Alan Huscroft [email removed] wrote:
> Subject: (1473) Nobility
> Once you get down to the Dukes, things start to get really complicated.
> As far as I can make out, there doesn't seem to be a specific allocation
> of land (or space) that a Duke gets by virtue of his title. Some Dukes
> are in charge of a whole sector, while others might have to make do with
> one measly planet.
One of the old 'Library Data' books has the followint to say about nobles:
"Duke: The fifth level of noble rank is the duke, and is associated with a
subsector. The noble is referred to by the title followed by "of" and the
subsector name."
It looks to me as if it would be hard to have more dukes than subsectors and
sectors. Any more than that and they'll have to invent new subsectors :-) or the
poor duke will be without a title!
The situation is analogus with the Count and the Marquis, a Count is
is associated with two or three worlds and the Marquis with one.
"Marquis: ...A marquis is associated with a single world (generally a large and
important one with a type A or B starport)"
(This will probably rule out the existance of any 'Marquis of Phobos' :-)
-bertil-
BTW, the subject might mean 'I hate those common nobles and despise them.'
note especially the 'might' in the line above :-)
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