Quote:Well, think about it like this: The Stingray was a black-project runaround set up by the Navy in order to get past TSAB's restrictions on handwavium access. The project was set up by an admiral who retired before launch, commanded by a crew of people already on the shitlists of various people in the upper ranks, and the boat was a design long since superceded & scheduled for retirement. It wouldn't be hard for Dodge's enemies in the Pentagon to spin the Seawolf's launch (especially as it was violating a direct order to stand down) as an act of mutiny and piracy against the Navy. If Dodge's direct superiors (see "enemies" above) disavow any knowledge of his actions, they could damn well hang Stingray out to dry without support from "official" military lines.
I note that, contrary to the above indications re: fate of USS Stingray. I find it doubtful, at the very least, that a continuing US presence in space (the TSAB) would allow a fellow American military unit to starve on the vine to the point that they would effectively desert.
In that case, TSAB wouldn't offer support, as the official line would be that Stingray was just as outlaw as, say, Ptichka or Wave Convoy were pre-amnesty.---
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