenites* can rally around.
Dubbed as the "White Crescent" flag. Adopted in 2146, meant to be universally recognizable and fully represented all Lunar settlements, it uses the "international blue" as a symbol of the coming together and cooperation of nations, it is homage to the United Nations flag which uses the very same "international blue" albeit lighter in shade, it also indirectly represents Earth. White is a symbol of peace, and also represents the Lunar surface. The logo in the middle is a white crescent, a symbol that represents the Lunar phases that appears in many cultures and is now more or less universally associated with Luna as of 2150. The crescent in the middle is split by multiple lines, the horizontal one splits the crescent in 2, and those 2 crescents are supposed to represent the Earth and Luna. While the 2 vertical ones represents the very close connections Luna has on Earth. The 4 white stars above the crescent represent the 4 oldest and still inhabited colonies on Luna**.
There is also it's "dark side" variant, meant for use by those living on Luna's "dark side", though Luna's "dark side" is much more frequently called the "far side" or "rimward side" instead***. This variant also has different symbolism: with black swapping the blue in the original as the blue is commonly associated with Earth, as Earth is basically invisible from this side of Luna, instead, the black represents space. The white still represents the Lunar surface. But the 4 white stars now represents the hundreds of stars that fill the airless black sky during the Lunar night, this change is largely because those 4 colonies symbolism doesn't really work due to those said colonies being on the other side of Luna.
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*Demonym for humans that are born on Luna, or on the habitats orbiting it. It is certainly much better than "Lunarian" and especially "Lunatic".
**Zvezda, Jamestown, Tsuki and Chang'e
***The "rim" in "rimward" refers to the Galactic rim.
Crossposting from the SLI thread once more.
So by 2150, our Moon has an official flag, it's purpose is to represent all of the settlements on the sub-surface, surface and orbit.
Also, long read ahead!
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On that faithful day on June 26th, 1969, Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk on Luna narrowly beating Apollo 11 by a margin of a month. Leonov would ultimately plant the flag of Red October on the Moon. Such a sight would prove horrifying and shocking to the bitter Americans and ultimately would lead to the Cold War extending into space and the Space Boom of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, in the simplest of terms a new Industrial Revolution in Space as many nations would join the race into the cosmos. As of 2150, Leonov's flag, the LK lander, and even the footprints have been preserved and is now under the watchful eye of the Soviet settlement of Leonov. The preserved site is treated with deep secular reverence by the locals.
Until only the mid-22nd Century, there wasn't single flag that represented the entire celestial body and it's respective polities, nor was able to be easily identified by colonists of all backgrounds and from the dozens of different settlements peppered on Luna and in Lunar orbit, be it the the vast underground cities inside the massive Lunar lava tubes, or the crater cities nestled in craters on the surface, and finally the large spinning habitats that bloomed out of the old stations in Lunar orbit. Instead there were dozens of flags that only one represented one specific colony, it was a mess essentially. So inevitably proposals began to appear and those proposals were meant to represent all the collective settlements on the surface and in orbit. One of these proposals did finally get chosen and adopted as the official flag of the entire celestial body and millions of people. Now, there is a flag that all Selenites* can rally around.
Dubbed as the "White Crescent" flag. Adopted in 2146, meant to be universally recognizable and fully represented all Lunar settlements, it uses the "international blue" as a symbol of the coming together and cooperation of nations, it is homage to the United Nations flag which uses the very same "international blue" albeit lighter in shade, it also indirectly represents Earth. White is a symbol of peace, and also represents the Lunar surface. The logo in the middle is a white crescent, a symbol that represents the Lunar phases that appears in many cultures and is now more or less universally associated with Luna as of 2150. The crescent in the middle is split by multiple lines, the horizontal one splits the crescent in 2, and those 2 crescents are supposed to represent the Earth and Luna. While the 2 vertical ones represents the very close connections Luna has on Earth. The 4 white stars above the crescent represent the 4 oldest and still inhabited colonies on Luna**.
There is also it's "dark side" variant, meant for use by those living on Luna's "dark side", though Luna's "dark side" is much more frequently called the "far side" or "rimward side" instead***. This variant also has different symbolism: with black swapping the blue in the original as the blue is commonly associated with Earth, as Earth is basically invisible from this side of Luna, instead, the black represents space. The white still represents the Lunar surface. But the 4 white stars now represents the hundreds of stars that fill the airless black sky during the Lunar night, this change is largely because those 4 colonies symbolism doesn't really work due to those said colonies being on the other side of Luna.
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*Demonym for humans that are born on Luna, or on the habitats orbiting it. It is certainly much better than "Lunarian" and especially "Lunatic".
**Zvezda, Jamestown, Tsuki and Chang'e
***The "rim" in "rimward" refers to the Galactic rim.
Holy crap I forgot that movie existed.I really like the Luna logo. It's distinctive without being overly complicated. I especially like idea of a flag variant for the rimward. Not enough places has this sort of complexity of flag use.
Also, "Selenite" is a great choice. reminds me of this movie from when I was a kid.
