The Golden War was fought in the Golden Branch, with the Autonomous Diaspora and the People’s Conglomerate of Orion allying against the expansion of the Empire of Apostolos, and eventually defeating them above the planet Counterweight.
The war was begun by the Apostolosian Apokine as a war of conquest, with the Apostolosians taking advantage of the historic mistrust between their two enemies, as well as Apostolos's unique FTL system, to conquer their enemies. As the war dragged on, however, OriCon and the Diaspora were able to form a temporary alliance and begin to turn the war in their favour. The Apostolosians responded by developing a superweapon whose existence leaked to the OriCon and Diasporan alliance, resulting in the famed final mission of the war.
The Final Mission
The final mission is said to have culminated in the sacrifice of the lives of Jace Rethal and Addax Dawn, candidate of Peace, to stop a terrible plot by the Apostolosian Empire that would have doomed not only Counterweight, but many other cities, planets, and stars. With their sacrifice, the explosion ended in the creation of the new, perfect sister planet of Weight, now cautiously inhabited by a small group from both the OriCon and the Diaspora.
The truth of the end of the war is more complicated. A joint mission including not only OriCon and the Diaspora, but also the Rapid Evening and defecting Apostolosians came together to stop the Apostolosian Empire from deploying their super weapon.[1]
Key members of this mission include
- Orth Godlove, former member of the Queen's Gambit
- Natalya Greaves, secret member of the Rapid Evening and designer of the Kingdom Come
- Jace Rethal, a famous OriCon pilot of the Panther
- Addax Dawn, the candidate of Peace from the Autonomous Diaspora
- Sokrates Nikon Artemisios, the second child of House Pelagios, and defector from the Apostolosian Empire
- Tea Kenridge, the leader of the elite OriCon squad the Queen's Gambit
The team is later joined by Ibex and the Divine Righteousness.
The Aftermath
While the team is successful, the planet Counterweight is ecologically devastated at the same time that the idyllic Weight is created. After losing the war, the Apostolosian Empire begins to decline (within a decade it would be overthrown by the Golden Demarchy). The Empire is forced to give up a number of planets, including Apotine, their traditional burial ground for past Apokines, which is turned into Joypark by EarthHome Entertainment. The rest of the Golden Branch sector is occupied primarily by OriCon and the Diaspora, along with a handful of planets fighting to stay independent from the rule of the three great powers.
References
- ↑ These events are depicted in the COUNTER/Weight Kingdom Game.