RE: UNSC in Full Thrust

Yes, I would like to see some historical fill for the UNSC.

One thought that I've been knocking arround is a UNSC that is somewhat
seperated from the UN. Sort of a division of powers idea.

The collapse of the US in 2049 creates a power-vacuum. A general power
grab
begins. Nations do not want to send thier troups into combat under the
command of officers of another country. So the UN peacekeeping forces
evolve
into an all volunteer, professional military force. To further ensure
the
independance of this force, its memebers are granted "citizen of the
world"
status. This grants them all the rights of a citizen of any country they
are
in (as long as that country is a member of the UN). This also freed up
troops for the power-blocks to expand and consolidate territory. At this
time, the UN began to provide fee-based escort service for independant
shipping. In 2076, when the AC launches the first Combat Starship, the
UN
Sees the writting on the wall and begins to expand thier military to
enable
them to provide peacekeeping within the Solar System and the Core
Worlds.
This is done, in part, through a "scientific exploration" justification.
The
UN starts to build starships for scientific exploration of space. This,
in
reality, was mostly a front to allow them to gain experience starship
building, maneuvering, and combat as well as ground combat on other
planets.
The FSE/NSL war of 2101-2103 sees the UN peacekeeping forces expand into
space (with the approval and urging of the AC and ESU) to protect
shipping
and citizens within the inner colonies. When the First Solar war breaks
out
in 2137, the UN tries to continue to protect shipping, but is
continually
frustraited by political threats by both the NAC and the ESU. In 2143,
the
UN recoginizing the political pressure will not allow peacekeeping to
continue, creates the UNSC as an independant force charged with
suppressing
conflict in the Core Systems. For funding, it applies tarrifs to all
traffic
within the Core systems. While each of the powers resents it, they see
the
advantage of protecting thier capitals and vital manufacturing (moving
the
warfare out to the less important colonies).

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Brian Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Stanley Taylor [SMTP:charles.taylor@cableol.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:46 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: UNSC in Full Thrust
> 
[snip]
> The article descibes the UNSC fleet as being a joint project of the
> major powers (the politics must be excruciating) - drives by NAC,
> weapons by FSE, hull by NSL - imagine the result :-)
> 
> In my more cynical moods I envision the Tufflyverse UNSC as being:
> 1) a front organisation for John Cribbin's Space Illuminati
> 2) peacekeepers - as in Farscape :-)
> 
> The UNSC also seems to do quite a bit of deep space exploration - what
> have they found out there?
> 
> Hope this lot helps,
> 
> Charles
> 
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