>>>>>[Uh oh, another case of the mysteriously geosynchronous orbit... I do not care to venture a guess on this one though. The Azzies I would think could afford to keep their orbital in an non-standard geosynchronous orbit, but let's face it the Tìr hasn't exactly been experiencing the highest of economic success in the past couple of years.]<<<<<
---Astronut <15:54:31 / 09-09-57>

>>>>>[Perhaps because of maintaining the orbital's position?]<<<<<
---Spinaret <07:45:03 / 09-11-57>

>>>>>[Sure seems like a logical explanation... But the Tir's so magically oriented, why would they be investing millions (billions?) of nuyen every year into maintaining the orbit of this space station?]<<<<<
---Ions and Fructose <21:13:18 / 09-12-57>

>>>>>[Unless it's the same thing as what was suggested with New Tenochtitlan... That is, that it is in geosynchronous orbit, but is in a standard one, meaning that it is along the same longitude as Portland, but way off in its southern sky.]<<<<<
---Unbridled <22:02:42 / 09-12-57>

>>>>>[But then why say it is in geosynchronous orbit over Portland? Portland is nowhere near the equator...and I mean nowhere near it.]<<<<<
---Jitters <02:14:07 / 09-13-57>

>>>>>[Watch out...the Tir is building something there that could change things forever. The scant info I managed to dig up on it refers to a "Project Ozidan." I don't know how many of you have brushed up your rusty Sperethiel lately, but ozidan means "to leave behind." If my data's correct, the elves are putting together a means to leave the Earth behind. Possibly a "real" starship or something.]<<<<<
---Glimmer <09:17:28 / 09-14-57>

>>>>>[Back to the orbital's location ... I'm not sure what to make of it. From what I've heard, Lugh Surehand and Ehran the Scribe both have convening interests as far as not maintaining this orbital is concerned. All the rumors I have heard point to the fact that while they don't discourage the orbital program in TT (and why would they?) that it isn't their highest priority either. Nay, I'd say something else is behind this. Or we're being seriously mislead.]<<<<<
---Astronut <16:14:02 / 09-16-57>

>>>>>[NEWSFLASH! The Tìr government isn't the driving force behind Sallah. After Glimmer's little insert up there in the midst of this lovely discussion, I did a little research. Anyway, the Tìr government merely applies their name to the project because it's such a big deal to actually have something of its size in orbit. Now, for liability purposes, you'd think they would want to distance themselves from the project since the Tìr really isn't equipped to be operating an orbital habitat just yet (TREASON ALERT), but on the other hand, why not take all the credit for it if and when it succeeds? Anyway, the real force behind Sallah is a Tìr noble named Ateinn Khoeltsae, who just happens to have a controlling interest in a Tìr corporation called Twilight Amalgamated Technologies. And what are TAT's two primary business interests? "Practical Thaumaturgical Development" and "Applied Aerospace Technologies." What does this mean? That I don't know yet, but the couple of guesses I have made lead to some pretty scary conclusions.]<<<<<
---Gaelen <03:16:12 / 09-20-57>

>>>>>[I sincerely hope you're not implying what I think you're implying.]<<<<<
---Jitters <11:14:22 / 09-20-57>