SharkHunter wrote:Although it doesn't fit technically within ANY plotline, here's an Honorverse "what if" that might be fun to play with. Given that the ability to detect wormholes is an "of late" enterprise, a new wormhole is discovered in non-Manticoran alliance space, such as Grayson, Alison, Zanzibar, etc. However, this wormhole leads outward away far from and in a direction away from existing populated systems (Haven, the League, or Verge, etc.) so the systems beyond are so-far unpopulated, like any of the explored systems centuries earlier. For a while at least, let's assume you have first line alliance tech, and no-one is in a position to pounce on and "steal" the wormhole.
Now what?
Let's assume that the discovered wormhole leads to a primary junction in an inhabitable system. I think that would be more fun, yes? [I wonder if RFC/MWW would let us "play in our own sandbox" not quite fanfic style but Grantville Gazette style out there in the wild black yonder but not using his characters, just his tech ideas]...
You would then be a nexus for a lot of exploration and colonization. Setting up a multistellar state that includes the colony world in the junction system on a basis that will never make them want to rebel and seize it purely for themselves would be the forward-thinking thing to do.
Tap Manticore for help setting up astro control and exploration. They know stuff. The junction isn't an economic boon yet, since it just goes out to nowhere, but it will be one day, and being near the Manticore Junction will mean great wealth for you if you maintain good relations with the SEM.
