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Who: Colin Starfury, any meddling kids
Open: Open as the plains
When: Day 267, late morning and early afternoon.
Where: The Farmland
What: Doing another survey for more development
Format: Anything, can match
Warnings: Colin IS a warning

As far as plans went, this wasn't how Colin had wanted to spend this week. There were a lot of things that needed doing even before the plight of the Ura reared its head. But Colin was an engineer, and he knew well that the universe had plans of its own and it really didn't care one little bit of the plans of individual people.

The day before this had been spent doing research, and helping Rob build his new cart. That had taken a fair amount of time on its own, but it was work that needed to be done if they wanted to set up a supply line. Now that the transportation was done, it was time to set up the facilities that would give them the supplies down the line.

So here he was, setting out more stakes and flags, taking more measurements, and generally making it apparent that SOMETHING is going to be going up in this area soon. And if the layout of the flags and stakes are any indication, it's going to be something BIG.

Anyone care to bother the engineer at work?

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"All the more useful," Colin says. "And... well, explaining cybernetics is rather difficult, so if you've got a reference point that works, that's a pretty good way to go on."

He steps forward a bit and crouches, placing another stake in the ground. "Plus, the monument can teach people to read different different languages," he says. "So nothing here should be beyond anyone's literacy if they're willing to spend some shards."

"A fair point. Makes me wonder if a lab for being able to add some of those sensors to other people might be a thing worth getting at some point, though," Megaera considered.

"Never mind that the Shards might start to become harder to find over time.... I don't want to think about that too hard."

"It's also a major reconstructive surgery," Colin said, shaking his head. "It's not an organic eye. Had to pluck the real one to install the artificial one. Learning to use it was interesting. Worthwhile, but not exactly a luxury we have here..."

"Ah. Time costs, yeah. Not good," Megaera observed. "Some alternative measure would be good in time, but that's a lower priority than just getting the food system going."