Martian Conflict

The first of the Solarian Battles, and the smallest. The Terran enforcement fleet consisted entirely of landing craft - intending to storm Mars in an air and ground conflict, not even expecting that they -could- be intercepted by Martian forces capable of engaging in meaningful combat in the Void. While methods were known, the systems developed on Earth were not efficient enough to be terribly effective in space, and thus, the Arean fleet was vastly underestimated, both numerically and in terms of capability.

The resulting massacre was unsettling enough, but the forces did not stop there. They continued, overwhelming Luna's polar stations and taking control of the moon. From here, they threatened to begin bombardment unless the governments of Terra capitulated.

Eventually, they did so, and the Solar Consortium was born.