Perseus War

Ignited in 1828 AZ by the invasion of planets in the Perseus Sector by an alliance formed in Centaurus, the Perseus War lasted a full decade and spanned most of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Perseus found quick allies in Orion, while the Norma Sector was nearly split down the middle between the two opposing forces, however the sheer force Centaurus had behind it meant it was a long, brutal battle for control.

The war was fought through Centaurus and Perseus, Norma and Orion sending their troops to the battle lines. Battles were fought with weapons unimaginable up until that point; hundreds of war time inventions flooded into the galaxy such as the first mechs and giant motherships which could traverse space in record time. While one side may have claimed victory in certain battles, the actual terms of winning were often categorized by how many of the opposing side could you wipe out (military or civilian).

In the end the Perseus and Orion Sectors were able to push back Centaurus into their own area of space, but only at a great cost. Being the main battle grounds, many planets in the Perseus Sector were all but destroyed, while the other three sectors had drained many of their resources into the conflict.

Under the Pact of Juravia, nearly all of the weapons developed in the Perseus War were outlawed and destroyed. It was outlined that should any sector or planet attempt to use or develop them again, the others would swiftly come in to stop them out of fear that the next war of that scale would be fought with weapons that could all but destroy the galaxy itself.

Lasting Effects
The effects of the Perseus War can still be felt to this day across the Milky Way. A notable scar includes the near isolation of the Centaurus Sector. After the war was concluded, many of the planets withdrew from the Galactic stage. Some out of shame, some out of necessity due to their depleted resources.

It was a similar story in the Norma Sector. While they have not fully withdrawn, much of Norma was left crippled from the sheer amount of stress that was put on their economies and planets.

Orion and Perseus, however, came out of the encounter rather unscathed compared to their advisories. The Perseus Sector, in particular, has used the post-war boom to become a near economic center in the Milky Way. The planets who were ravaged in the war were brought under the aid of Juravia, the now capital of the Sector.

The less well documented sufferer of the war was the Outer Rim. While most of the battles were fought within the Centaurus and Perseus Sectors, the planets where battles were held in the Outer Rim were never aided once the fighting was over. This caused the already impoverished reaches of space to become the seedy rubble pile it is seen as today. Countless homeless live in the colonies and ports which dot the Outer Rim, many coming from lines of war veterans who were never correctly helped.