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Famous guest stars whose names you may know (from Gemini):

Zsa Zsa Gabor - she was great
Dick Martin - wow! I don't remember him on the show, and I'm too lazy to google
Don Rickles - annoying man
Phil Sillvers - fun episode where they put on a performance of Hamlet set to music from records/gramophone they brought with them on the 3-hour tour
Dick Sargent - I know the name, but that's it
Mickey Rooney

The rest of the top 25 list of names I don't recognize at all.

Minor post to move this up in the forum.

Hi, finger. Welcome to the site. I sent you a "quickee" with some info you may find useful.

Ending upon ending upon ending. After Christ crowns Connor the Lesser King, he will also give Connor the title of Unholy Shepherd. The reason? Connor will not only be responsible for ruling all those newly occupied planets, but, infinitely more important, he will be tasked with helping his "flock" (the mortal sinners) get to Heaven. That was always the purpose of the other planets, anyway (i.e. try again!), but this change will make him both king and shepherd. Since the demons will be eliminated (sent into the black hole or to some nasty world where humans will be forbidden to go), things won't be quite as evil the second time around (until the demons escape - book 4?). Although Connor, his mother, and Romano will be among the immortals, the mortal sinners won't be, so there'll always be a need for him and his descendants, who will be incredibly long-lived beings. He'll also be the Immortal Sinner, although I still have to come up with a reason to give him that third title.

It's the real reason God chose Connor for the great deeds he has to achieve -- to prepare him for all of the above in the "afterlife".

Of course, once someone defies God and goes to the planet of the demons, all Hell breaks loose. Literally, lol.

How about if I serve as nuncio from the Vatican to the USA?

Wow!

Nailed it! Inspired by my original typo. Go figure.

...Since the lay public could barely pronounce tritrarium, much less spell it, some fool geologist with a poor understanding of human nature, suggested holding a contest to rename it. The winning entry was Starry McStarface. Horrified, geologists refused to accept the result. After considerable public outrage and endless lawsuits, the judge overseeing the matter, caught on a bad day and fed up with the stupidity of it all, unilaterally imposed a compromise: McRock.

I'm truly McDemented. Total waste of a day, but I love the result.

I fooled around with Gemini, hunting for names that *do* suggest interstellar travel, the revised assumption being that these mineral stones have a formal name (atreidite? trirarium?), but are commonly known as (one of) galaxy grains, cosmic shards, nova nuggets, starstuff, or stellar stones, a name that evolved once they began to be used for powering stardrives. All five of those names have been used, of course. Galaxy grains are a snack in the Star Wars universe. Starstuff (star stuff) is typically associated with Carl Sagan, which could be a nice tribute.

In descending order, I like starstuff, nova nuggets, and galaxy grains. I just have to pick one and stop wasting time.

EDIT: I went with trirarium and nova nuggets. Although I prefer starstuff, it would make for too many repetitive references to stars in the names (e.g., stardrives powered by starstuff - nyet). Nova nuggets are formed during supernovas, hence their nova name.

Thanks for everyone's help. Now go out and see if you can find any deposits of the mineral. The galaxy awaits!

Wouldn't wattstones be just as overly accurate as joulestones?. These stones not only have a maximum energy storage capacity (expressed in joules), but also a rate at which energy can flow in/out of a given stone (in watts). You need both to fully specify the two properties of these stones.

Also, only joulestones have the play on words (jewel). My assumption is these minerals have to be processed to change them from gemstones into gems (jewels) to maximize their effectiveness as batteries.

Same issue as in one of my previous posts. These guys wouldn't be named for the stars since the stardrive has yet to be invented when the stones are found. I like the idea of the stones giving off energy, but it has to act like a battery, not like a radioactive substance. I could see it giving off electromagnetic energy that the stones absorbed naturally, perhaps from exposure to light and/or heat, including from the heat of entry in a planet's atmosphere

Interestingly, that means njc's joulestone deserves serious consideration, both for its reference to energy and its indirect reference to jewels. So, the mineral has to be processed to produce gems to maximize their potential as batteries, which was my preference anyway.

Going a step further, these stones could be rare remnants from planetary formation. I like the idea of it coming from certain asteroids/meteors that smack the planet and deliver the stuff to the Earth (and other planets), mostly from a star system's Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt, both features of every star system. That means humans should not only be looking for the stuff on terrestrial planets but also in the cloud/belt (needles in a haystack).

Joulestones is my new favorite.

Thanks for those.

I was leaning toward firestones, using "fire" because these minerals (gems?) are used as hyperbatteries to store/release energy, mainly for stardrives. I'm also considering energystones and powerstones. Neither term is overused in the real world (energy stones are another name for healing stones, and power stones are used in some games, including as a way for players to unlock new abilities (powers)).

Any fusionish names won't work because the stones are charged using energy from either a neutrino annihilator (for big military ships) or a fusion generator (for smaller interstellar ships).

I like Trirarium too, although I still lean toward one of the stones above.

Preferences?
Dirk

Moving Kdot's post here from the Connor thread: