Re: Runedarspace-New Sphere

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> 	That's because everybody's got it all wrong. :)  The term "Imperial
> Elven Navy" was coined by some humans after the First Unhuman War.  The
> common tongue simply doesn't have words for the elven translation.
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> 	The purpose of the IEN (or EIN, whatever) is to make contact with
> "lost" elven colonies.  "Defending the space lanes" is a fairly new (in
> elven terms) idea that some megalomaniac elf got after being rejected as
> a painter one too many times.  (The elves have their [insert your favorite
> charismatic tyrant]s, just like everybody else.)  The IEN is just a "phase",
> but due to elven lifespans, this phase is measured in centuries.
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> 	Comments? :)
>
> -Static


   Maybe all the confusion is due to the fact that there are two elven
Navies.  The IEN to find lost colonies and protect them and the EIN who are
more concerned with economic rights free trade and elven "intrests".

               :) What about that?

  --Steve