Proserpinans report that the cybercosm which rules the inner Solar System is suppressing a discovery made by a solar gravitational lens.
The Proserpinans' own lens failed, they think because of sabotage.
The cybercosm could be robotically spying on Proserpina and on the extra-solar colonies.
The cybercosm, with its stable economy, had ceased antimatter production but has now restarted it. Why?
The Proserpinans detect signs of high-speed ships leaving and sometimes entering the Solar System.
A separate point although relevant to which kind of intelligence is best equipped to terraform planets:
There are several reasons why the presence of a large satellite might have brought about life on Earth. Here it is stated that, without Luna, Earth's spin axis would have been chaotic, leading to either glaciation or greenhouse.
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"glaciation or greenhouse."
Earth has had both at different times.
However, changing axial tilt might make the changes even more drastic.
Kaor, Paul and Jim!
Paul: Talk about "stable" economies arouses my suspicions! Such a thing is more likely to be static or stagnant. Whoever/whatever ruled such a setup would have a vested interest in nipping in the bud anything that might threaten to end that "stability."
Only living, real human beings should decide about which planets to terraform. So called AIs should only be the instruments of humans, who decide on policies and make the final decisions.
Jim: Your comment reminded me of how Talwin, in A CIRCUS OF HELLS, annually goes thru very hot and glacial periods. IIRC it was Talwin getting struck by a large comet/asteroid which knocked it into the violently eccentric it has.
Ad astra! Sean
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