I NEVER in my WILDEST Marathon riddled dreams through the Nar had been described in that much detail. Not the most *effective*was of measuring the universe for such an 'advanced' race. ;D
BTW, what was that about sending the tshirt printer a .esp Illustrator vector based file? Qua?
-Ernie
: Actually, this is on the Story Page already, as part of one of Rob McLees'
: educational lectures:
: There is only one group of Nar that have come to the realization that they
: are, in fact, immortal (or at least extremely long lived). These are the
: scientific crews on the ships 'devourer of worlds on a leash' and 'immense
: lusterless comet hiding in shadows' (manufactured from the sum total of
: the natural resouces of the planet 'lifeless air-soaked rock' and its
: moon, respectively). These ships and their crews embarked on the 'Grand
: Endeavor' just over 2 billion years ago from the system neighboring the
: Nar system. The 'Grand Endeavor' was an undertaking of the greatest
: importance to the Nar -- to measure the diameter of the universe to the
: nearest whole inch. This was to be achieved by tethering the smaller of
: the two craft to the larger with a sturdy chain and once they reached one
: edge of the universe, the smaller craft would then travel to the other
: side. The larger of the two craft would house several mining craft and a
: massive manufacturing plant dedicated to the creation of the chain.
:
: (a note about Nar spacecraft: describing a Nar spacecraft as mind-numbingly
: huge would be a monumental understatement. Their smallest craft, a two-man
: scout, is roughly four times the size of the Hindenburg, while their
: largest craft, the world ships, are exactly what it sounds like;
: spacecraft the size of planets constructed out of the sum total of a
: planet's natural resources. They are powered by hyper-efficient coal
: burning engines that are capable of propeling the massive crafts at nearly
: one-tenth the speed of light. About half of a Nar ship's hull is given
: over to a giant coal-hopper situated on top of a small warp generator that
: transports the fuel directly into the coal-burning engine, as the warp
: generator can only transport things within the confines of the ship's
: gravity well.)
: --SiliconDream
