From the Highlands.

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

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Perhaps the bureaucratic tape is only red in navy related matters.

And then because it's so corrupt.

cthia wrote:From The Highlands.
This is from Changer of Worlds?

Yes.

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

He probably adopted them through the Manticoran system, and they probably didn't even exist in the League's paperwork.

Werrf wrote:He probably adopted them through the Manticoran system, and they probably didn't even exist in the League's paperwork.

Also the police had a pretty good idea about what happened, and they didn't want to officially know ANYTHING. What better way then to expedite departure?

kzt wrote:

Werrf wrote:He probably adopted them through the Manticoran system, and they probably didn't even exist in the League's paperwork.

Also the police had a pretty good idea about what happened, and they didn't want to officially know ANYTHING. What better way then to expedite departure?

Mange, <Not to mention any adoption bureaucrat delaying such will have visions of Ballroom terrorists dancing on his corpse in his dreams Then there's daddy who's scary enough hit the application with the approved stamp and he's out of your office but, use the denied stamp and you get to argue with Anton Z.>

Mange

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

The SL's bureaucracy almost certainly wouldn't have anything to do with arranging an adoption on Earth; that would have been handled by the Sol system government, or perhaps a regional or local government.

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

I would guess a combination of assistance from the police as already mentioned (his buddy Muhammed), a few medium-sized bribes (Cathy's pocket change) and simply the authorities not much caring about a couple guttersnipes...what, the neobarb Manties want a couple more useless mouths for whatever purposes they want? Well, it's no skin off of our nose.

And given that Anton can be..slightly..intimidating...

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

Probably a variation on "It's easier to ask forgiveness rather than permission"

I would assume it went like :-
"We're leaving. Send the paperwork, but we're going. Now!"

What SL bureaucrat in their right mind would argue with Anton Zilwicki about adopting two street kids who technically do not exist in the aftermath of the manpower incident?

cthia wrote:

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

!

Perhaps the bureaucratic tape is only red in navy related matters.

And then because it's so corrupt.

Hutch wrote:

saber964 wrote:Here's a question?

How did Anton adopt Berry and Lars so quickly. I mean they get rescued and a couple of days later there heading off to Manticore. With the SL's notorious paperwork, bureaucracies and petty bureaucrats it should have taken several months not to mention years to get an adoptions done.

I would guess a combination of assistance from the police as already mentioned (his buddy Muhammed), a few medium-sized bribes (Cathy's pocket change) and simply the authorities not much caring about a couple guttersnipes...what, the neobarb Manties want a couple more useless mouths for whatever purposes they want? Well, it's no skin off of our nose.

And given that Anton can be..slightly..intimidating...

Yes to the above and then you could also add a few individuals with the last name 'X' having a discussion or two with a few bureaucrats.