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>  I like the low-tech/high-tech culture worlds concept.  I think
Heinlein (in one of the Lazarus Long books) is the only person to point out
that a tractor, SUV, etc needs an oil refinery and a lot of spare parts to
keep it running, while a cow or ox just needs grass, and will build it's
own replacement unit.

> Odds are good that serious colonization (assuming terra-like worlds)
will be done by folks with low-tech, home-grown technology.  It takes a
while to build the tools to build the tools to build a silicon fab plant,
etc.

That's one view, and might even be possible on some planets where the colon= ists
actually seek the low-tech solution.  However, in Steve-Trek, that's not us= ually
how it is done on "official" colonies, those colonies that will
in time be = home to
millions of people (in Steve-Trek, the current colony that is being done in=
 this matter
is Ramsadon, which the ship will visit in the upcoming "Euclid's
Day.").  P= eople
are not just dumped on these colonies.  Infrastructure is built first. 
Con= struction
teams with ship-mounted replicators and other heavy industrial gear move in
once the survey teams have completed their work.  The site for the capital
= city is
chosen, and construction begins.  A power plant is built.  A transmission s= tation
is installed and a subspace relay satellite put into orbit.  Housing and ot= her
infrastructure follows, and the people start to move in.  They're more like= ly to
come when they're displaced from other locations (a situation that involves
Ramsadon because settlers from planets lost in the Dominion War ended up
th= ere,
and many stayed when the war ended).  In addition, a lot of the technology = is
pretty well proven.  Replicators and the like is established technology wit= h the
bugs out.  If you have a power source, and that's the first thing to go in,=
 then
all you need is a few trained individuals to maintain the technology.  Othe= r,
more established worlds are just a couple of days away by ship.  Colonizati= on
might suggest planets out in the middle of nowhere, well away from other pl= anets,
but for the major colonies, that just is not the case.

Steve
The Universe Unbounded.

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>  I like the low-tech/high-tech culture worlds
concept.  I
thinkHeinlein (in one of the Lazarus Long books) is the only
person to pointout that a tractor, SUV, etc needs an oil refinery
and a lot of spareparts to keep it running, while a cow or ox
just needs grass, and willbuild it's own replacement
unit.> Odds are good that serious
colonization (assuming terra-like worlds)will be done by folks
with low-tech, home-grown technology.  It takes awhile
to build the tools to
build the tools to build a silicon fabplant, etc.
 
That's one view, and might even be
possible on
some
planets where the colonists
actually seek the low-tech
solution. 
However,
in Steve-Trek, that's not usually
how it is done on
"official" colonies, those
colonies that will in time be home to
millions of people (in Steve-Trek,
the current
colony that is being done in this matter
is Ramsadon, which the ship will
visit in the
upcoming "Euclid's Day.").  People
are not just dumped on these
colonies. 
Infrastructure is built first.  Construction
teams with ship-mounted
replicators and other
heavy
industrial gear move in
once the survey teams have completed their
work.  The site for the capital city is
chosen, and construction
begins.  A power
plant is built.  A transmission station
is installed and a subspace relay
satellite put
into orbit.  Housing and other
infrastructure follows, and the
people start to
move in.  They're more likely to
come when they're displaced from
other locations
(a
situation that involves
Ramsadon because settlers from
planets lost in the
Dominion War ended up there,
and many stayed when the war
ended).  In
addition, a lot of the technology is
pretty well proven. 
Replicators and the like
is established technology with the
bugs out.  If you have a
power source, and
that's the first thing to go in, then
all you need is a few trained individuals to
maintain the technology.  Other,
more established worlds are just a
couple of days
away by ship.  Colonization
might suggest planets out in the middle of
nowhere,
well away from other planets,
but for the major colonies, that
just is not the
case.
 
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
 
Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com;">http://ussathena.iwarp.comhttp://ussathena.iwarp.com">http://ussathena.iwarp.com;
 




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