On Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 02:50:57 AM MST, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
The ones in the Fifth Frontier War book? Well, they don't seem to have
gotten their upgraded system by the time of the Rebellion (1116), even
as just part of a J-6 trunk to from the Spinward Marches to Capital, so
the upgrade was clearly being done in a very leisurely fashion, even by
3I standards. You'd think a major war that nearly ended in disaster
would've given them some sense of urgency.
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Or the 5FW resulted in a reprioritization that resulted in a lower priority for the upgrade.
And, as far 'The Rebellion' is concerned, well it didn't really happen dontacha' know! ;-)
(And, once again, a canon conflict crops up in the TU)
Besides, there's a myriad of reasons that the upgrade wouldn't be apparent.
Esp since, at J4max, the avg 'speed' in 2.6 parsecs.
Maybe the upgrade only yields 3.6? or even less?
Also, what about all the private, semi-private, etc couriers that we all *know* existed.
Word would've gotten out from them almost as fast as the official 3I couriers & maybe even faster & yet there was no mention.