Uplanders: One of the obscurest of 'scure fandoms, inspired by a book hardly anyone has ever heard of*. A few individuals have decided to embrace most of the Belter lifestyle while still keeping the 'Danelaw within easy reach for the occasional beer run, and built themselves micro-space stations in low-Earth orbit, ranging in size from comparable to a two-berth caravan to something like a modest suburban house. Most of them refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Convention, the UNOOSA or in fact anyone other than themselves; a few have gone so far as to declare themselves independent sovereign states, which is taken seriously by absolutely nobody. Most of them are harmless eccentrics who just want to be left alone, but a few of the more hardline types have a tendency to consider any rules an unlawful infringement on their freedoms, even mutually beneficial ones like fitting radar reflectors and being careful where they jettison their trash.
* With good reason, because despite the cool-sounding premise it was pretty terrible.
Jamesons: Because calling themselves the Elite fen would sound really daft out of context. More of a lifestyle than a true fandom, named for the default player name in the classic Elite space-trader sims. Jamesons are freelance, itinerant traders who live aboard their ships and rarely stay in one place for longer than it takes to load and unload cargo, refuel and resupply their ships and maybe have a few beers. They rarely go full Boskone, but have an unfortunate and not-undeserved reputation for taking a "don't ask don't tell" attitude to what they're being paid to deliver. However, Jamesons also make up a surprising percentage of Fenspace's homegrown writers and artists, as without reliable high-speed Interwave access or the various time-compression technologies from the games there isn't a whole lot else to do on a long run.
* With good reason, because despite the cool-sounding premise it was pretty terrible.
Jamesons: Because calling themselves the Elite fen would sound really daft out of context. More of a lifestyle than a true fandom, named for the default player name in the classic Elite space-trader sims. Jamesons are freelance, itinerant traders who live aboard their ships and rarely stay in one place for longer than it takes to load and unload cargo, refuel and resupply their ships and maybe have a few beers. They rarely go full Boskone, but have an unfortunate and not-undeserved reputation for taking a "don't ask don't tell" attitude to what they're being paid to deliver. However, Jamesons also make up a surprising percentage of Fenspace's homegrown writers and artists, as without reliable high-speed Interwave access or the various time-compression technologies from the games there isn't a whole lot else to do on a long run.