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{{Infobox Conflict
{{Infobox Conflict
|aka      = Dragon War
|aka      = {{il|Frontier War|Draconian War|Dragon War}}
|image    = Human-Draconian War.jpg
|image    = Human-Draconian War.jpg
|part of  =  
|part of  = [[Draconian Wars]]
|date    = [[2520]]
|date    = [[2520]]
|location =  
|location = [[Mutter's Spiral]]
|result  = [[Peace treaty]]
|result  = [[Peace treaty]]
|side1    = [[Draconian Empire]]
|side1    = [[Draconian Empire]]
|side2    = [[Earth Empire]]
|side2    = [[Earth Empire]]
|leader1  = [[Draconian Emperor (Frontier in Space)|Draconian Emperor]]
|leader1  = [[Draconian Emperor (Frontier in Space)|Draconian Emperor]]
|leader2  = [[President of Earth]], [[John Williams|General Williams]]
|leader2  = {{il|[[President of Earth]]|[[John Williams]]}}
}}
}}
The '''Human-Draconian War''' was a brief but devastating war between the expanding [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Earth Empire]] in [[2520]]. Also called the '''Frontier War''' ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'') some humans referred to it as the '''Dragon War'''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Draconian Rage (audio story)|The Draconian Rage]]'')


The '''Human-Draconian War''' was a brief but devastating war between the expanding [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Earth Empire]]. Some humans referred to it as the '''Dragon War'''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Draconian Rage (audio story)|The Draconian Rage]]'') It began with a misunderstanding between human and Draconian ships. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
It began with a misunderstanding between human and Draconian ships. Though brief, it was hugely destructive and gave way to two decades of a fragile [[peace]] threatened by mutual mistrust. In [[2540]], this was preyed upon in secret by the [[Dalek]]s and {{Delgado}}, ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') setting in motion [[Operation Divide and Conquer|the events which led]] to the [[Second Dalek War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'')


== History ==
== History ==
A meeting between [[human]] and [[Draconian]] representatives had been planned, but both races' ships were damaged in a [[neutron storm]]. The Draconians arrived in a battle cruiser which had been stripped of its missiles, but their communications equipment was damage by the storm, so they were unable to call for help. The human ship, commanded by [[John Williams]], was "helpless", and Williams believed that the approaching Draconian ship was planning to attack without realising that the Draconian representatives were actually onboard the ship as arranged, ignorant of Draconian culture where a noble would always travel in a battlecruiser from a position of strength. Williams believed his actions to be further justified when the Draconian ship didn't make contact, unaware of the damage the ship had taken,
=== Imperial expansion ===
[[Earth]] and [[Draconia]] emerged at the seats of the two most powerful [[space empire]]s in [[Mutter's Spiral]] during the [[25th century]]. Once the expanding frontiers met, the two [[empire]]s agreed that they would not encroach on each other's territory and respect each other's boundaries with the implementation of a galactic buffer zone. However, this agreement proved uneasy, due to continuing expansionist ambitions, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') made more difficult by differing [[Culture|cultural]] values. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'')


He decided to attack the Draconian vessel, and destroyed it. Thus began the war. It lasted for three days and over 500 million humans and Draconians were killed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'')
=== Catastrophea ===
Around the turn of the [[century]], the [[United Planetary Association]], a [[human]] organisation, [[Colony|colonised]] the [[world]] of [[Catastrophea]] (Kastopheria). The move was contested by the [[Draconian]]s, who [[blockade]]d the [[planet]]. The ambitious [[House Kryll]] took part in the blockade and went further by attempting to engineer a conflict against the UPA. General-Baron [[Kryll]] and Captain-Lord [[Samzyre]] organised a [[suicide]] mission to the planet's surface, intending to provoke UPA hostilities that would be used as justification for [[war]].


