Northern Coalition (Player coalition)
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The Northern Coalition (NC) is a coalition of alliances living in northern 0.0 space. The two commonly stated goals of the coalition are common defense of the north from external aggression, and ongoing opposition to the Greater BoB Community (GBC) accross the galaxy. It is widely accepted that a major stimulus for bringing the Northern Coalition alliances into such close union was the brutal week long seige of EC-P8R by Band of Brothers and several other powerful alliances in 108 EST, and the desire that BoB should never again wield such power in the north.
The Northern Coalition is non-expansionist, as it does not generally seek to capture territory outside the North. It's member alliances operate independently on a day to day basis, coming together only for large conflicts especially in defence of the north. The major members have full control of their own space, with guest alliances operating within that space (or within Venal), under a variety of agreements.
Standings
The Northern Coalition's political stance has always been uncompromisingly hostile towards the GBC to such an extent that it often uses that relationship to define other standings. At the height of The Great War of 109-110 EST the NC openly operated a 'With BoB or against BoB' politics. However during times of relative peace the NC usually seeks to reduce the number of entities that it has explicit non-agression agreements with. As a result the Northern Coalition's standings towards Red Swarm Federation have traditionally varied between neutral and allied status.
Coalition Members
The coalition has little formal structure but the primary land holding member alliances as of January 111 EST are generally considered to be:
- Imperial Republic of the North
- Majesta Empire
- Morsus Mihi
- Mostly Harmless
- RAZOR Alliance
- Stella Polaris.
- Tau Ceti Federation
- The Initiative.
- Wildly Inappropriate.
- Circle-Of-Two
In addition to this, the Northern Coalition consists of a number of 'Guest' alliances who's role and status varies greatly from old friends to renters to full members in waiting. Each Guest is the responsibility of a full member.
History With Tau Ceti Federation
In late July 108 EST, shortly after forming, TCF invaded Morsus Mihi held Tribute. After briefly capturing both stations of H-W9TY and D7-ZAC they dug-in in the later as Morsus Mihi and other Northern Coalition alliances returned from operations in Cloud Ring. Attempts to remove TCF quickly weren't succesful and the war saw heavy capital losses on both sides, including the August 2nd battle where 8 RAWR and 6 TCF dreadnaughts were brought down. At the time the battle was the bloodiest yet among capsuleer alliances. At the height of the stalemate TCF attempted to trade their position for permenant space elsewhere in the north. The NC while impressed by TCF's resilience were keen to show this was not the way to win their favour and so ended negotiations. For two months TCF and minor allies held out in the system against large sections of the NC including the capital fleets of D2 and RZR before finally being worn down. They retreated to Venal briefly before leaving the north.
In December 110 EST (following the withdrawal by BoB from the north at the end of the MAX Campaign) TCF returned to the north by joining the NC as a full member and relocating to Deklein. TCF had assisted the Northern Coalition against BoB and Triumvirate. during the MAX Campaign.
