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Old 10-10-2020, 12:54 PM   #510
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Default Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

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Originally Posted by TGLS View Post
Before the Orion Union collapsed, the union struggled to control contraband (i.e. goods that did not pay the appropriate bribes and customs). During the collapse, businesses that operated outside of the protection of the Union rose up against the Union and formed independent governments. The war was not followed up on, as compromise won out leading to the restructuring into the Orion Free States. The Orion Union's former government was reformed into the Orion Syndicate, becoming the largest member of the Orion Free States.
Um, that would be interesting worldbuilding, if the Orion Syndicate hadn't already been established as, basically, the Orion Mafia-equivalent (under the OU, they were basically a big, state-run, organized crime syndicate; they were and are the source of the deniable Orion pirates who went out and caused trouble mainly for rival powers).
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