Technically Paul doesn't have any cash on him since his contempt of how Earth's currency system operates causes his ring to destroy any money he gains possession of.
Or materials.
Basically this. It's highly likely that OL will simply use rare elements/materials as payment, since he can easily scan for and mine them quickly with his power ring.
Pretty sure he got that-
-yes, exactly.
"How much for just the planet?"
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For much the same reason that private US fishing vessels don't contain the location of every US spy satellite, Scratching Post and its attendant ships don't contain the location or disposition of their clan's warfleet.
Because in this story Vega isn't a single system, it's a stellar cluster. Twenty or so systems with habitable worlds, plus about eight times that in systems without habitable worlds. And even if they're relatively close together, they're only close together for star systems. The area involved is vast. Even assuming that nothing else is going on, the SI genuinely can't just scan for them.
Oh I didn't mean to imply he had no wealth, just that what he had wouldn't be considered cash.
Going to have to disagree with you there.
... Based on what? This guy has bombs in him because he used to be in charge and the boss doesn't want to risk him pulling a Starscream. Even if they were all chock-full of bombs, that would only make a difference if OL could quickly defuse them all at a distance and they then chose to not fight. That last one especially is up in the air, since they're not all glowing yellow - which would imply that they've psychologically acclimated to the idea of being blown up if they betray their leader, and could thus potentially be open to offers of reward in exchange for opposing OL.
A pile of gold coins or bars is currency enough for it, or other material if that doesn't go for much.
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It's not that he doesn't have FTL sensors, but there are likely thousands of ships in the Vega cluster. Even if he only looked for Gordanian ships, there are dozens of Clans, each with their own fleet. Finding the right ones isn't easy.
why is paul worried about killing them, they're slaving scum. they arent even worth the air they breath. i mean they keep sentients in literal pens.
Because he doesn't like killing people. Weird, innit?
Funny how he's clutching pearls over guys who kill & enslave others recreationally. He seemed a bit less hesitant to put down all those Bialyan soldiers butchering their way through Kahndaq...
The people who were in the middle of destroying a city and massacaring its populace?
Because he doesn't want to be the kind of person who casually kills lots of people. And maintaining his personality the way he wants it is actually a serious, conscious concern of his.
Nope, still there.
Of course the ring has FTL sensors. What it does not have is infinite range. Or the ability to find things without knowing what they look like. Or the ability to reliably prevent other people from detecting that a Lantern is scanning an area.
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Again, so did George Washington.
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True. They've only mostly destroyed a planet, keep orbital weapons in place to do more destroying if they feel the need, have massacred a chunk of the population and took others as slaves. How innocent they be.
