Terminus Confederacy

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The **Terminus Confederacy** was a governmental body formed by the Batarian Hegemony, the Krogan Empire, the Migrant Fleet and the Skyllian League in 2186. Based in the Terminus Systems and composed of predominantly non-Council races, the organisation’s main goal was to end the reign of the Citadel Council. On April 24th 2186, the Terminus Confederacy declared war on the Council, leading to the Terminus War. It was disbanded in 2187 after all factions except the Hegemony agreed to a truce at the Galactic Summit.

## History

### Founding

The Terminus Confederacy was formed in January 2186 by non-Council species who felt they were owed the same treatment that the krogan received with the Genophage cure. It was originally formed by the Batarian Hegemony, the Krogan Empire and the newly-founded Skyllian League, with the Migrant Fleet joining shortly after on February 2nd when the Batarian Hegemony promised to help them reclaim Rannoch.

On April 24th 2186, the Terminus Confederacy declared war on the Citadel Council, initiating the Terminus War. While the factions making up the Terminus Confederacy desired slightly different outcomes from the war, the main powers within the Confederacy strove to end the reign of the Citadel Council. However, more moderate members of the Confederacy simply wanted the Council to stop making elitist policies that made quality of life actively worse for non-Council races.

### Terminus War

The Terminus Confederacy waged many battles against the Citadel Council and GUARDIAN during the Terminus War. In response to GUARDIAN, the Terminus Confederacy created a rival organisation known as **WARD**, or the Warrant to Assault, Resist, and Defend. This group served as a collective military and research body for the Confederacy throughout the war, although the bulk of the faction’s military power still stood behind their respective governments.

The Terminus Confederacy continued to wage war into 2187, but by then internal divides were beginning to form. The Migrant Fleet in particular felt used, having had their resources taken advantage of. The Flotilla was used extensively for transporting troops, assisting ships in battles and distributing their marines throughout other regiments, without any sign of the Hegemony fulfilling their promises. Fractures also began to form within the Krogan Empire, with many clans growing tired of Drogar Ravenor’s warmongering ways and striving to distance themselves, forming their own alliances.

### Reaper War

On June 25th 2187, the Terminus Confederacy met with the Citadel Council, Systems Alliance and GUARDIAN at a Galactic Summit. Here they agreed to an armistice in order to deal with the Reaper threat, with the exception of the Batarian Hegemony, who refused to cooperate and returned to batarian space to face the reapers alone. This essentially dissolved the Terminus Confederacy’s remaining power and government, although the faction never officially disbanded.

During the Reaper War, the remaining members of the Confederacy contributed greatly to the efforts against the Reapers. The Migrant Fleet, already disillusioned with the Terminus Confederacy, readily agreed to the truce and lended many ships to the war effort. The death of Drogar Ravenor resulted in the Krogan Empire dissolving into various allied clans, which willingly assisted the war efforts with whatever forces they had. The Skyllian League, however, was unable to gather its resources and was crushed by Reaper forces in the Terminus Systems.

### Aftermath

Following the Reaper War, the Terminus Confederacy as a government, economic, and military power was effectively ended. Since the implementation of the Galactic Concordant, which awarded several former Confederacy factions Council citizenship and Citadel embassies, efforts have been made to establish positive relations with these species going forward.

However, political tension still remains even in 2190, two years after the dissolution of the Terminus Confederacy. Some sympathisers and criminal bands still remain associated with the ideals of the Confederacy. Many that are no longer connected to the organisation are still resentful that humanity was granted a seat on the Council before the other races and feel that humans are given preferential treatment. However, for the most part relationships between the Council and the Confederacy’s larger factions are becoming more positive.

## WARD

The **Warrant to Assault, Resist, and Defend** or **WARD**, was formed by the Terminus Confederacy shortly after its founding in 2186. WARD acted as a rival organisation to GUARDIAN, serving a similar function of a paramilitary organisation with military, stealth, diplomatic and research capabilities. It took part in many operations during the Terminus War, although most of its actions were small acts of terrorism, research-focused or attacks against GUARDIAN.

WARD had several ships, including the research vessel TCS Caliburn and the combat vessel TCS Masamune, which were crewed with members from throughout the Terminus Confederacy. These ships were eventually destroyed during the Assault on the Omega-4 relay, after which WARD was officially disbanded.