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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Ant Colony Construction Site
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 02:24:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:53:26 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:12:49 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> 
>>vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 01:50:13 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote:
>>
>>> > vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
>>> >> Still under construction...
>>> > 
>>> >> Here is my cutter as I drop off more supplies:
>>> > 
>>> >>    https://imgur.com/HfQ6lGj
>>> > 
>>> > Uh...
>>
>>> Uh oh...what's wrong?
>>
>>Confused.
> 
> Somebody hasn't been following the plot :)
> 
> Synopsis: Vallor is playing Elite Dangerous. A new add-on allows
> base-building. Vallor has created an underground base they have dubbed
> "the ant-colony".
> 
> In the next episode, the Thargoid will destroy the base. Being an
> insectoid species themselves, they find the concept of an ant-colony to
> be offensive ;-)

Oh, I hope not -- building stations is a lot of work.  (A bit of a grind,
actually -- colonists have turned into "space truckers".)

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