Gilded Campaign (Ethereal Dawn)

"According to these reports, the Golden Legion has started raiding the Corporate Sector again. Somehow, I doubt we're just going to sit back and let them win this time."

- Kara Keldrick to Champions Althea Saerlys and Tharan Attix

The Gilded Campaign was a concerted effort by the Golden Legion to finally conquer the. Initially the response from the rest of the galaxy was muted, as the Golden Legion had, several times in recent memory, raided the Corporate Sector's hyperlanes, and so it was believed that they were only taking these sorts of steps once again. However, when it became clear that the scope of their attacks was not so limited, the Ethereal Empire was the first government to offer its assistance. Subsequently, then-Supreme Commander Talen Antarus and Arius Valdayn, both Champions of the Ethereal Empire, led a combined force the Animus Templars and Astral Defenders to defend the Corporate Sector. Eventually, near the end of the war, a number of the Golden Legion's officers and soldiers broke away, switching sides and bringing about the creation of a new branch of the Ethereal Military; the Golden Legionaries. Their leader, Zevron Kolstar, became a Champion himself, as Gilded Legate of the Golden Legionaries.