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.

13 total · 2 choice · 10 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.
theexpanse1x01	major	The premise of the story is that at least three factions, Earth, Mars, and the Belters, vie for supremacy in order to control the precious resources, especially water, of the solar system.