Here’s the wikipedia articles for quark stars and preon stars, in case you’re interested. Quark star and Preon star are the two adjacent sims to Mos Ainsley, in the west and north directions respectively. Both names refer to ultra-dense, hypothetical stars, with preon being denser than quark.
Just thought of this: since in the preon star article, a theoretical continuum of sorts is inferred between quark stars, preon stars, and black holes, could the inferrence be that Mos Ainsley itself actually stands for a black hole? Interesting theory, I believe.
A preon star is a proposed type of compact star made of preons, a group of hypothetical subatomic particles. Preon stars would be expected to have huge densities, exceeding [10 to the 23rd power] kilogram per cubic meter—intermediate between quark stars and black holes. A preon star having the same mass as Earth would be about the size of a tennis ball.
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Fleep Tuque is really churning out the interesting information recently on her recently overhauled blog, including this fascinating post about copyright/content theft/intellectual property in virtual worlds. I’ll try to write more intelligently on the subject in a future post or two.
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Speaking of blogs, I’m also pleased to see that Nish Mip is back to exploring Heterocera (Atoll Continent), as recorded on her Big Orange One blog, and that Sachie Bade is also relaying some of her new explorations on Sachie Bade’s Secondthirdfourth. Gotta luv it. 
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