>>5401633Hmm, you might be right the context of the option wasn't immediately clear. Either way, I'm not saying we shouldn't let him know any errors that gave him away if we spotted him this time (we should especially if asked).
More the attitude we take. One of constructive criticism, and "not ruling out that your actions may have been deliberate for reasons left hidden to me, rather than unintentional."
But honestly, if we turn around and say "Thank you" that's already plentiful indication of : "If you were trying to sneak up on me again, it didn't work." so he can just ask us what we saw.
Because by damn, he did us a good turn, so we should turn him one back.
>>5401584Federation era Atomantic reactors and are really neat. I like to think of them as akin to Arc Reactors. They may not be perpetual motion, but it will take millions of years before even one of them needs to be refueled. Use em as microbreeder reactors for our guns and our boys will never have to reload.
For Mining I can see the Federation using stuff like Digistruct Lasers or Assembly Beams, directly laser mining asteroids and then immediately layering the molecules into refined products, thus vastly streamlining our production logistics by combining resource extraction with refinement.
Even so, with exponentially increased food production there are also war applications:
-Converting excess food into biofuel/prometheum or possibly even more Phosphex
-Application towards siliconic or even metallic lifeforms created from our Genetor Genius, thus bolstering our mineral extraction
-the ability to apply it to grow en masse any rare or normally tedious to grow exotic plants such as can be used for advanced medicines, chemicals, munitions or other uses.
Imagine if we were to custom design a plant that siphons either solar or ambient radiation that we place in regions of high radioactivity, to grow tiny pods of fissile material while also scrubbing the area, and then grow it en masse using the Federation sci fi agriculture tech. The limits are only our imagination.
If it's Federation Era Tech, I do not expect it to disappoint even if it is farming. In the very least, food is a commodity and a dependency. Becoming the Breadbasket of the Galaxy means not only increased population, but by making others dependent on us, we gain influence and leverage. And we already produce arms.
