Union of Sullust Territories

The Union of Sullust Territories or UST for short, is a democratic union of Sullustan colonized systems located in the southern most section of the galaxy. They are the first nation the Imperium had met during their resurgence into space.

Government Structure
The Union is ruled by a parliament of representatives, each of them representing their world. All of these representatives have their own parties, ideologies and agendas that they want to push to make them law. The democratic SUF(sullust united front) and the militaristic NSP(national sullust party) are the main factions within the parliament with the pacifist GP( green peace) coming in third. The unifying figure of this chaos is the Chancellor, the head of government that is elected every 10 years. Without him or her keeping the argumentative parliament together, the union would have split into civil war long ago. With the alliance made with the Narn Union, the Narn hold a non-governing seat in the parliament.

Society
The UST culture is that of unity and strength through diversity. Each 16 colony world has its own unique culture and society possibly due to the fact every major nation from Sullust colonize their own planet. Outsiders can tell what planet a Sullustan came from by tattoos, clothing, and accents. These differences have caused tensions to flair up time to time as evidence of the early secession movements and Tariu Crisis. Yet these differences have made them proud of their accomplishments and their unity during their wars against the Falmitan is the stuff of legends. They are quite friendly towards the Zed'drath since participating in the Xyon/Sullust exchange program. Products and cultural food are often exchange between the two races and friendships are common. Even marriages have occurred though the parties involved though children is impossible. Orphaned children usually Narn, if the marriage is in UST, are adopted as kids. The Narn are also friends with the Sullustans. During the occupations of the Narn homeworld, UST spies help organize resistance movements by providing weapons, medical supplies and even volunteers to help liberate their world. Since the third occupation, the UST have accepted millions of Narn refugees. What's left of the Narn High Command actively work side by side with the UAF to plan attacks against the Pact forces.

History
The UST was formed after the initial 16 colonies settled on their prospective worlds and signaled back. Other than discovering the presapient Colnezians, there wasn't any contact with sentient life for several decades. During this time the Union had its own problems to worry about such as squashing separatist movements in the outer colonies. The UST eventually triumph and afterwards made first contact with the Quovite Autocracy and Zed'drath Imperium. The Imperium became friends soon after but the Autocracy proved to quite hostile. However the Quovite were finding difficulties managing several thrall species at once and the rebellions on these worlds provided and ample opportunity for the UST to destroy the looming threat.

Quovite Civil War
The UAF sent operatives to Rodia, Narn, Uthosaz, and Vanessia to help their rebellions take off. By providing them with much needed supplies, their rebellions known collectively as the White Revolution, successfully broke out. With the Quovite government in chaos, the UST then sent in its naval forces to aid the Rodian, narn and Vanissian/Cardassian rebels in capturing other planets in the Autocracy, Zed'drath ships also assisted the Othosaz when asked and the civil war transformed into a quasi-war among the three nations. After the Battle of Quova, the civil war ended with the four races breaking free and taking former Quovite worlds for themselves. the Narn, Cardassians and Vanissians were greatful for UST and Imperium help but the Rodians and Othosaz were not, stating they were not given the systems they rightly deserved. The Othosaz invaded the Narn systems much to the behest of the Imperium and annexed them. The Narn resistance went to the UST for help which the UST secretly fufilled. The Othosaz knew this however but didn't want to risk open conflict too soon so they boded their time and watch. The Rodians were angry at the UST since most of the former QA systems near them were annexed by the UST despite the Rodian troops and navy capturing them. Animosity amongst the three would only grow as time went on.

