Interplanetary War

The Interplanetary War was a large war between the United Nations, Koslovics, Friedens and a number of National Governments.

Background
As overpopulation and unrest mounted on Earth, a number of new political movements were formed, including the Koslovics and the Jovian Frieden movement (which attacked the UN Colonial advisors on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter), and UN-sponsored military forces begin a pattern of massive buildups which culminated in the Interplanetary War. After a successful Marine attack on Mars, recruitment drives and propaganda tactics strongly bolstered UNSC forces.

The United Nations
Leader: HIGHCOM

Homeworld: Earth

Military Forces: Unknown. Likely millions of soldiers and dozens of starships.

The Koslovics
Leader: Vladimir Koslov

Homeworld: Earth

Military Forces: Unknown. Likely thousands of volunteers.

The Frieden
Leaders: Many Unified German Republic corporations

Homeworld: The Jovian Moons

Military Forces: Unknown. Likely thousands of volunteers.

Timeline
What follows are the key events of the Interplanetary War. There were probably additional conflicts all around the Solar System and on Earth but for the most part the conflict was centered around the UN, Koslovics and Friden forces.

2160

 * The Jovian Moons Campaign. Jovian secessionist attacks on United Nations Colonial Advisors on the moon Io led to three months of fighting between the Earth military and Jovian "Frieden" forces. Though this was not the first armed conflict in our Solar System, it was easily one of the bloodiest, and is generally considered to be the spark of increased friction and militarization that followed.

2162

 * The Rain Forest Wars. Armed conflict ripped through South America, as Koslovic, Frieden, and UN forces all clashed over ideological differences, sparking additional conflicts off-planet.

2163

 * The Argyre Planitia Campaign on Mars. A series of lightning strikes against Koslovic forces near the Argyre Planitia mark the first extra-terrestrial deployment of Marines. The campaign is an unqualified success. As a result, future military doctrines favor large contingents of Marines for ground assaults and ship-boarding actions.

2164

 * Recruitment drives and propaganda tactics strongly bolster UN forces. UN forces defeat Koslovic and Frieden forces on Earth, and then begin a systematic and dedicated drive to crush their remnants on the various planets they hold throughout the system. At the conclusion, Frieden and Koslovic forces are defeated, in the face of a massive, unified, and very powerful UN military, now known as the United Nations Space Command.

2170

 * 2170 saw an unified Earth government formed in the wake of the conflicts of the 2160s. Now, the victors are forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. In the post-war period there are massive population surges and the overpopulation that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the economy.

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 * United Nations
 * UN Marine Corps
 * United Nations Space Command
 * Koslovics
 * Friedens