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* [[Continuity Drift]]:

** Up through book 6, ''Resident Mad Scientist'', the United Nations of Sol is portrayed as just one out of [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-05-04 many major galactic powers]. After book 7, ''Emperor Pius Dei'', the subject of galactic politics doesn't come up much for a few books, but, when it does start coming up again, the UNS and the Plenipotent Dominion seem to be the only major powers in the galaxy.

*** By book 14, ''Broken Wind'', the Uniocs in particular are demoted from "major power" to [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-27 "cultural underdogs"].

*** By book 14, ''Broken Wind'', the Uniocs in particular are demoted from "major power" to [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-27 "cultural underdogs"]. (This may even have happened by book 7, in which Ebbirnoth, in "Glamour Assault", was planned to pretend to be a terrorist attacking humans in the name of [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-05-01 "Unioc independence"].)

** Before book 15, ''Delegates and Delegation'', the internal politics and organization of the United Nations of Sol were used mostly just for [[Cryptic Background Reference]]s and didn't come into the story much, and the structure of the UNS seemed to change between books.

** In book 1, the top of the UNS military chain of command seems to be the [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-04-15 UNS Security Council]. In book 7, it seems to be [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-09-11 UNS High Command]. In book 15, the position seems to be taken by the [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-02-08 Penultimate] [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-04-23 Admiralty] (to whom, despite their name, both admirals and generals report).