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..8......+...YOU ARE ON THE STAIRWAY-LIK
E STRUCTURE CALLED ALPHA. THE STEPS ARE
ROUGHLY 10 METERS WIDE. USING PIETER'S D
IRECTIONAL SYSTEM, GOING SOUTH WILL TAKE
YOU TO THE GREAT PLAIN. GOING NORTH WIL
L TAKE YOU BACK TO THE HUB..THERE IS NO
STAIRWAY HERE, AND THE SURFACE IS SLICK.
SOON YOU ARE SLIDING WITH GREAT VELOCIT
Y.. THE HUB NOW SEEMS LIKE THE TOP OF AN
ENORMOUS DOME. YOU ARE SLIDING RAPIDLY
DOWN ITS CURVED INNER SURFACE.. BEFORE Y
OU CAN REACH THE GREAT PLAIN, YOU PASS O
UT. WHILE YOU ARE UNCONSCIOUS, SOMETHING
DISASSEMBLES YOU AND DISPOSES OF THE PI
ECES..YOU MOVE EASILY UP THE STAIRS TO T
HE HUB. WITH EACH STEP THE STAIRWAY'S C
URVATURE IS INCREASED AND THE SENSE OF G
RAVITY CAUSED BY RAMA'S SPIN DECREASES..
YOU MOVE EASILY DOWN THE.STAIRS TOWARD T
HE GREAT PLAIN. WITH EACH STEP THE STAI
RWAY'S CURVE FLATTENS.AND THE SENSE OF G
RAVITY CAUSED BY RAMA'S CONSTANT SPIN I
NCREASES..USE PIETER'S DIRECTIONAL SYSTE
M HERE..PSTAIR.....W.6...).C.M....U...7.
........Z.S..Z............>...H'...8....
.....HD...)...M...M...M.9.......M...M...
M.9..........................
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