Flightless, and mostly Armless

AEBrain asks:
> That leaves one to ponder: would a really, really isolated sector of

They're likely to be armed to the teeth, either by the original owners
or by the latest owners--who may be KV.

> > >Make sure that you have a very very long stick before you try

For people in the other (northern) hemisphere, the NZ Govt very recently
decided that they couldn't afford to have a combat airforce any more. Even
though they had a profitable contract with Australia to provide us with
training sorties so we could defend agin em.

Considering the run-down in NZ defences recently, I think they'd be
better off either drastically increasing defence spending, or biting the
bullet and declaring unilateral and complete disarmament. Which would be
courageous, even though they're at the ends of the Earth. They're pretty close
to full disarmament now, in effect. Frigates with no weapons bought for them.
No airforce any more. Mostly Armless. <slight exaggeration> Of course the
soldiers they've got are really, really good quality. Both of them.
</slight exaggeration>

That leaves one to ponder: would a really, really isolated sector of the

tuffleyverse be armed to the teeth (vs passing marauders) or almost an
arms-
free zone (since they have nothing valuable worth taking...)?

Well it was an effort, but at least I go the thread back on topic.