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Reporter: I am standing here several hundred meters above a stormy sea, we feed the wind gushing against our faces, and still it is hot here. I am talking to Sarah Wilkons, an engineer here on this construction site and also responsible for press management. Sarah, can you explain to us where we are here?

Sarah Wilkons: We are standing here inside Construction Area Delta 4, where we have drilled 1126 Titanium beams into the solid bedrock around 240 meters below the sea level. What our feet are on are the platforms between these massive beams that reach 40 meter deep into the rock. On these platforms we are able to construct platforms that are necessary to moor some objects that can't be moving too much. Here, this is an aerial from 7 days ago when we had good weather and calm sea. We are here.

Reporter: What constructions that will be fixed here are we talking about?

Sarah: The Spaceport Hangars and Logistics Hubs mainly. During docking phase of large transports, we have to make sure to minimize horizontal and vertical movement during shield-down time.

Reporter: How long have you been working here?

Sarah: 6 monts and 2 weeks. Time passes quickly here, as we work in shifts of 8 hours, 24/7. It's easy, as there is little else to do.

Reporter: Back to this site, Mrs. Wilkons. We know that yesterday there was a huge tropical thunderstorm and we are not permitted to come to the construction site. How safe is this work here?

Sarah: Construction is always risky. We are around 150 meters above sea level. A fall, and the water surface is as hard as this reinforced steel floor. You end as a red little pool between the waves. That's why there are protocols to follow. But in the end, this is a hostile planet that we are trying to tame. Things can happen that we cannot anticipate.

Reporter: Why is that construction so high above sea level?

Sarah: Climate and maritime data suggest that in a massive storm, a level 9, waves could be around 100 meter high. Same goes for marine tectonic events. A safety marging of 50 meters makes sense. Oh, by the way, we have storm level 3 at the moment. Waves are less than 9 meters. 35 % of the year we are on level 3.

Reporter: What do you fear most?

Sarah: Fearful people are not out here. But, if you must know: We get deliveries here by flights. Heavy building material. A carrier crashing into the construction... that would be a major accident. And with a wind like that, it's not too hard to imagine. It could happen.

Reporter: Hope it won't! Impressive work. Good luck! Stay safe!

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Yuma Floating City Project

Project: Shield Generator

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Description: The Shield Generator and Emitter creates a bubble made of a high energy field that deflects incoming fire. It is an adapted space station shield, changed and optimized for intra-atmospheric and marine use. The challenges of having the shield bubble inside the water took some time to be overcome, and the high energy use is still being curbed as we are speaking. Optimizing the technology will take a while, likely years, but a general protection can be provided with the version one that you can see here.

Building Time: 2 months (estimated)

Building Costs 4.00.000.000 Credits (estimated)

Shield Emitter: The Shield Emitter is a floating structure that is placed at the center of the construction site. The Emitter can be fixed to underwater, sead-bed based constructions to stabilize the shield bubble when under attack or during heavy weather. These events could make the heavy platform move too much and threaten shield level strength and integrity, so anchoring it in these cases can become essential.

The shield is strongest at the emission point, so government habitats and Headquarters are strategically placed next to it in this sketch. It is also possible to create more than one shield bubble from one Emitter, so depending on the operational necessities, a smaller General Shield could be used to create Inside Shields to protect certain points.