Keeper Of The Lint (Jerry) <darkstar> writes:
> But, the impression that I get from reading Survival Margin, and the
> background of the Regency in the TNE rulebook is that this is definitely
> a *closed* system. I mean, the way everything is written, I get the
> impression that Norris has ships covering every literal inch of his
> border. Also, the problem that I forsee is venturing to Regency worlds.
> How is one suppossed to be able to land on them, if their ship doesn't
> pass inspection? Granted, a ship could start in the Regency, venture
> out into the Wilds, and then sneak back into the Regency, but that isn't
> the "closed" Regency that I'm talking about.
>
> It seems (to me at least) as though GDW has made the Regency a block of
> space that share the old Imperium history, and has nothing to do with
> the rest space.
>
I think that the closed border is a fact more in the minds of the
citizens of the regency than in actual fact. From reading survival
margin, I get the impression that the governing forces in the regency
would like to "officially" get back in contact with the rest of the
old imperium, but that they are treading cautiously because of the
virus fear in the general populace.
There probably would be opportunities for campaigns based around this
internal debate within the regency, with players coming down on
either side, although I imagine most would take the side of expansion
into the wilds, unless of course the virus was proven to somehow
still be a threat, maybe throwing them against the powers that want
to open the borders.
As for the Star Vikings.. I don't like these guys. They feel like
both pawns of a Hivers game, plus their economy is based on piracy
and stealing from other cultures/societies wealth.. very much like
some of the European powers in the past. I almost wish they could
run into a new Solomani league.
I'm really curious what happened on Earth/Terra. YEs, it was
probably terrible, but Earth should come back a lot faster than most
places assuming there wasn't a nuclear exchange or something. There
are real non-compter based libraries on earth from which to rebuild,
unlike on may more recently settled worlds. I wonder what would have
happened to the Solomani movement.. if it woudl have survived.. or if
it would be even more rabid given what was unleashed by the Imperium
with the virus.
- - Ron