Circum-Arania War

The Circum-Arania War is a large-scale conflict fought over the area of the Arania Expanse that is located south of the Aegian Star System, relative to the 2D map of the galaxy. It is a 65 light year area of space that separates the Dragon Protectorate and the CCR. The war was primarily fought in space between the fleets of the Dragon Protectorate and the CCR. There were ground incursions on outlying planets of both star empires but no attacks against either side's core worlds occurred. 
The war started after Dragonia blockaded a CCR world after they discovered that it had ties to a desertion movement several hundred years prior which is standard protocol for the Dragonian Empire as they have a long memory of exacting vengeance on those who wrong them. At first, the blockade was going to plan and Dragonia even landed troops on the planet but within a week they were met with a massive contingent of CCR troops that were stationed on the planet and for the first time since the Corsari Conflict Dragonia suffered a crushing loss during the opening hours of the ground combat. The CCR actually met Dragonia on the field in an army vs. army slugfest and come out on top. While Dragonia inflicted heavy losses on the CCR, the loss set them on the backfoot as Dragonia's whole military was built to smash other armies into the dust. Dragonia did take one pointed lesson from the loss - the CCR had much better tech than they did and that contributed greatly to their initial defeat. Just as Dragonia was preparing to send more troops now that they knew what to expect, the CCRN responded with a naval battlegroup under the command of Admiral Gaston Henderson to meet the Dragonians in the space above the planet. Originally hoping for diplomacy, Dragonia was unwilling to compromise on the planet that appeared to have people related to the deserters and thus meant that Dragonia had a claim on the planet itself. As per Admiral Henderson's orders, he opened up on the Dragonian fleet. The technological advantage of the CCR was immediately apparent and Dragonia also realized about this time that this planet belonged to a greater star domain. This oversight caused a battle that cost Dragonia and the CCR several ships. After Dragonia pulled back as well as the CCR, an uneasy stalemate happened. Over the course of several weeks, more ships on both side came but no shots were fired. In the meantime, Dragonia pulled their troops off of the planet. Expecting them to be shot down, they were taken by surprise as the CCR didn't fire on their transports. They were showing an incredible amount of restraint, almost as if they didn't want to fight.
While Dragonia was thinking best how to exploit the situation, they were caught by surprise when the entire fleet was wide-beamed by the President of the CCR itself, Jennifer Brightley. She pointed out that the Cascadian Congressional Republic was an offshoot of Dragonia that left over 200 years ago and that she can see that Dragonia still hasn't changed or improved in that time and the attack on her people was evidence of that. Without even waiting for a response, Jennifer stated that with almost unanimous approval the CCR voted to declare war on the Divine Dragonian Empire and the Dragon Protectorate as a whole due to their transgressions. Dragonian President Palmon Jack, while amazed that someone would actually declare war on Dragonia, was amused as he was alive when the schism happened and he couldn't help but notice that the CCR for all it's supposed virtues also seemed to harbor longstanding grudges, much like how Dragonia did with the Lushaneans.
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