[TML] Lower-tech colonies

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/15/08 2:23 PM, "Leon Wu" <Leon.Wu at newswire.ca> wrote:

> If you want to control the colony, there's an easier way - control the
> spare parts. They want to keep their TL13 fusion reactor going? Then
> they have to dance to the mother/fatherland's tune.

This depends a lot.  If there are a bunch of other empires around, *they*
have plenty of reason to help the locals fix their reactor.  :)  Your
scenario only works if the homeworld is the *only* source.