I can't speak to specifics, but CYA has been the SOP of Macross governments since day one.
First, the old UN hushed up the exact physical nature of the Zentradi while arming to fight them, on the grounds that news of thirty-foot-tall soldiers would
cause a panic. Like revelation of the mere existence of heavily armed potentially hostile aliens wasn't?
Then, when the Zentradi actually showed up, the UN -- after having risen to global dominance on the threat of alien invasion, don't forget -- chose to
COVER UP THE INVASION FOR OVER A YEAR, even after the Macross came back intact, and then tried to shovel all the
negative publicity onto Global, his crew, and the civilian castaways.
Now you'd think that the reconstructed UN Spacy led (at least at first) by Britai hizownbigself would have a healthy disrespect for this kind of nonsense,
but then we have the Varauta/Protodeviln attacks on M7, and Max's flat refusal to let the civilian government led by his
wife know anything more than the absolute bare minimum possible "yes enemies exist," for no damn
reason that makes any sense to me.
Military policy remains as fucked up as ever in the Macrossverse. I have no doubt that over in your nBSG crossover there'd be generals and politicos
trying to keep the mere existence of the Colonials and Cylons a secret at any cost (whether they'd succeed is of
course up to you, but I can't imagine that they wouldn't exist).
--Sam
"Kyuu, kyuu, kyuu, kyuu..."
First, the old UN hushed up the exact physical nature of the Zentradi while arming to fight them, on the grounds that news of thirty-foot-tall soldiers would
cause a panic. Like revelation of the mere existence of heavily armed potentially hostile aliens wasn't?
Then, when the Zentradi actually showed up, the UN -- after having risen to global dominance on the threat of alien invasion, don't forget -- chose to
COVER UP THE INVASION FOR OVER A YEAR, even after the Macross came back intact, and then tried to shovel all the
negative publicity onto Global, his crew, and the civilian castaways.
Now you'd think that the reconstructed UN Spacy led (at least at first) by Britai hizownbigself would have a healthy disrespect for this kind of nonsense,
but then we have the Varauta/Protodeviln attacks on M7, and Max's flat refusal to let the civilian government led by his
wife know anything more than the absolute bare minimum possible "yes enemies exist," for no damn
reason that makes any sense to me.
Military policy remains as fucked up as ever in the Macrossverse. I have no doubt that over in your nBSG crossover there'd be generals and politicos
trying to keep the mere existence of the Colonials and Cylons a secret at any cost (whether they'd succeed is of
course up to you, but I can't imagine that they wouldn't exist).
--Sam
"Kyuu, kyuu, kyuu, kyuu..."