Kiros Alliance

The **Kiros Alliance** was an interplanetary alliance that sought to maintain peace and prosperity in the Sinntaral Sector, and to maintain the defense of its members. Formed from the Articles of Alliance in CY 1849, the Kiros Alliance stood strong for decades until the Kiros-Valzovech War, in which the Alliance saw its darkest days as it fought against the Valzovech Pact.

## History

### Formation and Early Years (CY 1849-1865)

The Kiros Alliance originally formed in CY 1849, though it was initially a loose alliance in order to maintain a balance of power in their region.  In their founding document, the Articles of Alliance, there is a clause that states that if any member is attacked or their sovereignty is otherwise infringed upon, the rest of the alliance will come to the defense of that ally.  This had been intended to keep the competing powers at bay with threat of a wider war if an attack was made. However, as the Zaolian government began heading towards war and making conquests in their system and beyond, this clause is what brought the full Alliance into the Zaolian Wars.

### Zaolia Wars (CY 1865-1869)

*This section will be expanded in the future*

### An Era of Peace (CY 1869-1884)

Throughout the CY 1870s and 1880s, an era of relative peace ensued.  The Valzovech Pact made attempts to trade and establish diplomatic missions to the various Kiros Alliance worlds, though the Hisperians made every attempt to block diplomatic ties.  In opposition to Hisperia, the Cordelian Commonwealth renormalized diplomatic ties with the worlds of the Valzovech Pact in CY 1875 (having no diplomatic ties from CY 1873-1875).  Kiros Alliance states that were not part of the Hisperian Imperium formalized relations by CY 1876.

### Rising Tensions (CY 1884-1888)

The Hisperians distrusted the Valzovech for many reasons.  They were suspicious of the Valzovech for refusing aid after their planet was devastated in the war, and seeming miraculously recovering within only a few years. Meanwhile, Hisperia and their allies, all of whom had been at war for less time, took much longer to rebuild.  As Zaokosk and its resources were known only to the Valzovech, the Hisperians thought that the Valzovech may have worked with the Zaolians in the last stages of the war and were withholding information and resources from their planetary neighbors.  This distrust was further fueled by the Valzovech’s adoption of Zaolian technologies and their construction of a large space fleet, which was largely composed of Zaolian ships that had been decommissioned with their defeat.  This prompted Hisperian special forces units to begin research into Zaolian technologies as a means to close the technological gap.  The Valzovech eventually discovered the endeavours of the Hisperian Special Forces and this fueled the distrust between the two nations. The Valzovech began to fear a Hisperian hegemony in the galaxy and that they would be wiped out like the Zaolians.  By CY 1884, tensions were quickly rising and military conflict seemed inevitable.  Delegates from both the Valzovech Pact and Kiros Alliance met on the planet of Troisnom to negotiate a peace.  This resulted in the 1884 Treaty of Troisnom, in which the Hisperian Imperium was reduced in size (losing Honnervus, Talzev, Vinto, and Aku, and merging the Duchy of Ôuestenländenn into the Princedom of Zonne) and the Valzovech Pact pulled back from the Bayyron and Kondu systems.  This also resulted in the League of Neutral Worlds being created in CY 1885.  Most people thought that this would result in continued peace, though it quickly became apparent that peace would not last.

