Site 1: A small unclaimed island, west of covenant beyond what was formerly known as abra. its likely near major sea lanes, and is fairly remote.
Site 2: similar to site 1 but more northeast, but distanced enough from Covonant proper to be viable. added benefit being you could likely see launches from Coventry itself. Similarly remote and isolated, near potential territory that could in the future be annexed...
Site 3: roughly halfway between ipland and covenant, north of deep haven. remote with amble ocean on its eastern side for multi-stage rocket disposal
Site 4: South east of deep haven, assumed to be desolate, remote, and void of life. an ideal sterile environment for larger space projects, but also very close to an established colony.
Site 5: Northern location, south of keomora that benefits from keomora's unique ocean claim, in the fact any fallen rockets would likely fall there and could be safe from litigation by third parties not in the CU [last thing we need is rockets falling in other countries]
Site 6: southwest near athara magarat only possible issue forseen could be debris falling in territory belonging to Grand Force.
Site 7: Island of united republican lands near the International District. the propaganda value of this one might be noteworthy, with the ability to time launches to demonstrate our powers with ID events/summits. potentially problematic though for being so close to the ID, jurisdiction should be studied.
Site 8: Tectonix sites which can further be divided into A, B, C. I highlighted a particularly desirable location with the only thing due east being open ocean and the edge of the map. like sites 5 and 7 the latitude could be quite high for any beyond earth orbit launches...
Site 9: off the coast of Ainslie and unclaimed by any known entity. a higher latitude location, but nearly centrally located and easily accessible.
Site 10: South Amber sea, remote unclaimed island of a southerly latitude near the proverbial equator. amble range to the east of wide open ocean, and could be a great candidate for a CU territory....
some thoughts. northern locations are ideal for polar orbits, and geostationary orbits of certain inclinations. equatorial locations are ideal for beyond earth orbits, and for harnessing the supposed force of the rotation of the earth to ease the energy requirements of escape velocity. The union being as large as both the USA and USSR during the height of their space programs likely could afford to easily make 2 or 3 locations for the CUAC, in addition to duplicate infrastructure regarding mission control and the like.
if we do proceed with multiple locations, I suggest setting them up somewhat differently, ie one could have a horizontal assembly [like the Russians], and another could have a vertical assembly [like the americans]. Another thing to consider would be weather, ideally some place where it rarely gets below freezing. this is where southern locations can be favored, however tropical locations have their own unique issues with regards to lightning and storms. no location is going to be perfect...
I think covonant had talked about trigger the CUAC and related space stuff IC, which could very well be a perfect platform for voting on particular sites.
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