<snip> > > > A civvy-to-civvy application could be in belt mining (That's it, > you're > getting blame^H^H^H^H^Hcredit in the next Parental Advisory game - the > Collinson system). > > > Hah! Wonderful, a badge I shall wear with honour. > and when it goes wrong it handily becomes the Collision system. And of course that sparks Sublieutenant "Collision" Collinson, TCN. If it's got wings, contragrav, J-drive, rockets, airscrews, jet engines, lifting/control surfaces, solar sails or M-drive, he can crash it. A commissioned version of the King's Hard Bargain - his despairing skipper tripped over the extremely effective disciplinary tool of "You leave me no choice, Collision. I'm going to have to put you in for promotion." > > Captain Agro Vation skippers the _Ping Pong Balls > With Texta Colour_ mining support ship, which flies around to active > miners, delivering life support and mining supplies, removing life > support wastes, processing mined ore, etc (all for a fee and markup, > naturlich) - all that transfer would require either a mutant UNREP > system or docking. That way the miners can stay on station longer, no > one off their mining ship has to smell the insides of said ship, etc. > > A far(?) future analogue (early 22nd century in my case) of the > bloke in > a gold rush coming along _behind_ the miners and selling them kit, > food, > supplies, etc. > > > Ah yes. The BBC are just about to finish broadcasting _Illuminations_ > (or more like Gloominations really) next Sunday. I can't say I've > loved it but it's set in New Zealand around the time of the/a gold > rush and you get just this kind of thing. Plus prostitutes and a > community of Chinese who are more than a little ostracised. > > tc > Like the CFR chief on Procyon, Agro's another NPC drawn from life (and actually named, this time for a puppet).