In CY 1886, a small skirmish occurred in the Sommver System between a Valzovech Military Transport and a Hisperian Corvette where the Valzovech ship was refueling at a neutral port on Sambre.  As the VMT was leaving the port, the Hisperian Corvette opened fire and destroyed the transport.  This raised many questions and controversies, as the incident occurred at a neutral port; the Hisperians argued that it occurred outside the station’s neutral zone.  As to why the Hisperians opened fire, various individuals claim different reasons.  The Second Officer aboard the ship argued that the VMT had opened fire and the Captain ordered a quick strike, while the Chief of Weapons claimed that the Transport had attempted to ram into the Corvette.  The Commander, however, was killed before they could give an answer, in a malfunction of a docking bay before the Commander was set to give a public statement.  The ship’s First Officer was killed during this incident as well.  Observers from Sambre have varying counts, which added to the confusion.  An investigation ensured by the Hisperian, Cortanzan, Valzovech, and Zecho Federation agencies, which aimed to discover the truth of what happened.  Unfortunately, the VMT’s databox was never able to be recovered as it was destroyed in the attack, and the communications array that was recording the battle and comms in the bridge of the Hisperian Corvette was damaged in the skirmish, and thus was unable to provide answers.  This drove up tensions, and the Hisperians were largely seen as the perpetrators of the attack; the Hisperian Government denied having issued any orders, and blamed the Commander for acting on their own accord and stating that the truth lies with the Bridge crew, who all side with the idea that the VMT fired first.  The Cordelians stepped in and issued directives to limit the Hisperian Military’s involvement in the Alliance, and were given control of several bases owned by the Hisperians in the Ansfrid-Vallotton Agreement (CY 1887).

In CY 1886, the now-famous Mission to Zulmitune was undertaken by a squadron in the Hisperian Special Forces.  This mission was to recover an old Zaolian ship hidden in a remote base in the jungles of Zulmitune, a non-populated world in the Troisnom system.  The remnants of the spacecraft were discovered, including the Ununpentium Drive Engine and was taken to the Hisperian world of Onkara.  However, all but three of the SF Operatives who took part in the mission were killed, and coverups for these deaths were constructed in order to keep the mission a secret.  All official records of the mission and the subsequent Project Oyuyin were erased.

### The Kirmiian War (CY 1888-1893)

In CY 1888, the Kirmiian War broke out and saw the Kirmiian Union attack the Ekoto Federation which had longstanding alliances with both Valzovech and the Cortanzans, who were members of the Kiros Alliance.  From 1888 until 1893, the Kirmiian War raged in the Zy’luvan System and saw both Valzovech and several KA worlds fighting alongside each other.  The resulting peace treaty, the Treaty of Ekoto, saw Kirmiian demilitarized and occupied by Valzovech, Ekoto, and Cotranza, as well as the Ekoto Federation becoming a member of the Kiros Alliance.

In CY 1890, an attack on a Valzovech Fleet occurred that saw Kirmiian soldiers using starships bought from Hisperia destroy a Battle Cruiser, dozens of starfighters, and thirteen medical and civilian transports.  This brought even more condemnation to the Hisperians for selling military hardware to enemies of several of their allies.

### Military Stagnation (CY 1893-1900)

The Kirmiian War was the only war in this era, and military stagnation was the result.  With the exception of Hisperia, the rest of the Kiros Alliance members reduced military spending.  Hisperia became the primary defender of the Alliance, with Cordelia making up a significant portion of the Alliance military as well.  Planets like Rucorth and Lumaliv didn’t have any standing militaries, and their defense was delegated to the Cordelians and Hisperians, respectively.  As the 1890s carried on, talks between the KA and VP ensued and their members saw a very peaceful period of time.  The young King Kovar of Hisperia rose to power in CY 1892, and the Kiros Alliance Parliament was able to force the Hisperian’s hand into stopping any antagonizing actions against the Valzovech Pact.  That resulted in the Valzovech beginning construction of Particle Bombs in order to provide the Valzovech with the means to defend and retaliate against any future Hisperian attack.  These bombs were based on old Zaolian technologies that were reverse engineered by the Valzovech, Hisperians, and Cortanzans that resulted in the bombing of Zaolia.

