 Size of Renraky Arcology Roof?, Time for some trig-fu |
 May 18 2005, 02:54 AM
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I'm finally getting down to the end of the Brainscan adventure which I've been GMing for about for a few months now. Anyway, I have part of the team up on the roof of the Arcology for their part of the final battle (inspired by a post I saw by Demonseed Elite a while back).
I wanted to map out the roof on my battlemat and break out the miniatures to make things really strategic. So my big question right now is: How big is the Arc's roof? According to New Seattle, the Arc is over 10 blocks wide on a side and almost 1000 meters tall. With those two pieces of information, plus the angle of the Arc's sides, we should be able to do a little trig to figure it out right? To get a better idea of how big 10 blocks in Seattle is, I went to MapQuest and mapped from "1 S Jackson St." in Seattle, WA to "1001 S Jackson St." (which, IIRC, is where the Arc sits anyway, so I thought it'd be a good indicator). According to MapQuest that's a .75 mile distance, which converts out to about 1200 meters (close enough for government work anyway). So we know 1200 meters on a side and 960 meters tall (320 floors X 3 meters each which is almost 1000 like New Seattle says), but does anyone know the angle of the walls? Is it mentioned anywhere? Thanks. |
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SuperSpy Size of Renraky Arcology Roof? May 18 2005, 02:54 AM
Clyde Angle's not mentioned anywhere I've seen, ... May 18 2005, 03:30 AM Smiley 60 looks about right.
There's a good shot on p... May 18 2005, 03:34 AM Herald of Verjigorm If it were 60 degrees (like I thought at first too... May 18 2005, 04:09 AM Ancient History ...it's a pyramid. Declare this is no roof. Ha... May 18 2005, 04:29 AM Crimsondude 2.0 Except that there is a roof, as is clearly evident... May 18 2005, 04:30 AM Smiley And a hangar of some description, it looks like... May 18 2005, 04:43 AM Crimsondude 2.0 I think it's just the elevator lift housing, o... May 18 2005, 04:55 AM The White Dwarf Well, if its about 100 meters on a side, it basica... May 18 2005, 05:07 AM Mister Juan QUOTE (The White Dwarf) As a result it might be sa... May 18 2005, 05:30 AM Smiley QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) I think it's just the ... May 18 2005, 05:31 AM RangerJoe At a 75 degree angle, you lose only 268 m climbing... May 18 2005, 01:41 PM Eyeless Blond Hm. That large you might have something cool like ... May 18 2005, 01:55 PM Bullet Raven The illustration looks like the roof is about a qu... May 18 2005, 02:18 PM SuperSpy RangerJoe, that'd be right if the Arc was 1000... May 18 2005, 02:19 PM nezumi Since it's for executives only, I'd say a ... May 18 2005, 02:50 PM Eyeless Blond Naturally, but half a kilometer on a side is plent... May 18 2005, 03:29 PM BitBasher Just to toss a small kink in, remember by the desc... May 18 2005, 03:39 PM Herald of Verjigorm Well, if we ignore the first 4 floors (12-ish mete... May 18 2005, 05:35 PM Edward Now that you have an idea of what it could be I sa... May 18 2005, 07:06 PM
The White Dwarf A landing aria? Hmm an opera like a reverse fligh... May 18 2005, 07:30 PM  |
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