NationStates Jolt Archive

This project even made Aleaic, war hardened veteran of the Eternal War, blink as the two Avian Lords offered their own version of a peacetime economic 'venture'.

Aleaic looked up at the two eleven metter tall griffon beings with a cocked eye. "A planet 'factory'?" He says, boiling down the entire explanation from the two avians in a simple format. Simple however was an injustice here.

"~ Indeed, Master. One of the Dimensional Fortresses will be converted from wartime use, into a foundry, where we will take dead planetary material from expended star systems, with added Zero Point and Foundation elements to create planets of any kind or size. ~"

Aleaic quipped back. "I gathered on the first run through."

Lady Gre`shal commented.. "~ It was meant for the readers. Indeed it would be beyond fantasy. ~"

"Ah..." Aleaic quips back..

Lord Fe`reil adds in.. (probably for the readers here... =^^= ) "~ We have noticed a serious destabilization of planetary numbers in the recent years on this Dimensional Plane. That and the fact we haven't do activity like this in eons, especially now that a chance comes to return to our greatest art, would make it ill of us not to offer our ancient skill Master.

Especially since the Dimensional Fortress Project met with local acclaim during the Eternal War. ~"

Aleaic nods, looking over at Lady Arashi, present to listen as she was looking over duty Padds. She was pretty astonished at all this as well. The idea that large numbers, over enough time, that planets of any classification could actually be constructed like any other manufactured item, was hard to believe.

Aleaic of course knew better. His realm was easily advanced enough now, and the Ascendants were itching for this chance to, put mildly, show off ancient artisty.

Aleaic's approval was merely formality, as if this would be disuaded any. He nods therefore... "Very good. How would we... well... sell this new... um.. product?"

Gre`shal replies.. "~ Within five years, the foundry dimension pocket will be both stable, and able to begin production formats. Taking orders will be on a priority and stability basis. Gravitational and system factors will be taken into account, as well as study of employment of Formation Units, if stellar units need to be created.

With, again, time Master, we can create new star systems to the specification of customers, or simply single planets and/or moons dependant on recommended means from, again, customer requests.

All aspects will be resolved by the time production seriously begins Master. ~"

Aleaic looks meekly amused in response. "Well, as long as it's all squared away before ya'll play god. All power to ye."

A few chuckles/giggles, and the rather awkward meeting ends with the two Avian Lords bowing and departing. After, Arashi looks over at her husband with continued awe-amusement. "Nice to know it's never dull around here."

Aleaic sighs on the level, where his mind fails the same. "Such a norm we weave life with." ..he then turns his attention to the work still at hand for the day.

Never a dull day, means lots of Padd units to peruse. =^^=

"~ We'll be limiting the inital production runs to around two thousand per standard year, based on the influx of construction materials from other dimensionalized sources, as well as test bed requirements for both planetary footprints and accumilated reports from emplaced worlds. ~" ...this said as the Ascendant escorting the Confederacy allies and Gaian representatives (32 and 3 in respectively..) traversed along a hover-platform at high speed along an invisible pathway.

It was something to marvel at highly advanced technology, that acted every bit as organically alive, as it was simplisticly functional. A platform mesh of crystal, glassteel, tritanium and light over thirty meters radii, itself said impressive and simplistic, as it rides invisible rails through the incredibly fast distances involved. All about, untold numbers of automated refurbishing droid units from as small as nanites, to as immense as thousands of kilometers across and wide, in all forms of shapes and sizes, including those in the form of partial hemispheres. Many of the larger structures however are involved in either being constructed by other automated structures, or doing something just as amazing to the sight and mind, as the future process will be.

The platform, racing across at thousands of kilometers per second, but without even a bare whisper of inertia or wind flutter felt of apparent, does so, due to the size of the immense Dimensional Pocket they are in, well over 10 AUs in size, formerly used to harbor no less than seventy Angelic Host Legions and thirty Ascendancy Sphere Knight Legions, not counting the standard 25,000 fleet vessel compliments, and not further including system defense, static assets and interplanet fortress starfighters and system craft. The aptly named Dimensional Fortress, floating in between subspace dimensional barriers outside normal reality and other ancilliary elemental and frequency based reality inter-planes. It was a product of war at the most massive scale the mind can comprehend.

