[Reason077]

> "A very small angular error in beaming could result in being literally microwaved."

One of the SimCity games had this as an occasional disaster event. You had to make sure your ground collector stations weren't too close to the rest of the city or risk setting your buildings on fire.

[emmelaich]

Reminds me of the malfunctioning space laser news story from Robocop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CrTJEY8zNs

Such fun.