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>>12141023
No, I'm working with known tech only, just at unprecedented scales.
Basically, the craft would be a satellite skimming the very upper edge of the Venusian atmosphere, at the point where it would need constant small amounts of thrust to counteract the drag. The thrust would be provided by solar-powered ion propulsion, taking the form of very robust CO2-breathing ion engines or a scaled up version of pic related.
It would scoop the rarefied atmosphere and compress it into dry ice blocks that would be ejected into a higher orbit for collection, but I'm still working on the mechanics of how to launch the blocks and how to prevent them from sublimating too quickly.