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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] How about bringing only the bare essentials of what you need, and literally building the rest? In "This Side of Paradise", the colonists built their town to look much like an early 20th century town, compelte with wooden barns and houses. When Janeway and Chakotay got stuck on a planet as a result of a mosquito bite, Chuckles was about to build a cabin. And so on - IMO, a colony should not bring more than their immediate needs, and use the land to build whatever else they'll need. If you bring livestock, then a barn is a must; if you're raising livestock from embryos, then build one when you get there from wood you chop down (which you'll likely have to do anyway) or bricks you can kiln from the local elements. In "Red Mars", they ended up building airtight brick buildings as they went along (even adding the fibres from their descent stage parachute for strength) instead of relying on the habitats they brought with them. The point is, would a colony be built with the express purpose of starting what would eventually become a srawling metropolis? Or, for at least the lifespan of the original colonists, should it be built to their needs? How long will the colonists be garunteed to survive until they can start building their own stuff without the aid of whatever they bring with them? A year? Ten? Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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