I need someone to prove me wrong here, but Chicago seems a little...dull.

Actually, I think it comes down to responsibility. We know that if we pull out, we’ll kill the Olympics.

Starred because sharing knowledge is always welcome, even mid-joke.

It wouldn’t have been 6 months ago. Plenty of recent Olympic cities that could’ve managed it.

I see you don’t live in an Olympic city.

1. That was established long ago, and I have since read it. It’s not a crime against humanity for someone to skim something and ask a question out of curiosity, except to arrogant asses like you.

No. Top-side service. As with any machine, it will need service on a regular schedule.

Right. As you did, when you claimed I didn’t understand physics, yet have no rebuke to indicate how you came to that genius conclusion.

Definitely true, but wouldn’t it be great to be the dominant force in extreme depths some time? Being able to creep along the ocean floor at depths well below our foes would be quite the advantage.

And how exactly would that be stupid?

The advantage of evasion can’t be overstated and, it would be ideal for Americans to essentially have the domain of unreachable depths long before our foes.

However, a lot could be said about potentially building the catwalk in sections with sealing doors to serve a secondary purpose. Such a design would potentially allow for flooding of those compartments, allowing for the design to be smaller, and limit the amount of atmosphere in the ship at any time.

Of course it’d have ballast tanks, but there’s not a rat’s chance in hell that a vehicle of that size and purpose would be purpose-built to not have an easy to maintain design. It would be foolish to create a modular craft, so it’d need at least a catwalk running the full length for proper maintenance.

Apparently, you never took physics.

Thank you, captain obvious.

A submersible would require that the hull be as seamless and fault-free as possible, even more than a non-submersible.

I very much doubt this vessel has any more externally accessible components than are absolutely necessary. Why write compromise into the design? Nearly the entire hull would be welded.

Interesting. I’d read somewhere that the nuclear shield project included an undersea comm network. Not true?

Interesting. I had made the assumption, since I am working and didn’t have time to research.

Try contributing, rather than acting like an ass. I didn’t have enough time to read into it, and was commenting off-hand.