Same, I just realised how dumb I was to think that the blood dragons were elite fighter pilots using battleships.:dry:.
Of course starvation affects economy. But that didn't stop the USSR releasing 40 thousand tanks at a stroke to push back Hitler's armies back to Germany.
If you cannot grow food, you look for alternatives, which is to buy and steal it. Of course, you need aggressive craft to steal these things, while not dying yourself. Hence, Corsairs are supposed to be good shipbuilders.
Equinox is correct in that this discussion gets brushed under the carpet because of all the flames. With or without the flames, this discussion needs to happen fully otherwise it will keep repeating itself. You can't hope it goes away because of the flames or if it gets locked, it'll just keep coming back.
Outcasts do have fewer numbers, but why do they have better tech? simply because they have less numbers? A large amount of people without accelerated minds can do just as well as a small amount of people with accelerated minds. See: Hive mind concept.
@Pip: I don't mind the Titan being worse than the Sabre, I mind that the Outcasts want everything of theirs to outclass everything of ours... even if they dont say it or admit it. (obviously thats huge bias on my part).
