Dartz Wrote:The response of the majority of fen could probably be summarised as:
Oh look.... here comes "democracy".
Absolutely true. But a good point could be that nobody ever figures out who hacked the signal and forced the issue. For all anyone knows, it could have been a villain faction out to cause a panic (in the danes AND in Fen who are extra-flighty) by forcing them up.
And after the Boskone War, it makes no sense whatsoever for the US to accept not having any power projection 'Upstairs'. I just can't see them bumbling around anymore. You're talking actual space NAVIES, who are unbeholden to the UN and are undetered by nukes. Hell, they have BETTER strategic weapons since they can 'drop rocks'. Plus, well... we're already seeing it in the 2015 stories, but just flying around CISlunar space, going to Mars and Ceres, Venus and Ganymede? It's becoming... normal. You know, MUNDANE. All of a sudden, it's no longer 'Those guys are nuts! It's crazy going up there!' to 'Man, what nuttiness did those Fenners get up to this week? Say, don't you have a business meeting with them tomorrow?' All of a sudden, supertankers start rising from the oceans with built-in refineries to go harvest Venus and Titan, great mundane mining ships are being assembled in Earth orbit, factory stations cluttering up near space...
It would explain why everyone is so keen on leaving the solar system in the 2020's. All of a sudden, there are danes EVERYWHERE. So, they move out to other systems. Far enough away where those uppity normal, BORING folk will stop trampling their lawns!
And after the Boskone War, it makes no sense whatsoever for the US to accept not having any power projection 'Upstairs'. I just can't see them bumbling around anymore. You're talking actual space NAVIES, who are unbeholden to the UN and are undetered by nukes. Hell, they have BETTER strategic weapons since they can 'drop rocks'. Plus, well... we're already seeing it in the 2015 stories, but just flying around CISlunar space, going to Mars and Ceres, Venus and Ganymede? It's becoming... normal. You know, MUNDANE. All of a sudden, it's no longer 'Those guys are nuts! It's crazy going up there!' to 'Man, what nuttiness did those Fenners get up to this week? Say, don't you have a business meeting with them tomorrow?' All of a sudden, supertankers start rising from the oceans with built-in refineries to go harvest Venus and Titan, great mundane mining ships are being assembled in Earth orbit, factory stations cluttering up near space...
It would explain why everyone is so keen on leaving the solar system in the 2020's. All of a sudden, there are danes EVERYWHERE. So, they move out to other systems. Far enough away where those uppity normal, BORING folk will stop trampling their lawns!