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Insurrection    The Terran Federation goes to war with the most powerful known galactic entity, itself. The Fringe Worlds, humiliated and dominated by the Corporate Worlds for hundreds of years, become fed up with the latest Corporate Worlds' tricks and attempt to break from the Federation in an intense civil war. See the new technologies from Tech Levels 14 and 15 surprise both sides with their power and ingenuity. Command the first super-monitors in history as they dominate space. Background    Insurrection covers the civil war in the Terran Federation that occured 70 years after the Fourth Interstellar War. The sparsely populated but numerous Fringe Worlds have always been exploited by the Corporate Worlds, who get rich off the resources of others. But the political tide is turning, as the Fringers gain more and more population (and thus votes). So the leaders of the Corporate Worlds choose to change the nature of the Federation, by inviting their old enemies, the Khanate of Orion, to join the Federation. This will add a whole new faction, just slightly less powerful than the Corporate Worlds, and will effectively deny the Fringers real political power for at least a century.    It might have succeeded, but the rash and foolish actions of a few of the Corporate World leaders creates a backlash of opposition, spurring them to assassinate the Fringer's chief spokesperson. Though there is no solid evidence to prove the Corporate World ties to the assassination, the Fringers have no doubt as to its source, and hatred drives them to leave the Federation Assembly, resigning in droves in protest. When the Corporate Worlds order the forces of the Terran Federation Navy to key Fringer Worlds to suppress potential unrest, they ignore a most crucial fact: though the Fringers are less than 40% of the total population of the Federation, they supply more than 60% of the naval personnel - and more than 90% of its fighter pilots.    When the navy is unable to peaceably suppress disent, the Fringer (and other) personnel balk at attacking civilians, and fighting breaks out in the fleet. And thus, the Federation Navy, the most powerful in the known galaxy, finally faces an enemy that is its equal. And, in a repeat of old Earth history, brother fights brother, and father kills son...    This is the first project that is entirely SDS from start to finish. It follows the book Insurrection closer than Crusade or ISW-4: Arachnids followed the books of their names. A special effort was made to have meaningful victory conditions for all scenarios.    Back