Talk:Man is Dead: The Magnate War

General principles:

Only theta makes good FTL. Only ZOCU had that in quantity. The magnates had none, which is a major motivation for the war.

You can make bad FTL with first-generation drives. These carry less, are far slower than modern drives and take months to recycle.

Everyone has crappy tech. Apart from anything else, it's only 2160.

ZOCU is wholly responsible for inventing mecha

The Magnates invented Alephs which were hideously superior pilots

To start with let's confirm what every system's role was. Bear in mind this is all 2-4 decades ago and could be very much different to their modern bent.

Minkowski: converted slowdrives to jumpships, made things to carry with them, assembled relief forces.

Nidaros/Vrijheid: Got invaded by the Magnates. This arm of the invasion probably went very badly since/once ZOCU could move craft at speed.