Re: Myth Drannor in space...

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:04:54 -0500, Night_Druid
<Night_Druid@??????????.net> wrote:

>    That'd be a safe bet; I sorta envisioned a "Spainish Empire" of
>wildspace.  Spain was a pretty potent military empire of its day, and
>plundered a continent or two to spend it all on parties and luxuries.  So a
>highly aggressive, militiaristic Mirror fits in with the idea :)

i´d rather make it not TOO agressive, or at least confined to one sphere.
otherwise it might have been shunned by the other spheres, or even actively
fought. and that would have been bad for mirrors business/trade... besides:
it would have had repercussions on the (canon) history of the known
spheres, which would make it harder to incorporate Mirror into a SJ-
campaign.

>The only point may be that
>it should have been either shut down at the time of Mirror's siege, or
>better yet, simply inaccessible (perhaps one of the navies took over the
>moon/asteroid where it was located, but didn't know what the heck they were
>sitting on).  Otherwise the siege becomes a bit more of a headache.  But
>otherwise, the idea is pretty nifty ;)

a (relatively) simple solution (though it won´t be obvious to anyone): one
of the wizards who created the gate was a traitor. (s)he wanted to conquer
Mirror and therefore collaborated with the enemies (or only one fraction of
the enemy forces). her part was to assure that the gate would not be used
as part of the defence during the siege. (s)he worded the deal in a way
that (s)he was not bound to use the gate against Mirror during the war,
only to deactivate it for a while. the reason behind this: the enemy forces
should weaken Mirror (so that it would be easy for him/her to take over),
but should be nearly destroyed in the process- so that they wouldn´t be a
menace after the coup. ...but something apparently went wrong...


>    Does raise an issue: I sorta figured Mirror to be a "plug & chug"
>asteroid cluster, but maybe it *should* be a sphere?  A sphere-wide empire
>that conquered, raided, and traded in other spheres as well?
Interesting...

personally, i´d like to see it as a sphere-wide empire. i´d refrain from
raids in other spheres (at least by means of the gate), because the
potential dangers that could have arisen for Mirrorspace. if it should
resemble Myth Drannor, it seems more appropriate to confine Mirrors
influence. jm2c...


>    Anyways, no idea for a city/national/sphere symbol.  Any suggestions?
no idea at tme moment. but more questions:

1) from which race were the major powergroups? humans? elves (myth drannor
in space ==> elves)? others? or a melting pot like the late myth drannor?
2) why did you name it "mirror"? are there lots of reflecting surfaces?
perhaps a mirror-themed symbol?
3) linked with 1): how were Mirrors relations with the Imperial Elven
Navy? ...and with other multi-sphere powergroups?


slowly, Mirror assumes a definite form! :D

daniel
aka tauster