Marastan

> From: [email removed]
> Subject: (2373) New Redzones

> I was looking at the big map over the domain of Deneb that came
> in MTJ1 the other day when I suddenly noticed that there was
> something wrong with the xboat-routes in the Marches. When I
> checked with the old maps, I found that the xboat rout corewards
> from Glisten had been interrupted, presumably because one of the
> middle stations had become a redzone. But on the latest data on
> the marches (probably datelined 1112 or something:( , Marastan
> (2231) is listed as a normal world without any zones at all.

I'm under the impression that the Imperial Encyclopedia listing of
the worlds of the Spinward Marches is supposed to be from 1120 or
so.  Does anyone else think different?

> Has there been any kind of official word on what happened on
> Marastan?

Not that I've noticed, and I usually keep an eye out for news from the
Glisten subsector.  There are a couple of possibilities--Marastan has
always been an Imperial Reserve, so Norris might have decided to declare
it off limits until he knows who it belongs to  (-8.  Or, since it is a
balkanized, low tech world, they may be engaged in a remake of World War I,
which could cut down on tourism.  (-8  Or, since it is at the very edge of
the Aslan occupied zone, there might be a substantial problem with, uh,
illegal immigrants. (-8.  Take your choice.

Rob Dean