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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 8180319" data-attributes="member: 3987">There might be a lot of land but how much is habitable? There might be plenty of planets but if you are going with all humans that implies complex life isn't necessarily out there in space. How many have a biologicals on them suitable to grow crops? If you look at the Expanse the Belters and Mars were initially tied to Earth because it was the only source of organics, you can't grow something without fertile soil.Control of ancient jump gates to gain access to planets. Resource rich planets, asteroid belts, stars. Access to ancient technology, Rather than species othering, culture othering, again The Expanse is a good example, they are all human, but try to take advantage of each other. Religion, politics, philosophy, ethnicity is just an obvious external difference, the USA and USSR never got on despite both fighting the Nazis and all of those countries were predominately white. Old treaties (like what lead to WWI) that pull nations in that otherwise wouldn't be involved, the need to be the dominant empire, the need to gain independence from an empire...</blockquote>