The Midway Void March

Military action

The Midway Void March was a forced transfer of thousands of TASA and Midwayan  Prisoners of War off of Midway Station after the PAC occupied the station during the System Wide War. It is estimated that between 198 (PAC official statement) and 2,800 (TASA claim) prisoners died or were killed during the hasty relocation.

After the First Battle of Midway Station, PAC ships secured control of LaGrange Point 3 and blockaded the station, forcing the occupants to surrender and the administrators of Midway to declare it an "Open Station". While standard practice at the time was to move prisoners aboard outgoing transports that brought in occupation troops, the local commanders chose to expedite the removal of surrendered combatants, citing "security concerns". Some prisoners were moved aboard the transports, mainly senior officers, severely wounded, and those deemed to be of high intelligence value by PAC interrogators. The rest of the prisoners were hastily forced into outdated EVA suits, emergency partial-VAC suits, and hard sided cargo containers before they were forced to move between Midway Station and the waiting PAC Carrier that was receiving prisoners.   <Go into more detail about the transfer process>   Most of the loss of life during the transfer occurred within the cargo containers, few of which were equipped with any sort of air recycler prior to the move. Many of those within these containers died of asphyxiation at some point during the eight hour journey. Some of the containers were not even fully vacuum sealed due to damage or disrepair, resulting in a gradual decompression for their unfortunate occupants. Among the free-floating prisoners, faulty equipment also caused fatal malfunctions, along with insufficient air supply for the extended time away from the station. Any prisoners who were unable to maintain their grip on the tow cables drifted away without any attempted rescue.    <Executions, assumptions of "attempted sabotage" by fleeing prisoners>