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	==History==		==History==
−	The '''Rim War''' was a border conflict between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Taurian Concordat]] fought between [[2418]] and [[2422]].<ref name="ED:AOWp9">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 9: "Rim War (2418-2422)"</ref> The origins of the Rim War lay twenty years earlier, in [[2397]], when [[Chancellor]] [[Kurnath Liao]] began attempting to push the Taurian Concordat out of the region Rimwards of the Confederation.  The Concordat, under Protectors [[Richard Calderon (24th c.)|Richard Calderon]] and later [[Daniel Calderon]], had established several military outposts/naval bases along their borders with the [[Inner Sphere]] to provide advanced warning in case of attack by [[Inner Sphere]] nations.<ref>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 20</ref><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 34</ref> Kurnath Liao sought those developed sites to grow his nation at the expense of the Concordat. The Capellan Navy began raiding those and other Concordat worlds and continued off-and-on for 20 years, not always surviving contact with the Taurian Navy.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 32</ref>	+	The '''Rim War''' was a border conflict between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Taurian Concordat]] fought between [[2418]] and [[2422]].<ref name="ED:AOWp9">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 9, "Rim War (2418-2422)"</ref> The origins of the Rim War lay twenty years earlier, in [[2397]], when [[Chancellor]] [[Kurnath Liao]] began attempting to push the Taurian Concordat out of the region Rimwards of the Confederation.  The Concordat, under Protectors [[Richard Calderon (24th c.)|Richard Calderon]] and later [[Daniel Calderon]], had established several military outposts/naval bases along their borders with the [[Inner Sphere]] to provide advanced warning in case of attack by [[Inner Sphere]] nations.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 34</ref> Kurnath Liao sought those developed sites to grow his nation at the expense of the Concordat. The Capellan Navy began raiding those and other Concordat worlds and continued off-and-on for 20 years, not always surviving contact with the Taurian Navy.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p.32</ref>
−	After [[Arden Baxter]] succeeded [[Aleisha Liao]], Kurnath's daughter, as Chancellor, he began remodeling the Confederation along the lines of the older [[Capellan Republic]]. These republican ideals included reducing the size of the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]], which saw many experienced officers retire; however, whilst reducing the size of the military, Baxter then launched a campaign against the "border pirates" of the [[Periphery]] - a recipe for disaster on the part of the overtaxed [[CCAF]]. With so many experienced officers gone, the junior officers responsible for the campaign soon demonstrated that they had no idea how to fight such a war, and rapidly began displaying a lack of aptitude for strategy and tactics that was matched only by their savage brutality.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/> The young and ambitious Capellan officers sought to outdo each other in their victories, leading to savage reprisals and wholesale slaughter of civilians when they would not submit to Capellan rule.  The Taurians very quickly followed suit, perpetrating even worse cruelties on captured Capellans.<ref>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 20</ref>	+	After [[Arden Baxter]] succeeded [[Aleisha Liao]], Kurnath's daughter, as Chancellor, he began remodeling the Confederation along the lines of the older [[Capellan Republic]]. These republican ideals included reducing the size of the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]], which saw many experienced officers retire; however, whilst reducing the size of the military, Baxter then launched a campaign against the "border pirates" of the [[Periphery]] - a recipe for disaster on the part of the overtaxed [[CCAF]]. With so many experienced officers gone, the junior officers responsible for the campaign soon demonstrated that they had no idea how to fight such a war, and rapidly began displaying a lack of aptitude for strategy and tactics that was matched only by their savage brutality.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/> The young and ambitious Capellan officers sought to outdo each other in their victories, leading to savage reprisals and wholesale slaughter of civilians when they would not submit to Capellan rule.  The Taurians very quickly followed suit, even perpetrating worse cruelties on captured Capellans.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref>
−	The Taurian Concordat was one of only two significant nations to have refused to sign the [[Ares Conventions]], the other being the [[United Hindu Collective]]; while the Collective feared that the Conventions would serve to legitimize warfare as the preferred option for resolving disputes, the Concordat had refused to sign because they distrusted the intentions of the Confederation's rulers.<ref name="ED:AOWp13">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 13: "The Ares Conventions"</ref> As a consequence, the CCAF felt free to use weapons of mass destruction against the Periphery "barbarians", leading to both sides taking untold numbers of casualties - both military and civilian.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/>	+	The Taurian Concordat was one of only two significant nations to have refused to sign the [[Ares Conventions]], the other being the [[United Hindu Collective]]; while the Collective feared that the Conventions would serve to legitimize warfare as the preferred option for resolving disputes, the Concordat had refused to sign because they distrusted the intentions of the Confederation's rulers.<ref name="ED:AOWp13">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 13, "The Ares Conventions"</ref> As a consequence, the CCAF felt free to use weapons of mass destruction against the Periphery "barbarians", leading to both sides taking untold numbers of casualties - both military and civilian.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/>