First Union/Pact war and The Dirty War
Since the first Othosaz occupation of Narn, the enslavement and treatment of the Narn only gotten worse. Even with the Narn resistance attacks on Othosaz factories and officials life on Narn was deteriorating. The UST parliament was split on helping the narn as the SUF wanted to help while the NSP wanted no war. The GP sided with the NSP on the matter, preventing war for a time. It was until a GP representative was captured by Othosaz agents and brutally murdered. War was swiftly declared after the GP change its mind and the First Union/Pact war began. Their preemptive strike caught the Pact by surprise, with many of their worlds falling in a matter of several weeks. The war slowed down however when the UAF began focusing its attention on the Narn worlds instead of moving north towards Uthosaz. The Narn campaign would last for two years with most of the two nations forces focusing on the narn worlds. Seeing a weaken and distracted UST, the Imperial Synegetics' jingoistic and White Revolution veteran leader, Athass declared war on the UST. The resource rich and colonizable border worlds were Synergetics primary targets. With most of the UAF sent to fight on Narn, new recruits and police forces were no mach for the megacorp's military. The Battle for Narn ended after a year of heavy fighting on the ground aswell in space. The Othosaz Pact beaten and also in another war against the High kingdom of Vanue, signed an armistice declaring an end to the war and awarded the freedom to the Narn people. The newly constituted Narn Union and UST sent their very tired forces to the Ahken Nebula to prevent the Rodians from assaulting Sullust. The Battle at Ahken, had the rodians retreat a good several systems away from the capital but manage to hold off any attack the two Unions sent their way. After 6 months of failed offensives, the UST signed a peace treaty with the Synergetics giving them full control over the border worlds and several million Sullust, Zed'drathi and Narn citizen with it. UST leadership was divided, confused and angry over the result. Many representatives would begin to rally behind a young and charismatic representative named Tariu.

The Hive Wars
The UST was beaten in the last war but not militarily. With first contact with the Hivemind Falmitan Horde during the two wars, the UST set aside some military assets in case the First HIve War broke the Imperium and surrounding nations. The war didn't break the Imperium and the other nations as speculated but did severely weaken them. When the 2nd war began against the Imperium and Holy kingdom of Devaron the Union allied with the Zed'drath and help defend their worlds. Every other Hive war afterwards had them gaining ground against the Falmitan. Each war won brought the UST together and more stable which also worried Tariu, seeing his new found influence over the parliament slipping. The Final Hive War did however rock the nation and the others involved to their core. The horrid news from the frontlines and the secret ravenous attacks on worlds far away from the front scared many citizens and many saw a rise in xenophobia which people like Tariu, Lacoa, Anti-imperial Alliance and the Agrathan Council used to spread their influence. When the war finally ended however this flowing tap of influence suddenly ended with many power hungry individuals and organizations quickly began their grabs for power such was the case with Tariu and his Stalwart Front party.

Tariu Crisis
Tariu, a freshmen representative from the Sullust colony of Casus, saw an opportunity to gain influence and increase control over the parliament and possibly even become Chancellor. His charisma won him friends and his handsomness gave him lovers and blackmail. He saw his chance at chancellor double after first contact with the hostile falmitan and culmination of the 2nd Hive War. When the war was won he didn't immediately see it as threat until the UST kept winning. Some of his followers started listening and agreeing with the current Chancellor Jeb Hayap, dwindling his influence and his chances at chancellor. When the last war ended, he and his followers, a good thirty percent of the parliament, started a coup against Hayap. His followers goaded xenophobic tendencies in their supporters and encourage them to support Tariu if an "armed struggle" happened. His followers and supporters in the military took over the parliament building and held the representatives that didn't pledge loyalty to him hostage. Remaining security guards that didn't turn or were killed defended Chancellor Jeb with their lives. Jeb was assassinated by Tariu in an argument gone sour. Tairu then declared himself chancellor and asked his civilian and military supporters on other colonies to instill martial law. This didn't go as planned as pro-Hayap citizens and military personnel took to the streets and fought against his supporters. Tariu and fellow representatives knew that if a civil war broke out the allies such as the Imperium and Narn Union would no doubt support the proconsul Esa Youl, second in line for chancellor. They then sought help with their enemies such as the Pact and Synergetics who frequently express their support of Tariu. Before this happen, the loyalist forces broke through the parliaments barricade and began their attacks on military and security forces loyal to Tariu. The pro-hayap forces eventually triumpth and arrested Tairu and his fellow representatives. The fighting in the colonies would continue however with the thought of Tariu supporters freeing him after they had won their skirmishes. The threat of military intervention with the Zed'drath Imperium expressed by Empress Cathiax I forced Tariu to calm his supporters and end the fighting. Tariu was found guilty of his crimes a month later then sentenced to death by one of the many volcanoes that dot Casus, his personal choice of course.