A Friday de Heinlein apresentou essa escala mencionada de passagem.
Sexta-feira está navegando em anexos clasificados aleatórios e chama a atenção de Georges para uma chamada para colonos ...
BORED?
We are about to abandon a pioneer party on a virgin planet type T-13. Guaranteed sex ratio 50-40-10±2% Median bio age 32±1. No temperament test required No Assessments-No Contributions-No Rescue
System Expansion Corporation
Division of Demography and Ecology
Luna City GPO lock box DEMO
or punch Tycho 800-2300I called that one back and reread it. How would it feel to tackle a brand-new world side by side with comrades?-people who could not possibly know my origin. Or care. My enhancements might make me respected rather than a freak-as long as I did not flaunt them.
"Georges, look at this, please."
He did so. "What about it?"
"It could be fun-no?"
"No! Marjorie, on the T scale anything over eight calls for a large cash bonus, lavish equipment, and trained colonists. A thirteen is an exotic route to suicide, that's all."