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On Tue, 11/24/15, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Absurdities of the Official Traveller Universe
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 5:01 AM

 On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at
 11:59:23PM -0800, Jim Vassilakos wrote:
 >
 For example, if a noble gets to keep 1% of the money he
 taxes as
 > personal wealth, that's
 potentially a lot of personal wealth.

 I think it's reasonable that the ranking
 Imperial noble of a decently
 populated world
 should be fabulously wealthy by ordinary standards. It
 fits my view of the Imperium pretty well, at
 least. They may also have
 wealth from other
 sources, and most likely do.

 > However, if the Navy is
 expected to operate on such a low percentage
 > of GDP, I'm not sure it's going to
 be able to repel a significant
 > threat,
 should one arise. Just some initial thoughts.

 I think that fits with the
 "small ship" view of the setting. There are
 no significant threats, for some reason or
 other.  In such a setting,
 a trillion
 credit squadron is still a force to be reckoned with on
 the
 large scale.  Star systems simply
 don't, or can't, go over to a war
 footing in which every high-pop world with
 sufficient technology can
 produce such a
 force every few months.

 - Tim
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I always look to the FFW boardgame to get an idea of the naval force structure for the 'Marches.

I don't believe that the 'Marches could or would support the IN regular 'rons on their own.

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