economics
Opportunity Profits In the Thousand Precise Protocols of the Integral Accountant, opportunity profits are defined as effectively the opposite of opportunity costs, Opportunity costs represent the potential value one misses out upon when choosing one alternative over another. Because opportunity costs are, by definition, unseen, they can be easily overlooked.
laser broom
“Why will we use green lasers for starwisp and light sail propulsion? “Because stars aren’t green. Can’t be green, in fact, because a black-body spectrum that peaks in the green is broad enough that there’s plenty of other-colored light to make it not sum to green. That
Peréä (Thirteen Colonies)
Peréä System, far orbit, 4016 “Now?” “Okay, go ahead and open your eyes.” “You got me a giant laser! Wait, where did you get me a giant laser? … And, um, why did you get me a giant laser?” “In order: yes, the Laserider Network’s fire sale, and –” “Fire sale?