[really, really Infinities] strange things are afoot

[Bob Schroeck]

...what do you think, sirs?

  Very well done.  Very well done indeed.
I especially like the "Little Prince" style living.  I'd've never thought of that.
  

(Bob and the Warriors cheated to actually build the GC's Marble, but the material itself is almost hardtech).

Well, initially it was a kind of cheat -- I never said how the dome was grown, just that it was done "with handwavium".  I have of late decided that they used the handwavium not directly, but to create nanoconstructors which themselves built the dome (and laced it with handwavium and 'wavium-enhanced mechanisms, as well as the sensor cameras and whatnot).  Regardless, I had always envisioned the hull -- at least the top -- starting out flexible, in two accordion-folded halves grown and situated underground that then unfolded and met in the middle to form the upper dome, essentially curing to final hardness upon exposure to air.   Which isn't typical behavior for simple fused silicon.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.