[quote=@Session] How could this one planet have that kind of an impact? [/quote] [quote=@Armed Forces] *Squints back* I think you’ve got a poor understanding of our resilience. [/quote] You both clearly lack an understanding of just how [i]influential[/i] a proud and strong people can be. Some civilizations just grow to truly be a cut above the rest. The IA, in lieu of the disappearance of the Tzarians as a concrete civilization, exist as a body that’s simply no more than a few high-tech civilizations that are otherwise weak, who have done nothing more than swear to protect each other and any world they find who might fall under that umbrella. Even as noble as that is, it’s a wide and dangerous range of influence. And one nudge over the edge could threaten more people than any disaster could ever fathom if they were all independent.