Re: [FT] UN ship design

> I suspect they'd 
> 1) Have some tech no one else has 

where'd they get it from?

> Of course, if you think the UN is toothless and useless, 

yup.  (suppressing a Political Rant with some difficulty).

>you might 
> say they are:
> 1) small in number, not large in size
> 2) designed for economy, not tech
> 3) subject to some really variable crew quality
> 4) captained by men afraid to damage their ships due to the 
> difficulty of the UN affording repair - timid captains. 

5) subject to serious ROE limits.  "You can't shoot them until AFTER
they've killed you, Jones."
6) often unarmed. "We're only here as observers." "Captain, I observe
incoming fire." "Hm.  Well, try not to bleed to much, we're short of
bandages."