The problem with adequate warning about Virus is that you'd not only have
to get there ahead of it, you'd have to know what it was, how serious it
was, what to do about it, and have the credibility to be listened to.
(Imagine September 10, 2001, "no really, they're going to hijack four
planes at the same time...) If you want to go that way, I'd say go all the
way and say it was someone involved in Lucan's faction who knew the nature
of the weapon, like maybe a scientist or military weaponeer, was born in
Banners, saw what was going to happen and high-tailed it out of there in a
Jump 6 courier to save his homeland with a tech manual.
> As mentioned in a previous message (I think), I am looking at returning to
> my old Banners Sector campaign. One of the changes I am looking at would
> involve lessening the effects of Virus on the worlds within this sector.
> Enough warning time for some precautions to be put in place perhaps?
>
> Another alteration would be to increase the number of small polities or
> pocket empires in the sector. Currently there are only three as at 1201,
> Hope Federation, Alston League and Czarate of Delsun. The Aslan worlds
> were
> particularly hard hit when I collapsed the sector.
>
> If I just advanced the time line the Alston League would likely dominate
> due
> to it having a functioning A class starport - the only one in the sector
> so
> it may make for a better game location if I scattered a few more around.
> What do people think?