Hydra System Massacres

The Hydra System Massacres were a rash of massacres in the eponymous Hydra System.

Background
During the, with huge amounts of colonists, all with varying backgrounds and beliefs, leaving the watchful eye of the , those of similar beliefs began to congregate together on the new worlds. On most worlds, conflicts between the communities were never allowed to spiral into large-scale violence, either by mediation of an agreement by the colonial government, or a show of force by the or local. The colonies of the Hydra System, being particularly out of the way and barren of those resources Earth and the colonies needed, was not afforded the luxury of a large local peacekeeping force or particularly effective colonial governments.

This lack of effective peacekeeping, coupled with the groups of colonists, radically diverse even in comparison to those on other troubled colony worlds, soon led to the fall of the planetary government of New Adriatic in 2390, replaced with local governments, each with their own ideology and goals. Over the next six years, similar events occurred on the other two colonies in the system, with innumerable ideologies emerging