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You Blow Up One Sun

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“To propose taking apart, possibly explosively, a star by means of, or to use as, a weapon is to suggest a violation of Tier I, Chapter I, yes, and a serious war crime.  Call the chaps at Harmonious Serenity.

“To propose doing exactly the same thing for science, on the other hand, because you want to better understand how they work, and how you can redesign them to work better – well, that’s just Amphimis morning at MinSciTech.  Just… dissuade them gently.  Remind them that they almost certainly can’t get insurance cover for that, even if they can afford a personal star to try their proposed experiment out on.

“Unless it’s a really good proposal, of course.  In which case, tell them that insurance rates are a lot cheaper a hundred light-orbits or so into the Beyond.  Or better yet, in the halo.”

– Morrian Arden-ith-Ardenis, executor major, Ministry of Science and Technology

Yes, Even That

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“My people take it as a point of pride that we can write a note to cover anything, anything at all, that a customer brings to us; and so far, we always have.”

“We almost failed once, being asked to handle liability for a project whose design included ‘a dynamically stabilized array of microsingularities’ – but design problems took that out of the running before we’d finished trying to arrange cover.  And if they brought that same request back to us today, we could write it.  No question.”

– Lantris Andiné-ith-Andiné, COO, Consolidated Mutual Mitigation and Surety