Anglic/Nobles:
Sorry for being so late, the mail node here was under repairs.
In reply to Phil Pugliese & Mark Watson:
I agree that english (or any other language) might or might not be the
"main" language in Galanglic, that any language might become the "lingua
franca", just as french used to be, obviously, the old lingua franca. :)
My point was that Anglic should be dropped completely for Galanglic.
This way you can play the game in any language. :)
I like to play using different "real" languages instead of making up
fake 'klingon-dictionary' ones...
For example, my Zhodanis talk a mix of arab (well, the few words I know)
and german. The Vargr speak a mix of spanish and italian, the darrians
a bit of latin and greek, and we use french as Galanglic...
Anyways, as I (tried) to say in my original posting, I don't think this is
really important... I just thought it was a little barrier to the
internationalisation of the game... In France instead of playing Traveller
they play "Empire Galactique", which is a form of streamlined, closed-system
traveller. I'm sure a lot of people would climb up to Traveller if it
was accessible. :)
About NASA's technology, well currently I don't think it's so hot. :)
But considering the economic troubles of all of Eurasia (except Germany)
I think it has a fair chance to come back to the lead. Of course we can't
really 'rate' one country's space technology, since most space programmes
are done with the help of many other countries. Canada's lead in
robotics and artificial imaging wouldn't be so great if it wasn't involved
in NASA's and ESA's projects. Anyways, I digress. :)
About Nobles: People claiming nobility and LOCAL monarchies sounds logical
to me... Just that the Emperor's list and Imperial Nobility would lose a
lot of credibility and be dissasembled. This would affect the definition of
Social Standing, giving it more of a local effect instead of one globalized
all over the galaxy... It would make sense for people from planets with
Feudal governments to become nobles while others would gain a high SS
simply from their great riches, local rep or other.
Pierre-Louis Constantin, [email removed] // "Call me Gramps",
"A bug in the hand is worth two in the code." \\/ chirped the old Droyne.