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>Nip dip at 19:39, 19 May 2020

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	=== Problems ===		=== Problems ===
	First of all, it will be difficult to get the players needed to complete the project within the required timeframe. Many players might not want to risk traversing the Nether to connect two continents. Second, large lava streams will block the path and will have to be removed, which will extend the amount of time needed to construct significantly. We might have to mine stone since it is fireproof and will have to build a wall to protect the icerail from ghasts~~. Overall, Operation Laurasia will be challenging, but not impossible to build, ushering in a new age of colonialiam for EarthMC~~.		First of all, it will be difficult to get the players needed to complete the project within the required timeframe. Many players might not want to risk traversing the Nether to connect two continents. Second, large lava streams will block the path and will have to be removed, which will extend the amount of time needed to construct significantly. We might have to mine stone since it is fireproof and will have to build a wall to protect the icerail from ghasts.

>Nip dip at 17:19, 18 May 2020

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	Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over 11,000 blocks on solely the X axis from ~~Coimbra~~ to Boston. If completed, it will be the largest icerail in the history of EarthMC, estimated to need 7,500 blocks for the project if built in the Nether. The idea of such a highway was first proposed by Nip_Dip on May 17, 2020.		Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over 11,000 blocks on solely the X axis from Porto to Boston. If completed, it will be the largest icerail in the history of EarthMC, estimated to need 7,500 blocks for the project if built in the Nether. The idea of such a highway was first proposed by Nip_Dip on May 17, 2020.

	=== Design ===		=== Design ===
	Due to the sheer size of Operation Laurasia, the ice superhighway can't be built like a conventional icerail, as traffic might occur and boats might run into eachother while traversing such a large icerail. Therefore, Nip_Dip's plan is to have 2 parallel icerails for the project, one to go from Boston to ~~Coimbra~~, and the other for the return trip. This way, traffic as a problem is eliminated.		Due to the sheer size of Operation Laurasia, the ice superhighway can't be built like a conventional icerail, as traffic might occur and boats might run into eachother while traversing such a large icerail. Therefore, Nip_Dip's plan is to have 2 parallel icerails for the project, one to go from Boston to Porto, and the other for the return trip. This way, traffic as a problem is eliminated.

	Building the icerail out of packed ice instead of blue ice is also in the plan, as it willl make the icerail exponentially cheaper to produce, requiring only 25,000 regular ice to be farmed instead of almost 300,000 ice to make it out of blue ice.		Building the icerail out of packed ice instead of blue ice is also in the plan, as it willl make the icerail exponentially cheaper to produce, requiring only 25,000 regular ice to be farmed instead of almost 300,000 ice to make it out of blue ice.

>Nip dip at 17:10, 18 May 2020

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	Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over ~~11000~~ blocks on solely the X axis from Coimbra to Boston. If completed, it will be the largest icerail in the history of EarthMC, estimated to need 55,~~000~~ blocks for the project. The idea of such a highway was first proposed by Nip_Dip on May 17, 2020.		Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over 11,000 blocks on solely the X axis from Coimbra to Boston. If completed, it will be the largest icerail in the history of EarthMC, estimated to need 7,500 blocks for the project if built in the Nether. The idea of such a highway was first proposed by Nip_Dip on May 17, 2020.

	=== Design ===		=== Design ===
	Due to the sheer size of Operation Laurasia, the ice superhighway can't be built like a conventional icerail, as traffic might occur and boats might run into eachother while traversing such a large icerail. Therefore, Nip_Dip's plan is to have 2 parallel icerails for the project, one to go from Boston to Coimbra, and the other for the return trip. This way, traffic as a problem is eliminated.		Due to the sheer size of Operation Laurasia, the ice superhighway can't be built like a conventional icerail, as traffic might occur and boats might run into eachother while traversing such a large icerail. Therefore, Nip_Dip's plan is to have 2 parallel icerails for the project, one to go from Boston to Coimbra, and the other for the return trip. This way, traffic as a problem is eliminated.

	Building the icerail out of packed ice instead of blue ice is also in the plan, as it willl make the icerail exponentially cheaper to produce, requiring only ~~198~~,000 regular ice to be farmed instead of almost ~~2 million~~ ice to make it out of blue ice.		Building the icerail out of packed ice instead of blue ice is also in the plan, as it willl make the icerail exponentially cheaper to produce, requiring only 25,000 regular ice to be farmed instead of almost 300,000 ice to make it out of blue ice.

	=== Construction ===		=== Construction ===
	As mentioned previously, the construction team would need to farm ~~198~~,000 regular ice to make the icerail out of packed ice. This could be accomplished using multiple ice farms. An estimate by Nip_Dip states that if the construction team consisted of 10 players, and each player took 0.5 seconds to mine 1 regular ice, which is quite optimistic because of mending and the fact that ice farms aren't 100% efficient, and if each player mined for an hour per day, it would yield 72,000 ice per day, which is enough to gather all of the ice within ~~3 days~~, with around 12,000 ice to spare.		As mentioned previously, the construction team would need to farm 25,000 regular ice to make the icerail out of packed ice in the Nether. This could be accomplished using multiple ice farms. An estimate by Nip_Dip states that if the construction team consisted of 5 players, and each player took 0.5 seconds to mine 1 regular ice, which is quite optimistic because of mending and the fact that ice farms aren't 100% efficient, and if each player mined for an hour per day, it would yield 36,000 ice per day, which is enough to gather all of the ice within 1 day, with around 10,000 ice to spare.

