The Cleansing Wars

The Cleansing Wars was a series of wars initiated and conducted by The Republic of Rootiga, the wars were intended to wipe out and exterminate as many non-human species in the galaxy in as short a time span as possible.

The Republic of Rootiga was the sole aggressor in the wars, claiming full responsibility.

The First War
The First Cleansing War was directed at the nation of Bolskev, specifically due to the insectoid population of which was seen as a threat by the Gezogvian population.

The Second War
The intent of the Second Cleansing War was to remove all non-human species from the Beniedum Quadrant, the Gezogvian home quadrant

The Third War
By the time the Third Cleansing War had rolled around, the Rootigan population was pushing for the "purification" of the entire galaxy. Rootigan Turinavent Dorov Katoman stated that "Xenos have seemingly proven themselves incapable of properly utilizing the galaxies natural resource and an unwillingness to contribute said resources to nations that would", minutes prior to the destruction of the Akastian capital after Katoman's deal was declined. The Intent was to wipe the galaxy clean of non-human populations, of which the Rootigans nearly succeeded by killing half of the galaxies entire population.

The single deadliest battle in the entire war by military deaths and loss of weaponry was the Plabdoan invasion of Gezogvia. The Plobda Union dispatched nearly half a million warships to destroy the Rootigan capital Gezogvia, of which not a single ship returned home. Despite being outnumbered 14-1 the Rootigans managed to completely destroy the entirety of the Plobdoan fleet. The ships role in the decisive victory for Rootiga is still unknown due to the Republic of Rootiga's best efforts to keep it hidden. Following the Battle of Gezogvia the war was ended for an unknown reason of which was kept secret by Katoman.

Affects
Just over half the galaxies entire population was wiped out in the Cleansing Wars. Of the galaxies 278 trillion sentient beings, 149.8 trillion were killed during the war, leading to devastating affects in the wars only surviving two nations, Plobda and Akastia. The war crippled the economies of these two nations and many others due to loss of trade relations and economic as well as defensive ties to the nations that ceased to exist following Rootigan conflict.

The wars also stuck fear into the galaxies remaining population, as the galaxy had learned the dangerous potential of the Gezogvian military's and their lack of value for non-human lives. The war has also allowed other nations to better prepare themselves for any wars that may come again in the future, many battles serving as lessons to be learned, specifically and especially the battle of Gezogvia.