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[[File:Constitution helm console with viewer.jpg|thumb|Destination coordinates were laid in at the helm console]]
  
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[[File:Regula I transport console.jpg|thumb|Transporter coordinates on the transporter console]]
 
'''Coordinates''', also known as '''galactic coordinates''' or '''spatial coordinates''', were a set of two, three or four numbers used to indicate the location of a [[star]], a [[planet]], an [[asteroid field]] or any other object or position in [[space]]. When setting a [[heading]] for a [[starship]], the course was laid in to the destination coordinates at the [[helm console]]. ({{ENT|Stratagem}}; {{VOY|Unity}}; {{film|12}})
  
'''Coordinates''', also known as '''galactic coordinates''' or '''spatial coordinates''', were a set of two, three or four numbers used to indicate the location of a [[star]], a [[planet]], an [[asteroid field]] or any other object or position in [[space]]. When setting a [[heading]] for a [[starship]], the course was laid in to the destination coordinates at the [[helm console]]. ({{ENT|Stratagem}}; {{VOY|Unity}}; {{film|12}})
   
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A set of coordinates was also used to indicate a specific location on a planet or a [[planetoid]]. Surface or underground coordinates were used for example when beaming up from or down to a planet with the [[transporter]]. A set of two or three vector coordinates were used to determine a location. These coordinates could be automatically obtained by locking onto a [[communicator]] signal or by tying into the ship's [[sensor]]s. They could also be manually input into the [[transporter console]]. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action|Day of the Dove|The Mark of Gideon}}) These coordinates were labeled as vector coordinates in the lambda, psi and phi axis on the transporter console. ({{film|2}})
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A set of coordinates was also used to indicate a specific location on a planet or a [[planetoid]]. Surface or underground coordinates were used as '''transporter coordinates''' when beaming up from or down to a planet with the [[transporter]]. A set of two or three vector coordinates were used to determine a location. These coordinates could be automatically obtained by locking onto a [[communicator]] signal or by tying into the ship's [[sensor]]s. They could also be manually input into the [[transporter console]]. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action|Day of the Dove|The Mark of Gideon}}) These coordinates were labeled as vector coordinates in the lambda, psi and phi axis on the transporter console. ({{film|2}})
   
 
==Examples of galactic/spatial coordinates==
  
==Examples of galactic/spatial coordinates==
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* '''002/845''': The location of space, where the [[starship]]s {{USS|James Fennimore Cooper}} and {{USS|Robert Louis Stevenson}} rendezvoused with the {{USS|Discovery}} in [[2364]]. The ''James Fennimore Cooper'' and the ''Robert Louis Stevenson'' transferred personnel to the ''Discovery''. ({{TNG|Conspiracy}})
  
* '''002/845''': The location of space, where the [[starship]]s {{USS|James Fennimore Cooper}} and {{USS|Robert Louis Stevenson}} rendezvoused with the {{USS|Discovery}} in [[2364]]. The ''James Fennimore Cooper'' and the ''Robert Louis Stevenson'' transferred personnel to the ''Discovery''. ({{TNG|Conspiracy}})
   
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* '''005-mark-317''': Coordinates of asteroids inside the asteroid field where the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} tested new [[photon torpedo]]es in [[2370]]. ({{TNG|Genesis}})
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* '''005-mark-317''': Coordinates of asteroids inside the [[asteroid field]] where the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} tested new [[photon torpedo]]es in [[2370]]. ({{TNG|Genesis}})
   
 
* '''0009-358070690 0009-407764209''': The galactic coordinates the [[Tkon Empire]]. In 2364, [[Data]] presented a [[hologram]] of the Empire that included the coordinates. ({{TNG|The Last Outpost}})
  
* '''0009-358070690 0009-407764209''': The galactic coordinates the [[Tkon Empire]]. In 2364, [[Data]] presented a [[hologram]] of the Empire that included the coordinates. ({{TNG|The Last Outpost}})
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* '''036.231''': The galactic coordinates for the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. After the [[magnetic organism]] overtook the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in [[2269]], it demanded that the crew set the ship on course to these specific coordinates. ({{TAS|Beyond the Farthest Star}})
  
