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Anlave was the site for the final act in the Birthright Wars. Exiled descendants of displaced original colonists, invaded the system in 2708, and bombarded the Naval Academy at Anderton, obliterating it. A battlefleet of privateers descended on the system, but were beaten back by a spirited and shrewd tactician; Admiral Ghenkis B'nami. It was believed at the time that Imperial finance had sponsored the coup, but no link was ever proven, and this is now seen as scaremongering.<ref name=":1" />

 

[[Jasmina Halsey]] of the Liberal Party was elected [[President of the Federation]] in 3300. Her initial popularity quickly faded after she criminalized the narcotic [[Onionhead]] in December of that year, and launched a short-lived military campaign against Onionhead growers in the [[Kappa Fornacis]] system. Soon after, an independent minor faction seized control of the Federation system of [[Lugh]], prompting Halsey to retaliate and igniting [[The War for Lugh]], which ended in an embarrassing defeat for the Federation. Halsey's reputation took its most dramatic hit when she ordered an attack against an unarmed refugee convoy which the leader of the Lugh rebels was reportedly aboard; almost ten thousand innocent Federal civilians died in the attack, and Halsey's approval rating dropped to 26%. By April 3301, her approval rating had fallen further to 16%, the lowest rating ever recorded for a sitting Federal president.

 

In 3305, Federal President [[Zachary Hudson]]'s administration narrowly survived its mandatory vote of no confidence in [[Federal Congress]], allowing Hudson to remain in office and continue his term until 3309.<ref name="TurmoilHudson">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5f8d7a7e5f584c0de06a5f2d GalNet: Political Turmoil for President Hudson]</ref>

 

On September 18, 3306, coming on the heels of the conclusion of a criminal investigation into the Starship One disaster by the [[Federal Attorney's Office]],<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5f5ba22df6205f3148762781 GalNet: Inquiry into Starship One's Destruction Concludes]</ref> Chief Technician [[Rory Webster]] of the [[Federal Navy]] Engineering Corps was arrested and charged with mass murder and treason. The investigation claimed that Webster was responsible for ordering unauthorised changes to Starship One's [[Frame Shift Drive]] shortly before it departed on former President [[Jasmina Halsey]]'s ill-fated official tour in May 3301.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5f64d17f13f948281632094e GalNet: Arrest Made in Starship One Criminal Case]</ref> Webster later confessed and exposed Fleet Admiral [[Lucas Vincent]] as the person who ordered him to sabotage Starship One, leading to Vincent's arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and treason.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5f8031b0b1c27315910a85d5 GalNet: Fleet Admiral Vincent Named as Starship One Saboteur]</ref> Due to Vincent's close friendship with Federal President Zachary Hudson, the public and some news feeds concluded that Hudson had been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Halsey. As a result, support for Hudson and the Republican Party had fallen sharply by October 19, and the Liberal Party regained majority support for the first time in years. Amid Hudson's refusal to issue a statement on Vincent, over a dozen [[Congressmen]] resigned in protest to avoid association with what some alleged was "the crime of the century".<ref name="TurmoilHudson" />