Showing posts with label Puget Sound Hydrological Arcology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puget Sound Hydrological Arcology. Show all posts

3.7.09

Happy 4th Of July

Seeing as the staff has tomorrow off, except for essential personnel, I figured I should post a little early in celebrating the 4th of July. As the Eisbaer Blitzkrieg Research Laboratory main facility, the Puget Sound Hydrological Archology, resides in the United States it is a holiday we happily celebrate. The core of the celebration, fireworks, is something we here at the EBRL take very seriously. As such, we've dedicated one of our teams specifically for the task of our own show for the 4th.



Here a researcher from the BANGPOP group works on the final launch sequence for our 4th of July Celebrational Ballistic Missile. As noted, the tube is already partially flooded in anticipation of the sub-aquatic launch.
The Ballistic Anomaly and Nihil-Gravitational Pyrotechnic Operations group has concocted quite a number for us this year. One of the branching nacelles of the EBRL, previously used in free fall studies and dimensional cascade resonance recreation has been converted to hold a firework of extraordinary size. It shall be launched at 11:30pm, PST, to a height of roughly 120km, ensuring detonation in the lower thermosphere.

They guarantee me that the resulting display should last for roughly thirty-five minutes, with a 14% margin of error, and visible through most of the northwestern quadrant. The resulting display will cover every spectrum of visible light and into the infrared and ultraviolet but falling just short of dangerous levels of x-ray or microwave radiation.

We all wait in anticipation of this great launch and hope that it will issue forth a surprise to all that brings forth merriment and wonder. When the sky lights up tomorrow night, remember: EBRL is here to build a better future for all of us.

22.5.09

Quiet Weekend

It's been a quite week here at the EBRL. Nothing terribly wild has occurred in any of the laboratories, none of the researchers have had a eureka moment yet, save the incident in the cafeteria yesterday but that was later discovered to just be a stray piece of eggplant Parmesan that had been dropped two weeks ago. As well, there have been no major breakdowns in equipment.

If anything, the arcology has been holding up surprisingly well. I'd wager the good weather has been favorable with the tides so the structure hasn't been tested and the power plants are producing adequate energy.

In all honesty, with the way the facility is usually in a state of hectic chaos, I am waiting for the steel-toed safety boot to drop. Security gets edgy when all is quiet as well, but I'm sure the weekend will relax most everyone. Only a select few who are undergoing time-sensitive projects or labs that require constant monitoring will be manned for the next three days.

I'm sure I'm being unjustly paranoid and it will be a safe weekend for all involved.

Or have I just doomed us all by saying that?