Re: [FAQ] FH what? Re: [DSII] Dozy question re: Command/Communic ations

--- Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:

> Are these simultaneous attacks a mere coincidence? I

That's our story and we're sticking to it.  :)

> and diplomatic slipperiness). To a superpower
> fighting for its existence, 
> the NRE's action looks very much like openly siding
> with the ESU.

Let me compare:

In 1982, the US and USSR were engaged in a Cold War. 
A nominal US ally attacked the US's closest ally who
is a member of a US-sponsored mutual defense
organization.  The US's response was not to bomb
Argentina, or send in the 82nd Airborne, or even to
move a carrier group in to shut down the Argentinian
Navy.  We sold the UK some Sidewinders and spent the
rest of the war trying to broker a ceasefire.  Now,
let's imagine that shortly before this, the War the
Never Happened did.  The US and UK (and the rest of
NATO) is in a 'fight for it's life'.  The UK doesn't
have the assets to waste.  What do you think is going
to happen?  They are going to get told 'Deal with it'
and the US will go on focusing on the main theaters of
conflict.
 
> The next NRE attack on the RH comes in 2173 - right
> after the Sumani IV 
> incident has caused the 3rd Solar War to heat up
> again. The timeline 
> doesn't mention the RH much after this year - they
> seem to have been 
> knocked out *of the 3rd Solar War* by someone... and
> according to your 
> timeline, the NRE delivered a devastating knock-out
> blow to the RH in this 

Still fighting in 2183 when they finally loose
Titshihar to ESU.  Which indicates that it's not a
high priority theater if it takes decades to take one
lousy planet.  Especially considering that the NAC has
since 2173 lost 3 colonies to the ESU/FSE.

John

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