Re: [GZG] FTverse colinies

Ah yes GZG-verse Political officer's, or the three P's, pamphlet's, 
propaganda and a pistol shot to the back of the head.
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From: "Ground Zero Games" <jon@gzg.com>
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [GZG] FTverse colinies

> >[snip lots of other stuff]
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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
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> 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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