Re: Framework of nations

On 16-Dec-01 at 14:25, John Atkinson (johnmatkinson@yahoo.com) wrote:

> Planet X is balkanized, perhaps between notional
> allies (NSL and NAC, FSE and ESU).  There are a lot of
> local frictions (perhaps over resources only
> extractable in a limited area, like a drug made from
> flowers found only in a certain mountain range).

Everyone knows that Planet X is the sole producer of
the shaving cream molecule.

  One
> viceroy decides to launch a military campaign to
> secure these resources.  He _has_ to achieve a victory
> before the central governments can interefe.	They
> won't make him give back the mountain range and they
> won't smack his hands if he wins.  If he can't win,
> then his career is over.

Duck Dodgers in the 24-1/2 centurey!!!