In an atmosphere far away in time and space, a committee of beings with almost unlimited powers discusses how to control the evolution of a living species according to their plans. But as the project moves on, some of them plot to ensure that the violence of the original plan is replaced by the harmony of an alternative plan. (Chapter 14: Adventure on the edge) ...Did it ever occur to you that we are basically nothing more than a big garbage truck? "said the Captain to his Second "Well, in short, it seems to me a somewhat trivial way to define our activity of earth-formation" "Don't bullshit Da Silva, earth-formation is a word invented by space adventure writers before we really went into space." "Then we could at least say that we create an ecosystem, right?" "But not even that. We spread only the system we come from. We transport all this crap to form worlds, I mean our hold is a real cesspool, but in reality we could just go down to the planets, you and me, and shit on them and we'll get the same result." "You captain have a real noble soul" replied the second annoyed..."
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