[ WP ] A literal smart bomb is detonated in a major city .

*It's boring here*, the consensus thought. They'd been in orbit for several decades, and even with the speed of thought slowed to near 1-1, there just were n't enough emissions to keep their local datasphere flush with new content. Well over 90 % of the data originating from the planet below was either a duplicate of existing datasets, or in some way a derivative work. 
 
 The consensus dissolved into its components, each picking an avatar suited to reflect the dominate race on the planet below, except for Frank, he insisted on being an Orangoutang. 
 
 *They're just a Stage 2 civilization on the Xenthan scale*, Frank said helpfully, although it sounded a great deal like `` Ook.'' 
 
 `` Yes, but their fossil fuel reserves are far greater even than the usual we find on nitrogen-cycle rocks,'' said Starla. `` We'd have better content if there were more people in their datasphere, but for a proper population explosion we need a proper energy crisis.'' 
 
 `` At this rate they might actually reset to a Stage 1,'' Murray opined. 
 
 *So let's give them a cluebat*, Frank suggested. *Drop it right next to one of their more powerful government zones, New York or Beijing should work. * 
 
 `` A cluebat?'' Starla laughed, `` If we were going to dole out a cluebat, we should use it on Hollywood or San Jose. That'd have faster results.'' 
 
 `` Not as long-lasting ones though, Starla. If they extinguish before they hit Stage 4, we wo n't be able to fold them into the infoverse.'' Murray replied. 
 
 *Is there any reason we ca n't do both? * Frank ooked. 
 
 `` I suppose not,'' Starla said. 
 
 The consensus reformed. Two small bb-sized spheres began to take shape on the surface of the small rock that covered the outer shell of the probe. The spheres shot outwards as soon as they were formed, each targeting a different city. 
 
 *It wo n't be long now* the consensus thought. *Not long at all. *
