Pirates of Drinax - GMs thread

[Uqbarian]

Incidentally, re my query about Asim upthread, I also asked on RPGnet and we had a couple of other thoughts:

• Maybe Drinax unleashed bioweapons/WMDs on the ihatei on Asim in 884-5 (maybe also on the other worlds in the chain). This provoked the Ahroay'if to intervene in force (and gives extra motivation for their use of bioweapons on Drinax). By now (in 1105) the bioweapons are believed to have degraded, and/or Aslan scientists have developed cures/countermeasures. (The bioweapon in Shadows of Sindal would be a newly developed variant that the Aslan don't have an immediate countermeasure for.)
• The Solomani Confederation formed in 871. That's a fair way away, but it could have been a factor in Aslan politics at the time. E.g. maybe some Tlaukhu clans were thinking about a possible war with the new Confederation, and if that went down they didn't want to also be fighting the Imperium, so they urged the Ya'soisthea clans to throttle back coreward expansion. This consideration could be part of why the Ahroay'if settled for smashing the Kingdom of Drinax into bits instead of conquering it.
• Maybe Asim is just too brown for Aslan to want to stick around.

 

[Endie]

Incidentally, re my query about Asim upthread, I also asked on RPGnet and we had a couple of other thoughts:

• Maybe Drinax unleashed bioweapons/WMDs on the ihatei on Asim in 884-5 (maybe also on the other worlds in the chain). This provoked the Ahroay'if to intervene in force (and gives extra motivation for their use of bioweapons on Drinax). By now (in 1105) the bioweapons are believed to have degraded, and/or Aslan scientists have developed cures/countermeasures. (The bioweapon in Shadows of Sindal would be a newly developed variant that the Aslan don't have an immediate countermeasure for.)
• The Solomani Confederation formed in 871. That's a fair way away, but it could have been a factor in Aslan politics at the time. E.g. maybe some Tlaukhu clans were thinking about a possible war with the new Confederation, and if that went down they didn't want to also be fighting the Imperium, so they urged the Ya'soisthea clans to throttle back coreward expansion. This consideration could be part of why the Ahroay'if settled for smashing the Kingdom of Drinax into bits instead of conquering it.
• Maybe Asim is just too brown for Aslan to want to stick around.

It says something about the first two choices that that option three is the sanest choice.

“Oh yeah sorry we forgot to mention it that Drinax WMDed Asim but luckily nobody mentions it and the Aslan forgot.”

In any case there’s a novella that details the biological-weapons-free invasion.

 

[Uqbarian]

In any case there’s a novella that details the biological-weapons-free invasion.

There is? Huh. Which one is that?

 

[Anstett]

There is? Huh. Which one is that?

Three Drinax novellas:

The Once and Future Prince ebook

The Once and Future Prince Prince Harrick stared out at the ruins of the once lush Royal Gardens through the glassteel wall of his office. Even though the immense space had been converted to hydroponics, the vast array of living plants had been beautiful.

www.mongoosepublishing.com

 

[Uqbarian]

Three Drinax novellas:

The Once and Future Prince ebook

The Once and Future Prince Prince Harrick stared out at the ruins of the once lush Royal Gardens through the glassteel wall of his office. Even though the immense space had been converted to hydroponics, the vast array of living plants had been beautiful.

www.mongoosepublishing.com

Oh. Thanks, but I thought Endie meant there was one about the Aslan invasion of two hundred years before.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Three Drinax novellas:

The Once and Future Prince ebook

The Once and Future Prince Prince Harrick stared out at the ruins of the once lush Royal Gardens through the glassteel wall of his office. Even though the immense space had been converted to hydroponics, the vast array of living plants had been beautiful.

www.mongoosepublishing.com

These were pretty good little stories.

 

[Endie]

Oh. Thanks, but I thought Endie meant there was one about the Aslan invasion of two hundred years before.

Heh no, that one was far from biological-weapons-free!