The Alamar Incident

The Alamar Incident was a mini-war that was basically a dispute over mineral rights in the System of Alamar, in the space between Krogan and Sontaran Territory. As usual, it resulted in a catastrophic loss for the Sontarans.

There were several mineral-rich worlds located in Alamar, which happened to be near the Krogan controlled Aralakh System. The Sontarans considered this their territory, and when Krogan started establishing mining outposts on planets in the system, the Sontarans were not too happy about it.

They complained to the League Senate, who held a meeting to discuss what should be done about it. In the end, the Senate decided the Krogan were doing no harm and they let the incident slide. The Sontarans were not too happy, but they tried to ignore it.

Eventually the Krogan expanded even more, even establishing a mining facility on a gas giant merely 2 light years away from Sontar. So the Sontarans complained again. The Senate met again. The Senate refused to act, claiming that the gas giant was both unimportant and unclaimed. The Sontarans were furious. They mobilised a battle fleet, and headed towards the Krogan mining base, demolishing it and destroying the thousands of mining drones. The Krogan responded quite severely. They hijacked a Sontaran Space Station (which was incredibly easy due to the patheticness of the defences) and crashed it into one of their planets, destroying population centres and demolishing infrastructure. The League was forced to intervene. To the Galaxy's surprise (and delight, because no-one likes Sontarans), they ordered the immediate surrender of the Sontarans and demanded they withdraw their fleet, claiming they had attacked first and should be punished. The Sontarans, remembering the consequences of the last 14 wars they fought, surrendered and faced harsh penalties.

The League stated that the Sontarans were a warmongering race and that a 15th war was too much. They confiscated the Sontaran Fleet and placed a massive trade embargo on them. The Krogan fared much better, simply being asked to pay a reparations payment of 1,000,000,000 Credits for damages cause to the planet, but to the League rather than the Sontarans. They were asked to withdraw from the gas giant. They accepted without complaint. These punishments effectively ended the Sontaran's warmongering ways, and was one of the last wars they ever fought. A 15th straight defeat is quite demoralizing.