* '''036.231''': The galactic coordinates for the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. After the [[magnetic organism]] overtook the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in [[2269]], it demanded that the crew set the ship on course to these specific coordinates. ({{TAS|Beyond the Farthest Star}})
   
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* '''43.89.26.05''': The coordinates of the planet [[Qo'noS]]. ({{film|12}})
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* '''43.89.26.05''': The coordinates of the planet [[Qo'noS]] in [[grid 09]], [[quad 68]], [[block 27]], [[sector 70]]. ({{film|12}})
   
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* '''070-mark-3''': The coordinates of [[quadrant]] 9 inside the Neutral Zone. A battle between the commandeered ''[[Batris]]'' and the {{IKS|T'Acog}} took place there in 2364. ({{TNG|Heart of Glory}})
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* '''070-mark-3''': The coordinates of [[quadrant 9]] inside the Neutral Zone. A battle between the commandeered ''[[Batris]]'' and the {{IKS|T'Acog}} took place there in 2364. ({{TNG|Heart of Glory}})
   
 
* '''070-mark-63''': The position in space where [[Q]] returned the USS ''Enterprise''-D in [[2365]] after [[first contact]] with the [[Borg]]. ({{TNG|Q Who}})
  
* '''070-mark-63''': The position in space where [[Q]] returned the USS ''Enterprise''-D in [[2365]] after [[first contact]] with the [[Borg]]. ({{TNG|Q Who}})
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* '''090-mark-345''': The location of [[Starbase 179]]. ({{TNG|A Matter Of Honor}})
  
* '''090-mark-345''': The location of [[Starbase 179]]. ({{TNG|A Matter Of Honor}})
   
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* '''113-mark-7''': The coordinates of an [[asteroid field]] in the [[Nekrit Expanse]] in the Delta Quadrant. ({{VOY|Unity}})
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* '''113-mark-7''': The coordinates of an asteroid field in the [[Nekrit Expanse]] in the Delta Quadrant. ({{VOY|Unity}})
   
 
* '''121-mark-6''': A location inside [[Sector 38]] in the Delta Quadrant near [[Tak Tak]] space. USS ''Voyager'' was found adrift at these coordinates in [[2373]] after the crew had been infected by a [[macrovirus]]. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}})
  
* '''121-mark-6''': A location inside [[Sector 38]] in the Delta Quadrant near [[Tak Tak]] space. USS ''Voyager'' was found adrift at these coordinates in [[2373]] after the crew had been infected by a [[macrovirus]]. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}})
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* '''140-mark-317''': A location of space in the Delta Quadrant. A [[Kazon]] buoy dropped at these coordinates was used by [[Seska]] to relay a communication to the USS ''Voyager'' in 2372. ({{VOY|Basics, Part I}})
  
* '''140-mark-317''': A location of space in the Delta Quadrant. A [[Kazon]] buoy dropped at these coordinates was used by [[Seska]] to relay a communication to the USS ''Voyager'' in 2372. ({{VOY|Basics, Part I}})
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* '''158-mark-13''': Coordinates of [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Suliban gas giant|a gas giant]] used by the [[Suliban]] to hide a [[Suliban helix|helix]] in [[2151]]. More specifically these were coordinates near the helix inside the atmosphere of the gas giant. ({{ENT|Broken Bow}})
   
 
* '''206.80/102.8/128.59''': The location of a [[Vidiian starship (2371-2372)|Vidiian starship]] in the Delta Quadrant in 2371 that was contacted by [[Kes]]. ({{VOY|Fury}})
  
* '''206.80/102.8/128.59''': The location of a [[Vidiian starship (2371-2372)|Vidiian starship]] in the Delta Quadrant in 2371 that was contacted by [[Kes]]. ({{VOY|Fury}})
   
