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The Outlaw Accident.
Jan 31, 2024.
One of the early Outlaw class cruisers collides with an unidentified object while on approach to re-entry of the Continental US. The crippled cruiser breaks up on re-entry, showering most of the Southern States with heavy metal debris.
The Dragon Wagon was owned by the bounty hunter Misty Carlson and her Partner. She is killed when her pressure helmet is punctured by debris. Her partner survives, but he suffers severe injuries, becoming one of the first recipients of a full cyber conversion to save his life. 5 people are killed on the ground when an engine nacelle falls on a house in Lubbock, Texas. Dozens more are injured by the shockwave hundreds of tons of metal and composites create as it barrels out of control through the atmosphere.
The legal ramifications get played like Tennis through the courts as insurance companies struggle to pass the buck on liability. The crew are absolved of wrongdoing, with blame being apportioned in full to the still-unidentified flying object struck..
As a result of this accident, re-entry over land was forbidden worldwide, with the exception of parts of Siberia, Antarctica and in cases of genuine emergency.
Misty's partner continues Bounty Hunting for several years under the handle 'Jet Jaguar'.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
The Outlaw Accident.
Jan 31, 2024.
One of the early Outlaw class cruisers collides with an unidentified object while on approach to re-entry of the Continental US. The crippled cruiser breaks up on re-entry, showering most of the Southern States with heavy metal debris.
The Dragon Wagon was owned by the bounty hunter Misty Carlson and her Partner. She is killed when her pressure helmet is punctured by debris. Her partner survives, but he suffers severe injuries, becoming one of the first recipients of a full cyber conversion to save his life. 5 people are killed on the ground when an engine nacelle falls on a house in Lubbock, Texas. Dozens more are injured by the shockwave hundreds of tons of metal and composites create as it barrels out of control through the atmosphere.
The legal ramifications get played like Tennis through the courts as insurance companies struggle to pass the buck on liability. The crew are absolved of wrongdoing, with blame being apportioned in full to the still-unidentified flying object struck..
As a result of this accident, re-entry over land was forbidden worldwide, with the exception of parts of Siberia, Antarctica and in cases of genuine emergency.
Misty's partner continues Bounty Hunting for several years under the handle 'Jet Jaguar'.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?