Re: Tuffleyverse, States of Europe

John L e-writes:

>     You are quite right, very different, I am just extending the
>current
>UN into the future.   Making the orginization even more corrupt than it
>currently is.	 To quote Jon "in the FT universe there are no good
>guys".

While Jon's quote is applicable, I do not think you can extend the
current UN as it is into the future. If you recall the timeline, the
current UN fails. A new one is created later to keep peace in the
Core and Inner Worlds, leaving the Solar Wars to take place in the
Outer (colony) Worlds.

>     As far as the PT episode:
>1) The momey for the development of the new weapon had to come from 
>somewhere, how about skimming it from the humanitarian and disaster
>funds.
>2) Why was a new weapon being developed for starship combat by an
>organization that has no starships? 

Who said the UN has no starships??

>3) Why does the UN have a weapons program at all?

See earlier mention about 'keeping the peace'  ;-)

Mk
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McCoy: "Angry, Mr Spock? Or frustrated, perhaps?"

Spock: "Such emotions are foreign to me. I am merely testing the
strength
  of the door."

McCoy: "For the 15th time?"
				 - ST:TOS, 'Bread & Circuses'