First episode/season without the participation of original creator Jon Bokenkamp.
The Silicon Shield is a term used to describe the protection Taiwan gets for being the sole manufacturer of next-generation microchips, protection from America, which might go to war to prevent the supply from being disrupted.
Set two years after the season 8 finale
Other Bandit groups mentioned:
- The Dacoits of India
- Gentlemen Reivers in Scotland
- The Gubbings of Devonshire (England)
- The Ecorcheurs or The Flayers of France, who countered Charles VII reign, by burning the feet in fire, of his loyalist
Skinners, could also refer to "Skinners and Cowboys" who operated in the "Neutral Ground" ( twenty-mile-wide buffer zone between British and American Forces ) of Westchester County (considered one of the most prosperous and wealthiest counties of all the colonies known for its well-stocked farms), outside New York City, during the Revolutionary War. The Cowboys whose main occupation was stealing cattle and selling them to the British garrison in New York City. The Skinners tried to stop the cowboys.