First thought.
Federal Geostationary Hypermax Penitentiary 'New Alcatraz'.
Second thought. Economics will drive a general warming an acceptance of the new people's in space. Rooting them out would be too expensive by 2015, both in money and manpower, compared to the rewards. While working with them generates trade, jobs, and an economic stimulus. So far, dealing the the Fenspacers has been good for the economies of the countries who've done so.... staying behind is an almost idiotic thing to do.
And while a mundane nation like the US could probably stomp its imperial boot on the plucky peoples in orbit given enough will, money and time, it's far easier to sell them grain and meat and other food products or base industrial goods, in exchange for cheaper fuels or cheaper rare-earths or whatever Fenspace is able to trade back to Earth.
It wouldn't surprise me if mundanes started slowly normalising relations, either establishing diplomatic missions to assist any citizens kidnapped, or just plain lost.... or their own personal enclaves and colonies.
Nations have no friends or enemies, only interests. Make it in their interest to do business and they'll do business. It's specifically why the government of Ireland opened themselves up.... they had nothing to lose by not doing so and it offered a chance out of a serious crisis. Quite a few other countries are bound to be taking the same approach, while those with the most to lose by a free and open society clam tightly shut.
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Federal Geostationary Hypermax Penitentiary 'New Alcatraz'.
Second thought. Economics will drive a general warming an acceptance of the new people's in space. Rooting them out would be too expensive by 2015, both in money and manpower, compared to the rewards. While working with them generates trade, jobs, and an economic stimulus. So far, dealing the the Fenspacers has been good for the economies of the countries who've done so.... staying behind is an almost idiotic thing to do.
And while a mundane nation like the US could probably stomp its imperial boot on the plucky peoples in orbit given enough will, money and time, it's far easier to sell them grain and meat and other food products or base industrial goods, in exchange for cheaper fuels or cheaper rare-earths or whatever Fenspace is able to trade back to Earth.
It wouldn't surprise me if mundanes started slowly normalising relations, either establishing diplomatic missions to assist any citizens kidnapped, or just plain lost.... or their own personal enclaves and colonies.
Nations have no friends or enemies, only interests. Make it in their interest to do business and they'll do business. It's specifically why the government of Ireland opened themselves up.... they had nothing to lose by not doing so and it offered a chance out of a serious crisis. Quite a few other countries are bound to be taking the same approach, while those with the most to lose by a free and open society clam tightly shut.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?