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| 第一次塔維因戰爭 | ||
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| Type | 種族戰爭 | |
| Dates | 11月或12月 2541 - 2546 (持續4年) | |
| Theaters | 伊德里斯, 極樂, 半人馬, 費隆 | |
| Participants | 地球行星聯合國 塔維因 Sovereignty |
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| Leaders | Trevor Borland (UPE) Unnamed (Tevarin Sovereignty) |
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| Losses | 7萬人戰死 無數人失蹤 |
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| Result | 人類獲勝，並且：
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第一次塔維因戰爭 是一場發生在地球行星聯合國和塔維因主權之前的星際衝突, 這場戰爭自2542年持續至2546年，共計4年。 這是人類歷史上的轉折點，也是包括地球聯合帝國成立在內的一系列歷史大事件的催化劑。[1] 該戰爭亦奠定了塔維因在現代歷史中的逐漸落寞的基調。[缺乏引證]
戰爭前夜
初次聯絡 (2541)
2541年11月15日上午時分，Kellar Lench博士發現了極樂星系，並在該星系的第四顆行星，Jalan（原名Kaleeth）上發現了塔維因文明的痕跡。抱着應由政要人物和外交官員完成首次接觸的想法，他只是向該星球部署了一架研究型無人機作為發現星球後的進一步動作。然而他與這架無人機失聯了。他的掃描儀顯示有幾艘飛船正朝他駛來，因此他返回了Centauri以避免產生事故。
"在Elysium IV上, 有一個自稱為塔維因的土著種族。儘管他們已開靈智, 但他們的科技水平尚且落後於我們。我們應與對方建立聯繫並將其代入UPE。這是一個將該種族升華與現代化的絕佳機會。"
Kellar Lench博士於2541年11月15日EST19時19分時對塔維因的官方評價[2][3]
War declaration (2541)
'Shortly' after the First contact, Tevarin forces declared war on Humanity.[2][4]
Motives
The Galactapedia notes that the overpopulation in the UPE and Tevarin territories were a factor for the war.[4] Another factor was the Tevarin culture at this time. It was based on a militaristic way of life and code, called Rijora.
Course of the war
Capture of Idris IV (2542)
Idris IV was soon captured by the Tevarin, the planet suffering a series of orbital bombardments. Though most of the population fled before the Tevarin finally took the planet, a few hundred stayed. Rachel Locke, a local with no military training, organized the survivors for increasingly daring strikes to disrupt the Tevarin occupiers. The group became known as the Greys.
At the central plaza of Tanys (Now called Lost Quad), the Greys were almost extinguished. A raid on what would become the Tevarin planetary defense system went drastically wrong. Rachel Locke's second-in-command, Alanna Shaw, and a large number of Greys were captured, executed and displayed in the plaza to try and demoralize the remaining Greys from further operations. It did not have the desired effect.[5]
First Invictus Launch Week
The first Invictus Launch Week happend on October 12 of 2542, bringing new recruits to Invictus Base on 火星. In 2581, 地球聯合帝國皇帝 Ivar Messer officially formalizes Invictus as a government-recognized yearly event.
Death of Ita Hurston
Ita Hurston, a Chief Warrant Officer for the Advanced Special Operations of the 地球行星聯合國 Navy, was killed in service in 2542.[6]
Operation Nemesis
Planning (2544-08)
The Tevarin War had raged into its second year. Although the United Planets of Earth had managed to claim some decisive victories, the Tevarin were unrelenting, gaining ground in 半人馬星系 and pushing UPE forces as far back as 費隆星系.
By late August 2544 SET, High General Trevor Borland had grown impatient. In a strategy meeting with his advisers, he expressed a fear that by letting the battle lines equalize, he could see both sides becoming complacent and settling into a war of attrition. He wanted "to unbalance the Tevarin; to challenge their expectations of how we had been engaging them in warfare." Over the next week, Borland, High Command and his advisers sketched out the skeletal framework of what would become Operation Nemesis.
Battle of Idris IV (2544-09-30)
On 2544-09-30,[7] UPE forces attempted to take back Idris IV. The Greys provided ground-side intelligence for the attack. This operation went down in history as the Battle of Idris IV.[5]
As the battle against the Tevarin stepped into high gear, all non-essential projects were canceled in order to focus on expanding the war effort and strengthening the Naval fleet; the terraformation of Tayac was one of the projects included in the cutbacks.[8]
Colonel Ivar Messer, a brilliant and ruthless strategist, distinguished himself in the battle. He quickly became the pride of the military and the face of the War.[1]
The victory at Idris IV galvanized the populace, drove recruitment rates up, and built on the momentum to push further into the Tevarin systems.[7]
The Bombing Run (2544-10-11)
After the beginning of the First Tevarin War, the United Times/Tribune decided to embed Renzo Oui with the 71st Carrier Wing to provide exclusive material on this historical conflict. For over two years, Renzo chronicled the successes and struggles, both personal and professional, of a Naval carrier and its pilots, bringing the realities of front line combat and military life to the public.
