What was the big hole the the young Kirk almost feel into? The cuts on the sides were too perfect. Thanks, Kevin
What was the big hole?
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You mean the one in Iowa?
That was the quarry where the Riverside Shipyard would one day be built. Judging by the look of it, they'd only recently started building the yard.
That was the quarry where the Riverside Shipyard would one day be built. Judging by the look of it, they'd only recently started building the yard.
humm, Ok but why so deep? The ship was built on land and later in the movie it is all above ground.
They needed a lot a material. The more you need, the deeper the quarry.
And I'm sure Starfleet had a lot of uses for underground construction facilities. It might come in handy to be able to build your ships away from the prying eyes of the public. Or to protect from inclement weather.
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Too perfect for a quarry?
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No. There are no quarries in the immediate vicinity of Riverside and there is nothing to indicate that the quarry and the shipyard occupied the same location. You just made that up.
What makes more sense is to figure that the chase (originating in or near Riverside) would have to have taken Kirk and Hovercop a couple of counties over to the east, where the quarries actually are -- near Muscatine or Davenport, say.
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Maybe not NOW, in the real world, but who knows what will happen in 300 years time? The sides are obviously artificial anyway.
Will there suddenly appear particular minerals at sites where they were not present before? No, there will not; geology doesn't work that way. Quarries are located in a particular place because that is where the minerals are. The area where Riverside is situated has characteristics which are geologically quite different from those of areas closer to the Mississippi River, and 300 years or 3000 years are not going to see that change significantly. There are no quarries around Riverside because there is no reason to dig there -- no desirable minerals of the type to be quarried in a pit of that sort.
I fail to see your point. The sides of any systematic excavation in stone are going to be obviously artificial.
Assuming you're not being clever, how would the quarry be a plot hole?
Thought most of those were deep underground and staffed by Klingon or Romulan guards.Dilithium quarry, man.
Iowa,the Rura Pentha of Earth.Thought most of those were deep underground and staffed by Klingon or Romulan guards.Dilithium quarry, man.
No one gets out alive...Iowa,the Rura Pentha of Earth.Thought most of those were deep underground and staffed by Klingon or Romulan guards.Dilithium quarry, man.
No one gets out alive...Iowa,the Rura Pentha of Earth.Thought most of those were deep underground and staffed by Klingon or Romulan guards.
Very true.
I'm not talking about minerals. I mean the Riverside shipyard. It is entirely possible that this is where the shipyard will one day be built. Who's to say the yard doesn't have some underground component?
