Editing Cheth Wars (section)

== Internal Conflict in the Allied Sovereign States ==
''"Holy shit, they were shooting down each others' ships!"''

During the Cheth Wars, many Allied Sovereign States ships were sunk due to friendly fire. Friendly fire was prevalent in ASS fleet battles for a multitude of reasons:
* Both sides used an orange/black color scheme for their ships; inefficient ASS [[SvS]] comms led to easy misidentification of allies as enemies.
* Issues with server performance made seeing other ships in combat often challenging or inconsistent.
* Some players would deliberately shoot down their allies' ships to gain personal resources from their salvage, and then excuse it as accidental.
* Many players in the Alliance had personal grudges against others, and would shoot down allied ships deliberately during chaotic battles.
* The ASS suffered from significant deficits in fleet coordination.