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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 8179749" data-attributes="member: 4881"><p>This was going to be my answer. Lien tech able to do things the rest of the universes high tech cannot. Maybe even magic?</p><p></p><p>On a different note, one of my favorite sci-fi spacewar settings is the Star Control series of games. In the first Star Control, Earth joins an Alliance of Free Stars fighting against the Ur-Quan and their battle thralls. The Earth loses.</p><p></p><p>In Star Control 2, you return to Earth after being stranded on a planet where you find a Precursor starship factory. This alien super awesome ship takes you back home where you find Earth has been enclosed in an impenetrable shield.</p><p></p><p>Upon researching you find that the Ur-Quan offer the victims of their conquest two choices. Join them as battle thralls or remain trapped on your planet forever trapped under a shield. Further investigation uncovers an even worse species of alien, the Kohr-Ah, who go through the galaxy just killing everyone. </p><p></p><p>Eventually the two are going to meet in the center of knownspace and have a ritual dual to the death to possess a discovered Precursor battleship (your awesome ship turns out to the the equivalent of a tugboat).</p><p></p><p>The plot goes into the origin of the two species, how they both evolved from an original form, and why they pursue subjugating the galaxy in their own way. The story is reminiscent of the origin of the Gith in D&D.</p><p></p><p>To sum up: The galaxy is a mess because two of superpower factions are headed to war and everyone else gets swept up in their wake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 8179749, member: 4881"] This was going to be my answer. Lien tech able to do things the rest of the universes high tech cannot. Maybe even magic? On a different note, one of my favorite sci-fi spacewar settings is the Star Control series of games. In the first Star Control, Earth joins an Alliance of Free Stars fighting against the Ur-Quan and their battle thralls. The Earth loses. In Star Control 2, you return to Earth after being stranded on a planet where you find a Precursor starship factory. This alien super awesome ship takes you back home where you find Earth has been enclosed in an impenetrable shield. Upon researching you find that the Ur-Quan offer the victims of their conquest two choices. Join them as battle thralls or remain trapped on your planet forever trapped under a shield. Further investigation uncovers an even worse species of alien, the Kohr-Ah, who go through the galaxy just killing everyone. Eventually the two are going to meet in the center of knownspace and have a ritual dual to the death to possess a discovered Precursor battleship (your awesome ship turns out to the the equivalent of a tugboat). The plot goes into the origin of the two species, how they both evolved from an original form, and why they pursue subjugating the galaxy in their own way. The story is reminiscent of the origin of the Gith in D&D. To sum up: The galaxy is a mess because two of superpower factions are headed to war and everyone else gets swept up in their wake. [/QUOTE]
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