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- | ===== Project: Protecting | + | ===== Project: Protecting |
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- | As you return from your meeting with Mayor Rachel, you receive a call from your support team working at Stormchaser HQ. S.P.A.R.T.A.N. has a secret research facility called FTOE outside of Lakeview, at a site protected by mountainous terrain on one side. Your team explains that they built FTOE 2 km to the east of the mountains, which typically gather large stationary clouds (on average, $m=1 \times 10^9$ kg and $q=-150$ C). They have equipment on the roof of FTOE to take data on the abnormal storm clouds. | + | As you return from your meeting with Mayor Rachel, you receive a call from your support team working at Stormchaser HQ. S.P.A.R.T.A.N. has a secret research facility called |
- | As much as they would love to collect data on this storm, if the electric potential changes by more 20 MV due to the additional clouds, the equipment will be damaged. They have received reports that an incoming cloud with a mass around $m=3*10^5$ kg and a charge between $-50$ C and $-60$ C is heading toward FTOE from the eastern plains (where the wind can last up to 20 minutes and exert a force of 36000 N). Since you're from out of town, they clarify that the eastern plains are roughly 500 km away. | + | As much as they would love to collect data on this storm, if the electric potential changes by more 20 MV due to the additional clouds, the equipment will be damaged. They have received reports that an incoming cloud with a mass around $m=3 \times |
Your team knows that you need immediate data on the storm to understand what's going on, but the equipment can't be replaced with all of the lightning strikes. | Your team knows that you need immediate data on the storm to understand what's going on, but the equipment can't be replaced with all of the lightning strikes. |