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15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
Count in the graysons need for spaceborn industry, their ingenious thinking, their religion that revells in new ways to do something and of course that they where in a war for most of 500 years, and you have your explanation why they could build up a relative modern navy in less than 10 years, inlcuding the yards, the ship designs and the understanding of the technology.
Of all the systems we know of in the quadrant, only Dresden seems to come near that particular mix bend for infrastructure upbuilding.
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
Then we have the... well... aristocratics in all but name, that see their wealth and the lifestyle asociated with it as a birthright and look down at the "lower classes". They may or may not begin a venture. But their whole thinking will in most cases prevent them from being successful.
They need workers, technicans and customers. But they can't be nice to these people. So they have no loyality. So if a manticorean investor comes to the workers and/or technicans and offers them the money to start their own venture they will jump on it in no time.
And the oligarch lost a big part of his workforce, a big part of his customer base and his monopoly in one single step.
Many of the oligarchs will keep large parts of their fortune, but their relative fortune will be much much dimished.
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
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But to get somebody like Hauptmann or Alexander-Harrington to let the talbotters partake in the venture it needs some advantages.
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
Byng won't get orders to attack. He is the fall guy, send to get his ass kicked. He is very carfully selected to be an absolute idiot with an kneejerk relfex where Manticore is concerned. He will be duped to give the orders to attack himself.
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
2. Henke KNOWS that Mesa is trying to start a war between Manticore and the SL. That was what Therekov found out. The RMN has PROOF that Mesa tries that. They don't know why but they know that they do.
Now a BATTLE FLEET admiral with well known hate for Manticore gets command of a BC-force in direct neighbourhood to the quadrant. What would you think? Under this constraints defending Tillerman is a logical step.
15 years ago @ Eric Flint's plac... - STORM FROM THE SHADOWS... · 0 replies · +1 points
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