Re: The Camaris Strait.

Dragon Lord (ssifu@hotmail.com)
Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:04:17 GMT

>Gentlemen and Ladies,
> I find the whole discussion a tad silly. The Camais Straits are
>a narrow channel, which has ports for the LoTC on one side and
>PLATO/Eagle on the other. It has basically been blocked by magical
>barriers for some time, and I do not believe any merchant or neutral
>is going to be able to use it at any rate. Any true merchant is going
>to bypass the Straits by the northern or southern routes to his ports
>of trade, unless the port belongs to one of the warring Alliances -
>in which case there is no such thing as neutral shipping. Free
>passage of the high seas is a staple of the Real World (tm) but that
>is only recent in our history, and was enforced by a LARGE Navy. In
>the period of which we are presumed to be, the Medieval/Fantasy
>genre, there never was such a thing as free passage through ANYWHERE,
>much less a war zone! All ships who wish to travel in a declared war
>zone do so at their own risk - whether you inform BOTH sides of who
>you are, or run a well-armed convoy is your choice, but do not claim
>a non-existant Right to "protect" your vessel. As a Merchant House,
>my policy is to charge a higher tariff on goods traveling through
>such area, or go around.
> As for the argument of giving your ID numbers to a faction which
>can then scry you later, any ship traveling through that area is
>going to be made a part of the intel of all Alliances within that
>area as soon as she is spotted - and has been since at least turn 70
>or so. Not to mention the odd "storm" all sides use for sentries. You
>and your Nobles WILL be identified - the only question is under what
>column - friend, neutral or enemy. Since House Aekinskald first
>started sailing, I have been asked many times to identify my ships so
>as not to be attacked - and have gladly complied to the Harn, PLATO,
>SOA, and anyone else who wishes to know.
>
>
>Philip Lee "Spike" Whiting
>

Mmm, this sounds pretty pro-BoRG to me, I'll have to remember that.

Dragonlord

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