The Separation War

The Seperation War was the longest war known to the sector, a war fought between the Galactic Federation and the newly formed Alliance of Independent Systems.

The Culture Shock Skirmishes
The Federation's massive expansion into postech worlds often was a rough transitory period for most worlds. Oftentimes, the Federation forces the world's inhabitants to adopt Federation customs and culture regardless of their opinions on the matter.

Predictably, this did not sit well with the inhabitants on some worlds. Indeed, some worlds underwent severe culture shock and riots began against the Federation. The Federation, in kind, began imposing more and more restrictions on the inhabitants of the "problem worlds", which only further exacerbated the ire of these groups.

The Alliance Takes A Stand
After numerous reports of unrest began to spread, some worlds not yet invited into the Alliance began to unite under a common goal. If the Galactic Federation would destroy what made their individual cultures unique in their quest to dominate the galaxy, they would fight against the oncoming tide.

A military agreement was signed between these like-minded worlds, thus forming the Alliance of Independent Systems

The Desolation of Polymede
The first major conflict of the Separation War began on a Federation Colony World known as Polymede.

On the planet's surface, rebels who wanted Polymede to secede from the Galactic Federation began terrorist attacks against key Federation buildings. When Federation Security Forces came to shut down the rebels, they were met with orbital bombardments from starships, who then declared that Polymede was now under the authority of the Alliance of Independent Systems

Naturally, the Federation responded in kind, and a large scale battle broke out between the two. However, the fighting was so intense and on such a major scale, that stray ordnance from the battle began to hit the planet. Colony Towers exploded into fragments of their former self, and millions of civilian casualties were recorded over the course of the fighting.

The battle itself ended in a stalemate. The Federation had overreached and found itself struggling with logistical problems, while the Alliance couldn't keep up the manpower for an extended battle, such as the one they had faced.