The Separation Wars

The Separation Wars was a period of history where tensions between the Galactic Federation and the newly-forming Alliance of Independent Systems reached a boiling point, and battles broke out all across the Federation's territories.

The Galactic Federation Expands
After taking Iphitos, the Galactic Federation enjoyed the benefits of superior technology over all of the other civilizations in the sector. None could possibly compete with the Federation in any industry. The life of the old Terran Mandate could once again be theirs, and could be shared with everyone willing to join them

Over the next few decades, the Galactic Federation began sending out their troops to planets all across the sector, evaluating their progress in technology. If they had managed to gain spike drive technology, the civilization would be invited to join the Federation, during which time the troops would begin the process of building an embassy and helping to keep the peace.

By the turn of the century, the Galactic Federation had every planet capable of producing postech under their rule.

Murmurs of Discontent
The Federation's aggressive expansion into the sector did not pass without complaints. Many cultures were lost during this expansion and some natives were not pleased that this new foreign power was taking their homes and livelihoods away from them, all for the sake of, in their eyes, conquest.

These bands of discontent rebels made contact with one another, and made a plan that would see the Federation ousted from their worlds, and their cultures and lives restored to their old glory.

However, there was one significant problem with their plan. The Federation vastly outmatched them in both numbers and equipment. To wage a war against the Federation now would mean a swift death. Thus, to save their cultures, they made a deal with devils.

Piracy Pays Back
The Federation's peacekeeping tactics were making it difficult for criminal activity to flourish properly. Delinquents from all across the sector were being found out by Federation troops, and arrested for numerous crimes. The rebels offered these criminals sanctuary from the Federation, in return for their strength of arms. The rebels would hide the criminals from the Federation, and in return, they would fight for the rebels when the time came.

The rebels were swift in their actions. They seized starships aligned with the Federation and hid them from sight. It wasn't as difficult as it would seem; the Federation was spread thin across the entire sector, to organise a search of an entire planet would take months just to plan out. If the Federation got too close to discovering their operations, they would simply pack up and leave to a different world.

They continued recruiting criminals into their ranks, until finally, they had a large enough force to maintain an offensive against the Federation on one world. Sampras.

The Battle of Sampras
The rebels had their chance. It was time to leave the shadows and face the sector's greatest conqueror. They took up a name for themselves; The Alliance of Independent Systems.

They attacked the spaceports first; destroying refueling stations, docked ships, anything and everything that would allow the Federation forces on the surface to send a message out to other planets in nearby systems. After that was done, they began attacking Federation troops.

With the Federation in the dark about the situation, the troops on Sampras did not receive reinforcements until a month had passed. The Alliance spent this time salvaging whatever equipment they could from the bodies of the fallen, and preparing for said reinforcements.

The first group of reinforcements were caught unawares by the level of preparedness of the Alliance, nor were they prepared for their own weaponry to be turned against them. The second wave had more success, managing to push the Alliance back, at some cost.

By the third wave of reinforcements, rumors of an army standing against the might of the Federation had began to spread across other Federation worlds. This incited rebellion on those worlds, and the Federation were forced to concede Sampras to the Alliance in order to quell these uprisings and maintain public order.