{"id":3265,"date":"2020-10-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:33:10","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-forty-eight-space-hobboes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2020\/10\/episode-one-hundred-and-forty-eight-space-hobboes\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Forty Eight &#8211; Space Hobboes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7275\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3265-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3265-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/148-SpaceHobboes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/148-SpaceHobboes.jpg 614w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/148-SpaceHobboes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/148-SpaceHobboes-588x330.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once access to the Earth was taken out of the picture by orbital debris, the travelling workers known as Space Hobos became a vital part of the community, who help to solve problems &amp; keep things running out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space transport is cheap enough, and space survival technology ubiquitous enough, that hitching a ride on a string of cargo containers going somewhere useful is a viable, if unauthorised &amp; illegal, way to get around if you don&#8217;t have the money.<br>It also means that you&#8217;re in a place that nobody expects someone to be, and that can cause problems if folks are up to things they don&#8217;t want people to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve shifted some asteroids into regular orbits, moving around the system becomes a whole lot easier; Assuming you can match vector, or course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fantasy setting of little worldlets, each just big enough for a single field or Hobbit burrow, floating serenely in an endless sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vast cargo ships ply the spaceways. Too big for anything other than full automation, they don&#8217;t seem to react when people climb aboard for free transport, or even make their homes there. It&#8217;s not clear whether they don&#8217;t notice, or they just don&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norovirus\">Norovirus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coal_trimmer\">Coal Trimmer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hooverville\">Hooverville<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Hoover\">Herbert Hoover<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Expanse_(novel_series)\">The Expanse<\/a> (novels)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Expanse_(TV_series)\">The Expanse<\/a> (tv)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Game_of_Thrones\">Game of Thrones<\/a> (tv)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raised_by_Wolves_(American_TV_series)\">Raised By Wolves<\/a> (tv)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ridley_Scott\">Ridley Scott<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-pose\">T-Pose<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dark_Souls\">Dark Souls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Brotherhood_Welfare_Association\">International Brotherhood Welfare Association<br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/08\/hobo-code-introduction-hieroglyphic-language-early-1900s-train-hoppers.html\">The Hobo Code<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Littlest_Hobo\">The Littlest Hobo<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series)\">The Incredible Hulk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogs_in_the_Vineyard\">Dogs In The Vinyard<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/99847\/Flatpack-Fix-the-Future\">Flatpack: Fix the Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alias_Smith_and_Jones\">Alias Smith &amp; Jones<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pale_Rider\">Pale Rider<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flash_Gordon_(film)\">Flash Gordon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taken_(film)\">Taken<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Love_Boat\">The Love Boat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/945360\/Among_Us\/\">Among Us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2300_AD\">Traveller 2300<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_opera\">Space Opera<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_fantasy\">Science Fantasy<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transhumanism\">Transhumanism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/102624\/Hobomancer\">Hobomancer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alien_(film)\">Alien<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aliens_(film)\">Aliens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isaac_Asimov\">Isaac Asimov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planetes\">Planetes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kessler_syndrome\">Kessler Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cowboysindians.com\/2015\/10\/policing-the-rails\/\">Railroad Bull<\/a> <br><em>( covered as part of a longer article on Railroad police ~ T. Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_cycler\">Aldrin Cycler<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skyhook_(structure)\">Skyhook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lensman_series\">Lensman Series<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._E._Smith\">E.E. &#8216;Doc&#8217; Smith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_Pluto\">Project Pluto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hobbit\">Hobbit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielsolisblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/do-pilgrims-of-flying-temple.html\">Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Little_Prince\">The Little Prince<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yes_(band)\">Yes<\/a> (band)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Integral_Trees\">The Integral Trees<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Niven\">Larry Niven<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spelljammer\">Spelljammer<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/paizo.com\/starfinder\">Starfinder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starship_Titanic\">Starship Titanic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/88977-goldenwing-cycle\">Goldenwing Cycle<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Coppel\">Alfred Coppel<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moonheart\">Moonheart<\/a> &amp; Spiritwalk, by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_de_Lint\">Charles de Lint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.rpg.net\/index.php?threads\/sci-fi-setting-riff-counting-to-infinity.294175\/\">Counting to Infinity<\/a> ( rpg.net thread from 2006 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girls%27_Last_Tour\">Girls Last Tour<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/226435\/Kids-Last-Tour\">Kids Last Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets\">Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torg\">Torg<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_End_Games\">West End Games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3262\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3262\">Episode One Hundred And Forty Seven \u2013 From Me To You; A Free Gift Of Soul Dust<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7277\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3265-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3265-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-148-SpaceHobboes.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Once access to the Earth was taken out of the picture by orbital debris, the travelling workers known as Space Hobos became a vital part of the community, who help to solve problems &amp; keep things running out there. 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