Re: LoGH Mystery Ship
Scott Swoboda (scotswo1@airmail.net)
Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:54:44 -0600
Walter Amos wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Scott Swoboda wrote:
>
> > When I thought about it, Massasoit is about as ancient to the LoGH
> > characters as Ulysses and Patroklos are to us. Perhaps owing to the
> > peaceful public image the FPA tries to project as a counter to the
> > "evil" Galactic Empire, they named some battleships after peaceful
> > historic fugures. Now playing at the Imperial Megaplex; "SINK THE
> > GHANDI!"
>
> Based on this theory then it is rather depressing that they would have to
> reach back that far in their history for such characters - this implies a lack
> of sufficient numbers of such people in the next few thousand years of future
> history. :( But examining our own history I guess that isn't much of a
> surprise - makers of war are usually more immortalized than makers of peace.
>
But don't forget, the FPA has built tens of thousands warships in the
last 150 years (and the highest number of ships with the same name is 2,
such as Leda II). So cheer up, it took them a VERY long time before
they had to reach so far into the past that they had trouble spelling
the names :) Aha! finally, a way to explain the Japlish!
Regards,
Scott Swoboda