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For decades, the [[Bardeezan]] people had suffered constant raids from their more powerful neighbours, the Dorfmen of [[Byzatium]], with many Bardeezans being taken as slave or ‘Hotch’ labour to work for the Dorfmen. Consequently, the Bardeezan rulers appealed to the Federation and other neighbouring systems for help fighting off Dorfmen piracy. However, matter were complicated politically as the nominal Dorfmen government on Byzatium was also allied to the Federation, and blamed the slave trade on rogues, brigands and privateers. The main assistance given to the Bardeezans came from the powerful [[Pythron|Pythrons]] who sent equipment, supplies and instructors to boost the Bardeezans' defences. This made Bardeez a firm ally of Pythro V, but some suspected that the Pythrons were more interested in extending their own influence in the region rather than from any altruism towards the Bardeezans. Events came to a head after the assassination of a leading General of the Pythron High Command was traced back to [[Byzatium|Byzallian Dorfmen terrorists]]. This precipitated a large expeditionary force being sent from Pythro V to link up with the Bardeezans, leading to the Bardeezan War of 2388. What none of the participants on the ground realised was that the whole conflict was being orchestrated from on high by individuals who wanted to manipulate the events to serve their own evil purposes.