SteelSpill

Exoplanets are often shipped long interstellar distances for mineral extraction, terraforming, and warfare purposes. Gravitational slingshots around stars are often used, and the forces this puts on a planet are extreme. Teleportation technology is used to insert a superstructure directly into the crust (and sometimes the mantel and core) to increase structural integrity. The atmosphere, along with any flora/fauna is inevitably burned off during its trip. Exoplanet VVC 546520 was an early testing ground for superstructure insertion. A miscalculation created jumbles of continental rebar to be scattered uselessly across and into the surface.…