While the Petrov family is involved in a number of shady arenas, they're typically powerless in this world. That they've survived this long is purely due to their resilience and stubborn mindsets. They have to work five times as hard to hold on to their clout and status, simply because when they do illegal things, it gets them in trouble. If a corporation does? The cops (and when it's a bigger deal, the UNA) look the other way.
Illya will hear that there is some movement to change things. People within the family will be paying a great deal of attention to the Mars uprisings, curious about how they're going to play out. They're not involved directly, but a guy who told a guy who told a guy will say that there's a chance that Mars won't be under UN control for long. Other guys (within the long string of guys) will say this seems unlikely, but the Petrov interest will be there.
Otherwise, Illya will find that the Petrovs aren't big fans of the UN or the UNA because of how they've created a world where the mafia is powerless (in contrast to how it was "in the good old days"). They're anti-establishment in a way where it's to their benefit. If they could get the good treatment corporations do, that would be great. But they don't.
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While the Petrov family is involved in a number of shady arenas, they're typically powerless in this world. That they've survived this long is purely due to their resilience and stubborn mindsets. They have to work five times as hard to hold on to their clout and status, simply because when they do illegal things, it gets them in trouble. If a corporation does? The cops (and when it's a bigger deal, the UNA) look the other way.
Illya will hear that there is some movement to change things. People within the family will be paying a great deal of attention to the Mars uprisings, curious about how they're going to play out. They're not involved directly, but a guy who told a guy who told a guy will say that there's a chance that Mars won't be under UN control for long. Other guys (within the long string of guys) will say this seems unlikely, but the Petrov interest will be there.
Otherwise, Illya will find that the Petrovs aren't big fans of the UN or the UNA because of how they've created a world where the mafia is powerless (in contrast to how it was "in the good old days"). They're anti-establishment in a way where it's to their benefit. If they could get the good treatment corporations do, that would be great. But they don't.