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Originally Posted by marvin
Excellent overview, thanks. Unfortunately that being so, I don't want Lift Wood to work on Earth. It makes things too easy. I think I'll limit it's utility by saying that Mars was prepped by Ancients who embedded a network of counter-lift plates in it's subsurface crust. In order for Lift Wood to work these counter-lift plates must be present. Perhaps a network could be installed on Earth, like adding a major rail network, but it would be difficult and very expensive.
Thanks,
Ben
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That doesn't fit with the source material, though. Wouldn't it be easier to just say that Mars and Venus have a bubble of etheric space around them?