Its engines scream as the pilot keeps the throttle on full, unwilling to back off until the cable stops him. Then the clock starts ticking. More planes are coming. Forty-five seconds to go. The planes keep coming.
People can go days without seeing the sun.
It's a town with an airport on top. There are machinists and dentists. There are cooks who serve 20,000 meals a day. There are doctors, lawyers, enough barbers for 250 haircuts daily, and stores where the crew can buy toothpaste, pocketknives, underwear, CDs, snacks and some of the 13,000 sodas they consume every day. Currently, the crew is working under a scenario where there is political tension between the United States and a mythical nation.