“You have made a terrible mistake.”
- - Catulus
The Cyranai Civil War is the name given to the conflict between several empires of the Cyranai Galaxy against the main power of the galaxy, the Bisistar Domain. Following the discovery that the Bisistar were mainipulating the New Ermitant Republic's government, the usually friendly Ermitant began a rebellion across the galaxy. But the Bisistar were not afraid of such a lowly race, and were prepared to fight off whatever it threw against them. And there were those who would rather just destroy both sides...
Prologue
Nondarrrt's Warning
Nondarrrt warns Milinitt about Catulus.
Following his discovery of the Bisistar infiltrator Catulus, Nondarrrt ran into President Milinitt's chamber, where she was discussing colonial preparations with a group of senators. Nondarrt pushed the doors open and ran inside, startling the senators in the room. Milinitt demanded to know what was the meaning of this intrusion, but Nondarrrt was forced to pause to breath from the running. Upon getting back to his feet, Nondarrrt exclaimed he had discovered something terrible.
Nondarrrt reported to Milinitt everything he had seen. Daleigh turning into a reptilian alien, his ship, the fact he was talking to his commanders about manipulation...Milinitt was shocked with the reports. Atfirst she was skeptical, but Nondarrrt was her right-hand man and would never lie to her about this. Nondarrrt was sure: that alien belonged to the species who had contacted them a year before. They had killed Daleigh and were watching their government from the inside.
Furious, Minilitt ordered the senators to call the Ermitant Republic's military commanders for an urgent meeting. The Ermitant had already failed to stop an oppressor already, and they would not allow themselves to fall on the claws of yet another one. They would take the fight to them, but first, they would need help...
Catulus' Report
Catulus reports to the Queen
Following his ousting, Catulus fled the Ermitant capital of New Puria back to Bisistar territory. He made his way to the Queen's throne and bowed to her. The Queen scowled Catulus, who had never been ousted on his Filtroo career, being expecially annoyed by the fact the subjects in questions were createds as pathetic as the Ermitant. Catulus only listed to the Queen's rant with his head lowered.
As she finished, the Queen began pondering. A Filtroo had never been discovered before in the Domain's history, so this could have potentially dangerous results. The Queen pointed at Catulus and exclaimed she would give him a second chance and not make his failure public knowledge if he took down the Ermitant government and whoever allied with it. Meanwhile, she ordered her officers to patrol Bisistar space to take down whichever potential invaders, for reasons "for now classified".
Catulus bowed to his Queen for a final time before leaving, but not before hearind the Queen's last words of the meeting.
"Consider this an act of mercy, Filtroo. You caused this problem, and now you will be the one to fix it."
The War
Declaration of War
The Ermitant and their allies discuss the attack on the infiltrators
Several days later, President Milinitt called over the leaders of several neighbour empires who the Republic had allied with: the Virrecirai, the Palda, the Jinpolia and the Maneti. The Panda and the Jinpolia, being arch-enemies, nearly turned away upon the sight of each other, but Milinitt insisted that they stayed and took part of the discussion. With much disgrunting from the representants, they finally agreed and decided to stay.
Milinitt explained the various empires about Catulus and pointed out they were all being manipulated by these aliens. All the empires had contacted the Bisistar at one point and as such, all became startled. The representants started arguing among themselves. The Palda and Jinpolia members, expecially, started questioning if their never-ending war was actually these aliens' fault, as at various occasions, they had been stopped from completely destroying each other.
The representants, revolted, decided they would not allow their sovereigny to be manipulated by others. They all agreed with Milinitt's terms and allied to combat these aliens. War had been declared.