Intergalactic Summit

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Ha Ha, Gobbledygook, back at you.

Arista, your counsel is dearly missed. I would love, of course, to accept any donations.

Well, call Mama Ishy anything except stingy - that's a great load of building materials that I won't have to source and ship now!

Planning proceeds apace - we have what we think is the perfect site for building the Tower. Obviously there is considerable work to do in preparing the site - the Yanala Arcology will eventually be a pyramidal frame linking several towers with a height of 2 kilometers. Modern building materials obviously pick up the majority of the load with few problems, the issue at hand is the strength of the homeworld itself, ironically.

If we can procure permission from Ishukone Corporation to utilise the site, then we will have to spend up to a week simply performing deep scans of the ground, down to a depth of 500m. Any weakness of the rock strata we plan to build on would be disastrous!

To put it into terms a Capsuleer like myself is comfortable with, the scanning devices that we use must be able to reach farther than a ship's scanner grid through SOLID ROCK - and do so without being high-energy enough to actually cause the sort of damage we're checking for in the first place.

Whilst local conditions make it difficult for a capsuleer with my reputation within the Federation to go traipsing around in the streets, I've sent several associates and aides to get a feel for the neighbourhood - conditions seem very propitious indeed! The city itself is bouncing back from the unpleasantness of the last fifteen years or so and is currently enjoying a moderate growth spurt in terms of its industry.

Sadly, there are still many areas of economic deprivation within the locale and, as usual, poverty and crime go hand in glove. Where you have Poverty and Crime you tend to have fear and fear most often manifests itself as hatred of the different. It's a common story.

Gosh! Listening to your subversist stylings of Rock and Roll has always been a secret pleasure of mine, Doctor Gallento.

I wouldn't expect you to do it entirely for free though, pretty sure I can find a mountain of c-c-c-c-c-c-crash from somewhere.

"Tullinen",

I didn't take you for someone who buys into Gutter Press articles. Sure, there's problems on Caldari Prime, but you make it sound much worse than it is. I'm almost thinking something hit you on the head. Or maybe your associates and aides are scamming you.
Also, I find it puzzling that you would do this just for Caldari, when there have been way more displaced Gallente (and I really doubt the number of "displaced Caldari from Gallente districts of Arcurio" would require the contruction of an Arcology of this size (rivaling the height of the Qaiian Tower)). But then again, I guess I should not expect more from an uakan.

Interesting to see though, how easily people support this cause. I guess they see more than a vanity project, but I don't know why. I'm half inclined to start a Biko Foundation for a similar project for the previously mentioned displaced Gallente. Of course, considering the number of displaced Gallente, my arcology would have to be bigger than yours (and I would try to name it the Alexander Noir Arcology...so I would probably need lots of ISK to bribe authorities).

Peace,

-Ché Biko

Your willful ignorance betrays your passive aggressive use of the word "peace."

Recent civil unrest doesn't have to mean events that unfolded yesterday. For many, I'm sure, the events that unfolded during Operation Highlander are still warm in the memory - perhaps manifesting themselves as PTSD for some individuals. Even after Ishukone stepped in to work alongside the Federal government to mend the situation, you can bet there was still troubled elements due to radical groups from both sides of the conflict.

Furthermore, Tuulinen only lightly touched upon this topic. If a sentence from an entire press release is what you call making it sound much worse than it is, then I guess I can't do much to change your perspective.

Lastly, Tuulinen is a well-known Patriot. It should come to no surprise that his interests are securing the safety, and long-term security and prosperity for Caldari first. Ideally, yes, he would also support the Gallente population as well, but this is one small step forward on a long journey.

You're more than welcomed to start your own foundation out of jealousy and spite like a whiny, spoiled little child. Don't expect any support from me, though. I have no tolerance for those who would criticize the Tuulinen Foundation's efforts here. You obviously don't know how things work in the State, and thus don't realize what a big step forward this is for those who have a Patriot philosophy.

I've had people come to me highlighting the public order problems on Caldari Prime right now. As a Patriot bloc loyalist I have, in the past, been quietly encouraged to stay away from the problems on the streets of Caldari Prime, as if the whole glittering dream will come crumbling down if I so much as set foot on the planet. The reaction of people to this project is highly gratifying and convinces me that there may yet be a place for Provist Bloc investment on Home. Most encouraging.

