I was recently answering my own questions on how to develop the Reds further into a functioning faction with a culture (as opposed to the inflatable frailing man used as a punching bag). Though stumbled on a bit of a writer's block that I think is relevant to the whole setting: just where does a resource rich world sell its resources to in the sector. By resources I mean heavy metals, "rare" earth metals (really need a better name for those), raw agricultural products.
As far as my understanding on Yamatai is they just print the elements they need. Assuming the process (powered by aether) is they take hydrogen and mimic what goes on in stars and when they supernova. What about other factions? Trying to figure where the Reds/Ryu Keiretsu are exporting all this stuff to that isn't used domestically.
As far as my understanding on Yamatai is they just print the elements they need. Assuming the process (powered by aether) is they take hydrogen and mimic what goes on in stars and when they supernova. What about other factions? Trying to figure where the Reds/Ryu Keiretsu are exporting all this stuff to that isn't used domestically.