The distance relation.
Mean heliocentric distance and mean sidereal period provide the mathematical relationships shown here. Logarithmic placement makes the inner and outer system legible on the same instrument.
THE MERCURIAL WORLD / LIBRARY / FICTIONAL SYSTEM ATLAS
Transit Atlas
A Solar Node Register: real mean heliocentric distance is the mathematical spine. The pyramid, relay and proxy-node architecture is an explicitly fictional narrative overlay.
REAL DISTANCE SCALE+FICTIONAL NODE OVERLAY≠REAL TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY
REGISTER COORDINATExᵢ = [log₁₀(rᵢ) − log₁₀(rₘᵢₙ)] / [log₁₀(rₘₐₓ) − log₁₀(rₘᵢₙ)]rᵢ = mean heliocentric distance in astronomical units
PLATE I / SOLAR NODE REGISTER
Distance becomes architecture.
SELECTED ROUTEEarth → MarsMean-orbit comparison / not instantaneous separation
SUNWARD / 0.30 AU VIEW BOUND
OUTER SYSTEM / 32 AU VIEW BOUND
FICTION / Moon · Farside Lock
SOURCE RADIUS1.000 AU
TARGET RADIUS1.524 AU
RADIUS RATIO / r₂ ÷ r₁1.524×
Δ MEAN ORBITAL RADIUS0.524 AU
APPROX. SYNODIC PERIOD779.9 days
DISPLAY SCALELogarithmic
RELATIVE PHASE STUDY
Compact orrery
Mean sidereal periods drive the relative angular rates. Phase zero is arbitrary and the display is not a current-position ephemeris.
PAIR RELATIONS
Radius ratio
r₂/r₁ = 1.524 / 1.000 = 1.524Synodic relation
S = 1 / |1/P₁ − 1/P₂| ≈ 779.9 dFiction overlay
Earth: Giza + Providence/Brown + 111 + Black Knight + DEN-0 → Mars: Buried resonator + Olympus Mons descent habitatThe synodic readout.
The pair calculation uses mean orbital periods: S = 1 / |1/P₁ − 1/P₂|. It is a compact teaching relation, not a high-precision ephemeris and not a statement of present sky position.
The node network.
The pyramid, resonator, switchyard, station and moon-proxy architecture belongs to the Mercurial narrative. Toggle it off and the astronomical distance register remains.
Every passage leaves a remainder.
The fictional transit layer must name where energy, heat, radiation, computation and maintenance burden go. A clean arrival may not hide an exported cost.
Viable does not mean authorized.
Transit state must retain authorization, abort windows and maintenance condition. A technically possible passage may still be refused or released.
No sealed success condition.
Independent witness and a practical exit remain part of the fictional engineering contract. The atlas does not convert story governance into astronomical fact.