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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

In this case, I'm referring to the description it had during and before WW1, "the sick man of Europe." I'm not 100% clear on what happened, but it was collapsing on itself, and wound up fracturing.

And I see your point, since I didn't specify a time period. For a while, they were serous badasses.