ski`am´a`chy (–noun, plural -chies.) - an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.

Darling, you thought the war was long since over, didn't you? Ever since those fires seared through the world, ruining the beautiful chrome-lined futures we'd built, forcing us to tear down the remains and reconstruct a world we're more familiar with -- ever since peace and prosperity took over, leaving the population high and dry. You thought it was all going to be a dream from here, didn't you?

After all, the Warsaw's done a wonderful job of recreating the glory we know, raising the economy to brilliant heights, and what with the Joy Division showing no mercy towards the criminals that taint the city -- darling, what more could you ask for?

-- nothing more, honey, than a war. Just a little one. Between the city and itself, clawing at enemies that slip out of grasp. That's all I want.