Sunny Han writes: > Also the part in Phoenix where the Orca captain talks about sailing > beyond the Maelstrom. It seems the population hasn't yet reached the > Age of Exploration. I always had the funny impression that Dragaera was just another version of Earth as we know it, something else that might have happened in the deep past to create something else. Like, as it's called "Another Plane of Existance." There are striking similarities. The Fenario map in BP somewhat resembles a map of Hungary. Greenaere and Elde Island seem to be conveniently located in a location not unlike Ireland and Great Britain with relation to Western Europe. Of course, i may simply be projecting. rone -- {Reagan's} presidency always reminded me of a remark made by a woman to Heywood Broun following Secretariat's victory in the Triple Crown. After the trauma of Vietnam and Watergate, she said, Secretariat had "restored her faith in humanity." I like to think Reagan was the Secretariat of the eighties. - Garry Trudeau