Originally posted by Goober5000
Keep in mind that Gamma Draconis was only discovered shortly before the outbreak of the Great War. And the same was probably true about Laramis. Not to mention all the systems beyond it.
Of course that's true, but for practical purposes, the systems beyond Laramis (that reminds me of a story. . .) would be under Terran control since only the Terrans really knew about it and Gamma Draconis would be contested because it wasn't even discovered yet.
Even so, that seems to leave too many systems under Terran control, considering that the war was supposed to be a stalemate. I think FRED Zone solved this by moving Beta Cygni and Betelgeuse to Vasudan control.
Control means only that the Terrans had a greater presence there, probably mostly in military terms. The Vasudans were definetly not in control of Betelgeuse since that's where you start FS1, and there is no sign of a destroyer or anything more important than a cruiser. Yet the GTA has a destroyer (the Galatea) in the system, so who do you think has more control over the system?
I won't argue about how long the Vasudans had been in space, we simply don't know. Regardless, I think the Vasudans would be much, much more willing to colonize anything with a reasonably passable atmosphere than the Terrans as they already used to such conditions. They also probably wanted to get as much of the population off Vasuda as they could, simply so it would be easier to support those left, so Vasudan colonies are likely much, much larger than Terran ones, and are on more planets as a result. The Terrans, by contrast, explored a lot faster and found more systems in the quest for more Earthlike conditions. When they found them, the set up a small starter colony and moved on, allowing the population to migrate gradually to them. More systems, smaller colonies, fewer planets. It all balanced out in the end, creating a stalemate of resources and population more than anything else.
