From:	Faux Pas <fauxpas@******.net>
Subject:	CAS/UCAS tensions
Date:	Sun, 26 May 1996 12:47:02 -0500

Someone mentioned (in a post I deleted) that the CAS and the UCAS are on the
brink of a major war. Huh? Where did that come from? It was in a post
that mentioned all the UCAS has to do to piss off Aztechnology [Aztlan] is
assist the CAS in retaking Austin.
That post also mentioned something about Texas not wanting to be part of the
CAS. That's not totally true. The CAS is a confederacy of states,
different from the republic of the USA (or Shadowrun's UCAS). Sure, some
people in 205x's Texas would want Texas to be a nation unto itself (heck, I
know some people today who want that), but as a member of a confederacy,
Texas has much more freedom than it did as a member of the old United States
of America. The only reason why Texas is a member of the CAS in 205x is
there was no other place to turn to after the Aztlan invasion. [And no
offense to Stevie McBride, but the CAS: Government section in the NAGNA
needs to be rewritten by someone who knows the definition of the word
"confederacy" and how it differs from "republic"]


-Thomas Deeny
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jet pilot."
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