(I've had a flash of scene that I need to work in somewhere....)
Senator Kellerman was ranting on about all the weird things spacers tended to be fans of. "And tell me, Mister Marsden, what about all these 'space pirates'? I understand you just had something of a war over it... doesn't that tell you that something more serious, more civilized, needs to be done about this?"
Chris shook his head. "Senator, the war was against criminals and drug traffickers. Kidnappers, slavers, and generally scum. The Harlocks - your "so-called space pirates" - are just people who take 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' far too seriously."
(maybe have it be a media bite on the senate hearings, part of the background in the early Soviet/Rockhounds strategy meetings...)
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Senator Kellerman was ranting on about all the weird things spacers tended to be fans of. "And tell me, Mister Marsden, what about all these 'space pirates'? I understand you just had something of a war over it... doesn't that tell you that something more serious, more civilized, needs to be done about this?"
Chris shook his head. "Senator, the war was against criminals and drug traffickers. Kidnappers, slavers, and generally scum. The Harlocks - your "so-called space pirates" - are just people who take 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' far too seriously."
(maybe have it be a media bite on the senate hearings, part of the background in the early Soviet/Rockhounds strategy meetings...)
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.