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The only major objection I have right now is the connection to Rico Sanoma. It feels cheap and easy to make that connection, and it appears too convenient to have a little self-roleplay with yourself of her calling him, or vice-versa, of them somehow running into each other, etc. There's nothing really wrong with it; again, it just feels lame to me. Nothing else.
Mm, indeed, Babs was first an NPC in the Nepleslian plot before she came here to be a full-fledged PC. If I were to make her not an acquaintance of Rico, it wouldn't really be Babs...it's just a matter of giving her character a little direction. I don't plan on roleplaying interactions between the two any more than I have to, or even mentioning the fact unless it's absolutely necessary.