In his message last night, Jerry Alexandros says, from his reading
of Survival margin and TNE that the Regency is *closed* tight.
I have to differ...if it was truly closed tight, then they
wouldn't be able to tell that " But there is increasing evidence that the
Virus has largely died back in the Wilds..." (TNE manual, p 171) I suspect
that the Regency is far more open than anyone but the highest authorities
and the smugglers know. Granted, this is reading between the lines of TNE,
but it's supported by the the section on the Regency Economy on the
previous page, that it's already known within the Regency that they have
to open up or collapse.
Since, realistically, any blockade of interstellar space is going
to be as leaky as a sieve, and the book states that "..it [Quarantine
measures] has evolved into an efficient system of taxation and revenue
generation.." (TNE p. 168), I would suspect that in many places,
particularly the inner portions of the Regency, less exposed to the Wilds,
and amid impending signs of economic collapse, the whole process is quite
open to evasion and corruption.
This woould make a good basis for a campaign in the Regency; the
players could be smugglers, or the cops trying to catch the smugglers,
all, of course an the QT, since 'officially' there ARE no smugglers.
Bruce Johnson
The University of Arizona
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