risk-and-exploration

In this chapter, the crew explores the silent, geometrically complex city within Rama, noting the absence of active machinery and the imposing natural barrier of a five-hundred-meter cliff separating the city from the southern continent. Lieutenant James Pak proposes using a specially designed lightweight flyer, the 'Dragonfly,' to traverse the airless environment of Rama and reach the southern continent, a plan that is risky but offers a unique opportunity to explore previously inaccessible areas.