Heh, no I mean really mean opportunistic criminals! xD<br/><br/>Its mentioned in, I believe its<em>Rimward</em>, that criminals hang about where tourists arrive in Extropian settlements and they scan incoming tourists to see if they have property insurance/a security contract and if they're lacking, they'll target them for a mugging! Because their stuff wasn't insured or they have no security firm (read; hired police) to report the crime to, they have to let it go. If they try and fight back the muggers also and land in just one lucky hit, the mugger can actually<em>sue their target</em>for assault (because they're gonna have a contract with a security contractor group 100% of the time) and will win 99.9% of the time.<br/>The only way to get around this targeting is have a really good law contractor (on-hand lawyer contact) to deal with your case, though they won't be much help if you didn't have an insurance and security contract before coming to the settlement... These are mainly bought on the Mesh before arrival to the settlement to avoid incident.<br/>There's also the whole thing of needing a medic contract if you have an accident there and need hospitalisation or a doctor/medication, plus emergency service contracts for say, when the building you may be staying at catches on fire... The contractors are going to think they're liable if you don't have a contract with them and they won't rescue you!<br/><br/>I know we have issues like these today, though some class-acts in the Extropians have realised they can get away with crime by targetting the more naive tourists or those who are risking doing without for whatever reason... Its scary! @_@<br/><br/>Moral is; Make sure you got your contracts before coming round! ^^;<br/><br/><hr/><br/>I'm not an expert on EP either, so I know I'm gonna make a mistake or two, though I have all of the books so I tend to look things up if I'm not sure.