With A rebellion started by dissidents of the previous empire, looking to disrupt our federation and carve us up to then sell to foreign powers like a cake. We fight back in the name of freedom of the peoples, using veterans that are loyal to the republican cause to train new recruits we use the military equipment we haven't burned through to start fighting against the ones who want to fight, arresting the others and spreading disinformation campaigns to at least halt recruiting of more fighters. After a few weeks of fighting using planes and ships as the enemy has few of those to suppress them and capture them, Soon finding their senior leadership and arresting all we can find as well as destroying the bunker they set up HQ in so followers of their cause cant flock to it like a religious site.