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Perhaps they deliberately use more or less artificial-sounding voices to indicate the level of intelligence and/or independent function that each specific computer has?
Your pda sounds human and automatically synchronizes with most of yo… -
On top of the licensing fees we're also paying for a certified Alterra professional to craft and operate these machines. And the cost of acquiring a certificate (or the penalty for uncertified use, whichever is worse).
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You're right, but I could come up with a scenario or two in which it'd still be expensive. We just don't know enough about the setting for me to be certain. What IS life like back in populated space? Do megacities rise up, housing billions in a few…
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From what we know of element formation, gold is always likely to be scarce. It forms only in supernovae, so far as we can tell - and silver is the same, just a bit less so. Rubies are expensive today but honestly we've been able to… -
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He does consistently impress me. -
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Hey, after how much fun the main game was, I'll pay any reasonable price. Just don't make it cost more than the main game was...unless it's, you know, more game than the main game was.
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Thank you all for your kind words.
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Unfortunately, I don't currently have more seeds of this story in my mind. I left it open-ended, just in case, but I have a few unrelated writing projects that I've neglected for far too long. -
Leviathans patrolling randomly is problematic for people with lesser computers. If I couldn't see a Reaper coming towards my base, I wouldn't really be able to play in hardcore because my progress could be wiped away arbitrarily with an instant kil…