Magnus Circle

The Magnus Circle is officially a pirate fleet born from rebel labor unions as a reaction to New Unity legislations reducing the rights of off-world workers. While mostly benevolent to passing traders seeming only to pass by the system, it has grown increasingly hostile as a lack of resources and heavy military losses has reduced its survivability.

With no officially known central headquarters, the organization is judged by most governments as a spacer terrorist group with no bearing on the planetary actions of New Unity Front or their partners in the New Psion Administratum, and as such has not received any wide-spread support.

History
The original foundation of the Magnus Circle consisted mostly of mining vessels, cargo haulers and security ships broken off from the asteroid miner workforce after series of brutal worker rights violation done by New Unity from 3181 to 3198. After being demanded higher and higher taxes to the religious organization of New Psion Administratum, the labor unions rebelled against their employers in 3197 and established a base of operations in the asteroid fields circling in official Diogenian space.

Numerous skirmishes between New Unity and the Magnus Circle inevitably bled their forces significantly, but several planetary regions supported the Circle, including several prominent admirals from New Unity itself. These admirals managed to establish themselves as the leader's for the organization, granting the rebellion higher competency and discipline.

During the skirmish later known as the Aetolian Clash, the Circle fleet fell victim to an ambush during an assault on an outlying New Unity weapons and fuel storage on one of the Diogenian moons. The Magnus Circle lost several of their ships in their retreat, including the cruiser Red Attica, captained by the admiral Trenton Nereus. The Circle is currently in the process of reestablishing a foothold in the system, and their fallback has resulted in an increase of piracy amongst their numbers.

Player Involvement with Faction
Aided Admiral Jac Tadeas with retrieving a black box from the Xenotech Research Station on Alhondra. +