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As luck would have it, I stumbled upon option 2 by blind chance. Currently employing the age old tactic of mass colonisation of most of a galactic arm having closed it off at 2 choke-points. Soon I shall explore the military options at my disposal once my small empire has built up the means of production to support a war machine. All is very good so far.

I also see tuypo got themselves banned. Did they go off the deep end or something while I was not looking? I mean, the individual in questions posts were dire and almost unreadable, but hardly what I would call trolling or offensive in any way.

I thought your countries were democracies? That the people's will is something which is listened to? Or is it just a lie?

Not sure what the propaganda you are being fed is saying, but nobody in the west wants a war with Russia, and not a single leader is pushing for one - a war simply would not gain anyone votes. What we want is for Russia to leave the situation in Ukraine alone, as naive and futile such a hope is.

What makes you think Russia will not defeat itself by involving itself in shady interventions and eventually biting off more than it can chew? A few thousand Russian troops in Ukraine is small potatoes compared to other geopolitical issues currently at the forefront of the minds of those making decisions, compared to Iraq/Syria/ISIS and Israel/Hamas. As for historical precedent, out of little more than vanity it broke itself during the cold war - is this history starting to repeat itself? The Afghan war is another such example.

Sergarr, as you quoted it, I know you read Frumple's post in the US politics thread. It sums up quite nicely why the EU or US has done nothing overt yet. Nothing has occurred that truly makes us care enough yet. The US/NATO/EU not caring is probably not a good thing, but at this moment in time, other than maybe making things worse, what else could come of any form of intervention?

I am downloading this as I type, and really hope it lives up to my expectations, which have been driven very high.

What is your long term plan for this game, regarding its release etc? I would hate to play this early alpha then find myself expected to drop large amounts of cash on it when finished...

So the evil internal affairs departments that come down on any officer even slightly stepping out of line as portrayed in tv/film do not really exist? Or do they exist but are they as corrupt and ineffectual as other US policing efforts?

Posting to watch what will inevitably be a completely beautiful disaster.

The north/south divide still seems pretty clear to me. As for probable outcome... well, that depends which side is "legitimate" and can retain control of the majority of the US army, air force and navy. I suspect that would be the "northern" faction.