On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 08:43:37PM +0000, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> What, then, is the point of the Imperium? If there is so little
> trade between worlds, there's nothing for the IN to protect, nor is
> there any reason for a foreign power to invade. (because if you want
> something from another world it's a heck of a lot cheaper to buy
> it.)

My objection is more that in the post-scarcity scenario being
described, why doesn't everyone who wants them have their own private
interstellar yachts?  Along with tons of other effects that we simply
don't see in any published material.

The premise of this post-scarcity assumption to reduce trade would
render the Traveller universe completely unrecognizable.  (I also
think it would not have anything like the intended effect on
interstellar traffic)

- Tim