(this is my first post, so sorry if I've broken some unknown rules of ediquette*)
I don't play many video games...
why?
Because three years ago, I started an honest attempt to be the smartest human being on the planet...I've no time for games; except this one.
Why?
because this game has the most accurate metallurgy around, and like most savants my age, I LOVES me some good metallurgy.
At any rate, I've been playing since march of last year, and constructed a few delightful fortresses: A monastery, A polar research station, and a giant golden pyramid....still, I feel an urge to get a little more...geophysical.
So, my latest fortress is centered around a sizable magma vent; like most of my fortresses, it has a dedicated team of chemists, metallurgists, and a biologist interested in vulcanogenic life forms. This fortress will carry out research typical in these matters; but I have something special in mind for a team of test pilots and scientists.
Gentlemen, As we speak, a massive gantry is being constructed many z-levels above the magma. From it will be hung a truly gigantic, bullet shaped contrivance, pointed face down into the vent below. Constructed entirely of Steel, Nickle Silver, and Bismuth bronze; sporting diamond studded drill bits powered by bauxite gears and a self contained falling water drive, this state-of-the art machine will ferry my crack research team into the heart of the world and (Armok willing) out of another volcano on the other side**.
Inside will be a laboratory, a command center, and a stockpile of supplies necessary to sustain my crew on their epic journey. The whole thing will be rigged to drop with a flip of a switch inside the command module, sending the crew on a (truly) once in a lifetime journey to the inner reaches of our world.
Here's what I need from you
- Contacts with anyone else who has tried a similar project
- Input on other fun things I can put inside before the expedition begins
- Suggestions for mission patches, crew uniforms, and of course, the name of the vehicle
* besides misspelling etiquette and then not bothering to correct it.
** In a world where water is desalinized by pouring over a ledge, this may just work.