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One
day
,
a
person
on
this
planet
invented
a
device
called
an
ecoforming
bomb
.
The
device
could
be
affixed
to
the
tip
of
a
spacecraft
.
This
spacecraft
,
far
simpler
than
any
similar
craft
burdened
with
life
and
the
means
to
support
it
,
could
cross
the
void
of
space
with
relative
ease
.
Upon
reaching
its
destination
,
the
ship
’
s
payload
would
detonate
,
showering
nanobots
over
the
planet
’
s
surface
.
Immediately
upon
arrival
,
the
nanobots
would
begin
to
reshape
the
world
,
transforming
any
harsh
environment
into
one
suitable
for
colonization
by
the
people
who
made
them
.
The
actual
process
is
far
more
complicated
,
but
the
details
are
unimportant
.
The
spacecraft
ferrying
colonists
to
the
new
world
would
arrive
after
the
nanobots
had
already
completed
the
transformation
.
The
scholars
among
these
people
questioned
whether
it
was
ethical
to
destroy
the
existing
environment
of
a
planet
without
first
examining
it
.
After
all
,
once
done
,
the
process
could
not
be
undone
.
It
seemed
reasonable
to
conclude
that
a
planet
so
readily
adapted
to
support
life
from
their
own
world
might
also
host
indigenous
life
,
perhaps
even
intelligent
life
,
of
its
own
.
Was
it
right
,
they
asked
,
to
steal
a
world
,
sight
unseen
,
from
its
native
inhabitants
?
The
creators
of
the
device
argued
that
their
civilization
was
built
on
advancements
that
could
not
be
undone
.
To
expand
their
territory
,
they
had
never
shied
away
from
sacrificing
lesser
life
in
the
past
.
Forests
had
been
cleared
,
swamps
drained
,
dams
built
.
There
had
been
countless
examples
of
people
destroying
habitats
and
driving
species
to
extinction
for
their
own
benefit
.
If
they
could
do
this
on
their
own
planet
,
why
should
some
unknown
world
in
the
void
of
space
be
treated
differently
?
The
scholars
insisted
that
the
ecoforming
of
a
planet
which
might
harbor
intelligent
life
required
direct
oversight
.
Their
protests
were
recorded
,
considered
,
and
ultimately
ignored
.
There
were
concerns
more
pressing
than
the
preservation
of
whatever
life
might
be
unwittingly
stomped
out
by
their
ecoforming
projects
.
The
people
had
grown
too
numerous
for
their
own
planet
,
and
so
they
required
another
to
support
their
burgeoning
population
.
The
chosen
world
’
s
parent
star
could
not
be
at
too
great
a
distance
,
nor
would
a
binary
or
flare
star
suffice
.
The
planet
itself
would
have
to
maintain
an
orbit
around
a
G
-
class
star
at
a
distance
sufficient
for
water
to
exist
in
liquid
form
.
The
one
star
system
that
met
these
criteria
was
the
star
we
call
the
sun
.
They
did
not
worry
for
long
that
this
one
star
might
be
the
only
one
in
this
corner
of
the
Milky
Way
that
was
home
to
intelligent
life
like
their
own
.
No
attempt
was
made
to
communicate
.
The
planet
was
over
forty
years
away
at
the
speed
of
light
,
and
there
was
no
time
to
wait
eighty
years
for
the
chance
of
a
reply
.
The
spacecraft
built
on
that
distant
planet
eventually
reached
Earth
.
It
brought
with
it
no
members
of
their
species
.
No
weapons
of
invasion
.
It
was
basically
nothing
more
than
a
construction
machine
.
When
it
was
detected
,
the
interstellar
craft
drew
the
attention
of
the
world
.
But
all
Earth
’
s
attempts
to
make
contact
went
unanswered
.
Then
the
ship
split
into
eight
pieces
.
Four
of
the
pieces
sank
deep
under
the
ocean
,
while
three
fell
on
land
.
The
final
piece
remained
in
orbit
.
The
pieces
that
landed
in
North
Africa
and
Australia
were
handed
over
to
NATO
.
Russia
and
China
fought
over
the
piece
that
landed
in
Asia
,
but
China
came
out
on
top
.
After
much
arguing
among
the
nations
of
Earth
,
the
orbiting
mothership
was
reduced
to
a
small
piece
of
space
junk
by
a
volley
of
missiles
.
