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

> On 07/17/2020 5:58 AM Alex Goodwin <xxxxxx@multitel.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> On 17/7/20 7:34 pm, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 23:38 Alex Goodwin,
> > <xxxxxx@multitel.com.au <mailto:xxxxxx@multitel.com.au>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >     <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).  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.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > That's actually dead brilliant. I'm surprised nobody has made one of
> >     > these before. Letting outsystem miners stay on their claim would
> >     be a
> >     > great benefit.
> >     >  
> >     > <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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