now many nobility

A thread of 2 messages, 5 August 1990 to 14 August 1990, in the order they were sent.

#1458 now many nobility

George William Herbert · 5 August 1990

I think that the estimate of 'One marquis per planet and a few more honorary'
is way too low.  From what I've seen/read, most 'nobles' aren't; that is, there
are a lot more people in the nobility (social rank A+) than are in the
government.  While all get some perks due to status, most see no calling to
serve in the leadership.  In fact, one of the private nightmares of some of my
players in previous campaigns were the petty nobles (outside the government)
that they might encounter and have to deal with 8-)

                                            -george william herbert
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#1466 Re: Nobility

Bertil Jonell · 14 August 1990 · reply to #1458

george william herbert writes:
>
> I think that the estimate of 'One marquis per planet and a few more honorary'
> is way too low.  From what I've seen/read, most 'nobles' aren't; that is, there
> are a lot more people in the nobility (social rank A+) than are in the
> government.

The trouble is the sentence that a marquis usually is associated with a planet.
After all, they might be issuing the title of marquis to every planet in every
system of the Imperium, and that is much more than 11000, but I think someone
who has gotten the title 'Marquis of Pluto' or 'Marquis of Phobos' is going to
feel slighted in comparision with those who hold a title to some primary world.

Knights, Barons and Baronets may be present in any number, but Marquises, and
Dukes etc all the way up, have the limitation that there is something resembling
a maximum limit, due to pure astronomics.

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