Talk:Great War

Backend notes

The Great War is the backdrop setting to Neyu's story. It's a little bit of the Thirty Years' War, with some World War I and the sociopolitical lead-up to World War II thrown in.

The war begans as a small conflict among three neighboring countries on Mannon; as the first conflict settles, ripples from it bring other new participants into the fray. The original dispute is over resources, but later involves various other things including long-disputed borders, religious disagreements, and real and imagined slights. National interests on other planets mirror the conflicts and old, inherited grudges from the home-world and play out as well. The Sokkor system has the benefit of being distant, but the disadvantage of having a lot of good resources, with different portions of different planets under the control of various nations. Skirmishes, privateer raids, and small scale military engagements give way, in time, to larger actions. Why? Because this resource-rich section of space stands to become a major secondary production center to give Pertaman the ability to finally fully conquer other nations and their territories.