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The '''Yellow Sun''' was one of the [[Free Guilds]] operating inside the [[Wolf Empire]].

==Description==
The Sun touched many areas, shipping and logistics foremost. They had connections with the Clan Wolf merchant caste and also [[Clan Sea Fox]] and local enterprises, and they were investors in the [[Wolf Empire]] world of [[Trellisane]] weapons factory of [[Grumman Industries]]. Secretly, they also specialized in smuggling and gun-running operations, a fact ignored by Clan Wolf.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 220</ref><ref>''Empire Alone'', p. 97</ref>

==History==
The Yellow suns were a relatively recent Free Guild, created by its first Guildmaster, former Duchess of Loric [[Pravina]], after rising high enough through another Free Guild.<ref name=EAp72>''Empire Alone'', p. 72</ref>

On 9 May [[3152]], Pravina and other Free Guilds leaders, after the [[ilClan Trial]] and Clan Wolf's establishment as the [[ilClan]], contacted the [[Wolf Empire]] viceroy, [[Star Colonel]] [[Othar]], with a daring offer – as the Empire lacked defenders, they offered to begin recruitment of [[SLDF]] militias to help protect the Empire, under the Guild's control. Othar refused, as he hadn't authority for such a radical decision, but sent it to the [[IlKhan]], [[Alaric Ward]]. Othar also ordered the Wolf Watch to increase their scrutiny of the Free Guilds, fearing they might be using him to regain power for nobles inside the Empire. As Pravina was a former noble stripped of her lands and power by Clan Wolf, he may have been right.<ref name=EAp72/>

The Yellow Sun, which by then had extended to dozens of worlds, had contact with [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in March of 3152, when [[Zeta Battalion]] was attacking Trellisane. There, Zeta's leader, Major [[Haya Tetsuhara]], contacted Factor [[Ilene]] of the Yellow Sun, asking her for help in finding the Wolf garrison's [[DropShips]] and taking the planet, as they'd been harassing Zeta for weeks with hit-and-run attacks.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 219</ref>

Ilene, saying she and her Guild would have nothing to do with helping Zeta win, refused to tell them anything, but offered to sell Zeta supplies if needed.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', pp. 221–222</ref>

Days later, when the Wolf garrison was forced to retreat from the system, they did it aboard [[JumpShip]]s bearing the Yellow Sun's flag. That, along with Ilene's disappearance, implied that the Suns had sided with the Wolves.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 235</ref>

In May, Zeta launched a devastating raid against the Empire's capital world of [[Gienah]], successfully infiltrating with JumpShips carrying Yellow Sun transponders. It may be assumed the codes were stolen or faked, and would probably cause problems between the Suns and the Empire.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 266</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Empire Alone]]''
* ''[[Redemption Rites]]'' (novel)

[[Category:Trade Unions]]

Yellow Sun Free Guild - Revision history

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