On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 09:05:07PM -0500, Jonathan Clark wrote:
> Of course, such planets are rarely the cream of the crop, so factor
> that in. Crop failures, mysterious diseases, solar flares, pirate
> raids (interstellar and from the Church of the Eight Stars),
> insufficient genetic diversity, ferocious local wildlife, all these
> are possible.

Plus those good old standbys, corruption and/or incompetence.

- Tim