Kralkuren Mutiny

The Kralkuren Mutiny (2913) was a major mutiny in the Conoilithian Empire, involving ethnic Arjentrian regiments of the Imperial Conoilithian Army.

BACKGROUND
In the Imperial Conoilithian Army, as far back as the 24th century, there had been 'auxiliary' regiments raised from conquered territories of the Conoilithian Empire. As a result of this, there were 3 ethnically Arjentrian infantry regiments, and 1 ethnically Arjentrian cavalry brigade. This policy had been maintained for hundreds of years.

However, concerned by the rise of Arjentrian revolutionary activity, as part of their efforts to suppress dissent and Arjentrian nationalism, in 2907 Imperial Conoilithian High Command - made up largely of aristocratic ethnic Conoilithians - decided to stop assigning new recruits to the Arjentrian units, instead mixing ethnic Arjentrian recruits in with regular units. At the end of 2912, it was decided that the Arjentrian units would be disbanded altogether, as Conoilithian officers feared the ethnically Arjentrian units would be breeding grounds for nationalist and revolutionary sentiment; Arjentrian troops would be redistributed and spread out across the remaining regular army. Although there was much suspicion against the Arjentrian race, they were never completely removed from the military as done with Mittelrijkian diaspora, since the Arjentrians represented the second largest ethnic group in the Conoilithian Empire next to the Conoilithians themselves.

When Arjentrian officers heard of this, they saw this - perhaps rightfully - as a forceful attempt to stamp out the Arjentrian race's ability to unite together and protect itself, and were outraged. Complaints were shut down, and many officers were arrested. In the end, the remaining Arjentrian officers saw no choice other than either retirement or mutiny; many chose the latter.