Donald:
> My understanding is that the whole idea of vexillia was that
> YT officers could lead combined groups of soldiers in spite
> of the fact that they had different traditions, methods of
> fighting and even spoke different languages...
Yak:
> I think the entire idea of the vexillae is that they are
> inclusive and thus allow the Lunars (most specifically the YT
> commanders) the maxium benefit from all the disparate elements
> from all the empire.
This is *exactly* what Chris Gidlow and I intended them to be for, when I wrote the cult of Yanafal Tarnils (Tales #17) and he wrote "Tarsh War" (1997). The idea that Vexillae don't work equally well for *any* kind of unit serving in the Lunar Army -- even including allies like the Char-Un or Sables! -- would be IMO quite wrong. For what that's worth.
Cheers, Nick
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