[META] [RFC] Militarization around the 2022 period

[robkelk]

The idea that anyone has the authority to tell them that their shipyard is "authorized" or "not authorized" is going to be anathema to a lot of fen, I think.

As I understand it, the Convention has jurisdiction in the Solar System, not including Earth. People who want to live away from its rules can move to another system, just like they moved to another planet before the Convention was formed. See The Notebooks of Lazarus Long for an appropriate quote here.

(We were looking for some in-setting rules to get some interstellar colonies going, weren't we?)
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Rob Kelk
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