Yes you could write alone, and many people do. Sachmo has done so in his Rehmoraz story and it's one of the most popular pieces of SEIV fan fiction out there.
The idea of the History game is not that people are cooperating on a single story each writing different pieces, but that each of us are writing the
same story from a
different point of view. It is not neccesary at all for your Posts to relate to the other peoples Posts. Write them as if they are completely different stories, and let the reader make the connections where they are appropriate.
The whole idea of the reader knowing more than the characters is the basis of the classic literature form of tragedy.
The bit about the Katana was just a poke at Sachmo since he was saying he was having trouble because of not enough fighting. The fighting will happen, sure enough.
EDIT: Of course I am not saying you cannot coperateivly write a story arc with another player if you want to. The only rule in the History game is you can't "rewrite history", that is you can't lose a fleet in a battle and say your fleet wasn't destroyed. The rest is up to you.
Geoschmo
[ December 04, 2002, 03:01: Message edited by: geoschmo ]