Re: Hibernia Forever
From: ngilsena@i...
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 18:20:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Hibernia Forever
> > As I recall, Galloglaich were supposed to get 3 bullocks a quarter,
one
> > being pay and the other 2 food! My Scottish Socialist Republic
ships are
> > mid-green, with a 2-letter ID code derived from the name, and the
larger
> > vessels bear the old Scottish naval ensign (yellow sun rising from a
blue
> > and white sea into a red sky). I'm now scraping the cash together
for a GZG
> > order- probably ESU, definitely some GF-range!
> >
> > KR mentioning asking Himself for his "papal blessing" made me think,
how
> > about the Papal States as a minor player? Probably a core of
(crimson?) FSE
> > ships, plus mercenaries from all over the place. I'm thinking along
the
> > lines of the splendidly terrible old BBC series "The Borgias"
(Remember
> > Adolfo Celi ploting to make people "deh Kink of Nipples"?).
> >
> > Rob Paul
> > "
> > Rob Paul
> > Dept. of Zoology
> > University of Oxford
> > South Parks Road
> > Oxford
> > (01865) 271124
> >
> > rpaul@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk
> >
> > Once again, villainy is rotting meat before the maggots of justice!
> > "
>
> In my background I've been using a gov't called the Celtic League.
They
> are basically several Scottish and Irish settled planets who've broken
> away from the NAC, and 1 or 2 breakaway FSE planets, mostly of Gallic
or
> Galitian descent.
> Their Fleet is rather small, with the biggest ship being a surplus NSL
> battlecruiser, most of the rest of the fleet being smaller, and very
> much homegrown.
Yes it would seem appropriate. Don't forget the Welsh though. Well
North Wales anyhow. They're Celts too! The Gauls eh? I can see it
now Asterix class Q-ships. They look harmless but pack a big punch.
_______________________________
Niall Gilsenan,
Dublin Institute of Technology,
Cathal Brugha.St,
Dublin 1,
Ireland.