The First Contact War

by 1Ragnarok1

In 2621 a Galactic Republic vessel is found in the Orion Arm, this springboards the United Earth Government into a galaxy at the start of the Clone Wars. A war that will test the 2nd UEG Expeditionary Force as well as the UEG finding out where it fits in this new galaxy, and their new neighbours.

4. The Orion Arm Government

The First Contact War

Chapter 4 The UEG

History of the United Earth Government

In 2199 the first Warp Drive was made by Australian Inventor Steve Brown, western countries with China and Russia colonised the first outside Sol System planets. The Unified Earth Government traced its origins back to the interplanetary war of the mid- to late-22nd Century in the Sol system. With numerous Earth governments fighting independent battles against Independence Movement terrorist forces, the UN became involved, eventually using the war to absorb most, if not all Earth governments into itself except the UK, USA, France, Germany, Canada, China, Japan and Russia, forming a global government to combat the terrorists and stabilize the planet and its other world colonies. The UN won the war and the Unified Earth Government was formed, with its' primary defence, scientific and exploratory force being the newly formed UEG Navy. Although the UEG seemed to have complete control over Earth and its colonies, the UN still existed as an organization and a political entity in the 26th century.

Human occupied systems were known to encompass a relatively wide radius of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, in various stages of colonization; from the well-developed Inner colonies, to the relatively recent and struggling Outer Colonies. So far, 152 colonies excluding 19 industrial planets are part of the UEG while there are 15 Military training 2 corporate 13 Garden/Farming planets. There are however 3 independent planets that exist outside the UEG. Most of these colonies, under the influence of the UEG, were therefore controlled by planetary governors who are elected every 4 years, who have a seat in the UEG Senate. 31 of these colonies were inner colonies. 46 of these are outer colonies. 75 of these have not been placed into either the outer or inner colonies. 38 systems in total are part of the UEG.

The territory encompassed by the Inner colonies seemed to stretch in at least a 10.5-light year radius around Earth, and the Outer Colonies beyond that. By 2468, the outermost colony was Harmony, at twelve light years from Earth - later, colonies were founded well beyond in the Outer Colonies. Colonies may have been settled after Harmony, or founded during the UEG-Insurrectionist War.

The UEG-Insurrectionist war took place in 2501 and ended in 2589, during which the Insurrectionists committed many war crimes loosing the initial support they started out with which would result into their drawn out defeat.

In 2621 AD (UEG Standard calendar) the UEG discovers the Republic. After much discussion in the UEG Senate it is decided to send a diplomatic envoy with the 2nd Expeditionary Fleet that leaves in 2622 to arrive at courascent just after the Battle of Genosis. The UEG is more advanced in their A.I.'s and Commercial technology and in some areas of military technology (shielding and Shock Cannons- anti dreadnaught canons-standard armament of UEG ships-slower rate of fire but much higher damage and Exoskeletons+AST's)

The UEG is situated in the uncharted regions of space (to the republic) and agree to help the Republic in their war against the separatists but refuse to merge with the republic and do not give maps and navigational data to the republic. It also turns out that UEG humans do not have any mediclorians in their blood and their white blood cells attack and destroy mediclorians completely disconcerting the Jedi. After Contact with the Republic and their welcome to the senate, they change their name to Orion Arm Government instead of United Earth Government. In response to going to war after so shortly meeting aliens, the media coined the phrase 'The First Contact War' which was the largest military action undertaken by the government to date. The Galactic Republic and the Orion Arm Government entered a Military-Economic alliance, but the OAG did not join the Republic, a move treated with suspicion by the galactic community.

OAG Military Strength

The Orion Arm Government Army (UEG formerly) (OAGA currently) or Planetary Defence Force (PDF) is 685,000,000 men and women from a hundred and fifty-two planets. Founded after the Interplanetary War, they had little to do other than training exercises and rapid disaster response. When the Insurrection war happened it initially caught the UEGA off guard but after five years the rebellion was contained to three systems. They occupied planets after the Marines moved on to the next. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd army groups, 1st and 2nd airborne and 5th 6th and 7th armoured divisions and 11th motorised division were deployed in the clone war.

