Auroran-Cerenerian War

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The Auroran-Pacific War (APW) was an international military conflict between the Bursil Alliance and the Rivendale Pact. The war arose against the backdrop of fascist forces rising in Lower Ethalria and Upper Ethalria due to resentment over the partition of United Ethalria and imposition of foreign systems of government and economically crippling reparations payments following the Auroran Imperial War.

Auroran-Pacific War
Colonarius Mk2's in action during the war
Date 31 May 2017 - 24 October 2017 Location Aurora, Pacific Ocean Result Allied Victory Collapse of the Matriarchy Ethalria Collapse of the Greater Ethalrian Empire Formation of the League of Novaris Decline of the South-East Pacific Coalition Formation of the Realm of the Yor Isles
Belligerents
Bursil Alliance: Great Morstaybishlia The Oan Isles Axdel Tretrid Kuthernburg Atiland Nacata Lokania Furnifold Yor Asendavia Vistaraland • Vistari West Pacific South Peragen Mexregiona	Rivendale Pact: Matriarchy of Ethalria Greater Ethalrian Empire Kostromastan Stratarin
Commanders and leaders
The Allies: Walter Johannes Leon Jolva Emperor Oahoanu Rico Lúaz Jon Harstad VII Owen Tubolt  † Marium I Lukas Heide Levan Dekker Jariano II Tunsedoro Tejedor Mister Leader II	The Axis: Amalda Harimann (MIA) Boris Olegovich Erwina Pipenz (MIA) Mikhail Starikov
Strength
2,000,000 600,000 540,000 200,000 89,000 32,000 41,600 9,100	1,236,000 700,000
Casualties and losses
106,724 22,000 21,400 7,605 6,900 4,840 4,101 2,840 862	~230,500 10,513

The war was preceded by the Yor Civil War which was an armed conflict between the Dominion of Yor (with the support of the Republic of Ethalria and Kuthernburg) and the Opposition Fighters of Yor (with the support of Al Jaheed). With mounting international criticism about human rights violations committed by Lower Ethalria and compromises being made by the government, fascist forces led by General Erwina Pipua led a mutiny of half Lower Ethalria Armed Forces and declared Lower Ethalria. Lower Ethalria Civil War ensued which led the Republic of Ethalria to flee to Yor and negotiate a peace agreement with the Opposition Fighters. Retaining control of the navy, the Republic imposed a blockade on the GEE. The GEE, Stratarin and Upper Ethalria subsequently formed the Rivendale Pact and orchestrated the attempted assassination of King Lambertus VII of Great Morstaybishlia and the actual Prince Thadeus, Duke of Horkalo. A summit was called in Sani Bursil, Staynes leading to the creation of the Bursil Alliance. Al-Jaheed fell out with the Opposition Fighters and set up a rogue state in GEE during the chaos of the Civil War that was eventually defeated by Kostoria-Obertonia.

During that summit Mikhail Starikov overthrew the government of Stratarin led by Viktor Drugov. A fascist radical named Benjamin Morris tried to assassinate Prime Minister James Stevenson of Tretrid leading to Tretrid entering the war. A conference of South-East Pacific Coalition was held in Vistari West Pacific that heralded its collapse.

Terminology

Lower Ethalria refers to the country that formed from the western half of the Grand Matriarchy of Ethalria after the Auroran Pacific War and existed up to 29 October 2017. The legitimate government of that country was contested. The Republic of Ethlaria refers to the internationally recognised government of Lower Ethalria that ruled all of the territory of Lower Ethalria between 1971 and 28 May 2017 that eventually set up a government-in-exile in Yor. The Greater Ethalrian Empire refers to the fascist government that was set up during Lower Ethalrian Civil War. In conclusion, Lower Ethalria is the country, the Republic of Ethalria and Greater Ethalrian Empire refer to governments that ruled over it at different times.

Combatants

Bursil Alliance

Axdel was a constitutional presidential republic. President Leon Jolva led the war effort. It is the second largest country in Aurora in area, population and GDP. It had an area almost 3 million square kilometres. It had a developed diversified post-industrial capitalist economy of 4 trillion KRB. It had a population of over 120 million people. The Axdel Armed Forces had a total budget of 80 trillion KRB and a total manpower of 500,000.

