Sham | Ley | Outworld | 2832 The New Heaven War

Sham|Ley|Outworld|2832

A85977A-D            KM  -  410  9 NaHu { 3 } (A6E+5) [9A7F]

1105 RU’s~ 4,200,  Striker GNP~ 640 BCr, RESTLINF GNP~ 1,097 BCr 

Demographics

Circa 990:  20 Million; Vilani Descent 45%, Solomani Decent 54%, Sydite 1%, Vargr <1%

Circa 1105: 40 Million Vilani Descent 30%, Solomani Decent 45%, Other-Migrant- Undetermined  22%, Sydite 3%, Vargr <1%

Binary: F7 V M1 V

“The main planet has a thin atmosphere and is mostly covered by oceans. Sham’s only continent is primarily evergreen forest, with fairly cool temperature maintained throughout the year, even at the equator.” Merc Heaven, p. 9.

History

The Kikhei Union is of Vilani descent and pro Imperium, with a Sydite minority. New Heaven was settled by militant Solomani racist and religious fundamentalists.  A small population of ~ 80,000 Vargr lived in New Heaven, as laborers and second class citizens.  The Condor Republic was settled by Terrans from greater Latin America.

In 992, during the Solomani Rim War, New Heaven and Condor Republic forces launched a full scale invasion of the Kikhei Union, with the intent of wiping it off the map.  It was suspected that the Solomani provided funding and other resources and assets to New Heaven and the Condor Republic.  The Imperium was unable to provide support and resources for the Kikhei Union, but encouraged mercenary units to support the Union.  The Khuur League, in support of the minority Sydite population, provided mercenaries and advisors to the Kikhei Union.

Eventually the war between the Imperium and the Solomani waned.  Terran support for New Heaven dried up, and the Imperium was able to provide additional resources to the Kikhei Union, which was then able to defeat the aggressors.  Surgical strikes against the Condor Republic forced them to unilaterally sue for peace, leaving New Heaven to continue its xenophobic crusade alone against the Union.

The Condor Republic had been led into the war by a small hawkish faction that had risen in influence by machinations of New Heaven and Solomani agents.  Once the war was brought home to New Condor, it quickly folded.

Once the tide turned, the zealots of New Heaven fought a vicious and protracted war, and ultimately attempted to execute a Samson Option.  New Heavens leaders made final attempt to destroy Sham, rather than lose it to the infidels of Kikhei, which ultimately led to the regime change that ended the war.

Casualties exceeded 30% of the population and would have been much higher if the Samson Option had come to fruition.  Many members of the New Heaven ruling class fled the planet, as they correctly suspected that they would be tried for war crimes. 

1002 -1105  In the hundred years since the war ended, Imperium and Khuur League based corporations have invested heavily in Sham, rebuilding it’s destroyed infrastructure.  This resulted in a migrant population boom of sophonts that came for the construction jobs, and have since made Sham their home.

Goverment 

Circa 990 Sham was ruled by three powers. Sham’s population of 20 million was divided between The Kikhei Union a Representative Democracy, which had a population of 9 million, New Heaven a Religious Dictatorship, with 7 million and the remaining 4 million lived in the Condor Republic, a Charismatic Oligarchy.

1002 -1105  After the end of the New Heaven war, most of New Heaven was subsumed into New Condor, and New Heaven ceased to exist. 

Due to the atrocities committed during the war, unification talks have been off again and on again between Kirkhei and Condor for the past hundred years.  The Kirkhei Union is pro Imperium, while New Condor is wary of the Imperium.  A thousand years of historical differences before the wat further separates the Vilani and Terran cultures.  

Both sides are weary of engaging in conflict after losing 1/3 of the population during the New Heaven War.  Diplomatic relations between the two states remains stable.


Sources

Merc Heaven - Traveller (travellerrpg.com)

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