The relationship between the Empire and the Alliance has become a key research subject for many experts and scholars.
Related reports and predictions are everywhere.
But apart from a few sensationalists, normal research has generally reached a consensus: the Empire cannot afford to bear the consequences of going to war with the Alliance.
Not that it can't win, and certainly not that the Alliance can directly drive to Holy Terra and overthrow the rule of the Central Empire.
It's about loss.
Severe loss, catastrophic loss, and even after enduring massive losses to destroy the Alliance, the Empire could still fall apart.
Thirty-three years ago, the Iron Armor War was the most recent large-scale rebellion the Empire experienced, and it can serve as a reference.
