Aurigan Reach Republic

**Campaign to Restore the Aurigan Reach**

Somewhere between the 3rd and 4th Succession War, the Aurigan Coalition disappeared from the maps of the Inner Sphere, becoming another failed state that was unable for various reasons to hold itself together. The various systems fell out of importance and disappeared off star charts and with the various events occurring elsewhere, were forgotten about.

However in the periphery on Hellespont, a clandestine group decided that it was time for that to change. That the Aurigan Reach needed to reform. Having already gathered the means to challenge the neighboring states for the systems in question, they simply needed the right image for their cause. A problem with the solution found in a small Capellan merchant family.

Eliana and Gaspar Aramburo were the members of a small Capellan merchant family. When they learned that they were instead heirs of House Arano, they were skeptical at first. Then Maskirovka, the feared Capellan secret intelligence agency, made an attempt on their lives. This convinced them to leave and revive the cause of reforming the Aurigan Reach, if only to give others like themselves a safe place to live.

Several of the Great Houses supported the Siblings, unofficially. Still reeling from the dual invasions by both the Capellan Confederation and the Draconis Combine, the Federated Suns was in no condition to openly support the Aurigans. All of their resources were stretched thin as is was. However, they had no problem allowing volunteers to "retire" and for older or obsolete equipment to make it's way into the Aurigans' hands. The First Prince wasn't opposed to the idea of a periphery ally on the border of the Taurians and the Capellans.

As for the Lyrans, they were fond of the idea that supporting a new periphery state might cause problems with the Free Worlds League by causing problems for the Capellans. If the Mariks' attention were facing that border, that might take the pressure off them and the problems they were facing within their own region. Logistical support would be sporadic and random and sometimes only come in the form of intelligence provided by LIC assets in the area.

SAFE took a keen interest in the movement, but their support was strictly in pointing the Aurigans towards targets in the Capellan Confederacy or warning them of when they might be walking into traps. Their concern was only as far as using the Aurigans to distract the Capellans.

The operation to form the Aurigan Reach Republic began in 3151. There were four parts to the campaign. The first was to send the more experienced and elite forces to take select worlds from nearby powers, thereby establishing the Republic's borders quickly. Each had it's own operation and it's own command that would operate independently from the others.

**Operation: Sir, The Property Line Is Over There...** (The Taurian Concodant)

**Operation: Reach Around** (The Fronc Reaches)

**Operation: Capellan F\*ckery** (The Capellan Confederation)

While these operations were under way, a fourth would be ongoing. **Operation: Backyard** would deal with systems that were in unclaimed space. This would give the mostly green forces a chance to gain experience and training before shifting to which ever front they would be needed. Once a majority of former Aurigan worlds were back under the control of the Arano Siblings, diplomatic efforts would begin with asking for assistance from other states, specifically focusing on the Rasalhague Dominion, Federated Suns, Lyran Commonwealth, Draconis Combine, and Free Worlds League for recognition.

It is still unknown, as to who the primary supporter and organization is behind this effort. Only that they have access to information and equipment that would normally take decades to acquire and resources that most periphery states are just now gaining access to.