Build the Marathon in Minecraft Slowly Stirring to Life Again

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Before KSP reached Version 1.0, Rampancy You-Tubed a play-through called "Build the Marathon", in Minecraft.

Apparently they are knocking the dust off that project and are figuring out how best to proceed, as Minecraft has jumped several versions ahead since Rampancy's last efforts to turn Deimos into the generation ship Marathon, destined for Tau Ceti.  (Methinks there is nothing new in science fiction; some readers may see similarities with some of the premises of The Expanse.)  Anyway, the Rampancy boys were a bit ambitious with their previous project.  Time will tell as they hope to actually complete the Marathon they started.  (Disambiguation intended.)

 

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"If I jump off this I will land on Earth, not Mars [...] "

God damn it KSP, you and your orbital mechanics have made me get triggered by that phrase

 

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Poor Aperture.  Heheh!  So many game engines, so many limitations, so little physics.  Er, something like that.  Anyway, while I don't consider Minecraft a simulation of reality to any degree, that doesn't keep some people from using it to replicate, if not simulate other games.

They say "Winter is Coming", but really, its about"Bigger Guns Nearby" ... if you want to get right to the interesting part, skip ahead to about 25 minutes or so into the video: