Okay, I haven't really read all of this yet. So much crap to go through.
Initial impression: So, this is a slightly harder reboot of Fenspace (not only harder science, but also harder socio-politics?)... Interesting.
In order to contribute anything really meaningful, I'd probably have to wrap things up in Original Flavor FS in a nice and tidy bow... or at least patch it up well enough that it'll be fine with some shorts here and there and now and then. In that continuum, Ben will probably turn most of the Roughriders, along with 36 Atalante, over to the Patrol, keeping only some of the best toys for a much smaller and far more mobile merc force. Think something along the lines of the mercenary forces seen in BattleTech. Primary driving force behind this would be a largely unsubstantiated scandal involving Roughriders - Maico probably blew the thing wide open and happily dissected the whole thing, pointing out just how flawed the case was. Regardless, Ben would admit that the Roughriders present something of an elephant in the room when it comes to fen politics. Much better to fold the operation into an organization seen as being far more trustworthy with that level of dakka.
Anywho...
I'm just messing around with ideas, is all. Like I said, I don't have the full picture yet. I'll fill you guys in on more when A) I've read through everything and B) I'm not running on less than five hours of sleep in forty-eight hours.
Initial impression: So, this is a slightly harder reboot of Fenspace (not only harder science, but also harder socio-politics?)... Interesting.
In order to contribute anything really meaningful, I'd probably have to wrap things up in Original Flavor FS in a nice and tidy bow... or at least patch it up well enough that it'll be fine with some shorts here and there and now and then. In that continuum, Ben will probably turn most of the Roughriders, along with 36 Atalante, over to the Patrol, keeping only some of the best toys for a much smaller and far more mobile merc force. Think something along the lines of the mercenary forces seen in BattleTech. Primary driving force behind this would be a largely unsubstantiated scandal involving Roughriders - Maico probably blew the thing wide open and happily dissected the whole thing, pointing out just how flawed the case was. Regardless, Ben would admit that the Roughriders present something of an elephant in the room when it comes to fen politics. Much better to fold the operation into an organization seen as being far more trustworthy with that level of dakka.
Anywho...
I'm just messing around with ideas, is all. Like I said, I don't have the full picture yet. I'll fill you guys in on more when A) I've read through everything and B) I'm not running on less than five hours of sleep in forty-eight hours.