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Safehold Grab Bag 2 of Questions, Part 2 (Posted Sun Apr 15, 2012) December 2013
Safehold What kind of piracy was going on on Safehold, and why didn't it affect the Church tithes? (Asked Tue Apr 24, 2012) December 2013
Safehold With the way that the Clinton is breaking the writ laws such as with the Canals for example won't this in the end undermine the churches authority? (Asked Thu Apr 26, 2012) December 2013
Safehold Why can't Merlin just use Terran Federation weapons to quickly overthrow the Church? (Asked Mon Apr 30, 2012) December 2013
Safehold Why shouldn't Charis induce atrocities to further erode the Group of Four's authority (e.g., throwing rocks through windows, stealing/destroying food supplies, etc.)? (Asked Fri May 04, 2012) December 2013
Safehold What drew the Gbaba attack in the first place, and how is the Rakurai supposed to prevent it from happening again? (Asked Sun May 13, 2012) December 2013
Safehold Origin of the Border States (Posted Sun May 20, 2012) December 2013
Safehold Why doesn't Merlin just nuke the Temple? (Asked Wed May 23, 2012) December 2013
Safehold What level of literacy is supported on Safehold? (Asked Thu May 31, 2012) December 2013
Safehold Is there a second string human colony out there? (Asked Mon Sep 10, 2012) December 2013