Foone🏳️⚧️
Bad idea for a scifi story:
In 1860, a paranormal investigator discovers that there's a sun-worshiping cult that sacrifices a virgin to The Sun every year. It turns out last year, they messed up the ritual, and the victim escaped at the last moment.
Cue the Carrington event. A massive geomagnetic storm that caused auroras as far south as Colombia.
The investigator is then paid to infiltrate the cult and disrupt their ritual every time, as it saves Western Union a lot on electrical costs.
Foone🏳️⚧️
For the low price of one paranormal operative employed full time and some extra fire-proofing at the stations, you get free telegraph power, no batteries needed!
And as a bonus, the sky looks awesome.
Evan
@foone I want this, but set in another star system in an alien society. It’s still 1860 and the telecommunications company is still Western Union
Foone🏳️⚧️
@odd western union and ma bell are just the standard, everywhere in the universe
Foone🏳️⚧️
@mike805 I dunno. As an ADHD person I have a lot of trouble with finishing projects. I think those monks were very happy, they finally completed their mission.
mike805
@foone There was a classic by Arthur C. Clarke (I think) where a cult is manually writing out the nine billion names of God, after which the universe will supposedly end.
They call in a computer consultant to speed up the process. It does not end well.
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