Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-4242472-20160124202207/@comment-4242472-20160125190235

It might be we need to stop looking at raw factors or symmetrical methods of waging war. There are a number of cases where a smaller and less well-equipped force has emerged victorious without resorting to Deus Ex Machina or some other super-weapon both in fiction and real life.

Raiding, sabotage, assassination, rallying the population, kidnapping, all can have a massive effect and with a strong enough plan a small group or even a lone soldier can thwart an army without being a one-man army. Real-life special ops and guerrilla forces do it all the time.

It goes back to agreement and discussion. Who loses what, what are users prepared to sacrifice. Loss is a part of war but warfare can ruin a nation in more than just being conquered or demilitarised.