Marzan Cold War

Cold war is the period of increasing competitiveness amongst factions settling the system. Most factions originate from the strictly market and profit oriented entities, therefore race for rich ore deposits soon spiralled into animosity and on occasions open hostility. Ignoring emergency signals was just the start of the cold war. Soon situation devolved into market manipulation by the rich factions that bankrupted the poorer ones or forced them to merge into larger entities. These entities tried to compete against larger and richer factions which forced them to cooperate as well.

Soon, fronts formed, with an Alliance of independent factions (AIF) on one side and the Unified Hedge funds (UHF) on the other. Sparking incident for the hot war was the asteroid bombardment of New Earth which destroyed several fuel refineries and killed hundreds of people. That was the first strike of an undeclared war by the AIF against the UHF.