No, this will blow over when they realize they can't.No, this will blow over when they realize they can't. Meanwhile we have to put up with them screaming and ranting and raving. On the other hand--" He dug into his bag and pulled out a data display-- "There's an enormous number of people booking flights out of Terra headed for other planets. I also see those planet ticketing agencies buying up huge numbers of unspecified outbound tickets for Terra, no passenger names attached. What does that say?" Furry recognized the technique; one of her teachers used it on her often in class. "It means that they're preparing to circumvent a planned embargo by making connections outworld. Probably the heaviest traffic is going to come either from Wisdom or llerkin." "Both," Ken said. "You hit the predictions right on the head from the data. Congratulations. Anything else, my wise archeologist?" "The rush is going to tax Pendor's economic system to a large degree, but that it shouldn't be nearly too bad to justify a diversion of resources on a grand scale. The AI's will handle the number explicitly." She opened her eyes. "You've got a huge headache with dealing with the influx. The Hall is going to have to limit its effectiveness, although I have no idea what its capabilities are." "Over a thousand a day. |