Traveller Background 17

Gentlesophonts:

From Monday night, Andy Lilly [email removed] writes:

> Someone wanted to know which character cards went in the Tarsus (CT) adv:

> Orinde Windhoek

Any relation to Trace Windhook?  The `most wanted man in the Imperium'.
[FACT ALERT! I don't have *Tarsus*!]

> Crack! pHIZ! Ratatatata. Sound the alarms! We're under fire! Man the bunkers!

Glad to have you back, but *man* the bunkers?  :-)


Jim Cambias [email removed] writes:

> I think it's obvious that the destruction of Trin by the Virus _is_ known to
> the general public of the Regency.

I agree.  My position has been that since the Virus attack on Trin *is* public
knowledge then it *must* serve the interests of Norris (or whomever the
current Regent is) - otherwise he would have kept it secret.  I guess my
position has gotten a little confused because I've been expending so much
bandwidth arguing that Norris *could* have suppressed the news if he'd
*wanted* to in order to make my point that he *didn't* want to suppress it.
(Is this what happens when we don't `quote' extensively?)

Anyway, I came up with the opinion that Norris *must* have wanted the news
of Trin to leak out in order to promote the widespread sentiment in the Regency
*against* expanding beyond the Quarantine Line.  If you've been following
the discussion you've already seen my opinion of the rational behind these
actions.  If you don't buy that, maybe it helps the Zhodani to manipulate
the Regency if it stays put behind the Quarantine Line.


Scott 2G Kellogg [email removed] writes:

> David Johnson writes:
> } . . . Scott Kellog has been posting . . .

Ooops!  I apologize.  I'll remember, "Two gees!"

> It won't be long before the citizens of the Regency will look
> toward their psionic citizenry to start molding their society.

Wow!  This is chilling, but it makes a lot of sense.

> [We
> look to psych/sociologists for social planning, wouldn't one tend
> to give more creedence to a psych/sociologist who is also a
> telepath?]

Counselor Troi, can you tell us anything?  :-)  This TNE just keeps getting
more and more original!

> The Consulate has never been hit by the virus and is providing
> arms, equipment and manpower to fight off the virus at the
> Regency's borders.  Think what it must be like at home in the
> Consulate...

Does this mean fashionable Zhodani of the mid-1200's will be driving
gravcars made in the former Wilds?  Or by Viral factories?  :-)

> The Zhos appear to be manipulating the Regency just as the Hivers
> are doing so to the RC.

Oh boy!  I'm loving TNE to death.  Just think, I can play a human puppet in
the Wilds trying to make the galaxy safe for Hivers OR I can play a human
puppet in the Regency trying to keep the galaxy safe for Zhodani.

Then again, we still have the Solomani.

Peace,

David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA