Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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87
Ar's Station, although it was apparently active in the altercations with pirates on the Vosk, never joined the league.
2
88
This is probably because of the influence of Ar herself, which might regard her extensive territorial claims in the area as being implicitly undermined or compromised by membership in any such alliance.
2
89
The headquarters of the Vosk League is located in the city of Victoria.
2
90
I suppose there are special historical reasons for this, for Victoria is not centrally located on the river, say, between the delta to the west and the entry of the Olni into the Vosk on the east, which point, incidentally, is controlled by the city of Lara, a member of the Salerian Confederation.
2
91
Victoria lies rather toward the west, in the reaches traditionally more subject to Cosian influence.
2
92
Geographical position, accordingly, at least with respect to approximating the midpoint between the delta and the Olni, was apparently not the paramount consideration in locating the headquarters of the Vosk League.
2
93
Had it been one might have expected to find its headquarters in, say, Jasmine or Siba, towns much more centrally located.
Ar's Station, although it was apparently active in the altercations with pirates on the Vosk, never joined the league.
This is probably because of the influence of Ar herself, which might regard her extensive territorial claims in the area as being implicitly undermined or compromised by membership in any such alliance.
The headquarters of the Vosk League is located in the city of Victoria.
I suppose there are special historical reasons for this, for Victoria is not centrally located on the river, say, between the delta to the west and the entry of the Olni into the Vosk on the east, which point, incidentally, is controlled by the city of Lara, a member of the Salerian Confederation.
Victoria lies rather toward the west, in the reaches traditionally more subject to Cosian influence.
Geographical position, accordingly, at least with respect to approximating the midpoint between the delta and the Olni, was apparently not the paramount consideration in locating the headquarters of the Vosk League.
Had it been one might have expected to find its headquarters in, say, Jasmine or Siba, towns much more centrally located.
- (Renegades of Gor, Chapter )