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Re: question
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:07:07 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Chuck Rex writes:
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> I have a question. If the red pirate theme mini-figs are Imperial Guards, and
> have the flagships and trading ports and all that, why do the blue Soldiers
> also have a ship?
I rather imagine they just thought the red-coats would be a nice variation to
the blue-coats. Both have their own big base/fort and mid-sized ship. Run 'em
as two different factions or be british about the whole thing and have the
blue-coats the officers and the red-coats the marines.
> And why do the soldiers have a "brig"? Isn't that a nautical
> term? Wouldn't they be land troops, and just (nautically speaking) cargo for
> the Guards? Is there some way to make it work logically, or was Lego just
> (heaven forbid) careless?
Shore patrol. Gotta lock them drunken sailors up somewhere. You can make
it all work, but at the same time Lego was not trying to be strictly
accurate or historical.
Bruce
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