The Zarlack Revolt of 02270

As the 02260s wound down, a major change in interstellar politics was about to take place.  One of the species conquered by the Cronans and held under their sway for a century was the serpentine Zarlacks, a once proud race closely related to the enigmatic Draconyar encountered by a Terran captain five years previous.  After achieving a brief independence from the Cronans during the early part of the 02200s before being re-conquered, the Zarlacks worked tirelessly to regain their freedom.  When their final revolt took place in 02270, they waged a devastating campaign against their hated Cronan foes, leading to a collapse of the regime that turned the once feared Cronans into a secondary interstellar power. 

The Zarlacks were heirs to a once-great empire based many lightyears from the known worlds, but had fallen under the domination of the Cronans a century before the founding of the TranStellar Federacy.  TransFed supported the independence of the Zarlacks in the 02260s and 02270s as a way to restrain the power of the Cronans, but soon regretted their actions as the Zarlacks became an even greater thorn in the side of the Federacy over the next century despite their occasional, but often brief, alliances during the 02300s.