[quote]I have wondered this for awhile. Anyone got an answer?[/quote] I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain..... But in all seriousness I've wondered as well. I've also pondered why they feel the need to have us exit the atmosphere to head there. While I understand it's a loading screen I felt that the earth should be handled differently, or at least Gove us that epic fly by of the city up to the tower when we head to the tower. You could even have it hover over Russia when "returning to orbit" from earth until a non-earth locale was selected. And why the hyper space jump to the moon? I mean if we are traveling FTL seems like the loading screen would be shorter lol.