We all know, most countries on Earth are neutral or don't like the Fen at all... and doing something against it is difficult for the Fen.
But today morning while talking with BlackAeronaut I had an idea. Maybe the Fen could exploit the force of the free market for themselves.
Fenspace has access to a huge amount of resources, but most of them are difficult to sell except in huge quantities. But whats about starting to look explicitly for rare-earths in asteroids to mind and sell them at market price.
Rare-earths are very important for the hightech industry, and China is the only good source in 2014... nobody will be forced to buy anything from the Fen, but some countries will do it otherwise. Because they might not like Fenspace, but at least they are not a rival as much as China.
So Fenspace would get some resources... and some countries who will find it more difficult to "condemn" the Fen... and other 1st world countries might follow just because their hightech industry is too important to not to take the opportunity just because "DO NOT LIKE FEN".
Will be of course a slow strategy, but it might be a way to apply some pressure on Earth without doing something directly hostile like breaking into radios or start large pirate TV stations...
What do you think?
But today morning while talking with BlackAeronaut I had an idea. Maybe the Fen could exploit the force of the free market for themselves.
Fenspace has access to a huge amount of resources, but most of them are difficult to sell except in huge quantities. But whats about starting to look explicitly for rare-earths in asteroids to mind and sell them at market price.
Rare-earths are very important for the hightech industry, and China is the only good source in 2014... nobody will be forced to buy anything from the Fen, but some countries will do it otherwise. Because they might not like Fenspace, but at least they are not a rival as much as China.
So Fenspace would get some resources... and some countries who will find it more difficult to "condemn" the Fen... and other 1st world countries might follow just because their hightech industry is too important to not to take the opportunity just because "DO NOT LIKE FEN".
Will be of course a slow strategy, but it might be a way to apply some pressure on Earth without doing something directly hostile like breaking into radios or start large pirate TV stations...
What do you think?