Story Information: The Metaloidian Empire

by AGKAlphaGhostKing

Just a place where the information that readers of The Metaloidian Empire can go to if they feel like checking something without digging back into the chapters to find. That, and for all of the small details that would more or less clog the story a bit with exposition. Spoilers inside for any that care. Don't have to listen to me, I'm just the summary for this story.

13. Cycles and Ticks

The measurement of time for the Metaloidian race is one that has become complicated. Their standard cycle in and of itself is not so different from what it became after its galactic shift.

Cycle-The creation of a cycle was implemented when the halo of distortion that surrounded the black hole they orbited was at its farthest and when the reflection of their homeworld within the distortion became enveloped by the black hole. Unfortunately, this measurement was not entirely accurate as the shifting of their orbit on numerous occasions shifted their perception of time to significant degrees. So while it was documented in their time orbiting their black hole that this process usually would take around ten Earth years to occur, the actual number in comparison to Earth years would be 15.844 years to one Metaloidian cycle. The event that they utilized to make the completion of a cycle was a challenge to the throne and title of Ferrou. With the usage of the Hand of Ferrou, the implementation of the dwarf planetary body in their orbit, and other planetary adjustment equipment, the orbit of the Metaloidian home planet has been adjusted in order to maintain this measurement of time. So in the terms of Earth measurements, it takes just over fifteen years for the planet of Metaloidia to complete an orbit around their new star. This also has its own system which goes by fractions and having the letter "o" separate the words, such as: half o' cycle, third o' cycle, and tenth o' cycle. Some have created the slang terms for these, taking out the back half of the first word and the "le" in cycle for the terms: halocyc, thiocyc, and tenocyc. These ost divided further are put within the tick metric.

Light Cycle-Much like the measurement of Light Years in the term of an Earth year, the Light Cycle is the measurement of distance that it takes for light to travel in the course of a cycle. Which means that a Light Cycle is 15.844 times as long as a Light Year.

Tick-As for ticks, that is a different story. They are the Metaloidian version of seconds and are used within a system of metrics for the measurement of time smaller than a cycle. The usage of the word "cycle" is usually done when the amount of time lines up within the definition of one, if not then it would be in the scale of ticks.

Conversion table to Earth Measurements

Gigatick= 1 year, 213 days, 16 hours, 53 minutes, 20 seconds

Megatick= 13 hours, 53 minutes, 20 seconds

Kilotick= 50 minutes

Hectotick= 5 seconds

Decatick= .5 seconds

Tick= .05 seconds