The Long Mars
“‘Like they all love them or hate them,’ Mac growled. ‘Mostly they love ’em,’ he admitted.In those terms, Gerry Hemingway was a lover.‘You should see what they’ve done with the native ecosystem, Captain. Those experimental fields out front? You understand we have a mix of life origins here on this world, with Datum types – our DNA type – mixed in with at least one other kind. Well, they’ve been experimenting, through domestication, even a little genetic tinkering using equipment scavenged from t...he Armstrong’s lab. They’re developing useful crops, for food, fabrics, drugs, from the DNA stock. And they’re using the partner life forms to support that – as nitrogen fixers, for instance, pest control, even using them as natural, self-repairing supports for the crops.’‘And that affair with the wires and the batteries and the jars?’‘Power production. Milking the photosynthesizing plants for energy to be stored in the batteries, or to crack water for hydrogen.MoreLess
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