Galatzi World by Robin Roseau

Author:Robin Roseau [Roseau, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robin Roseau
Published: 2014-12-19T03:00:00+00:00

English

Cecilia was managing several large projects. First and foremost, she remained a diplomat, Talmon's main contact with The Empire. She attended major events such as the balls in Sudden as well as other festivities throughout Talmon. She also had a travel schedule set to ensure she visited as much of Talmon as could be expected. She couldn't visit every single village, but she was diligent in traveling to the various regions.

It became my responsibility to manage the resulting chaos. She handed everything to me, told me how much she was willing to travel, and gave me her past schedule for examples.

I found ways to improve efficiency. It was cumbersome to communicate, but I encouraged the villages throughout Talmon to show some care with the Governor's schedule. If they wanted her to attend a particular festivity, they couldn't schedule it in competition with other festivities on the other side of the planet. She could attend more festivities if a particular region coordinated their events so she could attend their events one after another instead of weeks or months apart. This reduced travel time.

We also encouraged villages near each other to combine their events, even if they had to adjust their traditions.

Some villages made the sorts of adjustments I recommended; many did not. But even a few changes could free hours or even days of the Governor's time, and so I worked hard at this.

We also needed to make it easier for the people of Talmon to send her messages. That was a long term issue that would be improved over time as Imperial technology spread throughout the planet. But some of the others at the embassy traveled extensively, especially Erica, and there was nothing wrong with them carrying the mail. We used this as we could, although Cecilia told me not to spend much time on this. The problem would disappear over the next twenty years.

It seemed odd to me to consider solutions that would take twenty years to implement, and to feel little urgency.

"It's a big planet," she said.

She was still evaluating the impact of the technology she had imported to Indartha. There was a large solar power array and power distribution center along with a means of storing that power for when the sun wasn't shining. I didn't understand that. What I did know was that Sartine's house used no oil lamps. Instead, one could stand in a room and say in either English or Talmonese, "Lights, high," or "Lights, off," with the expected results. The lights weren't available in every house in Indartha, but they were being installed. Unfortunately, not a single Talmonese had the skills to do this, and we had limited personnel to perform the installation.

In addition to the lights, we also had electric heat, which was being installed with the lights.

Sartine's house also had other conveniences not available as widely, but these were conveniences Cecilia imported and paid for herself, and it might be some time before they were widely disseminated throughout Talmon, if ever.

"I don't know how many lives we can save with electricity," Cecilia said to me.

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