Discovery and some thoughts on the SpaceCraft
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The Rings get delivered within an approximately month long period. And yes, long range telescopes pikc them up, as well as amateur scopes as well. That many(I already did the math, it was a little over 5,800 with room to spare) objects that are larger in ways than Earth, much less Mars?
The world knows and quickly, its too big to keep a secret. I'll say a week after completion the aliens themselves show up and begin talking. Now, they dont show themselves, they speak through specially constructed automatons(yes robots would be easier, but im stuck and i like the flavor) to explain things, in addition to technological gifts. The equivalent of cheapo brand cell phones, but specifically engineered to be compatible and manufacturable by our tech base, given a few decades. Think of it like a modern factory built to construct suits of steel armor for fighting in medieval Europe. The purpose of these is for quick and easy translation. Now only in the first few minutes of the meeting with the UN does anybody act like fools or such, screeching about who gets to decide this or that, does this group or that group end up getting their own Ring, before the Alien Rep just hovers over to one of the diplomats, and buzzes. And stares. And mildly shocks everytime he tries to run off. For about five minutes.
Then the AR explains the rules and clearly states that yes, quite a few peoples of various ideologies, some of them suppressed globally, whose ideas are banned, or not, will end up getting their own Ring. However, there isnt anything to fear about this, as you can simply ban them from yours and well... done. The National Rings can and will be governed differently than the others, with more complex rule sets, but for the first little while, it is stated. Nationals only.
After some discussion, the Governments of the world realize that attempting to outright ban emigration to these Rings is both impossible and stupid, they begin the efforts to set up regulatory and supervision agencies for their own National Rings. And assist Ring Managers with setting up. Not that they need it, but it does help.
Lets talk about the InterWorld Shuttles and their Shuttlepods. My idea for the size of the InterWorld Shuttles themselves is that they are enormous, each one the size of 54 Triple E Maersk Container ships. Line them up lengthwise by six, side by side by three and stack that three times. Huge beasts. The Pods however are much smaller. About the size of a Chinook. 50 of them to a Shuttle. Live Organism Carrying Capacity(LOCC) is determined by the organisms and the length of the trip. There are 3000 IWShuttles per Ring. The IWShuttles are not jusr bunks with food for cargo, they have Recreational areas, and power plugins(it looks silly, since every bit of sockets has several different types of sockets for most plugs imaginable.) In the residential rooms. Like a large and roomy Hotel or Timeshare. They were made like this for families. And to try and avoid Cabin Fever. In fact, some of the Visitor Locations on the Rings were preconstructed large to enough to rival NYC!
As far as durability goes, the IWShuttles are made of advanced materials that they are never bothered by micrometeorites of any numbers, in fact the more the better, it can grab them and use them for ablative armor. As far as our weapons go, break out the megaton nukes to start with. Its a losing battle, since by default they have massive numbers of precise KKVs, the Shuttle Pods and Shuttles themselves. This doesnt mean the people inside would necessarily survived unscathed, but the inertial and gravity compensation units will help. The IWShuttleos can maintain a 6g acceleration rate while keeping a comfy 1g going for its passengers.
The Shuttlepods are easily capable of their job, which is from surface to orbit to surface flights repeatedly. Unlike the IWShuttles however, there are no inertial dampeners or artificial gravity units, so it can be a bit queasy getting back off and on to the Shuttles. They can make Mach 3 in Atmosphere and make hundreds of repeated trips from the energy reserves brought from the Rings. However, this is never necessary, as the Shuttlepods generally dont make their trips until everything is settled and every is packed and ready to go. Most trips are for stocking supplies.
The world knows and quickly, its too big to keep a secret. I'll say a week after completion the aliens themselves show up and begin talking. Now, they dont show themselves, they speak through specially constructed automatons(yes robots would be easier, but im stuck and i like the flavor) to explain things, in addition to technological gifts. The equivalent of cheapo brand cell phones, but specifically engineered to be compatible and manufacturable by our tech base, given a few decades. Think of it like a modern factory built to construct suits of steel armor for fighting in medieval Europe. The purpose of these is for quick and easy translation. Now only in the first few minutes of the meeting with the UN does anybody act like fools or such, screeching about who gets to decide this or that, does this group or that group end up getting their own Ring, before the Alien Rep just hovers over to one of the diplomats, and buzzes. And stares. And mildly shocks everytime he tries to run off. For about five minutes.
Then the AR explains the rules and clearly states that yes, quite a few peoples of various ideologies, some of them suppressed globally, whose ideas are banned, or not, will end up getting their own Ring. However, there isnt anything to fear about this, as you can simply ban them from yours and well... done. The National Rings can and will be governed differently than the others, with more complex rule sets, but for the first little while, it is stated. Nationals only.
After some discussion, the Governments of the world realize that attempting to outright ban emigration to these Rings is both impossible and stupid, they begin the efforts to set up regulatory and supervision agencies for their own National Rings. And assist Ring Managers with setting up. Not that they need it, but it does help.
Lets talk about the InterWorld Shuttles and their Shuttlepods. My idea for the size of the InterWorld Shuttles themselves is that they are enormous, each one the size of 54 Triple E Maersk Container ships. Line them up lengthwise by six, side by side by three and stack that three times. Huge beasts. The Pods however are much smaller. About the size of a Chinook. 50 of them to a Shuttle. Live Organism Carrying Capacity(LOCC) is determined by the organisms and the length of the trip. There are 3000 IWShuttles per Ring. The IWShuttles are not jusr bunks with food for cargo, they have Recreational areas, and power plugins(it looks silly, since every bit of sockets has several different types of sockets for most plugs imaginable.) In the residential rooms. Like a large and roomy Hotel or Timeshare. They were made like this for families. And to try and avoid Cabin Fever. In fact, some of the Visitor Locations on the Rings were preconstructed large to enough to rival NYC!
As far as durability goes, the IWShuttles are made of advanced materials that they are never bothered by micrometeorites of any numbers, in fact the more the better, it can grab them and use them for ablative armor. As far as our weapons go, break out the megaton nukes to start with. Its a losing battle, since by default they have massive numbers of precise KKVs, the Shuttle Pods and Shuttles themselves. This doesnt mean the people inside would necessarily survived unscathed, but the inertial and gravity compensation units will help. The IWShuttleos can maintain a 6g acceleration rate while keeping a comfy 1g going for its passengers.
The Shuttlepods are easily capable of their job, which is from surface to orbit to surface flights repeatedly. Unlike the IWShuttles however, there are no inertial dampeners or artificial gravity units, so it can be a bit queasy getting back off and on to the Shuttles. They can make Mach 3 in Atmosphere and make hundreds of repeated trips from the energy reserves brought from the Rings. However, this is never necessary, as the Shuttlepods generally dont make their trips until everything is settled and every is packed and ready to go. Most trips are for stocking supplies.