On 17/7/20 11:17 pm, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Morning from WA. Alex,
>
> My recollection of Ziru Sirka is that they were a rigid organization that tried to control every detail of an operation.
>
> Tom Rux
>
>> <snip>
>> Thus my question earlier about how prevalent, legal, and/or regulated
>> belt mining is in the Ziru Sirka - one option I'm looking at for the
>> Boatload of Lunatics to hide in plain sight is to front up as a mining
>> support ship.  The disguise works much better (not to mention dodges
>> pointed questions with very loud punctuation from the naval base they're
>> casing) if there's actually belt miners that need supporting.
>>
>> Even if belt mining is legit(-ish), how their stunt Upsets The Sleep of
>> Important People is a different kettle of fish.
>>
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So that would be technically legal, heavily regulated, etc.  What about
the social aspects - how common/respectable would belt mining be?

Exactly the sort of applecart that has a magnetic attraction to/for
PCs...  (as Chas & Dave put it, "Mash and Bangers' clangers come about
quite frequently...." )

And that's before we get to wildcat (unlicensed/illegal) mining.