Or slowly getting hollowed out and modified from the inside. The change from Operation Great Justice, to just 'Great Justice'.
Although, I assumed Great Justice would offer grants to settlements to help pay for a local defense..... with the caveats that anything purchased using grant money must meet acceptable standards (Part L of the military spacecraft capabilities specification), and must be available to GJ as a reserve line unit in case of nearby emergency.
The Part L requirement also makes an excellent homologation requirement for the 'Warbirds' class of asteroid racers. They have to have been built in compliance with the grant requirement, have been homologated by GJ and still retain their compliance while racing. Inevitably this leads to several 'military' spacecraft which are really just homologation specials for production asteroid racers.
You also have approved training facilities that must meat minimum standards of instruction, instructor field experience and local unique selling points.
Then there're a whole slew of combat vehicles which are 'combat' in appearance only..... putting them in an actual fight would just get the user killed.
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Although, I assumed Great Justice would offer grants to settlements to help pay for a local defense..... with the caveats that anything purchased using grant money must meet acceptable standards (Part L of the military spacecraft capabilities specification), and must be available to GJ as a reserve line unit in case of nearby emergency.
The Part L requirement also makes an excellent homologation requirement for the 'Warbirds' class of asteroid racers. They have to have been built in compliance with the grant requirement, have been homologated by GJ and still retain their compliance while racing. Inevitably this leads to several 'military' spacecraft which are really just homologation specials for production asteroid racers.
You also have approved training facilities that must meat minimum standards of instruction, instructor field experience and local unique selling points.
Then there're a whole slew of combat vehicles which are 'combat' in appearance only..... putting them in an actual fight would just get the user killed.
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