Lesser War

The Lesser War, known as the Great War at the time, was a large and devastating conflict in ancient human history. Seeing combat across Terra and Human Space, the Lesser War was the most widespread conflict humanity had ever endured up to that point.

The Lesser War began after the Middle Eastern oil dried up. The Federated States of Eurasia then had a monopoly on Terra's oil supply, and the Middle Eastern Powers saw the Russian oil fields as a prize ripe for the taking. The League of Terra believed its influence on the Caliphate following the Resource Wars was strong enough to guarantee their loyalty, and funded the Arabians in their endeavour.

However, the Caliphate turned on the League of Terra and used Maghrebi rebels to bring North Africa into conflict. With the Pan-African Union being part of the League of Terra, other nations such as America and the EC decided to intervine. War in North Africa ensued concurrent with the war in Eurasia. While it seemed that the League of Terra and the Eurasian Powers would cooperate in their war with the Caliphate, war between the two political organisations ensued. It was brought to light that the League was sponsoring the Caliphate in the first place, and this along with the heated tensions between India and China, led to the inevitability of war waiting for the powder keg to be lit.