Lottery
Definition
Here in the KB, a catch-all term for various random
or non-random drawings where most or all people's
names are in a system, computerized or not,
where a name is selected at random by human hands,
or either at random or via factored analysis by
Main Computer.
That is, any selection of names where human decision is
not a factor.
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List
- "Black Sun":
John "instructed Central Computer to select the people most likely,
in every way, to ensure the survival of mankind in space." See
Black Sun Lifeboat Eagle.
- "Earthbound":
Selection for one Alphan who can go with the
Kaldorians to Earth (of year
2074 -- or later if some
time dilation).
It is to be an "objective" decision.
Needs review: were there criteria?
Main Computer ends up (in the end), selecting
Simmonds,
but by then, he, not knowing computer's eventual selection,
had already taken action and took hostages on his way
to getting on board.
- BOW1: Random(?) computer selection
for the three Alphans to go on the initial "pilot ship" to Earth,
but alien's have enough control of Tony's mind that he reads
not the names printed, but names of the aliens' choice.