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>
>     A civvy-to-civvy application could be in belt mining  (That's it,
>     you're
>     getting blame^H^H^H^H^Hcredit in the next Parental Advisory game - the
>     Collinson system).
>
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> Hah!  Wonderful, a badge I shall wear with honour.
> and when it goes wrong it handily becomes the Collision system.

And of course that sparks Sublieutenant "Collision" Collinson, TCN.  If
it's got wings, contragrav, J-drive, rockets, airscrews, jet engines,
lifting/control surfaces, solar sails or M-drive, he can crash it.

A commissioned version of the King's Hard Bargain - his despairing
skipper tripped over the extremely effective disciplinary tool of "You
leave me no choice, Collision.  I'm going to have to put you in for
promotion."