NAC units

Good points, Brian. How many Star Nations have moved their capitols off of
Earth? This may bee seen as a move to reduce control over the various nations
by the UN. If the UN has their own navy which can keep the belligerents of the
2nd & 3rd Solar Wars away from the Core systems, and

ground troops that are higher tech than anybody else, They would seem to be
pretty powerful. That implies access to a big industrial base; Terra & the Sol
System, perhaps? What kind of control does the UN exert over the Core? My
guess would be substantial. The relationship between NAC forces may be
compared to the relationship between Regular Federal Army units and State
National Guard units in the

US. Each has their own history, and unit pride. The NG units (read
colonials/smaller members) can be called into service alongside the
Federal Army units (read NAC Royal Marines). I think that the political
situation on Terra would pretty much force the
NAC to give each traditional member-nation a vote in the Parliament;
England, Scotland, Wales (or maybe one vote for UK?), Canada, US. Remember,
when the seat of gov't was moved to Albion, it had the population of England.
There's still a lot more people left on Terra. The remainder of the members
would most likely be colonies on planets, unless
certian political situations arose (peaceful balkanization - oxymoron,
and the NAC probably wouldn't let it happen). Maybe a few big space habitats &
asteroid belts thrown in for good measure.

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