Dellalt Conflict

Template:Battle Template:Campaign The Dellalt Conflict was a Hapan military operation in the Dellalt system of the Allied Tion sector during the summer of 4031. Ships from the Royal Hapan Navy initiated a blockade surrounding the planet Gantari in order to protect the Hapan-nationalised Nikklon Mining Incorporated from the forces of the New Anzat Order.

To date it remains one of the largest operations conducted by the Royal Hapan Armed Forces during the Golden Age.

Conflict Roots

Claims to Allied Tion

In 4031 three parties had claims in the Allied Tion sector:

• The Galactic Empire had a default claim to Allied Tion as the galactic government, and considered the sector to be de facto Imperial territory, despite the lack of outposts or bases.
• The New Anzat Order had announced their claim on the sector via the GNS some time in the course of the spring of 4031, but it is uncertain whether this happened before or after Nikklon Mining Incorporated set up operations there. When the conflict began, they had not established any bases or outposts there.
• Nikklon Mining Incorporated claimed the Dellalt system within the Allied Tion sector. However, due to the company's small size and limited range of operations, its claim on the system was considered invalid by most groups.

Initial Aggression

Nikklon Mining Incorporated had set up operations on the planet Gantari in the Dellalt system from the start of 4031. While nationalised with the Hapes Consortium, the company maintained a number of mining operations in sectors outside the Consortium's sphere of influence.

When news of their operations reached the leadership of the New Anzat Order, they sent a number of diplomats to discuss the situation of the Dellalt system and details regarding jurisdiction. All of the talks ended badly.

The New Anzat Order dispatched warships to Dellalt in order to blockade the planet and keep Nikklon vessels off Gantari. The situation escalated when a capital ship from the NAO naval force landed on a crowd of Nikklon workers on Gantari.

Jeff Corbin, CEO of Nikklon Mining Incorporated contacted the Hapes Consortium as well as other groups and individuals to help sort the situation out.

Diplomacy

The first to receive Jeff Corbin's distress call was Lord Tylger who was near Allied Tion. Two ships from House Tylger's armada entered the Dellalt system on June 27 in an attempt to discourage further aggression from the Anzati government. He attempted, without much positive result, to mediate between the two parties in the conflict.

Lord Starfyre, the Minister of External Affairs, arrived in the system on July 6 onboard the diplomatic flagship HRS Hope, escorted by two Nova Battle Cruisers. Official talks began between the Hapes Consortium and New Anzat Order as the Anzati officials reluctantly accepted the Hapan involvement in the conflict.

The Anzatis were plagued by internal disagreements over the proper ways to handle the talks and Prime Minister Wolfstar frequently lashed out at the Hapan diplomats. Several Anzati diplomats and government officials attempted to calm the situation by approaching the Hapan diplomats behind their leaders back, giving assurances that no one wanted the situation to escalate any further.

One of the major issues of the talks was who actually had the rights to claim the Dellalt system. Nikklon Mining Incorporated insisted they had claimed the system well before the New Anzat Order, while the Anzatis on the other hand claimed that a company of Nikklons size had no right to claim an entire star-system.

The parties were also unwilling to discuss issues such as taxation of local residents, the export of mined raw materials and the status of all locals, which led to a stalemate.

Hapan Blockade

Due to the hostility of the New Anzat Order's leader, King James dispatched the 7th and 17th fleets of the Royal Hapan Navy to the Dellalt system in order to protect the Nikklon Mining Incorporated bases, as well as the diplomatic envoys. This provoked the Anzati leadership, but there was little they could do to stop it.

The fleets arrived on July 15 and entered blockade formation around the planet Gantari, ordering the New Anzat Order's fleet to stay away while talks continued.

Diplomacy seemed to produce few or no results as time went by and the Hapes Consortium eventually contacted the Galactic Empire regarding the situation. As the Imperials also had a claim to the sector, they dispatched a fleet from the Imperial Navy to the Dellalt system shortly thereafter.

Imperial Arrival & Blockade

The Imperial fleet arrived on August 21 and took up blockade positions around the Dellalt system while the Royal Hapan Navy prepared to withdraw, having been given assurances that Nikklon Mining Incorporated would be protected from the forces of the New Anzat Order.

On August 22, the forces of the Royal Hapan Navy withdrew from Allied Tion and set course back to the Hapes Cluster.

Aftermath

The Prime Minister of the New Anzat Order, Perrin Wolfstar, stepped down on August 23. Admiral Enzo Delaere was appointed as Prime Minister on August 28 and ordered the Anzati vessels in the system to depart.

In the time that followed, the New Anzat Order was plagued by internal turmoil and was eventually taken over by the Galactic Empire later in the year.

Today, the New Anzat Order has no presence in the Dellalt system.

References

• Royal Hapan Navy mobilises
• King James informs the Royal Hapan Armed Forces of the Allied Tion situation
• Royal Hapan Navy departs from Lorell
• Royal Hapan Navy withdraws

See Also

• Black Sun Crisis
• Operation Horizon