Eh? Never heard of them.

Continuum Identification Codes. by Laburnum on 2010-04-15 20:59:00 UTC Reply

Found this stub article on the Wiki:
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/CIC

What's the formula for creating CICs, if there is one? I was thinking we could possibly do with assembling a few more.

I think this is just something to sound cool. by Artell on 2010-04-17 00:27:00 UTC Reply

For random chatter and the like. IMO you can just invent your own whenever you need one, I don't see the PPC being so organized as to actually have alphanumeric codes for every single continuity.
Eh? Never heard of them. by Sedri on 2010-04-16 06:42:00 UTC Reply

It sounds like something somebody used in one story for some plot reason and which never came up again. Weird.

But I know (despite not wanting to know - stupid steel-trap memory...) that "THX-1138" is a series of numbers George Lucas always tries to slip into his movies, so I imagine that if other continua had similar strings of relevant numbers (or letters), they'd be included.

Actually, wait - the last letters are the author's initials. Look:
Harry Potter: GNZ-4138-209-JR - J. (K.) Rowling
Star Wars: THX-1138-525-GL - George Lucas
Batman: FJÆ-4432-120-BK - No idea, but I'll bet "BK" is some original creator's name.

As for the numbers... I only know Harry Potter well enough to guess, but it looks like they're fairly random. The only thing you might do is match up the numbers to the letters on a telephone dial and see if they make any relevant words (JKR did that in book five herself, I believe).

THX-1138 by Somariel on 2010-04-23 16:59:00 UTC Reply

IIRC, THX-1138 was the title of the first movie George Lucas ever made or something like that.
CICs by PoorCynic on 2010-04-16 18:36:00 UTC Reply

There are no corresponding letters for the number 1 on a telephone dial (or at least, not on my telephone). I think the rule for these is that they're random unless whoever's using them can find a reference or in-joke.

By the way, BK is Bob Kane, the original artist of Batman.

Cheers. (nm) by Sedri on 2010-04-17 00:30:00 UTC Reply

I dunno... by BeetleFire on 2010-04-16 03:24:00 UTC Reply

I haven't seen them used in a story, at least not for a while. Isn't the continuum in question usually just named?
Re: Continuum Identification Codes. by Wide Eyed Idealist on 2010-04-16 02:31:00 UTC Reply

What're they used for?