Fiction:Great Xonexian Schism/Battle for the Milky Way

"Thus, these united nations marshal for war for the sake and sanctity of the Xonexi Cluster, to overthrow the rule of injustice, and to finally restore peace and prosperity to the Gigaquadrant."

- Allied Declaration of War

The Battle for the Milky Way (April 5 - present) was a large-scale hyperspatial campaign between the Xonexi Allies and the Delpha Coalition of Planets, the first of the Great Xonexian Schism. Taking place over several months, it involved heavy fighting in the Northern and Eastern regions of the Milky Way. After the Battle of Second Hat'Morh introduced the Angelfire, the Battle for the Milky Way saw the use of hyperspatial weapons on an unprecedented scale by both sides. Engagements took place over mind-boggling distances to the point where it was difficult to discern individual battles from the constant skirmishing that occurred.

As a political event, the Battle for the Milky Way was the culmination of five years of escalating tension from 2797 to 2802 between the Delpha Coalition of Planets and other Xonexi powers such as the Draconid Imperium, France, and the Tybusen Intergalactic Allied Federation. In order to combat DCP influence, these formed the Xonexi Allies, a chain of alliances and organizations which grew in power as the DCP's policies became more and more radical. Finally, in a conflict over the comparatively minor Orion War, tensions boiled over into all-out war when the DCP announced its intentions to annex the entirety of the Orion League on March 31, 2802.

In response, the Xonexi Allies formally met on Paris on April 5, 2802 and issue the short but strongly-worded Parisian Declaration. Signed by twenty nations, it denounced the DCP's imperialist attitudes and rejected its authority to enforce the international order, leading to a declaration of war which stunned the Gigaquadrant. A war which so many had fought to avoid had come.