06-17-2020, 08:19 PM | #11 |
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06-18-2020, 05:00 PM | #12 |
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Re: [Campaign Inspiration] What surprising things are owned by royalty
I thought that was what the Cherry-Picker's got when they pillaged an abandoned carriage of one of the Boney siblings and sent the important stuff like intell to the rear.
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06-18-2020, 05:06 PM | #13 |
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Re: [Campaign Inspiration] What surprising things are owned by royalty
What about honorary (and sometimes literal) membership in societies like the Trust, the Royal Geographic, or the In and Out?
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06-18-2020, 05:29 PM | #14 |
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Same details, but it was 14 Hussars (Emperor's Chambermaids), since rolled up a couple of times to form the KRH.
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It is also a way to assimilate Opposition Force specialists, for these can go to retired regiments, and indeed it might even encourage re-upping, or certainly re-registering.
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06-18-2020, 06:08 PM | #16 |
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In Mileau O of Traveller, the Emperor owned 2% of every LIC. That is kind of a throwback to the days when the English monarch was expected to only go to Parliament for taxes when he wanted to carry out the laudable project of beating up French or Scots.
I had an idea of Doges and the Archducca owning some of the more high-class hotels. This reflects hospitality being an appropriate trade. One thing they could have is their choice of products from such-and-such guild. The crafter of course gets free advertising. In Traveller there are hints of foods and beverages only grown for the Emperor's table. A space emperor (or his family) of course can have a whole planet as a hunting park. If it is a polygamous society, the winner of a bride-show can count. How much this is "belonging" depends on the nature of the culture and whether or not considering people property is considered appropriate. A nomadic society can have personal horses, herds, etc. Vikings can have the King's ship (like the Long Serpent). Also don't we have to distinguish between stuff a monarch owns as head of a Corporation Solo and that which they own like anyone else? Queen Elizabeth owns the apple she just bought for her horse in a different sense from that which she owns the unclaimed swans on the Thames.
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06-19-2020, 04:04 AM | #18 | |
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This may be tending more into sumptuary laws that what is actually owned - this and gifts of monopoly open up non-tangible possessions of the crown in terms of legal powers... |
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06-20-2020, 09:30 AM | #19 |
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Re: [Campaign Inspiration] What surprising things are owned by royalty
Unless the cultivar is trademarked as coming from crown property. In which case anything similar is by definition, an imitation.
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06-20-2020, 10:46 AM | #20 |
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What does LIC mean?
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