The Antan

Ascension War
As the colony on Antan developed, a leader was born from the tough life lead by the population; Cyrus Kaey. Cyrus oversaw the expansion of the Antan and was posthumously crowned King, his descendants continued on as the monarchy took hold. During the centuries that followed the expansion of the Antan spread to other planets in the system, the first to be colonised was planet Pörst. Named after the first man to set foot on its surface, Pörst was a perilous place to land; ion storms in the upper atmosphere and storms almost to the surface almost destroyed the small colony ship on landing. The atmosphere, though hostile provided the Antan with a powerful power source: the electric storms could provide huge amounts of power to the planet and could be beamed across the system to provide power for fleets and developing colonies on other planets. Pörst soon became an industrial centre, its mineral and ore rich composure provided materials for the Great Industrial Revolution that built the great fleets of the Kingdom.

Along with this great expansion and industry came dissidence and distrust of the Monarchy; the workers saw the power and riches of the Royal Family and their close friends and compared it too their lifestyle. Strikes and revolts stirred up around the system, King Henning II saw the dangers and set about building a parliament that would run along side the monarchy. His quick thinking calmed the population down, and the system calmed down. Over time the monarchy lost power and eventually faded away to obscurity.

When planet Granam (one of the outer planets of the system) was still developing, the government was coming under fire from those it represented; corruption was rife, surveillance left the population paranoid about their security, and in a time of desperation they searched for any sign of relief. The relief came in the form of Kroega Kaey; alleged descendant of the Monarchs, she had risen to high authority on Granam and she vowed to restore the Antan to their former glory. All that was needed to ignite the situation was a spark.

The government were too heavy handed with Kroega, declaring her and enemy of the state, causing uproar amongst much of the population. The armed forces were split in two; the Democrats and the Royalists, and so the Ascension War began.

Much of planet Antan’s defence fleet joined forces with the Royalists, the Democrat forces put up a brave fight in orbit, weakening the enemy fleet enough to allow government troops to dig in around Antan. Kroega herself moved to take personal command of the invasion force on the ground and with troops she had gathered from planets loyal to her, she tore her way through the enemy towards the Capitol. Government members fled the planet; some were killed while trying to escape. Kroega declared a victory, and she was crowned Queen by her supporters. The government forces fled to the outer planets, where they live as exiles.

Those who support the Monarchy are fiercely loyal, the citizens, whatever they think of their Queen, will defend their homeland until the end.