The New Suns Republic

## History

In the aftermath of the Outer Reaches Rebellions, a group of corporations began looking to expand away from the growing competition and government oversight of the Inner Sphere. In order to find new resources, this group of various and diverse corporations formed the New Suns Consortium. This corporate block would operate using funding from an assortment of industries, from mining to agriculture to private security firms. While the Inner Sphere powers began to expand rapidly and consolidate their holdings, the NSC decided to look farther out into the Deep Periphery.

In 2250, exploration past the Aquila Rift began, with the NSC having been pushed to that extreme distance by the expansion of the Lyran Commonwealth and the Rim Worlds Republic. Both powers had started seizing and nationalizing colonies developed by the Consortium once they proved valuable, without reasonable compensation. With the backing of large militaries to enforce their claims, there was little that the NSC could do to dispute these actions.

By 2275, the aggressiveness of the NSC exploration paid off in that they were able to chart 28 new systems. NSC leadership unanimously agreed that if they reported their findings the proper government departments, there was a good chance either the Rim Worlds Republic or the Lyran Commonwealth would come to annex them, especially with the systems being as rich in resources as they were. The decision was made to only report the moderately habitable world of Akaka (Relay 1138). This was established on paper as a mining colony and resupply for further exploration, but nothing more.

The reality was Akaka was a checkpoint for NSC ships on their way to what would be called the New Suns Corporate Sector in 2390. The only way to this sector was by a system of carefully guarded waypoints known as the "Path". This system of navigation buoys and relay stations was heavily protected and patrolled by well paid and well armed corporate mercenaries.

It was during the chaos of the Marsden Coup, with the Lyran Commonwealth in disarray and the Rim Worlds Republic's attention turned towards it's neighbor, the NSC formally announced the formation of the New Suns Corporate Sector and it's autonomy from the Inner Sphere states as a free trade zone. In a show of strength, corporate mercenaries from NSCS member White Star Security, brutally and quickly destroy several "pirate" outposts belong to both the Rim Worlds Republic and the Lyran Commonwealth. The Draconis Combine immediately afterward recognized the periphery state and authorized trade to begin with any businesses that were interested.

During the Age of War, the NSCS's population grew as the systems were further developed from colonies into actual settlements. An influx of merchants from the Draconis Combine would settle and integrate, forming enclaves around where their merchant populations were. Most of the population being brought in however were working poor, trying to escape conditions in the Inner Sphere, only to find themselves becoming little more than indentured servants to the corporations.

The NSCS avoided major conflicts, instead becoming involved in a prolonged series of "pirate wars" with the Lyran Commonwealth and the Rim Worlds Republic. Both sides would prey on shipping of the other nation using either hired mercenaries or ships disguised as pirates. This low intensity warfare would go on for most of the existence of the states involved.

The New Suns Corporate Sector grew but not without problems. Aside from the external issues involving the RWR and Lyrans, there were corporate skirmishes between members that sometimes resulted in violent clashes. Often it would be workers who would suffer the most in these exchanges. Uprisings and revolts would occur only to be short lived and violently put down. Kuritan residents often would be seen supplying humanitarian aid where corporate resources were with held. Overtime, this resulted in a rift between some corporations and the DCMS who did not approve of the restrictions being put on Kuritans, former citizens or not.

In the early months of 2510, a series of uprisings began on several worlds in the NSCS. They started with protests and general strikes over worker conditions. Work stoppages and walkouts being the most common form of protest. The various corporations responded in different ways but a majority violently cracked down on protestors. When the labor organizers and leaders began disappearing only to be found dead, or when protestors were shot for "rioting", these uprisings turned into armed conflicts. This series of conflicts would become known collectively as the Uprising, and would lead to the overthrow of the corporations and the founding of the New Suns Republic in 2527, a nation immediately recognized by Siriwan McAllister-Kurita. Humanitarian aid poured in from the Combine as well as advisors from the DCMS.

In an effort to expand upon her Aggressive Peacemaking policies, Director-General Deborah Cameron of the Terran Hegemony along with Captain-General Albert Marik of the Free Worlds League both recognized the fledgling state and began sending aid as well, if only to keep both the Lyrans and Rim Worlds Republic from annexing it and the Combine from gaining too much influence. Slowly the other states would follow suit.

In the years after formation, the New Suns saw growth on a scale that it had never seen before. With a population more motivated to create something for themselves instead a corporate board of CEOs, industries grew and colonies along with them. Trade with the Magistry of Canopus, another periphery state formed just a few years afterward grew as they shared knowledge. With the formation of Star League in 2570, the New Suns Republic saw SLDF protection of their fleets and the building of small facilities while maintaining it's independence.

However, with the Pollux Proclamation in 2575, the SLDF protection began to be seen more for what it was, a garrison meant to keep them inline. The New Suns Republic had slowly become occupied by SLDF forces and when the Reunification War broke out in 2577, the decision to "join Star League" without resistance was made. At first, this appeared to be an easy victory for the SLDF, no fighting was required and even if there had been, the NSR lacked a large enough force to effectively resist. However, diplomatically it turned into a nightmare for the Star League officials in charge. New Suns governors made sure to make them aware of every thing that was now their responsibility. This included now the protection of the citizenry of all the worlds of the NSR. Using the unrest and violence happening in the Rim Worlds Republic. They forced the SLDF to build facilities and battlemech factories on key worlds.

