Squids or Frogs?

[Jinx]

For me it is the Gallic house that ought to be the main enemy.

And here is why... :
The nomads are terrorists. In vanilla they were too weak to face humans on the battlefield and built up cells to make humans fight each other. If we do not take the extended intro into account (which in my opinion - Microsoft cut for a GOOD reason) - only with the cut video - the Nomads also take up the role of being the DEFENDERS of their own territory against a stronger aggressive invader - which legitimizes their cause and fervor even more.

But what they are not is a "grand enemy" ... anymore ... now that they have been exposed. They are highly dangerous on a level that is nearly inaccessible for many humans. They represent the "unknown" and the "uncertain" factor. Even the re-wrote lore of Nomads that made them mega-super-powerful in everything from military tech to social tech simply does not make them any more than terrorists ... strong ones - but after all... just terrorists. They disrupt and destroy, but it is unlikely that they will actually invade and in the worst case - enslave.

(well worst case - unless we consider the extended intro and start thinking that they will just go around and blow up stars - which would turn them from defenders of their territory to "the default bad aliens" - which is a little boring)

Gallia however represents the big bad enemy. There is little uncertainty and unknown about Gallia. They are powerful, they are strong - and they play by human rules ... meaning.. they focus on military strength to overcome the enemy rather than deception (although they have their share in that if we account for the Junkers)

Gallia wins wars and battles by crushing their enemy ingame.
The nomads win wars by making humans crush each other ingame - which in terms of ingame-pvp is rather passive.

In my opinion - Nomads would only become the main enemy when they gave up their vanilla ways even more and started to actually besiege and occupy human property and encroach on human core territory - not just hit and run ambushes. +


[maybe i interpret the Nomads wrong - which is likely cause i do not really read up their recent stuff, but that is what transpired and how i see it.

If i mix real life conflicts and time periods from history....
Gallia is more comparable to Russia ( from the pov of the USA ) at the hight of tensions of the not-so-cold-war. There was an actual fear of annihilation and/or actual occupation/invasion.
Nomads are more like Al'Qaeda - a terrorist organization that is strong enough to harm its enemies but it is highly unlikely that they actually annihilate their enemies or invade on their territory. ]

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