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Russia contained the remaining significant Earth deposits of the minerals needed by the Flaxen war industry. The mines lay deep inside United Earth territory.
Importance of Venus
Eppleston explained that destroying the Venusian mineral plant denied the Flaxens important supplies because they could not readily replace them from Earth's accessible mines.[1]
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Sources
Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.
- Chapter 27 · pp. 220