Kalahari Civil War

The Kalahari Civil War (5,838–5,907 XE) was a major planetary conflict between the forces of the Awali and the Azaran over the rulership of Kalahari. The conflict began as a result of a misinterprated inheritance betweent two cousins, Matata Kitur of the Awali and Paka Akii-Bua of the Azaran. Both wished to govern Kalahari, but neither could decide who would gain the throne. Building upon the already existing hatred between the two cultures of the planet at the time (before either side developed into a unique subrace of the Xai), the two waged war against each other in the hopes of gaining complete control of the planet.

Unlike in parts of the Xyon Sector, the Xai Ascendancy did not intervene in the conflict. Thus, the war took much longer than most wars normally did at the time. In time, neither side could attain a victory, and the damage done to the planet so great, that no side wished to rebuild in the event of a victory. Thus, both sides left the planet in 5,907 XE, and sought out new homeworlds to live upon while Kalahari healed itself naturally. The Awali and the Azaran since formed two seperate political entities that later became the Awali Star Empire and Azaran Free Tribes following their seperation and temporary abandonment of their homeworld.

As no victor was ever determined, both sides still engage each other whenever they meet. Today, both sides still over who is the true owner of the homeworld, and have never reconciled over the conflict. The divide between the two is so great, that their fued has since become rather infamous, and regularly discussed in the media. The Ascendenacy maintains a sizable garrison on Kalahari so as to prevent a second conflict from erupting on the planet, and potentially devestating the world once again, especially since both the Awali and the Azaran have developed new more powerful weapons in the time since their first war and those in between.