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 Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:07 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:10 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:10 am
That's the jedi stance according to their RK brothers.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:12 am
For some reason, I have the urge to get Dathomir involved somehow. But I can't imagine any way that makes sense.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:13 am
No one seems to get this so I guess I'll have to spell it out.
The largest fleets and ships the Empire ever fielded were produced, manned, and deployed when the Empire had been reduced to just the Core Worlds. Historically the Republic has always had little control of the Rim, but the Core is where the power is, so long as they hold the Core the Republic is the in a really good strategic position... The Republic has been in this position before, many many times, and has always emerged victorious.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:15 am
You don't seem to get one big fact:
This isn't the empire.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:23 am
Bingo
We're dealing with a money-strapped Repblic, with very low morale, and corrupt leaders.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:24 am
I know that, but I think you also forget that the Core Worlds aren't the pacifist worlds that Nelo thinks they are. The Core Worlds aren't all like Alderaan.
If 1% of the population for Coruscant volunteered for military service you could crew 270,000 Imperial Star Destroyers (Thats the original model with its 37,000 man crew requirement). Nelo has vastly underestimated the fighting capacity of the Core, everyone has. You can crew any fleet you build, finance any construction project, and name any price if you have the core.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:27 am
If the republic core is so strong, why did they have so much trouble fighting in the clone wars?
The last time the republic fought was the clone wars, a loss. and before that was 2000 years of peace. The empire isn't in existance, they aren't here making a massive military buildup. If the core was so strong, they wouldn't be having infighting on Dac, but quell the rebellion in a week.
Nobody believes in the Core.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:34 am
Lack of political will is the only reason the Republic could have lost as it has. Remember the CIS is loosing in Return of the Sith. Their production facilities are under siege, their headquarters is attacked, Dooku is dead, etc...
The Republic is fighting with one hand tied behind its back. They fight with clones led by jedi and an officer corps made up of both clones and volunteers. There is no conscription, relatively low taxation, and an enemy that is a threat only so long as the Republic lacks the will to send their sons and daughters into the fight. It's a war that can only be lost by the politicians.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:35 am
Thank goodness none of this matters to me in the long run, as long as I see the Republic and the Jedi fall.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:37 am
Actually Cale is enacting the only plan that really works against an enemy with the infrastructure advantage of the Core Worlds. Blockade.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:39 am
The Jedi won't fall. There's nothing to attack, unless you commit to genocide. The republic lacks any will.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:41 am
I'm a Mandalorian.
After what you Jedi have done to my people, Genocide would be a mercy.
And Stellar, I can't blockade jack with four ships.
I'm a commerce raider and unofficial privateer.
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:43 am
Cale Darksun I'm a Mandalorian. After what you Jedi have done to my people, Genocide would be a mercy. Ditto @ Stellar- And the fact that Palps was pulling the shots and hurting both sides at his leisure
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