Ensign Q wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:31 am
Mantle of the Empire
I wish the cc would use the plural forms correctly. (pre woke era)
The
Star Trek CCG has always used the singular gender-neutral "they". This dates back to the earliest days of the game.
Second Edition made the decision to use "he or she" instead, but singular "they" is a deeply, deeply baked-in precedent in our game.
I think we can safely dismiss the explanation that Decipher in 1996 was being "woke." We can probably also presume that Thackeray was not being "woke" when he used singular "they" in
Vanity Fair in 1848.
"They" wouldn't be my
personal preference. I don't use singular "they" in personal conversation, because, despite its long pedigree, I find it unnecessarily confusing in too many contexts. Nouns and verbs should agree in number. I personally prefer gender-neutral "he" or gender-neutral "she," although I will occasionally stoop to "he/she" if the sentence is particularly ambiguous.
But we are only the game's stewards, and must be very careful about which ancient precedents we decide to reverse.
Mantle of the Empire is correctly worded for 1E.
And, to answer your question: it refers only to chancellors present (of either gender).
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