tive;

Concurrently, design, construct and position an
interstellar spunnel portage system consisting
of two terminals, each of which would include
an integral, fully self-sufficient facility for
command-and-control, self-service and repair,
logistical and other operations essential to its
unique mission. Designate the terminal at 'star'
destination the Extractor and the terminal that
remains on the solar rim, the Collector.

-- The Extractor selects and draws usable
non-organics from the Alpha Centauri star
system, and collects, converts and channels
the product into its teleport shipping facility for
point-to-point spunnel transfer to the Collector.

-- The Collector receives the product, converts
it to its original form, and classifies, identifies
and ejects the substance for storage along the
solar rim or at a point Authority determines to
be more appropriate.

Construct the terminals four million kilometers
beyond Pluto. During construction, secure the
terminals to each other and separately, to Pluto,
employing mass attractors and position stabilizers,
as required.

Disengage the Extractor from Pluto at launch
employing Pluto's outbound orbital momentum
in a manner that the combined fleet retains its
integrity in perpetuity.

Deploy the Extractor to Alpha Centauri and position
it in orbit above a point commensurate with data
provided by the drone scouts. Maintain constant
surveillance and exercise control over operations
and maintenance via spunnel analyses of the
Extractor's functions, structures and equipment.

Position the Collector along the solar rim and
orient it consistent with the Extractor's position
and operations in the Alpha Centauri system.

Stages

The Extractor, in position at destination,
analyzes, selects and draws substance from
proximate asteroids, comets, satellites,
planetoids, swarms, star surface and other
accessible bodies and strata, reduces the substance
to spunnel-teleportable constituents, loads the mass
into the spunnel facility and dispatches the product.

The Collector, positioned in the Solar System
oriented to the Extractor, receives and converts
the Extractor's transmissions, processes substance
into its original or a refined state, classifies
and ejects the mass for positioning in the storage
zone.

Resources and Schedule

The Task requires six Earth centuries to design,
construct, equip, test, deploy and activate. The
millennia of delay in init