Kensuke Aida, freelance geographer in Tokyo-1, was on the phone with Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi. He was busily flipping through his maps and charts.
"Well," he started, "I'd say that the best spot for hiding something that big would be at the northeast end of the Nagashiru Mountains. You could also try the mouth of the Akuma River."
"What about the Shiyru Valley?" Ritsuko puzzled over the holomaps on the screen.
"That's a very good deduction, Miss Akagi, but think about it: all that makes that a 'valley' is a wall of sand that's fifteen ° at its greatest decline. There really is no place to hide or even blend in for something of that size."
Commander Katsuragi smiled wide and simply said, "He's good, huh?"