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What combination of animals are we taking, anyway. I suggest cows and sheep, as each species is the other's parasitic end point and they'll clean the fields behind each other if we graze them in rotation. Of course, sheep are a royal, fiddly nuisance, and a cow would just as soon run over you as look at you, so there are drawbacks. Or we could take some rare creatures, like unicorns and intelligent Democrats - well maybe just the unicorns - easier to find. If we're taking livestock, we have to feed them something. is the castle a sustainable family farm, self-sufficient, economically and ecologically balanced (among other fantasies)?

We've already arranged for cattle and sheep, among others. Chickens, ducks, pheasant and other game birds, rabbits both wild and domesticated, pigs of course, and tilapia and other fish stocks.

Most of the tilapia seem to go to support the plesiosaur family, which is sort of like peacocks as a decorative item.

"If we're taking livestock, we have to feed them something. is the castle a sustainable family farm, self-sufficient, economically and ecologically balanced (among other fantasies)?"

In addition to the castle grounds, which constitute about three square miles of agricultural acreage, we have the associated support vessels which are primarily dedicated to hydroponic and high-intensity cultivation of grains and vegetables. They look like overgrown cruise ships, but their multiple levels have artificial lighting for agricultural purposes.

We estimate we can support a population of ten thousand people on three linked habitats which will be rotating for artificial gravity.