RE: UN Ship Nomenclature

Niall spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> I doubt anything other than a terrorist group would hit at an embassy
> though.  It is the main route of diplomacy between nations.  Why cut
that
> off completely unless you're so confident of victory you don't need to
talk
> to your opponents.

Or you're on a colony world whose host government has done something 
very wrong to - hence sparking a revolution. Perhaps you need the 
ambassadors as hostages? Bargaining chips? Perhaps you just don't 
want diplomatic ties anymore while you are being trodden under the 
boot of the major power? Revolutionaries ain't always the most 
sensible folk. If it were a FCT colony, it might well be that if the 
NAC stuck its nose in, the FCT colonists would give their embassy a 
thrashing (since everyone knows its full a spies, assassins, and even 
worse - lawyers!). It might not be a 'kill the diplomats' thing - it 
might just be 'capture them', but even so, the troops defending may 
have to fight a force of regulars. 

Or what if someone at an embassy had conducted some espionage or 
spying and the 'object' in question (badly wanted by planetary 
forces) was in the embassy. You might send in disguised regs amidst a 
crowd or on their own in a 'deniable' mission. The embassy might be a 
long long way from help or investigators.....

Tom.  
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