Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-24994749-20190204033134

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1) Depends on what you care about more, and whether you're thinking short-term or long-term. If it falls on Mantle, it will just leave a giant crater and cause a short-lived earthquake. If it falls on the ocean the tsunami could hit Argus. (..)

2) Momentum also depends on mass: The more massive, the harder to stop. And your idea in the rest of that paragraph would maybe decrease damage and make the fall more manageable, but it will still hit the ground quite hard and even if it didn't, Atlas itself will be hit hard. (..) 1) A tsunami that hits Mantle or Argus would require Atlas to land in the ocean that's between Solitas and Anima. But there is also ocean to the east and west of Solitas that doesn't necessarily threaten neither Mantle or Argus.

Hell, there is more ocean between Solitas and Anima, than between Solitas and Vytal. I think the risk of the tsunami hitting Vale is greater than that of the tsunami hitting Argus.

2) I agree that using a portal to land Atlas on the ground, right under where it is wouldn't really do much to reduce damage. Specially if the theory that that hole are Dust mines is correct.

I was thinking of using the portal to land it on the ocean. Having said portal open near the surface of the water or under the water (if that's possible), would do sth to reduce the magnitude of the tsunami.