Senate Rebellion

Senate Rebellion
Conflict details
Part of	Dark Age era
Start Date	8 April 3135
Attacking Forces
Affiliation	Senatorial Alliance
Defending Forces
Affiliation	Republic of the Sphere
Other Forces

The Senate Rebellion was a civil war fought between the military and senate of the Republic of the Sphere.

History

In late 3134 a plot came to light implicating members of the Republic Senate in an attempt to achieve a coup over the ruling Paladins through subversion. The plot involved members of the Senate sponsoring promising candidates from noble families to become knights and even paladins. The Senators intended to use the knights gratitude for supporting their initial candidacy as leverage in granting greater power to the Senate.

In response, the newly elected Exarch Jonah Levin used the War Powers Act of 3082 to dissolve the Senate on 8 April 3135, touching off a civil war on Terra and beyond. In one engagement, a pair of RAF Roadrunners, one piloted by Captain Sage Rivers, were assigned the role of tracking down Senate forces who were attempting to flee Terra. They came upon a damaged Night Stalker attempting to flee but Rivers was able to maximize his advantages and destroyed his opponent with a rear hit to the gyro. The Senate loyalists were ultimately driven off, thanks in part to the Republic's new ally, the Federated Suns. Individual Senators retreated to their homeworlds, but most found that they lacked the support needed to build the kind of coalition they desired. This would result in a number of worlds forming their own small nation commonly referred to as the Senatorial Alliance.

Bibliography

• Field Manual: 3145
• The Scorpion Jar (novel)
• Sword of Sedition (novel)