Monthly Archives: June 2023

“Keemun.  Wonderful.  Alas, I am too busy to travel,” he answered.  “However, there are practical consequences.”  She raised her eyebrows.  “Please point them out to your superiors, who will doubtless understand what I am saying, even though you do not.  … Continue reading →

“Oh, on rare occasions business does poorly,” Bronkowski said, “and then the senior investor has to protect its investment in what was, after all, a small, fourth-rate shipyard.” “I see,” Broadhurst said.  “Of course, taking a foreign investor as a … Continue reading →

Interesting, she thought.  Is it a random guess, or does know something that I don’t? “I’m sorry, Legate, but I seem to have missed something here,”  she answered.  “The Anglic Union to my knowledge does not register space ships.  Our … Continue reading →

Legate Bronkowski Building Spaceship Tara Broadhurst leaned  back in her desk chair.  She had had her desk rotated through 180 degrees, so it now faced the coastline looking north, rather than facing her door.  The change also meant she had … Continue reading →

“Did that,” Tara answered.  “The Treaty of Separation is completely unambiguous.  The border is entirely open to free trade, except that each party may forbid the import of products into their own territory.” “Never interrupt an enemy who is trying … Continue reading →

“Do you have a read on the Chancery Court?” Chelan asked. “They didn’t go to Chancery, “ a frustrated Tara grumbled.  “They went to Union Court of Settlements, to be tried under English Law.  Chancery might override them, but that … Continue reading →

Litigation! There came a distant tap at Chelan’s open door.  “Ah, hello, Tara,” he said.  “Please do come in.  I infer that your issue might be something critical?” “To put it mildly,” she said.  “The cartel – our three competitors … Continue reading →

“We contract with Space Guard,” Elaine answered. “We propose to retrain these people to Anglic Union American standards, bring them up to speed an American procedures, and prepare them for promotion; they are mostly non-commissioned officers and lower-grade warrant officers.  … Continue reading →

We needed the fusactors to get large amounts of clean water to take apart, clean, and put back into operation all the ship’s maintenance robots,not to mention to clean the ship.” Elaine answered.  “Then there are all the shops.  Short … Continue reading →

Progress Elaine Bell stared at the Executive Committee.   “Always wonderful what can be done in a modest number of weeks,” she reported.  “Fusactor One came up this morning, all the way to full power.   Fusactor Two needs a week.  Former … Continue reading →