In Reply to Your Message of Tue, 11 Jan 94 20: 30:03 EST
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 94 15:58:38 EST
From: Keeper Of The Lint <darkstar>
Roger Sanger said:
:Hi, Rodge here.
:
:This is in response to Jerry Alexandratos' letter about receding into pocket
:empires.
:
:I strongly disagree with your claim about playing New Era in the Regency.
:Playing in the Regency is indeed a viable option, and for die-hard Imperium
:fans, offers the best environment for roleplaying in the New Era.
:
:As for venturing into the wilds from there, getting into and out of the
:Regency is not that hard. The border blockade is only 6 or 7 systems deep,
:and patrolling the deep space (empty hexes) between occupied systems is not
:only NOT easy, it is near impossible, meaning that by stockpiling fuel in deep
:space, you could easily cross back over into the Regency after leaving it. I
:assume black marketeers and pirates do it all the time. Even the Virus could
:use this method, which means that very strict contact protocols would have to
:be mandatory throughout the entire Regency.
:
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I don't recall saying that the Regency wasn't a viable option. If I
did, then I'm sorry, I gave you the wrong impression. Hell, what am I
saying, my campaign is starting out in the Regency.
But, the impression that I get from reading Survival Margin, and the
background of the Regency in the TNE rulebook is that this is definitely
a *closed* system. I mean, the way everything is written, I get the
impression that Norris has ships covering every literal inch of his
border. Also, the problem that I forsee is venturing to Regency worlds.
How is one suppossed to be able to land on them, if their ship doesn't
pass inspection? Granted, a ship could start in the Regency, venture
out into the Wilds, and then sneak back into the Regency, but that isn't
the "closed" Regency that I'm talking about.
It seems (to me at least) as though GDW has made the Regency a block of
space that share the old Imperium history, and has nothing to do with
the rest space.
--Jerry
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