>From: Cynthia_Higginbotham
>Rob Dean was wondering how many Spinward Marches worlds (pre-Rebellion)
>could be considered failing or doomed by Hard Times standards.
The answer is that Hard Times dosen't provide standards to work
out how the worlds of the Domain is affected by the hard times.
I still maintain that the Aslans would not nuke planets in the
Domain, despite what Scott Kellogg writes about Aslan and nukes:
>Just a quick point:
>There is no reason (other than military) that the Aslan couldn't use nukes
>to clear a planet of unwanted inhabitants. A nuclear damper (carried by
>many of the Aslan warships) can clean a radioactive area quite quickly.
True. I hadn't thought about that. That makes nuking just as
plausible as biowar weapons. Would _you_ nuke a planetful of
humans and then settle your family on it for the retaliatory
strike to crisp? Or would you confidently expect the humans to
be reasonable about it and not nuke innocent females and cubs?
Hans Rancke
University of Copenhagen
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"Come all brother spacemen that travel along.
Oh, pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone.
Long time have I travelled, and I cannot find none."
Ch: "And sing: All the hard times of the Empire.
In the Empire are very hard times."
Traditional song.