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* '''207-mark-99''': The coordinates of [[Deep Space 9]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}} ''display graphic'')
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* '''207-mark-99''': The coordinates of [[Deep Space 9]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}}, ''display graphic'')
   
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* '''211-mark-61''': A location of space inside the remains of [[Orelious IX]], where the USS ''Enterprise''-D discovered a [[Promellian battlecruiser]] in 2366. ({{TNG|Booby Trap}})
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* '''211-mark-61''': A location of space inside the remains of the planet [[Orelious IX]], where the USS ''Enterprise''-D discovered a [[Promellian battlecruiser]] in 2366. ({{TNG|Booby Trap}})
   
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* '''227-mark-359''': Coordinates of [[Iconia]], inside the Romulan Neutral Zone. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
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* '''227-mark-359''': Coordinates of the planet [[Iconia]], inside the Romulan Neutral Zone. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
   
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* '''237.101''': A location of space near the planet [[Vagra II]]. After experiencing an onboard systems failure, the drifting [[Enterprise-D shuttlecraft 13|shuttlecraft 13]] of the USS ''Enterprise''-D was caught in the planet's gravity at these coordinates and crash landed in 2364. ({{TNG|Skin of Evil}})
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* '''237.101''': A location of space near the planet [[Vagra II]]. After experiencing an on board systems failure, the drifting [[Enterprise-D shuttlecraft 13|shuttlecraft 13]] of the USS ''Enterprise''-D was caught in the planet's gravity at these coordinates and crash landed in 2364. ({{TNG|Skin of Evil}})
   
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* '''254-mark-220''': The coordinates of the [[Dominion]] [[Ketracel-white]] facility in [[Cardassian]] space destroyed during the [[Dominion War]] in [[2374]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}} ''display graphic'')
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* '''254-mark-220''': The coordinates of the [[Dominion]] [[Ketracel-white]] facility in [[Cardassian]] space destroyed during the [[Dominion War]] in [[2374]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}}, ''display graphic'')
   
 
* '''314-mark-21''': Coordinates of a small [[Kazon raider]] in the Delta Quadrant moments before it attacked the USS ''Voyager'' in 2372. ({{VOY|Basics, Part I}})
  
* '''314-mark-21''': Coordinates of a small [[Kazon raider]] in the Delta Quadrant moments before it attacked the USS ''Voyager'' in 2372. ({{VOY|Basics, Part I}})
   
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* '''357-mark-220''': The coordinates of [[Cardassia]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}} ''display graphic'')
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* '''357-mark-220''': The coordinates of the planet [[Cardassia]]. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}}, ''display graphic'')
   
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* '''370.236''': A location of space in the [[Zed Lapis sector]]. Shuttlecraft 13 experienced an onboard systems failure at these coordinates in 2364. ({{TNG|Skin of Evil}})
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* '''370.236''': A location of space in the [[Zed Lapis sector]]. Shuttlecraft 13 experienced an on board systems failure at these coordinates in 2364. ({{TNG|Skin of Evil}})
   
 
* '''423/112/51''': Coordinates of a location near but outside the [[Boradis system]], in a sector colonized by the Federation. The USS ''Enterprise''-D intercepted the [[class 8 probe]] carrying [[special emissary]] [[K'Ehleyr]] there in 2365. ({{TNG|The Emissary}})
 
* '''423/112/51''': Coordinates of a location near but outside the [[Boradis system]], in a sector colonized by the Federation. The USS ''Enterprise''-D intercepted the [[class 8 probe]] carrying [[special emissary]] [[K'Ehleyr]] there in 2365. ({{TNG|The Emissary}})
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* '''3629-mark-584''': The location in space, where the USS ''Enterprise''-D had a scheduled rendezvous with the {{USS|Victory}} in 2365. ({{TNG|Elementary, Dear Data}})
  
* '''3629-mark-584''': The location in space, where the USS ''Enterprise''-D had a scheduled rendezvous with the {{USS|Victory}} in 2365. ({{TNG|Elementary, Dear Data}})
   
