The Humane Crusades and the Downfall of the IHF

Humane Crusades:

The Human Crusades were an effect of the growing paranoia growing in the IHF that the downfall of the Human Golden Age was coming and therefore, the end of the IHF. The Humanist idea that all humans shall be united in one mega nation and that Humans are the most important thing was a very popular belief in the federation and was the majority in the council. For years people had been abusing wormholes to create nations of their own that they could rule. The IHF called these illegal colonies as this was against IHF law and were criminals in the eyes of the council. In 3576, the IHF council voted to mobilize the IDG to take back these human territories. Millions of soldiers were sent interstellarly to conquer and destroy enemy territories.

In 3580, the IDG created a wormhole to the Garum System. This system had a pretty large population and 2 habitable planets, Irbe and Gazden. The Garum Union Navy was mobilized but the military was not developed enough and the gunships were more or less civilian ships adapted for war. They had only one Warper ship so mobility was definitely on the IDG’s side. The Garum fleet was quickly destroyed and the two planets were simultaneously attacked. Irbe fell but Gazden was holding strong against the invaders. The GUN destroyed their own dyson sphere so that the IDG couldn’t use its energy but in the end they didn’t need it. In a year long siege, Gazden had fallen.

In, 4559, the IDG found rouge planet called Zelar, it had been transformed into a prosperous night time planet, hoping the IHF would never find them. When they did and a wormhole appeared in the sky, missiles were launched directly in the wormhole destroying a large amount of the fleet. It was a disaster, but the IDG reorganized and invaded. However, when they arrived, Zeldar was being evacuated. Warpers were being packed with thousands of people and leaving the planet. The IDG tried apprehending many of them but the most got into them and started heading towards the nearby Yalgar System which was 6 years away. The chase lasted 4 of those years before the IDG managed to destroy the Warper in the front of the fleet stalling them long enough for the IDG to catch up and destroy their navy and apprehend the civilians.

The Arkus massacre of 4579 was a horrendous affair that broke the remaining treaties about extermination and weapons of mass destruction. The IDG invaded the Ark system and the planet of Arkus. However, the Arkus civilization was a prosperous one and their military was extremely well trained and technologically advanced. The Arkus system had also used some of the Extractors to get the materials they needed to defend. After they tried taking the planet of Arkus for about a decade, they needed out. The Ark system could rival the IHF and they needed to get rid of them. The Council made drastic decision to get rid of the planet entirely. The developed an antimatter bomb made to penetrate into upper atmosphere. This was extremely contested and most people didn’t want to wipe out an entire planet but the act was passed. The IDG sent a message to the Arkusesse and many evacuated but lots didn’t buy it as they thought it was a trap. On January 6th, the antimatter bomb fell into the atmosphere and detonated. This one pinch of antimatter was enough to destroy every thing planet… 6 times over. The planet was now uninhabitable and everything that once existed their was erased in less then a second. 800 million people had been evaporated. The IDG quickly captured the Arkusesse that had fled. Some even tried to fight in the name of revenge but were slaughtered all the same. They were taken to other systems to be redistributed under house arrest. This proved to be a horrible idea as the ones that survived were all vengeful.

The Coeus revolution took place in 4585 when a bunch of separatists took control of government building and prepared to fight off the IDG. The Coeusesse were split. Humanists were still loyal the the IHF and joined the IDG, and the revolutionaries fought for the rebel army. The war lasted about a year but the IDG were ultimately stronger. Rumors spread that the Vulcanites had supplied the rebels and the IHF was furious.

In 4595, The IDG opened up a TWH to try and retake Zoi. The Reztans were prepared and had a defensive blockade around the planet. The battle never reached the ground and it was one of the largest naval battles. The IDG had to defend the TWH as the rest of the fleet was coming through. The IDG probably had enough ships and soldiers to take back the planet but the Reztan launched a mega atomic into the wormhole which destroyed the wormhole. Then the Reztans continued to whittle down the IDG until they surrendered.

The Glisa revolution in 4604, was a revolution led by the Glisan militias against the IDG. They had been neglected in the council and decided to ceced since they were never the focus in politics even if they had domestic issues. A tyrant figure, Adra Gel,  seized control their and fought the IDG. However, the IDG bombed their stronghold and Gel was killed. The IDG proceed to occupy the planet.

In 4616, the emergence of substances like ecrolide and zephonyn prompted a new pandemic of druggies and overdoses. The IDG traced the transactions to this cartel led by, Yaki Dora. These people were hard core criminals and had managed to get stupidly wealthy. The IDG tried to track down every factory but ultimately there were too many hidden ones they couldn’t find. They inevitably stopped trying to find them, instead just heavily punishing all of the people who are involved, this continued until the downfall of the IHF.

In 4619, the IHF tracked down some extractors and sent the IDG to destroy them, they were called a cartel of goods and were extremely illegal as they mined out whole moons without government permission. They were effective at first as the extractors did not have large gun ships protecting the miner ships but soon enough the Extractor Security Fleet(ESF) would arrive. The Battle of Polkl happened around a gas giant called Pokle that had many moons and astroids orbiting it. This battle was famous because the IDG kept attacking and whittling down their troops and ammunition as the Extractors mined out two moons that were orbiting each other to replenish their resources. New extractor ships were being made from those moons while the IDG had to replenish its troops and ships from other far away systems. The battle lasted a decade and a year as the IDG were determined but in the end they retreated as they were called else where. This effectively was the end of the Extractor War.

In 4626, The Federation of the Larval Moons were discovered in the Lider System surrounding a huge brown dwarf in the habitable zone of the star. It has over a thousand moons that have united to form a unified government. The IHF tried to integrate them into the IHF but the Larval Senate decided to stay separate. The IHF then voted to just take it by force. They sent a huge fleet to contest the Larvalans but were ultimately put to a halt. They could not get through the defensive lines, and when they tried to sabotage their dyson swarm, the invading force was destroyed. The Larvalans were convinced that the IHF was a evil empire and stood strong against the occupiers. The IDG managed to hop from moon to moon but soon it was too costly. Every moon was heavily defended and was hard to take. They had to do this more than a thousand times over. In 4640 the IDG finally pulled out.

These were the biggest of the Humane Wars but there were smaller ones like the Triton revolution, The Rezerak campaign, The conquest of Devo, The de’a’dai Crisis, The Lernan War of independence, and The Anian Crusade. These were smaller conflicts that most of which were won by the IHF. Soon enough this would cause deep divides in the IHF as more and more places stopped supporting the federal government.

Downfall of the IHF

Influxes of refugees settled in other regions as the Humanist ideology was dying. In 4671, the IDG and lead figure heads would march into Civilopolis and depose the existing IHF Counselors and Chairman. The people instated a new government but it wasn’t enough. By 4700 the IHF was unsure on its future. Demonstrations on Venus proposed the idea of a preservist state. One where the Solar System stays intact as the birth place of humanity. The population had been decreasing in the IHF’s territory as people seeked better lives elsewhere. Preservism gained traction in the council and was the ultimate goal for many in the next few decades. By 4760 the government voted to work towards a unified Solar government and freeing the other interstellar holdings. In 4775, the Coeusesse were allowed to secede and the IHF had been reduced to the Solar System. The Solar Republic was proclaimed as the ultimate preservist state. This is effectively the end of the Human Golden Age.