Capellan Confederation 3058 Update

Perhaps the most important single event for the Confederation in the years after 3056 was the death in that year of Joshua Marik, heir to the Free Worlds League's Captain-General Thomas Marik. For years the young heir had remained at the Federated Commonwealth's New Avalon Insitute of Science for treatment of his leukemia, an arrangement that had prevented Thomas Marik from launching any type of military action against the Federated Commonwealth. When the heir died, Prince Victor Steiner-Davion inserted a double in the boy's place. Capellan Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao learned of this deception through an agent planted in the NAIS the following year, and proposed to Thomas Marik a joint Marik-Liao invasion of the Sarna March that would simultaneously punish Steiner-Davion for his treachery and recapture former Marik and Liao worlds. Finally, Chancellor Sun-Tzu had the chance he had waited so long for.

In 3057, Marik and Liao forces invaded the Sarna March. The Liao invaders quickly captured many former Liao worlds, aided by Marik-backed mercenaries. Marik forces enjoyed wide success as well, taking several former Free Worlds League planets. Almost immediately, Katrina Steiner-Davion announced the formation of the new Lyran Alliance, declared Lyran neutrality in the invasion, and called for all Lyran military units to withdraw from Federated Commonwealth possessions in the March. Marik took advantage of this development to settle for a separate peace with Katrina.

Unfortunately, this left the Confederation unable to continue its conquests, and the Capellan offensive stalled. Unable to capture further worlds through military means, the Chancellor has continued funneling supplies to his Zhanzheng de guang guerillas on the remaining planets of the now-christened Chaos March. These terrorist forces have enjoyed inconsistent levels of success on various planets, but the Chancellor hopes his luck will change.

The Confederation desperately needs mercenary troops for various types of missions. Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao's invasion force shattered the Sarna March, but he needs more troops to finish the job he started. The Capellan state also needs units to beef up its borders with the Federated Commonwealth and the newly independent states of the Chaos March, particularly the Sarna Supremacy.

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