Current strength:

Infantry-685,000,000

Tanks-500,000

Armoured Vehciles-12,000,000

Air/Spacecraft-740,000

VTOL-1,000,000

Star destroyers-50

Hercules Transport Ships-100

The Orion Arm Government Marine Corps (EUG formerly) (OAGMC currently) is the Orbital assault specialist group of 170,000,000 strong. Founded after the Interplanetary War, they had little to do other than training exercises and rapid disaster response. When the Insurrection war happened it initially caught the UEGA off guard but after five years the rebellion was contained to three systems. The Marines did most the grunt work of assaulting and capturing planets, moons and asteroid bases. Was deployed in mass during the clone war.

Infantry-170,000,000

Tanks-100,000

Armoured Vehciles-150,000

Air/Spacecraft-12,000

VTOL-200,000

Star destroyers-10

Hercules Transport Ships-50

The Orion Arm Government Navy (UEG formerly) (OAGN currently) is over 25,068,857 men. Founded after the Interplanetary War merged with any remaining Air/Space forces, they had little to do other than training exercises and rapid disaster response and taking out pirates. When the Insurrection war happened it initially caught the UEGA off guard but after five years the rebellion was contained to three systems. The UEGN was crucial to stopping the spread of the rebel's but destroying most of their ships. The UEGN field's only one type of ship, the Liberator-class due to its one size fits all roles. The 6th and 7th fleets that were under construction will be completed in two years. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Fleets were deployed in the clone war.

Servicemen-25,068,857

(Space battleship Yamato 2199) Air/Space Craft-500,000

(Imperial II-Class) Liberator Star Destroyers-500

(Executer-class) Independence Super Star Destroyers-3

The Orion Arm Government Expeditionary Force (UEG formerly) (OAGEF currently) was formed in 2509 to combat the Insurrection behind enemy lines to major success. By 2550 they had destabilised over half the remaining insurrectionist planets and had killed its leader twice. At the end of the war they were responsible for capturing the Insurrection leadership on their asteroid belt base in the Perseus system. All three groups underwent expansion in 2622 and deployed to the clone war. Plans for a 4th and 5th Expeditionary Force are in discussion. Although called the Expeditionary Force and having its own weapons and ranks and insignias, it is actually part of the UEGMC.

Infantry-1,404,090

Tanks-450

Armoured Vehciles-600

VTOL-450

Air/Spacecraft-2,700

Star destroyers-30

Combat Doctrine

Orion Arm combat was heavily shaped by the Insurrection war and the lessons learned from it. It focuses on the Navy securing air superiority in space before mass Marine or Expeditionary Forces orbital assault on key locations like cities or military instillations and landing zones. A large portion of military spending goes to space-fighters and space-fighter-bombers to assist with these landings. The army unlike the Marines or Expeditionary Forces focuses mainly on armoured warfare and in particular Blitzkrieg. Most operations and practice operations before, during and after the Insurrection war consisted of mass aerial attacks for two to five weeks to allow for troop build-up, before an orbital assault, followed up by a massive armoured assault with airborne units securing key positions for rapid movement. All military branches use shock and awe tactics. Special forces play key roles by calling in air strikes, espionage, hostage rescue, assassinations and many other roles, they played a key part in the First Contact War against the separatists.

Main Tactics;

Shock and Awe

Blitzkrieg

Air Superiority

Orbital Assault

Special Forces Operation

Units

The OAGs dedicated fighters are Lightning's or The Type-99 space attack fighter aircraft, it is equipped with two plasma miniguns, six mini plasma cannons and eight anti-fighter or anti-ship rockets. The other craft is a fighter/ground attack craft called the type-0 Cosmo zero or zero, it has four plasma miniguns and two mini plasma cannons with multiple areas for anti-tank or anti-infantry explosives, they both are slower than their Republic and Separatists counter parts, and have larger turn circles but they can take more punishment.

