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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.  
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The Great War is a multinational (and to an extend, multi-planetary) conflict that has been in progress for between thirty and fifty years, depending on the given participants. The [[Prime Four]] are the main belligerents, but have drawn other nations from time to time, including [[Tanatha]] and [[Chibal]].
  
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The war begins 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.  
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There have been six armistices, but only four main ones. The [[First Armistice]] marked the end of [[Vaasith]]'s hegemony over the [[Rahik]] system, and signalled its decline overall. [[Damamat]] benefitted greatly from the conditions of the cease-fire.  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 28 April 2013

The Great War is a multinational (and to an extend, multi-planetary) conflict that has been in progress for between thirty and fifty years, depending on the given participants. The Prime Four are the main belligerents, but have drawn other nations from time to time, including Tanatha and Chibal.

There have been six armistices, but only four main ones. The First Armistice marked the end of Vaasith's hegemony over the Rahik system, and signalled its decline overall. Damamat benefitted greatly from the conditions of the cease-fire.

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