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[[File:ASM-135 ASAT_5.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Steorran Spere test]]Concerns over the exploration of space first popped up amid the tensions of the Auroran Cold War, which brought the [[w:intercontinental ballistic missile|intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM) into being. The Auroran Space Race, which used rockets derived from ICBMs, also lead to various proposals for the militarization of space, likesuch as satellites in polar orbits carrying numerous independently warheads capable or orbital bombardment satelliteson a moments notice. As a countermeasure to such satellites, various proposals for [[w:anti-satellite weapons|anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons]] were created, some of which progressed into active development.

In the [[Auroran Imperial War]], [[Noroist Axdel]] constructed and deployed anthe first such orbital bombardment weapon, named [[Kevatuul (Satellite)|Kevatuul]] after a [[Kozam]] deity of the night sky. It was intended as a first strike system to attack military bases and fleets in case of a [[Great Morstaybishlia|Morstaybishlian]] invasion of Axdel. However, in 1975, three Emberite[[Emberwood Coast|Emberitian]] intelligence agents were discovered attempting to sabotage the weapon. TheAs relations between the allies had been degrading since 1973, the agents were mistaken for [[Ethalria|Ethalrians]], whicha suspicion exacerbated by a confrontation and communication breakdown between their leaderships. This incident led to an overzealous commanding officer having Kevatuul fire 6 missiles at Ribenstadt and its surrounding installationsroads and railway lines leading into the city. The effect of this was devastating, as the warheads detonated in an airburst fashion to maximise their destructive effect. Ribenstadt was devastated, with millions left homeless and hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers alike were killed; both by the detonations and the subsequent unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

AsA acease-fire resultwas ofimmediately thisdeclared event,by aMorstaybishlia cease-firein wasorder promptlyto establishedprevent further confusion, escalation and talksstop any retaliatory strikes. Talks between the belligerent nations inof the AIW began, withand as a result the Weyrciff Pact beingwas signed later that year. As part of the peace agreement, Kevatuul was deorbited, breaking apart over the southern ocean where some debris was recovered

The destruction of Ribenstadt greatly heightened concerns over the future militarization of space, a fear that was compounded when, on October 2, the Tretridian Air Force performed the Steorran Spere ({{literal translation|Spear of Stars}}) test. In the test shot, an aircraft fired an ASAT missile, successfully destroying the target, a decommissioned research satellite. About 300 pieces of space debris was created from the destruction of the satellite in what would be the only recorded use or test of an ASAT weapon in history. Some pieces of debris from the test would persist in low Urth orbit until the 2000s.