"Jeffrey Kaplan"  wrote in message    
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   > Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, James A. Robbins said:   
   >   
   >> >I wasn't questioning whether or not Ivonova went through grieving   
   >> >stages, nor whether or not Lorien was communicating with Sheridan   
   >> >telepathically.  Just the timing.   
   >>   
   >> If the hole was deep enough then the force of gravity would reduce   
   >> as you approached the center of the planet.  With air friction he would   
   >> slow to a hover at some point.   
   >   
   > Now you're being silly! :)  If the hole was that deep, it'd be a   
   > volcano direct from the planet's core.   
      
   Not all rocky planets have a molten core.  Mars had   
   at one time but does not seem to now.  The older   
   the planet the less likely it would have one.  Of course   
   if it has an active magnetic field then it probably does.   
      
   > One has to wonder, regardless of species, why anyone would have such a   
   > shaft in the middle of their city.   
      
   Lorien was hiding at the bottom of it.  The Shadows either   
   had him imprisoned there or he was hiding from them in it.   
   The "city" would then either be the watch to keep him down   
   there or their base of operations in trying to reach him.   
   Are we ever told which one is the truth?   
   --   
   James A. Robbins   
   Network Engineer   
   The Ohio State University   
   Chemistry Department   
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