On 1/15/2021 3:40 PM, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list)
wrote:
> Thanks for the info;
>
> I figured that this quote;
> "Their borders have held strong for centuries…UNTIL NOW. Beset by enemies on all
> sides, the
> Empire is now collapsing rapidly and has lost one world after another.
> However, like a wounded and cornered predator, the Empire does not plan to go
> down without a fight.",
> implied that the TravTL for the book was set during the early part of the
> 'Rebellion'TL.
>
> Was/is there another time when the GE was nearly wiped out?
>
	No. I recommend reading the book at this point. It goes into the history and
politics of the area. Which I won't be able to do justice in explaining. But it
does set the stage that the Characters in your campaign may have something to do
with the situation.