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There is an ancient movie called Waterworld, and this has absolutely nothing
to do with it. The only connection is the abundance of water. I kind of feel
like they did that intentionally. It was one of the first domes ever to come
into commission, obviously because water is so important. It makes me think
that they knew about the movie, and deliberately used it as the name for this
place so they wouldn’t have to adopt the franchise for a themed dome. Do you
think that’s possible? Maybe I’m just being stupid and paranoid. I didn’t come
to this planet specifically for it, but I got excited when I saw the dome on
my brochure, and then my heart sank when I quickly learned that it’s only a
Utility dome. I guess I really am dumb, because I was in the wrong section of
the catalog. All the fun ones are listed completely separately. So. What is
this? It’s a water processing plant. Not so exciting now, is it? They send a
ship out into the outer solar system, where water can’t exist in liquid form
(for the most part). They drag the ice that they harvest from the smaller
celestial bodies, and transport it back to us. I went to Waterworld because it
was already in my brain, and when I make plans, I tend to stick to them. Then
I stayed to learn about it anyway. They don’t just lasso the ice chunks in a
net, and pull it along behind them. They encapsulate it in a highly regulated
tank, which is only partially insulated. They adjust this insulation and
pressure accordingly as they’re on their way back. This allows the ice to melt
into a liquid, and drain into a second tank without sublimating into gaseous
form, which is what it would typically do in a vacuum. It’s the sun that
accomplishes this for them, allowing them to get a little bit of free energy.
Obviously, it still takes power, but it sounds like a pretty cool system at
any rate. Pun intended. By the time they get back, the ice should
theoretically be fully liquified, so they can dump it into Waterworld. The
dome itself is basically a giant fish tank...without any fish. I’m
oversimplifying it, because that’s what it looks like from the outside, but
the truth is that the water is divided into compartments, which protects the
system from total and utter cross-contamination. If there’s an issue with one
compartment, at least it doesn’t ruin the entire thing. All told, we’re
talking a volume of 145 billion megalitres. I mean, just picture that. You
can’t, can you? Well, just take the vactrain to Waterworld, and they’ll show
you. It’s evidently never filled to the brim, but it still looks interesting.
You’re not gonna want to spend a lot of time here. It’s not closed to the
public, but they clearly haven’t set it up for visitors. Don’t get me wrong,
they’re ready for you, but I don’t think they could handle it if it suddenly
became super popular. If you’re only mildly intrigued, I think reading about
it on their prospectus is probably good enough, but if you really want to, you
can come take a little tour. It won’t take much time out of your stay on
Castlebourne, and might be a nice reprieve from the exhilarating activities.
I’m still mad about that name, though.
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