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...If you don't mind me saying, it seems a little peculiar to have one of the two factionally-opposed alliances completely outclass the other, canonically. Kind of takes something away from the conflict and the notion of a possibly looming total war.

Need to get that on a shirt ^^

It's worth noting that the Amarr have the additional problem that much of their military is tied down making sure that they can keep the individual holders and slaves from getting the bright idea to revolt, so even if they have a stronger military, they may not be able to deploy it as widely or as effectively as the Gallente and Minmatar.

And the Caldari, as I stated in my response to Falcon, aren't really set up to fight a prolonged offensive war, so they'll be really good if they get invaded, but they aren't going to have the means to push those gains into enemy territory very well. There's also the fact that the Caldari always have the Amarr in the back of their mind as a future threat, though the same could be said of the Gallente/Minmatar relationship at the moment I suppose.

Raw military force is one thing, but there's doctrinal/political factors that tie the hands of Amarr and Caldari, probably putting the Gallente and Minmatar on an equal footing.

Given what CCP Falcon just said.. I think the Feds were smart not to escalate. It is not that they couldn't . It is just strategically, given their circumstance, they couldn't.

From my point of view, the Federation and the Amarr never had the best relationship. The amarr are imperialistic and the only thing that keeps them at bay is a powerful military.

Also what does Amarr gain from being in an alliance with Gallentee compare to their current alliance right now with the second strongest in the cluster?

If the relationship between the Federation and the Republic were to break, the Amarrians have no incentative other to keep the Caldari in check to form an alliance with the Feds. But the Gallentees would be more press to form an alliance with the Amarr. Therefore placing the gallentees in a weaker position politicaly and at the mercy of the Amarr.

Or they could just go solo..

Remember nothing from the current event implied the Amarrs and Caldari do not get along. And even if the Caldari entered an alliance with the Republic, would the Amarrs really feel threatened?

At worst, it would mean they can't go after the Republic anymore. At best they can use their relationship with the Caldari to reign in the matars aggresion and go after the Fedaration since it's now alone.

But guess what both the Caldari state and the Amarrs share in common. They both do no like the Federation. The Amarrs may hate the Republic but that does not translate for love for the Federation either. Guess who was responsible for providing covert support for a Minnie rebellion.

Payback anyone?

In short, Gallentee had the most to lose coming out of this spat as a big loser, and at best with things remaining almost the same.

I've never been convinced the Caldari really allied with the Amarr.

The Caldari hate the holy **** out of the Gallente for the usual century-old-grudge type things real-world politics is plagued with, much like how Britain and France usually managed to trade openly despite being pretty much constantly at war for several hundred years.

The Gallente define themselves as being moral and upstanding for the underdog (unless it's the Caldari), so when the Minmatar broke away from the Amarr... the Gallente-est thing to do was to help the Minmatar. They couldn't not help, not without a public revolt over un-Gallente actions.

The Caldari took a look at the Amarr and thought "those guys are assholes."
The Amarr took one look at the Caldari and said "Your ancient foe is in our business. Mind helping?"
The Caldari applied their famous pragmatism for the same reasons the Gallente applied their famous love of liberty, and said "Yeah, sure, whatever."

And the Minmatar said "The frak is this? You were in our exact situation three hundred years ago!"
And the Caldari said "In all seriousness, we are mercenary as balls. Stop whining about the Real Politik and the arms shipments will continue. PS here's a 10% off gift voucher for Mordu & Sons Bespoke Face Melting as a thank you for your valued service in giving us more reasons to shoot at the Republic Issue Potato Squad."


Or so says my head-canon.

You aren't breakaway. You developed on your own out of the dark ages like the Amarr. Minmatar are breakaway. Khanid was.

We, the Amarr, respect you and your civilization and you had the good sense to respect us. Unlike the hedonists who let their passions guide their actions instead of their better angels of sense.

Would you be as excited about the Amarr/Gallente alliance that would be the inevitable consequence of that?

It doesn't really work that way. Beyond a certain point your ability to put qualified crews in those new hulls completely breaks down and you wind up throwing good ships after bad.

Regarding Amarr-Caldari Military superiority, aren't the Gallente and Minmatar more industrially and economically able than the Caldari/Amarr?

Therefore total war between the two sides would be equal as the Gallente and Minmatar would be on equal footing due to a war of attrition.

But hey, people like the underdog, if that's any consolation.



I don't think 100 year old technology in the world 20.000 years into the future, given the level of technological advancement we have in EVE would be considered obsolete, if you pull it in parallel with real life military technology.
Given the insane technological development in the last century, there's still 100 years old pieces of hardware being successfully used all around the world. Not to mention a bullet still uses the same technology that's even older than that.