After the death of High Clerist Kyrill and the fall of the Chilkit government on Chilken Prime, the Coalition tore itself apart. Rival factions battled eachother for control of the Coalition, new clans rise and fall each day.
The Clan Wars climaxed during a peace summit on the Golem Homeworld where it was announced to the Greater Galaxy that the planet of Gideon was devoid of surface life, only scattered pockets of hidden Philana survived. The death toll reached nearly six billion.
Exploitation of civilian labor and property without compensation was common. Mass murders, rapes, and riots were also common.
The Clan Wars were finally stopped when the leader of the dominant clan, Zell, finally took over his most potent adversaries. The toher clans quickly fell in line or fell to Zell's forces.
The Clan Wars are estimated to have killed nearly eleven billion people and destroyed nearly every military ship the Coalition once possessed.