The IISS in the New Era...

PBJuzyk writes:

[estimated quarantine blockade]

>    Deneb:          B - G - K - O
>    Reft:                   C - B - F - E - I
>    Trojan Reach:   L - P - O
>    Riftspan Reaches:       C - G - F - E

Remember, too, that RQS patrols *all* borders, even the Zhodani and
spinward ones.  Not as heavily, but it's a safety measure in case
someone screws up their part of the border.  Also don't forget that
the Zhodani/Vargr are patrolling an area to coreward that may not
be clearly marked on the current map.  (People who have _Survival
Margin_ and TNE know about the variability of maps, i.e. the Black
"Sphere".)  The Aslan are a first line of defense for the jump-5
Riftspan route to the old Hierate, as seen from the Regency.

Roger Sanger writes:

>With most of its assets transferred over to the quarantine
>effort, what is the role of the Scout Service in the Regency in
>the New Era?

Judging by the text, sadly minimal.  The Exploration Office is
apparently shut down.  Contact & Liaison and Survey are apparently
restricted to operations inside the Regency...updating old
cartography and maintaining internal mutual understanding among
the various sophont species of the area.  I miss the IISS.

I suppose that it is possible the RISS is quietly trying to maintain
the old IISS Group offices out in Theta Borealis and Sigma Zephyrus,
though.  The old sector staff was pretty committed, and they may yet
have *some* small discretionary funds.  It'd be a shoestring operation,
though.  There might also be some long-range Imperial base ships like
the Solomani ones that have not yet returned from multi-decade missions
to spinward, or even gone back out -- they have to be fairly self-
sufficient.

  Steve Bonneville
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