Uranus Conflict

### Outcome

**United Nations of Earth withdrawal*** UNE abandons colonization efforts in the Uranian system
* Resignation of Secretary-General Theodore Ebner
* Creation of the Union of Uranian Colonies

Combatants|  United Nations of Earth | **Pallas fleet factions*** Utopia Station Authority
* Jethro faction
* Miranda-Ariel faction
* Titania-Oberon faction

Commanders| * Theodore Ebner
* Garrison†
* Isabel Pasqual
* Rylie Danyllko
* David Poulson
* Kristi Walsh-Sarnecki†

Strength| * 5X Copernicus-class Corvettes
* 2X Stöfler-class Guided Missile Destroyer
* Herschel Station
* Several modified cargo ships and transports

Casualties| * Herschel Station
* 18X cargo ships
* 212 UNSN personnel
* 16X ships
* several Oberon surface settlements
* ~5,000 - 6,000 civilians

The **Uranus Conflict** was a brief conflict between refugees from the Pallas fleet and the United Nations of Earth who both claimed ownership of the five major moons of Uranus.

## Prelude

### Sol system refugee crisis and the Pallas Fleet exodus

In the wake of the devastation brought on by the War of the Inner Solar System, millions of people fled to the outer solar system. Many of these refugees founded independent settlements in the Asteroid belt, as well as on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Due to lack of resources almost all of these colonies collapsed, and those that didn't eventually would be subjugated by the United Nations of Earth.

One group of refugees however formed a massive fleet in orbit of the asteroid Pallas, this fleet would journey deep into the Sol system and eventually settled on the major moons of the planet Uranus.

### Arrival of the United Nations

With the invention of the Sakiko-Köhler fusion drive interplanetary travel times were greatly reduced, beginning mass colonization of the outer solar system.

A mobile outpost named Herschel Station was placed in high orbit above Uranus, and not long after the UNE would make contact with the various factions of the Pallas Fleet. The UNE entered negotiations with each of the factions and tried to secure their subjugation, all of them would refuse. The newly elected Secretary-General decided to deploy a small fleet to protect the UNE's interests in the Uranian system.

## Conflict

### Bombing of Herschel Station and UNE retaliation

Feeling threatened by the United Nation's presence, a group of farm workers from the agricultural ship *Jethro* hijacked a UNE mining transport, and boarded Herschel Station. Disguised as station personnel the group placed bombs near the main fusion reactor, and in other critical areas around the station. The resulting explosion destroyed the station and killed everyone aboard at the time.

Three days following the bombing, Rear Admiral Isabel Pasqual arrived at Uranus with a small portion of the third fleet. In retaliation for the destruction of Herschel Station, the third fleet attacked and destroyed Utopia Station which was believed to be harboring the group that bombed Herschel Station.

### Skirmishes

The refugees of the Pallas fleet soon realized that they wouldn't be able to drive the UNE out of the Uranian system, instead they launched a series of hit and run campaigns on UNE cargo ships in hopes of slowing the colonization efforts. A small shipyard on Oberon began outfitting civilian ships with missiles and PDCs making them a decently powerful fighting force.

In total nearly twenty cargo ships were destroyed by the Pallas fleet, before United Nations naval vessels had to begin escorting cargo convoys.

### Bombardment of Oberon

The attacks on the cargo convoys were eventually traced back to several surface facilities on Oberon. Secretary-General Theodore Ebner approved a full scale nuclear attack on Oberon stating that it would bring an end to terrorist attacks and pave the way for UNE colonization. In reality these settlements housed thousands of civilians who had no involvement with the conflict.

Two ships the *UNDF Constantinople*, and the *UNDF Orientale,* each equipped with four nuclear missiles began bombarding various settlements on the moon's surface.

Midway through the bombardment the commander of the *Constantinople* began receiving distress signals from the surface bases and realized that most of their targets were inhabited by innocent civilians. Constantinople broke off from the bombardment and revealed the true nature of the operation to the rest of the Sol system.

### End of the conflict

The Bombardment of Oberon caused mass protests to break out across UNE space. Several members of the UNE security council resigned, and others blamed the secretary-general for the attack and called for his resignation. Facing immense political pressure Ebner recalled all military forces from the Uranus and peace negotiations with the Pallas fleet factions opened. The Treaty of Titania would be signed on September 9th 2184, which guaranteed the independence of the Uranian system and promised reparations to the newly formed Union of Uranian Colonies. A few weeks after the treaty was signed Secretary-General Ebner resigned.