The OAG use the Liberator class star destroyer, its one thousand six hundred metres long and have over 37,000 crew on board— 9,253 officers and 27,850 enlisted personnel. Including the complement of 9,700 Marines adds to a total of 46,803 crew and passengers. It has a fusion shield core that protects the ship from damage. Each cruiser has six shock cannon turrets, each turret fires three energy beams which are capable of spiralling around each other to form a single, more powerful beam, capable of severely damaging or destroying enemy warship. The shock cannons are 48cm and 20cm and can fire Type-3 cannon shells which fire a short range projectile shell in an event where the energy weapon isn't available or effective. Plasma Cannons are the standard armament for all UEG ships we have about fifty on each ship and also turbo cannons that are part close range cannons and point defence guns. Our ships carry a verity of vehicles consisting of seventy-two Lightning fighters, eight Zero's, twenty paladin crab tanks, two hundred AST units, and thirty warbird transports. Every liberator-class vessel also carries consumables for 2 years. Expeditionary Forces like us have our ships equipped with drop pods capable of holding ten men each for orbital assault. From eye witness reports Republic and Separatist ships have a similar rate fire, they outgun and out fire the OAG ships but at the cost of accuracy, range and power.

The Exoskeleton is capable of increasing many of the user's physical abilities, allowing for increased movement and speed, as well as tactical purposes. Atlas is in the midst of developing a next-generation version of the exoskeleton, the XOS-9. This model is to be far more physically ergonomic with an overall slimmer model, allowing for even more flexibility in combat and is to combine features from both Assault-class and Specialist-class. Assault exo abilities include Boost Jump to jump two-three metres, Sonics for crowd control and Land Assist. Specialist exo abilities include a plasma Resistant Shield, Overdrive-speeds up the user's reaction time and Cloak. Attached to both assault and specialist are Stim packs, Magnetic Gloves and a Grappling hooks. The XOS-9 has boost jump, land assist, cloak, plasma resistant shield, Stim packs, and Magnetic Gloves and a Grappling hook, though this makes it heavier and slightly bulky.

The T-600 Titan Crab Tank, is a heavy armoured fighting vehicle developed for the Armed Forces of OAG. The tank has superior mobility compared to its traditional counterparts, as it has four vehicle treads that can double as legs in order to traverse rough terrain and avoid a variety of manmade or natural obstacles. On-board offensive weapons constitute a smoothbore cannon, a machine gun turret and twin rocket launchers. Its defensive weapons include a trophy system, which intercepts any incoming projectiles headed for the vehicle and an EMP device that is capable of disabling any enemy electronics within the vicinity of the tank, including unmanned drones.

The Warbird VTOL is a assault/troop insertion vehicle used by the OAG. It is equipped with a cloaking device and rocket pod system with a 30mm canon mounted under the cockpit. it is able to carry 40 men(at full capacity) excluding the two pilots and or it can carry two AST's underneath. The Transport variant is larger and capable of carrying an extra 40 men but still only able to carry 4 AST's underneath or a single Titan tank with no other passengers.

M4-Trojan APCs are fast, all purpose armoured vehicles that are used by the OAG. They are equipped with a 30mm plasma cannon and a anti-personnel/anti-tank rockets as well as a LMG. They have thick armour and can carry 25 men with a top speed of 70MPH.

Armoured Support Transport: The AST (Armoured Support Transport) also known as the Goliath, is used by the OAG. ASTs are equipped with an arm-mounted minigun and a shoulder-mounted micro-rocket swarm launcher, and are heavily armoured enough to withstand a little over 100 rounds of fire from most assault rifles. AST pilot enters through the suit's rear entry hatch.