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I mean, the galaxy is pretty flat (relatively speaking)
not too much of a stretch to just neglect the Z axis for the sake of simplicity.
one problem that I'm not sure is addressed. for every inhabited star, there are probably hundreds of uninhabited systems that consist of a star and a few barren rocks. I imagine you could chain together jumps between these uninhabited stars to bypass monitoring at the jump points in inhabited systems. How do you maintain border security if you have to monitor jump points at hundreds or thousands of these uninhabited systems?
I imagine the biggest obstacle to deep "backdoor" attacks is that you have to maintain a long supply chain with no worlds to stop to rest or resupply. Does border security just consist of maintaining garrisons at all the worlds up to the point where maintaining a supply chain becomes impossible? Still, I would think that a very deep backdoor attack would have some strategic value if you are able to achieve an objective quickly and run away, or follow up with a breakthrough to link up with the backdoor attackers. I suppose its like how paratroopers are used maybe.
Thanks for reading what turned into a rambling blogpost.