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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] IMHO, technology isn't the limiting factor in Trek terraforming - it's a combination of what planetary conditions are available and where, and what is politically convenient. I'm sure Mars will remain unterraformed in Trek exactly because it's a monument of sorts, and because there is no need to alter it. I'm also convinced that the Feds will happily terraform life-containing planets even when this means killing the native life - life in Trek is omnipresent, never-ending, 13-in-a-dozen. You don't have to specifically cherish every last bit of it. When Marcus was concerned about single microbes on Ceti Alpha V/VI, she was probably worrying about them ruining her great experiment, not about them dying. IIRC, it was the idealistic eternally-wet-behind-the-ears Chekov who brought up the idea of transplanting the microbes instead of just destroying them. Marcus then threw up her arms in exasperation: "Transplant?" Why this unnecessary delay? :p When a planet *is* going to be terraformed, the process has to be worth it. Probably when the need is greatest, the odds are against the terraformers. When a planet desperately needs a farming world to provide food, one cannot terraform a planet several star systems over - one has to terraform something within easy transportation range. The Feds thus probably mostly transform unoptimal worlds, and spend lots of resources in studying new ways of transforming them. The work at Velara in the Pleiades was probably all part of an experiment to see if it could be done, more than a project to get Velara III inhabited. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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