Trin, Zhodani & Regency

David Johnson [email removed] writes:

>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.

And our position is that there is no way that the Regency government
could hide the scourging of a subsector capital for more than a limited
period of time.  Besides, we don't know enough about how that "leaker"
got through the Quarantine.  It's possible that the leak was "noisy"
enough that everyone knew it was coming, and despite heroic efforts
didn't stop it in time (since it apparently stopped after Trin).  Of
course, it's possible that a far trader snuck into system and only
hit Trin.  There's too many people here who would know about it,
especially if a quarantine is either now or was temporarily needed
around Trin.  (But this topic seems to be mostly talked out, now.)

[Zhodani comments from several people deleted]

My original comments about the Consulate-Regency connection were
slightly exaggerated to make the point, since we really aren't
used to thinking about that possibility.  While they are temporarily
allied, as Virus threat decreases, strains will reappear in the
relationship.  Also, eventually, the pocket empires will recontact
the Regency, and the citizenry of the Regency yet feels more closely
akin to the old Imperium than the Consulate.  Still, the Zhodani
are no longer the primary source of friction -- I expect that the
ihatei Aslan are harder for the Regency to negotiate with.  That
may *lessen* as the Viral quarantine ends, since the old Hierate
would then be open for re-colonization.  And even after re-contact,
the Regency may still want to go its own way.  We'll see.

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