So, nobody here knows me, and I (almost) don’t know anyone here either, but I have a couple of thoughts that I need to get out of my head, so please bear with me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If anyone has forgotten the scene, let me remind you: the Condor came under fire from somewhere unknown, and Piper calculated that the shots were coming from a height of 20 leagues (remember that, we’ll come back to it), after which Aerrow finds a platform in the air. But this 4-second scene can reveal something very interesting. What exactly - we’ll find out now.
First, let’s take a closer look at the platform. We see that it’s… quite large. Let’s try to roughly determine its size. But to do this, we must first determine the size of the Condor. Fortunately, this is not difficult:
Let’s assume that Stork is of normal height, that is, around 170 cm (5’7”). Then:
Therefore, the size of the platform in this case should be about 700 meters (2300 feet). There is no exact value for Stork’s height, but the taller he is, the worse it gets.
What “20 leagues”, which Piper kindly told us, actually means, no one except the creators knows, but Aerrow needed a periscope to see the platform from that height, therefore, it looked small. If it were at least the size of a full moon, he wouldn’t need a periscope, therefore, the visible size of the platform must be… for example, 8 times smaller than the full moon.
And now for the most interesting part! Now that we have the size of the platform (≈700 meters) and an approximate estimate of the visible size (≈ 8 times smaller than the full moon), we can calculate the distance at which it must be located to look that small. There will be some math now:
Substituting the values, we get… 640 km (400 miles). For comparison, the ISS is at an altitude of only 420(!) km (260 miles) High, isn’t it? :D
But since Aerrow later flew into space in the plot, this is unlikely to be what we need. Let’s try to find some other solution. We need to do something to keep the visible size the same, but somehow reduce the altitude to a more acceptable value. Let’s reduce the size of the platform by a factor of 10 - to 70 meters (230 feet). In this case, the required altitude also decreases by a factor of 10 to only 64 km (40 miles). On Earth, this would, of course, no longer be the stratosphere, but the mesosphere, but in any case, it already looks more like the truth.
So, based on everything above, I have no choice but to conclude that all the inhabitants of Atmos are Lilliputians. Except for Gundstaff, of course; he is Gulliver among them.
I invite anyone who wants to challenge my opinion :D
Interesting detail about Sol Regem that I recently found.
So, in re-watching the scene between Sol Regem and Ziard on youtube, a comment pointed me to a very subtle detail that you really need to be looking for to see, and it just adds more material to use to hate Sol Regem.
As Sol Regem is getting ready to destroy Elarion, right after Ziard says “You wouldn’t,” Sol Regem actually smiles. It took me a while to find even when I was looking for it because you don’t see his whole face, but in that moment where he takes a breath right before he lifts off, you can see his lips curve into a smile. This shows that Sol seemed to actively enjoy what he was about to do and adds a whole other layer of scary and villainy to this dude.
Now this blog isn’t called “lazulis’s drawings” for nothing ! Things i like, stuff that represents me… you got it all here ! A self portrait gathering lots of hidden and discreet details, for you to discover !
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