Economics & Technology

> At 09:10 AM 6/16/98 -0900, you wrote:

I think for the "official" FT background the 2300 AD model for colonial
development and technological disemination is closer to the mark. In both
cases you have a relatively homogenous pool of technology, good planets are
hard(er) to find, most of the area is populated by humans and both follow the
"nationalism in space" model.

The Classic Traveller model works better in some ways for backgrounds in which
habitable planets are relatively more common, and several different cultures
and species with overlapping spheres of influence exist.