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Dear All, The Government intend to remove the BFPO system as a defence cut!
If only some of the Government have seen some Military Service! They really don't have a clue of what they are doing to discipline and morale within the armed forces! Having spent nearly 40 years in the British Military and travelled all over the world, I can assure you that getting your mail is one of the most essential things that have a direct effect on morale and peace of mind of of our service men and women, it is essential that you know your are not forgotten and that your loved ones are OK, news from Home is so important. The Government put our Military into harms way to do their bidding; they then remove the British BFPO Service! Personally, I believe the Government should go before they remove the BFPO system! If you haven't done it before, please petition the Government to scrap this plan. Thanks for your support
This is scandalous! Please sign the petition below. Though we all understand that defence cuts are to be made, this is an area which affects the families in particular. The BFPO system is the mechanism whereby post is received by our serving soldiers and their families abroad at a postal address recognised as being part of this country, no matter where in the world they are serving, even in war zones. Amongst other things this disenfranchises them if they are postal voters; some credit card providers will not send cards abroad (M&S for example) whereas they will to a BFPO address; it may affect their ability to let their house whilst posted abroad, or away from home; it may take away their tax advantages such as being able to have an ISA whilst posted abroad. It will affect Open University students who have a BFPO address as they will be charged[/quote]
higher fees; it will potentially effect children of serving soldiers when they go to University, as they may not be eligible for student loans/fees to be paid, and will be charged higher fees as they live abroad. They will also be charged different rates for subscriptions etc as they will now have to come via local mail, and not the UK mail.
Please forward this email to as many of your friends as you can.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveBFPO/






I have the universe fairly well sketched in my head, it's a question of timescale though - the one i was originally aiming to do was at the end of the Terran Empire, shortly after we got all but wiped out by a single alien race with technology we could only dream of. Mankind was scattered in small colonies, the occasional city on a remote planet, mainly as the dregs of intergalactic society, working in kitchens on space stations, as bounty hunters, mercs, that sort of feel. But then I lose the chance to do all the cool human tech we all want to see - so i thought, take it back a bit to before the end of the Empire, when we were kicking ET's ass on a score of fronts and not bothering to learn the local language when we took over their planets or enforced trade agreements on them. Maybe around the time when things were just starting to go wrong - supply lines breaking down, revolutions in far flung colonies, wars of independence, alien infestations, corruption, etc. So You can have an army that's fully equipped or slightly more shambolic. Maybe they are stuck with outdated robots or haven't been resupplied for some time. maybe their maintenance hasn't been up to spec and the cyborgs are all kaput except for one or two. Maybe you want to do a 'golden age' army when the ground shook beneath the alloy feet of walkers carrying squads of Genetically Modified supermen (nicknamed 'GM Joes' by regular troops)to crush the quivering tentacles of the enemy, and men soared in jetpacks like birds to rain death form above in a very personal manner. Maybe you want hordes of robots, attack craft and drones, or lots of artillery. Or maybe you just want to see those weary, cynical veterans awaiting their inevitable death and passing the time by getting wasted and intimidating the new guys.
To start with, I'll be doing all the generic stuff that should fit into people's existing armies - lightly armoured troopers and heavily armoured troopers - then I'm thinking a merc unit, some bikers (in 15mm only, most likely, unless demand is there for 28mm after seeing the design) then Cyborgs and GM Joes. I 'd like to have a bash at some walkers of some sort, along the lines of the Matrix ones, or maybe something more Japanese in style, with a more armoured look. The United Earth Coalition has many influences - I'll probably mainly be doing the New British Empire to start with (you could of course paint them as other stuff but that's how I'll be thinking of them.) but as in real life there'll be multi-national input in terms of vehicles and things at the very least.
If anyone wants me to elaborate on the history or demise of the Terran Empire, let me know. It might be a lot of typing.


