"Mica, you just put your finger on the biggest asset and hugest problem on Wentworth. The real business on this planet is producing and selling energy. Wentworth was one of the first "Known Planets" to adopt "mass to energy direct"; and the first to make it tremendously profitable. It got so crazy the conversion boom, that people were turning all manner of things from metals, dirt, water, household machines, into energy through the massive converters. The energy was used in manufacturing, mining, interplanetary drives, storage, residential use, sales to other planets. They discovered a way to beam pure energy off the surface for sale to Darkbarges. The conversion of stuff grew quickly, holes were dug deeper and the extracted material fed to the power converters. Wildcat outfits sprang up t
