Doesn't SE Know The Difference Between Planets and Stars?

Let's pretend the IAU doesn't exist which SE is doing with their game and as a fan of astronomy, I'm ok with that.

They sometimes say planet too which kinda throws me off.

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Originally Posted by Pintsized

I assume they don't because otherwise it seems totally pointless to call planets 'stars'.

Has the story ever explained this?

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Planets sorta look like stars from far, far away.

I find it annoying and have mentally replaced the word star for planet/world as I'm reading. It's pretty easy since I use the JP dub.

I'm also assuming that they've intentionally conflated "universe" with "galaxy".
So that it can make sense for "the universe" to have an edge at all, let alone one that can be reached quickly.

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Originally Posted by Jennah

I'm also assuming that they've intentionally conflated "universe" with "galaxy".
So that it can make sense for "the universe" to have an edge at all, let alone one that can be reached quickly.

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im assuming this is in regards to Ultima Thule.
where ultima thule is beyond the borders of the known world aka beyond the borders of the known universe in ff14

This has been discussed before, and the general consensus is that they do it because it's technically correct in antiquated usage, and since a lot of how people in the game speak is antiquated it's what they've gone with. Which is all well and good, but as a modern speaker who knows the difference between a planet and a star it still gets on my nerves like ten thousand nails on ten thousand chalkboards every time they do it. It just FEELS wrong. And while it's true that they do use other 'old' terms (like 'prithee' and 'pray tell') there's a difference because those terms still mean the same thing today that they've always meant. I've gotten pretty worked up about this before, honestly, and I'm trying not to now, but it does still bother me somewhat.

Yeah, that's also how I chose to interpret "Universe".
Until about 100 years ago, it was thought that the Milky Way galaxy contained all objects in the universe.
Ultima Thule is probably sitting beyond the nearest galactic edge.
The scope is really just inconsistent with other in game descriptions of the Expanse if it's more than that.

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Like many things in FFXIV, its likely a reference to things from Greek history

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And Babylonian/Mesopotamian