> The reason you want to start at a relatively low
> level is that
> the characters are fairly ignorant of the world so
> you don't have
> to spend loads of time agreeing background. A junior
> officer fresh
> from the Heartlands won't know what's going on, an
> experienced
> commander usually will. Similarly a youngster won't
> know clan
> politics whereas an older member will.
He's right, of course: but dropping the whole bunch of
them into a situation where even experienced
characters don't really know what's going on will come
close to the same effect. Like, say, some experienced
Lunar soldiers being posted to Sartar... weird place!
They don't even use coinage!
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