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A unit of time based on the heartbeat of [[Pope Gradius II]], who first mandated metric time. The 'heartbeat' is now officially measured by an atomic clock kept at the [[Tomb of True Time]] on [[Sepulchrus Divinorum]], and the tick is broadcast throughout the universe by a ground [[ansible]]. Tourists often come to look at the 'clock pillar', approximately 3m high and 80cm in diameter, which sits beside Gradius's sarcophagus. What most don't realise is that this only contains the ansible, power distribution system and a set of chimes - the atomic clock itself is inside the sarcophagus, within an electronic pacemaker connected to a heart long since decayed. | A unit of time based on the heartbeat of [[Pope Gradius II]], who first mandated metric time. The 'heartbeat' is now officially measured by an atomic clock kept at the [[Tomb of True Time]] on [[Sepulchrus Divinorum]], and the tick is broadcast throughout the universe by a ground [[ansible]]. Tourists often come to look at the 'clock pillar', approximately 3m high and 80cm in diameter, which sits beside Gradius's sarcophagus. What most don't realise is that this only contains the ansible, power distribution system and a set of chimes - the atomic clock itself is inside the sarcophagus, within an electronic pacemaker connected to a heart long since decayed. | ||
| − | There are 100 ticks in a [[cent]], 10000 ticks in every [[hour]], and | + | There are 100 ticks in a [[cent]], 10000 ticks in every [[hour]], and 250000 make a standard [[day]]. In common usage, a [[second]] is usually defined as 3 ticks, although on some worlds 2 is more common. |
[[Category:Timekeeping]] | [[Category:Timekeeping]] | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 12 May 2011
A unit of time based on the heartbeat of Pope Gradius II, who first mandated metric time. The 'heartbeat' is now officially measured by an atomic clock kept at the Tomb of True Time on Sepulchrus Divinorum, and the tick is broadcast throughout the universe by a ground ansible. Tourists often come to look at the 'clock pillar', approximately 3m high and 80cm in diameter, which sits beside Gradius's sarcophagus. What most don't realise is that this only contains the ansible, power distribution system and a set of chimes - the atomic clock itself is inside the sarcophagus, within an electronic pacemaker connected to a heart long since decayed.
There are 100 ticks in a cent, 10000 ticks in every hour, and 250000 make a standard day. In common usage, a second is usually defined as 3 ticks, although on some worlds 2 is more common.
