I-Fleet Wars

Military: Skirmish

After some decades during which they claimed harrassment by commercial shipping providers and consortia, in 2584 the Agarn of the Independent Fleets filed a Declaration of hostile intent with the Interstellar Clearinghouse Academy, citing as adversaries a list of shipping organizations they claimed had committed hostile actions against I-Fleet ships.

The ICA had an existent Study Group on Independent Fleets, but no established protocols for recognition, diplomatic or commercial relations beyond listing Fleets as a commercial entity. Unwilling to act without additional consideration, the ICA referred the Declaration to the Study Group, leading to two decades of on-and off guerilla actions in the shipping plots that increased costs, drove up insurance rates, and disrupted trade.

In 2604 the Study Group reported out and recommended the creation of a new recognition protocol for "extracolonial entities" modeled along the protocols related to Independent worlds. The Independent Fleet Protocols achieved signatory validity within a year, bringing the conflicts to an end.