Slow your roll, guys. I'm only getting to the library every great once in a while.
This stuff was intended as part of the epilogue, where, unless I was mistaken, Maico already knows who the Sabers are and Jet has provisionally cleared her... but Ben is ensuring that the message is clear. Besides, ben wouldn't appreciate it if Maico made Jet look bad, and I'm pretty sure the other SMOFs wouldn't take that too kindly either even if what Jet was doing was a little bit above the law... Let's amend that a bit...
"I can't speak for the rest of the SMOFs, Miss Tange, but Jet is many things to us. For some she's a friend, for others a business partner, and for a few she's even a comrade-in-arms. I can assure you that while no direct action would be taken, the others might be... displeased."
"Wait, you guys can't do that!" said Maico once she realized what Ben was implying.
"Miss Tange, we each rule our own little corner of space as we see fit within the provisions of the Convention. However, we hardly have a monopoly. To say that any of us can completely blackball you is a stretch. That said, though, it would be most unwise to piss with any of us. We're not heartless, but we really hate it when someone hurts one of our own."
Better?
Also, my take on the original Knight Sabers was that they were a kill squad... of sorts. IIRC, whenever the mission objectives set forth by the customer were not too clear then the simplest methods were used. (Granted, they never really took on assassination jobs, but Boomers were their specialty anyhow, and they killed those with extreme prejudice.)
All that said, I apologize. Instead, let's amend that to where Ben says, "Personally, I'd rather just kill them myself, but that's just the Texan in me. You know, kill the sorry sackashit and he won't trouble you or your kin no more. But if Jet wants to take them alive, then more power to her. I just hope that what's left of their existence makes the Circles of Hell look like a pleasure cruise."
This stuff was intended as part of the epilogue, where, unless I was mistaken, Maico already knows who the Sabers are and Jet has provisionally cleared her... but Ben is ensuring that the message is clear. Besides, ben wouldn't appreciate it if Maico made Jet look bad, and I'm pretty sure the other SMOFs wouldn't take that too kindly either even if what Jet was doing was a little bit above the law... Let's amend that a bit...
"I can't speak for the rest of the SMOFs, Miss Tange, but Jet is many things to us. For some she's a friend, for others a business partner, and for a few she's even a comrade-in-arms. I can assure you that while no direct action would be taken, the others might be... displeased."
"Wait, you guys can't do that!" said Maico once she realized what Ben was implying.
"Miss Tange, we each rule our own little corner of space as we see fit within the provisions of the Convention. However, we hardly have a monopoly. To say that any of us can completely blackball you is a stretch. That said, though, it would be most unwise to piss with any of us. We're not heartless, but we really hate it when someone hurts one of our own."
Better?
Also, my take on the original Knight Sabers was that they were a kill squad... of sorts. IIRC, whenever the mission objectives set forth by the customer were not too clear then the simplest methods were used. (Granted, they never really took on assassination jobs, but Boomers were their specialty anyhow, and they killed those with extreme prejudice.)
All that said, I apologize. Instead, let's amend that to where Ben says, "Personally, I'd rather just kill them myself, but that's just the Texan in me. You know, kill the sorry sackashit and he won't trouble you or your kin no more. But if Jet wants to take them alive, then more power to her. I just hope that what's left of their existence makes the Circles of Hell look like a pleasure cruise."