[Ryzorian]

All countries do that with all story arcs..have people that represent "themselves" I mean honestly, they are selling to a primary audiance. Anime does it too, everyone speaks Japanese, I have a Russian movie, guess what..they all speak Russian.

As to space battles being close, Distance MATTERS in space battles, if your off just a tiny fraction, you would miss by miles if your opponant was 200,000 miles away. Just get up close and blast away with massive weapons.