Hypothetical Scenario: 824 A.S

[ProwlerPC]

We had a thread bout 80 years war, a year ago... and Vietnam, just like Afghanistan, wasn't a military defeat, unlike 80 years war. But I won't argue about GMG, since, in their lore, "cosine can be equal and higher then 4". You just can't beat that.

I can understand what you mean with the RL wars you are referring too but the case in Freelancer's war is the difference in the decisions made by the invading forces. RM invaded GMG space and persisted for 80 yrs all the way to it's very destruction with what seems to have been an unreasonable stubborness. Russia pulled out of Afghnistan in what? 10 yrs? Vietnam, didn't USA pull out in even less time then that? It appears the RL armies of Russian and USA had a better understanding of the costs they were incurring then the sci-fi leaders of Rheinland.

You are also making the common mistake of equating GMG to something with your metaphor similar to the mistake Rheinland made so long ago. In your metaphor it's best to say GMG is whatever equation that brings a total value equal or higher then 4. GMG was never just a bunch of miners in the Sigmas simply there mining it, they went there to live and hold their space and were very much entrenched. RM's own infocards bring up their admitted mistake in this past misperception.

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