Like i said tho, the Empire's bad equipment isn't unrealistic. Just really bad. Because IRL?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
i remember reading the Empire deliberately didn't rly care about its equipment quality bc it had literally unlimited manpower
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Replying to @CelticAnarchy @BootlegGirl
so it didn't matter if they sent dudes out in, say, $1000 deathtraps bc they'd always have more bodies to replace them
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this is also why the First Order has such beefed up versions of the Empire equipment, bc they don't have unlimited bodies
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Replying to @CelticAnarchy @BootlegGirl
thus they had to invest in their soldiers' longevity
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Replying to @CelticAnarchy @BootlegGirl
Same with how they don't use clones or "flash training" anymore
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Instead using genetically diverse troops trained in real time, who are smarter and better but more expensive
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Cause they don't have whole planets to grow endless supplies of dumb clones from
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Another way of looking at it is the old Empire governed with a light hand - most troopers are clones, no one has to enlist
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Bc their resources were so vast there was no need to provoke the backlash of conscription
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Whereas the First Order by contrast can't afford to waste any available "Human Resources"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Even if the old Empire shut down the cloning vats they were still rich enough to fill their ranks with voluntary enlistment
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Same reason we don't have the draft, we have a lot of money and a big population with a big underclass
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