Second Alliance–Imperial War
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The Second FPA–Imperial War was the military conflict between the Free Planets Alliance and the Galactic Empire. The war began in November, 799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE) and ended on February 20th of the next year.
History
Rebellion on Heinessen
Following the defeat of the Free Planets Alliance in the first FPA–Imperial War, and the cessation of hostilities formalized by the Treaty of Barlat, the Galactic Empire absorbed the territory of the Free Planets Alliance into itself and, with the crowning of Reinhard von Lohengramm as its first emperor, became the New Galactic Empire. Contrary to the expectations of the Alliance citizenry, Reinhard allowed the Alliance territories (now dubbed the Neue Land) to maintain a high level of autonomy. The Alliance would still be able to govern itself, but Imperial admiral Lennenkampf was assigned to Heinessen as Imperial High Commissioner in order to supervise the affairs of state. João Rebelo, a former friend and ally of Alliance war hero Yang Wen-li became the first Surpreme Chairman of the Free Planets Alliance in the post-war era.
The increasing stress of office coupled with the anger of the people quickly proved too much for João Rebelo to bear, and his mental state became increasingly unstable as his time in office wore on: Rebelo forced himself to make hard, morally ambiguous decisions, believing that he had to do whatever necessary in order to preserve the autonomy of the Alliance. In late July, 799, following the theft of several Alliance warships that had been marked for decommissioning in accordance with the Treaty of Barlat by admiral Merkatz, Rebelo ordered the arrest and, soon-after, the execution of Alliance war hero Yang Wen-li. However, before the execution could be carried out, the Alliance special forces regiment, the Rosen Ritter, rescued Yang from captivity, kidnapping both Rebelo and Lennenkampf to secure safe passage for Yang out of Heinessen.
When news of the incident reach the Empire, Reinhart saw this an an opportunity to complete the annexation of the Alliance into the Empire, and declared hostilities on November 799 UC, sparking off the Second FPA-Imperial War.