For his award-winning series, Renzo would accompany the pilots of the 391st Squadron on torpedo runs against Tevarin capital ships, but it was this image (infobox image) that would become one of his most remembered. Captured during Operation Nemesis, the 報復者s of the 391st were tasked with a daring run on one of the Tevarin's devastating planetary defense systems that were keeping the UPE Navy at bay. This shot, taken remotely via Renzo's camera, captures the moment where Alpha Flight opened fire. It has since been regarded as one of the iconic images of the war.
Frontlines
Human Front
The UPE Army managed to briefly seize the public consciousness during this period, when just as many battles took place across shattered landscapes than did in space. The Marines were at this time kept under the umbrella of the Army's command structure.[9]
Fueled by the never-ending stream of stories and Vids of daring pilots, recruits flocked to the Navy's stations to sign up. Even before the draft, the Navy's enlistment numbers had barely dipped.[9]
42中隊 was founded during the First Tevarin War.[10]
As the war began to swell, the military feared that the conflict in the 'West' might embolden a 希安 attack in the 'East' and thus instituted a draft.[2]
Aegis grew to prominence as a manufacturer of military spacecraft during the First Tevarin War. Favored by Ivar Messer, their orbital bombers grew to public prominence after his famous victory on Idris IV.[11]
During the war, Persei-based UPARQ developed massive magnetic coils designed to weaponize solar electromagnetic radiation. However, the project was a failure.[12]
Tevarin Front
The Naulle, highly trained Tevarin infiltrators and saboteurs, were known to deploy troops stealthily onto the hull of the massive and seemingly secure capital ships. They would breach the ships and wreak havoc inside. There are several documented cases where a Tevarin dropship loaded with Naulle successfully took down an entire Naval capital ship.
The fear of Naulle loomed over every UPE ship throughout the war. Whispers of Naulle ferocity drove captains to double, even triple their guard even while flying through 'secure' space.
The Naulle made use of an infamous boarding craft known as the 徘徊. 埃斯佩里亞 now offer a reproduction model.[13][14]
Victory (2546)
The First Human-Tevarin War concluded with a human victory, with the Tevarin surrendering to the UPE in 2546. Humanity captured, colonized and renamed the planet of Kaleeth to Elysium IV (modern day Jalan).[15]
Ivar Messer, now promoted to commander, brought the captured Tevarin leader to the UPE floor. With this act, the war was unequivocally ended.[1]
Aftermath
梅塞爾王朝 and the 地球聯合帝國 (2546)
Ivar Messer rode the popularity of his victory to become High-General. Claiming the Tribunal to be an outdated system, and cultivating a fear of the Xi'an, Messer proposed the creation of a new single office with the title of Prime Citizen. Upon election as the first (and last) Prime Citizen, it wasn't long before he restructured the government into the new United Empire of Earth (UEE) and anointed himself 地球聯合帝國皇帝, ushering in an age of unprecedented expansion and colonization.[1]
Idris IV becomes Locke (2546)
Idris IV was officially recognized within the UEE. The Governors Council named the planet after famous freedom fighter Rachel Locke.[5]
Tevarin Assimilation into UEE
The displaced Tevarin populace were assimilated, willingly or not, into the culture of their conquerors. Initially forbidden from living on the planet they evolved on, many cite that frustration as being one of the main factors in Corath'Thal's call to arms that led to the 第二次塔維因戰爭.[15]
Meanwhile the Tevarin military was scattered to the far corners of the universe. Confident in our absolute victory, we considered the Tevarin threat completely neutralized. We were however, wrong.[10]
The Tevarin also left the 卡巴爾星系 at this time, though it had not yet been discovered by the UEE.[16][17]
Prowler Technology
The study and use of the Prowler's Airshields unlocked vast technological advances in human development, many of which are still in daily usage today.[18]
Founding of UEE Marines (2558)
A noteworthy 2558 Quantum Obelisk Computer analysis of infantry actions during the First Tevarin War resulted in a flurry of changes to organization and tactics, chief among them the need to disassociate the ASO from the Army's command hierarchy. The ASO was reorganized into the core of a third spatial service. From this point on, the Marines would act fully independently of the Army. A number of smaller Navy organizations, including the Space Combat Team and the Naval Future Weapons Office, were rolled into the newly-christened UPE Marines.[19]
In Media
Requiem Past, shut out of award consideration due to a loophole regarding the release structure, is a controversial film about the First Human-Tevarin War and its aftermath that has been fiercely debated in the media for its bleak depiction of humanity's intentions and actions.[20]
References
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Galactapedia: First Tevarin War, acc. 2020-05-20
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