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[STORY] Mr. Fnord Goes to Washington
 
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Quote: Ebony wrote:

1. Zero-G provides advantages for necessary industries that we can issue embargos on American companies and the American government.
Part of what Jeph has his lawyer looking at is how easy it will be to modify contracts if someone jumps
the gun, be it the United States, or individual Fen.

Quote: 2. As a foreign power, there are more than a hundred other countries that the Fen can do business with. Blackstone would suggest bolstering the economies of
Luxembourg and Lichtenstien (to say nothing of nations in serious need of economic assistance, like parts of Africa and Southeast Asia) before dropping
bombs* on America.
Something else that Jeph is looking into, since he has a whole fleet of cargo ships running now. Granted,
by UPS standards it's not very large, but still. Right now, anything of the sort is running through Australia with
maybe the occasional stop in America. This can be changed in a hurry as these things go.

Quote: 3. There are literally hundreds of satellites orbiting the planet. Co-opting or destroying them provides an effective deterrent to American intelligence as
well as demonstrating the Fens' advantages.
It wouldn't take much for an escorted Starbug 1 or one of the Blue
Midgets to scoop up a few dozen as a demonstration. Smile

Quote: 4. Dropping rocks on the planet affects the WHOLE planet, not just America. Unless we're willing to go to war with Earth, the Institute classifies this
as a Lost Hat Plan.
Very much why it's a bad idea. Just one rock could throw a lot of dust and debris in the air that can affect farming halfway across the
planet, not to mention it's really not all that surgical to begin with. It's the equivalent of curing someone
of lung cancer by blowing the offending organ out of their body with a bazooka or LAW.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
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[STORY] Mr. Fnord Goes to Washington - by M Fnord - 03-29-2009, 06:04 AM
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