Marvin J. Orphelia

[Camtheman]

Freeport 11 Part VII: Archive of the Great Delta War

Background:

The Great Delta War began as a war between the Bounty Hunters Guild Core and the Zoners, but soon involved two other parties, the Corsair Empire, allied to the Core, and the Order and TCG, allied to the Zoners.

The apparent reasons for the agressions by the Bounty Hunters Guild against the Zoners of Omicron Delta was due to the suspected alliance between the Zoners and Order. The Bounty Hunters Guild Core's most hated enemies, due to the fact the Order is restricting and/or blocking the access of dangerous Nomad technology to anyone not 'qualified', in their eyes. The Core is fighting the Order to obtain access to the technology. The Great Delta War could therefore be classified as a proxy war, of sorts.

The Zoners had been using Order technology for years, mostly the now defunct-Zoner Consortium and other ships using the much more powerful Hathor-class Gunboat in leiu of the Conference-class Zoner Gunboat. For what reason beyond pure profeciency of defense, is not known. These acquired Order Gunboats were used to defend Omega and Omicron shipping convoys from various pirates that plauge these areas, but for the most part the majority of the attacks came from the Corsairs. This was the main reason for the war, along with some lesser differences, many light skirmishes occuring between Zoner and Core forces due to the Core feeling the need to demand Nomad specimens from innocent Zoners.

The increase in Corsair piracy on Zoners was mostly due to the percieved lack of food exports to Planet Crete, although Zoner shipments to the planet have been decreasing in recent years perpetually due to the hostile environment of Omicron Gamma, in some cases, the Corsairs would pirate their own exported Artifact shipments. These reasons, combined with the recent Order/Corsair schism, in which the Corsairs abandoned the alliance with the Order due to alliances with the Blood Dragons, and curiously, a short Corsair alliance with the Core| for unknown reasons, culminated in The Great Omicron Delta War, a proxy of the greater Corsair/BHG - Order conflict, with sporadic Zoner activity intermixed on the Order side in a few select battles, including the Battle of Freeport 11.

Battle Summary

RESULT

• Draw, status quo of territoy of all parties. Phyrric strategic victory for Core|
  
• Elizabeth Tate resigns from The Administration of Freeport 11
  
• Marvin James Orphelia, Primary Guardian of Freeport 11, Becomes Administrator
  
• Core| and Zoner relations normalized, Zoner use of Hathor heavily regulated and hidden much better than before.
  
• Order/Zoner relations remain status quo ante bellum
  
• Corsair and Zoner relations strained, hostilities between the parties in Omicron Delta ceases but continues elsewhere in Omicron Theta.
  

BATTLECAM ARCHIVES, BATTLE OF FREEPORT 11, DESTRUCTION OF ESTAL*

*note, the destruction of the Estal was not a direct part of the Battle of Freeport 11, but was a part of the Great Delta War.



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