Another historical influence that can be applied would be the Range Wars. The cattle barons and their drivers (cowboys), thought they too had a perfect trade system going on. The cattle were self replenishing and both feeding and watering them was free on the open ranges.
In a broad sweep, we can say that barbed wire [...]
I’m starting to get a sense for Abby Brill. (No idea where the name Abby came from, but the Brill is from Super DJ Dmitri aka Dmitri Brill. “Groove is In the Heart” happened to be playing and Kirby was too American.) She was supposed to die, but now I’m not too sure.
I focused heavily [...]
The fallacies about the Spacer ACC turning directly into Clan traders are:
Time loss (on the order of years)
10,000 crew is a town or small-city
Manufacturing, not trading
Distilleries are still a cool idea
Manufacturing product while traveling?
I think I mentioned it before, but the ACC at first have to be explorers and the life lines between colonies.
As the [...]
