2) @ Patrick how goes the war against the Azzies?
Funny you should ask that. I'm working on some Texas/Azzie stuff right now as a personal project for my local game (which might actually get off the ground again one of these days). It proceeds apace. The Sons of the Alamo are still around, still doing policlub things. Some of them are splintering off and doing terrorist things. Lots of home-grown militias in Texas trying to get things done. The usual.
Azziewatch survived Crash 2.0, but not without casualties. Midnight Angel and Iridescent Ferret both went down with their respective ships, leaving Corona as the only original staff member to see the new decade. With "Patrick Goodman" getting himself murdered sometime in 2063, they could have been in some major financial trouble had his estate not made provisions for keeping them going. His heirs also have a vested interest.
And so it goes.