Solarian League Breakup?

After a Computer crash and the demise of civilization, it was learned
Paul Howard <ppaulshoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote on Mon, 03 Sep 2007
16:07:24 -0500 in alt.books.david-weber :
>There's been speculation on Baen's Bar that even with Mantocore's more 
>advanced technology along with Haven joining the Alliance that the 
>Solarian League would win in the long run.  However, there has been 
>strong hints that the Solarian League will be breaking up.  It is very 
>possible that the breakup will be caused by news of Mesa's meddling 
>within the Solarian League.

	Two thoughts on the breakup of the Sollies.  It will happen because
the most powerful force in the Honorverse wills it: namely the author
needs plot devices.

	The "how" will be all manner of socio-political technobable.  Some
parts will split because of the revelations of Mesa duplicity, others
will not care, and just go for their own little patch of heaven (or is
that "the heavens"?).
	What's going to make it fall apart is simply that it is not cohesive
enough to prevent secessionist movements from taking hold.  Once that
starts, any excuse will do. Mesa duplicity, OFS oppression, Border
region corruption, core world "insensitively", a shortage of Legos,
depredations by zombie ninja space pirates.  The Return of The One.
Bun-Bun.  (I was going to include "bad horoscopes" but how can you cast
a chart in another planetary system?)

	In other words, the machinations of Mesa are not going to upset
enough people to matter.  But the "cause" of Mesan machinations will
provide an excuse for many who do matter.

tschus
pyotr
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