Sorry for arriving half way through a discussion.
Gashikan would probably have adopted the "I told you so attitude" during the rebellion, they might have tried to aid the 3I during the vargr incursions during the final war but they don't really have the resources and are a very centralised pocket empire- you might have got some merc types running off to help the 3I - bit like the flying tigers or the various nationalities that joined the RAF.
As for the JP telling Gashikan about Virus - not sure they would be ablbe. Norris got his info from Strephon who might have been aware of deyo chip research, and those scentists who fled Lucan's imperium when in several directions, one might have got through to Strephon's holding (even if strephon could not do anything about it). Norris had time to digest the info as the news can via cross rift courier.
The Julians just got hit by the wave of virus. Any ship that runs with a warning is probably carrying virus. Their reaction is probably similar to Margaret's domain. Countermeasures without really understanding what the problem is.
If they are sending off couriers with a warning - Gashikan is probably not high on their list. They send warnings to the rest of the protectorate and allied client states.
But if someone did send a courier I see 2 things happening. The Gashikan's shooting it down and not beleiving the warnings about a fantastical plague and then getting swamped by the virus front or teh courier carries virus to the empire.
This could really turn the Gashikans xenophobic - the evil vargr have passed them a virus plague that destroys most of their civilisation (slave revolts anyone) + that heavily centralised govt. If they survive that lot and mercilessly put down the slave revolts they could become an extremely xenophobic empire or even an avenging crusading pocket empire.
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From: DED
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Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Third Empire Gashikan
I strongly believe that Ruler of Five (Ro5) is a Vargr state. According
to the history section of /Vilani & Vargr/, vargr corsairs rounded
Windhorn and continued rimward towards the First Imperium, which had
expanded to Meshan, Mendan and Amdukan sectors. As such, the corsairs
weren't going to waste time expanding trailward as there was nothing
there to plunder! Hence the area now occupied by Gashikan was wide open
to settlement by the Scorpion Corporation.
On the Cultural Map in V&V, the Ro5 is smack in the middle of Urzaeng
territory. These wolves are known to be "very territorial protective of
their space." I don't believe that they would give it up to humans.
In Jeff Zeitlin's write-up for Gashikan
(
http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=GASHIKAN
<
http://zho.berka.com/data/CLASSIC/sector.pl?sector=GASHIKAN>) he
alludes to that very same cold war with the Julian Protectorate that
you're talking about. I don't know if that's something of Jeff's
concoction or if he got that from /Challenge/ issue 49. Does anyone on
this list have that?
According to V&V, the/Authority of Joekgh/ is located in Kfazz Ghik
sector, which is one sector coreward of Trenchan (Rukhs Dall), the
trailing half of the Empire of Gashikan. I don't believe that it is a
break away colony, as it seems a bit far; but I have no proof. It's
firmly in the midst of Suedzuk territory. Many Suedzuk fled Gashikan
after the capital was sacked, maybe it was founded by some of them.
What is this /Zuugabish Tripartite/? I don't see it on the map.
I agree that a privateer campaign based out of the JP and raiding
Gashikan would be a good one for a CT or MT campaign.
In TNE, I'm wondering if the JP would warn Gashikan once they learned of
Virus. Stellar density drops off in Trenchan sector. I could see pocket
empires forming. Maybe parts of the JP and Gashikan both survived. If JP
warned Gashikan, does anyone think that maybe they'd soften their
anti-vargr stance? Norris warned the Zhodani and relations improved
there. Of course neither side was shooting the other on sight or
enslaving them.
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DED
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Gashikan sector sounds like an interesting area. With the Julian
Protectorate and the three smaller states to rimward and the Ruler of
Five to spinward. I/ve been looking and haven'tfound any concrete info
on thier feeling towards the Imperium. My feeling is the would be
simpathitic, but most likly they couldn't resist "Well we told you so".
Thier attatude towards the Vargr would probably harden, is that
possible?? On Gashikan Vargr are shot on sight, most other worlds seem
to see Vargr as genetily engineered dogs, not worthy of rights. I can
see the Julian Protectorate facig off in a sort of cold war. Its dealing
sith the Ruler of Five (Vargr state?) would be more aggressive,
especially if corsars operation out of R.O.F. rutinly raided the Third
Empire. In Vilani& Vargr I see there is a 16 world state that is part of
the 3rd Empire but on the Traveller Map is is a seperat state "Authority
of Joekgh". Possibly a break-away colony?
I think this would be a good place to base a privateer campain out of,
raiding the R.O.F. or trying to bring the Zuugabish Tripartite into the
empire.
Roger