NationStates Jolt Archive

The great and mighty nation of Huahin is ready to unveil to the world one of its greatest ever inventions. The creation of a nuclear tunnling machine has allowed islands to be connected though subterranean tunnels.

In the creation of the tunnel, the machine leaves behnd a tunnel with smooth glass sides, which have been superheated. This allows high speed maglev trains to travel in the tunnels, resulting in one of the most advanced this world has ever seen. These trains currently travel at 300mph, but have a theoretical speed in excess of 500mph.

The nuclear burrowing machine is currently top secret tecnhology, which is only accessible to Huahin, however talks are underway with Kreynoria for more machines to be produced, The location of the tunnels is highly classified, and it has been reported that Huahin's cities, which are already mostly undergroud due to the harsh climate of the area, now extend almost half a mile below the surface.

As it burrows through the rock hundreds of feet below the surface, the machine heats whatever stone it encounters into molten rock, or magma, which cools after the Subterrene has moved on. The result is a tunnel with a smooth, glazed lining, somewhat like black glass, which is also apparently strong enough that it doesn’t even require reinforcing of the walls.

The heat is supplied by a compact nuclear reactor that circulates liquid lithium from the reactor core to the tunnel face, where it melts the rock. In the process of melting the rock the lithium loses some of its heat. It is then circulated back along the exterior of the tunneling machine to help cool the vitrified rock as the tunneling machine forces its way forward. The cooled lithium then circulates back to the reactor where the whole cycle starts over. In this way the nuclear subterrene slices through the rock like a nuclear powered, 2,000 degree Fahrenheit earthworm, boring its way deep underground.

Top Secret Transmission to Huahin

The Divine Empire is extremely interested in this technology and would be interested in connecting the cities and military bases of Kreynoria and Huahin.

The Divine Empire of Kreynoria proudly unveils another project for the connection of the Pacific: our fleet of modified PX-607 Pelicans.

The PX-607 was a WIG (wing-in-ground) craft that Kreynoria acquired production rights to from MierTech several years ago. It is a military transport that can carry up to 17 MBTs or similarly sized vehicles and 700 troops.

The Divine Empire has now modified a number of these massive WIG transports to instead serve as civilian passenger carriers. A large number of amenities have been added to the passenger section, and the vehicular section has been converted to carry automobiles and luggage.

This modified Pelican has been designated the PX-607C Pelican. It can carry up to 700 passengers in luxury in addition to their luggage and up to 20 automobiles.

A grand total of 250 PX-607C Pelicans are now in service, and more are being constructed every day, with a goal of of 1,200 of these behemoths to be produced.

100 Pelicans are also in the service of Huahin.
The blueprints for the "Shai Hulud" Nuclear tunneler have been sent to Kreynoria.