When I asked the question about how the Rebellion might have turned out I
was a bit lazy and didn't make any suggestions of my own- mainly because I
didn't have any strong opinions (of anything, ever).
Thanks to those people who made suggestions, they were very interesting.
Here are some other aspects of the Rebellion I was considering-
1) The most likely result, as Jeff Zeitlin detailed, seems to be a lot of
not-very-nice states who are eventually forced to cease attacking each
other by economic collapse and internal dissent. The 'Very Short Night'
falls. The Rebellion won't actually be 'over' for generations.
Someone will eventually try to reclaim all the Wilds- probably Deneb or
the Solomani. I can see a whole new war around 1200 with two basic power
blocks- one including Deneb and one the Confederation.
2) The Catastrophe Theory- things are more interesting if you assume that
something unexpected happens to chuck a spanner into the whole business
The virus did this- here's another option...
1128- Lucan, unlike most mad dictators through history, is assasinated at
a war meeting. The brothers of Varian claim responsibility
An underground Moot reveals itself and once again declares itself
as ruler until an Emperor is decided upon. A Military Coup is only
just avoided (many military staff are afraid of court martial)
when the Moot declare amnesty for those that support them.
'The Real Lucan' appears- twice- one is shot by a fleet admiral and
the other gets a fleet to join him and flees the Imperium.
1129- After meetings between Core and Delphi it is agreed that Margaret
will become Empress if it is proved her son is Strephon's
1130- Core, Delphi, Deneb and what remains of Usdiki are now united under
Strephons son. The resulting alliance effectively ends the civil
war since the combined force is able to rebuild it's economy much
more effectively than any other and will *eventually* win
There will still be years of fighting, and maybe the Imperium's
problems are only dormant, but at least it will recover. What happens
with the Confederation and the smaller states, and Dulinor, could
not really br predicted.
PS- Total deaths in the Rebellion where around 1% (calculated by HIWG)
So much for Hard Times
3) The Aslan could decide to do something more than attack Deneb with
TL12 Light Cruisers (Target Drones for TL15 Imperial ships)
They could just be waiting for the right time to get the person who
they REALLY have a grudge against- Dulinor.
There is also the possibility at any time of the old Aslan-Solomani
fight breaking out, considering how well the Solomani might do out of
the Rebellion the Aslan may feel thay have to stop them now...
__________________________
Minor TNE comment (or 'DID YOU KNOW THAT')
In FF&S the Grav Tank has over a quarter of it's mass devoted to
Fusion gun ammo. If the 'Reality' in TNE is that different to that
in CT why bother using GDW rules at all? I may try GURPS now :)
Thanks
Anthony K.
(someone has been telling lies about me)