M Fnord Wrote:Okay, explaining the materials doesn't really address the point that this thing is still freaking massive, on par with heavy Starfleet ships and orbital colonies, and was built by one guy.The volume is immense, the mass quite small, and with a work area waved for gravity control...
Also, he is very likely using his mind amplifier trick, that he uses for the crew, and controlling say 50 construction mechs. The mind amplifier is a scaling-up of the way his robot security staff run multiple remotes at once. Once the shell and basic internal lay-out is done, he probably has help from Uran driving another 50-100 mechs - until she gets too bored. [grin]
He did have a one thousandth scale model to use as a basis for everything. [grin]
Have you seen how immense art constructions are thrown-up over-night using the IRL versions of the materials he is using?
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