They will be calling it the brown line from now on.

Drill baby, AAAHHHH!

And where was Dig Safe?!?!?!?!

I was thinking about Dig Safe but I bet it only goes down a few meters. (If they have it at all over there.) If there are no gas, electricity, or water lines above the subway, they will give you the all clear. There would be an easement in your land title saying there's a subway deeper down.

I am really amused by the thought of a drill coming out of the wall of a subway tunnel and attacking a train.

Approves.

Here's a Swedish hole for comparison.


/NSFW
//safe for drilling though

BOR-ing.

"In the borehole pressure mines 100km beneath Planetsurface, at the Mohorovicic Discontinuity where crust gives way to mantle, temperatures often reach levels well in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius. Exploitation of Planet's resources under such brutal conditions has required quantum advances in robotic and teleoperational technology.

Morgan Industries, Ltd.
"Annual Report"

Awesome. When will the red matter be deployed?

TheBigJerk: ObscureNameHere: "In the borehole pressure mines 100km beneath Planetsurface, at the Mohorovicic Discontinuity where crust gives way to mantle, temperatures often reach levels well in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius. Exploitation of Planet's resources under such brutal conditions has required quantum advances in robotic and teleoperational technology.

Morgan Industries, Ltd.
"Annual Report"

But that takes 6 whole turns and eliminates food production from the square.

Pfft! Food is irrelevant! Unless I can sell it for money. :)

"Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary, but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need as well as greed have followed us to the stars, and the rewards of wealth still await those wise enough to recognize this deep thrumming of our common pulse.

CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Centauri Monopoly"

TheBigJerk: ObscureNameHere: TheBigJerk: ObscureNameHere: "In the borehole pressure mines 100km beneath Planetsurface, at the Mohorovicic Discontinuity where crust gives way to mantle, temperatures often reach levels well in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius. Exploitation of Planet's resources under such brutal conditions has required quantum advances in robotic and teleoperational technology.

Morgan Industries, Ltd.
"Annual Report"

But that takes 6 whole turns and eliminates food production from the square.

Pfft! Food is irrelevant! Unless I can sell it for money. :)

Y'know, it was that quote that first made me think of economics in a broader term than just buying shiat with Cash American.

What is a church, but a place where one spends time to buy salvation?

Alpha Centauri was/is such a freakin' awesome game. The DEPTH of each faction and the personalities was so well thought out. And the movies for the 'wonders' were snazzy and sometimes very creepy.

Too bad they seem disinclined to make a follow-up. Admittedly, Civ IV Beyond the Sword is pretty well put together. What I really miss is AC's 'custom' design shop. Not that a player could make anything particularly useful (well, Drop Colony Pods can be handy) but it sure was fun.