What’s this fixation on Cheyenne Mountain in US/Canada sci fi?
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Because it's the location of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center[^], the main location for NORAD[^].
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Fold With Us![^]And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
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And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
MrPlankton
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MrPlankton wrote:
And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," Cheyenne Mountain is hit by upwards of 20 mass-driven meteroids. After which the mountain has ceased to exist.
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MrPlankton wrote:
And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," Cheyenne Mountain is hit by upwards of 20 mass-driven meteroids. After which the mountain has ceased to exist.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
They still have that fixation thing going.
MrPlankton
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MrPlankton wrote:
And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," Cheyenne Mountain is hit by upwards of 20 mass-driven meteroids. After which the mountain has ceased to exist.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
"We need to stop hitting Cheyenne Mountain." "Why?" "Because it's not there anymore."
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
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Watch "War Games" some time.
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And that's enough reason to make it the chief command of two galaxies, and the capital of the US twice?
MrPlankton
Multicultural Diversity Training, the new Socialist Reeducation Camp-light.
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"We need to stop hitting Cheyenne Mountain." "Why?" "Because it's not there anymore."
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Watch "War Games" some time.
Yes that's a WAPR of a movie :)
MrPlankton
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"Because it's not there anymore."
Pne of the great lines in the book that convinced me to become a programmer.
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One of the reasons I've always been interested in A.I. is that I wanted to meet Mike, a dinkum cobber if there ever was one.
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
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Most of those tales center on the US and the (theoretically) most secure military establishment in the US is Cheyenne Mountain. It dates back to the Cold War days when the center was established to survive a nuclear attack and retaliate. To most people it represents the invulnerable center of the US military Command and Control for nuclear forces. Of course, today we know better; they really spend their days playing games with WOPR.
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
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'cause it is a cool place to work... I mean visit... I mean to never have gone there... but I hear it is a nice place to work....
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
Multicultural Diversity Training, the new Socialist Reeducation Camp-light.
I suspect the real reasons it is used includes: 1. Cheap exterior shots. No need to build a set - just use existing footage of the entrance. 2. Now that Reagan won the Cold War, they are more accessible to the public, incl. Hollywood. 3. Using the pre-existing mystique of "Cheyenne Mountain" in the American public's mind as part of the foundation on which to build the story. Claiming the SGC is located at PETA headquarters just doesn't have the same effect.
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
Multicultural Diversity Training, the new Socialist Reeducation Camp-light.
It's because, as anyone who is someone knows, that's where their keeping the aliens from the Roswell crash in crio-freeze. Since that's for real, then it makes sense to embelish other alien stories around it.
Thanks. KHadden
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Most of those tales center on the US and the (theoretically) most secure military establishment in the US is Cheyenne Mountain. It dates back to the Cold War days when the center was established to survive a nuclear attack and retaliate. To most people it represents the invulnerable center of the US military Command and Control for nuclear forces. Of course, today we know better; they really spend their days playing games with WOPR.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
And to think, that for Star Trek, Starfleet command is just north of San Francisco.
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
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When I was a kid I lived near there. My father was stationed in the mountain. I have been inside a few times. The Strategic Air Command was never based there. It was in Omaha neb. in a place affectionatly known as 'The hole'. As of the last year or so operations for NORAD have been moved away from the mountain and into the Denver / Colorado Springs area. It was decided that given the distributed nature of computing it was no longer necessary or cost effective to maintain a hardened location in order to provide continued operation in the case of hostilities. Oh, and it is cool. Nobody ever mentions having to pass through one of the largest Army bases in the country to get there though.
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You have SG1 [^]head quarters in Cheyenne Mountain, SG Atlantis[^] head command is their. In the series Jeremiah[^], and Jericho [^]it becomes the capital of the county. Why are sci fi writer fixated on Cheyenne Mountain?
MrPlankton
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It's not, if you ask me. It was used for Stargate movie, then for the series based on that movie: Stargate SG1, and then again for the spinoff series off Stargate SG1, which was Stargate Atlantis. Atlantis and SG1 and all happen in the same storyline as the Stargate movie, so it makes sense that the headquarters of the operation would stay in Cheyenne Mountain. As for the other series you mentioned -- I think they're probably just copycatting the idea from Stargate.
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Watch "War Games" some time.
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