Due to the 1967 Space Treaty preventing governments from owning property in space and the move for a Space Land Claims Legistlation I see some interesting angles for adventure in this setting.<br /><br /><br />Land claims under civil law based on use and occupation of that land set up a high profitable situation for companies and private individuals. There is a treaty baring governments on the moon. So who will regulate things? The kind hearted altruistic and honest corporations themselves? The situation is ripe for abuse as well as ripe for a new Declaration of Independence and a Lunar Republic. A lunar republic will only survive if the citizens are able to fend of mercenaries, err I mean security personnel and control valuable resources that they can continue to trade with Earth. This Process will take some time to come about.<br /><br /> In the meantime, what happens when a fugitive or criminal flees to the Moon? There is no government to file for extradition with. That situation is ripe for bounty hunters to be dispatched to Luna to bring back the individual. I can see the Reality TV show now, "Moondog the Bounty Hunter" coming to a cable station on your network soon.<br /><br />Drug trade? Wonder what a dime bag will go for on the Moon? Will Sagan City become the Amsterdam of the Space? Where everything is legal and for sale at a price? What will prostitutes charge on the Moon? You got Miners and prospectors flush with cash and havent seen a woman in months- they'll pay quite a bit for a roll in the hay and if not pay then why not just take- what will a rape victim do on the moon? Will the corporation or business running the settlement do any for the victim? <br /><br />Could almost envision a throw back to the Wild West where the citizens of a settlement hire a "Moon Marshal" to keep the peace. I can see a 20 year veteran of a Earth bound police force retiring and taking his pension before going to the moon to take a nice quiet job as a marshal. What will a badge look like? If it even is a badge and not a patch. It could be a cresent representing the moon arching over a five pointed star with 3 of the five points touching the corners of the cresent and the middle of the arch with the word MARSHAL across the star. Maybe its the union of the workers of the settlement that hires the marshal- creating tension with the management.
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