Patrick Tebbe's latest update for Crow’s Gambit

May 22, 2017

Greetings and thanks for following my story Crow’s Gambit!

For my first update I wanted to start setting the stage of the story’s world. As you probably know from the description on “Net-Day” all aviation and aerospace activities were essentially shut down by the alien Sylph. This had several impacts but the first I want to mention is Economic.

Consider that more than 500,000 people are employed by just the passenger air industry in the U.S. with about 10 million employed worldwide directly in aviation. How would the economies of the world react if all of those people became permanently unemployed over night? Or consider that over 47 million people fly in and out of Las Vegas each year. How would the city hold up without an airport? Net-Day caused devastating economic impacts across industries and entire regions.

Enter Peter Darrow. Wealthy before Net-Day he was able to, some say suspiciously, avoid much of the economic turmoil. By positioning himself in key industries, like railroads, that rebounded stronger than ever he was able to make billions after Net-Day. Taking advantage of weak companies and undervalued stocks he took control of several companies and assets, including many that were once aerospace related. Viewed by some as a sly technology investor others call him a new age carpetbagger.

Through his holding company Darrow Industries, Peter Darrow manages and controls Crow Research Investments and its high tech research hub known as the Crow Works.

More to come...

PT