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The First Borealis Galactic War was the first major conflict of the Borealis Galaxy's modern age. This 66-year long conflict was instigated by the newly risen Wranploer Legion of the Vijaha Sector who, under the command of the ambitious General Volim, sought to plunder the rich worlds of Arm A and expand his influence by enslaving its inhabitants. Rallied under the Zoles Imperium, the races of Arm A fight back against the invasion and eventually pushed the attackers back to their galactic arm after many years of bloodshed.

The First Galactic War is notable for having featured the foundation of the first Polar Crystal Alliance, an union of nations dedicated to fighting the Legion. The Alliance went defunct after the war's end, though it would be revisited many years later in an even greater manner.

The War[]

Prelude[]

The Wranploer's Empire of Vijaha was reformed into a formidable juggernaught as the Wranploer Legion thanks to the rise of General Volim Thrava, who solidified all powers of his realm into a single, mighty marauder army. With his ego boosted by his rise into power, he turned his gaze to the other galactic arms of Borealis, particularly the rich, prosperous of Arm A. Wanting it all for himself, he rallied his forces and enticed his affiliated powers into following him. Soon, the Kvargo Empire, the Niaka Order and the Seagon Empire were swayed into his side, each following the Legion for their own pragmatic reasons.

At 954 AD, the Legion attacked the rest of the galactic in four massive fronts. The Zoleia, Mirianis and Aasatser sectors were all attacked, while a fourth force attacked the Outer Core sectors, seeking to gain a foothold to be able to retreat to if needed. Caught off-guard, the powers of these sectors were at first overwhelmed, leading to many subsectors being occupied by Volim's forces.

Initial Conflict[]

For the first several years, the invaders and defenders were largely locked in a stalemate which tilted slightly to the Wranploer's favor. At Zoleia, the Zoles Imperium rallied under King Telarian and fought back against the Legion and the Kvargo as best as they could, while their allies of the Republic of Heleanor and the Samilinus Empire suffered great damage; the former's worlds were slowly looted and plundered, while the latter were tormented and blackmailed into surrendering their knowledge of the mythical Cold Ones, but they resisted as best they could.

At the Aasatser sector, the Wranploer managed to persuade the violent Kraknor, the mightiest of the Murgur Warbands, into joining his war effort, leading to a major battle occurring between that sector's states as Kraknor attempted to invade the worlds of their ancient foes, the Donariean Oligarchy and the Insecloba Hives. Meanwhile, at the Outer Core regions, a large contingency of Borealis Zazane vassals of the Legion launched an attack on the Ransio Empire to try and take control of the region, leading to fierce and bloody warfare between the two warrior races.

Across the Mirianis Sector, the Wranploer and the Niaka Order attacked the worlds of the Minga Theocracy and the Technocracy of Ocanius, with the Gooplet Technocracy quickly falling prey to them afterwards; the Legion targeted them for their technology, being eager to take it for themselves. This particularly forced the Elzie and Minga, the sector's primary powers and rivals, to set aside their differences to fight back the invaders with the Gooplet's aid, all while the Lamelota Empire secretly provided insider information on the sector to the Legion, hoping to swoop in and take over Mirianis after they were done weakening the other factions there.

Arm D itself was not safe either, as smaller Legion fleets attacked the worlds of the Adrahira Tribes and came into conflict with the Merchant Fleets, hunting them down to try and annex them. The Lanatiz Empire, a xenophobic and isolationist power of the Friura Sector, was also attacked due to the Legion wanting their technology for themselves. And while all of this was going, the Azure Theocracy rose into prominence and launched a holy crusade against both sides; led by a mysterious Eaglartin known only as the Emerald Leader, they would be a thorn in the side of both forces over the next decades.

Rise of the Alliance[]

45 years into the war, the Kvargo managed to invade the Zoles capital of Zoleia and launched an orbital bombardment that led to the deaths of millions of innocents. This enraged King Telarian, who at this point had enough; calling out for those fighting the Legion, the Zoles King proposed a military alliance to fight them back to whence they came. This led to envoys of the Heleanorians, Samilinus, Minga, Gooplet and - surprisingly - the Lanatiz going into Zoleia and signing the treaty that led to the foundation of a federation dedicated to fighting the Wranploer and their allies: the Polar Crystal Alliance. Other races like the Elzie, Ransio, Plaidonir and Insecloba chose not to pledge full allegiance out of fear for their sovereignty, but nonetheless accepted them as allies in the conflict.

