Quote:[b]robkelk wrote:[/b]
Any ideas?
I have one, which I had been planning for Genesis and the war. Genesis, as a company whose main business was in the Belt in the war, would create its own security to protect its ships and construction sites -for all purposes, a proper Evil MegaCorp Mercenary Army.
It would be a small one as far as Evil MegaCorp Armies go, but it would have several ships and dozens -possibly even a few hundred- but it would continue after the war, because Oscar was not going to get caught with his people undefended by pirate attacks ever again. I suspect the weapons, personnel and operation restrictions for such a thing would be a hotly debated part of the negociatiosn between Genesis and the Convention when the weapons limitation treaty was signed, but we can take for granted that the setting won over the forces of emo and dystopia, and the "security" is compliant with Great Justice needs.
That said, Genesis is not the only company which deals with the more isolated parts of the Solar System -and unlike then, Stellvia or Greenwood, few of the smaller companies can afford to build the kind of security you need to protect a transport against pirate raids -there is a niche for mercenary groups. They probably would have the be licensed, and face whatever restrictions private companies have with heir security, but the place for then is there