Great War of 8021

### Result:

Briserian Federation disbanded, the HBE seize control of most Briserian colonies.
The Stratocracy is cornered.
The GSC-aligned states, the Briserian Federation, and the Commonwealth are forced to unify under the Federated Briserian States.
Multiple worlds are devastated and uninhabitable.
The Apollo Systems Union becomes a vassal of the HBE.
The Duchy's religion is overwhelmingly majoritarian in the Known Worlds with more than 75% of the population considered as followers.
Q2 8023: Indefinite truce signed, Earth is divided, 75% belonging to the Federated States, 25% to the Holy Empire.
Enoch the First is assassinated by an ambush prepared by the Free Zones Alliance.
Q4 8023:
Enoch the Second becomes the new ruler of the Empire.
Empire's Home is sieged by a rogue Federal fleet, Enoch the Second and Enoch the Third are killed in action. The truce is then broken by the Federated States.
 Reconquest of colonies annexed by the Empire began.

The Great War of 8021, is a major conflict of the 8th millennia, and one of the deadliest and most costly conflict since the Second Apocalypse.

The conflict started with the Duchy's successor, the Holy Briserian Empire, which undertook expeditions throughout the Known Worlds for its final goal; seize the Earth.

The HBE, with sleeper cells virtually on every planet, thanks to its affiliated religion, could undertake both an asymmetrical and a conventional war against other nation-states.

In 8021, the conflict was officialized, when the HBE seized control in an impressive short span of time; in a single week, more than 10 planetary systems, adjacent to their capital, were seized and controlled, due to their unpreparedness for war. The Confederation of Independent Worlds, which welcomed the Duchy when they were ostracized from the international relations, were left alone, and were considered neutral, due to the debt they owe to the CIW.

The Second Briserian Federation, which achieved to reconnect with most of its former colonies, was able to achieve some kind of stability, and was slowly but steadily preparing to tackle the Stratocracy, which expanded and took over the entire Galactic North region.

The HBE, was growing extremely fast, annexing colonies after colonies, subjecting them thanks to their enormous number of troops and capital ships.

## Imperial Coup d'État

In Q2 8023, a secret meeting was planned between the Federation and the Empire leaders, on the flagship of the Empire, around 70 kpc away from Earth.

Free Zones Alliance agents with a stolen Stratocrat Heavy Bomber and a squadron of modified stealth MAK 20 fighters jumped near the flagship. The FZA operatives proceeded to launch multiple nuclear missiles towards the fleet tasked with defending the flagship. With the element of surprise, all ships were neutralized. The Heavy Bomber then proceeded to launch nuclear missile to the flagship to neutralize its jump capacities.

Inside the flagship, Imperial putschists took hostage the Emperor Enoch the First, and the Governor of Empire's Home, the capital of the Holy Empire, declared himself to be the new Emperor. Federation leaders agreed to recognize him as such.

The Emperor and the Federation leaders then agreed to partition the Earth and stop the war. 25% would belong to the Empire, and 75% to the Federation, plus the Imperial throne to Enoch the Second.

## Second Phase

In Q4 8024, after the discovery of the Outsiders Confederation, the stalemate was broken by localized Imperial offensives on Earth. These offensives triggered the entirety of the Federal forces, waging war again, against the Empire. Earth was engulfed in war again.

In the Known Worlds, the Imperial and Federal fleets are fighting throughout the Known Worlds, with colonies falling under Imperial rule, and falling again in Federal rule in less than a week.