Miltian Conflict

The Miltian Conflict is an event in the Xenosaga series and the final battle of the Zoar Incident that occurred on Miltia in the year T.C. 4753. It is the reason why the planet Miltia was sealed and resulted in Gnosis attacks becoming frequent.
==Battle info==
Combatant 	Commander 	Strengths 	Casualties
Galaxy Federation 	Helmer 	Unknown amount of Federation Soldiers, U.R.T.V.s, Federation Realians 	Heavy, numerous civilians, almost all U.R.T.V.s, Suou Uzuki, Aoi Uzuki, Febronia, Dmitri Yuriev (physical body)
U-TIC Organization (Immigrant Fleet, Ormus)	Margulis, Sellers, Joachim Mizrahi (early battle)	Unknown amount of U-TIC Soldiers, Ormus ships, Proto Ω,27-Series Asuras, Song of Nephilim, U-TIC Realians	Heavy, Joachim Mizrahi, Sellers (WIA), Margulis (WIA)
Gnosis 	None 	Numerous 	Presumably light
==Story==
===Background===
====Independent Miltia====
The Miltian solar system, known widely as the Miltian Hierocracy, was originally an independent nation comprised of its capital planet Miltia, and an artificial city orbiting the system's companion star. The system itself resided in Galaxy 18, on the 4th Finger of the Tantus Arm. Miltia was the only inhabitable planet in the system, prompting the nation to begin emigration efforts to a newly terraformed planet, now known as Second Miltia. About 80% of the Miltian Heirocracy's population was composed of Immigrant Fleet descendants. The nation's independent standing from the grander Federation allowed its political structure to follow Fleet doctrine. 
====Zoar Incident====
When the Miltian Hierocracy buckled under pressure to join the Galaxy Federation, it became the Miltian Republic, now governed as an autonomous state with a Federation-assigned parliament member as its new head of state. With the government now under Federation control, discontent was widespread among the population. This new political structure only seemed to antagonize the general public.
Seemingly as a direct result of Miltia joining the Galaxy Federation, the independent nation Zoar launched an unannounced assault on the Miltian system in T.C. 4730. No official declaration of war was made, and the truth of the events was never made clear. As a result of the assault, the Miltian government went from an autonomous state to having active military occupation from the Federation. The population now felt the pressure of the pro-Federation government, and tensions would only get worse.
====Tensions and coup d'état====
Following the destruction of the planet Michtam in T.C. 4747, the research facilities located there were moved to Miltia. Joachim Mizrahi, a senior researcher who resided on Michtam, established the U-TIC Organization with help from the former Miltian government and, by extension, Ormus. Under this newfound organization, Mizrahi proceeded with connection experiments involving the Zohar and its control system, U-DO. The Song of Nephilim was created as a byproduct of that research. It's said that the Executive Committee Chairman at the time, Wilhelm was responsible for the Federation overlooking the establishment of U-TIC, which was receiving funding from Vector Industries, as well as Hyams and various other dummy corporations created by Ormus.
After he separated from his wife Juli, Mizrahi devoted his research to Realians hoping to cure his daughter Sakura of her illness. When he was informed of Sakura's death at the Yuriev Institute by Dmitri, the institute's founder, he devoted himself to more extreme research, hoping to bring his daughter back from the dead. A month after Mizrahi reached satisfactory results on the Zohar research (temporary activation via emulator and the completion of Proto Ω), the former government's military began organizing a coup d'état under the guise of the U-TIC Organization on behalf of Mizrahi.
As a result of the former government faction's monopolization of the Zohar, the Federation decided to conduct their own internal investigation. They demanded that the coup d'état government turn Mizrahi over to the Federation. Papal envoys from the Immigrant Fleet were also urging the surrender of the former government's forces. Their failure to comply prompted the Federation to start the descent of their Marine Corps' land operations division and their Special Operations force.
===The Invasion===
====First and second descent operations====
The first and second descent operations ended in harsh failure. For the Federation, all contact had been lost with the land operations division during the first descent. They were presumed eliminated by the U-TIC Organization's mobile weapons force's Proto Ω and Realian violence brought on by the Song of Nephilim. It's thought that another reason for the failure of these descent operations was that Special Operations units under the influence of Colonel Margulis were in contact with the former Miltian government. Luis Virgil, a Federation marine soldier who participated in the second descent, was taken prisoner by U-TIC Realians at this time. He would later escape and be nursed back to health by the transgenic type Realian Febronia in a church on the outskirts of the capital of Miltia, Dasgupta.
====Third descent operation====
Only weeks after the second descent operation, U.R.T.V.s were deployed by the Federation to destroy U-DO, thereby stopping the from supplying power to Proto Ω with their anti-existence wave. While the Federation and U-TIC forces clash in Dasgupta, the U.R.T.V.s managed to make their way to the Song of Nephilim and prepared to destroy U-DO. However, their leader, Number 666: "Rubedo", realized that the collision of their anti-existence waves would cause the destruction of the planet. He then decided to cut the psychic bond with his brothers out of fear of that outcome, leaving them vulnerable to U-DO. As a result of making contact with U-DO, most of the U.R.T.V.s, including Number 667: "Albedo", were driven insane save for Rubedo and Number 669: "Nigredo". The aftermath of the clash separated the remaining U.R.T.V.s, and Albedo took advantage of the opportunity to attempt further contact with U-DO.
