[TML] RTT FGMP

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/13/08 7:16 PM, "Garry Ward" <garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: "Richard Aiken" <raikenclw at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 5:41 PM
> 
>> Well, this *is* the Empire we're talking about here.  They're the only
>> ones who are supposed to be using this type of weapon.  The Empire's
>> "no nukes" policy has never been interpreted to apply to itself.
> 
> Ah, so you're asserting that the Empire doesn't just rule the space between
> the stars, but also has sufficient control over the local planetary
> governments to preclude their choice of weapons for their standing military
> forces? That complicates any call up of local forces for Imperial needs
> because any troops called up may not be trained on Imperial level weapons
> since the Imperials deny certain weapons to local governments.

Well, there *are* canon references to the Imperium mostly leaving planetary
affairs to the locals, but getting real pissy if anybody starts throwing
nukes.

In that manner, I can see them reserving the nukes for their own use (much
as the big powers do today) and having specialists who handle them.  They
wouldn't *want* locals supplying specialists, as that implies the locals are
playing with nukes.