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EVENT September 18, 3057 – After fomenting rebellion against her brother, assassinating her own mother to make Victor look bad, changing her name to Katrina to bring her name more closely to the beloved Katrina Steiner, Katherine Steiner-Davion activates Emergency War Powers and secedes the Lyran half of the Federated Commonwealth away from her brother’s half. Citing the war by Thomas and Sun-Tzu, as well as Victor’s “war crimes” that led to it, she says the name of Commonwealth is forever tainted, and instead names the new nation the Lyran Alliance.
The Sarna March – For the past five years, Sun-Tzu Liao has been preparing for the invasion he knew would someday come. In preparation for this, he has funded pro-Liao sentiment on various planets, guerrilla movements, and bribes to various officials. His planning pays off as the invasion of the Sarna March signals the initiation of the various plans on each planet.
Meanwhile, Katrina Steiner-Davion orders all loyal units to return from the Sarna March. As you may recall, the March was given to the Lyran Commonwealth by Hanse Davion as a wedding gift with Melissa, but both sort of rules it together, and it was closer to Davion space than Steiner space. With the defection of various units from planets, combined with the local problems fomented by Liao combined with potential invasions and incursions the result was a dire mess. Many planets and systems are about to undergo heavy conflict as various interests use the military vacuum to step in while others will witness battles between pro-Davion, pro-Steiner, and pro-Liao federations. It will now become known as the Chaos March
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