Re:(1959) Beyond and TL17 Worlds

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>             In Trav.Digest #20, the Trojan Reach map shows a gov't called
> the Florian League in subsector E of the sector which seems to stretch
> into subsector H of the Beyond.  If this gov't doesn't exist on the old
> PP map, then the Beyond has been totally wiped.

There was no Florian League in PP's version of Beyond.  I haven't looked
at the maps for a while, but I think subsector H was the Darkling Regions,
with little or no large-scale government.  I believe that DGP's Trojan
Reach is more or less completely incompatible with PP's Beyond, and
effectively drives the final nail into the coffin of Paranoia Press.

> Which brings me to number two -- what's the deal with Sabmyqys?  From what
> I understand, there once was an article or reference to them in JTAS, may
> it rest in peace. :)  Would somebody *please* clue me in to some info
> about them?  I'm very curious about this elusive race who somehow has
> managed to flaunt the apparent fluke of probability that keeps the Imperium
> in general at TL16 and below.... :)

I haven't read this article (in Challenge 28) for a long time, but I
don't think that Sabmiqys was ever a member of the Imperium.  If I
recall correctly, the world was strictly isolationist, and their high
technology was all their own work.  There's no specific reason why
Imperial worlds shouldn't eventually achieve higher tech levels --
they just haven't managed it yet.

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