Juranin Conspiracy

The Juranin Conspiracy was a combined covert operation of several rouge officers and politicians from the Juranin Empire, backed by the governments of the Domain of Q'wak-rentho and the United Rumonik Interstellar States in an attempt to sabotage the joining decision of the Empire to the Reformed Union of Planets as a constituent state in 2671.

Origins
From mid-2669 to early 2670, there had been talks between the Reformed Union of Planets and the Juranin Empire about the possibility of the Empire becoming a Union member-state. In late 2670, then President of the Union Verikah Frey visited Juranin Chancellor Arhar, further opening the dialogue. Arhar admitted that the Empire was now in a state of decline, as a result of the Kothvat Civil War which had drained most of the state's already wearing out resources. Arhar also believed that the Powers Alliance, as powerful as it was, could not carry the Empire for so long seeing the situation given to his state. After several next meetings between the leaders of the two states, the decision finally settled in early 2671.

The Empire's decision to become a Union state was not universally accepted by several members of the Juranin Senate. Vice-Chancellor Duvoirr Kar Rohah was one of the active voices against the decision, who believed the the joining would erase his proud culture and mix with the "unbalanced practices" from other Union states. He also asserted the loss of sovereignty following the joining would be nothing more than an disgrace to future Juranin generation.

Meanwhile, the Domain of Q'wak-rentho, which had been wary of the immense influence the Union possessed following the aftermath of the Kothvat Civil War, also voiced its opposition to the joining decision, and started to strand its relationship with the Union soon after. Seeing an opportunity to divide the powerful alliance between the Reformed Union of Planets and the Powers Alliance, the United Rumonik Interstellar States immediately then joined alongside the Domain as outsider oppositions to the decision. This soon led to the establishment of the cabal and the conspiracy.

Bombing of the Juranin Senate
In 2671, Four Union starships, the UCAS Open Horizon, the UCAS Young Heart, the UCAS Alma Vita and the UCAS Revian were sent as convoy for Admiral Willard Bilar-Hu, chosen as ambassador to Juranin, for the joining process. During the final meeting at the Juranin Senate, a thermal-proton warhead was detonated, killing Admiral Hu, Captain Weir of the Revian and half of the Juranin officials, including Chancellor Arhar and Vice-Chancellor Rohah, who was an active voice against the joining. During the chaos, Captain Ding of the Open Horizon pursued a suspect who fled the scene. The culprit was captured just in time before he committed suicide. He was idetified as