Secrets of the Lost Ark - Part 1
In Rome’s Revolution, all of the interactions between the 21st century Essessoni (Rei) and the 35th century Vuduri (Rome) were because the people from our time were transported to the stars in huge vessels called Arks.
Forget the title of this article. To be clear, they weren’t really lost. Even Ark IV, currently MIA, will be on display in the upcoming novel The Milk Run. So I just picked the title of this article because it was cool and reminds you of Indiana Jones. Anyway, the point of these next few articles is what was really in the Arks.
We know from Rome’s Revolution that they carried transports which were “inflated” when energized by power rods. We also know they carried particle beam drillers which could be converted to very powerful cannons, highlighted in The Ark Lords. They also carried laser masonry levels which could be converted into laser pulse rifles. And don’t forget the mini-nukes, one of which was used to destroy Rome’s first Human History Library.
Finally, we know that they had storage lockers. In a previous post, we covered what Rei took along in his locker and we also know they carried the data storage slabs which encapsulated all human knowledge up to the time the Arks left. Near the middle of Rome’s Revolution, Rei also mentions that they carried seeds and animal embryos.
So given this catalog, is this enough to start a colony and support 500+ people? No way. There is so much more required. Let’s follow how the Arks were supposed to land and what the revived colonists did both right after they were resuscitated and longer term.
We know that the first event in establishing the colony was the landing of the crew compartment by the command crew. This first stage was successful on Arks I, Ark IV (well, you’ll find out in The Milk Run) and Ark V, the Stealth Ark. For Ark II, they used a rather unconventional method landing and brought down both the crew compartment and the cargo compartment at the same time. This was covered in Part 2 of Rome’s Revolution. Ark III did not fare so well. Because the ship was damaged, the command crew had to reverse their capsule and use the SSTO booster as a gigantic retrorocket to allow for reentry. The command crew died and the people who eventually became known as The Deucadons were left with only the clothes on their back.
Tomorrow, we'll cover what the plan was for establishing a colony on a new world if everything went right.
Forget the title of this article. To be clear, they weren’t really lost. Even Ark IV, currently MIA, will be on display in the upcoming novel The Milk Run. So I just picked the title of this article because it was cool and reminds you of Indiana Jones. Anyway, the point of these next few articles is what was really in the Arks.
We know from Rome’s Revolution that they carried transports which were “inflated” when energized by power rods. We also know they carried particle beam drillers which could be converted to very powerful cannons, highlighted in The Ark Lords. They also carried laser masonry levels which could be converted into laser pulse rifles. And don’t forget the mini-nukes, one of which was used to destroy Rome’s first Human History Library.
Finally, we know that they had storage lockers. In a previous post, we covered what Rei took along in his locker and we also know they carried the data storage slabs which encapsulated all human knowledge up to the time the Arks left. Near the middle of Rome’s Revolution, Rei also mentions that they carried seeds and animal embryos.
So given this catalog, is this enough to start a colony and support 500+ people? No way. There is so much more required. Let’s follow how the Arks were supposed to land and what the revived colonists did both right after they were resuscitated and longer term.
We know that the first event in establishing the colony was the landing of the crew compartment by the command crew. This first stage was successful on Arks I, Ark IV (well, you’ll find out in The Milk Run) and Ark V, the Stealth Ark. For Ark II, they used a rather unconventional method landing and brought down both the crew compartment and the cargo compartment at the same time. This was covered in Part 2 of Rome’s Revolution. Ark III did not fare so well. Because the ship was damaged, the command crew had to reverse their capsule and use the SSTO booster as a gigantic retrorocket to allow for reentry. The command crew died and the people who eventually became known as The Deucadons were left with only the clothes on their back.
Tomorrow, we'll cover what the plan was for establishing a colony on a new world if everything went right.
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