Jack of Harts

I spent a lot of time in the Hyades Cluster after The War ended. It was a real mess. The Chinese had industrialized it very heavily and those industries kept them in The War until we burned them all down. We destroyed their economies in the rush to beat the Chinese, and we were left to rebuild them after the Chinese signed the peace treaty. It was a kind of gold rush, Western companies moving in to acquire cheap property and cheaper workers to boost their bottom lines. It was amazing just how little the locals were happy to work for.