transnational conflict over a shared resource theme
Two or more sovereign factions fight over a resource that is not under the sole control of any one faction.
12 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Dune (1984) | choice | Two rival aristocratic houses, the House of Atredies and the House of Harkonnen, battled for control over a vital resource, called "the spice", which was found exclusively on the desert planet Arrakis (a.k.a. Dune). |
| movie: The Ice Pirates (1984) | choice | The premise of the film is that the planet Mithra is the last remaining source of water in the galaxy. |
| bbf1x19 | major | The different factions on Babylon 5, such as the Centauri and the Narn, and a species of alien were jockeying to get their fair share of whatever was down on the planet. |
| ds91x01/02 | major | Cardassians and Bajorans want to control the wormhole |
| movie: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) | major | The people left in post-apocalyptic San Fransisco needed to control a dam in ape territory in order to power the city. |
| movie: Deathsport (1978) | major | The insane leader of the city state of Helix planned to go to war with the neighboring city state of Tritan to steal all their fuel. |
| movie: Dune (2021) | major | Two rival aristocratic houses, the House of Atredies and the House of Harkonnen, battled for control over a vital resource, called "spice", which was found exclusively on the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis. |
| movie: World Gone Wild (1987) | major | The inhabitants of Lost Wells guarded their source of water from an evil cult of pseudoreligious renegades. In this world, water was a scarce natural resource. |
| pkded1x06 | major | The humans launched a mission to Rexor IV to take the Rexorian's supply of Hydran to process Earth's toxic atmosphere. |
| tos2x03 | major | the episode was about negotiating for mining rights on the planet |