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87 sons, needs no elaboration. And, as in the Greek tales, this episode set the stage for the wars between the gods and the Titans. After Anu had left, Earth Mission was launched in earnest. As more Anunnaki landed on Earth—their number rose in time to 600—some were assigned to the Lower World to help Enki mine the gold; others manned the ore ships; and the rest stayed with En- lil in Mesopotamia. There, additional settlements were established in accordance with a master plan laid out by Enlil, as part of a com- plete organizational plan of action and clear-cut procedures: He perfected the procedures, the divine ordinances; Established five cities in perfect places, a4 at Called them by name, Laid them out as centers. The first of these cities, Eridu, He granted to Nudimmud, the pioneer. Each of these pre-Diluvial settlements in Mesopotamia had a specific function, revealed by its name. First was E.RI.DU— "House in Faraway Built"—the gold-extracting facility by the waters’ edge, which for all time remained Ea's Mesopotamian abode. Next came BAD.TIBIRA—"Bright Place Where the Ores Are Made Final"—the metallurgical center for smelting and refin- ing. Next LA.RA.AK—"Seeing the Bright Glow"—was a beacon-city to guide the landing shuttlecraft. SIPPAR—"Bird City"—was the Landing Place; and SHU.RUP.PAK-"The Place of Utmost Well-Being"—was equipped as a medical center; it was put in the charge of SUD ("She Who Resuscitates"), a half-sister of both Enki and Enlil. Another beacon-city. LA.-AR.SA ("Seeing the Red Light"), was also built, for the complex operation depended on close coordina- tion between the Anunnaki who had landed on Earth and 300 as- tronauts, called IGI.GI ("Those Who See and Observe"), who remained in constant Earth orbit. Acting as intermediaries between Earth and Nibiru, the Igigi stayed in Earth's skies on orbiting plat- forms, to which the processed ores were delivered from Earth by shuttlecraft, thereafter to be transferred to proper spaceships, which could ferry the gold to the Home Planet as it periodically neared Earth in its vast elliptical orbit. Astronauts and equipment were delivered to Earth by the same stages, in reverse. All of that required a Mission Control Center, which Enlil pro- The Earth Chronicles