[TML] New Member & the Sylean Rangers

[Douglas Berry]

Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> On 8/2/08 3:14 PM, "alan hume" <threeeyesmcgurk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I for one can see no reason why it couldn't last out till the far future
> 
> Lasting into the far future is one thing... but if I'm not mistaken, the
> Sylean empire had had no contact with Sol.  So it would be a parallel
> development, not a descendant of the modern symbol.

Actually, one of the claims of legitimacy for the Third Imperium was 
that Sylea was home to one of the last governments claiming to be the 
Rule of Man. So obviously there were Terran military and naval resources 
in the area, and those, as the Long Night deepened, would have a heavy 
influence on what would become the Sylean Federation's military 
establishment. Also, most military organizations are very much into 
lineage and tradition. So in the early days of the 3I, Cleon was 
probably raiding history books for every scrape of Terran Glory he could 
find to bring back the idea of Empire to the masses.

Doug, History Geek at Large.