Territorial War

Military: War

This war was caused by territorial rivalries on the systems surrounding that of Subtranius between the Myrran Trade Union and the Qravadox Directorate. What really did break out the war however was the kidnapping of a small part of the population of Ungus to work in orbit in shipyards. This world in qravadox space, which was home to a primitive species, had the protection of the Myrran Trade Union who wanted to use it as an excuse to go to war if the Qravadox Directorate became too threatening. However, knowing the serious military weaknesses of the Myrran Trade Union. The Qravadox Directorate decided to provoke the Union by attacking Ungus anyway knowing that the Union would have no choice to retaliate at the risk of losing face. This is why they declared war officially some time after receiving the information. The Qravadox Directorate was little known to the Republic at the time, and its existence was only learned about a decade before war broke out, thanks to diplomatic relations with the myrran. From the first years, the war went very badly for the Union which did not have, at the time, any centralized military command which created a lack of coherence in the military maneuvers. The military fleets are under the responsibility of the large Myrran corporations which each manage a part of the myrran space. After three years of almost continuous defeat, the Myrran Trade Union's government began to coordinate Union military efforts to avoid a total fiasco. This led to the creation of a line of defense to contain the enemy which was the Union's first success in the war. Blocking the advance of the Qravadox Directorate and allowed the Union to regain some territory even if a stalemate will settle in very quickly forcing peace negociations with the Myrran Trade Union a year later. The Qravadox Directorate therefore succeeded in achieving its war aims by taking part of its territory from the Union, but contenting itself with what it wanted since it did not wish to take the more inhabited territories which would be difficult to hold on the long term. After the war, the Myrran Trade Union set up a centralized military command which will be used in times of war while the military forces are under the responsibility of the various megacorporations the rest of the time. Defeat was also going to be one of the main reasons for the Myrran Trade Union to join the Alliance of Alpha Quadrant with the Zelvan Council and the Federal Republic a few decades later as the Union sought allies to ensure its security. The Qravadox Directorate will also definitively take control of Ungus which it will transform into a naval production center using local labor.