Hi All,
Regarding the Regency in the New Era:
I have the impression that fighting Virus 70 years after the collapse
would be close to what we deal with today concerning computer viruses.
As new threats are recognized, the infomation on how to prevent
infection would be widely distributed.
Although virus protection will always be important, life shouldn't be
changed that much. Through the use of heavy patrols in Corridor, most
incoming threats could be neutralized before any population centers
are at risk. Of course all critical automated systems will have manual
overrides, but I always assumed that should have been the case anyway.
Virus or no Virus, software is never 100% bug free. There should have
been a plan for the possibilty of massive computer failure. If the
Virus didn't destroy a civilization when first encountered, it isn't
likely to do so 70 years later.
BTW, I expect that the natural astrography of Corridor is part of the
reason why the Regency hasn't reclaimed that area. It forms such a nice
choke point at which to fight any intruders, Viral or otherwise.
Besides, I'm sure a lot of resources have been used developing an
infrastructure capable of withstanding a possible conflict.
I would like to see how the other races have fared since the collapse.
I would think that the Vargr would have been decimated and that the
Zhodani would be mostly unharmed. The Aslan behind the claw would
have fared much better than the rest of the Hierate. They could be
quite a threat in the Trojan Reaches.
I would guess that the Virus can't be maintained as an interesting
and challenging foe in the Regency for very long. The end result
may in fact be that GDW can "have their Imperium and destroy it too."
I don't like the Virus as the cause of the collapse. However, at least
where it matters most to Imperium fans ( the Regency ) the effects
shouldn't be that bad.
In my campaign set further spinward of the Regency, I used to use the
official GDW campaign info as news from the Old Empire. During the
rebellion, it was common for mercenary companies from the frontier
to fight with one of the factions (rather like the barbarians being
hired to defend Rome). I expect that once the collapse occurs,
contact will be completely lost. If I like the look of the Regency,
I may make a recontact mission the thrust of a new campaign.
TTFN
Glenn
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