The Second Great Galactic War (02370s)

The threatening presence of the Far Side Imperium (also called the Perseid Rift Empire by military strategists of the time) and its attempts to take advantage of the damage wrought by the Qajari incursions was a bit of a surprise to the TranStellar Federacy.  In many ways the Far Side Imperium was something of an "opposite" to the Federacy being a consortium of worlds held together by force or threat of force.  The Imperium appeared to be a reborn version of a previous empire dating back to ancient times with dreams of bringing the entire Mosaic Galaxy under its domineering control.

Far Side starships were technologically advanced and appeared to share some attributes of the mysterious Gatekeepers so common in Terran space during the early third millennium.  However, whatever connections existed between those two powers was never fully determined, although both may have arisen from a common Precursor culture.

The war itself was one of the most destructive in galactic history to that point despite its relative brevity.  Entire worlds in both galactic arms were devastated, and the fallout of this conflict would ultimately impact the events of the 02400s culminating in the Terran Frontier Insurrection of the 02440s. 

Following the trauma of facing the Qajari a decade before, the attacks of the Imperium were even more detrimental to Federacy morale.  The very alien nature of the Imperium made it impossible to fully contemplate their motives, much less to attempt to broker peace.

The VanGuard commissioned a number of new classes of exploration/combat vessels as a result of their experiences against the Qajari and Far Side Imperium.  Many of these newer vessels would serve for decades and some even fought in the Frontier Insurrection of the 02440s.  Shown here is a Taurus class attack frigate that joined the VanGuard circa 02370.

The hated avian xenoaliens called the Pauk appeared on the scene once again in the late 02370s as allies to the Far Siders.  In the strategic warfare that followed both the homeworld of the Pauk and that of the Promedians were destroyed.