Planet Solaris Unrest

Planet Solaris, as of Q1 8025 and since the beginning of the Great War of 8021, suffered from exceptionally high-intensity unrest, ranging from benign demonstrations by people opposing the decision to cut ties with the Known Worlds, to various armed groups fighting against the government, and between themselves.

## History

As the largest war ever began in the Known Worlds, between the Federated Briserian States, the Holy Briserian Empire and their satellite and allied states, the Solaris Bi-Republic cut ties with the Known Worlds in an attempt to prevent an invasion from either - despite the Bi-Republic being originally part of the Federated Briserian States, the government, leading the four colonies making up the Bi-Republic, decided unanimously to shut down the jump beacons, and stop the traffic to and from the Solaris Bi-Republic.

IDS, the EHPS and the Commandery Military Order of Earth (CMOE), could not prevent it, despite drastic measures. The various Federal troops and organizations, were asked to leave.

However, the Nex Reginium, a family of compounds originating from the Nex Reginium Sector - while it is possible to synthesize, it requires enormous amounts of energy. The Solaris Bi-Republic counted on its local industry to make up for the lack of easily available Nex Reginium by producing it locally. However, only about 10% of what the government had planned was produced, and the link between the four planets began to shatter.

## Exponential growth of violence

In Q4 8024, the first attacks by underground armed groups began. The first attack against the government recorded was against a local antenna of the government, a Commander of the Solarian Armed Forces, deployed to defend Solaris III, was killed. In a fierce shootout, about 300 civilians were killed, and massive infrastructure damage was done in the center of the colony's capital. After this, many other underground groups started attacking governmental assets, and this spiraled into a full-blown civil war.

## Civil War

Since Q1 8025, the Solaris Bi-Republic declared martial law on all four colonies, and the various uninhabited planets, and space habitats under its control. On Solaris, the colony-capital of the Solaris Bi-Republic, a massive conflict opposing the Solarian Armed Forces and the Solarian Freedom (SF), erupted. Extreme damage was done to the cities, and it is theorized by IDS that the Solarian Freedom acquired colossal amounts of weaponry, originally belonging to IDS and/or the Federated Briserian States. Dozens of hundreds of troops from both sides were killed, and large populations of refugees started leaving the planet after being displaced on Solaris. The refugee crisis was so enormous that the internal jump beacons between the four colonies were shut down except for communications (allowing IDS to eavesdrop on the entirety of the Solaris Bi-Republic)

## IDS Involvement

IDS, as of Q1 8025, deployed the Dagger Strike group (stylized as DAGGER). Comprised of three Stratocrat repurposed cruisers and one Dreadnought (Knight-Errant II), the Dagger Strike group remained in orbit since the conflict erupted, ready to "pick up the pieces" - this was considered a safe involvement as IDS, the EHPS and even the UGFSA determined that the orbital defenses were all shut down, as the Armed Forces focused on peacekeeping and cracking down on the rebels. However, multiple anti-ship missiles from the surface were launched against the Strike group. While not damaging, they proved that the orbital defenses were still active. Furthermore, multiple orbital defenses platforms were detected being activated, and at least one successfully struck one of the cruisers.