The Seven Wars

  

In the sci-fi story by A.J. Conway,  '8113', the Seven Wars are a series of conflicts that took place between the UFC and Mars over the span of almost 300 years. The root of each conflict was over competition for the Solar System's most precious resource, ore. Ultimately, the victor of the Seven Wars was the UFC.

 

The Mercurian Blockade
Date: 7736 AD /

Location: Module-M, Module-1.

Mercurian ore was the staple of the colonies and planets for the first ~3,000 years of extra-terrestrial habitation. It was found to be geodynamically long-lasting and a "slow-burn" source of power, allowing the creation of massive floating colonies, power the terraforming machinery on Mars, and remaster the human body enough to be able to live comfortably in space (low G, low oxygen, reduced nutrients, etc). When powered by Mercurian ore, the average lifespan of a geotmaton was 260 years.

Vaxu Refineries own the ore mines on Mercury, and funnel the ore to be processed at plants on Module-1. The team was originally a combination of Colonist and Martian diggers, scientists, engineers, and chemists, but when Martian scientists approached Vaux with data suggesting that Mercury has been over-mined, to the point where it was set to implode on itself, their concerns went unheard. All Mercury became more and more hollow, mine collapses and ruptures became more frequent, putting the lives of low-working miners in danger. When the Houixen government and their scientists went unheard by the UFC, they decided to initiate a blockade around Mercury, trapping it with their armed warships, and taking the workers on Module-1 hostage. Ore mining shut down, negatiations turned sour, and conflict broke out briefly in the space around Mercury and Module-1 for several weeks while miners were held hostage by Houixen soldiers until their concerns were heard. In addition, Houix also began demanding for better control and more supply of ore, with their eyes on Venus as their next target.

When negatiations failed, the UFC engaged in combat with Houix and managed to save the hostages, dismantling Houix's leverage. Conflict on both Module-1 and in the surrounding space only lasted a few weeks until Houix withdrew its forces. Vaux Refineries reclaimed Mercury and mining continued until the planet collapsed in on itself completely 5 months later, killing hundreds of miners and creating a

The Venusian War
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The Depression
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The Assault on Epoch
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The Talking War
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The Burning of Garden City
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The Declaration of Mons
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