Piostla War



The Piostla War lasted from 4289 to 4317 and is called the Weird War in many history texts.

In 4289  strange space ships, more organism than technology appeared in sizable fleets of 300-400 units coming from the general direction of the Downward Sector. The ships reporting sightings were lost shortly after the initial sightings were reported. Responding Union Military ships begun fighting each other and it soon became clear that the strange new comers possessed a strange Psionic like power to drive anyone they came in contact with into suicidal behavior and completely forget about the Piostla.

A Union Shaill Captain (PSI Inert) realized that the strangers released clouds of Psionic Spores that acted like Nanites and circumvented any known shields either directly or via the shield gaps needed for propulsion and weapons. Using Saresii Psi technology, X101 troops and new psi shielded Space Suits the Piostla were engaged and pushed back ( Seventeen Union Worlds and a number of Shiss and Galactic Council worlds fell victim to the Piostla (The populations committed collective suicide) Saresii and Kermac were especially vulnerable to the strange and to this day not completely understood Psionic Power.  To this day  the only combined military action of the Big Four pushed the Piostla completely out of the Upward Sector and were followed to an Piostla Infested Area of the Downward Sector. A Piostla core world was found and destroyed, but all experts are in agreement that the Piostla are not native to the Milky Way Galaxy.

The USS Mentalist and the USS Braddock are part of a Union Program trying to find the Origin of the Piostla.