<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=170110.msg8016177#msg8016177">Quote from: vin26m on 07-04-2013, 19:06:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I guess another way of thinking about it is that you're making, say, a two meter high by one meter wide by one meter thick block of steel-like material go from solid to gooey.  That's two cubic meters.  Steel is about 8,000 kg per cubic meter.  So the block you'll be crawling through is pushing 16,000 kg, or over 35,000 pounds.  That's... a lot of digging for a pair of spades.  Better to just crawl through it while you can, and <del>argue about</del> coordinate the timing of entering and exiting.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Well if you can cut it, then just cut it diagonally and it will simply slide down towards you. The hole doesn't have to be on ground level, and it certainly doesn't need to be 2x1 m. 30x50 cm should be enough for a man to pass through. If you can move through it, you can certainly remove it in some way that doesn't take much longer than 5 people wading through it one after the other.<br/><br/>But if you absolutely need it that way for plot reasons, then it's probably best if we just accept that that's how it works and that there is no way around it. Discussing it further won't get anything done.