Recent content by warmachine

This is an alternative hypothesis. However, the Minbari wanted to exterminate the human race. They were a race gone mad, after all. I just can't see them showing humans any kind of humanity (pun intended) during the war.

This is reasonable but begs the question: what happened to the colonies defeated early in the war. Without jump gates and viable off-beacon navigation, supply of such colonies would be impossible and most would have starved to death. This is also reasonable to assume but deaths of so many...

The 'In the Beginning' movie explains that the Minbari only destroyed military infrastructure of the human colonies in the war and left them vulnerable. The war took over 2 years. I doubt the food and water supplies of most of the colonies would last this long and the Minbari wouldn't supply...

Off-beacon navigation would have to be easier, otherwise destroying or dismantling jump gates becomes a viable defensive strategy. Presumably, jump gate beacons have limited range, otherwise beacons could be pointed to an enemies homeworld and the core of an empire could be destroyed with a...

Not all of the present-day armed forces are soldiers either. A lot of them are technicians, trainers, logistics clerks, administrators, military police etc. Unlike present-day armed forces, the Minbari warrior caste probably includes civilian police. 33% of the population to do this is...

This is a good point. A little research shows the Roman empire had a standing army of 170,000 from a population of 60 million whilst the US has over 2 million from 292 million. However, a rise of 0.3% to 1% in 2000 years doesn't suggest a rise from 1% to 33% in the next 1000. Minbari worker...

So, the Minbari can't afford to run a massively inefficient economy, even one that could still beat up the Humans, in case they fight a total war with a mature race. Such as the Centauri. That the imperialistic Centauri stick to the mutual border means the Minbari industry is vibrant and the...

Durable industrial machines will relieve some manpower requirements but there's one thing you can guarantee in war. Stuff will get destroyed, lost or captured. Even if stuff is not destroyed, half of its armour plating and moving parts need replacing otherwise it won't survive the next battle...

One of the arguments I have with my friends is the relative populations of the three castes. I fail to believe that it's one-third of the population each. Military forces, particularly modern ones, require a huge array of premium-grade equipment that needs to be maintained. That requires a...