Yes, I'm aware they came later, but that doesn't mean I can't crack jokes about their debauchery being worse than Terra's.The Magistracy came after the formation of the Hegemony. they probably took some inspiration from the old Alliance. Though with the added "all is consensual and everyone gets paid decently" Though according to the FMeriphery Canopus puts more importance on art then crudeness in their erotica.
That's what their tourism board would like for you to believe, anyway.
I would assume that the porn that gets exported is the soft version and that Canopus hoggles the good shit. Makes the tourists come. Or they wait for a pleasure circus to arrive
What's the state of porn like in the rest of the galaxy? I know Canopus is known for its porn, and there's several porn-worlds dotted around the IS, but is porn legal in the Great Houses? Is there some galactic moratorium on porn (and gambling, and drugs, and cage fights) that makes Canopus particularly attractive to people living elsewhere? I know a lot of the fluff was written back in the 80s and early 90s, when porn was still considered "taboo" - something your uncle bought in a seedy shop in the bad side of town - rather than just something you pulled up on the internet before you went to bed, but it still seems weird that in a vast space frontier of quasi-Dark Ages planetary societies, most of which have been semi-isolated from one another for centuries, Canopus would be treated as the odd one out.
And the Canopians being smart about things, said pleasure circuses have glow-in-the-dark MIM nekos digging up info.
To a certain extent, Canopus really is the odd one out there. The vast majority of the Inner Sphere is highly militarized and under authoritarian, autocratic rule of some sort, ranging from the ChiCom-like regime that's the Capellan Confederation to the Prussian not-democracy of the Lyran Commonwealth, with the quite chaotic federal parliamentary
Depends on the realm or even planet. I think the Combine, the Outworlds Aliance and the Confederation are rather strict about those items. And there are planets within the more liberal that are quiet prude (the Rim Commonality in the FWL comes to mind). Though I bet ou can find prostituiton on most of the planets in the IS. most prominent of course planets like Solaris VII, Noisiel, Outreach, Galatea.
Porn and whoring are common across the Inner Sphere, although legality varies from House to House and planet to planet. What Canopus does differently is that they offer it in extremes you don't find in most other places (surgical, genetic and cybernetic augmentations), they geared their entire economy to provide it, and Canopus operates under the same rules as Las Vegas: what happens in Canopus, stays in Canopus.
Yeah, unlike modern-day Japan in the Combine big dick futa porn is a major no-no, and if you're a fujoshi you should probably knife yourself before word gets out and your whole family is ruined by your disgraceful behavior. And I don't mean that last bit ironically or metaphorically.
On the other hand, being able to afford a trip to Canopus to indulge in debauchery might be a status symbol amongst certain strata of the IS. Maybe not so much for higher echelons of the political system who should be hush hush about that stuff for the reasons you already mentioned, but I can easily see wealthy people boasting about their amorous shenanigans in Canopus.
Even in more permissive societies like the Federated Suns or the Lyran Commonwealth/Alliance, most planets have relatively low poputations and their cultures are likely to have become more conservative through the hardships of the Succession Wars (if they're near to the frontlines) or pirate/Periphery raids while the armies were busy fighting the Succession Wars (if they're not). Gibbs, for example, is literally one jump away from Tharkad, and while Tharkad has a population of seven billion people (how earthlike!), Gibbs' entire population is estimated to be below 70 million. So individual planets are likely to have odd hang-ups and social eccentricities, on top of whatever the ruling classes/local nobility pass down from the House capitals. Even at these capitals, things are often at the mercy of the House's current ruler and their decrees.
The point remains: Canopus is that place you go to, enjoy yourself in, then come back and only tell people the stories you want to tell, if any. Like that foursome with the three catgirls. Great for boasting around the boardroom. Keep that drunken night spent with the centaur and the injuries you woke up to in the ER a secret, though.
I'm sorry, your math seems a bit off. Unless you're implying certain things.
IDK man, "So anyways, I got this procedure done the minute I arrived..." might be a bit hard to explain away to the rest of the board while you snort coke to celebrate yet another round of successful sales to the AFFS to keep the war machine fueled.
Yeah, that might be a bit hard to explain away in certain circles. Especially if you know, one isn't exactly a genetic female.
Makes me wonder if some of the Combine ship designers have such a kink. I mean they invented the Nekohono'o assault dropship
I'm an engineer. Don't trust any number I spout out unless it comes out of a calculator or is backed by at least three blueprints.
Don't know about the Dracs but the Nova Cats for sure.
