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Using 2 lobsters and 2 placeholders with impeccable timing theretically allows indefinite ascent:
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Using 2 lobsters and 2 placeholders with impeccable timing theretically allows indefinite ascent:
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0.000: Both Lobsters simultaneously launch the whole congregation upwards. This means they both also get launched.
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0.000: Both Lobsters simultaneously launch the whole congregation upwards. This means they both also get launched.
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- Lobsters now need 8.5 seconds to reload.
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- Lobsters now need 8.5 seconds to reload.
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1.500: In about 1.5 seconds, at peak of the launch trajectory, placeholder 1 fires.
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1.500: In about 1.5 seconds, at peak of the launch trajectory, placeholder 1 fires.
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- Black hole lasts 13.3 seconds.
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- Black hole lasts 13.3 seconds.
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- Placeholder now needs 14 seconds to reload
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- Placeholder now needs 14 seconds to reload
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- Lobsters still need 7 seconds to reload.
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- Lobsters still need 7 seconds to reload.
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- The whole assembly hangs in the air, reloading.
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- The whole assembly hangs in the air, reloading.
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8.500: Lobsters reload and fire again, gaining more altitude.
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8.500: Lobsters reload and fire again, gaining more altitude.
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10.000: The climbers are again at peak. Placeholder 2 fires.
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10.000: The climbers are again at peak. Placeholder 2 fires.
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- Placeholder 1 still has 5.5 seconds before it can fire again.
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- Placeholder 1 still has 5.5 seconds before it can fire again.
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- Placeholder 2 now enters 14 second reload.
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- Placeholder 2 now enters 14 second reload.
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Lobsters
still
seconds
of
reloading
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Lobsters
still
need
7
seconds
of
reloading
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17.000: Lobsters are ready to fire again. So is placeholder 1. The cycle is complete.
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17.000: Lobsters are ready to fire again. So is placeholder 1. The cycle is complete.
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