The Luminarian Split

=General summary= The luminarian split, was a major event that occurred nearly 2 full weeks after the end of the stormcloud events. It was a civil war the split the luminarians into 2, the first faction being the xenophobes, or loyalists. These luminarians are highly xenophobic and will do anything to prevent the collapse of the empire. The other faction, the rebels, are a group of luminarians that actively work with aliens, believing that it is the only way to preserve the luminarian empire.

Both factions had differing views on how to keep the luminarian empire safe. The xenophobes, which consisted of 90% of the entire empire were led by High Enforcer Ulran, the rebels on the other hand were led by Commander Lumira. During the split, both these factions would face off against each other, along with various other races joining in. Eventually, the rebels would lose the war, and retreated into the depths of space.

=Races involved= The luminarian split had involved several races, many of them contributing one way or another to it.

The Luminarian Rebels
The Luminarian Rebels are a group of open minded luminarians that aren't xenophobic unlike the rest of the empire. This group was founded by the late General Sha'zi, with Commander Spark as its head. After the stormclouds event, Commander lumira took the reins of the group. The rebels played a key role in the split, having to gather all remaining rebel commanders from different locations, taking down a xenophobe battlestation. At the end of the split, the rebels have hidden away in some world, rebuilding their strength.

The Luminarian Xenophobes
The Luminarian Xenophobes is the original luminarian empire. A thousand year war had turned most of the populace into xenophobes, heavily distrusting aliens. The xenophobes had started the entire split, led by head enforcer ulran, by ruthlessly attacking multiple rebel bases and constructing the first few battlestations. The xenophobes had opposed the rebels at every step, intending to rid them once and for all to ensure the safety of the luminarian empire.

The Zaretians
The zaretians involvement in the entire split was considered one of the most damaging to the luminarian rebels, many agree that it was the zaretians who caused the split to occur with the death of commander spark. The death of spark due to the stormclouds events caused the enforcers (A sect of luminarians dedicated to exterminating traitors, spies and saboteurs, only in the xenophobic society) to locate her method of death. Once it had been found that the rebels had consorted with other aliens, lead enforcer ulran launched an all out assault on the rebels. The zaretians had also played another role in the split, before the split occured, Commander Tza'dik had been captured by the zaretians, and hence, the rebels had to assault a fortified zaretian prison to get him out.

The Lastua
The Lastua involvement in the split was considered minor at best, only a small contingent of lastua forces arrived to help distract xenophobe elements and giving the rebels time to get off the xenophobe battlestation.

The Aeveria Confederation
The aeveria confederation had been involved in the split in several ways. During the split, Dead six member falk'ner had travelled through the aeveria confederation, looking for info about the xenophobe battlestation, accidentally starting an incident on the planet.

=The plot=

Pre-Split
The stormclouds event had left the luminarian rebels leaderless with the death of commander spark. As such, commander lumira was next in place to be the leader of the rebels. The unnatural death of commander spark prompted an investigation by the enforcers, who immediately started to track rebels through the events of stormclouds, eventually finding out the rebels had been consorting with several alien races. This caused a furor in the enforcer's ranks, eventually, head enforcer ulran would declare an all out assault on the rebels, stating that the rebels consorting with other alien races would leak important secrets to them and would lead to the downfall of the empire.

The Beginnings of War
The split occurred exactly 2 weeks after the stormcloud event, At exactly 1:00 galactic hours on the planet luminaria, all the 3 generals were assassinated by enforcers. Installing himself as a general, ulran immediately launched an assault on all known rebel bases.

Commander Lumira and Commander Mistran were the first commanders to get wind of the impending assault. In an attempt to get off the planet and contact other rebel forces, Commander Mistran engaged Head Enforcer Ulran in combat to give Commander Lumira and a captain enough time to get off the planet. His gambit worked, allowing the 2 to get off the planet and into a battleship, warning all the other luminarian rebel bases of an impending assault.

However, Commander Mistran would eventually fall in combat with Head Enforcer Ulran. Records indicate that he was put on trial, found guilty of communicating with alien races and sentenced to death. His execution was carried out by firing squad.

Battlestations
Lumira and that captain would then find out that Commander Cassia, leader of the Ioria expedition was on a nearby planet. Scans would indicate a huge xenophobe presence already on planet. As such, the captain would deploy in a Rapier Assault mech, breaking through the hordes of xenophobes to locate commander cassia. However, on planet already was a experimental land battlestation. The captain single handily downed the huge battlestation, allowing the 2 commanders to escape the planet.

Head Enforcer Ulran would later arrive on planet, recovering the wreckage of the destroyed battlestation. This data would be then used to create the Executor battlestation, a gigantic space station armed with a powerful phazon annihilator cannon, capable of destroying entire planets.

It was also during this period of time that arcadius, a member of the dead six would land on luminaria, and had to fight his way out of the xenophobe homeworld, managing to get on a frigate, and leave for a known rebel base. Arcadius would change his identity to Lyrek, and board a luminarian rebel ship, pretending to be a refugee

The Desert Commander
The rebels next course of action was to evacuate all remaining rebels from xenophobe space as quickly as possible. Rebel bases were quickly disappearing with no rhyme or reason. As such, commander cassia podded down into nu-zartar, an aeveria confederation held planet after the aeveria confederation and luminarians pushed the zaretians off the planet. Intel reports stated that an assassination attempt would be made on Commander Aeternus's life. The captain would infiltrate the aeveria base, locate the commander and get him out of nu-zartar with the xenophobes on his tail.

It was during this period of time where Dead six operative Falk'ner, found the location of the rumored xenophobe executor battlestation. It was there and then Falk'ner attempted to sabotage the battlestation. He did manage to slow production down for a few days, but the number of wounds he took during the fight and the fall afterwards, many presume that he died there.

