Originally published at: Hidden Maintenance Costs | The Eldraeverse
“This year’s work list at Planetary Management: Redirect an estimated dozen hurricanes. Lance a supervolcano. Perform injection lubrication of five fault lines for controlled tectonic stress release. Reinforce the bedrock of a major regional aquifer. And orchestrate a thousand-year river channel shift.” “Why are you even reading that?” “Reminding my mother-in-law that while space may be trying to kill us all the time, at least it doesn’t do so by surprise.” – overheard on Sulavé Station, Istelrith (High Verge) (Because when talking about the maintenance needed to prevent your space colony from killing people in droves, no-one talks about that…
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