I seem to recall we had a thread some years ago about Fenspace's "super-rich," but we never got around to saying exactly who they were.
So here's my candidate list.
But there are others who might qualify for the list: the McManuses (who put Pallas in a plastic bag), A.C. Peters (Fenspace's top Mad Cyberneticist), Robur ("the other guy with a private station"), and the folks at Hephaestus and JMC (they own Hephaestus and JMC, respectively) come to mind. Should they - or others I've forgotten - be on the list? If so, where?
And is Don Antonio richer than The Jason?
(Note that the Stellvians, excepting Noah, are not super-rich. Much of Yayoi's seed money went to the Senshi back in the First Fen days, keeping them alive long enough to become a Major Faction; Sora's wealth was collectivized by the Soviets with her permission; Korhan's went up in multiple explosions; and so on. That doesn't mean they aren't wealthy enough to own private asteroids if they want, just that they aren't part of "the 1%.")
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
So here's my candidate list.
- At the top is Chris Marsden (owner and CEO of Greenwood), followed closely by Noah Scott (owner and CEO of StellviaCorp).
- A slightly-distant third is Padraig O'Niell (owner and CEO of CHOAM).
- After these three comes Don Antonio Esposito (who ... *ahem* ... operates a Family business).
- Then there's The Jason (the preeminent Mad Biologist/Geneticist of Fenspace).
But there are others who might qualify for the list: the McManuses (who put Pallas in a plastic bag), A.C. Peters (Fenspace's top Mad Cyberneticist), Robur ("the other guy with a private station"), and the folks at Hephaestus and JMC (they own Hephaestus and JMC, respectively) come to mind. Should they - or others I've forgotten - be on the list? If so, where?
And is Don Antonio richer than The Jason?
(Note that the Stellvians, excepting Noah, are not super-rich. Much of Yayoi's seed money went to the Senshi back in the First Fen days, keeping them alive long enough to become a Major Faction; Sora's wealth was collectivized by the Soviets with her permission; Korhan's went up in multiple explosions; and so on. That doesn't mean they aren't wealthy enough to own private asteroids if they want, just that they aren't part of "the 1%.")
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012