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<blockquote data-quote="Anabstercorian" data-source="post: 165135" data-attributes="member: 2550">Whoo.&nbsp; Tour.&lt;&lt; And this is the residential quarter, where the new citizens of Penumbra live.&nbsp; Thanks to our vast overabundance of psionic power and real estate, each one of them has their own luxurious home staffed with psionic constructs...&gt;&gt; Anabstercorian hovered down the street, showing the representatives from Hope Isle about.&quot;This is all well and good, Anabstercorian,&quot; one of the Hound Archons spoke up, &quot;But we'd like to see the construction process itself.&quot;&lt;&lt; Of course, &gt;&gt; transmitted Anabstercorian, setting up a Teleport Circle. &lt;&lt; If you'll follow me? &gt;&gt;======The delegates stood on a vast, transparent plane of force a hundred thousand miles above the surface of the sun.&nbsp; If the delegates hadn't all been celestials, they would have been promptly vaporized by the heat, but as is they were merely sweaty.&nbsp; &lt;&lt; This is the superstructure for the Penumbral Hub, a plane of force extending around the sun.&nbsp; We use this as a support for the Substare that makes up the majority of the ring until the loop is completed and reinforced to stand under its own strength...&nbsp; Until then, we must absorb some of the energy put out by the sun to power the vast force fields, which accounts for the drop in luminosity on the surface of Oerth. &gt;&gt;The Lantern Archon bobbing near him seemed sad. &quot;You're making it dark?&quot;&lt;&lt; A little, yes, but only for the time being.&nbsp; It's darker than usual now because we're preparing to kick the hell out of some of our enemies, but that will pass as well. &gt;&gt;&quot;You shouldn't be so mean...&quot; The lantern archon seemed to almost pout.&lt;&lt; Relax, it's all for the best in the end. &gt;&gt;&quot;So,&quot; broke in one of the Solar, &quot;You insist that you are not destroying the sun.&quot;&lt;&lt; No, &gt;&gt; sighed Anabstercorian, looking exasperated. &lt;&lt; I'm not destroying the sun. &gt;&gt;&quot;And those flying Illithid larvae that move at the speed of sound and burrow in to peoples brains and turn them in to Illithid against their will?&quot;&lt;&lt; Pet project.&nbsp; I'm thinking of using them as a weapon of war - Why kill the enemy when you can make them see your point of view?&nbsp; Yes, it's nasty - But it's not THAT nasty.&nbsp; I mean, hell, if you're going to yell at me for anything, yell at me for the Luna incident.&nbsp; That was evil.&nbsp; This is just unconventional. &gt;&gt;&quot;Right, whatever.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anabstercorian, post: 165135, member: 2550"] [b]Whoo. Tour.[/b] << And this is the residential quarter, where the new citizens of Penumbra live. Thanks to our vast overabundance of psionic power and real estate, each one of them has their own luxurious home staffed with psionic constructs...>> Anabstercorian hovered down the street, showing the representatives from Hope Isle about. "This is all well and good, Anabstercorian," one of the Hound Archons spoke up, "But we'd like to see the construction process itself." << Of course, >> transmitted Anabstercorian, setting up a Teleport Circle. << If you'll follow me? >> ====== The delegates stood on a vast, transparent plane of force a hundred thousand miles above the surface of the sun. If the delegates hadn't all been celestials, they would have been promptly vaporized by the heat, but as is they were merely sweaty. << This is the superstructure for the Penumbral Hub, a plane of force extending around the sun. We use this as a support for the Substare that makes up the majority of the ring until the loop is completed and reinforced to stand under its own strength... Until then, we must absorb some of the energy put out by the sun to power the vast force fields, which accounts for the drop in luminosity on the surface of Oerth. >> The Lantern Archon bobbing near him seemed sad. "You're making it dark?" << A little, yes, but only for the time being. It's darker than usual now because we're preparing to kick the hell out of some of our enemies, but that will pass as well. >> "You shouldn't be so mean..." The lantern archon seemed to almost pout. << Relax, it's all for the best in the end. >> "So," broke in one of the Solar, "You insist that you are not destroying the sun." << No, >> sighed Anabstercorian, looking exasperated. << I'm not destroying the sun. >> "And those flying Illithid larvae that move at the speed of sound and burrow in to peoples brains and turn them in to Illithid against their will?" << Pet project. I'm thinking of using them as a weapon of war - Why kill the enemy when you can make them see your point of view? Yes, it's nasty - But it's not THAT nasty. I mean, hell, if you're going to yell at me for anything, yell at me for the Luna incident. That was evil. This is just unconventional. >> "Right, whatever." [/QUOTE]

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