On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Kurt Feltenberger <xxxxxx@thepaw.org> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:30:30AM -0400, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
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>>> >CT says everyone must do at least 4 years service to the Imperium.
>>> >Universal Service...
>
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> I'm not so sure I agree with this, Jeff. How do you explain the "Other"
> career, which isn't really "Imperial" service? Also, the other options
> (Army, Marines, Navy, Scouts, and Merchants) have very broad applications
> and don't always mean it's *Imperial* service. That was clear in Books 4, 5,
> 6, and 7.
>

"Other"'s the people who are draft dodgers and other criminal types (grin)

I lump service to the Planetary and Sector military in as Imperial
service - sort of like serving in the National Guard means you fill
your obligation to the US Army.  (Made more sense back before the NG
got nationalized....)