Hiltonian military junta

The Hiltonian  referred to a group of senior officers within the military forces of the Hiltone Republic who seized control of the democratically-elected national lawyte and declared war on the so-called "Starborne Ones" Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre. Manipulated behind the scenes by Youngarch Pelenora T'Yelc, they had attempted to assert Hiltonian dominance over the Sa'ari homeworld of T'lessia immediately prior to planetwide elections.

This attempt at political strong-arming failed, however, as those republics who supported Hiltone in the Lawyteret T'lessia abandoned them en masse as new, more open-minded delegates were elected to office. In a desperate bid to assert their sovereignty, the junta launched an invasion of three neighboring republics that had formerly supported the coalition government that Hiltone had previously maintained. This act of war culminated in the bombing of Tal'adin City, which sparked a counterattack that left the military forces of Hiltone devastated. Thirteen days after the first shots had been fired, the junta surrendered unconditionally and was replaced by civilian leadership in emergency elections.

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 * ''The Great Leap Forward