[FT] K'rathri in the Tuffleyverse (was Re: making list)

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Thomas Anderson wrote:
[snip]
> also, are we looking at the K'rathi as a new alien species in the
extended
> Tuffleyverse? and what do we call this set of all unofficial powers?
the
> EpiTuffleyverse? the Gzglverse? and how do you pronounce GZG-L?
"Ghazgul"?
> surely not?

Hiya Tom!  As much as I'd like the K'rathri to be part of the party, I'm
not
sure how keen everyone else will be to have them kicking things around
<G>.
Remember, in the Wing Commander series, the actual Kilrathi Empire is
significantly larger than the entire Terran Confederation - both in area
and
fleet strength.  While this makes for good combat-against-superior-foe
space
opera in both the games and the books, they might upset the applecart a
bit
too much for the Tuffleyverse.

Now, having said that, I can see how the K'rathri could be used to good
effect
as a counterbalance to the Kra'vak.  The kats are just as mean and just
as
fractious as the bugs are, and I can imagine all sorts of nasty little
wars
between them going on 'in the background', away from human space.  Also,
the
K'rathri tend to skirmish quite heavily between themselves all of the
time -
interclan warfare is such a lovely pastime . . . :)

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