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8 (20.5%)

No!

4 (10.3%)

Cupcakes!

27 (69.2%)

Total Members Voted: 39

[Blackdutchie]

I vote we name the ice planet Hades. In fashion with both the naming scheme and the sol system's outer planet... or rather, the earliest known dwarf planet.

[Aklyon]

Tarran! you made it tied again!

[Demonic Spoon]

D:

We'll see what happens while I sleep, which I will be doing soon.

[Tarran]

I vote we name the ice planet Hades. In fashion with both the naming scheme and the sol system's outer planet... or rather, the earliest known dwarf planet.

...

You know, if I didn't know better I'd say you've played Alien Legacy before (see the name of the pluto-like planet).

Tarran! you made it tied again!

I did? As far as I could see there was only one vote for the small moon and one vote for split between the small moon and the large moon.

[Demonic Spoon]

I vote for Xanados Jr.

[Tarran]

I vote for Xanados Jr.

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There's no place named "Xanados Jr", or even "Xanados".

[The Scout]

Small moon. Just to end the arguement and continue.

[Demonic Spoon]

Okay, as I said earlier I'll continue tommorrow as it's off to sleepyland for me now.

[Tarran]

So Spoon PM'd me and apparently Aklyon voted along with Xanados Jr. but worded it poorly(there are three possible meanings to the sentence*). I blame Aklyon for the confusion.

So yeah, I guess I did tie it back again. Just thought I'd clear it up for anyone that was as confused as I was.

* 1: Voting for a place named "Xanados Jr.". <--- I thought this.
   2: Voting for Xanados Jr.(e.g voting for someone when they aren't around, despite Xanados being around).
   3: Voting for Xanados Jr.'s choice (instead of voting for him). <--- Apparently Aklyon meant this.

[Virex]

Place it on the smaller moon. We can always redistribute as needed.


As for naming schemes, I sugest Lipari for the innermost planet, as that was one of the locations Hephaestus is said to have had a forge. The gas giant could be called Thrinacia, the island where the holy cattle of Helios is said to be held. In this case it may be better to call the ice planet Elysion, the place where the Elysian fields and Elysian islands are within Hades.

[Aklyon]

Sorry Tarran!

[Kashyyk]

Can we get the droid factory to build containers for the resources? That way we can transport them to other sites via magrail without doing another imitation of a shotgun.

[cerapa]

We should make a drone shotgun that shoots drones at the planet.

[Virex]

Can we get the droid factory to build containers for the resources? That way we can transport them to other sites via magrail without doing another imitation of a shotgun.

We won't need real containers. If we're launching to anything without an atmosphere, we'd just need a solid, conductive block (hello metals!) shot at just the right angle so that gravity does most of the work and then add boosters to the block to make a soft landing. For planets with an atmosphere, one could use heat shielding and parachutes, which again could be strapped to a solid block, or otherwise the systems for managing all this could be recycled on site. An alternative for already developed locations would be to use electromagnetic catchers which are just huge holes in the ground with magnets around it. Anything conductive shot directly into the hole should arrive at the bottom as a gently falling blob of molten metal ready for processing, due to eddy currents.
These tricks do require precise aiming of the launcher though.

[Aklyon]

We are AI. we are masters of precision aiming.

magcatcher seconded.