On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:46:40 -0700, Phil Pugliese (xxxxxx@yahoo.com) wrote: >[I <snipped> everything 'cuz I'm only making a side-note] >W/i canonical OTU I recall reading that there are significant cultural >differences 'tween 'Imperial' vargr & those vargr from the 'Extants. I >can also imagine an equally significant cultural difference 'tween those >vargr w/i the Julian Protectorate(?) & ones from the 'Extants. Not to >mention the aslan w/i Imperial (SolRim for sure, maybe elsewhere too?) >boundaries & the 'Hierate itself. >BTW, great stuff guys. I find it very thought provoking. There are definitely differences between Extents Vargr and Julian Vargr; the Protectorate has a policy of deliberate promotion of species integration - if you've got Jim Vassilakos's GALACTIC program (it runs nicely in DOSBox, if you don't have Windows XP or earlier), look at the extensive notes attached to Amdukan Sector. I'm not sure you'll find much in the way of "Solomani Aslan" - there are reasons that they kinda really don't much like each other - but there _are_ Imperial Aslan, and there are some cultural differences between them and Hierate Aslan. Canonically, though, those differences are portrayed as being much less than the differences between Imperial, Julian, and Extents Vargr. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Fanzine and Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/ ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)