Wildstar...
Just a quick note; I really did like your starport etc generator.
And your idea for the virus is about a magnitude better then what I've heard
from GDW, but I still don't like the idea of little bugs crawling around inside
my computer! I believe something like that would end in the destruction of all
silicon based electronic components. Cellophane went out of style real quick
after some bug decided it liked the stuff. Perhaps the silicon based
components would be replaced by germanium or something else? Could the virus
adapt to that? Perhaps some races' computer system were already non-silicon,
and therefore they were spared the first onslaught of the virus?
RE: Matter Duplicators:
Has anyone ever read an old SF short about these aliens that thought they could
destroy the earth's economy by dropping a pair of duplicators on earth before
they invaded?
Of course the insatiable earthmen changed their economy from buying and selling
quantity to buying and selling diversity; IE instead of mass producing and
selling a thousand cars, you hand build a hundred different cars, and duplicate
the exact car that the customer wants! Diversity became the goal instead of
mere substance.
I forget the author...
Jim Baranski