He has his immortal downpour at Skyfall Lake. Do you want any of this in cultivated lands?
>One day last summer here in Seattle, we had a beautiful rain storm. A
>big cloud was gently raining on my backyard while the sun shone all
>around it. It was warm and gentle and absolutely lovely. I imagine the
>Entekos/Shafelsora & Yelm could operate quite a bit like this in the
>Heartlands.
My point about the Heartlands being somewhat dry is their extensive use of irrigation. With Oslir River Farmers, this is used to cultivate (gold-coloured) rice, of course, but the Lodrili lands of the western Sultanates (Doblian, Oronin) which are big on maize might require some irrigation, more so recently because of the too mild winters.
>If you want aquaducts, I can see using them to bring clean water to the
>city. Think about poor Yuthuppa - downstreaml of Alkoth, Raibanth, and
>probably Glamour as well. No wonder they spend so much time
>contemplating the sky...
I am fairly certain that Lunar Heartland cities will need aquaeducts to provide drinkable water for their citizens. Which might cause some guerilla water wars between urban water officials and farmers robbed of their irrigation sources just when they need them most, during dry spells.
(The Romans had a special official, the curator aquarum, whose responsibility was a steady flow into the city. One of these, Frontinus, wrote a book "de aquis Romae", and Vitruv (another Roman author) used an entire volume (#8) of his work "de architectura" on aquaeducts etc.)
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