SL Video: Nemo II

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From May 2010 by Sextant Shepard, the builder of the Nemo sim, "Nemo II is the continuation of Nemo, the Steampunk Suibmarine city in Secondlife. You will be offered to visit some amazing places such as the Orichalcum Mine, the mighty Nautilus submarine, the village "Northelia" and the observatory."

SL Newser would write about Nemo in it's last days before the place closed in October 2010 here and here. The reprint of the March 2010 article SL Newspaper did is here.

SL Youtube: Tadao Video - The M6A1 "Sky Storm" Submarine-Launched Torpedo Bomber

Tadao video, "The work is an airplane, but the attatchment is a submarine. Have you seen such a combination before? Tetsugame and Myuki achieved that."

In real life, the Imperial Japanese Aichi M6A1 "Clear Sky Storm" was an ingenious design meant to be launched from the huge I-400 submarines to make surprise strikes at strategic targets, notably the Panama Canal. Although the plane had twin floats, it would have been ditched after making such a mission and the pilot picked up by the sub. But the aircraft wasn't perfected until late in the war. Only one mission by submarine was carried out in August 1945, and along the way the submarine received word of Japan's surrender.

RFL: Water Region Submarine Ride

With the Relay for Life track due to come down sooner than expected, I made the decision to postpone writing on The Walk over the weekend, and instead do something on an example of one of the rides there before it vanishes. There’s so many cool things to do, sorry to say many will get a mention only after they’re gone.

One place that did get my attention was the “RFL Activity Water Region,” mentioned in a notecard passed around in the volunteer group of activities on the track. One link was to a “Jules Verne/Steampunk” submarine ride. So I ported over to see for myself. Arriving there, I found myself on a dock, and the submarine was next to the dock, ready for the next passeger. The top half was mostly glass, which made looking around in mouselook a fair option.

The stand next to the ship was labeled the “Romantic Submarine guided Tour System.” While the sub was big enough for two passengers, the ride’s just fine solo. After getting in, there’s a ten second pause for anyone else, then the ship begins going down under the surface.

And the scenery is quite detailed. The water is just teeming with aquatic life from fish of various sizes, octopuses, jellyfish, and more. I think I saw a shark down there as well. The terrain was well done as well, forrests of kelp and other water plants, red lava flows, and more. The path of the submarine takes one into a cave and to some underwater ruins. The mermaid dance poses and rideable octopus suggests this area might be a merfolk hangout, which would add to the attraction.

The ride ends with your avie back on land, ready to get on the next attraction.

I highly suggest dropping by to see these rides and attractions. By tomorrow July 21, those that haven’t been taken down will be due to close.

To get to the submarine peir, head to the RFL Activity Water Region, RFL Contemplation (144, 41, 23) .

Bixyl Shuftan

Images of Nemo

Before the Nemo sim closed last Friday October 29th, SL Newser went there to get a few pictures while this magnificent build was still up. Here's some of the images of the now gone popular Steampunk place.

See the pictures in Places.

Nemo Sim to Close

In the SL Universe forums, Sextan Shepherd, the owner of the noted Nemo area would soon be closing. It is due to shut down October 29th.

“It was a great fun to create this place,” he posted, “but now it's time for me to "move" on another SIM project. ... I have learnt a lot while building this place and I consider Nemo as a training course for something more improved.”

The reaction on the thread was unaminous. The people there were sad the sim was going, and wished him well with whatever his next project was.

Nemo, also known as the Nemo Trilogy, was a much praised place in Second Life that was considered among the best built in recent months, built on March 23rd. It got the attenton of Linden Labs, and was featured on their Destination Guide as a place to go to. The place you start at is the entrance to a Steampunk style submarine city. From there, you can take a train that leads to a reproduction of Captain Nemo’s submarine the “Natulis.” There is also an ariel city, with an ariel museum and an observatory.



Nemo is at the FRANCE3D Futuna sim (91, 148, 21) In April, Second Life Newspaper did an article on the submarine base.

“Prims to prims, pixels to pixels.”

Sources: Second Life Universe Forums, Daniel Voyager's Blog

Bixyl Shuftan