Republic of Horizon

"The Republic of Horizon was originally a colonial planet known for its shipyards in which they constructed much of the Ra'dam Federation's ships, this also included development of new types. When the Cerberus Galactic Conflict ended and the Orisa Empire came into power, it fell to the Republic to counter them and stop Emperor Thaddeus' power hungry notion and eventually Romius. In the end, the Republic of Horizon won and its influence spread without the Orisa Empire to stand before them and in the end became the Unified Government of the Republic."

- Excerpt from "The Colonial Wars: A Brief History - Book 2" The Republc of Horizon known simply as the Republic is a formation of a democratic republic government on the planet of Horizon in 2177. The Republic would rise to early power assisted by the Ra'dam Federation in its early stages due to mutual agreements between the Republic's government and private businesses and the Federation's Council.

With the Federation's blessing and secret fundings, the Republic of Horizon was able to take over all of the Eclipse System where the planet was housed. In turn giving them full control over the system while the Federation no longer had to worry about the colonies in the system repressing the Federation.

When the Cerberus Galactic Conflict broke out, the Federation had funded the Republic of Horizon to dish out more ships to keep up with the continuing conflict as the Federation Fleet was being crushed by the Cybros Starships. Eventually the Ra'dam Federation was forced to withdraw all forces from garrisons across colonial space to fight in the Galactic Conflict, furthermore they issued the Act of Colonial Commission which granted certain colonial planets the ability to establish their own military forces instead of simplistic defense forces, which the the Republic certainly took part in and eventually had a powerful standing army in fear of the Cybros Dominion. However the Republic of Horizon would only see direct conflict briefly in the Cerberus Galactic Conflict against a small Dominion recon fleet, which they successfully defeated.

When the Cerberus Galactic Conflict ended in 2440 and the Ra'dam Federation had fallen, a power vacuum was present in human space. Colonial planets tried to maintain peaceful political debates, which in turn only escalated the dire situation. Before a resolution could be found, the Orisa Empire led by Vance Thaddeus would emerge and take over a large portion of systems before any retaliation could be met. The Empire would be met by the Republic of Horizon who had bolstered their forces and possessed the military power to stand again them thus beginning the Colonial Wars in early 2441.

While the Republic of Horizon was able to combat the Empire, a third member would join the war being the Theron Protectorate turning the Colonial Wars into three-way war. By 2443 at the peak of the Orisa Empire's reign, Operation: Dethrone would go into effect which involved the Republic of Horizon bypassing the Empire's forces and attacking head-on at their Throne World of Orisa Daval. Operation: Dethrone was successful according to reports which confirmed Vance Thaddeus' death. The Republic of Horizon assumed victory was in its grasp and that the Colonial Wars would end in 2443, but to no avail as Thaddeus' second-in-command Alexander Romius would assume the role of Emperor of the Orisa Empire and would use Orisa Septim as their Throne World. The Colonial Wars would rage on for another four years ending in 2447 after the Orisa Empire had grown in power to the point that the Theron Protectorate and Republic of Horizon would have to make a shaky but temporary alliance to fight the Empire, which they did and were able to execute Emperor Alexander Romius and annex not only Orisa Septim but the system itself.

Following the end of the Colonial Wars in 2447, the Republic of Horizon would reinstate the Orisa Empire and stylize them as the Orisa Conglomerate operating from Orisa Septim and essentially turn the Conglomerate into a puppet state to prevent another Orisa Empire from ever coming into again. The Republic had grown tenfold its normal size, not only alliances and treaties but entire systems wishing to join the under their banner, because of this the Republic of Horizon would be defunct and emerge now as the Unified Governments of the Republic in late 2447, controlling the largest portion of systems in human space second only to the Ra'dam Federation as the UGR would allow for ceasefires and neutrality among others such as the Theron Protectorate which remained independent.