Peaceful protests helped drive the point home by making it impossible for SLDF officials to operate without some form of peaceful harassment or protest. Demands for upgrades in facilities and other such things were daily and eventually Star League officials gave in rather than risk a fight so far from the Inner Sphere. It was easier to just give the NSR what they wanted since they technically were part of the league now. This would be later referred to in NSR textbooks as the "Soft Rebellion".

After the war, the NSR again saw a period of growth. SLDF facilities and training centers were more established with the highlight being a new training center for the Gunslinger Program. Several factories able to build battlemechs were constructed, the most popular being the one on San Jacinto, it being the factory that produces the Urbanmech, a design beloved by the population of the NSR.

However, tensions with Star League renewed when First Lord Richard Cameron appointed Stefan Amaris as advisor. During this time, there were many small policy changes towards the NSR that shifted the relationship to favor the RWR. Allowing the RWR to tax vessels traveling through Republic space or be seized for smuggling. SLDF forces were ordered to remain on base, canceling their missions to assist in combating piracy.

When the New Vandenburg Uprising began in 2765, many began to see how bloodthirsty the houses were for war, and how the brutal the crackdowns were. Many SLDF commanders became disillusioned and were unwilling to turn on the NSR. In the New Suns, only peaceful protests, work stoppages, and general strikes had been occurring, all in support of the Periphery States and for calls for diplomacy and peace. When an order from the First Lord (penned by Amaris) was issued to put down all dissent with arrests and detentions using violence if necessary, they quietly met with NSR officials instead.

In 2765, a combination of rogue SLDF and loyalist NSR forces quickly captured all key facilities in the NSR. The HPG network and Navigational Array that led to the Inner Sphere were in NSR hands. All SLDF facilities were under NSR control in a bloodless coup. With a short message to the IS announcing their intent and reasoning, the New Suns Republic then cut all communication and contact with the Inner Sphere.

When word of the NSR's overthrow and succession from the Star League/Inner Sphere reached Amaris and the First Lord, permission was given to launch expeditions "correct the situation". Any worlds that were within reach that had any affiliation to the NSR were immediately set upon by Rim Worlds Republic forces.

These were worlds that were along the beginning of the trail that had not finished their evacuation yet. There were 6 in total. The 1st world of New Madagascar held out for 28 days in order to buy time for the other systems. When it surrendered, the RWR captured the facilities that allowed it to navigate to the next two systems. Upon withdrawing from the planet's surface, Republic forces proceeded to launch a combination of biological and nuclear weapons that would leave New Madagascar lifeless. Any ship attempting to leave the surface, was destroyed without hesitation.

New of this galvanized the defenders of Nabe and Lei-Zu. Knowing that their window to join the rest of the NSR had been closed, preparations were made to hide the civilians as far from where the fighting would be if not find them other places to escape to, destroy any means of the RWR being able to find the trail to the NSR, then dig in to fight.

The battle for each system ended the same, with them being left lifeless, but in both cases, the RWR left bloodied and empty handed. The NSR defenders would allow for nothing to fall into the RWR hands. Luring RWR troops into traps with false surrenders only to set off nuclear weapons, suicide attacks, using biological weapons against Amaris soldiers. On Teteocan, everything the RWR had done previously, the NSR resistence did back ten-fold without remorse.

By the end of this conflict, most of the records leading to or referencing the NSR were destroyed. NSR counter intelligence had even managed to erase and corrupt SLDF records of the NSR, an issue that would be further compounded by the Amaris Coup and the wholesale destruction of records that occurred during that time.

The New Suns Republic has since avoided the ravages of the Amaris Civil War, the Succession Wars, the Clan Invasion, and the Jihad in complete isolation. During that time, they have continued to expand and build on the Star League technology they possessed without the setbacks that plagued both the Inner Sphere and the Clans.

The NSR remained hidden and quiet, with only occasional monitoring of the Inner Sphere until 3132. The listening post on Relay 1138 noted the lack of HPG traffic and how most of the Inner Sphere had "gone dark" in the early part of August. During this time, the NSR began monitoring more closely. Rather than sending ships to scout, the NSR used a program to access the HPG network and "ping" all the active HPGs in the Inner Sphere. The information this gave them allowed to quietly see what stations were still active without drawing attention to themselves. However, this would allow Word of Blake holdouts, Society remnants, Comstar exiles, and the Scorpion Empire to learn of their existence.

It is only now, when faced with external threats from the Scorpion Empire and from remnants of both the Word of Blake and the Society, that they have broken their silence and have asked for assistance from the Inner Sphere. Limited missions from the various states have been sent to aid the long forgotten periphery state in an effort to not only gain an ally in the Deep Periphery, but access to technology of a Star League that could have been.

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New Suns Republic - Technology

New Suns Republic - Organizations & Society

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