I have created a setting based in what I call the fusion age. It is the Age after the Cyber Age but before any gravitic technologies. Ships use rotating sections, small fusion generators allow for small but powerful mechs and ships. I am aiming for a cold war era type feel to the setting but I am running into a problem. I can't figure out the sides to the conflict.
Basically I was thinking of using the US, China, and Russia but I keep on running into problems. I can't take communism seriously because I know it failed in our history. There is so much space in the Asteroid belt that I can't see territory being an issue. Resources wouldn't be either. I was thinking of having smaller nations as cat's paws like with afganistian and vietnam but I still don't have a logical philosophical conflict that would make sense.
Any ideas?
Basically I was thinking of using the US, China, and Russia but I keep on running into problems. I can't take communism seriously because I know it failed in our history. There is so much space in the Asteroid belt that I can't see territory being an issue. Resources wouldn't be either. I was thinking of having smaller nations as cat's paws like with afganistian and vietnam but I still don't have a logical philosophical conflict that would make sense.
Any ideas?