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Reminds me of 'The First Men in the Moon' by H.G. Wells - he calls the natives of the moon 'Selenites' - so you're in good company!Selenites*
*Demonym for humans that are born on Luna, or on the habitats orbiting it. It is certainly much better than "Lunarian" and especially "Lunatic".
is that a bulgarian lion in the middle of the arms?
Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-present).
If the nation of Yugoslavia continued to exist as part of Europe and transitioned to a full democracy, rather than literally the worst possible outcome for the nation being a reality.
I believe that's from Serbia's coat of arms. They both have the lion due to their cultural roots being shared.is that a bulgarian lion in the middle of the arms?
is that a bulgarian lion in the middle of the arms?
I believe that's from Serbia's coat of arms. They both have the lion due to their cultural roots being shared.
Oh yeah, my bad. I just shortened it to Serbia because it was quicker to say than Serbia & Montenegro.The lion is from Montenegro
Oh yeah, my bad. I just shortened it to Serbia because it was quicker to say than Serbia & Montenegro.
For Labrador at least, you could go with this flag. It represents the territorial entity of Labrador, but I see no reason it couldn't be applied to the territory as a whole.I am looking for two flags for two countries in case anyone might have ideas just let me know.
I'm not sure I would go for a classic triband or a fleur-de-lis type of flag just in case.
- Oregon Country/ Cascadia
- Labrador Peninsula/ Markland/ Quebec
"In his house at Goose Bay dead Cthulhu waits dreaming"For Labrador at least, you could go with this flag. It represents the territorial entity of Labrador, but I see no reason it couldn't be applied to the territory as a whole.
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(also that symbol looks disconcertingly similar to the Elder Sign)
Kind of looks like the flag for an Islamic AmericaCrossposting from the SLI thread once more.
So by 2150, our Moon has an official flag, it's purpose is to represent all of the settlements on the sub-surface, surface and orbit.
Also, long read ahead!
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On that faithful day on June 26th, 1969, Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk on Luna narrowly beating Apollo 11 by a margin of a month. Leonov would ultimately plant the flag of Red October on the Moon. Such a sight would prove horrifying and shocking to the bitter Americans and ultimately would lead to the Cold War extending into space and the Space Boom of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, in the simplest of terms a new Industrial Revolution in Space as many nations would join the race into the cosmos. As of 2150, Leonov's flag, the LK lander, and even the footprints have been preserved and is now under the watchful eye of the Soviet settlement of Leonov. The preserved site is treated with deep secular reverence by the locals.
Until only the mid-22nd Century, there wasn't single flag that represented the entire celestial body and it's respective polities, nor was able to be easily identified by colonists of all backgrounds and from the dozens of different settlements peppered on Luna and in Lunar orbit, be it the the vast underground cities inside the massive Lunar lava tubes, or the crater cities nestled in craters on the surface, and finally the large spinning habitats that bloomed out of the old stations in Lunar orbit. Instead there were dozens of flags that only one represented one specific colony, it was a mess essentially. So inevitably proposals began to appear and those proposals were meant to represent all the collective settlements on the surface and in orbit. One of these proposals did finally get chosen and adopted as the official flag of the entire celestial body and millions of people. Now, there is a flag that all Selenites* can rally around.
Dubbed as the "White Crescent" flag. Adopted in 2146, meant to be universally recognizable and fully represented all Lunar settlements, it uses the "international blue" as a symbol of the coming together and cooperation of nations, it is homage to the United Nations flag which uses the very same "international blue" albeit lighter in shade, it also indirectly represents Earth. White is a symbol of peace, and also represents the Lunar surface. The logo in the middle is a white crescent, a symbol that represents the Lunar phases that appears in many cultures and is now more or less universally associated with Luna as of 2150. The crescent in the middle is split by multiple lines, the horizontal one splits the crescent in 2, and those 2 crescents are supposed to represent the Earth and Luna. While the 2 vertical ones represents the very close connections Luna has on Earth. The 4 white stars above the crescent represent the 4 oldest and still inhabited colonies on Luna**.
There is also it's "dark side" variant, meant for use by those living on Luna's "dark side", though Luna's "dark side" is much more frequently called the "far side" or "rimward side" instead***. This variant also has different symbolism: with black swapping the blue in the original as the blue is commonly associated with Earth, as Earth is basically invisible from this side of Luna, instead, the black represents space. The white still represents the Lunar surface. But the 4 white stars now represents the hundreds of stars that fill the airless black sky during the Lunar night, this change is largely because those 4 colonies symbolism doesn't really work due to those said colonies being on the other side of Luna.
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*Demonym for humans that are born on Luna, or on the habitats orbiting it. It is certainly much better than "Lunarian" and especially "Lunatic".
**Zvezda, Jamestown, Tsuki and Chang'e
***The "rim" in "rimward" refers to the Galactic rim.
🤣🤣🤣Unfortunately, it would seem the state of American vexillology has advanced little in the past 10,000,000 years.
Yep. At least they've dropped the seal 😋Unfortunately, it would seem the state of American vexillology has advanced little in the past 10,000,000 years