It didn't start with Bradley. We were in a war with the Borg Collective, and a single player, whom's name I've forgotten.
Anyhow, TwoNiner decided to retaliate by building a station nearby said player's spawnplanet, and fitting it with the then newly created Kami Cannon superturrets. Whether these turrets were spawncamping said player or not, is still under debate... However, the player stopped playing and the Kami-cannons were 'banned' from offensive use.
For some this was a sign that CR, and TwoNiner had gone too far. Zeveryn split off from the CR there and then I believe, or was it Zyrr?
One of those two, I keep mixing them up... Anyhow.
The faith in TwoNiner started to shake a bit there. As the war progressed, he decided to take over full military control of the CR, no longer taking votes or advice from the other members. He turned it into an Imperial set-up, while still calling it a democracy/Republic.
I called him out on this. Had a long private talk with him, after which I decided to leave the faction too.
This was the same day TwoNiner declared he'd leave the CR to fend for itself.
Most of the other admirals and vice-admirals had left, or gone inactive, with that, and CR fell into disarray. There was no information from the higher ups to the Commanders and pilots. Leanson took the wheel of the CR for a short while, and in this short amount of time, full of chaos, Bradley, whom had joined the CR as just another member, decided to betray the trust shown to him, defactioning Calderon Prime, and allowing the Borg and others to ransack it.
Thus fell the Calderonian Republic. An unlucky string of events, set in motion by a leader people had lost faith in, perpetuated by chaos, the absence of those whom could've changed the outcome, and as final stab, the betrayal by someone we trusted.