Although factions on both sides of the conflict opposed negotiations, eventually a treaty was signed establishing a frontier between the two empires to preserve the peace. The treaty also forbade subversion and espionage.
The suicide mission failed, however, as the UPA was distracted by a crisis involving [[The People|Catastrophea's natives]]. As the Draconians were dragged into the crisis too, the two sides ended up cooperating . It was agreed that Catastrophea and the People would be granted independence ratified by a non-intervention treaty. The Draconian blockade ships were used to help [[Evacuate|evacuate]] all humans from the planet. This rare example of co-operation between Earth and Draconia was hailed by many as the beginning of a more positive era of co-existence between the two powers. However, some contemporary commentators warned that maintaining these relations could prove to be difficult. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Catastrophea (novel)|Catastrophea]]'')


Twenty years after the [[peace treaty]], the [[Dalek]]s and {{Delgado}} tried to sabotage the treaty and start a new war by using hypnotism to make both humans and Draconians think they were seeing each other when their cargo ships were being plundered, when it reality it was down to the [[Ogron]]s.
=== Conflict ===
Earth and Draconia agreed to send representatives to take part in further meetings. However, one of these meetings went horribly wrong. A the planned meeting point, the Earth ship and the Draconian ship were both damaged in a [[neutron storm]]. The Draconians arrived in a battle cruiser which had been stripped of its [[missile]]s and unarmed, but their communications equipment was damaged by the storm, so they were unable to call for help.


The Daleks had hired the Master to undermine the treaty and start the war to make their conquest of the galaxy possible. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
[[File:Williams(FrontierInSpace).jpg|thumb|left|[[John Williams]], later a [[general]], who instigated the conflict on a misunderstanding. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')]]
The Earth ship, commanded by [[John Williams]], was left "helpless". Panicked by the sight on a Draconian battle cruiser and unable to communicate with them, Williams believed that the approaching Draconian ship was planning to attack. He was unaware that the ship was carrying the Draconian representatives as arranged, and was ignorant of the fact that they had made the journey in a battle cruiser because Draconian culture decreed that a noble would always travel in a battle cruiser from a position of strength.


[[Jon Bowman]] was a veteran of the conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')
Feeling forced to make a quick decision, Williams decided to attack the Draconian vessel and destroyed it. War between the empires resulted from this diplomatic disaster, with both sides believing the other had arranged the meeting to lure their opponents into a trap. It lasted for three days and over 500 million humans and Draconians were killed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'')
 
Although factions on both sides of the conflict opposed negotiations, eventually a [[peace treaty]] was signed, re-establishing a frontier between the two empires to preserve the peace. The treaty also forbade subversion and [[espionage]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
 
=== Aftermath ===
{{Main|Operation Divide and Conquer}}{{Main|Second Dalek War}}
The treaty put a quick end to the war but it left Earth and Draconian relations in a more volatile state than ever, with many factions on both sides itching to reignite the conflict. Many humans referred to the Draconians by the derogatory term of "[[Dragon #As epithet|Dragons]]". The [[President of Earth]], [[Dora (Frontier in Space)|Dora]], and the [[Draconian Emperor (Frontier in Space)|Draconian Emperor]] were wary of such a course of action, fearing that a second war would be even more devastating that the first, with the potential to bring down both empires and leave the [[galaxy]] in ruins. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
 
[[File:Draconains attack!.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Draconian]] raid on an [[Earth]] [[government]] facility, during [[Operation Divide and Conquer|the crisis]] threatening a second [[war]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'']]
With much of Mutter's Spiral remaining in this state of [[cold war]] for twenty years, the empires eventually fell prey to the [[Dalek]]s and {{Delgado}}. In a venture known as [[Operation Divide and Conquer]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquests]]'') the Master worked to bring about that second cataclysmic war to leave the galaxy open to conquest by the [[Dalek Empire]]. Utilising [[Ogron]]s and [[hypnosis]], the humans and Draconians were led to believe that their enemies were engaged in acts of [[piracy]] and hostilities, potentially sanctioned by their respective [[government]]s. The result was a series of accusations and counteraccusations which heated to boiling point and popular calls for war, only defused once the [[Third Doctor]] convinced both governments that they were both being duped by a third party. The [[Draconian prince]] met with General Williams in the President's office. When Williams was confronted with the facts that had led to the war and realised his mistakes, he offered to join the Draconians in an [[investigation]] as a way of making amends. An expedition to the [[The Planet|Ogron homeworld]] eventually led to the exposure of the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') Nevertheless, the Daleks intended to invader the galaxy anyway, regardless of wether or not the two empires went to war. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'')
 
