Jack of Harts

While the majority of Mississippi’s navy is composed of security corvettes and frigates, they do have a proper war fleet. Most of their flag rank officers command their squadrons from destroyers, and each major gaming hub in the stars is defended by entire destroyer squadrons. Mississippi’s Homeworld Fleet even sports a pair of old cruisers, though their primary use is running cadre training or flying the flag for major public events. They and their escort destroyers took part in the Battle of Fort Wichita, where they helped force the Shang to retreat. That battle honor places them in a select few number of warships still in active service that survived battle with our alien foes. Mississippi makes certain to promote that at every one of their public appearances. Their war fleet may not often see combat, but it is extremely proud of the combat it has seen.

While Mississippi’s active military is largely volunteer, many of the lower enlisted ranks were convicted of minor offenses and allowed to choose military service over exile. The military trains them up to a minimum standard, often beating sense into the more spoiled examples, and then tries to find them menial jobs on Earth where they are least likely to hurt anybody, including themselves. They are not considered an active part of the military, and are primarily sent on ancillary missions. Most end up serving in disaster relief, especially when storms break through the hurricane barriers and make landfall. Most make their inevitable return to civilian life after their terms run out, but some decide to stay on longer. And some of Mississippi’s best officers started their military career on that path before mustanging their way into the command or flag ranks over time.

Mississippi prides itself as a safe place to live, to work, to visit, and to game. There is no “gambling” in Gaming State you understand, and all of their employees are trained and ready to help all visitors game to their hearts content at the best casinos on Earth and beyond. Part and parcel of that training is how to gracefully cut their guests off once they have reached their gaming limit. Each guest’s limit is calculated by the best gaming cybers upon arrival, to make certain that no guest pays more than they can afford based on their current financial status. It would never do to cause a guest to regret coming because they “lost” too much money in Mississippi. Revenues improve when a guest has fun and comes back again and again over the course of a lifetime, a fact that has greatly expanded as lifetimes have lengthened into the centuries.