Re: Geopolitics in Jon's Universe

> According to the FT rulebook in 2098 the war between the LLAR and
> the Anglian Confederation resumes. Within 2 years the LLAR loses ALL
> Earth territories, with the surviving LLAR gov't. fleeing to the
> Brazilian colony of Santa Rico. So by the time of the 1st, 2nd, and
> 3rd Solar Wars the LLAR isn't even an Earth based power, but an
> extra-solar one like the New Isrealis.

Ok.  So the LLAR is an extra-solar Power.  Why is it a Power at all?  
Number of colonies?  Size of the Space Fleet (a la Spain circa 1800 - 
big ass fleet but not as good as the Brit's)? Monopoly on goods 
and/or services?  Latin Lovers swaying the rest of the world (sorry, 
couldn't help it...)?

The other, perhaps more significant question, still remains - 

> > Who's an ally of whom in the GZG world?  Would the LLAR buy
> > weapons from the ESU?  The New Israeli's?  The Arabs?  Who
> > produces their own weapons, who licenses them?

This is important because if you are going to have a supplement for 
DS2 or SG2, its probably going to have to be Orders of Battle - think 
about it, the generic rules are already out.  Since there is little 
chance the next supplement will be Games Workshop universe in DS2 
terms, and we (apparently) all want OoB's and Vehicle's and such for 
pick up games, we need to figure out who's trading with whom (Perhaps 
not how many metric tonnes, but at least who's in talking terms with 
whom...).

> My big question is what territories became part of the NAC, which
> part of Free Cal-Tex, and which are quasi "independant" countries.

Bud, I wish I could help you...  I'll tell you one thing, South of 
the Rio Grande, the NAC's got one hell of a Pacification job.  I 
don't foresee the NAC holding onto such large territory, with such 
high level of hostility, for very long.  For that matter, how do you 
integrate it into the Crown?  Spanish-Speaking for the most part, 
with a good chunk speaking Portuguese and yet more people of 
French and Dutch descent, it seems you are going to have to have 
military garrisons in every major city (and some of the major cities 
of the world ARE in Central and South America), and patrols out there 
in what's left of the Amozonian and Central American jungles and  
Mountains of the Andes.  I'm not a military expert, but those Guhrkas 
we had a thread on earlier might come in handy right about now...

Another question - Piracy.  People have Merc fleets, but is there 
such a thing in this Universe as Raiders in B5 or just plain old 
Pirates?  How about Letters of Marquee (sp?)...

And one last thing (I promise!)!  Enough whining about Obscenities!!! 
 Now we have people threatening to leave the list!  Jeesus, the guy 
apologized, I don't think an obscenity here or there in common 
conversation is such a major deal.  Hell, I said "ass" earlier, just 
said "hell", and I think this message is far more valuable than any 
on the two obscenities threads!  And if you disagree with me, fine 
that's your prerogative (sp?).	Just don't bother to tell me so, 
'cause I won't even bother to respond.

Enough!  I apologize for the outburst there, but a) I felt it had to 
be said, and b) it certainly doesn't merit to go into that waste of 
time and bandwith of a thread we've got going now....

Respectfully,

Alfredo Lorente
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