As a result of the Dalek [[conspiracy]], the Earth and Draconian Empires joined forces to face the Daleks in what became the [[Second Dalek War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') However, the legacy of human-Draconian mistrust damaged this joint war effort. The [[Draconian Emperor (Star Tigers)|successive Draconian Emperor]] eventually pursued a de facto neutrality, which the Daleks respected so they could focus on the war against Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]'') The failure of the two sides to organise an effective united front allowed the Daleks to hold onto the initiative in the war, and they bounced back from defeat after defeat after defeat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of Time (audio story)|Out of Time]]'') The war lasted more than forty years before they finally [[Loss of the Exterminator|lost that initiative]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prsioner of the Daleks]]'') leading the war to simply "fizzle out". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'')


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
[[Steven Taylor]] cited the conflict, along with the [[Second Dalek War]] and the [[Third Dalek War]], as factors which put an end to Earth's expansionist phase, leaving [[planet]]s like [[Mechanus]] uncolonised. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'')
[[Jon Bowman]] was a veteran of the Draconian conflict. He became a decorated hero twice over of the Second Dalek War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'')
 
[[Steven Taylor]] cited the conflict, along with the Second Dalek War and the [[Third Dalek War]], as factors which put an end to Earth's expansionist phase, leaving [[planet]]s like [[Mechanus]] uncolonised. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
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The Human-Draconian War was a brief but devastating war between the expanding Draconian Empire and the Earth Empire in 2520. Also called the Frontier War (COMIC: Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer) some humans referred to it as the Dragon War. (AUDIO: The Draconian Rage)

It began with a misunderstanding between human and Draconian ships. Though brief, it was hugely destructive and gave way to two decades of a fragile peace threatened by mutual mistrust. In 2540, this was preyed upon in secret by the Daleks and the Master, (TV: Frontier in Space) setting in motion the events which led to the Second Dalek War. (PROSE: Love and War)

History

Imperial expansion

Earth and Draconia emerged at the seats of the two most powerful space empires in Mutter's Spiral during the 25th century. Once the expanding frontiers met, the two empires agreed that they would not encroach on each other's territory and respect each other's boundaries with the implementation of a galactic buffer zone. However, this agreement proved uneasy, due to continuing expansionist ambitions, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War) made more difficult by differing cultural values. (PROSE: Love and War)

Catastrophea

Around the turn of the century, the United Planetary Association, a human organisation, colonised the world of Catastrophea (Kastopheria). The move was contested by the Draconians, who blockaded the planet. The ambitious House Kryll took part in the blockade and went further by attempting to engineer a conflict against the UPA. General-Baron Kryll and Captain-Lord Samzyre organised a suicide mission to the planet's surface, intending to provoke UPA hostilities that would be used as justification for war.

The suicide mission failed, however, as the UPA was distracted by a crisis involving Catastrophea's natives. As the Draconians were dragged into the crisis too, the two sides ended up cooperating . It was agreed that Catastrophea and the People would be granted independence ratified by a non-intervention treaty. The Draconian blockade ships were used to help evacuate all humans from the planet. This rare example of co-operation between Earth and Draconia was hailed by many as the beginning of a more positive era of co-existence between the two powers. However, some contemporary commentators warned that maintaining these relations could prove to be difficult. (PROSE: Catastrophea)

Conflict

Earth and Draconia agreed to send representatives to take part in further meetings. However, one of these meetings went horribly wrong. A the planned meeting point, the Earth ship and the Draconian ship were both damaged in a neutron storm. The Draconians arrived in a battle cruiser which had been stripped of its missiles and unarmed, but their communications equipment was damaged by the storm, so they were unable to call for help.

