On the one hand I thought it would be kind of interesting to live in TheDude occupied zone, but the fact that it makes leaving more improbable and the fact that the group (I call them the ILiAD because Iamos, Loden, i, Azura, Daiyu (:P)) would probably encounter occupied zones later on anyway means it would be more convenient if the Empires HADN'T fallen so soon.
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