Burrock Absorption
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The Burrock Absorption was a three-way conflict between Clans Blood Spirit, Burrock and Star Adder fought in 3059.
Although it was expected to be a straightforward Trial of Absorption between Clans Star Adder and Burrock, interference by Clan Blood Spirit turned the conflict into a larger struggle with ongoing repercussions for Clan Blood Spirit especially. The outcome of the Trial also left Clan Star Adder positioned as possibly the most powerful Home Clan.
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Origins of the Conflict
The roots of the absorption goes back to the earliest days of the Clans. Bitterness at the losses sustained by the Burrock touman during Operation Klondike caused over a thousand lower castemen and a Trinary of warriors to defect to the Dark Caste (Cloud Cobra sources claim that two Trinaries of warriors defected). Both the Burrocks and Clan Cloud Cobra were ordered by the Clan Grand Council to hunt these renegades down, with the Cobras engaging as ordered, but the Burrocks lied and merely claimed they did, allowing their former Clansman to live. Both parties traded supplies and information, both benefiting from a relationship known only to the successive Khans of Clan Burrock.
Clan Burrock was able to successfully hide its ties to the Dark Caste for centuries, however in 3058 shortly after the Refusal War, Khan Cassius N'Buta of Clan Star Adder discovered this long-standing collusion, immediately bringing his evidence to the Grand Council.
The cause of the Blood Spirit interference in the Burrock absorption also goes back to the early days of the Clans. After the Annihilation of Clan Wolverine, several other Clans, including Clan Burrock, saw Clan Blood Spirit's then-extant philosophy of extending help to all other Clans freely as deviating dangerously from the orthodox line.
This feeling came to a head in a December 2824 meeting of the Grand Council where Khan Seth Van Houten of Clan Burrock called for the Annihilation of Clan Blood Spirit. Although the motion was defeated, Clan Burrock especially would not let the matter drop, choosing to demonstrate the Blood Spirits' military weakness by relentless raiding of Clan Blood Spirit holdings. Ultimately, this created a deep-seated hatred between the two Clans.
Absorption Call
Khan N'Buta presented his evidence to the Grand Council in early 3059 and proposed the Absorption of Clan Burrock as a means of delivering the warriors and civilians of that Clan from a treasonous leadership. The motion was backed by Clans Cloud Cobra and Blood Spirit.
The magnitude of the Burrocks' crimes were such that ilKhan Lincoln Osis called for an immediate vote on the matter, and in February 3059, the Clan Grand Council awarded the right to absorb Clan Burrock to Clan Star Adder.
Clan Blood Spirit had expected to have been given the right to absorb their long-time rivals, and were outraged by the Grand Council's decision.
First Moves
Clan Burrock formally bid their entire Touman of three front-line and four second-line Galaxies into the Absorption, choosing to concentrate their forces on their capital world of Albion. This included summoning reinforcements from off-world.
Clan Star Adder created a strategic plan that would fulfill their goal of absorbing the bulk of the Burrock Clan intact while eliminating the treasonous element within.
The plan called for the decapitation of those in the Burrock leadership identified as having been involved in dealings with the Dark Caste - Khan Jocelyn Siddiq, her saKhan and Galaxy Commander Seth Marghar. Since the majority of Clan Burrock members had remained unaware of their Clan's dealings with the Bandit Caste, it was likely anticipated by Clan Star Adder's leadership that once the Burrock leadership was removed, much of the fight would go out of the Burrock forces, which ultimately proved to be the case.
Albion
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Dagda
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Paxon
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Priori
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Enter Clan Blood Spirit
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Outcome and Aftermath
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