CHS4-22

==Chapter Twenty-Two - Book 4 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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====Facing the shifting tides of oblivion====
Capital Building, Office of President of Outworld Alliance
Alpheratz, Outworlds Alliance
September 1st, 3030
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The Director of the Avellar Guards laid out the ugly truth, people are losing faith in the Outworlds Alliance. The Guard though was loyal to President Neil Avellar and if decided to stay and fight or flee and become Mercs, they would follow him. Neil was thinking about it, While one of his commanders was giving a brief, something brought Neil out of his deep thinking, the commander had new info about a discovery of significance, an old star league star map, showing several planets that are not on any of the current maps, by this commander’s order they were scouted. Turns out seven planets were still viable, and if the Outworld Alliance escaped to there, they would be safe to live the Outworld Alliance principles. Secretly this Commander was in love with Neil’s sister, and his unit plus eleven other units where loyal to the principles and not to the man if Neil decided to be a merc then he would withhold the rest of the info and give it to Neil’s sister, it all depended on what Neil was going to do, after a few moments in thought.
“I don’t think the OA can survive,” Neil told them. “Merc life it is.”
With that the meeting was over and three weeks later the Avellar Guard disappeared. At the same time 12 units from around the region disappeared headed for 7 planets in an unknown region that will eventually be known as Outworld Union. 
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On October 1st, Outworlds Alliance collapses.
What was left of the Outworld Alliance consolidated under Teddy Avellar flag on three planets; Alpheratz, Quatre Belle, and Mitchella, calling themselves the Outworld Remnant.
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===Intel Reports telling Tale: Outworlds Alliance is Falling, Freedom Federation is rising===
MOB Chappy’s Revenge Command Regiment
Sinope, Freedom Federation 
October 1st, 3030
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The General was looking at Intel reports, more and more planets of the Outworlds Alliance continue to capitulate when his forces would show up in system. Fifty systems are now part of the Freedom Federation another ten systems are being contested and with all indications coming out of the Outworlds Alliance capital the government itself might collapse. He had three units invading Mitchella, they had been there about a month, a major planet for the Outworlds Alliance that will be the main base for the invasion of the Capital planet, the alliance forces have been putting up heavy resistance though. So, Matthew went over the logs of the battles for Mitchella, there was a disturbing trend, therefore he made a note to his intel people to keep an eye on the commander of the 1st Regiment. Even though she was a close family friend some of her decisions have been questionable.
On the other side of the nation, where he was at, things were still Ok. Today the Command Regiment will be leaving to their next mission and he also issued a recall to all his children commands to join his regiment. The Draconis Combine defenses were starting to stiffen up, with the Davion’s slowdown on the border, and the war with the Alliance seeming to wind down, Matthew decided to move more assets over to the Combine’s border. Also, started to make plans for exploration of the lost planets. Sometime after the first Succession War over half of the Planet in the OA region went dark, it was almost time to find out why.
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===Brokering Peace at Any Cost===
Private bedroom, Triad
Tharkad Capital of Lyran Commonwealth
October 2nd, 3030
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Katrina looked at her daughter, they had been in a heated argument for the last few moments about the new husband, the Fox. Katrina was mad and disappointed, the war that she thought ended last year was still going on, even though most experts are calling it a new war, it is still a war. A war she did not want, she wanted peace.
“Look, honey I am just saying you need to use your station and get him to stop this war, we must have peace. Your child little Victor is almost six months old, we need to stop this war for him.”
Melissa was rocking baby Victor while she was feeding him, “Mother, again I am going to tell you he is his own man. I cannot tell him what to do, and I am not going to use sex to get what you want.He wants to use two units from each military to invade and take over Dieron, he swears that if that invasion is a success he would make peace with the Combine.”
Katrina looked at her daughter then picked up the PAD that she had brought with her, she signed her name tagged it to send and then tossed it to her daughter, “Heads up, because you won’t help to bring peace to our people, I have decided to at least bring peace to 90% of the border between us and the Combine.”
“Mother, what did you just do?” Melissa looked at the document, a document that was succeeding planets to form a new nation the Free Rasalhague Republic.
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===Interstellar News Highlights: Rise of New Nations ===
FNN Nightly Report
New Avalon, Federated Suns
October 15th, 3030
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The last month has seen a major shift in power across the known universe. First there were rumors of a Draconis Combine full pull out of the old Rasalhague district, also the full military pull out in the same region of all Lyran Commonwealth worlds.
Then just yesterday it was announced that a new nation in that region called, Free Rasalhague Republic had been formed. If that was not enough the total collapse of the Outworld Alliance happened with all but three planets announcing allegiance to the Freedom Federation. With that, the experts suspect that General Chapman will now be able to focus all his efforts on the Combine leaving our Prince to focus more on the collapsing Capellan Confederation. 
It seems that the Combine Coordinator has done an about-face from his previous position when he tried to wipe out the Wolf’s Dragoons and in a stunning announcement, he has issued a call for mercenaries to help him against the Federated Suns and Freedom Federation. The situation must be bad in the Draconis Combine for him to shallow his pride and call for help.
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====Taking Everything into Consideration====
Fox's Den, First Prince's Private Office
New Avalon, Federated Suns
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Hanse saw this coming, after watching the news finding out about a major event that even his intel people did not know about. He should be steaming mad at his mother-in-law for not telling him and his wife for doing what she did. He saw this coming years ago, what he saw back then all made sense now. Even though it cut off most of the Draconis Combine planets on the border of Lyran space, it also secured that border and will make it easier to deal with his enemies, not only for him but for his son, Victor.
Hanse went back to the Intel reports, and he kept going back to one that had nothing to do with his attempt to eradicate his enemies. On a planet located deep in the periphery called Granada owned by a small nation called Nueva Castile an unknown force invaded and won. No other information has come out of that region other than the tech the enemy had was high, new, and different. Right now, he decided not to give much thought, but soon he will have to since eventually the Lyran Commonwealth will be part of the new Federated Commonwealth.
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