RotoLift

The **RotoLift** (RC: "Gyraeroscaph") is an ancient but still widely used space elevator system, the most recognizable symbols of latter day space colonization. The Ranisch consider them arguably the most sacred artifacts of their culture, absolutely beyond reproach! Nowadays the best wheels are built by Kemetic engineers, members of the KMT (EN: Egyptian) tribe.

If your planet does not have one, you will be considered extremely primitive & in need of help. Pledging funds for Ranathan Cargo to commission a wheel for such a planet is considered the most basic act of charity, universally expected from every rich person living under Ranathan rule.

## Earth

The first contemporary system of Ancient Earth was built back in the early 70's: a single cable spinning around a low orbit station stabilized by a thermal engine running on Uranium 235. Nowadays, both Earth & Mars have uroboros trains running in both directions at low orbit speeds: geostationary elevators supported by blimps & wind traps are hanging from magnetic suspensors along the orbital tracks.

Out of reach for these ring trains, maglev fountains are pushing cargo together with reaction mass, also supported by blimps & wind traps, up to catch RotoLift wheels. Mars National Navy has its own fleet of wheels operating around all the planets & moons of the solar system.

Since flight training is missing from the mandatory school curriculum for most Earth kids, the ISMC is beginning to experience problems in its acquisition of human resources: our intuitive sense of danger in space has grown extremely superfluous with all the media hype, which means that teenagers & young adults must be coerced to fly as much as possible.

Earth countries are refusing to implement these coercive measures, so they don't have enough people devoting their lives to space flight. Most of them are doing it only for a few years until they get back to Earth to spend the money they made, which is obviously bad for their economies as they get more & more dependent on space colonization.

## Mars

Since we have a ruthlessly intensive mandatory space training regime for every citizen beginning at birth, the Mars Republic is now quickly gaining a significant advantage in the space race! Everybody is expected to serve in the National Navy for at least five years, with upstanding citizens expected to do twice that.

Since mid-2017 we have four big geo-stationary space ports connected by maglev cables to all our cities & industrial hubs downstairs. The moons of outer planets have been colonized mostly by Mars, with the Belt Republic also relying hevily upon all our resources: the National Navy has an unlimited credit line from Ranathan Cargo, something the Belt has yet to achieve.

To achieve this, the National Navy has sent more than 5 million souls to the shores of the Midian void via artificial re-incarnation, right after commissioning their own Baykal class highliner named the Mars NN Chani, with a loan underwritten by Mars National Bank with some help from the notorious Laconiq investment company.

## Earth 2

Earth 2, for its lack of a functioning wheel, was considered primitive by many Laconic & Atreides officers, some shithole run by evil psychopaths who suck the blood of their downtrodden subjects without any sense of decency: Elon Musk was especially hated by them, like for example Nadine Ranigan once even had a fist fight with him on a conference... But then the outbreak of a planetary war changed everything & suddenly they became allies as if nothing had happened before, with SpaceX getting hefty contracts & all that shit.