John Williams, later a general, who instigated the conflict on a misunderstanding. (TV: Frontier in Space)

The Earth ship, commanded by John Williams, was left "helpless". Panicked by the sight on a Draconian battle cruiser and unable to communicate with them, Williams believed that the approaching Draconian ship was planning to attack. He was unaware that the ship was carrying the Draconian representatives as arranged, and was ignorant of the fact that they had made the journey in a battle cruiser because Draconian culture decreed that a noble would always travel in a battle cruiser from a position of strength.

Feeling forced to make a quick decision, Williams decided to attack the Draconian vessel and destroyed it. War between the empires resulted from this diplomatic disaster, with both sides believing the other had arranged the meeting to lure their opponents into a trap. It lasted for three days and over 500 million humans and Draconians were killed. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Space War)

Although factions on both sides of the conflict opposed negotiations, eventually a peace treaty was signed, re-establishing a frontier between the two empires to preserve the peace. The treaty also forbade subversion and espionage. (TV: Frontier in Space)

Aftermath

Main article: Operation Divide and Conquer
Main article: Second Dalek War

The treaty put a quick end to the war but it left Earth and Draconian relations in a more volatile state than ever, with many factions on both sides itching to reignite the conflict. Many humans referred to the Draconians by the derogatory term of "Dragons". The President of Earth, Dora, and the Draconian Emperor were wary of such a course of action, fearing that a second war would be even more devastating that the first, with the potential to bring down both empires and leave the galaxy in ruins. (PROSE: Frontier in Space)

A Draconian raid on an Earth government facility, during the crisis threatening a second war. (TV: Frontier in Space

With much of Mutter's Spiral remaining in this state of cold war for twenty years, the empires eventually fell prey to the Daleks and the Master. In a venture known as Operation Divide and Conquer, (AUDIO: The Dalek Conquests) the Master worked to bring about that second cataclysmic war to leave the galaxy open to conquest by the Dalek Empire. Utilising Ogrons and hypnosis, the humans and Draconians were led to believe that their enemies were engaged in acts of piracy and hostilities, potentially sanctioned by their respective governments. The result was a series of accusations and counteraccusations which heated to boiling point and popular calls for war, only defused once the Third Doctor convinced both governments that they were both being duped by a third party. The Draconian prince met with General Williams in the President's office. When Williams was confronted with the facts that had led to the war and realised his mistakes, he offered to join the Draconians in an investigation as a way of making amends. An expedition to the Ogron homeworld eventually led to the exposure of the Daleks. (TV: Frontier in Space) Nevertheless, the Daleks intended to invader the galaxy anyway, regardless of wether or not the two empires went to war. (TV: Planet of the Daleks)

As a result of the Dalek conspiracy, the Earth and Draconian Empires joined forces to face the Daleks in what became the Second Dalek War. (PROSE: Love and War) However, the legacy of human-Draconian mistrust damaged this joint war effort. The successive Draconian Emperor eventually pursued a de facto neutrality, which the Daleks respected so they could focus on the war against Earth. (COMIC: Star Tigers) The failure of the two sides to organise an effective united front allowed the Daleks to hold onto the initiative in the war, and they bounced back from defeat after defeat after defeat. (AUDIO: Out of Time) The war lasted more than forty years before they finally lost that initiative, (PROSE: Prsioner of the Daleks) leading the war to simply "fizzle out". (PROSE: Deceit)

Legacy

Jon Bowman was a veteran of the Draconian conflict. He became a decorated hero twice over of the Second Dalek War. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)

Steven Taylor cited the conflict, along with the Second Dalek War and the Third Dalek War, as factors which put an end to Earth's expansionist phase, leaving planets like Mechanus uncolonised. (PROSE: The Chase)

Behind the scenes