The Orion Protectorate

The Orion Protectorate was formed in December 2558 by a UNSC sector defense fleet in the Outer Colonies that lost contact with the UEG during the early stages of the Created Crisis. Admiral John Doukas crowned himself the 'Sebastokrator of the Protectorate' on Christmas Day 2558. Officially, the Protectorate claimed to just be governing the seven systems they controlled due to the absence of contact from the UEG for the duration of the crisis, in actuality, the Orion Protectorate acted in its own interests paying lip service of vassalage to the UEG. The Protectorate would last less than ten years due to the instability of its government. In 2560, the First Orion Civil War would occur when John I would die without an heir or establishing a succession protocol. The civil war would last two years, depleting the already scant resources the Protectorate had, and would end with the crowning of Andronikus I. In 2566, Andronkius would be assassinated by RISC agents from the Kropotkin, sending the Protectorate into another civil war from which it would never recover. The small nation would splinter into 3 factions, fighting over the title of Sebastokrator before being absorbed by the larger regional factions.