>Sort of. The WDF are essentially mercenaries; right now they're under
>contract to the UFP, but that doesn't make the WDF the Federation's
>bitch. :) If the Federation's behavior gets too unsavory (and the
>determination of this is rather arbitrary, since it's made by the WDF
>Supreme Commander and his or her staff), the contract can be cancelled And of course they wouldn't be inclined to listen very carefully to what a certain former WDF Supreme Commander and his exec had to say on the subject...
:)
>and the WDF can go do something else. Or even try to topple the
>Federation government if need be. We did it to Salusia once...
My guess is that the reason they haven't done this yet is that:
A: They don't feel things are that drastic yet, and
B: As long as they stay on the inside, as it were, they have ways to influence the situation short of war.
I have a feeling this is going to come to a head sooner rather than later, though.
Eric J. Heckathorn
ericjh@stargate.net