### Hisperian Agression (CY 1900-1911)

By the early CY 1900s, the Hisperian King was making decisions based on the previous leaders of the Imperium.  The rest of the Alliance, however, could do nothing without overstepping their powers outlined in the Articles of Alliance.  As a result, the Hisperians began enacting economic sanctions of various Valzovech Pact worlds.  This prompted even more outrage from the VP, as the past decade had seen peace and prosperity.  The Valzovech Pact military started to reinforce their weaker worlds and military installations.  This prompted even more sanctions, which began to harm the economy of sanctioned worlds.  The Valzovech Pact began operating as an even more interconnected economic union, trading only with each other and several neutral nations.  The Cordelian Intelligence Committee discovered that the Valzovech were building up their military in CY 1906, which led to Hisperian and Cordelian military buildup.  The Cortanzans and Ollerians bolstered their militaries as well, but to lesser extents.  The VP began preliminary strikes against the Kiros Alliance, such as the 1904 Skirmish on Zy’luva and the 1909 Space Mine Attack on a Rucorth Convoy.  The Hisperians continued to impose sanctions and even hired mercenaries to bomb several factories in the Zecho Federation, which were all successful, though many civilian workers were killed.  In CY 1910, the Valzovech developed a plan to attack Hisperia and bring it to its knees in one fell swoop with a direct attack on their capital world.  War plans were drawn up and several fleets were sent to the Nozus Cloud to wait in secret.

### Prelude to War (CY 1911-1913)

In CY 1912, the Cordelian Science Ship CSS *Ilza* disappeared en route to Cordelia, but the Valzovech never claimed the attack as their own, and no records existed of any troop movements in the area of the Ilza’s last known location.  However, in CY 1913, a Hisperian corvette disappeared in the Troisnom System above Dereth, the moon of Zulmitune.  Ultimately none of the crew survived the attack, dying in the initial attack or on the moon’s surface, which had an atmosphere with low oxygen and massive storms that caused floods every three weeks.  This attack was revealed to be a direct attack from the Valzovech against the Hispeirans, and resulted in the Kiros Alliance meeting on Ollerus to discuss going to war.  At the same time the Alliance members were meeting on Ollerus, the Battle of Hisperia was began, starting the Kiros-Valzovech War.

### Kiros-Valzovech War

*This section will be expanded upon the release of the Apocalypso! novelization.*

## Member Worlds

### Overview

The initial Alliance territory was only in the Sinntaral Sector. Unless otherwise noted, all systems are in the Sinntaral Sector.

1. Cordelian Commonwealth, Sunshi System
	1. Cordelia Prime
		1. Cordelia I
		2. Cordelia II
		3. Cordelia III
		4. Cordelia IV
		5. Cordelia V
2. Hisperian Imperium
	1. Hisperia, Hisperia System
		1. Odehue Nations, Hisperia, Hisperia System
		2. Princedom of Zonne, Hisperia, Hisperia System
		3. Izurn, Hisperia System
		4. Onkara, Hisperia System
		5. Beshan 1, Hisperia System
		6. Beshan 2, Hisperia System
		7. Navo, Diezara System
		8. Travo, Diezara System
		9. Bayamaya, Hisperia System
		10. Zonterra, Notera System (observer member of the Imperium)

1. Zolea, Zolea System
2. Cortanza, Cortanza System
3. Lumaliv, Zolea System
4. Noliv, Zolea System
5. Notera, Notera System
6. Ollerus, Ollerus System
7. Reyjayyva, Rucorth System
8. Rucorth, Rucorth System
9. Tedyria, Kiros System
10. Theithea, Kiros System
11. Tozuno, Tozani System, Minnataral Sector
12. Zeyshara, Suhshi System
13. Acora, Van System
14. Boznera, Suhshi System
15. Drapis, Vost System
16. Zaillon, Vost System
17. Kutaro, Kondu System
18. Montonia, Baltanzik System
19. Rodonya, Baltanzik System
20. Zara M524, Van System
21. Ekoto Federation, Ekoto System
	1. Ekoto
	2. Suburels
	3. Ekan
22. Somver, Somver System

## Behind the Scenes

* The Kiros Alliance is said to resemble both the founding document of NATO, and the European Union

## Appearances

* *Apocalypso Ascendant* (mentioned only)