An examination of the Centauri Republic.

For one thing, The Centauri got a lot of new worlds and territory when the took over the Narn.
For another, Londo could of just been rounding.
For another, he may have been dislexic and meant "21" worlds.
For yet another, he may have mistaken a dozen for twenty. Or 50. English is a tough language.
For the last, he may have meant a baker's dozen.

I never take anything at face value .

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"Ink on a page!" -Refa describing the moral depths of a treaty.
"Life is life, whether it's wrapped in skin, scales or feathers." -Dr. Franklin

[This message has been edited by Morden (edited January 21, 2002).]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by breen:
In "The Gathering" Londo mentioned that the Centauri Republic consisted of 12 worlds. This causes problems when one considers the following points:
The Republic has a population of 40 billion.
Centauri Prime has a population of 3 billion.
So that means that most Centauri live on colonies. The colonies have on average a slightly larger population than homeworld.
And why do they have only 11 colonies? Less than half the number posessed by the Earth Alliance. They may be in decline, but it still seems strange.
This is, of course, a very pedantic examination.
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You are, of course, taking what Londo says as the %100 truth. But you are forgetting a couple key points about the Centauri:

First, these are the same Centauri, whose Empire has been on the decline. They are past their glory days, and spend most of their time wishing that the Empire was in its past glory. They will probably exaggerate lots when talking about their Republic to make it SOUND better than it is.

Second, this is the same Centauri race that claimed Earth was a long lost colony of theirs . They will twist just about anything around to put themselves at the top.

In a nutshell, there is no reason to accept what he said as the absolute truth.

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'I don't believe in the no-win scenario' - JTK

To be blunt, Londo is a drunken fool who will say anything to find a way to bring back "The glory of the old days" -for short, he lies-

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-With every light is born a shadow-

If one cannot take the word of a drunken braggert as truth, then who CAN be trusted?

In "The Gathering" Londo mentioned that the Centauri Republic consisted of 12 worlds. This causes problems when one considers the following points:
The Republic has a population of 40 billion.
Centauri Prime has a population of 3 billion.
So that means that most Centauri live on colonies. The colonies have on average a slightly larger population than homeworld.
And why do they have only 11 colonies? Less than half the number posessed by the Earth Alliance. They may be in decline, but it still seems strange.
This is, of course, a very pedantic examination.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by breen:
If one cannot take the word of a drunken braggert as truth, then who CAN be trusted?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Psi-Cops.

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Yeah, Mundanes still suck.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Morden:
For one thing, The Centauri got a lot of new worlds and territory when the took over the Narn.
For another, Londo could of just been rounding.
For another, he may have been dislexic and meant "21" worlds.
For yet another, he may have mistaken a dozen for twenty. Or 50. English is a tough language.
For the last, he may have meant a baker's dozen.

I never take anything at face value

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know me as kosh see we are all kosh. now bow down to the vorlons

I never believed that the Republic covered the entire quadrant. (Assuming he meant a galactic quadrant)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Psi-Kid:
Psi-Cops.
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LOL. Good one.



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"Ink on a page!" -Refa describing the moral depths of a treaty.
"Life is life, whether it's wrapped in skin, scales or feathers." -Dr. Franklin