Pendulum System

== History ==
=== Post-War ===
Following the war, civil unrest had nearly boiled over into the resurgence of system-wide insurrection. When the corporate government refused to lift Martial Law prohibitions on civil rights and liberties the citizens of the moon system began organized rebellions. Various enterprises in the system quickly allied and cut civilian communication between moons in an attempt to isolate the various insurrectionist groups. 
The attempt to cut the communications between moons lead only to a consolidation of power and radicalization of the rebels who aligned into four separate factions, each leading the rebellion on their home moon. Consolidated efforts and radicalized militant behavior quickly lead the corporate government being pushed off world leading to a rapid secession of the moon system from the rest of the system and delivering a critical blow to the UEG's economic prows. 
Under a new illegitimate People's Government of Pendulum, the rebels confiscated the economic and manufacturing capacities of the moon system and began military armament to take the entire system while formally reestablishing communication with the UEG to request government backing. The UEG, hard-pressed for the economic capabilities of the moon system formally recognized the People's Government of Pendulum as a colonial nation-state of the UEG. 
By 2558 the People's Government of Pendulum had successfully staged a working-class revolution against corporate interests and remained in the good graces of the UEG by remaining a colony. PGP quickly made political alliances with the Concordat movement. 
=== Insurrection & Human - Covenant War ===
During the Insurrection the Callahan moon system was one of the inner-most worlds to witness widespread home-grown insurrectionist activity. Anti-capital dissent brought on by the corporate government overruling class within the moon system lead to rioting and violent protest throughout the insurrection. As one of the economic power-houses of the UEG, UNSC forces were dispatched into the system for the first time in nearly two-hundred years. Corporate agencies in agreement with the UNSC placed the moon-system under Martial Law in 2510 and the corporations maintained these conditions throughout the Human - Covenant War and thereafter. 
=== Early History ===
The Pendulum system was one of the early systems colonized following the revolutionary engineering feat of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine. The system's most noteworthy feature was the gas giant of Callahan which parented four mostly habitable moons. Becoming known as the Callahan Moons the up-and-coming colonial system relied heavily on one another for trade, resources, and support in the great unknown. The advantage of having one another to rely became paramount in the later establishment of the Callahan Industrial System where the moon system became a thriving and booming system of industry. Established in 2319 the Pendulum system would become vital in establishing further out colonies into the future. 
==== Callahan Moon System ====
Featuring four similarly sized and mostly habitable moons the Callahan gas giant was the anchoring point for a thriving colony for Humanity. The moon system eventually became a booming industrial center for early efforts into the frontier of colonization. 
=== Callahan Moon Terror Event ===
Sometime after the onset of the Inner Colony Wars after 2362 the Callahan moon system which was an up and coming star of industry was victim of a large scale terror event. It is important to note that early colonization while selective, was still relatively lawless in the sense that space was still wildly expansive and Humanity lacked many of the essential legislative and technological achievements to appropriately monitor and police any outlaw activity. 
During the Inner Colony Wars terrorist agents were able to infiltrate the system and detonate several dozen excavation grade munitions within the industrial centers across the moons. Previously the moon system had been far from the fire storm of the inner colony wars and thus the terror event triggered a large scale refortification of the limited UNSC forces. The Aeolus-class cruiser was crucial in repelling the attack and forcing the terror cell out of the system.
Category:UEG Inner Colonies
Category:Secessionist governments
Category:Concordat Affiliation