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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 2891694" data-attributes="member: 32164">Pick the cooler one.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Okay...that's a bit flippant. But the simple answer is that it would require a fairly delicate balancing act to preserve the flavor people liked in each setting. I freely admit that I haven't looked at the setting detail for either one in AGES, but what about something like this:Out to the edge of &quot;settled space,&quot; you have the various independent Stellar nations. IIRC, in Star*Drive, the Concord is like an interstellar U.N. It operated with the grudging support of the various stellar nations because it keeps the peace and deals with &quot;real threats&quot; to civilizations at large.In the combined setting, Star Law (which is a Marshall service dealing with tracking down criminals) plays the same role for the Concord that Marvel Comics SHIELD does for the U.N. Alternatively, it could be tied to a specific nation.Out on the stellar frontier is where the action takes place. Get back into settled space, and Star Law's jurisdiction may be severely limited. Of course, tracking fugitives that go from one nation to another would be in their purview...Like I said, it would be tricky, but it's definitely doable. Besides, technology development and political changes since the release of either setting would force one to rewrite large portions of the &quot;History of the Future&quot; chapters ANYWAY.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 2891694, member: 32164"] Pick the cooler one. :cool: Okay...that's a bit flippant. But the simple answer is that it would require a fairly delicate balancing act to preserve the flavor people liked in each setting. I freely admit that I haven't looked at the setting detail for either one in AGES, but what about something like this: Out to the edge of "settled space," you have the various independent Stellar nations. IIRC, in [i]Star*Drive[/i], the Concord is like an interstellar U.N. It operated with the grudging support of the various stellar nations because it keeps the peace and deals with "real threats" to civilizations at large. In the combined setting, Star Law (which is a Marshall service dealing with tracking down criminals) plays the same role for the Concord that Marvel Comics SHIELD does for the U.N. Alternatively, it could be tied to a specific nation. Out on the stellar frontier is where the action takes place. Get back into settled space, and Star Law's jurisdiction may be severely limited. Of course, tracking fugitives that go from one nation to another would be in their purview... Like I said, it would be tricky, but it's definitely doable. Besides, technology development and political changes since the release of either setting would force one to rewrite large portions of the "History of the Future" chapters ANYWAY. [/QUOTE]

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