Re: Mil vs. Civ

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Laserlight wrote:
 
> > Weapons and/or defenses shouldn't necessarily be different,
> save that only
> > the military gets to play with the BIG stuff. ;->=
> 
> In Alarishi space, the Imperial Fleet requests that people
> refrain from using Beam-3's or higher, or salvo missiles.  Some
> people install them anyway.  Jack Old Ron is an example, but he's
> noted as being a little, um, emphatic about his privacy.  Anyway,
> if you install them, you're listed as a navigational hazard.

No Beam-3 or *higher*? The Alarishi government clearly doesn't follow
'monopoly on force' the way most governments do - must be interesting
sometimes.

I'd imagine that most governments would list you as more than a
navigational hazard if you installed shipkiller weaponry on your vessel
or
installation...

Just an observation,

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
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