The Star War, [tel:2078-2259 2078-2259] was the first interstellar conflict between multiple civilizations; Humanity and the allies of the Earth Sphere, and the Hikiari Hikari Empire. The war began with the slaughter of most of the crew of the ISV Entrepid during first contact with the Hikari Hikari with Humanity on August 9th, 2078. It was the actual war humanity had fought since the First Contact War, and was the longest and bloodiest conflict in modern history, lasting a total of 181 years and claiming at least 20 billion lives on both sides combined.