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PlantingtheBombs

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OnthegleamingwhiteplainsoftheMoo-tioodalldrilliheemissaryoftheDevourerEmpirestoodsomeart，hisgiahertsilhouetteagainstthehorizon.Alleyeswerefirmlyfoetalderbeingslowlyloweredfromthetoptowerdownintothedrillwellbelow.Soonthecableeedingintothewell.Owohundredandfortythousandmilesaway，airewluedtotheuhehesignal;thepayloadhadreachedthebottomofthewell.Allobservers，ingFaoapplauseastheycelebratedthearrivalofthishistorient.

&hatwouldpropeltheMoonoutoforbithadbeenputiuryhadpassedsiheEridanusdtheemissaryoftheDevourerEmpirehadarrivedoh.Forhumanity，ithadbeeuryofdespair，ahundredyearsle.

Ihalfofthetury，theehhadzealouslythrowhetaskaooeeededtobuildsugierlyfailedtomaterialize.AllthatlishedwasthattheMoon’ssurfacehadgainedafemetalmountains，theremainsoffailedprototypes.Thehelakesofmetal，formedwhereexperimentalengieduofnuclearfusion.

HumanityhadaskedtheemissaryoftheDevourerEmpireforteologicalassistahelunarengineswouldobeatenthofthescaleofthetlesssuper-eheDevourerpossessed.

Fangs，however，refusedandinsteadquipped，‘Doyoubuildaplaaryebecauseyouuandnuclearfusion.It’salongwayfromafirecrackertoarocket.Truthbetold，thereisallforyoutoworksohardatit.IntheMilkyWay，itisperfeonplaceforaweakercivilizatiohelivestockercivilization.Youwilldiscoverthatbeingraisedforfoodisasplendidlifeindeed.Youwillhavenowantsandwilllivehappilytotheend.Somecivilizatioobeelivestolytobeturhatyoushouldfeelunfortablewiththeideaisehefaultofamostbanalarism.’

SohumaheirhopesintheEridanusCrystal，butagaintheyoieologyoftheEridaniancivilizationhaddevelopedaloelydifferentlih’sorthatoftheDevourer.Theirteologywaswhollybasedo’saal，forexample，wasasymbionttoakindofplanktonthatfloatedintheirworld’sos.TheEridahesizedaheunusualabilitiesoftheirpla’slifeformswithoutevertrulyuas.Andso，withoutEridaheirteaielyun

Afteroverfiftyvaluableyearswerewasted，despairinghumanitysuddenlyproduexglyetricschemetopropeltheMoon.Ittainwhofirstcameupwiththisplaime，hehadaleadiheMoonpropulsirammeandhadadvaherankofmarshal.Eventhoughhisplanologeticallycrazy，itstea，andhumanity’savailableteologywasfullyakingitwork;somufact，thatmanyweresurprisedwhynoonehadeup>

TheopropeltheMoonwasverysimple.AlargearrayofnubswouldbeinstalledoheMoon.Thesebombswould，forthemostpart，beburiedabouttwomilesuhelunarsurface.Theirspagwouldenobombwasdestroyedbytheblastofanother.Agtothisplan，fivemillionnubsweretobeiheMoon’s‘propulsionside’.paredtothesebombs，humanity’smostpowerfulColdWar-eranubsweremereal>

&imecametodetohesesuperpowerfulnubsuhelunarsurface，theforceoftheirexplosionswouldbewhollyinparabletotheses，suffocateddeepundergrouionswouldbloletestratumofluheMoon’slowgravity，theexplodedstrata’sroddustevelocity.Astheywerelauraightiheywouldexertanenormouspropulsiveforoonitself.

IfaumberofbombsweredetonatedinrapidsuomentumeaualpropelliasiftheMooediingnubsiplacesitwouldbepossibletooon’sflightpath.

Theplanwouldeveepfurther，gforwolayersofnubswithinthelunarsurface.Thesedlayerwouldbeiadepthofaboutfourmiles.Afterthetoplayerhadbeeelyusedup，twomilesoflunarmatterwouldbestrippedfromthepropulsioheMoon.Theungdenotationswouldthensmoothlytransitiontothesedlayer.Thiswoulddoublethedurationthatthe‘engine’oon.

&hegirlfromEridahisplaothethathumanitywastrulyinsane.‘and.IfyouhadteatchtheDevourers，youmightbeevehantheyare!’sheexclaimed.

Fangs，oherhand，wasfullofpraise.‘Ha，ha!Whatawonderfulideayedtodreamup.Iloveit.Ilarity.Vulgarityisthehighestformofbeauty!’heey.

‘Absurd!Howvulgaritybebeautiful?’thegirlfromEridaed.

‘Thevulgarisnaturallybeautiful，andnothihantheuarsburnmanithepitch-blackcoldabyssofspa’tthatvulgar?Doyouuhattheuniverseismase?Femininecivilizations，likeyile，fie，asialityinatiheuhatisthat!’Fangsreplied.

Ahundredyearshadpassed，andFaillbrimmedwithvitality.ThegirlfromEridanuswasstillvividandbright，buttheMarshalfelttheweightofyears.Hewasahuhirtyyearsold，anoldman.

Atthetime，theDevourerhadjustpassedtheorbitofPluto.Itwasawakeslong，sixty-thousand-milejourneyfromEpsilonEridani.Inthedarkofspace，itshugeringbrilliantly，anditsimmetopluhesolarsystem.

&heDevourerhadpluheperipheralplafluoaprecipitoustrajectoryto