Great War

The Great War was a conflict which occurred in Mobius' recent history between the Overlanders and Mobians. The conflict between the two distinct races goes back many years before the actual war erupted, and feelings of racism and xenophobia have continued to exist between the two as a result of the war.

Early Conflict
Roughly 1,000 years ago, prior to the formation of Mobotropolis, the Mobian Alexander realized that every species on the planet offered something unique which they could contribute to a single, large society. While trying to gather the various groups to form a single civilization, Alexander found that the Overlanders' aggressive tendencies would prove too great a risk to incorporate them into his community, and so they were excluded. (StH: #71)

The Paladin Incident
Since the creation of Mobotropolis, which was led by the first King of Acorns, Alexander, the Mobians had lived in peace and tranquility. Just outside the boundaries of the kingdom existed the mysterious Overlanders. Contact between the two species had been more or less benign since the creation of Mobotropolis. During the next king's rule, Theodore Acorn, a tragic accident befell his son, Emerson. While Emerson was making his way back to Mobotropolis with a group of other Mobians, he decided to take a detour and explore around the areas of Roundabout Creek. There, he met the Overlander Paladin, whose city was nearby just beyond the Badlands and had gone to do some target practice.

The two were enjoying each other's company, and Paladin decided to teach Emerson how to shoot a gun. Things took a turn for the worst when Paladin decided to target a bird, and Emerson jumped in the way hoping to prevent the bird's death. The shot killed Emerson, and as King Theodore came looking for his son, he saw Paladin running away into the forest. Instead of calling for vengeance, Alexander simply forbade contact between Mobians and Overlanders, as well as establishing a no-gun policy. Little did he known, his no-gun policy would gradually lead to a much larger misunderstanding, which resulted in the Great War. (StH: #72)

The Arrival of Nate Morgan
The death of prince Emerson and Alexander's no-gun policy resulted in tensions between the two people. However, for centuries, conflicts remained as small skirmishes along to border and never escalated. This changed during the rule of King Frederic Acorn. (StH: #73)

The scientist Overlander Nate Morgan had recently been exiled from his home in Megapolis, when his assistant Julian Kintobor caused one of Nate's studies to fail and endanger the society. Nate was accepted into the Mobian society by King Frederic with open arms when he was found in the wilderness. The kingdom had remained in a pre-industrial state due to the Mobian belief in the preservation of nature, ever since the death of Emerson. Nate resumed the work on his previous failed study, which was to create a clean power source to replace fossil fuels. Nate created the Power Rings, which acted as conduits for the mysterious Chaos Emerald King Frederic provided him with. With this new power supply, Mobotropolis broke out of its pre-industrial state and echoed in a new golden age.

A short time later, Frederic's son, Maximillian Acorn, assumed the mantle of king. Unfortunately, with the new technology replacing the need for the court's wizard, Ixis Naugus, the magician conspired to have Nate Morgan exiled from Mobotropolis. After Naugus was unable to convince King Max of Nate's "treacherous nature" He and general Kodos formed an alliance and would both work to prove it to the king. Naugus used his magic to increase the emotion of hatred in a group of Overlander troops that were nearby Nate, Kodos and a group of Kodos' armed troops while Nate was performing an environmental survey of the Great Forest. With Kodos and Nate the only two to have survived the encounter, Kodos informed the king that Nate had provided the Overlanders with the location of the kingdom. Nate, feeling he had caused enough trouble to both the Overlanders and Mobians, imposed self-exile on himself, and left the Kingdom. With the conflict between the two growing, Naugus fled to the realm he discovered known as the Zone of Silence until it ended, while Kodos remained behind. (StH: #65, #73)

Instigation
When two scouts from both sides met, neither one wanted to engage in combat. The two decided they would return to their respective lands and inform their people war would be futile and result surrender. However, the two had been discovered by Kodos and a group of his troops. Kodos executed both, and had their bodies delivered to each side with a note saying this is what happens to all who oppose us. Each side was convinced by this that they were dealing with savages, resulting in the start of the Great War. (StH: #73)

A short time later, Julian Kintobor was rescued in the Badlands by the hedgehog brothers Charles and Jules. Julian was able to win the trust of King Max, particularly since Max felt responsible for Nate Morgan's self-exile and wanted to rectify this by trusting the newly arrived Overlander. Additioanlly, the Overlanders were attacking Mobotropolis, making the king all the more desperate for a solution to the war. Julian managed to gain status in the kingdom when he knocked Kodos unconscious and threw him into the Zone of Silence, and convinced them Kodos had died when meddling with one of Naugus' left behind tools. Julian convinced the Mobians that unless they defeated the Overlanders, their enemies would not rest until they wiped them out. This resulted in full scale war between the Mobians and the Overlanders. Additionally, with his knowledge of the Overlander tactics, Julian was appointed the new warlord to replace the presumed-dead Kodos. (StH: #50, #74, #76)

Conclusion
With Julian's assistance, the Mobians were finally able to go on the offensive and eventually defeat the Overlanders. (StH: #50)

Post-Mobian Victory
Roughly 5 years after their victory over the Overlanders, Julian, now calling himself Dr. Ivo Robotnik, through a coup d'état and overthrew the Acorn Monarchy. He banished King Max to the Zone of Silence, and began roboticizing the population of Mobotropolis. His reign as Mobius' dictator lasted for over a decade, until he was ultimately defeated by Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters. (StH: #43, #50)

Overlander Response
Having lost to the 'inferior' Mobians, the Overlanders were racked with shame. Lead by Julian's brother Colin Kintobor, the Overlanders took off on board two spaceships to look for a new planet to call their own. After failing to find one over the course of 15 years, and with their supplies running low, the Overlanders eventually returned to Mobius. At this point, Dr. Eggman was replaced the now-deceased Dr. Ivo Robotnik (formerly Julian Kintobor) and convinced the Overlanders to stay in Robotropolis. When it was discovered Eggman was secretly allowing them to succumb to toxic radiation poisoning, the surviving 70 families from the star trek left and integrated with their human counterparts in Station Square. (StH: #92, #93, #94, #105, #106, #107)