> the tunnelling machines that had all the pieces replicated inhouse
Wait... did you build your own tunnel boring machines? Or just spare parts for them?
Wait... did you build your own tunnel boring machines? Or just spare parts for them?
Now, operating a tunnel-boring machine, that's a different beast, but you'd have to do that either way. Probably should get outside help if your engineers and scientists haven't planned and dug a tunnel in their life.