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I don't think life would evolve to any kind of tool development on Miller's world because of the very long list of conditions described in this other answer. There's just no calm enough place to deve …

Maintain altitude using a heated gas envelope, much like a hot air balloon on Earth While it's true that a vacuum is much less dense than atmospheric hydrogen at 1 bar, the pressure vessel/flight env …

Design of the castle The architect will have taken an architecture history course so he need only examine the king's army to decide how to build a maximally defensive castle. …

Utilize multiple passive traps around and within the temple. Defense in depth will ensure that even if some of your measures fail, the filthy archeologists will still snuff it. Use radiation, heavy me …

Granite Massifs are common A granite block of the size you ask for is totally feasible. El Capitan in California is certainly taller. Getting the living spaces you want without explosives or magic …

Start with the people then the city then the ruins Cities always arise from the culture and situation of the people who built it. Their priorities will be expressed in what buildings are where and wh …

Tricky to tell since the effects are very similar to conventional explosives Incendiary and blast effects are the primary effects of orbital energy weapons. This is very similar to the effects of con …

Move to Norway Computers run hot. The continual problem in any data center is power and cooling; making up a greater cost than the equipment itself. Norway has significant natural environmental cooli …