Dumb question, but why doesn't Aliera just ask Pathfinder where to get a nice juicy hunk of trellanstone? The Gods are obviously not the sole suppliers... - Philip On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > >Vernor Vinge fans will ask, Is the Empire heading for a sorcerous > > >Singularity? (I.e., will there be general Orb-building then Orb-building > > >Orbs or Orb-assisted Elder Sorcery learning and boom everyone's godlike?) > > > > That might happen if Orb construction wasn't severely circumscribed to the > > point where it appears that no additional Orbs can be made. > > As I recall, the Orb is made out of Trellanstone<sp> > which, according to Aliera and Morollan is only found > as a gift from the gods. > > Given this, I find it very improbable that there would be > mass production of Orbs around the Empire. > > (Though, as a lark, I'd find it amusing to see a bunch of > Athyra on an Orb-building assembly line, grumbling about low wages and > work-house conditions....) > > Chris > > "Blind man's night is music to the deaf, and > everyone has *two* paths, not one, whence comes > tragedy and comedy, forsooth and damn straight, > son." > - "The Gypsy" - Brust & Lindholm > > >