<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384562#msg10384562">Quote from: orderNchaos on 16-08-2014, 01:26:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I recommend you do some browsing through Sarna.net or buy a few dark age books since thats the era we are in. At least you can loom the part the more you understand how things work.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>You know, now that you mention it, I do have a Dark Age novel I bought last year,<em>Fire at Will</em>for a dollar.  Haven't opened it and nearly forgot about it. I think I'll look around and see if I can get a few more.  Until then, I'll dig around some more.<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384571#msg10384571">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 16-08-2014, 01:28:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Only in that your idea basically already exists in-universe, as a conceptual possibility if not a specific canon example. An extremely high-stakes gambling ring composed of government officials and wealthy private individuals who placed bets on real-life merc operations instead of arena fights would be the sort of thing you might find on Solaris. Well-hidden, of course, since leaking information about impending ops would be high treason.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>True enough.  It could be something they do privately on the side.  And, who knows, maybe one of those private individuals could contact them and see if they'll fight a few of their battles for them, high-risk, high-reward and all.  Though that sounds very unlikely.<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384571#msg10384571">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 16-08-2014, 01:28:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">OnC is right though. A few hours trawling Sarna.net for whatever catches your eye, or reading some of the Battletech published fiction, will shore up a lot of empty space in what you know about the setting.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I've been reading through Sarna.net for a while, though it's mainly been reading up on the Mechs, weapons systems, and other war vehicles.  I'll see if the books are somewhat cheap and order up one or two of them.