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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 3543750" data-attributes="member: 10079">Glad to hear you're enjoing it more. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Though I have to point out something...Marix. Not Mirax. She was a smuggler, but isn't the daughter of a smuggler with a Star Destroyer...nor is she married to a Jedi/Pilot/former CorSec officer. Though I can see the comparison. And now I feel the need to drag my X-Wing books off the shelf again!Like I said before...smart observations.The real key to the Alraxian Empire's survival is pretty much soley a result of their isolation from the galaxy. With, essentially, one hyperspace route to the entire sector of space, they don't HAVE to worry about outside invasions beyond the Mrrakesh. Internal problems were solved millenia ago, hence the different species within the Empire being no problem at all or a reason to worry about uprising.The Mrrakesh are the only real wrench in it all. The key to them not invading is that they're essentially the polar opposite of the Alraxian Empire. Where the Alraxians(and the other species within the Empire, though to a lesser extent) are a sort of hivemind and united very firmly. The Mrrakesh, on the other hand, are much more like the rest of the galaxy. They're very individualistic and their entire society is based on the strong taking what they can. In a sense, its a hyper-capitalist society. And because of this, they don't really band together at all to take the Alraxian Empire(not to mention not knowing the location of Alraxia for thousands of years). One group couldn't do it.Now...if for some reason the Mrrakesh ARE united and brought together by a strong leader(they do have an elected leader, though the power he holds is completely dependant on the strength of the leader), THEN they become a major threat to the Alraxians.Course, Alraxia isn't COMPLETELY defenseless. Their reason for development to the point they have reached is thanks to the help of the Jendari, who are an EXTREMELY powerful and advanced race. They're the strong pacifists, and have been the ones to help the Alraxians grow since they were created and pushed them to the same ideal. But the Jendari have protected the Alraxians before(the ancient Darkwing Wars), which means they are capable of stepping in if necessary.Hopefully I can keep that up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />While a lot of people hated the NJO, I loved it. Probably some of the love is because I've always been a huge fan of Jacen Solo(and I should also mention that Traitor is probably the best Star Wars novel I've read...and reread...and reread...etc), but there's something about the Vong that I always enjoyed.I especially love how similar they are to Alraxians, while being completely different at the same time. The whole 'living things as technology' that they both have going and their aversion to metal(for different reasons).  In a way, the Vong are what the Alraxians could have been without the guidance of the Jendari....technically, yes.Though lightsabers are usually big enough to be comfortably held in a two-handed grip for human-sized beings. They would be a bit small, but it wouldn't be too much different from say, a Wookie with a lightsaber. Two handed grip would be hard to do, but it wouldn't be a problem to weild a lightsaber in one hand. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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