So, im just guessing here, but is this story supposed to be loosely based on the colonialism of the British and Spanish? In say, the America's and others like Australia?
Fuck, so I was right!!!! I knew it!! The spanish came in, guns blazing, killing everyone and failed. The Portuguese came, gave the locals trinkets, other shit they had never seen. Gained the trust of the locals that way, then wormed their way into the society ultimately taking it over right before their eyes.
Close?