Question about the lore

It just bugs me...

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I've been thinking about this, and something been bugging me about the game. What exactly is the lore explanation for TEC factions fighting each other? I can understand it within the Advent and the Vasari - there's probably about a hundred different sects of the Unity that all think of the others as heretics, and from what we know about the Vasari they're complete and utter bastards in every way, so it's not surprising that they have internal factions that don't get along, but the TEC has absolutely no reason to have a civil war. The Trade Worlds are supposed to have been united for nearly a thousand years with no major military conflicts, and if their situation is really as grim as the opening movie makes it look, there's no logical reason why they'd waste any time fighting each other now.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Check out the TEC section at the beginning of the Sins manual. ;)

Basically, not every planet is a part of the Trade Order (or by extension the TEC). There are many human populated worlds that never wanted anything to do with the old Trade Order. The TEC is now annexing those planets for the war effort whether their inhabitants like it or not.