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* '''4159.26/81921/312''': A location of space between [[Tarsas III]] in [[Sector 001]] and the planet [[Bynaus]]. ({{TNG|11001001|Conspiracy}} ''display graphic'')
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* '''4159.26/81921/312''': A location of space between the planet [[Tarsas III]] in [[Sector 001]] and the planet [[Bynaus]]. ({{TNG|11001001|Conspiracy}}, ''display graphic'')
   
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* '''16453/452.45''': The navigational coordinates of the [[Maxia Zeta system]]. ({{TNG|The Battle}} ''display graphic'')
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* '''16453/452.45''': The navigational coordinates of the [[Maxia Zeta system]]. ({{TNG|The Battle}}, ''display graphic'')
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* '''48563.3/99340.4/00596.3''': The coordinates of [[Tanuga IV research station|a research station]] orbiting the planet [[Tanuga IV]] before it's destruction in [[2366]]. ({{TNG|A Matter of Perspective}}, ''display graphic'')
   
 
* '''66728.9/707542.2''': The coordinates of the [[Pegos Minor system]]. ({{TNG|We'll Always Have Paris}})
  
* '''66728.9/707542.2''': The coordinates of the [[Pegos Minor system]]. ({{TNG|We'll Always Have Paris}})
   
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* '''917358-358268-102879''': The coordinates of the Amargosa observatory. ({{film|7}})
 
== Examples of surface/underground coordinates ==
  
== Examples of surface/underground coordinates ==
 
[[File:Gravett Island, map.jpg|thumb|Gravett Island at coordinates 18/136/128]]
  
[[File:Gravett Island, map.jpg|thumb|Gravett Island at coordinates 18/136/128]]
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* '''118/220''': The surface coordinates near a [[village]] on the planet [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]. ({{TOS|The Apple}})
  
* '''118/220''': The surface coordinates near a [[village]] on the planet [[Gamma Trianguli VI]]. ({{TOS|The Apple}})
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* '''T157/2598''': The coordinates of a street in [[San Francisco]] close to [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth. ({{film|12}})
  
   
 
* '''857/020/079''': The coordinates of the [[transporter room]] on the [[USS Enterprise (replica)|replica USS ''Enterprise'']] built on the planet [[Gideon]]. ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
 
* '''857/020/079''': The coordinates of the [[transporter room]] on the [[USS Enterprise (replica)|replica USS ''Enterprise'']] built on the planet [[Gideon]]. ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
   
 
* '''857/020/709''': The coordinates of the chambers of the [[Gideon Council]] on the planet Gideon. ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
  
* '''857/020/709''': The coordinates of the chambers of the [[Gideon Council]] on the planet Gideon. ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
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* '''3517/2598''': The coordinates of a street in [[San Francisco]] close to [[Starfleet Headquarters]] on Earth. ({{film|12}})
   
 
* '''8503.21/5746.90/0038.74''': The vector coordinates of the underground [[Genesis cave]] on the [[Regula]] planetoid. ({{film|2}})
  
* '''8503.21/5746.90/0038.74''': The vector coordinates of the underground [[Genesis cave]] on the [[Regula]] planetoid. ({{film|2}})
   
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* '''8563''': Surface coordinates at the edge of the scanning range of [[Paradise City]] on [[Nimbus III]]. ({{film|5}})
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== Transporter coordinates ==
  
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'''Transporter coordinates''' were a series of reference numbers used by a [[transporter|transporter system]] to determine the location to which a target was either to be beamed from, or beamed to. Coordinates could be automatically obtained by locking onto a [[communications]] signal or by tying into ship's [[sensor]]s. They could also be manually input into the [[transporter console]]. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action|Day of the Dove|The Mark of Gideon}})
  
   
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* '''010600, 011070''': Surface coordinates on [[Kolarus III]] where [[Shinzon]] left the disassembled [[B-4]] in [[2379]]. ({{film|10}})
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In the mid-[[23rd century]], transporter coordinates consisted of three groups of three numbers each. ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}}) On the planet [[Gideon (planet)|Gideon]], the [[Gideon Council|ruling body]]'s council chambers were identified by the coordinates 875-020-709. A near-exact duplicate of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} built by the [[Gideon]]s as part of a plot to kidnap [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] were identified by the coordinates 875-020-079.
  