As Federation forces began to advance towards Labyrinthos, U-TIC unleashed the unstable 27-Series Asura. As one would expect, they went out of control and began slaughtering people indiscriminately, escalating the chaos even further. Near the end of the fighting, Sellers activated the Song of Nephilim despite Joachim Mizrahi and Suou Uzuki's protest, causing many combat Realians to go berserk, increasing the wanton destruction. The effects of this were evident on the outskirts of Dasgupta, where berserk combat Realians broke into a church and brutally killed Febronia, who told the child that was with her, Shion Uzuki, to run for her life. With descent troops, U-TIC troops, berserk Realians, and U-DO-infected U.R.T.V.s all clashing in Dasgupta, casualties were increasing by the minute.
Elsewhere, chaos and Canaan were sent on the E.S. Asher by Lieutenant General Helmer to rescue the remaining U.R.T.V.s on behalf of the Federation. Along the way, they encountered Captain Jin Uzuki, a survivor from the second descent operation who was investigating the cause of the conflict. Jin believes that the conflict was a set-up to use the U-TIC Organization as a scapegoat to keep the true organizers in the shadows. He then revealed to chaos and Canaan that he was entrusted the protection of a data disk that contains the truth of the conflict. Jin had acquired this data disk from his father Suou Uzuki shortly before the third descent operation. As the trio made their way to Labyrinthos through the streets of Miltia, they were stopped by Jin's former superior in the Special Operations forces, Colonel Margulis, who aimed to prevent Jin from acquiring the Y-Data. Jin defeated Margulis in a swordfight, scarring his face and making him fall into the depths of Labyrinthos. Jin entrusted Canaan with a backup of the data disk, and separated from the other two towards the Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility.
====The Gnosis appear====
Among the chaos of the battle, a young Shion Uzuki fled to the Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility to find her parents, Suou and Aoi Uzuki. Although she was able to reach them, she was witness to them being brutally killed by the 27-Series Asuras in Aoi's hospital room. As a result, Shion began to resonate with the Zohar (and by extension, U-DO) held in Labyrinthos. Through Shion's despair, this caused a Space-Time Anomaly, opening a portal between the Imaginary and Real Number Domains that summoned the Gnosis in droves. Jin arrives in time to retrieve his sister Shion, but was too late to save their parents. The two of them manage to evacuate from the planet safely.
====The end of Miltia====
Then, in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Gnosis phenomenon, Joachim Mizrahi overloaded the Song of Nephilim and began preparations to seal Miltia and the Zohar off from the U.M.N. and the rest of the universe to confine them to Miltian Space and plunge them into the depths of the Abyss. Sellers tried to stop Mizrahi, but was met with a bullet to each of his legs, crippling him for life. After a mysterious explosion interrupted his recital of Revelations 20 from the Bible, Mizrahi fell to his death from atop Labyrinthos. 
Meanwhile, Rubedo and Nigredo were confronting Albedo on the first floor of the Song of Nephilim, attempting to stop him from making further contact with U-DO. The fight ended in a stalemate when Albedo used an attack strong enough to separate the other two from him. Heavily wounded, Rubedo and Nigredo are rescued by chaos and Canaan in the E.S. Asher. Sellers then launched the Song of Nephilim into orbit with the help of the Kirschwasser Cumin, bringing Albedo and Margulis with them. They join the Song of Nephilim to Proto Merkabah, which was floating in satellite orbit at the time, and managed to successfully evacuate before Miltia was plunged into the Abyss.
===Aftermath===
With the conclusion of the conflict, there were reparations; the Gnosis phenomenon started to become more common, and the Subcommittee on Close Encounters was formed to counter them. During the battle, Dmitri Yuriev was killed by Nigredo after abandoning his duties as the executioner. After Rubedo and Nigredo were rescued by chaos and Canaan, they established the Kukai Foundation, renaming themselves to "Gaignun Kukai" and "Gaignun Kukai Jr." respectively. Realian discrimination was rampant as well, prompting the enactment of the Miltian Charter which grants them the same human rights as humans. To the public, it was believed that Joachim Mizrahi was credited for summoning the Gnosis, labeling him a "lunatic". Lastly, the survivors of the conflict, including Shion and Jin relocated to Second Miltia.
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==Gallery==
U.R.T.V.s killing.png|U.R.T.V.s firing on innocent civilians.
Miltian Conflict overworld.png|Miltia during the Miltian Conflict in Shion's subconscious. 
U.R.T.V.s deployed.png|U.R.T.V.s being deployed during the third descent operation.
Realians rioting.png|Out of control Realians rioting in the streets.
Asher during the Miltian Conflict.png|E.S. Asher engaging U-TIC crafts in the skies.
Asher lands.png|E.S. Asher lands on Miltian streets.
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Margulis confronts Jin during the Miltian Conflict.png|Jin and Margulis confront each other.
Gnosis on Miltia.png|The Gnosis appear over Miltia.
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