Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusenmochi Datta node, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai - Vol. 9 Ch. 46.1

[popinloopy]

Thank you for the update! I do somewhat understand why Space Dwergr couldn't really act on it, but that doesn't really stop my opinion of them from dropping just a little more. That manager lady keeps ending up in situations where she has to apologize to MC. First she had to apologize for the twins' actions, then apologize for their actions again when they showed up offering their bodies as compensation, and now this. Between the actions of the twins, the constant arguing and bickering of all the employees of various departments, and now having one of their employees get kidnapped? They uh... They really kinda suck at managing their employees, huh?

 

[ShiitakeCat]

Thanks for the missing chap!

 

[OtakuHikikomori]

Thank you for the fast turnaround!

 

[KuroYuugo]

It Was At This Moment He Knew... He ( Kharkor ) Fucked Up​

 

[Llangion]

Thank you very much, this is one of my favorite manga.

 

[jctsoi]

Of course, the price is the loli dwarve in distress!!!

Nah he already has her and her sister because of the earlier ruckus they caused earlier. But I feel it will be substantial enough with all the test piloting he's been doing that his new ship will now basically free with a few more shiny new upgrades.

 

[Slingerman]

I suspect that this rival company felt that Hiro and his crew didn't have "The Balls" to pull this sort of operation. But then, I guess news of that whole fiasco with Chris's uncle trying to usurp her grandfather's title by way of fratricide hasn't gotten around due to it being hushed up. (I still think that Mei should have been a freebie as an apology for being placed in a life-threatening situation despite the promises of absolute protection.)

That was hushed up. I don't think Hiro is famous until the tournament arc.

They had no idea who they were dealing with.

 

[le3]

This evil dwarves gonna have gunblade shoved into their ass, or mouth

 

[bakanisan]

Presumably, that maintenance section was constructed a long time ago, and it was big enough that they decided it wasn't worth the additional cost it would take to make it completely secure. People only started living there much later, out of desperation. If you assume these slum-dwellers are intelligent enough not to damage the critical systems, either intentionally or accidentally, the effort involved in forcibly flushing them out is not worth the potential collateral damage it would cause, so the authorities took the path of least resistance and just let the slum-dwellers live there. It seems dumb, but my headcanon is that the original design for this space station assumed everyone on board already had authorized clearance because they all belonged to the same company or cohesive organization. It was only centuries later, once the actual planets started getting too overpopulated, that these space stations were repurposed into self-sufficient megacities capable of permanently housing vast numbers of private citizens, and slum-dwellers living in the maintenance section was just an unintended consequence of the same greed and shortsightedness that made it possible for an entire space station to lack the social safety nets necessary to prevent poor people from becoming homeless in space.

Spoiler

that's the gist of it. This is why Mimi's former colony has measures taking place to avoid this problem.

 

[AlmondMagnum]

Presumably, that maintenance section was constructed a long time ago, and it was big enough that they decided it wasn't worth the additional cost it would take to make it completely secure. People only started living there much later, out of desperation. If you assume these slum-dwellers are intelligent enough not to damage the critical systems, either intentionally or accidentally,

That sounds like a pretty stupid assumption.

the effort involved in forcibly flushing them out is not worth the potential collateral damage it would cause, so the authorities took the path of least resistance and just let the slum-dwellers live there.

You're supposed to take steps before it gets that bad.

It seems dumb,

It seems suicidal.

but my headcanon is that the original design for this space station assumed everyone on board already had authorized clearance because they all belonged to the same company or cohesive organization. It was only centuries later, once the actual planets started getting too overpopulated, that these space stations were repurposed into self-sufficient megacities capable of permanently housing vast numbers of private citizens, and slum-dwellers living in the maintenance section was just an unintended consequence of the same greed and shortsightedness that made it possible for an entire space station to lack the social safety nets necessary to prevent poor people from becoming homeless in space.

It's one thing to have slums and not care what happens to them. That's perfectly "realistic". Despite being "in space", they're far from being a post-scarcity society. It's a completely different thing to hand undesirables the keys to the safety of the whole station, including the parts where the rich people live. The decision makers.

 

[Carn109]

No dwarfgaki left behind

 

[Amenohi]

I loved how Sara twitched every time someone hit the nail on the head.