Re: [GZG] FTverse colinies

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>We are also presuming that the campaigns will be conducted in full
>media glare rather like a modern campaign, and fought by democracies
>that deeply care about things like world opinion and whether or not
>their populace is offended by pictures of insurgents hung by the neck.
>  Would international media be able to influence a campaign quite as
>heavily? I suspect not, given travel times that prohibit the 'near
>real time' coverage.
>
>John
>--
>"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
>and again. We're looking for thousands of Persians."
>--Vita Aureliani

A very interesting point. If we're talking about just the GZG-verse 
as written, with no FTL comms other than courier ships, then you'll 
have an interesting mix of 21st and 19th Century paradigms. There may 
well be international/Interstellar media about filming and reporting 
on everything, but then even if they can smuggle the footage offworld 
(or transmit it to a courier waiting to jump outsystem) it is still 
going to be days/weeks/months before the public back home get to see 
it. So there may well be plenty of firm evidence to court-martial 
people after the event, but still no way of actually stopping 
seriously bad stuff while it is happening. Local military commander 
and political leaders will have to have almost complete autonomy on 
the spot, there will be no bouncing decisions up the chain of 
command. If they screw up, they'll either have to carry the can later 
or make sure that the news never gets out....  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

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