From: Corey Burger <burgundavia@c...>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:38:58 -0700
Subject: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
Has anyone started working on this nation?
Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
From: Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@u...>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:01:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
> On Thu, 25 May 2000, Corey Burger wrote: > Has anyone started working on this nation? there are one or two people who are quietly working on it. > Corey who is fishing for something to do i don't know how hard Alan is working on the IC; you might be able to run with that. the usual option is to invent your own minor power - rent some star systems off Nyrath (3 is traditional - he has very competitive bulk rates!), pick an ethnic/political/economic group that you like and create away. Free Sri Lanka sounds semi-plausible, for instance. other options would be to create corporate groups (we currently only have Texaco, ITTT and the VRC as real corporate powers) or a mercenary unit - i know someone was collecting them a while back. you could even create multiple loosely connected groups (a company, their rival and the mercenary units they've been using against each other for three generations). tom
From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:34:39 -0400
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
> other options would be to create corporate groups (we currently Reynolds Corporation (based in the Alarishi system but run by Sam Reynolds). Most of the other Alarishi companies (Forward Power, Imperial Tactical Technologies, et al) don't field many troops, though. How about ThyssenKrupp Raumsmarine IG (or AG, I don't recall which would be more appropriate and my German is very shaky anyway)? They'd build warships (which Thyssen does now) and powered armor, among other things. Thyssen certainly qualifies as a megacorp.
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:14:57 PDT
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
> Laserlight wondered: > How about ThyssenKrupp Raumsmarine IG (or AG, I don't recall I work at a financial firm, and asked a German co-worker what AG meant. Basically, for ThyssenKrupp to be an AG, it would have to be publically traded on a stock market. IIRC.
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:18:00 PDT
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
> Tom Anderson wrote: > the usual option is to invent your own minor power - rent some Was this tongue-in-cheek, or a reference to some ongoing gameverse?
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:24:37 -0400
Subject: RE: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
Jerry Han has set up a site for an GZG Encyclopedia Galactica at http://people.canoe.ca/jhan/ft/gzgpedia/. It is a jumping off point for people who want to invent nations for the GZG universe. As part of it, Nyrath has been kind enough to create a star chart of near-earth stars onto which we can map the GZG universe. The rent part was tongue-in-cheek. --- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net <mailto:bkb@beol.net> http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/ ICQ: 12848051 AIM: Rlyehable --- [quoted original message omitted]
From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 01:04:39 GMT
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
> How about ThyssenKrupp Raumsmarine IG (or AG, I don't recall IIRC.... AG == Aktien Gesellschaft, or Stock (as in "Stocks and shares") Company. Meaning that it's traded on a stock exchange. You might be careful of using actual company names though - someone might object. Still, it's probably safe. Some German and other military firms you might consider: British Aerospace (BAE) (UK) GEC-Marconi (UK) Hollandse Signaal Apparaten (HSA) (Dutch, but owned by...) Thomson Sintra (France) Ferranti (UK) Rheinmetall AG Thyssen-Nordseewerk Deutsche Aerospace System Teknik Nord (STN) Atlas Elektronik Krupp Bremer Vulkan The names remain, but the ownership changes. The firm I was employed by in 1987
From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:04:38 -0400
Subject: Re: Japan was Royal Dutch Commonwealth
On Thu, 25 May 2000 12:38:58 -0700, Corey Burger <burgundavia@crosswinds.net> wrote: > Has anyone started working on this nation? What do you mean by "starting to work on this nation"? FT wise, or SG2 wise? I have a fair number of Japanese Corporate Mercenaries. I like the looks of the figures. Jon has no Power Armour for this force, yet, but I'm thinking of using my Living Steel power armour for the Japanese. The scale and style is close enough. For organization, I went with an 8 man squad as I seem to remember the number 8 being lucky in Japan (or is that in Buddhism, I can't remember). Their flechette guns have FP3 (I got a confirmation from Jon on this) but I have them wearing D6 armour. I haven't played any campaigns or anything with them, but I'm thinking of having them use the Morale rules as found in the SG2 book, while having all the OTHER forces use my morale modifications. It should give the Japanese some extra staying power without being unbalancing.