The Bolitic war of succession has entered what might be its final stage with Baron Melson making an unexpected late entry into the contest. Melson has been taking the role of Empire Caretaker, traditionally this has been a Baron not interested in the crown who has stayed out of the fray to look after the day to day running of the empire while the other top barons fight it out for the crown. Its unusual for the Caretaker to join the fight but Melson's spokesman said that the war had reached an impasse and the empire was in danger of serious decline if the issue of who replaced Borca was not settled soon.
It is not with precedent for the Caretaker to intervene if a war enters a stalemate though usually the stalemate has to last for several years such as in the case of Baron Yilindowaki who intervened after 6 years of stalemate back in the late 1900s. However Melson's spokesman said that the galaxy had changed and the Bolitic Confederacy now operated in a wider galactic geopolitical landscape. "We need the empire stable and start to rearm after the war losses. Otherwise our enemies will gain too much of a lead as they started rearming as soon as the war ended." the spokesman said on Bolitic TV.
Melson's house is not that strong though he has assembled a coalition of lesser houses to bolster his forces and the troops of the former House of Borca have thrown their weight behind him. Fighting is continuing on Castarian at a number of locations.
