

Constantly maneuvering for position, the House Lords assumed that the greatest threat they would ever face was each other.Ģ000 50. These Succession Wars brought new alliances and cost the Inner Sphere precious, irreplaceable technology.

For nearly three centuries, the Houses of the Inner Sphere fought in vain for the right to rule the universe. War followed war in the wake of Kerensky's dramatic departure. In 2784, Kerensky and his followers abandoned their homes and headed into uncharted, presumably never to return. Nearly 80 percent of the SLDF heeded Kerensky's call to build a new Star League somewhere far beyond the explored universe. Unable to halt the impending conflict, Kerensky appealed to his soldiers to join him in leaving the Inner Sphere. Despite the efforts of Kerensky to hold it together, the Star League dissolved in 2781. In the chaos that followed, the Council Lords were all determined to step in as First Lord. Kerensky's forces won, but at a terrible price. For 13 years, they fought him in a bitter civil war that was the largest conflict ever fought by humanity, before or since. The Star League Defense Force (SLDF), commanded by the brilliant General Aleksandr Kerensky, refused to accept Amaris' rule. In 2766, Amaris assassinated Richard, and all known Camerons, and took control of the Star League in a bloody coup d'etat.

Ambitious and distrustful, they plotted against each other, while an evil genious named Stefan Amaris wormed his way into Richard's trusting heart. Young Richard Cameron ruled in name, but the real power lay with the 5 Council Lords. In 2751, the sudden death of its First Lord left the Star League in the care of a child. Following Kerensky's exodus from the Inner Sphere, the remains of the once mighty Hegemony were conquered by the remaining five Great Houses, leaving only Terra which fell under the control of ComStar. To reclaim the Hegemony worlds, General Aleksandr Kerensky staged a war by that the nation was scoured, leaving only a shadow of its former self. The Terran Hegemony fell after Stefan Amaris (the Usurper of the Rim Worlds Republic) proclaims himself First Lord.
