Adam D I was waiting to see how long it took for the expanse to come up. I think it is a counter example – See “Holy Shit, NUKES” and how big a deal it is when the military vessels show up, and how much trouble it is to hide/justify the Roci’s super-civilian armaments and capabilities.

I think the interesting part here is that Expanse grew out of an RPG, so is the treatment of the PC party’s super-ship a post-facto examining of the “armed space adventurers trope” or did that reflect in their games?