With their forces now united and better coordinated, the Polar Crystal Alliance worked to push the invaders back for good. The Merchant Fleets were now formally offering their services to the Alliance, granting them even more firepower against the Wranploer's allies. The invaders themselves were not intimidated by this and continued their attacks, and even overextended themselves - Legion forces marched into deep Mirianis and ventured into Alvino Brood space, where the Alvino there quickly swarmed and annihilated them in mere moments, leading them to avoid the region like the plague afterwards.

The other Murgur Warbands, Muganda and Vorazius, would end up joining up with the Plaidonir and Insecloba in fighting off Kraknor once they themselves were attacked, while at the Outer Core, the Ransio would succeed in pushing out the Borealis Zazane offensive completely, leading to a breakdown of the invaders' supply lines across the galactic arms. Under the Polar Crystal Alliance, Volim's fleets were forced to withdraw as they lost steam and were unable to continue occupying the territories they had conquered.

Defeat of the Legion[]

With this, the Alliance went on the offensive, chasing down the Legion back to Arm D. The Eaglartin crusade fell apart and was overwhelmed by this turn of events, and with the Emerald Leader mysteriously disappearing, they were forced to withdraw completely from the conflict. Still enraged by the loss of life caused by the Kvargo in particular against their people, the Zoles Imperium launched a crusade of their own against their people, leading to a genocide of their worlds and to the destruction of their homeworld of Biavumd, which suffered a similar orbital bombardment to the one they had subjected Zoleia years earlier. The Polar Crystal Alliance itself was baffled by the Imperium's actions, with many of the Zoles' own Commandants criticizing it, though they could not disobey their King's orders.

The Wranploer Legion's worlds were attacked and surrendered as the Alliance worked its way to the homeworld of Vijaha. Through this conflict, Volim's own children - who were all experienced admirals - were killed in battle, a fact which enraged the General to the point he refused to surrender. Only after the forces of the Alliance managed to break the Legion's blockade of the Vijaha Sector and begun bombarding the Wranploer homeworld did the Legion finally give up, with Volim at first thought dead by the Alliance.

With extreme reluctance, the Wranploer were forced to sign a peace treaty with the Polar Crystal Alliance at 1020 AD, the Vijahan Terms of Surrender, leading to an official end to the war. The Legion's collaborators such as the Niaka Order and the Seagon Empire also surrendered at this point, not being interested in potentially sharing the fate of the Kvargo. As the news of the Legion's defeat reached the rest of the galaxy, the Kraknor Warband retreated from their own offensive, having grown exhausted without their support and leading to peace returning to their sector.

Aftermath[]

The First Borealis Galactic War changed the political landscape of Borealis forever, establishing the Zoles Imperium and the Wranploer Legion - each exhausted from the war - as its primary superpowers. While they failed to occupy the rest of the galaxy as they hoped, the Wranploer and their affiliated powers all managed to get their hands on many pieces of technology that would be integrated into their military and scientific efforts, which would have taken centuries otherwise. The extinction of the Kvargo left a power vaccuum in Arm D which the Legion were eager to fill in with more of their own influence, and it would later turn out that a single individual of their people had survived the affair, pledging himself to the Wranploer.

The Ransio's defense of the Outer Core regions led to them being lauded and appreciated as noble defenders and protectors of the weak, leading to diplomatic relations being established with the rest of the galaxy over the following years. Now positioned as the primary power of the core regions, the Ransio Empire grew into prominence as one of the galaxy's most influential nations.

A deep enmity between the Zoles and Wranploer led to a constant cold war between the two powers, though none dared fire the first shot after the war. This enmity fueled the existence of the Polar Crystal Alliance for a while longer, though its member states eventually felt it an unnecessary form of bureaucracy; the xenophobic Lanatiz were the first to withdraw from it, doing so in such an abrupt manner that it shook the other members and led them to also withdraw themselves.

As they were crippled by the war, the Republic of Heleanor and the Samilinus Empire were integrated directly into the Zoles Imperium, who gave them shelter and helped rebuild their worlds. Over the course of the next centuries, these races would become maintays of the Imperium, considered equals to the Zoles themselves.

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