Fiction:Second War of Mirusian Coalition

"The most improbable moments in history hinge on desperate gambles. This is mine."

- Emperor Alexandre I of France

The Second War of Mirusian Coalition is a three-way armed conflict fought during the Great Xonexian Schism between the French Colonial Empire, the Sovereign Mirusian Coalition, and the Imperium of War over the former territories of the Drakodominatus Tyranny. Beginning on May 1, 2803, the war is a direct continuation of the First War of Mirusian Coalition, which saw the official withdrawal of the Xonexi Allies from the Mirus Galaxy.

The Treaty of Manticore had relinquished all Allied colonies in Mirus to the Sovereign Mirusian Coalition, an unlikely alliance of Mirusian natives assembled to challenge Xonexi dominance over former Dominatus Mirus. Included in the territories that were handed over was the colony of French Mirus, even though the French Colonial Empire had not participated in the negotiations or given its consent. On March 3, Emperor Alexandre I of France officially revoked French participation in the Treaty of Manticore as illegitimate: French Mirus was to remain French. Despite being ostracized by the Xonexi Allies, Alexandre repeatedly refused demands by the Mirusian Coalition to withdraw from Mirus, instead relocating the majority of the vast Grand Navy of the Empire to the galaxy.

During this intense one-month peace, the two sides repositioned their forces for the inevitable conflict. The Grand Navy of the Empire––plagued by chronic logistic, morale, supply, and leadership problems––continued serious reorganizations of its command structure, seeing Grand Marshal Delacroix removed and replaced by the Emperor himself. The Sovereign Mirusian Coalition also saw some reshuffling as they prepared themselves to confront a formidable foe on equal terms.