Nizi Farhana Ornebel is selected as executive chairman of the Terran Republic. He builds his campaign on the promise that he will deal with the Hold, once and for all.

Nizi Farhana Ornebel is re-elected to the position of executive chairman for a second term. His popularity is at an all-time high with the defeat of the Hold and the reclamation of Terran Republic colonies.

The Terran Republic, the mercenaries and their allies confront the Megor forces as they arrive from the alternate timeline through the Warp Gate, in orbit around Onzora. The Terran Republic attempts to arrest the mercenary leaders, but internal strife among the mercenaries causes the Terran Republic command-class starship to enter the Warp Gate. The Warp Gate is destroyed, stranding a number of Terran Republic officers and mercenaries in the alternate timeline.

Key Terran Republic leadership is lost in the fight at the Warp Gate, including Executive Chairman Nizi Farhana Ornebel. The Terran Republic is destabilised as its political leaders scramble to make sense of what happened, and to appoint a new executive chairman.