The Prisoner
Rejoining with Commander Lumira, the 3 rebel commanders would siege a zaretian prison world to retrieve Commander Tza'dik from the zaretian prison. During the fight, Commander Cassia received word that Tza'dik would be transported to a low-security prison, with the intent of throwing the luminarians off his scent. Cassia and the captain along with several ofanim soldiers would assault this prison, releasing Tza'dik from the prison. However, the appearance of the ZMC along with the shadow of dominion led to the supposed death of Commander Cassia and with that, Tza'dik and the captain left the planet.

During the events on the zaretian prison world, Ilenia, another dead six operative would meet her end at the hands of High Enforcer Ulran. Ilenia infiltrated the Executor Battlestation during its attack on a rebel base, in her attempt to blow it up, Ilenia would encounter Ulran, the both of them dueling inside the battlestation, with ulran eventually ending up as the victor. Since then, Ilenia has not been seen since that incident, many wonder if she's dead or has become a captive of ulran.

The Finale
The remaining rebels had met up in orbit of a small moon on the outskirts of xenophobe territory. They had previously attempted to warp to an undisclosed location, away from the luminarian xenophobes. However, the executor battlestation, along with a huge fleet of xenophobes ambushed the small rebel fleet. In an attempt to survive this ambush, Lumira, Tza'dik and aeternus podded down onto the planet the battlestation resided on, battling through xenophobe forces.

Upon entering the battlestation, it was revealed that Commander Tza'dik was a traitor. Heavily injuring the then Sergeant Izahsh and capturing Commander Aeternus. The entire plan had gone astray, the rebel fleet was in tatters, many civilians died during that ambush. Through the sacrifice Aeternus made and the distraction caused by the lastuas, allowed the luminarians to escape the ambush, and sped off into an uncharted part of the galaxy.

=Aftermath= The Split had devastated the luminarian rebels, their military lay in tatters and the only surviving commander was lumira herself. The few ships they had landed on the new luminarian homeworld, Codenamed:Phoenix. The luminarians would then spend 10 months to rebuild their military, begin colonization of the new homeworld and its surrounding planets. The military would be supplemented with large numbers of battlesuits, mechs and battlestations. In this short span of time, the luminarian rebels would build back a respectable army for the on-going great war

The xenophobes on the other hand, would retreat back to their homeworld, turning the government there into a dictatorship led by Ulran. The xenophobes are still on the alert, afraid of the rebels providing more alien races with the empire's secrets. As such, the Xenophobes are preparing an all-out war on those the rebels had consorted with, bringing out their own battlestations to be used on them. The xenophobes are still on the lookout for the rebels, and they may have found them orbiting a planet called norsus...

=Casualties= During the split, many luminarians lost their lives in the conflict. Several listed below are the most notable casulties that were caused during the split.


 * Luminarian rebels
 * Commander Mistran (Fate:KIA)
 * Commander Cassia (Fate:MIA)
 * Commander Aeternus (Fate:KIA)
 * Dead six operative Falk'ner (Fate:MIA)
 * Dead six operative Ilenia (Fate:MIA)


 * Luminarian Xenophobes
 * 1 Land battlestation (Fate:DIA)

=Impact= The split had left a rather large impact on both luminarian factions. After the war was over, both factions had completely redesigned their own forces to adapt to the change in circumstances

The Luminarian Rebels
Due to the Split, the rebels had a decimated army, only a few soldiers were left, not enough to adequately defend themselves with. As a result, the rebels have placed a greater emphasis in survivability. As such, the luminarian rebels are capable of creating the most efficient armor, combined that with their advanced nanotech, each luminarian soldier is expected to survive some of the worst battlefields in the war. Their lack of numbers have also forced the luminarian rebels to increase conscription from 2 years to 3, and have started fielding larger amounts of battlesuits and mechs to compensate for this.

In space warfare, Luminarian ships usually have 3-500 men, depending on ship size. The lack of numbers has caused rudimentary AI systems to be installed on every ship, reducing the manpower required to maintain and control a ship. Their armor and shielding for these ships are also top-notch, rivaling or possibly even surpassing the IAE in the shielding and armor strength departments.

The split had also introduced the luminarian rebels to the dangers of battlestations. As a result of the split, the rebels have constructed their own battlestations, mainly to counter the xenophobes. However, the battlestations have proven to be an essential tool in their armies in the great war, every single one of these battlestations nullifies what numerical advantage an enemy has, pushing the odds towards the luminarians favor.

The Luminarian Xenophobes
After the Split, Ulran personally oversaw the redesign and rearming of the luminarian xenophobes. The split had shown that the rebels were much more advanced in their tech, and as such ulran has made several modifications to counter this. The entire xenophobe armies are now geared towards overwhelming firepower. The Xenophobes have experimented with several new technologies, and their weapons are way more advanced then their rebel counterparts. A basic xenophobe soldier is armed with enough firepower to take out tanks, combined with their numerical advantage, make the xenophobes into a powerhouse.

In space warfare, nothing much has changed since the split, the only exception is the inclusion of battlestations into fleets. In most major fleets, there is certainly at least 1 battlestation leading it. This allows the xenophobes to quickly appear and use their overwhelming firepower to decimate enemy held planets with ease.

The Xenophobes were the progenitors of the battlestations, unlike the rebels, the xenophobes have more knowledge in creating such huge weapons, combined with the large size of the empire, allow the xenophobes to churn out battlestations much faster then the rebels can. This combined with their overwhelming firepower, allows the xenophobes to be able to respond to most threats quickly and dispatch any invaders efficiently.