@Lucy, I think in the original material, Phoenix is a peregrine. But when I was in Abu Dhabi, (OOC) an acquaintance brought out his Gyrfalcon for show, and I was hooked. No way I was going with just a peregrine falcon after that.
I've also found that the two thieves were leaving for Algeria, thanks of a trace of DNA evidence recovered from a helmet and their past in burglary cases according to the police.
It's been gradually slowing for years... the theory has to do with the aging of the galaxy... it's not that we build tall stuff or heavy stuff (those have no impact on that).
What would the movie night thing take to do? Is there a way to limit it to members only (on here), or would any glance at chat give away the whole thing?
My big tower can handle the processing, no problem (Threadripper 3950X 24-core (48 counting hyperthreads), 128gigs RAM, a Titan X 12gig video card, 8 harddrives)