RE: Unofficial Civilizations

Well, I've always thought that an independent, rich and moderately
powerful 
Japanese Empire would be interesting.  Instead of such close ties with
the 
NAC, relations remained cordial.  They invested heavily in the
Guildenstern 
Foundation's FTL research, and it paid off in spades; first FTL drive 
patent, licensed manufacture, etc.  They wouldn't have a monopoly - but 
they would have built their economy on it, and then branched out. 
 Expansionist Indonesia & China give reason to rearm - I can see clashes

all over the Western Pacific over resources between the Indonesian 
Commonwealth, the Japanese Empire, and the Oceanic Union.  A full
write-up 
is in the works.

Noah

-----Original Message-----
From:	Tim Schmidt [SMTP:tims@teleport.com]
Sent:	Monday, August 31, 1998 05:46 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	Unofficial Civilizations

I've read references to several powers not in the official Full Thrust
Universe but still tied to it.
Would anyone else be interested in getting detailed descriptions of
these other powers than me?  I'm in the process of developing my own
that will fit in the Full thrust chronology based on Pharonic Egypt.

Tim