	In order to keep the boats from falling off, the construction would also require ~~33,000~~ blocks of any type to complete the rail. Wood is a good choice because you can craft 1 log into 4 planks. So if we had our same 10 players mine 1 log ~~per~~ 2 seconds for 1 hour each, we would be done with wood in a day with over ~~double~~ the wood we would actually need, clocking in at 72,000 planks.		In order to keep the boats from falling off, the construction would also require 4500 blocks of any type to complete the rail. Wood is a good choice because you can craft 1 log into 4 planks. So if we had our same 5 players mine 1 log every 2 seconds for 1 hour each, we would be done with wood in a day with over 8 times the wood we would actually need, clocking in at 36,000 planks.

	For building the actual icerail, that requires approximately 55,~~000~~ blocks. If ~~each of our 10~~ workers laid down 1 block per second, and ~~had 1-hour shifts~~, we would finish building the rail in ~~7 hours~~. This means that in total, with 10 crew members, Operation Laurasia will be built in no more than 5 days.		For building the actual icerail, that requires approximately 7,500 blocks. If 2 workers laid down 1 block per second, and started on opposite sides of the rail, we would finish building the rail in 53 minutes. This means that in total, with 10 crew members, Operation Laurasia will be built in no more than 2 days.

	=== Impact ===		=== Impact ===
	The icerail would take ~~6 minutes~~ to travel from start to finish, assuming that you're traveling at full speed the whole time and don't slip up. This means that Spainards and Portugese could end up on the shores of Massachusetts in less than a ~~tenth of an hour~~, and vice versa. This would have a major impact on American and European politics, since if the other power can get from their side of the ocean to yours in less than ~~10 minutes~~, they wouldn't want to anger each other.		The icerail would take 45 seconds to travel from start to finish, assuming that you're traveling at full speed the whole time and don't slip up. This means that Spainards and Portugese could end up on the shores of Massachusetts in less than a minute, and vice versa. This would have a major impact on American and European politics, since if the other power can get from their side of the ocean to yours in less than 1 minute, they wouldn't want to anger each other.

	Another impact this might have is it might start European colonialism. If settlers can get from point A to point B in a matter of ~~minutes~~, they could easily start massive colonial empires.		Another impact this might have is it might start European colonialism. If settlers can get from point A to point B in a matter of seconds, they could easily start massive colonial empires.

			=== Problems ===
			First of all, it will be difficult to get the players needed to complete the project within the required timeframe. Many players might not want to risk traversing the Nether to connect two continents. Second, large lava streams will block the path and will have to be removed, which will extend the amount of time needed to construct significantly. We might have to mine stone since it is fireproof and will have to build a wall to protect the icerail from ghasts. Overall, Operation Laurasia will be challenging, but not impossible to build, ushering in a new age of colonialiam for EarthMC.

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Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over 11000 blocks on solely the X axis from Coimbra to Boston. If completed, it will be the largest icerail in the history of EarthMC, estimated to need 55,000 blocks for the project. The idea of such a highway was first proposed by Nip_Dip on May 17, 2020.

=== Design ===
Due to the sheer size of Operation Laurasia, the ice superhighway can't be built like a conventional icerail, as traffic might occur and boats might run into eachother while traversing such a large icerail. Therefore, Nip_Dip's plan is to have 2 parallel icerails for the project, one to go from Boston to Coimbra, and the other for the return trip. This way, traffic as a problem is eliminated.

Building the icerail out of packed ice instead of blue ice is also in the plan, as it willl make the icerail exponentially cheaper to produce, requiring only 198,000 regular ice to be farmed instead of almost 2 million ice to make it out of blue ice.

=== Construction ===
As mentioned previously, the construction team would need to farm 198,000 regular ice to make the icerail out of packed ice. This could be accomplished using multiple ice farms. An estimate by Nip_Dip states that if the construction team consisted of 10 players, and each player took 0.5 seconds to mine 1 regular ice, which is quite optimistic because of mending and the fact that ice farms aren't 100% efficient, and if each player mined for an hour per day, it would yield 72,000 ice per day, which is enough to gather all of the ice within 3 days, with around 12,000 ice to spare.

In order to keep the boats from falling off, the construction would also require 33,000 blocks of any type to complete the rail. Wood is a good choice because you can craft 1 log into 4 planks. So if we had our same 10 players mine 1 log per 2 seconds for 1 hour each, we would be done with wood in a day with over double the wood we would actually need, clocking in at 72,000 planks.

For building the actual icerail, that requires approximately 55,000 blocks. If each of our 10 workers laid down 1 block per second, and had 1-hour shifts, we would finish building the rail in 7 hours. This means that in total, with 10 crew members, Operation Laurasia will be built in no more than 5 days.

=== Impact ===
The icerail would take 6 minutes to travel from start to finish, assuming that you're traveling at full speed the whole time and don't slip up. This means that Spainards and Portugese could end up on the shores of Massachusetts in less than a tenth of an hour, and vice versa. This would have a major impact on American and European politics, since if the other power can get from their side of the ocean to yours in less than 10 minutes, they wouldn't want to anger each other.

Another impact this might have is it might start European colonialism. If settlers can get from point A to point B in a matter of minutes, they could easily start massive colonial empires.