Voldrad Alliance

The Voldrad Alliance was a coalition of aristocratic families in the Ultima Segmentum that declared themselves independent of the Imperium of Man during the Nova Terra Interregnum of M34–M35. They based their legitimacy off of their governance having been already largely independent from the High Lords of Terra, and claimed they were merely getting rid of a formality. Despite successfully repulsing an Imperial expeditionary force and holding their line for several decades, the Voldrad Alliance began to splinter after the death of its founder, Duke Constantin Mecetti. Over time it eventually collapsed into separate pockets operating individually which were easily reconquered by the Imperium, although the Alliance would last for about three centuries before being completely pacified.

The total military strength of the Voldrad Allied Forces at the time of their formation was estimated by the Logis Strategos to be around 48.6 million troops and 500 warships. These included both rogue Imperial Guard regiments as well as local PDF forces that were raised by the highborn aristocrats, with the latter making up an increasingly large portion of their army as the war dragged on. Their space armada consisted of Imperial Navy and SDF vessels, which the nobles were able to keep well-maintained with their large wealth. The Voldrad leaders had a policy of engaging and eliminating their enemies in space and avoiding ground combat as much as possible.

Because of the many different interests within the Voldrad Alliance that were only united by their common enemy in the form of the Imperium, it never formed a unified government or command structure, instead having the most powerful nobles be recognized as leaders. Only Duke Mecetti, the group's founder, had the universal obedience of all of the lords, but his successors were unable to attain the same level of authority. This greatly hindered its military's capabilities and contributed to its collapse.