Oooooooh, you caught me, zir. Yes, sloppy punctuation is a privilege %

Which one was it, "of"?

The narrators combination of drawl and rhotacism is wildly engaging

So 1) geostationary satellites equipped with solar panels from as many points along the great-circle ad possible, 2) spider silk equivalent between the satellites to create the loop, and 3) anchorpoints for payload delivery?

Halo conspiracy intensifies

Very interesting! Instead of cabling, is there nothing like a high-tech spider silk that could do the do? Or is this equivalent to nanotubes?

I'd add to this list Space Elevators. We have the geostationary orbit satellites, just increase their mass somewhat, and we can hook up a cable to visit the stars

The sphere is just the first step, surely. After that, we have the energy of the heavenly bodies themselves to harness. The solar system is just a big gyroscope twiddling around forever and a day. Why not capture all of that

Eventually, we have to find some way to power all these stargates

Well when you design a machine for sex you probably expect that