"THE GALAXY" IS A PAN-FANDOM RPG BASED IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE, OPERATING IN THE AFTERMATH OF EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE "STAR WARS" UNIVERSE ISN'T REQUIRED.

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March 15th, 2016


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The message has a jumble of letters between each of the words

Caine..Ccassie...hellp

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[Liriael's Crew]

I'm going to the medcenter. You coming?
[info]witchweird
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War

[info]witchweird
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I have been thinking about war. It is hard not to when everyone around is also thinking about war, or planning for it one way or another.

I have only seen a small part of this galaxy, and only traveled a little. But I already know that the map is not the territory in some very important ways. Sometimes it takes a long time to get somewhere close, or a short time to get somewhere far away, because of the way the stars are arranged and the way that the routes must go.

And this, this unexpectedness between map and reality, it makes me wonder:

What is war like in this galaxy?

I have seen wars that were fought street to street, with guns or with missiles or with tanks. I have seen planes flying to battle, seen explosions far up in the sky. I have abandoned homes in ruins, and half starved when food was unable to arrive on roads that have been destroyed or that are guarded by enemies. I have run from snipers and taken long detours through basements and tunnels propped up with beams from the ruins above, where the bullets cannot penetrate. I have seen all this and more. I have fought

That is war, where I come from.

But I understand that the strategies change with the weapons that are used, offense and defense in a perpetual race. Or perhaps I should say offense and defense and the people just trying to avoid getting killed.

It is hard for me to imagine war in this galaxy.

Do battles take place in space, where there is room to maneuver? Perhaps the one who holds the space around planets holds everything? But space is a cold and dead place, so perhaps space doesn't matter so much as planetary support and control on the ground?

Is there such a thing as a front, in a galactic war? Do armies (navies? space navies?) advance across the galaxy like a wave, or do they more usually jump from place to place in more unexpected ways? Do you expect surprises, or slow grinding advances that cannot be stopped?

...I assume that destroying planets is not ordinary.

Is there anything else to look out for, in war as it is practiced here?

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[info]whoweneedtobe
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Has anyone seen my sister, Octavia? I can't feel find her. I've tried every way I know to contact her. I slipped back through the Rift not too long ago and I thought she did too but when I reach out with the Fo she's not back.