I was just thinking

I'd imagine the fail rate would be pretty high instead of using a machine that gets it right 99% time. I mean we're doing well I guess even but I wouldn't count of use not ****ing it up before the Engineers get back for tea and crumpets.
 
well it does kinda make sense the machine would have to have a very high degree of intelligence to locate resource,s and build in suitable areas and tailor everything for the specific environment/region/landscape.


humans would do all that for you but you might want to alter them so they're less aggressive.


unless a massive war is part of the plan, look at europe very windy and fidly then america with nice straight grids, after a nuclear war when things need rebuilding everyone is still relativly advanced and would probably rebuild on a grid system and much better thought out.
 
Are you sure that's not an 80s pop band fronted by bass player Mark King??

You're thinking of Ceti Alpha V?

re: the Oblivion comment, that is in the first five minutes, so wouldn't really categorise it as spoiler, however I am hyper careful with spoilers so probably worth
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I can't tell if your being facetious with the star trek reference or just never watched Aliens.
 
Imagine you were a spacefaring race and you wanted to colonize a planet, imagine creating a machine that would prepare the planet for your arrival. A gigantic machine that would build roads, buildings, sewers, power and everything ready for your people to come down and live... it would be a massive achievement...

Imagine instead you dropped off a few dozen humans and left them to their own devices. They would get to multiplying and building... A few thousand years and your planet is cooked and ready with everything you need, zero effort.

Food for thought?

Adding to that imagine if those humans had an inbuilt desire for the precious metal you require/desire say Gold. You could make this desire so great that they will mine it constantly from day 1 but never feel there is enough. Gold is desired so much in fact that it's stored in the only building that can stand a direct Nuclear attack & is all piled up for you to collect at the end of the Harvest ;)
 
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