−	These Pyrrhic "victories" gained Chancellor Baxter the worlds of [[Zanzibar]], [[Corodiz]] and [[Mendham]] but had cost his nation far more than the Confederation could keep paying.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 33</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 47</ref>  By early [[2422]], Baxter was forced to call a halt to the fighting to save his own political future.  By then [[Amanda Calderon]] was Protector and with her former Regent [[Admiral]] [[Sigur Fonn]] she negotiated an end to the war. But Baxter attempted to go further that just peace; he proposed a [[Thousand-World Coalition|'thousand world alliance']] of the Confederation and Concordat as well as the smaller interstellar entities between them. Advised by Admiral Fonn, Amanda rejected this blatantly anti-[[Marik]] offer, instead choosing a path of neutrality.<ref>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 20</ref>	+	These Pyrrhic "victories" gained Chancellor Baxter the worlds of [[Zanzibar]], [[Corodiz]] and [[Mendham]] but had cost his nation far more than the Confederation could keep paying.<ref> ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p.33</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'',p.47</ref>  By early [[2422]] Baxter was forced to call a halt to the fighting to save his own political future.  By then [[Amanda Calderon]] was Protector and with her former Regent [[Admiral]] [[Sigur Fonn]] she negotiated an end to the war. But Baxter attempted to go further that just peace; he proposed a [[Thousand-World Coalition|'thousand world alliance']] of the Confederation and Concordat as well as the smaller interstellar entities between them. Advised by Admiral Fonn, Amanda rejected this blatantly anti-[[Marik]] offer, instead choosing a path of neutrality.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref>
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__TOC__ {{InfoBoxConflict | conflict = Rim War | partof = [[Age of War]] | image = | caption = | date = From [[2418]] | enddate = [[2422]] | place = | planet = Rimwards of the Confederation | faction1 = [[Capellan Confederation]] | faction2 = [[Taurian Concordat]] | commander1 = [[Chancellor]] [[Kurnath Liao]]<br>Chancellor [[Aleisha Liao]]<br>Chancellor [[Arden Baxter]] | commander2 = [[Richard Calderon (24th c.)|Richard Calderon]]<br>[[Daniel Calderon]] | forces1= | forces2= | forces3 = | result = These Pyrrhic "victories" gained Chancellor Baxter the worlds of [[Zanzibar]], [[Corodiz]] and [[Mendham]] | environment = Standard | conditions = Normal }} ==History== The '''Rim War''' was a border conflict between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Taurian Concordat]] fought between [[2418]] and [[2422]].<ref name="ED:AOWp9">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 9, "Rim War (2418-2422)"</ref> The origins of the Rim War lay twenty years earlier, in [[2397]], when [[Chancellor]] [[Kurnath Liao]] began attempting to push the Taurian Concordat out of the region Rimwards of the Confederation. The Concordat, under Protectors [[Richard Calderon (24th c.)|Richard Calderon]] and later [[Daniel Calderon]], had established several military outposts/naval bases along their borders with the [[Inner Sphere]] to provide advanced warning in case of attack by [[Inner Sphere]] nations.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref><ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 34</ref> Kurnath Liao sought those developed sites to grow his nation at the expense of the Concordat. The Capellan Navy began raiding those and other Concordat worlds and continued off-and-on for 20 years, not always surviving contact with the Taurian Navy.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p.32</ref> After [[Arden Baxter]] succeeded [[Aleisha Liao]], Kurnath's daughter, as Chancellor, he began remodeling the Confederation along the lines of the older [[Capellan Republic]]. These republican ideals included reducing the size of the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]], which saw many experienced officers retire; however, whilst reducing the size of the military, Baxter then launched a campaign against the "border pirates" of the [[Periphery]] - a recipe for disaster on the part of the overtaxed [[CCAF]]. With so many experienced officers gone, the junior officers responsible for the campaign soon demonstrated that they had no idea how to fight such a war, and rapidly began displaying a lack of aptitude for strategy and tactics that was matched only by their savage brutality.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/> The young and ambitious Capellan officers sought to outdo each other in their victories, leading to savage reprisals and wholesale slaughter of civilians when they would not submit to Capellan rule. The Taurians very quickly followed suit, even perpetrating worse cruelties on captured Capellans.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref> The Taurian Concordat was one of only two significant nations to have refused to sign the [[Ares Conventions]], the other being the [[United Hindu Collective]]; while the Collective feared that the Conventions would serve to legitimize warfare as the preferred option for resolving disputes, the Concordat had refused to sign because they distrusted the intentions of the Confederation's rulers.<ref name="ED:AOWp13">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 13, "The Ares Conventions"</ref> As a consequence, the CCAF felt free to use weapons of mass destruction against the Periphery "barbarians", leading to both sides taking untold numbers of casualties - both military and civilian.<ref name="ED:AOWp9"/> These Pyrrhic "victories" gained Chancellor Baxter the worlds of [[Zanzibar]], [[Corodiz]] and [[Mendham]] but had cost his nation far more than the Confederation could keep paying.<ref> ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p.33</ref><ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'',p.47</ref> By early [[2422]] Baxter was forced to call a halt to the fighting to save his own political future. By then [[Amanda Calderon]] was Protector and with her former Regent [[Admiral]] [[Sigur Fonn]] she negotiated an end to the war. But Baxter attempted to go further that just peace; he proposed a [[Thousand-World Coalition|'thousand world alliance']] of the Confederation and Concordat as well as the smaller interstellar entities between them. Advised by Admiral Fonn, Amanda rejected this blatantly anti-[[Marik]] offer, instead choosing a path of neutrality.<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p.20</ref> == Notes == ''The Periphery, First Edition'' and ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' are inconsistent in terms of the date of the Rim War; with the publication of ''Era Digest: Age of War'', the dates were formalized, and it is the dates from the latter publication that are used in this article, in accordance with the policy on precedence of sources. ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]'' [[Category: Age of War Era Military Operations|Rim War]] [[Category: Wars]]

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