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• And when at last it is time for the transition from megacorporation to planetary governme
  from entrepreneur to emperor, it is then that the true genius of our strategy shall become apparent, for energy is the lifeblood of this society and when the chips are down he who controls the energy supply controls Planet....
• Planet's Primary, Alpha Centauri A, blasts unimaginable quantities of energy into space each instant, and virtually every joule of it is wasted entirely.
  Incomprehensible riches can be ours if we can but stretch our arms wide enough to dip from this eternal river of wealth....
• Energy is the currency of the future.
  -- CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly...
• Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACs in 1 sq. cm.!
• We estimate that during the next mission century most of Planet's industries will be moved off-planet to Nessus Prime and other orbital facilities.
  Many of our industries will benefit greatly from the low gravity environments available in space, particularly those involving genetically engineered microbes....
• Life is merely an orderly decay of energy states, and survival requires the continual discovery of new energy to pump into the system.
  He who controls the sources of energy controls the means of survival....
• Of course we'll bundle our MorganNet software with the new network node
  our customers expect no less of us. We have never sought to become a monopoly....