Oolite Bulletins

DaddyHoggy wrote:

ADCK wrote:

Continuing the above theme...
Or if they just said "Screw it" and nuked the station and built a new one.

This is what would happen if Iain M Banks was writing the back story for Oolite...

Ahh... just imagine that.

ADCK wrote:

I wonder if they dismantled the SuperHub one piece at a time and shipped it piece by piece to its new location, or if they just attached massive Engines to it and made a hyperspace jump (imagine the size of the wormhole!)

I reckon they do it one piece.

Evidence:
Oil rigs being towed: http://www.oilrig-photos.com/picture/number175.asp
Monster merchant ship being pushed: http://www.shipsphotographsnwswukports. ... -large.jpg
Space shuttle component being pushed by a barge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pegas ... ican_2.jpg
How does an earth mover cross the road? You drive it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aqw/26611563/
How do you rescue a rescue helicopter? With a bigger helicopter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8cuIT2OpE http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7493547.stm

Engines are attached and the stations fly themselves to their destination. The engines are then removed. It's all in the wiki/readme.

How does an earth mover cross the road? You drive it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aqw/26611563/

Ah, the legendary Bagger 288 - amazing machine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288