Chapter 15

           

           (ExcerptfromTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxy,Page634784,Section5a,Entry:Magrathea)

           Farbackinthemistsofancienttime,inthegreatandgloriousdaysoftheformerGalacticEmpire,lifewaswild,richandlargelytaxfree.

           Mightystarshipspliedtheirwaybetweenexoticsuns,seekingadventureandrewardamongstthefurthestreachesofGalacticspace.Inthosedaysspiritswerebrave,thestakeswerehigh,menwererealmen,womenwererealwomen,andsmallfurrycreaturesfromAlphaCentauriwererealsmallfurrycreaturesfromAlphaCentauri.Andalldaredtobraveunknownterrors,todomightydeeds,toboldlysplitinfinitivesthatnomanhadsplitbefore—andthuswastheEmpireforged.

           Manymenofcoursebecameextremelyrich,butthiswasperfectlynaturalandnothingtobeashamedofbecausenoonewasreallypoor—atleastnooneworthspeakingof.Andforalltherichestandmostsuccessfulmerchantslifeinevitablybecameratherdullandniggly,andtheybegantoimaginethatthiswasthereforethefaultoftheworldsthey’dsettledon—noneofthemwasentirelysatisfactory:eithertheclimatewasn’tquiterightinthelaterpartoftheafternoon,orthedaywashalfanhourtoolong,ortheseawasexactlythewrongshadeofpink.

           Andthuswerecreatedtheconditionsforastaggeringnewformofspecialistindustry:custom-madeluxuryplanetbuilding

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