Separation Wars

Overview
The Separation Wars is an ongoing conflict mainly between the AOR and the UGA. The term "Separation" is misleading, as the AOR goals do not only include independence. The AOR believes the UGA to be an illegitimate army, and the independence of the core worlds causes more suffering than freedom. The AOR wishes to conquer the Inner Realm and set up a galactic police state to ensure the basic rights of the poorer systems are not trampled. The UGA believes the AOR to be a simple rag tag team of raiders who want to add legitimacy to piracy against the core systems.

History
Public outcry against the UGA began in 279 after the 20 Days Conflict of Sector WS-809. Many critics called for the dissolution of the UGA after the war crimes committed against the native populations. Public favor for the UGA continued to decline after the War of the Seven Stars and the surrounding corruption apparent in the army during those years. When Xergto Jolaan started the AOR in 283, the Outer Realm systems and clans were all to eager to join for a semi-legitimate way to gain riches and fight back against the taxes and bullying of the UGA.

The AOR, despite losing almost every battle with official UGA platoons, made sweeping gains of Inner Realm colonies and outer stations in the first few months of the war due to sheer numbers. The UGA, however, remains confident that the core worlds will never be conquered because of their relatively close proximity to each other and heavy garrisons.

The war has mostly turned to a stalemate in recent times, with the UGA simply recapturing all AOR gains. There has been serious talk from the Inner Realm politicians of cutting funding to the UGA and simply ceding colonies to the AOR and granting pardons in exchange for peace. Grand General Kim Kaffa of the UGA is against the idea, mainly because he feels like the AOR will simply ramp up hostilities again once the peace treaty expires. Xergto Jolaan refuses peace because he feels that stopping the campaign before gaining control of the Inner Realm and uniting the whole galaxy under one banner would be a great injustice to his people.