Re: Fw: [OT]UN operations

Hmm, that sounds liek UNATCO from Deus Ex...

All you need now is a disenfranchised, nano-augmented hero and you have 
yourselves a computer game :-D

>**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.

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