   
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{{bginfo|In {{film|2}}, a display indicated by [[Saavik]] as representing transporter coordinates was broken into three segments, but the number of numerals in each was not distinguishable.}}
  
 
== Appendices ==
  
== Appendices ==
 
=== See also ===
  
=== See also ===

Revision as of 07:19, 4 May 2014

Constitution helm console with viewer

Destination coordinates were laid in at the helm console

Regula I transport console

Transporter coordinates on the transporter console

Coordinates, also known as galactic coordinates or spatial coordinates, were a set of two, three or four numbers used to indicate the location of a star, a planet, an asteroid field or any other object or position in space. When setting a heading for a starship, the course was laid in to the destination coordinates at the helm console. (ENT: "Stratagem"; VOY: "Unity"; Star Trek Into Darkness)

A set of coordinates was also used to indicate a specific location on a planet or a planetoid. Surface or underground coordinates were used as transporter coordinates when beaming up from or down to a planet with the transporter. A set of two or three vector coordinates were used to determine a location. These coordinates could be automatically obtained by locking onto a communicator signal or by tying into the ship's sensors. They could also be manually input into the transporter console. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action", "Day of the Dove", "The Mark of Gideon") These coordinates were labeled as vector coordinates in the lambda, psi and phi axis on the transporter console. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Examples of galactic/spatial coordinates

Constellation class tactical station

Maxia Zeta system at coordinates 16453/452.45

  • 21 alpha prime/936 zeta: The spatial coordinates of the USS Voyager in the Delta Quadrant in 2372 on stardate 49123.5621. (VOY: "Relativity")
  • 140-mark-317: A location of space in the Delta Quadrant. A Kazon buoy dropped at these coordinates was used by Seska to relay a communication to the USS Voyager in 2372. (VOY: "Basics, Part I")
  • 158-mark-13: Coordinates of a gas giant used by the Suliban to hide a helix in 2151. More specifically these were coordinates near the helix inside the atmosphere of the gas giant. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
  • 206.80/102.8/128.59: The location of a Vidiian starship in the Delta Quadrant in 2371 that was contacted by Kes. (VOY: "Fury")
  • 227-mark-359: Coordinates of the planet Iconia, inside the Romulan Neutral Zone. (TNG: "Contagion")
  • 237.101: A location of space near the planet Vagra II. After experiencing an on board systems failure, the drifting shuttlecraft 13 of the USS Enterprise-D was caught in the planet's gravity at these coordinates and crash landed in 2364. (TNG: "Skin of Evil")
  • 314-mark-21: Coordinates of a small Kazon raider in the Delta Quadrant moments before it attacked the USS Voyager in 2372. (VOY: "Basics, Part I")
  • 370.236: A location of space in the Zed Lapis sector. Shuttlecraft 13 experienced an on board systems failure at these coordinates in 2364. (TNG: "Skin of Evil")

Examples of surface/underground coordinates

Gravett Island, map

Gravett Island at coordinates 18/136/128

Appendices

See also

Background information

According to Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, (page 36) spatial coordinates are used to establish a standard galactic X, Y and Z position.

According to Star Trek Maps, the XYZ spatial coordinates 0,0,0 used by the Federation are those of a central navigation beacon located near the core worlds of the Federation. The galactic XYZ values are in a grid in relation to this central beacon. Units in the grid are parsecs. The first value X is the distance towards (positive) or away from (negative) the center of the galaxy. The second value Y is the distance towards the left "Alpha Quadrant" direction (positive) or the right "Beta Quadrant" direction (negative). The third value Z is the distance in the galactic north direction upwards (positive) or galactic south downwards (negative) away from the galactic plane. Based on the various canon references, the system of coordinates used in Star Trek appears to be more complex than this.

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