Re: [HIST] conflicts in the GZGverse

> OUDF - Allies/Friendly: NAC, FCT, NSL, Swiss, NI - Enemies: ESU, IC
> I assume this because of Earth based interests mostly. OUDF space
presence
> isn't terribly numerous and hence tends not to get fought over as much
as
> some.

"The OU has no friends, only interests."

Of course, there are various "special relationships". When the NAC want
a
team
to do Zero-G work, the OUDF's Australian Special Atmosphere Service is
used
by choice, especially for a "plausibly deniable" mission.

Even if in a system far, far away, an OUDF Special Action Team is at
that
very
moment busy thoroughly trashing an NAC mining complex as the result of
an
action
by that particular NAC-based firm.

It can get more complex than that: in one case, an NAC firm had its
databanks
thoroughly erased (via OUDF plastic explosive....). No casualties. But
the
insurance
claim bankrupted an NSL Insurance firm, one of whose tentacles had just
taken
by Force Majeur a small OU mining site. Which was not far away from a
joint
NSL-OU research station that carried on its business uninterrupted.

So the OUDF can be found at various times both as allies of convenience,
or
temporary enemies, by nearly anyone. They never fight for pay as such,
but
the OU carries grudges.

Exceptions:
OUDF has been known to fight against Japanese Mercenaries, but only as
allies of
other Japanese forces.
OUDF has never been observed fighting against New Israelis. The few
occasions
where they've come into contact, they've staged a mutual withdrawal.
OUDF has never been observed fighting alongside Indonesian Commonwealth
Forces, except against other Indonesian Commonwealth forces. They rarely
take prisoners under these circumstances, and don't mind a few Friendly
casualties as long as the Friendlies are all IC troops.
IAC and OUDF forces are definitely Allied, with ships of both fleets
(rarely)
having mixed crews.
OUDF has often been seen fighting alongside the UN, and never against
them.

So:
Declared Allies: IAC - though the OU is more friendly to the IAC than
vice-versa
Rumoured-to-be-Allies: NI, Japan, UN
Very Friendly : NAC, AE (relationship with AE is symbiotic rather than
friendly)
Friendly: NSL, ITT, VC, FCT, "Vultures R Us" (Friendly Rivalry for the
Corporations
rather than Friendship. Competition is cuthroat, but both sides often
lend
each
other a hand when lives are at stake, and money isn't. But a Colt 44
beats 4
Aces)
Used-to-be-Friendly-but-currently-Neutral : FSE ( due to Nouvelle
Caledonie
Terrorists)
Used-to-be-Neutral-but-currently-Hostile: PAC (they suspect the OU
helped
the NAC
 against them recently. Or so said the FSE...)
Used-to-be-Hostile-but-currently-Neutral: ESU (Money Talks)
Neutral: Pretty much everyone else.
Hostile as a matter of policy, but not neccessarily practice : IC

On a geopolitical scale, the OU has few if any enemies. But in the SG
level,
nearly anything goes.