The Andras-Kansai War, also known as the War of the First Dominion was a 34-year war beginning in 2903 with the invasion of the Imperial Republic of Shin-Kansai by the Republic of the Andras Dominion, and ending in 2927 with the surrender of the Andras Dominion to Kansai and Thresholder forces. It encompassed four spheres of influence, two of each from Shin-Kansai and the Andras Dominion. While chiefly fought by only the two principle nations, additional nations provided supplies to each nation, and ultimately the Meritocracy of Threshold joined the fighting.
This was the largest and bloodiest war in human history at this point, resulting in two planets becoming uninhabitable and the deaths of billions of people. Most of those killed were Shin-Kansai civilians, with millions being summarily executed as being of "bad blood." Many of those who were captured became genetically modified to be bred to produce future Andrans, and of those born from the travesty, some went on to fight their ancestors in the war on the Andran side.
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Prelude
The Andras Dominion realized their large-scale genetic modification would have disastrous results if left to go on, and required additional humans to help vary the genetic code to maintain the fertility of the people. In a bold move, a large portion of the population was made into physical supersoldiers at a young age, and the nation began gearing up for war under the guise that these individuals were a part of a new public-works and self-betterment training program, with Andran isolationism making it difficult to investigate further. Ships were designed and built with new engines with the same outward appearance as freighter engines with the rest of the ships being built in secret.
Meanwhile, a large propaganda campaign began to attempt to convince as many individuals from outside of the Andras Dominion to move to the Dominion to become “better than human” in order to “advance humanity.” The campaign was largely ineffective but did preface that the Andrans believed that the Shin-Kansai had wrongfully taken planets that desired freedom after the Astrum Diaspora’s Deep Seed colonizations.
Events
Invasion
After two years of fighting on Laterus and repelling counter-invasions, Threshold Tsalmaveth managed to destroy shield-generators protecting the capital city, allowing for orbital forces to invade directly, with the surrounding siege-forces securing wide swaths of the city, though fighting would continue for several months, as Andran officials believed they would be rescued by forces from off-planet.
By 2927, the Andran government was forced to surrender to Threshold and Kansai forces – at gunpoint. Rumor has it that when formal terms of surrender documents were signed later, Threshold General Hannas Avner had to hold a knife to the back of the then Andras Dominion Director Rui Hanzar to speed along the process.
Conclusion
After two years of fighting on Laterus and repelling counter-invasions, Threshold Tsalmaveth managed to destroy shield-generators protecting the capital city, allowing for orbital forces to invade directly, with the surrounding siege-forces securing wide swaths of the city, though fighting would continue for several months, as Andran officials believed they would be rescued by forces from off-planet.
By 2927, the Andran government was forced to surrender to Threshold and Kansai forces – at gunpoint. Rumor has it that when formal terms of surrender documents were signed later, Threshold General Hannas Avner had to hold a knife to the back of the then Andras Dominion Director Rui Hanzar to speed along the process.
Those who managed to escape eventually formed the extremist group The Second Dominion.