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Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by SamBam on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:51PM (#28429763)
The issue is what is "above."

Using the elliptic plane is a fine answer, but is just a convention.

Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by mcphage on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:43AM (#28434150)
I guess, for above I'd use whatever we consider "North" for the sun.