On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:17:41 -0800, "Kelly St. Clair" <xxxxxx@efn.org>
wrote:

>IMO, what all of this demonstrates is that there IS no one consistent
>and definitive answer to be found in a ruleset and/or setting that was
>created over many years, by many hands, and at some point you (and all
>of us) just have to go with something that makes sense.  Make it up
>yourself, if you have to - that's what GDW (and DGP) did!

"Ding! Ding! Ding! WE HAVE A WINNAH!" That's ultimately _always_ the
answer, and is Rule Zero for any RPG whose designer(s) weren't totally anal
overcontrolling a$$h0le$. In my occasionally-reposted Pretentiously-Written
Rant In Re Canon, I phrase it as "An ye like it not, CHANGE IT!". 'Nuff
said...

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