Ah. Sometimes in threads such as this, it can be hard to seperate between the two. Anyway, the main thrust of this thread happened before I got involved in Fenspace anyway. Not that either Ciara or Jet personally would've been noteworthy enough to be on the SMoF mailing list in 2014....
Ciara Docks in Detroit regularly enough for one or two of the newer crew to come from there, including the post Boskone-era computer systems operator.. (I think this was a plot thread from TSiR). Their first meeting with the locals led to a minor incident and protest when she was mistaken for a military vessel. The correct term however would probably be 'Privateer'. Which would of course make them 'Garret's Privateers'.
In a more future-based footnote. The tail that forever wags the dog, Stingray Motor Engineering, will have a very small assembly plant in Detroit sometime around 2023, to skip US import tarrifs. The business is notorious for offering some of the best pension and healthcare benefits in the city for a small pool of employees - to the point where questions and eyebrows have been raised. And other local small businesses have complained that it's causing labour relations issues...
I'd say you an get a lot more crippled than 'bankruptcy protection', howver . Wait till you see the horrors rampant privatisation of critical services will unleash.
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Ciara Docks in Detroit regularly enough for one or two of the newer crew to come from there, including the post Boskone-era computer systems operator.. (I think this was a plot thread from TSiR). Their first meeting with the locals led to a minor incident and protest when she was mistaken for a military vessel. The correct term however would probably be 'Privateer'. Which would of course make them 'Garret's Privateers'.
In a more future-based footnote. The tail that forever wags the dog, Stingray Motor Engineering, will have a very small assembly plant in Detroit sometime around 2023, to skip US import tarrifs. The business is notorious for offering some of the best pension and healthcare benefits in the city for a small pool of employees - to the point where questions and eyebrows have been raised. And other local small businesses have complained that it's causing labour relations issues...
I'd say you an get a lot more crippled than 'bankruptcy protection', howver . Wait till you see the horrors rampant privatisation of critical services will unleash.
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