Far Stars Union Web site

Regarding typos on the pages:

Actually, since I was using the provided 1-2-3 Publish software (I think

that's what it is called), I didn't have the option of spell checking. I had
written everything out on Word (spell checked, of course) then e-mailed
it to my home computer. I was planning on pasting this text into the page, but
it
wouldn't take!  I ended up having to re-type all of the stuff, and
quickly
since my almost-three-year-old son kept interrupting and wanting to use
the computer.

Regarding cultural make-up of nation (southern US and Germans):

Well, there are two large portions of the poulation that are made up from
Latin Americans and Czechs (they just tend not to be part of the "ruling

class" at this point in the nation's history--but their economic and
political power is growing and will probably eclipse the other groups in

another 20 years or so--assuming no direct action by the Kra'Vak or any
other external forces).

Regarding political make up of the FSU:

The reason that the Union government tends toward libertarianism is that this
keeps it from interfering with the more organized local governments. And it
helps trade, so everyone ends up better off, but it would be a mistake to
think that the legal/political/economic situation on say Neu Pilsen
would be called libertarian by ANYONE. You have to remember that the only
world actually controlled by the Union government is Gryphon ("only" a moon)
and
that place is mostly a government/military base with only limited
civilian presence.

With regards to the Alarishi--I figure relations would be relatively
friendly
though competitive on an economic basis, though raids by FSU-flagged
privateers during the troubles with the FSE in the past (circa 2129) may have
had an adverse impact on Alarishi commerce in that sector of space and could
have generated some long term ill will.

The FSU is somewhat aggressive when it comes to claiming new territory, but
the nation's small size and limited resources generally keep this inclination
in check.

Just a thought or two...

Rob

Rob Hofrich replied to comments which I intended to send only to him, not the
list (note to self: call a troll for applied physiognomy), on some
similarities between Far Stars Union and Alarish.

Of course, the main points about Alarish are: a) local governments are
whatever the locals want, and there are hundreds of local governments to
choose from; and b) we have no habitable planets.

So the FSU isn't all that similar. It's nice to see that someone else thinks
at least partially in the same direction as I do.

(Rob, you're not in therapy, are you?)

> With regards to the Alarishi--I figure relations would be relatively
may have
> had an adverse impact on Alarishi commerce in that sector of space

I wouldn't worry about interrupting Alarishi-FSE trade.  Interrupting
AE-NSL trade would be a problem.

In a message dated 1/3/00 9:45:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> laserlight@quixnet.net writes:

> Rob Hofrich replied to comments which I intended to send only to him,

Actually, I don't know whether you sent it to me directly or thorugh the

list--I didn't actually read the header line very carefully!  Sorry
'bout that!

> Of course, the main points about Alarish are:

I probably should be.

> >With regards to the Alarishi--I figure relations would be relatively

Rob

ps--I plan on adding a few designs (2 escorts, 2 light cruisers, and a
battlecruiser) and trying to do some typo-correcting tonight on the Far
Stars page, so please bear with me.