Seems someone has been partaking of their opiate trade goods. :-)
1. I'm not part of any invasion force; PLATO or otherwise. Unless a lone
noble gathering terrain data from horseback constitutes an invasion force.
That's how many nobles I _had_ on Provinia. I am an explorer and trader
seeking new markets while mapping the Olympian world. Unless you've been
sequestered in a cave, you may also know I make all mapping data I gather,
freely available to anyone that cares to visit my site (though I admit it's
been a while since I had time to update it.)
>In other words, this isn't as innocent as it sounds. It could be argued
>that the noble harmed was, in fact, a spy for the alleged invading force.
>Any acts of violence against this noble are thus acceptable as an act of
>war.
>
>This is akin to an invading force complaing about someone defending a
>castle.
2. I'd already spoken with Sir Codric and the Lords of the Crown, and had
been refused permission to map their lands. It wasn't one of there nobles
that attacked Meriwether, and I have no quarrels with PLATO, IC or anyone
else. I was proceeding to Rimmon to take ship elsewhere to explore, and I'm
sure LotC were aware of this since I'd already spoken to them. That only
leaves an act of banditry to explain the attack, theft and murder.
And no, I'm not an innocent. :-) But I'm definitely not guilty of the
outrageous propoganda you're attempting to perpetrate with your rhetoric.
It is better to be thought a fool than open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
Perhaps you have a stake in this that you're not revealing?
Wyrmswyrd
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Ben el7@mindspring.com
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