[META] [RFC] Militarization around the 2022 period

[robkelk]

Question... does choosing to live outside the Fenspace convention automatically make one a Boskonian?

"Boskonian" is a term of art applied to people who aren't simply outside the Convention but are also actively engaging in criminal activity (by Fenspace and Earth standards). Just dropping out into the main belt or the Kupier or whatever doesn't automatically make someone Boskonian, it's when they start trading slaves or guns or thionite that they make the turn.

Yep - I only said the Roughriders would be "Boksonian by default" because we're discussing outlawing their level of private ownership of strategic assets.
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Rob Kelk
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