The Aeropelago

The Aeropelago

Location: (-764, 295 Dynmap)

The Aeropelago is a collection of floating islands located west of New Eden City. The islands and associated town have been torn out of the ground by some means and levitated, perhaps with Technica Arcanum. However the Praxis Arcanum is, at least at this point, denying any involvement with the creation of the islands. A motive for this event is unknown, although it is obvious that the town is now fully protected from the monsters inhabiting the region. The islands are thought to have been levitated in late Y2S3. RockyRoads is currently the town mayor. The prevailing law is no smugglers or pirates allowed.

"And what about the islands? What are we going to do about them?" Castor asked.

"What do you you mean? You were in the same meeting I was. He said to do the same thing we always do. Send a LEIGH&CO embassy. And then if anyone messes with it, call FORCE with their velcro and space-ships and instruct them to dramatically over-react" Amy replied.

"You've seen the overheads, right? Even the biggest island. I mean I am sure he also said humble, and we do humble in my office, but the island is pretty small. And he wants a full embassy right. Not a consulate or just a mission office"

"Yes. A full embassy. He says the Aeropelago is going to take take off and fly. He wants to get in on the ground floor."

"He was joking right. That was a pun."

"Have you ever known him to joke? Even once?"

"Okay. So how are we supposed to get a humble full-services embassy onto an island that is barely bigger than my yard Broadmoore?"

"They have been working on those rapid diplomatic modules down at Applied right? The ones we're supposed to deploy the next time the pirates burn down some backwater village, because, evidently, they don't have lawyers like civilized people".

"Yeah sure. But even one of the modules, I mean yeah they are full service, but I don't see them fitting in the town".

"It doesn't have to fit".

"What?"

Amy sighed. "How long can one of the rapid jump lifters stationkeep? A long time right. Miguel was bragging about them at the bar a couple of weeks ago."

"Without refuelling? A few million years. Give or take ten thousand."

"And they are stable right, like people don't get seasick on them"

"They don't move at all. Like physically. They are a fixed point. The planet and the universe in general precessing out from under them is a bigger problem, but they compensate for it".

"So just send a lifter. Forever."

"And what? Just dock it and roll out a purple welcome mat?"

Amy smiled. "There he is".