From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:45:36 -0400, The Wanderer   
    posted the following:   
      
   >SK wrote:   
      
   >> A war broke out between the Senshi and evil forces.  It’s not really   
   >> clear, but I got the feeling that they were humans, though possibly   
   >> consorting with ye powers of darknesse.  Most were defeated and   
   >> cleansed, but a few who refused were exiled into space.  They happen   
   >> to find Nemesis, the ‘tenth planet’, and there are transformed,   
   >> gaining supernatural powers to become the Black Moon.   
   >   
   >Hmm. My understanding has always been that the war was a matter of what   
   >you might call rebellion, or at least refusal to be ruled - that the   
   >people on the Other Side were those who objected so strongly to the idea   
   >of Serenity ruling the world that they were willing to fight to prevent   
   >it - which would mean that the people of the Black Moon are, from their   
   >own perspective, simply coming back to reclaim their homeland   
   >(homeworld) from the usurper and/or prevent her from having ever risen   
   >to power in the first place. (Although they may have forgotten some   
   >parts of their initial purpose...)   
      
   I remember from past discussions that some people are very critical of   
   the Crystal Tokyo era and view NQS as some sort of world tyrant.  I   
   don't think this really has any support from the series, though.   
      
   -Chris   
      
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