Fw: [OT]UN operations

>Still, they are in a different class from John L's generalized "they
are not allowed to have ammo, as they might offend the locals who have
genocides to complete."

<grin> Not going to get into a "merits of the UN" discussion.

**In My Universe**....
 the UN is Big Brother from 1984, but even though they're evil,
they're
not necessarily incompetent.  IMU, what you've got is:
  UNBOSS (UN Bureau of Secret Services) uses subversion,
assassination,
disinformation--about the same as the KGB's reputation during the Cold
War,
with all the latest high tech gear.  Rumored to use cloned,
gengineered,
and/or cyborg agents.  Having them on your trail is unhealthy.
  UN Solar Navy is usually technically skilled but divided by
politics.
  UN Armed Forces include Marines and Army.  Marines are skilled
professionals based on the Legion Etrangere but have no chance of
advancement into political power.  The Army has better career
prospects but
quality of the troops is quite erratic; the officers are sometimes
bribed
(or ordered by the political leadership) to ignore what the locals are
doing; and weapons and ammo tend unaccountably to end up in the hands
of
the locals.
  Why set it up this way?  More room for conflict.  The Marines can
wipe
the floor with most opponents, but there aren't enough of them.  If
the
Army were first rate, they could clamp down on any fighting--since
that
would make for some dull operations, they can't be competent.  Having
an
UNBOSS enhanced agent slug it out with an Alarishi IBIS special ops
cyborg
gives an opportunity for all the Matrix special effects.   Etc etc.
Again,
IMU, and YMMV.