Hello, all.
This is my first post to TML. Damn, I wish I'd known about it sooner.
Regarding the two different GOV codes, I agree it must be fixed.
To me, the simplest solution seems to be:
Modify the 'Wilds GOV' table on page 191. Add another column.
The existing "Code" column is renamed "Roll"
The new column is "Code", and lists the standard UWP code for the
gov type listed.
No Government \
Participating Democracy |
Representative Democracy |
Charismatic Dictatorship | All these have standard codes
Charismatic Oligarchy | no further discusion required
Totalitarian Oligarghy |
Civil Service Bureaucracy |
Self-Perpetuating oligarchy |
Impersonal Bureacracy /
Mystic Dictatorship \ Read the description!
Mystic Autocracy /
"Mystic" govs differ from "Religous" govs only with the (possible)
addition of psionics. In the anti-psi Imperium, psi mystics
were suppressed. This is no longer neccesarily the case.
The simplest patch is to rename "Religious..." govs with the
broader decription of "Mystic...", since the religious ones
are simply a subset of the mystic ones.
Tribals and TEDs require a decision.
Solution A:
The Trade Class column has long been used as a sort of 'notes',
ie. owner of captive govt, droyne pop percentage.
Designate "Tribal Gov't" as "Balkanized" (code 7) with the note
'TRB' with the trade class
List TEDs as Non-charismatic Dictators (code B) with the note 'TED'
Solution B:
A review of all GOV codings I can find shows:
0-F ---- Standard
G-N ---- Aslan Specific
P-R ---- K'Kree Specific
S-W ---- Hiver Specific
X ---- Droyne Specific
I and O are ignored in the usual fashion.
Unless I'm missing something, this leaves Y and Z available,
ignoring non-alphanumeric symbols (@,#,&,ect.) for real-world
publishing considerations.
Tribal is 'Y'
TED is 'Z'
Easy as pie.
All notes on determining Wilds Gov stand, except if a TED, then
code for TED, and if balkanized, gov code is 7, "dominant" gov
is for whatever the GM wants for that world.
Let's get this cleared up _NOW_, while the only one table and
3 subsectors have to be corrected/clarified.
Hope I was helpful
John H Bogan
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