Empress of Mars: Undisputed

uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

Hmm.

What would it take for a return to the days of piracy and bandit kings? Seeing corporate barons regularly stopped and robbed by gangs of dandy highwaymen -- or shipments of luxury goods hijacked and sold off to feed the poor -- would restore so much joy to my heart.

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Damage control kobold

uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@zebratron2084

a break down of reliable fast long range communication mostly.

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Empress of Mars: Undisputed

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@001zlnv Or a method of hitting faster than that communication can deal with. Hmmm. I'm reminded of some of the stories of motorcycle couriers in Iraq confounding the hell outta US forces with far far better equipment and training but half the cunning...

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Damage control kobold

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@zebratron2084

For it to be an effective pirate/bandit scheme you would need a method to hit faster than communication, a safe haven to retreat to, and a method of fencing the goods after

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Empress of Mars: Undisputed

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@001zlnv *takes copious notes* O;D

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Damage control kobold

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@zebratron2084

I mean if I were in the business of committing near future banditry, which I am not, I would probably use the truckers and their love of black market electronic warfare as my cover.

Choose a heavy truck corridor and send a rig of my own down it when the mark is passing by, signal jam the hell out of it and then try and do a low tech ambush with bate. Then take off down the road in a disposable beater pick up transfer the haul to the rig switch the jamming to truck normal and head out of the area.

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Empress of Mars: Undisputed
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re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@001zlnv This is all really good.

My agents will be in touch.

*steeples fingers montyburnsishly*

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Damage control kobold

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@zebratron2084

If you want things to really get fun, wait for self driving cars.

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Empress of Mars: Undisputed

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@001zlnv shit now i halfway wanna throw together a screenplay or something on the topic...

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Damage control kobold

re: uspol, us-econ, "crime," cw: thar be blood 'pon the high seas 

@zebratron2084

Go for it. Probably be better than most of what I watched this year.

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