Thread:Eureka Enderborn/@comment-25356210-20161129233235/@comment-26084195-20161201210923

And then they mass their military power and crush them like the fly they are when compared to the Rin Empire. That is the logical conclusion of such a fight.

They could wipe out a smaller faction, and they have done so eagerly in the past.

For example, Razorbirds have incredible shields, and incredible pointe defense, but they can't have both. They can divert power from their amazing shields to make their point defense really good, but then their shields suck, and if they don't, their point defense is pretty crappy. That's actually how the Terran Alliance won the Battle of Djangor. The Razorbirds had gotten complacent after their constant victories against the Alliance, and they got into the thick of things rather than staying at range. The Terran fighters and bombers and even small ships started making suicide bombing runs, which caught the Razorbirds off guard. When they managed to divert power from shields to point defense and started annihilating the Terran fighter craft, they were in range of the macro-cannons on the planet's surface as well as still being within range of the firepower of the Terran navy. The Razorbirds were forced to retreat and work out a new battle strategy.

Yeah, they're zealous. But they're also bigoted, stubborn, close-minded, egotistical, and have many other poor qualities. For example, sentient AIs are heretical and must be destroyed.