NationStates Jolt Archive


Your Castle

Wilgrove
21-06-2007, 00:13
First off, let me say that I am finally back, after a trip to Europe and then a trip to Penn. that got cut short for reasons I will not go into, and I should be posting pictures up (of my trip to Europe) soon and I will post the link to the pictures in my blog. I love to travel I really do, espically if it's by air, but I think I've done enough traveling for now lol. Plus Amelia isn't a happy kitty when I go away for a long time.

Now, on with the thread. You know, ever since I've visited the Tower of London and Windsor Castle, I've been fascinated by castles. Well I've really been fascinated with them since I took that Medieval course in college. Ever since then I've been wondering if I built a castle today what would it look like.

My castle would be buried deep in the Appalachia mountains, it'd only be accessible by train, and the train would have windows blacked out so no one will be able to know where they were going. Even though it is surrounded by mountains, I will have walls surrounding my castle and a tower on top of every mountain peek that surrounds my castle. There will be three walls. The outer wall will be the look out wall, equipped with security camera, barbed electrified wire and it would have a the early warning detection system. There will be a moat with crocs. as well as poison between the outer and second wall.

The second wall will house my Ground to Air missiles as well as my Ground to Ground missiles. It will also house a place where soldiers can shoot at invading forces with .50 cal rifles and grenades. The Second Wall will basically house the part of the castle that guards the castle from any threat.

The Inner Wall which will be the strongest with rusty spikes at the top as well as guards who will have Mortar rounds & rocket launchers and the third wall will be made out of solid concrete with reinforced steel center. The outer wall will be made out of stone with a reinforced steel center as well as the middle wall.

The Castle itself will look like any other castle that you see in the world, but more modern. It will be one story with an underground bunker that will be deep enough to be out of reach of the bunker busters bomb. The first and only floor will be the living area as well as meeting area.

The Basement will house the train station to the castle. The station at the castle and the station going to the castle will have a security team that'll search everyone getting on and off, and the train will be searched throughly (and I do mean throughly) at both location with everything that the security force need to be able to do their job.

& that is my castle, now tell me about yours! :)
New Manvir
21-06-2007, 00:16
My Castle...would be made of DIAMONDS....with rocket turrets...NO, ATOMIC Rocket turrets...with a forcefield...on a mountain...that flies....and takes me to the moon....that would be awesome.....oh and it has free WiFi
Dundee-Fienn
21-06-2007, 00:18
Your castle sounds scary as hell :eek:
Forsakia
21-06-2007, 00:23
Why have blacked out windows, you're going to have traintracks leading to your front door.
IL Ruffino
21-06-2007, 00:23
I'll only say that I've been inspired by the architecture of the museums and city hall in Philly.

I believe it's French?

Second Empire?
Wilgrove
21-06-2007, 00:25
Why have blacked out windows, you're going to have traintracks leading to your front door.

Hmm good point. Let's replace train with helicopter.
Gun Manufacturers
21-06-2007, 00:46
Hmm good point. Let's replace train with helicopter.

GPS?
The_pantless_hero
21-06-2007, 00:53
Why have blacked out windows, you're going to have traintracks leading to your front door.

Let's not forget the towers on every hill top.
Cannot think of a name
21-06-2007, 01:01
Why have blacked out windows, you're going to have traintracks leading to your front door.

That's what I was thinking. Though a train would be cool, anyway. I'd want the windows so I could watch the cool scenery go by. I certainly wouldn't need all the defenses. I just don't piss people off enough for it to be necessary. Unless I was planning for some Mad Max style apocalypse...

Having said that, though, I like the idea of a moat. Not so much to keep people out (though it would make it more hassle than it's worth for Mormons and Jehovah's Witness'), but I just like the idea of a self contained river around the place. I'd have a lagoon in the interior attached to it where I would launch little speed boats that me and my friends would race around the moat. And maybe some system that would give the moat a current instead of being still water.

And I guess towers. And a courtyard.

I'm not very good at this game. Though I do like the idea of racing around the moat in tiny speed boats.
Lunatic Goofballs
21-06-2007, 03:12
My castle:

http://im-possible.info/images/art/various/peacock/castle.jpg

:)
Sel Appa
21-06-2007, 03:33
My castle would be buried deep in the Appalachia mountains, it'd only be accessible by train, and the train would have windows blacked out so no one will be able to know where they were going.

Until someone spots it on Google Earth...
New Malachite Square
21-06-2007, 03:42
My Castle...would be made of DIAMONDS....with rocket turrets...NO, ATOMIC Rocket turrets...with a forcefield...on a mountain...that flies....and takes me to the moon....that would be awesome.....oh and it has free WiFi

What if the WiFi interfered with the nukes or the forcefield… or both at once?
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Or worse: the nukes and the forcefield interfered with the WiFi!!!:eek:
New Malachite Square
21-06-2007, 03:43
Until someone spots it on Google Earth...

It would be un-spottable, like Hogwarts.
Katganistan
21-06-2007, 03:45
My castle:

http://im-possible.info/images/art/various/peacock/castle.jpg

:)

I really need to hire that Escher guy to build my new house...
Lunatic Goofballs
21-06-2007, 03:47
I really need to hire that Escher guy to build my new house...

I'm sure that even when constrained by the laws of physics, he could probably design something really interesting. *nod*
Barringtonia
21-06-2007, 03:48
My castle would be a single turret, about 5m high and situated on a beach - I would call it Chateau de LifeGuardTower as I think giving it a French name would add some class
Iniika
21-06-2007, 04:07
My castle would be secluded. It would have a mote surrounding my koi pond. It would be some place warm that sees rain maybe 3 months out of the year. It would have doors that lead straight into brick walls, off a cliff or into my "pit of fun, laughter and pointy things" It would have stairs that lead no where. It would have dumb waiters, cobwebs everywhere and an entire wing devoted solely to my collection of reptiles. It would have a huge ballroom with weekly mascarades where I could show off my castle of awesomeness. It would have a maze in the castle, around the castle, hay, the whole fucking property can be a maze, make it fun. It would have a human chess board and dueling grounds and priceles art everywhere.

... this is why I dont have a castle.
Marrakech II
21-06-2007, 04:08
GPS?

GPS can be scrambled. Russians will sell a good large area GPS scrambler to anyone.