Re: Other Forces
From: "Robert A. Crawford" <crawford@i...>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 11:06:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Other Forces
Thomas Barclay:
> And if Lichtenstein stays independent, it will still be the corporate
> Meca it is today (like Grand Cayman and Switzerland). I'm betting an
> independent Lichtenstein would be very powerful as Earth based HQ of
> many a megacorp, AND it would have a lot of high tech corporate
> security to keep it 'buttoned down'.
Maybe it could be a major home for mercenary bonding
authorities? Make a condition of being issued a bond giving
Lichtenstein the right to hire the merc unit first, and suddenly
they've got a supply of trained troops who want to see them
independent.