Hinterlands
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The Hinterlands is a region of space created when Clan Jade Falcon vacated its occupation zone in 3151, creating a power vacuum. The region was made up of many small states and unclaimed worlds sandwiched between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Clan Hell's Horses occupation zone. A small portion of the Hinterlands also bordered the Rasalhague Dominion.
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History
Origin
In January 3151, Vedet Brewer was among the first outside the Jade Falcon OZ to discover that most of the Clan had simply packed up and departed their occupation zone. Stopping at Chapultapec on his way to the world of Melissia, Brewer and his 1st Hesperus Guards learned that the world was violently throwing off Clan rule. Believing that the missing forces had pulled back to Melissia, he girded for fierce fighting on the former theater capitol. When his regiment arrived, though, they found the Falcons had left months ago.[1] These discoveries were playing out across the region.
The LIC's Operation Black Ice, which had been feeding weapons to anti-Clan resistance bodies, stepped up efforts while also gathering information about Falcon troop locations. One such scouting mission was sent to Arcturus in February 3151, which returned to report the former Commonwealth capitol had been left undefended. When Archon Trillian Steiner-Davion opted not to mobilize the LCAF for an all-out attack, one of her subordinates took matters into her own hands. Hauptmann-General Sarah Regis of the 26th Arcturan Guards went rogue, mobilizing her entire RCT and moving to retake Arcturus. [2]
New Flags and Old
Within a month of his arrival, Brewer had pacified both warring parties on Melissia and announced the world was the capitol of a new state: the Vesper Marches. Having skillfully played both sides, Brewer now enjoyed a supportive populace and the materiel output of Grumman Industries' plant on the world as a base from which to expand.[3] Other powers were also swiftly springing up in the region to fill the void. In May of the same year, the 17th Arcturan Guards landed on Guatavita, where they discovered the world was now claimed by a group calling themselves the Malthus Confederation. This group, descended from the famed Lyran crime syndicate of the same name, was based on the world of Dustball, where they had been stealthily undermining the Jade Falcons for the past century. While the Confederation only controlled a single world on paper[4] the syndicate boasted an extensive reach that defied national borders.[5]
After Regis and her unit returned to Arcturus in July 3151, they deliberated over their next course of action: would they return the world to the Commonwealth, or go their own way? After a month of deliberation, Regis made up her mind. On 13 August, 3151, Regis overthrew Arcturus' civilian council and declared herself Governor-General of a new Tamar Pact.[6] A similar homecoming came for Callandre Kell when she landed on Arc-Royal in August, beginning a months-long campaign to wipe out the occupying Falcons. It took the Kell Hounds until October, when they pushed the last holdouts out of the planetary capitol of Old Connaught, to declare victory. On 12 October, 3151, Callandre Kell announced the formation of the Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition, an alliance to liberate other nearby worlds.[7]
Powers Active in Region
- Alyina Mercantile League
- Clan Hell's Horses
- Remnants of Clan Jade Falcon under Jiyu Chistu
- Arc-Royal Liberty Coalition
- Lyran Commonwealth
- Malthus Confederacy
- Rasalhague Dominion
- Tamar Pact
- Vesper Marches