Chig War

The Chig War was a conflict fought within Space: Above and Beyond.

History

Battle of the Belt

The war ultimately began due to the provokation the Chigs felt when the Human Aerotech corporation dispatched an unmanned prove to the Chig homeworlds sacred moon where their life first began. When detecting the prove, the Chigs sent a warning signal to dissuade Humanity from further contact and ultimately destroyed the probe. The nature of this first contact was withheld by the Aerotech corporation for reasons unknown and the governments were unaware of the existence of alien life.

This led to open hostilities in 2063 when they launched a number of attacks on Earth's first colonies which seemed unprovoked. The inhabitants of Vespa and Tellus, who had been sponsored by Aerotech, were wiped out with the survivors taken prisoner. With the initial attacks a success, the Chigs began to move towards the Earth solar system where they began the push for Mankinds home planet. Whilst passing the systems asteroid belt, the US Marines Aviator 58th Squadron managed to successfully engage the Chig fleet, delaying the invasion force long enough for Earth's battle fleets to repel the invaders.

Despite this being the case, the Chigs were known to had heavily hit against the Earth forces in a campaign outside Proxima. (Episode: The Dark Side of the Sun)

Operation Roundhammer

By late 2063, the intelligence and surveillance wings of the Earth governments had managed to chart parts of Chig territory and find the Chig homeworld itself. It was confirmed to have been the fourth planet in the Helios system with the world possessing a single moon designated "Anvil".

Using this information, Earth's military began plan a military plan for the invasion of the Chig home planet and was designated Operation Roundhammer. After 18 months of heavy fighting, the final preparations were made for the invasion of the enemy planet in 2064.

Before this was accomplished, however, the Chigs called for a diplomatic truce in order to meet representatives in order to discuss a peace. The Chig ambassador possessed a translation device and communicated the origin of his species being the same cometary mass that gave life on Earth. The ambassador also accused the Aerotech representative for his involvement in the defilement of their sacred moon and when the Human denied this; the Chig reacted violently and detonated a suicide bomb seemingly killing several members of the diplomatic mission. After which, there was a resumption of hostilities between Humans and the Chigs.

The ultimate fate of the war remains unknown as the series was cancelled after the first series was made.

Background

The advantages of the Chigs initially in the war was the element of surprise along with their superior numbers and advanced technology. However, the one problem with the Chig mentality was that their strategy preferred large scale deployments. This meant that they were unaccustomed to the tactics employed by Earth.

After the initial strike, Humanity demonstrated its adaptability and more aggressive natur allowing them to combat the Chig attackers. Furthermore, they made extensive use of special ops missions, infiltration, sabotage and assassinations to combat their enemy. This form of guerilla warfare went against typical Chig thinking who were incapable of adjusting to these tactics.

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