Disturbing Implications of Land Rising into the Sky

[robkelk]

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(Oh, and after extensive talks with Kat, Joe and Scott this weekend, I've decided that the GC is -- once again -- a true sphere instead of the oblate spheroid it's been since my earliest descriptions. As a side effect this means that the lower hull dug down as much as 1850 feet, and the underside of the ship is made up of a fair amount of solid bedrock -- which itself would probably be a pretty stable base.)

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Oh, my - it's that big?  The launching of Grovers' Corners had to have made an impression on anyone who was watching, then... and on the SMOFs, too.

Actually, that raises the question of what the Fen think of Land Rising into the Sky.  I can see this exchange having happened on Stellvia if they saw the Grovers' Corners launch:

"Commander, something just took off from North America. Something big."

"How big is it?"

"It's..."  The technician on watch gasped.  "It's over a kilometre in diameter!"

"Is it in the recognition database?"

Yoriko looked at the screen.  "No, sir."

"We've got a possible colony launch, then.  Yellow alert, but don't panic the paying customers.  Inform the Island and Hephaestus that we may have to go into crisis management mode... again." As Yoriko turned to the FTL comm, Noah muttered, "Let's hope they're good neighbours."

At which point the real movers and shakers in Fenspace start to get involved...