New Zanzibar Front

The New Zanzibar War was an active conflict fough t on the planet New Zanzibar between three rebel forces, each backed by several major Outer Colony nations. Over the course on the four year long conflict, thousands of soldiers from all three forces were killed along with many civilians, drawing in more major powers and almost leading to a major conflict between two major nations involved: the Theban Commonwealth and the Commonwealth of New South Wales. Originally incited due to the Commune of Kropotkin-backed communist coup that ousted the independent government of New Zanzibar in November 2559, the New Colonial Alliance quickly began a guerrilla campaign against the new provisional government, inspiring Kropotkin to send forces to aid their communist allies in battling the nationalistic forces on New Zanzibar. 
This would escalate when a democratic faction, the New Zanzibar Freedom Front, would begin operations, with equipment and advisors being dispatched to them from New South Wales. With the capture and subsequent execution of several advisors by the provisional government, New South Wales involvement would escalate into an armed intervention, toppling the provisional government and forcing both the Provisonals and Nationals to wage an unconventional war against the Freedom Front. For four years this would continue, causing the Convoy 13 Diplomatic Incident in 2563, when the Provisionals would launch its first conventional offensive. Whilst it was held at bay by New South Wales and Freedom Front forces, the foundation of the Glasslands Defence Initiative would see an introduction of a new phase of the war, as forces from the Ectanus Command would join in combating the insurgency. 
However, after another year of fighting, the GDI would withdraw after the beginning of the Mamore Crisis, and several new incursions from Covenant remnant groups encroaching on GDI territory. As such, the Provisionals would claim victory over both the Republicans and Nationals, joining the Free Systems Pact and ensuring the Hosnan System would be a bastion of socialism in the Outer Colonies. 
==Background==
The planet of New Zanzibar is in the Hosnan System, in the Sagan Sector of the Outer Colonies. Home to a single habitable planet, New Zanzibar, the Hosnan System operated as a small UNSC supply depot during the Human-Covenant War. Bypassed in the early stages of the Covenant's rampage through the Outer Colonies, New Zanzibar would proclaim itself independent in 2540, thanks to the influence of Insurrectionist immigrants fleeing from destroyed colonies. By 2553 the planet had 18 million citizens, a small defence force, and a fierce independent streak. With a democratic government and a willingness to cooperate with the resurgent UNSC, they would acquiesce to becoming a UEG protectorate, retaining their domestic independence at a cost of a small UNSC garrison.
In 2558, Cortana and the Created would rise up against all free nations of the Orion Arm, subduing most and dispatching forces to do their bidding. New Zanzibar, whilst quite small and positioned in the Outer Colonies, was significant enough in its location near an important slipspace route to warrant a detachment of Forerunner Armigers to be deployed. They rapidly subdued the planet's small UNSC force, relinquishing control of the planet's governance to the capital city's AI, Braxton. The Armigers would leave in June 2559, as the planet had proven themselves as loyal subjects, leaving Braxton in overall command. However, when news came of Cortana's death later that year, Braxton would immediately hand governance back to the populace as he had in fact helped aid the government-in-exile. The democratic United Party would retake its position as the ruling party, however they would be shortlived as the now-infamous Red Light Coup would occur on December 28th. 
The Red Light Coup was a rebellion organised against the United Party by forces of the Provisional Militia Force, a socialist rebel group that was formed in the wake of the Created invasion as a force to wage guerrilla warfare against the Armigers. Whilst they never saw combat against the Created, they would see their opportunity to take over New Zanzibar from the United Party in what they saw as a continuation of the Created's governance, as they inherited their position of power from Braxton, a Created AI. Beginning on December 28th, after five days of fighting New Zanzibar would be officially under new administration, with the People's Republic of New Zanzibar declared to cheering crowds in the capital city of Sylvania. 
However, their successful coup would not go unnoticed. In March of 2560, a series of bombings would occur across New Zanzibar, with the New Colonial Alliance claiming responsibility, and demanding the removal of the socialist government in favour of the NCA-backed Zanzibar National Concordat, a nationalist alliance of rebels and mercenaries. The bombings would be followed by terror attacks led by the ZNC on political and military targets, as they attempted to fight the socialist 'Provisionals' on an unconventional basis.
== History ==
=== Early Operations, March - December 2560 ===
The Zanzibar National Concordat would follow up its terror bombings on People's Republic targets with a snatch-and-grab operation against the leadership group of the Provisionals. Their main target was the Premier, Gavin Thomann, however any and all members of government that could be found were to be captured, in the hopes of using them as a negotiating tool for further concessions from the Provisionals. The operation would be launched on the 14th of March, with three main groups of ZNC irregulars, numbering some 500 personnel in total, infiltrating the capital, Sylvania. 
Whilst the main force, given the objective of capturing Thomann, would not succeed, the two other units would successfully capture the Deputy Premier Lidia James, and several other government and military officials. The ZNC forces would then broadcast the summary execution of two government ministers to the people of New Zanzibar, repeating their demands that the Provisionals step down and allow the ZNC to take over. This broadcast was also the first appearance of the leader of the ZNC, self-styled 'Commandant' David Indra. A native of New Zazibar, Indra had served during the Human-Covenant War as a member of Admiral Mattius Drake's staff, and had followed the officer into the New Colonial Alliance as one of their foremost experts in organisational structure and unit coordination. However, when given the opportunity to potentially turn his home planet to the NCA's cause, Indra promptly left his position, along with a small detachment, and began laying the foundations for the ZNC.
=== A Resurgent Freedom Front, December 2560 - July 2561 ===
=== New South Wales Involvement, July 2561 - February 2562 ===
=== Kropotkin Escalation, February - October 2562 ===
=== Provisional Buildup, October 2562 - January 2563 ===
=== Convoy-13 Diplomatic Incident, January - May 2563 ===
=== Giap Offensive, May - August 2563 ===
=== Official GDI Intervention, August 2563 - January 2564 ===
=== GDI De-Escalation, January - June 2564 ===
=== Final Provisional Operations, June - November 2564 ===
== Aftermath ==