Re: Re: The United States in Full Thrust

Heh heh heh, well, I've held off commenting on this
string.  I am fairly bias as I spent 8 years in the
USMC.

To be honest, even though I'm a pretty darn patriotic
fellow...I have no problem with the Tuffeyverse.  I
rather get a kick out of it.  Sure, it might be a bit
unrealistic, but who knows what the future holds?? 

Living right here in Texas (yes, I'm a Texan) There
are all sorts of weirdo militia in the backwater who
don't like being under the thumb of an American
government, and would NEVER go for being under the
thumb of the Brittish.	Thankfully, they stay out in
huge ranches in west Texas, and no one really listens
to them.  Texans have a bit of pride being the only
state in the union to once be it's own country, but
most of us are quite fine with being a part of the
USA.

There have been quite a few cases in our short history
when other countries have underestimated us.  Common
example is Pearl Harbor. The Japanese really didn't
think we'd get off our fat lazy butts to fight a war
over an island so far from the continent.  Heh heh
heh, boy were they wrong.  But in most cases,
Americans have a live and let live attitude, as long
as we make money.  Heh heh heh big hint here for those
not living in America.....the best way to piss us off
is to hit us in our wallets.

All that said, the Tuffeyverse is fun.	I have no
problem with it.  Besides, if this is what it takes to
make the Brittish feel better about themselves, then
fine by me. (heh heh heh I can't wait for the
responses on this comment)  And I'm sure there are
thousands of wanna-be Nepoleans that love the fact
that France actually matters to anyone but themselves
again.	Like I said earlier, who knows what could
happen down the road......studying the past often
surprises me, so the future is even more of a hit and
miss patchwork of guesses.

I solve this problem by creating my own universe.  Me
and my buddies wanted to make things fun, so we
created the Nebula Conflict.  Heh heh heh it's a long
written history I'll not go into right now, but to
give you an example....the race I made up is called
the Fungarians.  Yes, a race of sentient mushrooms. 
My buddy's race is the Aloi, a race of lovable lizards
who really don't mean any harm, they just want more
planets with warm rocks to sun themselves on (the Aloi
also seem to have an almost fanatical love of mushroom
soup).	It's all a bunch of fun!!!

--- Christopher T Pipinou <cpip@juno.com> wrote:
> Actually, in my game universe, I have the United
> States still intact
> (less Texas, and rumblings of secession in other
> locations), and have
> neither FTL nor grav.  Indeed, massive power blocs
> are formed mostly
> around various small nations, and justified by a bit
> of fluff that
> forbids nations to maintain navies larger than a
> certain tonnage. 
> However, having them flagged under other nations,
> but crewed and built by
> your own is a perfectly legal loophole... (hence the
> UK "gifting" its
> remaining commonwealths and colonies with their own
> space fleets)... But
> I still happily use the GZG rules system for
> battles... 
> 
> If there's any interest in my future history (which
> I'll admit isn't any
> more likely than the GZGverse's), I'll be happy to
> expound on it.  Heck,
> I'd be interested in hearing about other folks who
> use the rules but not
> the GZGVerse...
> 
> Best,
> Chris
> 

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Thank You,

Shawn M Mininger

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