*staggers wildly like being shot at by multiple gunmen* Ouch... :p

Yea, kinda shy on the communicating front, it's a rl issue too, i do try to contact through private messages at times though, and yea totally had no idea who i was near or next to space-wise couldn't see any info detailing anything like that, also about the presuming history & checking with gm i'm going to chawk that up to my lack of judgement & writing Ns for review my bad... i guess.

And skepic thanks for noting & liking the re-brand of conquest to a friendlier term, the idea behind their overly friendly too good to be true deals & since the war starting etc, the background idea was my faction investing in the "long game" winning over the populous while aiding & arming them with the end goal in mind if they won, the planet would willingly join into the republic for security not just allowing them trade route access but expansion of their "non-aggressive" boarders so as not to incur the direct wrath (war dec) of another faction seeing them as an aggressive expansionist force getting to powerful & so fourth.

Now guy's im sorry, i wasn't meaning to come off as overpowered or proclaiming they actually have the best of everything, which after reading ppl's comments & looking back over i can see i haven't written or presented it right?... I was trying to describe it like it's the Arkadians self-targeted propaganda "their navy is ready for anything, the dutiful common solider is heavily trained to deal with any threat to the people!" etc, their heavy focus on superior massive space fleets was meant to be a hint that they don't want to risk ground combat on their home planets or a full-blown war in general due to their overly "defensive nature" given their tech & size. also meant to hint that while well equipped & trained (fairly short numerically in comparison to others troops - at least in Anuria forces deployment) in they've had little actual combat experience / war experience as having mostly dealt with rouge criminal/pirate organizations which simply doesn't compare on scale of the severity of it. So i am sorry as being 'overly op' was not the intent.

Also again @ Skepic "lacking color" With the Veiled examples that the imperial family (risen to power in their "unification wars") still practically holds the power reins over everything, while outwardly they're viewed as a peaceful and industrial republic of the people. And i haven't finished the Ns yet, I was intending to add that several of the more recent planets & people that got amalgamated into the republic (along with what i said about "the empress thinking of committing additional resources") while being treated as second class citizens where launching anti-war or anti-republic protests, while the recent "drafts" for the increased investment in the policing action where being focused on these planets. The republic wanting them to pull their weight & be productive members proving themselves by serving while the protests get violent & law enforcement has to suppress them, causing rumors & upset for the troops. And write more hints at the republics news agencies being regulated by the state on what they can report always placing the republic in the "good" light to help keep its citizens happy knowing they're always doing the right thing & be proud of their government, etc...

But thanks for the feedback guys!, although admittedly i am feeling a little down from whats been said & all... again sorry for any misunderstandings & such. L8r'z