Apollo Minor is a space platform orbiting within the Apollo asteroid group in Sol System, and a member of the Confederacy during the First Trilogy Era. Founded in SY 120 by Asteroidal Industries, Inc., the platform grew steadily through its early decades without ever reaching the scale of the major platforms such as Dosijing or Kamijing. Its comparatively small population made it well-suited to direct democracy — a governance model it maintained throughout its history.
In SY 38, Apollo Minor's citizenry voted in a public referendum to join the newly formed Confederacy. Over the following century, the platform developed a high degree of automation and a correspondingly high standard of living. When the Solar War came, it was not a platform of soldiers. It was a platform of civilians — who chose to stay Confederate, formed a militia, and sent the signal anyway.
When Technocracy cells seized control of Apollo Minor's critical infrastructure — blockading spaceports, cutting oxygen and power — the civilian population had few options. The small militia had been overwhelmed. Most residents barricaded themselves inside their habitation blocks and waited.
The PET call went out. The Confederate fleet answered.
Fleet units bombarded Technical positions from orbit while Confederate ground forces dropped behind Technical lines, cutting off any route of withdrawal or reinforcement. Surrounded and outmatched, Technical forces on Apollo Minor were defeated within a single Mainer day. The platform's utilities were restored, and Confederate control was reestablished.
The battle stands in contrast to the near-simultaneous Confederate disasters at Dosijing and Kamijing — where Technical forces achieved decisive victories through superior numbers, false flag operations, and coordinated fleet action. Apollo Minor was a small platform with a loyal population and a clean signal. That was enough.