Solar Terror Attacks

Disaster / Destruction

Shortly after the foundation of the Solar Confederation, a majority of the member states was quite weak since they had just been created. Particularly the unions of the countries of the Earth, since everything had to be created and ten years were therefore necessary for these states to be truly stable with the creation of the main institutions. Even if the Martian countries were less affected by this problem since pre-existing to the confederation, reforms were still necessary with the additional latitude offered to them. Taking advantage of all this, a Martian independence group, which had become extremist after the most moderate left the group following the founding of the Confederation since they were satisfied with the latter, called the Martian Liberation Front, decided to take action to send a strong signal. Opposing any form of governance from Earth, they staged bombings in three symbolic locations. The first and most important was in New York, with the aim of targeting the seat of the General Assembly of the Confederation. The second on the Moon, in the town of Lovell City, near the monument under construction, commemorates the signing of the founding document of the Solar Confederation. Finally, a last on Mars in the city of Concordia, targeting the parliament of the Confederation of Xanthe which was considered by the group as a traitor to Mars since having fiercely campaigned for the Confederation. The attacks will be rapid and brutal, causing a hundred and fifty-seven deaths in all, they will scandalize the solar system. Far from achieving their goal of destabilizing the Confederacy, the group was quickly neutralized by a joint federal investigation. The remnants of the independence movement would later distance themselves from the group by moving towards the legal route, but never succeed in truly winning over popular opinion.