[@Plank Sinatra]
Ah yes the space stuff. So originally a lot of the stations were Mostly ISS-type research stations. But the Exchange kinda changed prospective for some people. They wanted sanctuary in a place where they could live without the threat of them getting nuked into oblivion the very next day. Because in the early years following the Exchange, a lot was still up in the air about if any form of government or authority would be able to bounce back or if you'd just have some angry rebel groups with accesses to nuclear weapons. Since it took some time for many of the world governments to either shatter completely or finally bow down to the corporations and let them bring back order. So they started to make space habits up in high orbit much like Freeside from the Sprawl trilogy. So in fact most are actually privately owned, though a few government installations still exist for the governments that manged to make it through the Exchange in one piece. 

If on the ground the Corporations basically run everything except in name, up in space they got the name to. Cause these habits run on what's called "orbital law", which bascially breaks down to the owner of the space station decides what's legal and what's not. So these space stations tend to come in two flavors: Havens for the rich and prosperous to live out their days, or darker research stations where the corporations and the like do their experiments that polite society might "frown upon." Most end up combining the two. 

Now some of these corporations are looking towards the Moon primarily for mining purposes. But to do that they need to be able to get goods into orbit much efficiently than using space ships. Commercial space flight is a thing, but it ain't cheap. Simard Industries, the guys that developed the first BICs and made billions of them are currently leading a charge. Having basically more or less carved out a large section of the Ecuadorian coast, where they are starting to build the foundations for what will eventually be a space elevator. 

And I think that covers everything!
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[@Indy Cooper]
I mean hey, not everybody can be good at shooting things! Variety is the spice of life :toot

Though.... this Character who you will met tonight is 0826-9's handler and basically the person on Loingsech's payroll to make sure y'all don't fuck up is basically a tank with legs. So to each his or her own. lol

[@Cairo]
Now I'm just imagining him like hiding a shotgun inside of a baguette.