https://anarchygames.org/magazine/tags/war-costs/Recent content in War Costs on Cassette Future MagazineHugoen-usTue, 19 May 2026 17:31:34 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/05/the-real-cost-of-the-proxima-war-nobody-will-show-you-the-bill/Tue, 19 May 2026 17:31:34 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/05/the-real-cost-of-the-proxima-war-nobody-will-show-you-the-bill/<h2 id="the-real-cost-of-the-proxima-war-nobody-will-show-you-the-bill">The Real Cost of the Proxima War: Nobody Will Show You the Bill</h2> <p>Three years into what the Earth Unified Council still officially calls a <em>stabilization operation</em>, the Interstellar Assembly&rsquo;s Budget Oversight Subcommittee released a summary last week. Forty-one pages. Eighteen of them redacted.</p> <p>What remained: 3.1 trillion Standard Galactic Credits authorized. 2.7 trillion <em>confirmed</em> spent. Remainder listed as &ldquo;operational contingency reserve, classified annex seven.&rdquo;</p> <p>Free, they said. Necessary, they said. A contained engagement. I checked the fine print.</p>