I have not yet talked about the Ring Stations in Doggyverse (that’s a while down the road, unfortunately) but I thought it would be nice to share a little information about them as a treat while I work on a larger post for Friday this week about these funny Dogs I keep blathering about. Sorry for it being kinda dark, I usually draw on a grey canvas to protect my eyes. (Which differs from this blog, where suffering is mandatory.)
The big thing about the ring stations (ha get it) is that they are absolutely incredibly gigantic, with a diameter of 10 KILOMETERS (6.2 miles). Big boy. Pat pat. As the picture discerns, the internal floor space of these rings are very, very big, as a planar cross section of the structure is 700 meters tall and 1 kilometer wide (2300x3300 ft). With three floors, the total floor space (if you kicked everyone out) is about 90 square kilometers, or “very big” in imperial measurements. (34 3/4 miles)
These trains are a must for keeping such a large area interconnected, especially for commuters who might have a job on the other side of the station. The sort of hyperspeed trains discussed in the illustration are kind of silly, as most locations anywhere on station would be reached in less than 5 minutes, providing they only move anti-spin. Personally, as much as I would like to get somewhere spinward of me within 1 minute of train ride, experiencing twice normal gravity to do so is sort of suboptimal. Plus, 3 minutes of weightlessness is more fun.
I can only assume that these trains would be more of a novelty (or would simply not go as fast), but they’re fun to think about. Smaller trains for traveling within small areas (perhaps 5 or so square kilometers) would be much more practical and not have such aggressive acceleration.
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