RQS
Thank you David Johnson for the kind comments. You are quite correct
regarding dispatching jump drones. Initially the procedure was to await
the outcome of hostile actions before launching drones but after the
Rape of Trin RQS Expedition Leader David Johnson brought this matter to
the attention of the RQS command which swiftly altered the procedures to
launch drones if a ship enters within 100 diameters of a fuel source
without acknowledging commo contact or as soon as hostile actions break
out. Possibly this minor procedural fauz pas is responsible for the
Virus penetration to Trin but if so it has never been made known to the
public.
[email removed] (Steven M Bonneville) points out
correctly that the RQS also patrols the Zho & other spinward borders.
This is true but the RQS only maintains light assets (mostly inspection
launches) for inspections while the Navy maintains a strong presence in
these areas. Naval ships are called upon to enforce the Quarantine
procedures should firepower be required.
L'oeul d'Dieu/Spinward Marches (3010 B98A510-B)
While not a major world this system became the Patrol's base of ops in
275-1120 and thereby deserves some attention. When Norris established
the Quarantine (312-1130) the Patrol was combined with part of the
Regency Interstellar Scout Service (Exploration and External Mapping
branches) to form the Regency Quarantine Service (RQS). The base then
became an important asset of the RQS.
PBJuzyk | 'Most plans don't even survive
Reading, PA | contact with Reality'
Terra/Solomani Rim (1827 G867975-8) | -Hammer Lanthrop, *Smash & Grab*