Talk:STW

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Joja had concentrated power in her hands by offering money and other services to non-STW members who pledged allegiance to her authority. What she did was not illegal, as she could technically do anything that was not forbidden by her superiors, but it was draining away the power of the local government to the point where it pleaded to the national government for laws banning such enterprise.

The local representatives in the national government agreed to pass certain lenient laws forbidding STW to take any actions that might "weaken the ability of the local bureaus to carry out their duties", but when the leaders of STW heard of this, they were outraged. One person in particular, "Spicy Lips", balked at what she saw as the corrupt local government trying to weed out competition by blaming STW for disorder that was really no fault but their own. Joja became an instant hero as she kept quiet while other chiefs fumed about how the government was trying to siphon money and power away from the hard-working members of STW 44 Sala. And Piplap's "father" Behabe screamed that the government was hurting his company by forcing cutbacks on the level of industry in the base (a separate action).

And so, STW's local council refused to follow the new law, and the government asked for a meeting with one of Base 44's representatives to try to talk things out. In the end, the government representatives caved in, saying that as STW was entirely legal under the Rapalan constitution, any actions taken by it are thus legal, and it is the government's responsibility to adapt to STW, not the other way around. Other parts of the government were appalled by this decision, and many governors either ordered government takeovers of any STW bases that existed or might spring up in their local areas or passed legislation banning it entirely.

The people's response, however, was not what the governors had come to expect from their citizenry. All over the country, people protested that they were being denied the right to join STW, something they were supposed to enjoy. Most departments still held to their governors' decisions, but a few caved in and allowed an independent STW base to open in their territory. Those departments that did not allow STW or allowed it only under government supervision were discriminated against by STW's rapidly growing economic sectors. With this encouragement, people left the departments in large numbers, and STW's membership swelled. Joja was promoted twice during this turmoil, and was no longer associated with just one base, but she still kept a watchful eye on Piplap and others at Base 44 Sala.

i wrote this over 20 yrs ago and it is of little relevance now.