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..8......'...YOU ARE ON THE STAIRWAY-LIK
E STRUCTURE CALLED BETA. THE STEPS ARE R
OUGHLY 10 METERS WIDE. USING PIETER'S DI
RECTIONAL SYSTEM, GOING SOUTH WILL TAKE
YOU TO THE GREAT PLAIN. GOING NORTH WILL
TAKE YOU BACK TO THE HUB..THERE IS NO S
TAIRWAY HERE, AND THE SURFACE IS SLICK.
SOON YOU ARE SLIDING WITH GREAT VELOCITY
.. THE HUB NOW SEEMS LIKE THE TOP OF AN
ENORMOUS DOME. YOU ARE SLIDING RAPIDLY D
OWN ITS CURVED INNER SURFACE.. BEFORE YO
U CAN REACH THE GREAT PLAIN, YOU PASS OU
T. WHILE YOU ARE UNCONSCIOUS, SOMETHING
DISASSEMBLES YOU AND DISPOSES OF THE PIE
CES..YOU MOVE EASILY UP THE STAIRS TO TH
E HUB. WITH EACH STEP THE STAIRWAY'S CUR
VATURE IS INCREASED AND THE SENSE OF GRA
VITY CAUSED BY RAMA'S SPIN DECREASES..YO
U MOVE EASILY DOWN THE STAIRS TOWARD THE
GREAT PLAIN. WITH EACH STEP THE STAIRWA
Y'S CURVE FLATTENS AND THE SENSE OF GRAV
ITY CAUSED BY RAMA'S CONSTANT SPIN INCRE
ASES..USE PIETER'S DIRECTIONAL SYSTEM HE
RE..PSTAIR.....V.5...(.A.I....U...7.....
....Z.S..Z............>...H'...8........
.HE...)...M...M...M.9.......M...M...M.9.
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