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 Scholars from Earth actually studied this subject after they became aware of the Sphere's existence.
-Their conclusions state that there had indeed been smaller units used in the past, though none of it was standard, as the Sphere didn't exist at the time. However, with the ascendance of the Haruspii came the rejuvenations, and thus the Sphere. At that point, the ruling classes began to live for so long that small units of time became irrelevant to them. As such, no standard unit below the period was created.
+Their conclusions state that there had indeed been smaller units used in the past, though none of them were standard, as the Sphere didn't exist at the time. However, with the ascendance of the Haruspii came the rejuvenations, and thus the Sphere. At that point, the ruling classes began to live for so long that small units of time became irrelevant to them. As such, no standard unit below the period was created.
 The shift and spin were only added long after, because of their wide usage in naval circles. Both units had been deemed necessary to describe shift management for crewmembers (hence the "shift"), and to transmit travel time and coordinates with sufficient accuracy.
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