That the Galactic Government and the Trade Alliance are organizations that represent the unnamed alien race in the story, and when discussing who has permission and salvage rights its just within that one society.
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> > > You do realise that by flying alive out of the devastation zone then heading for Earth your crew have just become prime suspects, right?
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> > That doesn't really make them suspects for wiping out a civilization, especially since they were dispatched to investigate the wipeout after it already happened. They had permission from the Company to investigate too.
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> > The Company has permission for a salvage operation at Shee-Yar, and they know the ship in question was there. The worst the crew has done is violate Company policy by not getting permission first so far. If they talk to Sir Mumphrey then they've also violated Galactic Government rules of engagement.
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> > Of course there's still the question of a race that doesn't understand the workings of the Galactic Government and the Trading Alliance looking for someone to pin the blame on.
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> Um... this is the first any of us have heard of a "Galactic Government". How exactly *can* they give permission to salvage an independent Empire? It's a bit like the King of the Moon giving permission for a salvage operation in Kansas.
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> As the universe has been ordered so far, there have been a variety of independent powers, and certainly no central government overseeing them. I had assumed this Galactic Government was a new player in this side of the Parodyverse, encouraged to spread into our part of space by the sudden vacancy, but from your answers it sounds like everyone out there is supposed to already be a part of it, or at least know of it and this "Company"?
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> I think I need a primer on what exactly these two new political bodies are, and who is supposed to know about them.
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