Hm, that makes me wonder if the Bears could have wound up with the production line. It must have been fairly close to the border so I am wondering if we might have been able to grab it at some point.
While it wouldn't be my first choice of where the
Nova Cat would end up, I'd kinda be okay with it.
I remember back when I still had a copy of FM: Warden Clans, on the cover was a
Nova Cat in Ghost Bear colors fighting a bunch of Elementals (or something like that, anyway), and it always bugged me. "DAMMIT THE TRO SAYS THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOVA CATS ARE NOVA CATS!"* So this would retroactively justify it in my mind.
*Yes, I know, salvage, ToPs, Clan-onomics, just let me have this, okay?