I'm also very confused regarding your puzzlement for my preference for helping Caldari. I would have thought the reasons for this were abundantly clear and quite understandable. The mandate of the Foundation has always been for the betterment of Caldari lives - with the fortunate side-effect of bringing cluster-wide benefits from time to time. That was the thinking behind the program I started for reintegrating those Disenfranchised with skills or the desire to work hard into KK employment. It was the thinking behind taking a Brigade of Caldari Marines and retraining them into one of the premier public order troop formations in the cluster, at the Aurora Arcology. The Foundation has not sprung into existence for this one project, Che, it has been doing good in the background for several years. now.

Regarding the size of the construction, it is designed to house a million displaced Caldari taken from any part of Caldari Prime. Yes, the Arcology will rival the former size of the Qaiian tower, but it will not be a command center for Provist terror troops, it will be a living and breathing home for it's inhabitants, providing residential, recreational and industrial opportunities for the inhabitants. It will provide it's own power, filter and store it's own water and scrub it's own air. It will process it's own industrial byproducts.

I support your creation of a similar Foundation that is focused on Gallente interests. Winds, I'll even sit down and share my notes with you, help you get things started. Housing a million people is a huge undertaking and it is, essentially, only a small part of what needs to be done on Caldari Prime. You should know that you will not be alone - I am in contact with other Federation patriots who seek to better the lives of Federal citizens caught up in events on Caldari Prime.

I would advise you to pick a less contraversial and contentious name for your development, though. Mine is named for a Caldari Patriot who gave her command and, eventually, her life to protect the citizens of Caldari Prime. Someone honoured by both sides for her bravery, honour and sacrifice. You should try and find someone of similar stature from within your own culture. There must be someone.

I am going to have to burst your hopes regarding the deep-scanning from orbit thing. As of current, orbital GPR (Ground-Penetrating Radar) scanners do not have the resolution to determine the composition, density and structure of bedrock with a 0.001% error margin. However, we can use orbital GPR scanners to determine the general mineral composition of that particular area of the planet's crust to narrow down potential sites, then send down prospectors or whatever you call them to deploy seismology sonic emitters and telemetry spikes to produce a 3D image of the ground below, whereupon you can then mineral and density of minerals of ground below as well as the structure of said ground (e.g. cavities, underground caves, potential sinkholes, etc).

Back home, my Clan's prospector expeditions make heavy use of Model 5d Sonic Surveyors and the accompanying Model 5d Receiver Spikes to determine the composition of the regolith area we are prospecting. The scan area is up to 20km radius wide and provides data of rock mineral composition and crust structure up to 2km deep. This is how we verify the mineral composition data fed to us by our Surveyor CubeSats and GPR Skimmer Drones and figure out a good place to set up mining operations.

However, we needed bore a 2km deep and 5m across shaft to deploy the Model 5d Sonic Surveyor and drive the telemetry spikes around a 40km x 40km grid, 5km spacing from each other with the shaft at the center and gather all the data in our Mobile Command Center for examination of rock layer composition and to build the 3D structure of the layers below to determine a good place to set up operations.

I was occupied and only got into this thread today.

I can assure you that my ignorance is anything but willful. If you could see my com logs, outbox and GalNET search history of the past week, you would see that. Also, there may have been passive aggressiveness in the mail, but my wish for peace is, as ever, genuine.
Well, my suggestion for an arcology for the displaced Gallente was not entirely serious. I hoped that "half inclined" would make that at least somewhat obvious. I have no desire to start a project like the one that I have been criticizing. That would be hypocritical, no? If I did do something like this, it would be for all citizens of Caldari Prime, regardless of ethnicity. But I would not do it out of spite or jealousy, those who would think so don't know me well.

One thing I was more serious about, however, was in the name I would choose for the arcology. Alexander Noir has done a lot to improve the relationship between the Federation and the State, and during his life, he was respected on both sides. That his name is now controversial and contentious is something I'd like to see changed (however, I would like to keep further discussion about this out of this thread). That what has become known as his final act, has made people forget all his acts before it.
In my eyes, we lost (at least) two great men on 110.05.15: Otro Gariushi and Alexander Noir.