Or worse, what if instead of computer the Ancients hired someone to run the place while they were gone. The who sphere has been outsourced, and the people running it are inept, don't speak the language, and tend to get things wrong.
So a request to the from the High Priest of the Earth god, leading his army of 10,000 followers, to send his gnomes and have themdown the fortress of the unbelievers, could come across as:
Request for terraforming on grid coordinate 23-45-86 With a POP Rating of 10K
Some paper pusher goes "Ten thosuand huh, they must really want to terraform that section. Probably want to put in a swimming pool or something. Better activate some of the earthmover robots. "
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