diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/phys/Douglas/001.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/phys/Douglas/001.md index d2102856..5ffb323a 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/phys/Douglas/001.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/phys/Douglas/001.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ That is where Douglas lived along with about twenty others. To fund such a project, the torus had originally operated as a tourist destination. Many of the living spaces consisted of repurposed hotel rooms. It had long since ceased to serve in that capacity as humanity's curiosity for space dwindled and spaceflight from earth once again began to rise in price. -To build such a project, the area had been cleared of much of the trojan asteroids that had collected there, either used for raw materials or slung out into space into eccentric orbits that would keep them from impacting earth or winding up once again captured in the same Legrange point. Even still, one of the many jobs was to monitor the area for newly captured asteroids and divert or collect them as needed. The material could be used for new solar panels, or perhaps the two five thousand kilometer long launch arms sprouting on opposing sides of the torus, the Hall Force Engines that kept the rotation of the system constant as the arms had been extruded from its surface, or of course the two new cylindrical systems at the tips of those arms that had, over the last two decades, been constructed as half-scale duplicates of the core. +To build such a project, the area had been cleared of much of the Trojan asteroids that had collected there, either used for raw materials or slung out into space into eccentric orbits that would keep them from impacting earth or winding up once again captured in the same Legrange point. Even still, one of the many jobs was to monitor the area for newly captured asteroids and divert or collect them as needed. The material could be used for new solar panels, or perhaps the two five thousand kilometer long launch arms sprouting on opposing sides of the torus, the Hall Force Engines that kept the rotation of the system constant as the arms had been extruded from its surface, or of course the two new cylindrical systems at the tips of those arms that had, over the last two decades, been constructed as half-scale duplicates of the core. Little of this mattered to Douglas. @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Instead, he worked. He oversaw the construction of the launch systems, those two Who this coordinator was, this confusingly-named May Then My Name Die With Me, he had no idea. -He needn't even message Michelle directly. He had MTMNDWM, perhaps she would know. He could ask her. She could mediate. +He needn't even message Michelle directly. He had May Then My Name Die With Me, perhaps she would know. He could ask her. She could mediate. And still, he never did. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ And still, he never did. * *Personalities transferred leaving no immediate forks (pct):* 3.8% * *Individuals by clade transferred leaving no immediate forks (pct):* 0.00000018% * *Social makeup of transfers:* 84% dispersionista / 10% tracker / 6% tasker - * *Social makeup of L5 System:* 23% dispersionista / 38% tracker / 39% tasker * *Transfers irrevocably lost:* 8 (go) * **System status:** * Castor: @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ And still, he never did. * *Merge reliability:* 21 nines (go) * **Disposition:** go for launch -*Notes:* the level of transfers irrevocably lost is disappointing but cannot be helped. Still, it is far below the loss from the Earth-L Ansible, which, as a matter of course, implies the loss of a clade rather than a personality. One clade was lost irrevocably, but, at the risk of sounding crass, they knew they were signing up for this, and it is always a risk for taskers. That one loss represents 0.005% of the total transfer loss, and is vanishingly small in the grand scheme of things. Congratulations, as always, for another step closer to launch. +*Notes:* the level of transfers irrevocably lost is disappointing but cannot be helped. Still, it is far below the loss from the Earth-L5 Ansible, which, as a matter of course, implies the loss of a clade rather than a personality. One clade was lost irrevocably, but, at the risk of sounding crass, they knew they were signing up for this, and it is always a risk for taskers. That one loss represents 0.005% of the total transfer loss, and is vanishingly small in the grand scheme of things, though I am sure it is of no consolation to their friends. Congratulations, as always, for another step closer to launch. ## Attachment: history questionnaire #1 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ May Then My Name Die With Me of the Ode Clade ----- > May Then My Name Die With Me, - +> > Thank you for the updated status report. I am looking forward to the launch, and will provide you the best textual description that I am able as it happens from phys-side. I will attempt to provide real-time updates, though the exigencies of the situation will take precedence. Congratulations on making it this far, and thank you for all of your help. Status report follows. > > While we were largely baffled by the nature of your question, the launch commission and myself have accepted the task of aiding you and your companion in your history/mythology project. Answers(?) will follow in a separate message. @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ May Then My Name Die With Me of the Ode Clade * *Panel efficiency:* 5 nines (go) * **Launch arm status:** * Castor: + * *Launch strut integrity:* 100% (go) * *Launch arm integrity:* 100% (go) * *Launch arm path:* Clear (go) * *Launch arm cameras:* 100% (go) @@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ May Then My Name Die With Me of the Ode Clade * *Expected acceleration:* Nominal (go) * *Expected expected jerk:* Nominal (go) * Pollux: + * *Launch strut integrity:* 100% (go) * *Launch arm integrity:* 100% (go) * *Launch arm path:* Clear (go) * *Launch arm cameras:* 100% (go) @@ -270,7 +272,6 @@ May Then My Name Die With Me of the Ode Clade **Phys-side:** Watching the struts flex and jolt with the release of mass is quite beautiful. - **Phys-side:** They weren't kidding about the jerk. Two of them, actually, as the engines fired a half second after the jerk reached the torus. We've got two injuries down here - bumps and bruises. Reports from the torus indicate that damage was minimal. Some sloshing from the hydroponics, but that's easy to clean up. One of the furnaces will need some care. Worst bit of damage, however, is that the solar array suffered a cascading failure: one panel broke loose and tumbled end-over-end across a few hundred others. Power's still nominal, though. We'll get it fixed. **Phys-side:** Did you feel anything up there?