So, this is a bit of a promptless post about something I've wanted to cover for a while but haven't had a chance to.
I want to cover some of the political instabilities taking place in the fictional world I've been writing about for some time now. Focusing on elements of the history of this place is a good way to get inspired to write short stories delving into areas I'd like to expand on, or at the very least, I can use the history/ lore to add some flavour to new stories.
The First Intergalactic War
When the first galaxy-spanning war broke out, it was the first time something like this had ever happened, and it was a major shock to everyone, especially the Free Space Panel of Worlds; (FSPW) - an organisation who were oversaw all developments and political intrigue through the entire Free Space Territory, consisting of elected delegates from each planet.
These officials made the call to respond with reasonable force to defend their territory, and every world was to scramble their fleets and converge on the Capital Planet, Jex to organise and assemble.
Most worlds - especially those furthest from Jex - were concerned, and with little to no information on what exactly was happening there was a lot of civil unrest, and to force this unrest to turn into an insurrection the people were beaten into submission by military police as a way to keep the peace. What it actually did, however, was cause animosity and a divide between the ruling classes and the people on the ground level.
The First Conflict
In the Rotchi star system, near their world - Rotchnok - The Confederation fleets were met in open combat as they crossed from their territory to Free Space.
At first, this battle seemed to be going well, and the 6th Fleet held their own against the aggressors. The 6th fleet was led by a Beskin admiral called - admiral kagg Bannor - and this force was comprised mostly of Rotchi warships, Beskin cruisers, and Trisken fighter carriers.
Kagg used a defensive approach, not wanting to underestimate his opponents. There were small-scale skirmishes here and there, each side mainly testing their adversary's resolve, until the Eighth day, when the Rotchi warships sprung a surprise attack on their allies. The Confederation used this break in the enemy line to press their assault and within only a few hours the entire 6th fleet had been obliterated. What was left of the fleet scattered, limping back to the nearest safe system with a story to tell of the Rotchi betrayal.
This was the first of many victories as The Confederation and Rotchi forces swept through Free Space like an unbreakable wave.
Post-War Free Space
As the conflict came to a close, and The Confederation forces receded back to their territory, an utterly devastated Free Space picked itself off the ground and started to rebuild.
The worlds on the furthest fringes of space were left destitute and had little to no support from the inner worlds, who were doing all they could to fix all that had happened. The FSPW dissolved during the war, and after the war, the panel didn't return as it was. Instead, the officials who had been elected were replaced by corporate entities who funded the reconstruction efforts.
The Outer Worlds decided that without representation, they could not be a part of Free Space, and they started the proceedings to form their own alliance of worlds, who would vow to aid each other and create a closed economy, where the money generated by their worlds would only reach as far as their own borders.
This mindset bred from the fact that all of the Outer Worlds fleets were sent to converge on Jex, leaving their worlds mostly undefended when the enemy fleets finally arrived.
Zun Kulla, Scoosha, and Kah-Vita are among the three worlds that spearheaded this breakaway movement, even though it isn't widely recognised by the Free Space Alliance.
On these worlds there are political figures who see the breakaway movement as war-mongering, fearing the outbreak of civil war. With the idea of war so fresh in the minds of everyone, no one is doing much about The Outer World Pact, other than not recognising it officially - most see this as a way of ignoring the problem until it goes away.