Allegiance codes

James Vassilakos writes:

>I was looking through the sunbane data on the spinward marches and
>came upon an unusual allegiance code: "Fa". It applies to about
>three worlds in the old Zhodani-Imperial neutral zone, Arden/Vilis
>being one of them. I'm guessing that "Fa" means Factional, but I'm
>really not sure. Does anybody know if I'm right or wrong? I'm also
>guessing that "Cs" means Client State, "Dr" means Droyne, and "Na" means
>Non-aligned. I think these last three are all fairly obvious, but if
>I'm wrong, please let me know.

Right on the last three. 'Fa' simply means 'Federation of Arden'.

>On another topic, the Arrival Vengeance, I'm wondering if this
>Avery character might become important in some of GDW's future
>history.
>
>    **Possible Spoilers Alert**
>
>Wouldn't it be cool if he was the clone of a certain royal
>personage (or even the clone of a clone, if you don't buy GDW's
>assurance about this certain royal personage's authenticity)?
>Hey, game companies can always lie :-)

It seems obvious that he is, but I don't see what practical value
that can ever have. After all, there does not appear to ba any
way to distinguish between the clone of an emperor and the clone
of a clone of that emperor.



      Hans Rancke
University of Copenhagen
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