Second Cold War

"So, the New Republic has called us, and I quote, an "Empire of Darkness!" What fool thinks that they can just go and give out names like that? A Republican! Named Leia Solo Organa! We will make her suffer from what she has called this "great Empire," I look at each other and I think, "the best troops in this galaxy, by far." From today and on ward, we will push against the New Republic's borders!"

- Galactic Empress Annabelle Nakamura announcing the Second Cold War to her Empire, and calling out Chief of State Leia Solo Organa

The Second Cold War, often at times called the Nakamura-Republic conflict, "Second Galactic Civil War," and informally referred as Darkness rising, was a name given to the rising tensions between the Nakamura Empire and New Republic which started in 21 ABY whereas intelligence spies and agents of the Nakamura Empire had encountered a speech being given by Chief of State Leia Solo Organa and heard a part of it calling Anna's Empire an "Empire of Darkness!" This was what sparked the tensions between the two governments.

Days later after hearing about it from intelligence, Galactic Empress Annabelle Nakamura gave a speech to her military across her controlled territories, announcing the tensions and potential war between them and the New Republic Defense Forces.