Re: Origins of Races

>   The Aslan and Hiver also seems to have been initially inspired by Kzinti and
> Puppeteers. Not that they are copies of them, no way, but there is some
> similarities (as well as great differences). If they have gone through the
> same process of change as the official view of the Zhodanis, I imagine that
> the similarities might have been greater when they were first introduced.

Guess what those races are in fact based on?

>   (On the other hand, a old Traveller-player here on Chalmers is dead sure that
> Zhodani, Aslan and Vargr are thinly disguised versions of Russians, Samurai-
> era Japanese and Mexicans as they are viewed in American folklore. Don't ask
> me, he's the resident expert on Japan too, and when he recounted the
> similarities it sounded at least possible)

For "Mexicans", substitute "Indians".  As in "Red Indians", a.k.a. Native
Americans.  The Plains Indians, to be precise - the old Vargr module made
reference to them in the section on how to role-play Vargr.  So if you want
to do space-age westerns, go for the coreward borders.

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