Talk:Rise of the Empires/@comment-66.75.14.234-20131017004210/@comment-24.4.144.126-20150913174620

The early NC was what caused stricter regulations, through insurgency. In a sense, the NC only have themselves to blame for this huge war. The VS only split off because it seemed like a good time to leave; the NC and the TR were fighting each other, and the TR could be weakened by the breakup, so then some sort of non-aggression pact could be formed by the NC and VS. Unfortunately, the TR were strong enough to survive, and both the TR and the NC didn't like the idea of alien technology, but wouldn't work together, so all three were fighting each other.