One quick comment:
Most of the Rebellion-era discussion I've heard about the improbability
of Regency losses has been focused on Glisten and the Aorlakht. But
according to David Johnson's list from a few days back, an equally
silly example is the Vargr conquest of Junidy. It may be nominally
only tech-9, but it has 28 billion people and an Imperial Naval base
and IISS Way Station, and a Vargr trading station. The only possible
excuse would be for the native Llellwyloly to go over whole heartedly
to the Vargr, and somehow this seems unlikely....
Steve Bonneville
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