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You're talking about ships that can go very fast.  I would imagine "lines" in this sense is more like defendable air space.

You're talking about ships that can go very fast.  I would imagine "lines" in this sense is more like defendable air space.

Keep in mind that their is a galactic plane.  The galaxy is closer to a disc then a ball.

Keep in mind that their is a galactic plane.  The galaxy is closer to a disc then a ball.

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I like how people interpret the characters' motivations through their own moral lens, assuming that of course, eventually the heroes would side with their POV.

I like how people interpret the characters' motivations through their own moral lens, assuming that of course, eventually the heroes would side with their POV.

Well, I am a "libertarian nutjob" and I don't see the Alliance doing anything that wouldn't be common place in the modern day world.

Well, I am a "libertarian nutjob" and I don't see the Alliance doing anything that wouldn't be common place in the modern day world.

I think the implication is, and this is somewhat developed later, that these were people who wanted to leave the post-scarcity paradise of the Federation and rough it by building colonies on distant planets.  Probably Montana militia types.

I think the implication is, and this is somewhat developed later, that these were people who wanted to leave the post-scarcity paradise of the Federation and rough it by building colonies on distant planets.  Probably Montana militia types.

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I like it.