Now it was being literally disassembled and reformatted from a total of 134 M-Class planets, and 346 Gas giant archetypes, with vast spiderweb networks of planetoid Gate-Shield grids over the (again) vast distance, all to become a different scene. Lady Hia`dalo continues on with her presentation.

"~ The superstructure droids, the units that you see being worked on by other droid automateds, will soon be able to be moved over a formed planetary core of any planet type being constructed, to form through molecular and tectonic methods, to create the mantles, crusts, and surface textures to the specifications of the customer. With proper format techniques, strattas, veins of ore and resources, and radioatcive elements can be introduced in specific amounts to achieve the effects our clients will want.

To do that however, many of the cookie cutter worlds we have here need to be stripped down over the next five years, both for materials processing and recycling, as well as room for formation and production line zones.

When it is all complete and in actual production, we'll be able to literally use a conveyer belt system to move completed core sections into other areas where upper planet layers will be constructed, and moved to further completion layers, and other aspects. We are planning to have at least three major formation and fabrication lines, with individual slots for completed baseline worlds, before atmospheres and if wished, ecosystems are installed.

The limitation of the mind, and resources time lag, are the only real obstables to how far we can go with this. But the main production won't begin for five standard years, but being brought here should impress on how this will all go. ~"

The delegation looks very awed. A Dotllorian three leg humanoid asks.. "How will the planets be delivered when completed?"

"~ At the very end, there will be a Fold Gate superstation, essentially a slowspeed version of a nominal Jump unit, where the planet will be molecularly phased into the proper target area, dependant on surveys of the endpoint terminus. All gravitational, system, ecocultural and geopolitical aspects must meet compliance before a product will be fully delivered.

We certainly don't wish to cause trauma when trying to deliver a product. We also need to consider almost any possible and imaginable custom made order and situation when delivering the product.

The customer may want a ring planet. Maybe one without a sun to light it, but still need the same. Maybe a planet without a core, or just rotating plates that orbit about each other.

It may be a planet for experiments. One that needs a cloak. Maybe a planetoid field of M-Class mini-worlds. If you can imagine it, it is a possibility to create, with time given. All such have to be taken into account, when delivery criteria is implimented. No delivery operation will be done before at least 94 percent effectivity can be achieved.

The number is due to probability factors, as well as unforseen stellar circumstances that may occur despite all our surveying. Acts of Gods persay. ~"

"Why do this at all, if there's the possibility of mistakes that would be catastrophic in nature?" ...a Unilarian blue scaled reptilian asks through a translator unit. Lady Hia`dalo replies.. "~ Because we can. It is our art.

It is not us that is first at all this, as it is. Other Elder civilizations have done even greater works as it is, even galaxies no less. As long as we do our task with safety and efficency in mind, only pure bad karma would prevent successful works from reaching our customers. ~"

"What about paying for these products. A pack of gum in price, this will not be." ..comes the voice of the Gaian Science Advisor herself, one of the Gaians present. The idea of a system of making planets, as if they were making mecha or tanks in a similar system, was almost ludicrous to believe.

Hardly insult, rather mindblowing in comprehension to see. Her question was in such a tone. Lady Hia`dalo replied to Lady Washu directly. "~ A special credit payment system will be formatted through the Sphere Economic Directive, with a flexible system based on economic and political conditions, that will take orders from stable or effectively 'safe' goverments first, and special case consideration from unstable goverments and economies, case by case only.

Obviously if a customer cannot pay outright, then partial payments over a specific, and limited timeframe will be considered. Prices however, will be very lucrative, even for private individuals that wish only a resort planet all their own. We can also do humanitarian orders for civilizations that have had worlds destroyed, where hardship conditions are obvious. Charity if you will. ~"

"And if there's a case of fraud?" Washu asks. Lady Hia`dalo slits her eyes and responds calmly.

"~ It is far easier to destory, than to create. even for us. ~"

"The Sphere will need to consider polotical ramifications if such actions occur, to prevent wars unneeded." Lady Ayeka comments, next to Washu. Hia`dalo nods. "~ We will comply with the wishes of the Council. This is an economic, and artistic endeavor first however. We hope for the same spirit that this creationisism infuses to from our future customers. ~"

Washu just cackles. "I can finally have my own exotic experimented species planet with horrors, all my own then."

The others just teardrop.