Great Morstaybishlia was a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The country was represented by King Lambertus VII and led by the Prime Minister Walter Johannes. It had a population of 500 million and a GDP of 14 trillion KRB. It had an area of 5,9 million square kilometers including territories spread across all the continents on Urth. The Royal Armed Forces of the Empire has a total budget 580 billion KRB and total manpower of 5 million troops.

The Oan Isles was a constitutional monarchy under parliamentary democracy. The country was represented by Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II followed by Oahoanu led by Prime Minister Locklyn Le Roy. It had a population of 12 million people and a GDP of 600 billion KRB. The Oan Defence Forces had a budget of 30 billion KRB and a manpower of 200,000 troops.

The Republic of Ethalria was a democratic state that claimed Lower Ethalria and was recognised as the government of that nation by the vast majority of the international community. It moved all of Lower Ethalria's gold reserves and foreign exchange reserves to Yor. It also brought most of the most talented and skilled civil servants in Lower Ethalria. In fact, about a third of the businesses from Lower Ethalria moved their headquarters to Yor. About half of the national treasures like art and so on were brought to Yor. It also received incredible amounts of military aid and loans from foreign nations. it controlled a military of 400,000 men and all of the naval vessels of Lower Ethalria except for the nuclear submaries. it fled to Yor with a tenth of the population of Lower Ethalria. The government of the Dominion of Yor ceded all control of Yor to the Republic of Ethalria.

Rivendale Pact

Greater Ethalrian Empire was a one-party militaristic dictatorship ruled by High Commander Erwina Pipua. It had a GDP of 1 trillion KRB and a population of 170 million people. The Greater Ethalrian Imperial Armed Forces had a budget of 100 billion KRB and a manpower of 1 million people. Trade sanctions, a naval blockade, asset freezes and travel bans were imposed on this nation that were severe they crippled its economy such that it lost 10% to 15% of its value in a few months

Upper Ethalria was a one-party dictatorship ruled by Matriarch Amalda Harimann. It had a military strength of 1,236,000.

Yor Civil War

President Tamia Kennedy of the Republic of Ethalria (the state that ruled Lower Ethalria prior to 28 May 2017) held a meeting with President Owen Tubolt of Yor on 26 May 2017. Tubolt reported that a rebel group had emerged in Yor by the name of the Opposition Fighters of Yor. He alleged that Al Jaheed was supporting that group. Recognising the seriousness of a potential civil war and the emergence of piracy in the Ethalrian Republic's southern waters, President Kennedy agreed to send military aid in the form of soldiers and military equipment to stop the rebels. Furthermore, she wanted to use this crisis to reduce the international criticism against Lower Ethalria for installing a puppet government led by Tubolt in Yor. Faced with a common enemy, Kuthernburg and Lower Ethalria joined forces to combat the threat of the Opposition Fighters.

The Opposition Fighters led by Simon Skoglund stated goal was overthrown the Tubolt government because it was seen as a colonial subject of Lower Ethalria. They subscribed to the extremist communist ideals of Al Jaheed. Lower Ethalria's forces launched a military attack in support of the Tubolt government that day. The Opposition Fighters destroyed a Kuthern helicopter carrying five Kuthern marines led by Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Blomqvist believing that Kuthernburg was also an illegitimate force. Some of the marines survived and tried to rendezvous with Lower Ethalria forces. The Opposition Fighters also destroyed another helicopter belonging to Lower Ethalria. Following these military successes, the Opposition Fighters went after wealthy civilians.

Following the destruction of the helicopters and reports of attacks on civilians, a squadron of D-22 bombers of Lower Ethalria Air Force began an aerial bombing campaign of Al Jaheed targets. This included the use of chemical warfare through dropping a chemical agent known as napalm. Lt Col Blomqvist led the survivors into a building occupied by Opposition Fighters forces. They defeated the poorly trained forces and commandeered a radio. Private Elisabeth Naslund managed to get a telephone line to Lower Ethalria forces and she informed them of their location and the fact that the Opposition Fighters had sent at least 300 of their fighters to search for the Kuthern survivors.

Shmaaya ben Sorek, commander of the Opposition Fighters led a maritime attack against a container port using small military vessels like large patrol boats. After receiving the radio from Private Naslund, Lower Ethalria forces sent a team to rescue them. Admiral Yuki Hempi of the 2nd Naval Fleet of Lower Ethalria Navy received clearance in the later afternoon from the Yor Military Command to attack Opposition Fighters vessels.

Queen Naomi Truden II of Kuthernburg addressed the planet later that evening. She congratulated the forces of the nations involved in assisting the Latianburg insurgency, earlier that year. She commended the forces fighting in Yor and condemned the Al Jaheed. Furthermore, Naomi Trudent conferred the Blue Medal (Kuthernburg's highest honours) on Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II of the Oan Isles and Magistrate Jacopo d'Arrigo of Furnifold.

After 12 hours of intensive bombing, 5000 members of the Opposition Fighters were reported dead by Lower Ethalria Armed Forces. The RKS Blueacia, a military vessel from the Kuthern navy arrived to offer support to Lower Ethalria and Yor forces. Lower Ethalria Marines and Yor Self-Defence Force troops clashed with the 300+ Opposition Fighter troops that Private Naslund had informed Lower Ethalria forces of. Lt Col Blomqvist and his team were rescued.

The FMS Sandcrawler, a Furnofoldian merchant ship rescued York refugees off the coast of Lower Ethalria. After radioing Lower Ethalria coastal authorities, the FMS Sandcrawler was instructed to transfer the refugees to the RES Irving (a Lower Ethalria Coast Guard ship) for processing. The captain of the Sandcrawler decided to drop off the refugees at the next port-of-call rather than hand them over to Lower Ethalria forces because he did not trust them, furthermore they were far-enough from Lower Ethalria that they were no longer in their territorial waters. This caused a massive diplomatic incident because Lower Ethalria felt that there may have been Opposition Fighter/Al Jeehad terrorists among the refugees. President Kennedy called Magistrate d'Arrigo and demanded that he order the Sandcrawler to hand the refugees to the Irving as requested.

Lower Ethalria sent the Irving with an escort of destroyers to intercept the Sandcrawler. The Sandcrawler received a warning radio from the Irving. The Sandcrawler radioed the Blueacia to help them. Captain Vlador of the Blueacia was suspicious of Lower Ethalria and instead opted to rescue the Sandcrawler with the aid of its naval escort. They radioed the Irving and demanded that they step back because the Sandcrawler was in international waters. The Irving was forced to step down. The Blueacia escorted the Sandcrawler to safety. In light of this incident, President Kennedy declared an official blockade of Yor to prevent anyone from getting in or out. The Sandcrawler headed to Nuremkastel, Kostoria-Obertonia.

One of the refugees recounted the horrors of the invasion of Yor by Lower Ethalria to the captain of the Sandcrawler. The refugee spoke about how Lower Ethalria had invaded Yor and installed the Tubolt government as a puppet state. This created conditions for Al Jaheed to capitalise on the anger that the people felt to start a civil war and create a beachhead for Al Jaheed. Most of all, the refugee recounted the humanitarian implications of this war including the incredible human rights abuses that Lower Ethalria was committing. News of this report reached Magistrate Jacopo d'Arrigo in Furnifold. He was so moved by this story that he contacted President Kennedy and refused to order the Sandcrawler to hand over the refugees.

In light of the serious allegations of war crimes and sapient rights violations, President Kennedy sought to salvage her country's reputation by proposing a ceasefire to rescue civilians. Lower Ethalria government contacted the Opposition Fighters of Yor to begin negotiations.

Overthrow of the Republic of Ethalria

Coup d'etat

Not long after Queen Naomi Truden II's speech, President Kennedy granted the head of Lower Ethalria National Intelligence Agency unofficial powers to wiretap communications lines throughout Lower Ethalria after receiving a tip-off that her government was under threat. The story of the refugee as well as the seeming weakness of Kennedy's government gave the perfect opportunity for Erwina Pipua and the fascists to launch a coup d'etat against Kennedy.

On 28 May 2017, half of Lower Ethalria Armed Forces under the command of General Erwina Pipua mutinied. They captured and killed President Kennedy and her Cabinet as well as most of the Parliament of Lower Ethalria. The Glitzernd Stock Exchange was ordered to close. Pro-Lower Ethalria forces held off at Fort Wahington and fought against the mutineer forces. The city of Laona was a bastion for Pro-Republic forces and continued to send supplies.

Unfortunately, the mutineers took control of four ICBM silos and seized half of the nuclear submarines of Lower Ethalria Navy that carried nuclear-armed ICBMs. Protests and insurgencies ensued in the streets supporting and resisting Erwina Pipua's takeover. What remained of Lower Ethalria government installed Roberta Jones as the President of Lower Ethalria. Erwina Pipua issues a decree and public announcement proclaiming the establishment of Lower Ethalria. Most of what remained of the government of Lower Ethalria fled to Yor and established a government-in-exile. Other than the 4 nuclear submarines, Lower Ethalria retained control of Lower Ethalria Navy. However, Lower Ethalria forces retained control of Laona.

Kuthern response

Kuthern forces discovered that one of the refugees who had been rescued by the Sandcrawler was in fact a member of the the Opposition FIghters of Yor. He was and was interrogated by General Budar in Nuremkastel, Kostoria-Obertonia. He explained that the sole purpose of the Opposition Fighters was to end Lower Ethalria's colonial rule thus the Kuthern helicopter had been shot unintentionally. According to this undisclosed individual, Kuthernburg had not originally been intended as an enemy of the Opposition Fighters. To the astonishment of the Kutherns, he stated that the Opposition FIghters do in fact receive weapons from Al Jeehad but they are not the same organisation. General Budar returned aboard the Blueacia and contacted the RKS Latnic and alerted Captain Serle Ingrams of the information he had received. This information was sent to Kuthern forces stationed in Redrugus, Staynes, Great Morstaybishlia and the rest of the 22nd Kuthern Royal Battle Fleet.

Upon receiving this news as well as the news of the civil war, Admiral Stefan Dowrick aboard the RKS Queen Naomi commanded patrol vessels to monitor the developing refugee crisis around Yor and assist as they can. In light of the complicated situation with the Opposition Fighters, Admiral Dowrick contacted Simon Skoglund, leader of the Opposition Fighters to broker a deal that would end hostilities and enable humanitarian aid to reach Opposition Fighters-controlled areas of Yor.

Queen Naomi Truden II contacted Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II, Magistrate Jacopo d'Arrigo of Furnifold and Jurgen Oppenheimer of Kostoria-Obertonia requesting their assistance to eliminate Al Jaheed (which they had discovered was not the same as the Opposition Fighters) and in turn Kuthernburg would assist to deal with the crisis in Yor and the former Lower Ethalria.

Evacuation of the Republic of Ethalria

Upon arriving in Yor, Roberta Jones asked Owen Tubold to dissolve the government of Yor and surrender the islands to the control of Lower Ethalria. Tubolt agreed to this. At the instruction of President Jones, Tubolt was sent as an envoy of Lower Ethalria to seek a negotiated settlement with the Opposition Fighters so that Lower Ethalria could concentrate its focus on fighting the GEE. Lower Ethalria maintained a blockade of the GEE.

President Jones contacted General Tabatha Lancaster and Admiral Udina Himishaki. They reported that Lower Ethalria Armed Forces that had remained loyal to Lower Ethalria were in dire straits. on 28 May 2017, 120,000 Lower Ethalria National Guard troops were evacuating to Yor. In total Lower Ethalria retained command of 420,000 soldiers. Admiral Himishaki reported that 3 destroyers had been sunk and all 4 nuclear submarines had been lost. President Jones solicited Kutherburg and Furnifold for assistance but Furnifold refused. Luckily, Kuthernburg was already ready and willing to help.

Queen Naomi Truden II contacted King Lambertus VII of Great Morstaybishlia suggesting that an international conference be called in Sani Bursil to coordinate a response to the myriad of crisis that had befallen Lower Ethalria. Tubolt managed to get hold of Kosov one of the leaders of the Opposition FIghters who agreed to a ceasefire.

Admiral Udina Himishaki received orders to provide cover for evacuating soldiers. She sent forces to provide cover fire and transport for the soldiers leaving the port of Glitzernd. Some nuclear warheads and ICBMs were captured by remaining Lower Ethalria Forces. They evacuated these assets to Yor. General Tabatha Lancaster reported that the battle had been fierce and 20,000 soldiers died but 400,000 had been rescued and evacuated to Yor.

On 29 May 2017 in the early morning, Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II announced that the Oan Isles declared war on Lower Ethalria.

Rivendale Pact

Amalda Harimann the Matriarch of the Upper Ethalria rejoiced that the Republic of Ethalria that ruled over Lower Ethalria had been defeated. She resented Lower Ethalria because it was formed from the partition of the United Ethalria. Lower Ethalria subscribed to ideals that the Upper Ethalria detested. Furthermore, the Upper Ethalria had been effectively rendered a third-rate power. The rise of the Greater Ethalrian Empire was a triumph for her because it set up a government aligned to her vision for a strong and united Ethalrian national identity (even if it did not entail political reunification). She contacted General Erwina Pipua and Mikhail Starikov of Stratarin to form an alliance. General Erwina Pipua, the High Commander of Lower Ethalria, obliged the invitation and went to Rivendale to negotiate an alliance on 28 May 2017. Shortly after, Mikhail Starikov arrived in Rivendale. They signed the Treaty of Rivendale whereby their formed a formal tripartite alliance.

Sani Bursil Summit

Invitation

On 29 May 2017, King Lambertus VII of Great Morstaybishlia on behalf of the Cabinet of Great Morstaybishlia and on the advice of Prime Minister Walter Johannes sent an invitation to the remaining member states of the Auroran Continental Assembly and sympathetic nations from all over the world to a summit at the Sani Bursil Royal Palace in Sani Bursil to discuss and potentially form an alliance to collectively respond to the military threat posed by the Rivendale powers.

Attendance

Of the nations outside of Aurora, the following were in attendance. Rurik Lukin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Stratarin was sent by former General-Secretary of Stratarin Viktor Drugov to attend the summit on his behalf. This arose amidst tensions in that country about whether to side with the Bursil or Rivendale alliances with the latter receiving support from a faction of the Stratarin Communist Party led by Mikhail Starikov. Queen Naomi Truden II of Kuthernburg was en route to a diplomatic visit to Blueacia. In light of the severity of the situation she diverted her trip to Sani Bursil to attend the summit. President Alyona Petrovavich of Tuvaltastan attended on behalf of her country. Mr Leader of Mexregiona attended as well. Prime Minister James Stevenson represented Tretrid while Melissa Gray took charge as Acting Prime Minister of Tretrid in his absence. Mario Capuzzi and King Calvin I of Atlae were also in attendance.

Of the nations in Aurora, several attended. Grand Duke Jeymian Drachenburg III of Dragonia and Lord Mayor Jeymi Vorlynovich of Oceansend represented their respective nations. The government of the Oan Isles sent then Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II to represent the country at the summit. Crown Prince Oahoanu accompanied him to the summit. Although President Leon Jolva of Axdel had intended to visit the military base at Montakaan Citadel to inspect the preparations of the Axdel Armed Forces for a potential conflict with the Greater Ethalrian Empire, he diverted his itinerary to Sani Bursil to attend the summit. Alongside the King and Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia, Lord Governor Frederik of Caltharus and Chief Minister Frode Humblack of then-South Staynes attended. Jurgen Oppenheimer attended on behalf of Kostoria-Obertonia. Roberta Jones and Owen Tubolt of the government-in-exile of Lower Ethalria attended. Some nations declined the invitation. Jacopo d'Arrigo, the Magistrate of Furnifold declined the invitation.

Deliberations and decisions

To open the session, King Lambertus VII addressed the gathered leaders. He spoke of the fascists that had overthrown the legitimate government of Lower Ethalria and replaced with Lower Ethalria which his government (and several others) categorically did not recognise as a legitimate state as they continued to recognise the government-in-exile of Roberta Jones. He asked the attended leaders to form the Bursil alliance and join forces to defeat the Rivendale forces. He appealed to their shared ideologies and interests as well as the fact that the instability caused by the Rivendale powers had allowed the Al Jaheed terrorist group to take root in Aurora, potential threatening many nations. The other leaders applauded and committed to the Bursil alliance. Viktor Drugov delivered a speech speaking to the commonality among the attended nations despite salient ideological difference. This speech was not only poorly received but preceded a coup d'etat in his home nation that occurred shortly after.

Coup d'etat in Stratarin

Planning and preparation

Mikhail Starikov, then the Minister of Law Enforcement of Stratarin, approached Sergey Vasileyvich, the head of the Sem'ya criminal syndicate on 13 January 2017 to assist him to overthrow the Strataric government. Sergey Vasileyvich was killed after refusing to comply however Leonid Lychnikoff another senior member of that syndicate agreed to help Starikov with his request. Lychnikoff approached a member of the Sem'ya running an operation in the Vistari West Pacific named Vladimir Zvyagin to execute the assassination of Viktor Drugov in a meeting in Raspubirsk, Stratarin. During a parade in Coyden, Stratarin, on 18 May 2017, Zvyagin planned to shoot Drugov from a vantage point one a building towering above the parade route. Before he could succeed, he was intercepted and captured by Strataric forces under STP Major Lenya Dragomirov. Given the botched assassination attempt, Starikov significantly crippled the Sem'ya crime syndicate through the destruction of the Draelis, a sun-group in that organisation that carried out vital tasks for the syndicate as a whole.

Failed attempts

Another assassination attempt took place. Officer Sasha Orlov attempt to shoot Viktor Drugov at point blank in his office in the Velikolepnyy Building in Coyden. Drugov reacted quickly and shot Orlov dead. Yuri Kustarnik, First Deputy Prime Minister of Stratarin was arrested on suspicion of orchestrating the entire plot. Following an interrogation in which Dragomirov used torture on Kustarnik, it was discovered that Kustarnik was not the mastermind. Suspicion pointed to Procurator General Mikhail Starikov.

In a ploy to strengthen his international credentials, Mikhail Starikov manipulated the desire of the Oan Isles to seem morally superior to a supposed backwater like Stratarin. The Oan Centre for Law at the University of Anapa in Anapa, the Oan Isles wanted to award Starikov with the Ehe II Award for Most Outstanding Officer of the Law for allegedly killing Sergey Vasileyvich and destroying the Draelis in the name of justice. The award was personally granted by the Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II himself, further legitimising and inadvertently shielding Mikhail Starikov from closer scrutiny. He sent a representative to accept the award on his behalf but declined the invitation to lecture.

Having realised that the Sem'ya could no longer be useful to him, Starikov commanded Colonel Demenok to destroy whatever remained of the Sem'ya. Sometime thereafter, Administrator of Affairs, a senior member of the Strataric government mysteriously vanished. On 29 May 2017, Colonel Demenok assassinated both Major Dragomirov and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Rurik Lukin in Coyden. Mikhail Starikov arrived at the scene to file a report in his capacity as Procurator General.

Execution

After the speech at the Sani Bursil Summit on 29 May 2017, opinion in the Stratarin Communist Party turned so violently and completely against Viktor Drugov that Mikhail Starikov took the opportunity to overthrow the Drugov government. The Coyden Harbinger announced the assassination of the entire executive branch of that country including Minister of Foreign Affairs Rurik Lukin. News of this reached the leaders attending the summit and was so shocking to Viktor Drugov that he felt ill and went outside to calm down. He was attacked by an unknown Stratarian. This coup completely took the Bursil Alliance by surprise to the extent that it disrupted the proceedings at the summit. This coup also disrupted the South East Pacific Coalition because Stratarin was predicted to fundamentally and irreversibly change policy under the newly declared General Secretary Mikhail Starikov (who was widely believed to have orchestrated the coup) to the extent that it would tear that alliance apart.

After taking control of the Strataric government, Starikov appointed Fyodr Lyvov as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Assassination of the Duke of Horkalo

On 1 June 2017, Amalda Harimann held a meeting with the Vice Matriarch of Ethalria. Together they conspired to have the King of Great Morstaybishlia, Lambertus VII assassinated. Amalda Harimann ordered the Upper Ethalria Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) to make preparations and execute the assassination plot. Despite misgivings by the Vice Matriarch, Amalda Harimman insisted that assassinating Lambertus VII would break the spirit of the Bursil Alliance and diminish the willingness and capacity for them to fight against the Rivendale Pact.

7 June 2017 was the day of a royal parade in the city of Sani Bursil, Staynes. The Upper Ethalria CIB hired Ivanka Drokeyvich to implement the plan. Drokeyvich scoured the royal parade route for opportunities to assassinate Lambertus VII. The royal car transported King Lambertus VII and his retinue. It began its journey at the Sani Bursil Royal Palace. Then it would move several blocks north to the Celidizia district. From there, the parade retinue would go through Prompton Road past Citadella Stadium where sniper Les would be positioned to kill Lambertus VII in his car. Prince Thadeus, Duke of Horkalo was in the same vehicle. He obscured a clear shot of the Lambertus VII, preventing Les from making the shot.

After Les failed to make the shot, another sniper called Gas was in position at the Montecadra building to take the shot. The royal car was covered in confetti. Before Gas could take the shot, he was arrested by 7 officers of the Sani Bursil Police Department. When Drokeyvich realised that Gas had failed, she took the shot herself. The officers had not yet had enough time to warn the King's Bodyguard to change the route of the parade or to take any intervention measures, before Drokeyvich finally made the shot. Because Lambertus VII was moving around, the shot hit Prince Thadeus, the Duke of Horkalo. The Prince died on impact. The bullet ricocheted and hit Lambertus VII but he suffered a non-fatal injury. The scene of blood and death caused the crowds to go into panic. Drokeyvich mistakenly thought she hit King Lambertus VII.

Drokeyvich notified CIB operatives and ordered them to rendezvous at her location. Gas managed to escape the Sani Bursil police and make the rendezvous. Despite initial fears that Les had been discovered she met them. Unfortunately, police had trailed Les and intercepted all three operatives. Gas was shot and died at the scene. Les and Drokeyvich unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide using cyanide pills. They were apprehended before they had the opportunity.

The royal retinue made its way to the Sani Bursil Royal Palace, but they could not save Prince Thadeus. Feladine Junt, the commander of the assassination plot awaited the team, but failed to reach them. Suspecting they had been captured, she hid in a small wine house to evade the helicopters circling the skies. On receiving the news of Prince Thadeus's death, Ehe II expressed the condolences of the Oan royal family to the House of Constantine. An emergency meeting of the Oan Council of Ministers was summoned because the government predicted that a hot war with the Rivendale Pact would ensue. Viktor Drugov, in exile in Sani Bursil and recovering from his injuries, conveyed his condolences to the family directly through Princess Rosamund, Duchess of Jubliak.

On 1209AM 8 June 2017, King Lambertus VII declared war on the Greater Ethalrian Empire and the Upper Ethalria on behalf of Great Morstaybishlia. On 7 June 2017, the military and government of Axdel held a meeting in Montakaan Citadel to discuss the Axdelian response to Lower Ethalria Civil War and the deteriorating security situation that it precipitated. President Leon Jolva, Chief Overseer Jargk Reita among other senior Axdelian politicians and generals were in attendance. According the Axdelian military intelligence, the GEE had already begun construction of frigates. Likely, they were continuing the work of existing shipyards or repurposing existing skeletons of commercial ships for military purposes. As they were holding this conference and contemplating their response, they received intelligence that Prince Thadeus, Duke of Horkalo had been assassinated. Upon Great Morstaybishlia announcing that the assassins were Ethalrian and that it was declaring war on the Rivendale Pact member states, Axdel followed suit on the same day.

Attempted Stevenson Assassination

Upon his return to Tretrid, Prime Minister James Stevenson declared war on the GEE on 31 May 2017. On 1 June 2017, Prime Minister James Stevenson was shot by Benjamin Morris, a supporter of the GEE . Acting Prime Minister Melissa Gray announced to the Tretridian and international media that Stevenson had been shot but was still alive undergoing surgery. Stevenson suffered significant injuries. Following the surgery, Stevenson began to recover, regaining consciousness and some mobility.

In light of this attempted assassination, the government of Tretrid revised and intensified the declaration of war. Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister Matthew Irvine presented the revised declaration of war to Stevenson in hospital for his signature. On 9 June 2017 James Stevenson attended a meeting with Mr Leader II of Mexregiona and King Calvin I of Atlae in Civilmagna, Mexregiona to discuss action against the GEE. The nations agreed to coordinate their actions and work with the Auroran-half of the Bursil Alliance to fight the GEE.

Conflict in the SEPC

In light of the coup d'etat in Stratarin, the South-East Pacific Coalition (SEPC) held a meeting in Akhalip'ort'isi, Vistari West Pacific to discuss the way forward on 5 June 2017. Mario Capuzzi flew from the Sani Bursil Summit to represent Atlae. Remis Yurikov represented Tuvaltastan. Capuzzi openly insinuated that the assassination of the Council of Ministers of Stratarin was a coup d'etat. Molotov (representing Stratarin) denied the allegations. Yurikov sided with Capuzzi. Molotov provided a convoluted and fantastical explanation of the deaths of the members of the Council of Ministers of Stratarin and denied that Mikhail Starikov and his new government had committed any human rights violations.

Capuzzi and Yurikov were left dumfounded as Molotov went on a tirade about how the members of the Council of Ministers committed suicide and some were killed by senior members of the military. Molotov denied that Starikov had been involved. Attempts to get Molotov to admit that this was a coup did not work at all.

The Oan Isles sent a letter to the members of the SEPC on 14 June 2017 urging them to expel and declare war on Stratarin. Furthermore, they proposed an ultimatum on Starikov. The Oans officially severed ties with Stratarin and imposed economic sanctions and threatened military force if Stratarin did not release political prisoners captured during the coup to the Oan Isles, order all naval vessels preparing to support the Rivendale powers did not return to point and a new elective conference for the General Secretary was not called. The newly appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fyodr Lyvov refused to comply with the ultimatum .

The sessions of the SEPC ended without resolution. At that point the SEPC was rendered moribund. On June 14, Tretrid announced that it was suspending all relations with and declaring war on Stratarin. Oan News published a story alleging that Fyodr Lyvov was facing marital strife. The story had been published as an attempt to destabilise Starikov's government. Unfortunately, this gave Starikov the perfect excuse to replace Lyvov to salvage Stratarin's failing international image. On 13 June 2017, Lyvov was dismissed and Yekaterina Drugova was summoned to Starikov's office for a meeting.

Yekaterina Drugova succeeded Fyodr Lyvov as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Stratarin. She urged the Oan Isles and Tretrid to reconsider their positions in light of the fact that the Strataric Procurator's Office had conducted an investigation that determined that the death of the Council of Ministers could not be blamed on Mikhail Starikov. The Oan Isles suggested a tribunal of the ACA and SEPC to resolve the issues between their nations, a request that was ignored. Further driving a wedge between Stratarin and the rest of the SEPC, Stratarin was entering into even more agreements with the GEE.

Upper Ethalrian Front

Constantine Fortress in Lambertupol, Caltharus, was activated as the hub for the Royal Armed Forces of the Empire to launch an attack into the Upper Ethalria. General Otto von Hessius was in charge of the invasion force. General Klaus Obersson was to assist General von Hessius in implementing the invasion. