NCIZ 2 Imperial Embargo

As of Q4 8024, the Holy Briserian Empire's legislature ruled in favor of an embargo on the NCIZ 2. Due to the enormous presence of various warring factions, and emergent nations, such as the Movement for the Revival of the NCIZ (MR-NCIZ), the Promethean Republic, the UGFSA and the United Galactic Federation which reemerged and triggered the current massive political crisis spanning the entirety of the Known Worlds due to a conspiracy involving the governors of the colonies of the Known Worlds, masterminded by the UGF, as well as the smaller nations such as the Republic of the Apollo V system and the Three Colonies Autonomous Government having helped the factions emerging from the NCIZ 2.

The NCIZ 2 is a fertile ground for various crimes and undesirables, such as arms smuggling, political asylum and sanctuary from both the Federated Briserian States and the Holy Briserian Empire, as well as the presence of massive military facilities helping the MR-NCIZ and the Pirates movements, as well as their headquarters located directly in the heart of the NCIZ 2.

The presence of a ungoverned yet extremely developed and armed group of colonies such as the NCIZ 2, was already proven to be problematic to the leading nations of the past, such as the GMWF and the NCIZ. The GMWF annexed the NCIZ, and suppressed the various independent and pro-NCIZ movements.

However, the Federated Briserian States and the United Galactic Federation sees the NCIZ 2 as a very powerful potential buffer zone, capable of waging war on a massive scale, especially against the Stratocracy - the Stratocracy being weakened due to its current Civil War which forces the Stratocracy to focuses on its core territories, and was the main driver behind the Stratocracy abandoning its annexed territories of the Federated Briserian States after an offensive, which created the NCIZ 2.

The presence of the Black Site Omicron, the headquarters for both the Pirates and the MR-NCIZ, is a potent base. Located within a massive nebula, and not present on any public map, even IDS, the original builder and user of the Black Site Omicron, lost its coordinates. It is capable of maintaining a massive fleet, and maintaining a very large population. The presence of a colossal amount of various fortresses, either manned, abandoned, or unmanned/autonomous makes the NCIZ 2 a literal minefield for the three major nations. Not all factions and groups are allied or friendly with the Federated Briserian States.

## The embargo

The Holy Briserian Empire has ordered the NCIZ 2 to be "put under quarantine" for an undetermined amount of time, until the military strength of the Empire and its ally, the Stratocracy, will be back to its apex. The NCIZ 2 is ought to be annexed, pacified, and demilitarized. Nothing shall enter or exit the NCIZ 2, in an attempt to suffocate the various movements. The arms transports by IDS, and the UGFSA, fueling the allied Promethean Republic, Pirates, MR-NCIZ war machines against the Empire and its ally, the Stratocracy, are not to be tolerated, and any smuggler will be charged with immediate execution if proven guilty.

- Official Decree n°Q4.8024D1220, *or Order n°D1220 (Q4 8024)*