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02-15-2005, 03:22 PM
Volsung
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I'm not convinced that the laws made by Glukkons are the ones being broken. We don't see any glukkons, and its up in the air as to whether Sekto is part of the Magog cartel or not. I think the Outlaws break the laws the Clakkerz make, and the Clakkerz don't really have any worthwhile enforcement. Sekto won't bother to protect them, because he's got an arrangement with the Outlaws, or at least D. CasteRaider. And neither the Outlaws nor Sekto want to kill the Clakkerz, because the Clakkerz are easy to extort. Hence the existance of a store devoted to bounties. They can't take care of the problem, but they'll give Moolah to whoever can.

I've somewhat altered my definition of industrialists to imperialists. That's why I would consider clakkerz part of a sub-category. Though it would be easier if there was a consumer category, it would be, to some degree, redundant. As Angalok stated, the Clakkerz have given their tacit approval to the industrialists by taking advantage of land and resources stolen from the natives. They can't be considered native or wildlife (even though they consider Stranger Wildlife) because their lifestyle furthers the expansion of the Industrialists sphere of influence. They don't have a neutral effect on the environment.

The big Wolvarks sounds like a workable theory, and I really do hope that "Outlaw" isn't an umbrella species name. But they could still be of the same species, and each could be a different "race". In humans, a racial distinction is so miniscule as to be nonexistant, but in other animals, like cats and gorillas, there can be profound differences between one race and another. The outlaws were based on warthogs, and I see no reason they can't all be the same species. I don't know if I prefer that or not, but I do know I'd prefer for them not to be named Outlaws.
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