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So there was once a Pokemon war. Lt. Surge talked about it; he even almost died, if not for his Pokemon. While I'm aware of Surge being an American stereotype held in Japan at the time, it has never been refuted by Game Freak (that I'm aware of) and so I consider it canon.
So here's what I wanna know:
WHO?: Who fought the war? Is Surge a Kanto native and fight to defend it in the past, or did he settle down there for its relative peace and quiet? Which countries participated? Any bits of flavor text you've gleaned some theories from? Let's have some thoughts.
WHAT?: Which Pokemon would be best for warfare? Almost all have pretty devastating destructive potential, but which would be the best? Also, there's availability to take into account; which Pokemon are the most readily available or numerous? I'm guessing there were a lot of Geodude using self-destruct out there, but probably fewer Clefable or Farfetch'd. The WHERE's and WHO's play into this as well, given the regions in which the Pokemon are found. I mean, if Kanto were to bomb Unova, I bet Dragonite's gonna' do the bombing while Staravia tried to knock them out of the sky. This is probably the broadest of the categories.
WHEN?: Surge was what? Thirty? Early forties? Assuming child soldiers weren't used, it's reasonable that Surge joined the military around eighteen or so. So we can reasonably assume it at least ended in the preceding twenty years. Thoughts?
WHERE?: I've never heard of any old battlefield. Or of any towns that were recently rebuilt after bombings or high Pokemon-induced property damage. This is related to WHO? but, lets have some thoughts anyway.
WHY?: What was the war about? Resources? Politics? Religion? These people have the science to convert matter into energy and back without incident; it's pretty reasonable to say they probably have replicator tech that the crew of the Enterprise would envy, so that could (could) rule out resources. Politics and religion is tough. Pretty differing philosophies out there. Thoughts? (Personally, I thought N from Black/White was pretty friggin' creepy)
What do you guys think? I know there's no way to know for sure, but I'd like to see what everyone thinks.
So here's what I wanna know:
WHO?: Who fought the war? Is Surge a Kanto native and fight to defend it in the past, or did he settle down there for its relative peace and quiet? Which countries participated? Any bits of flavor text you've gleaned some theories from? Let's have some thoughts.
WHAT?: Which Pokemon would be best for warfare? Almost all have pretty devastating destructive potential, but which would be the best? Also, there's availability to take into account; which Pokemon are the most readily available or numerous? I'm guessing there were a lot of Geodude using self-destruct out there, but probably fewer Clefable or Farfetch'd. The WHERE's and WHO's play into this as well, given the regions in which the Pokemon are found. I mean, if Kanto were to bomb Unova, I bet Dragonite's gonna' do the bombing while Staravia tried to knock them out of the sky. This is probably the broadest of the categories.
WHEN?: Surge was what? Thirty? Early forties? Assuming child soldiers weren't used, it's reasonable that Surge joined the military around eighteen or so. So we can reasonably assume it at least ended in the preceding twenty years. Thoughts?
WHERE?: I've never heard of any old battlefield. Or of any towns that were recently rebuilt after bombings or high Pokemon-induced property damage. This is related to WHO? but, lets have some thoughts anyway.
WHY?: What was the war about? Resources? Politics? Religion? These people have the science to convert matter into energy and back without incident; it's pretty reasonable to say they probably have replicator tech that the crew of the Enterprise would envy, so that could (could) rule out resources. Politics and religion is tough. Pretty differing philosophies out there. Thoughts? (Personally, I thought N from Black/White was pretty friggin' creepy)
What do you guys think? I know there's no way to know for sure, but I'd like to see what everyone thinks.