Re: Blue water navy.

tom.anderson@altavista.net wrote:
> >On Earth, where you have an incredibly vast >concentration of wealth
> >generated by trade among two major land masses  
> why can't this be true offworld? 
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> on those planets, without the un looking over
> everyone's shoulders, there may well be planetary
> conflicts.

A good example would be the limited wars fought in Margaret Weis' "Star
of the Guardians", where intercontinental & interplanetary conflict is
almost normal (as long as the Warlords get their fuel & supplies).

'Neath Southern Skies