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The Parliament was split in two, and despite the warnings and pleas from several neutral politicians, fighting erupted in the planet’s capital of Arcadia as members of the Dhar’hyyk Security Force clashed with vast mobs of AUA supporters. As the death toll quickly began to rise, a state of emergency was declared across the entire planet. The system was declared off limits to all vessels; and on Stardate 19302.07 (approx.), a state of civil war was declared between the Dhar’hyyk Republic and the Anti-Unification Alliance.
===The Flames of War/ The Purge===
The civil war raged across the entire Raikan system for three years, costing thousands of lives. Sources would later describe the conflict as claiming an entire generation of Dhar’hyyk’s children, an estimation that may not be far from the truth. After the initial atrocity of Bradman city it was decreed by both that civilian targets were off-limits to all combatants and that anyone ignoring the edict would be sentenced to death. These rules had been forgotten, however, by the Battle for Arcadia during which the AUA scored one of its bloodiest victories – leaving the loyalist forces leaderless and the capital in flames.
During the war, military recruitment age was reduced from eighteen to sixteen and as such an influx of “child soldiers” found themselves fighting on the front lines. Barely qualified and too young to comprehend the gravity of the situation, many young men and women were killed within hours of posting to their operational units. Some, however, would rise to greatness; as is the case of [[Braggins, Paul|Paul Braggins]], who by the age of eighteen was commanding the loyalists and had planned and led several campaigns that had changed the course of the war.
===The Romulan Front and Borg Invasion===
With the civil war over and the trials concluded, life returned began to to normal on Dhar’hyyk even as intergalactic politics seemed to be falling apart. For the first year of the Romulan War, the citizens of Dhar’hyyk remained isolated – guarding their borders and those of their customers closely. No member of the military Militia volunteered to help Starfleet Star Fleet fight the Romulans; the memory of how their predecessors had been treated still too close to the surface to be ignored. It was not until the war’s second year that a low-level diplomat was dispatched to Dhar’hyyk to request their aid – a request that was granted, though at significant financial cost.
Soldiers from Dhar’hyyk fought in many major engagements across the front, some as independent forces and some as officers or enlisted crew aboard Starfleet Star Fleet vessels. The war’s conclusion and subsequent Borg invasion did little to affect the flow of well-paid volunteers, though larger screening forces were requested protecting convoys through space near projected targets.
===Reconstruction===
Never under threat of attack by the Borg, life on Dhar’hyyk had continued as normal and the rebuilding following the civil war had been completed, though the population remained a fraction of its former size. Upon the ruins of Arcadia a new capital; New Arcadia, was built while the ruins of Bradman City were left to become a permanent memorial and warning to those who would abuse their power. Income from fighting the wars of others had paid to repair done by Dhar’hyyk’s own civil war, and for two decades the planet lived in peace – though work to further fortify the system continued, and work on new warships and weapons systems never ceased. Even an a resurrected AUA coup was ended before it had a chance to take root by the actions of several offworld officers aided by the crew of the [[USS Enterprise, CV-07|USS Enterprise]].
The Romulan War and Krynar crisis served only to strengthen Dhar’hyyk’s military economy, and Dhar’hyyk military forces took part in both conflicts; again in exchange for large quantities of credits or raw materials – further reinforcing public and political opinion that the inhabitants of Dhar’hyyk are nothing but mercenaries.
