Humans Would Actually Never Choose Violence in a Very Realistic Dark Sci-Fi World

Because It’s Expensive: You know what’s cheaper than war? Literally anything else. Space colonies don’t have the budget for intergalactic warfare. Their economy is mostly fueled by “Please just stop fighting, we’re out of space coffee.”

The Bureaucracy Would Kill You First: Sure, the laser cannons are ready, but so is the paperwork. Trying to declare war requires, like, 35 signatures, 10 committee meetings, and an Excel spreadsheet. By the time you’ve filled out the war forms, everyone’s dead from old age.

Everyone’s Already Mentally Exhausted: Did you want to fight? Great, but first you’ve got to deal with your mandatory 12-hour workdays, personal robot assistant with an existential crisis, and the ever-looming dread of figuring out what to eat for dinner in a food-deprived post-apocalyptic colony. Fighting is just... too much work.

Energy Crisis: Who has the energy for war? Everyone’s using their power reserves to keep their lights on and their AI from turning into full-blown existential philosophers. Not exactly a “let’s go to battle” vibe.

Everyone Has A Lifetime Supply of Trauma: Oh, sure, you can fight, but after 300 years of endless conflict, people are like, “Yeah, I’m all for peace now, thanks.” War’s been replaced by “Who can survive the longest binge-watch session of emotional breakdowns?”

Technology Does All The Fighting Anyway: It’s 2299, humans are just standing around while their highly efficient AI-driven war machines do all the violence. “Wait, we’re paying robots to fight?” “No, we’re paying them to solve world hunger, but we let them fight occasionally when they get bored.”