degassing operation
First appears in Book 3: Diamond Mask, chapter 25 (SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 17–18 AN GIBLEAN [28–29 NOVEMBER] 2077)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 25The plan separates volatiles from the magma reservoir under a lid held by Jack and Dorothea; it takes about fifty hours including ascent and descent.
- Ch 25Aborting is practically impossible, since reabsorption could take twice as long as separation and the pressure might not be containable. Failure would be catastrophic, so Clyde's settlements are on seismic alert.
- Ch 25Seven hours after the ten-hour mark, with less than half the volatiles separated, the queue broke through the metacreative sheath and the alarm shrieked.
Connections
- led byJames MacKelvie