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The Unity Pact was a short-lived alliance between the Capellan Confederation and Draconis Combine in 3149-3150.
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In the years following the Blackout the Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation were two of the most successful expansionist powers. Both nations made large territorial gains, primarily at the expense of their mutual enemies, the Republic of the Sphere and the Federated Suns.
The two nations had different priorities by the late 3140s - Chancellor Daoshen Liao was obsessed with breaching the The Wall and storming Fortress Republic, while Coordinator Yori Kurita and kanrei Matsuhari Toranaga focused Combine efforts against the Suns. Nonetheless, Liao dispatched a delegation to Luthien to propose a military partnership akin to their realms' previous alliance a century earlier. Arriving in April 3149, the Capellan diplomats met with the Coordinator and her advisors. When the kanrei was finally allowed to join the meetings he initially offered lukewarm support towards accepting the proposal, as a Capellan offensive into the Republic would divert the RAF from its attack into the Dieron Military District. However, even Toranaga agreed with Kurita's reason for rejecting the alliance: the possibility that it might enable Daoshen Liao to conquer Terra and declare himself First Lord of a new Star League, a triumph that should be House Kurita's by right.
Before Yori Kurita decided upon a polite refusal, the lead Capellan ambassador offered a crucial piece of intelligence from the Chancellor: the news that Devlin Stone had returned and was overseeing the Republic's war effort. Shocked and concerned by this, the Combine's leaders agreed to the proposed alliance. On April 21st the Unity Pact was signed at Luthien's Unity Palace. The terms were three-fold: mutual intelligence sharing, arms trading and mounting joint operations against the Republic.[1]
Still harboring reservations about aiding Capellan troops in getting closer to Terra, DCMS High Command reluctantly accepted Daoshen's proposed plan for an offensive against the Republic. The resulting Operation TIAMAT was a success for both states, with several Republic and Suns worlds falling to Pact forces. But the next joint operation, against Northwind, proved to be a disaster. The Battle of Northwind ended in defeat with the objective - the planet's working HPG - destroyed and both contingents having fired on each other before quitting the field. The short-lived alliance effectively ended afterwards, with Daoshen Liao ordering the Combine delegation on Sian expelled from his realm.[1][2][3]
Notes[edit]
- The Unity Pact differed from the Concord of Kapteyn because it was much less complete: it didn't contain provisions for mutual defense, only joint military operations.[2]