[Dead Corpse]

Efficiency of scale. Since we were working on a limited budget, we pretty much had to develop some of these technologies on our own and customized directly to our purposes. We also wanted to bring enough of a tech base with us that would allow us to harvest native materials no matter where in the solar system we ended up.

Don't tell Bob, but some of the interconnecting support members are a quasi-superconducting and can handle enormous amounts of energy if necessary.

[NicknamedBob]

"Don't tell Bob, but some of the interconnecting support members are quasi-superconducting and can handle enormous amounts of energy if necessary."

One of the reasons I posted warnings about venturing into the elevator ways without proper protective gear is because they were designed to function cold. In space, that can be very cold, and superconductivity is more easily accomplished.

Of course, with our well-distributed nuclear power generation, it isn't normally necessary to disburse large amounts of power, except for the occasional possibility of an errant meteroid heading our way that might need a little laser-enhanced course correction.