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Operation Laurasia is a proposed ice superhighway stretching over 11,000 blocks on solely the X axis from | 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 | 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. | ||
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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 | 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. | ||