Re: Unofficial Civilizations

Speaking of the Japanese, surely there must be one nipponophile on the
list
that will elevate them to superstar status with their own fleet!

Noah Doyle wrote:

> 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