Considering the planet was sold in 2920, this leaves just 20 years to make an entire planet into an ecumenopolis (city-planet). This seems to me a bit over the top as it would mean untold billions of people would have to have moved to the planet on day one and started building on every available piece of land, essentially skipping all other stages of development and jumping straight to building skyscrapers. Is this an oversight in lore, and if not, why isn't there more lore on this massive project that more than rivals the synthworld in scope? EDIT: Since the UEES Stanton was built in 2872, and Idris-class ships are named after systems, does that mean time travel is confirmed since the system wasn't discovered for another 30 years?