@AceDreamer: Inner planet shipping is handled by Hermes and CHOAM, although JMC does have a significant presence there as well, just nowhere near the overwhelming majority. And you still do have the independent shippers everywhere.
And regrding the trio of UBA raids on Frigga... it was intended to be secret, and it was intended to try to force Frigga to join with them, in terms of "we can provide protection, but we have to be paid to do it". It was a classic case of attempted extortion.
During the height of it, since JMC wasn't about to play ball, either, rather than raiding, UBA broke contract, then made all sorts of messy noises about the materials still in JMC warehouses, basically trying to force JMC to have to dismantle several weeks worth of shipping to return it in what they claimed would be a "timely manner", with the resulting public relations clusterfuck that would be for JMC regarding everyone else.
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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
And regrding the trio of UBA raids on Frigga... it was intended to be secret, and it was intended to try to force Frigga to join with them, in terms of "we can provide protection, but we have to be paid to do it". It was a classic case of attempted extortion.
During the height of it, since JMC wasn't about to play ball, either, rather than raiding, UBA broke contract, then made all sorts of messy noises about the materials still in JMC warehouses, basically trying to force JMC to have to dismantle several weeks worth of shipping to return it in what they claimed would be a "timely manner", with the resulting public relations clusterfuck that would be for JMC regarding everyone else.
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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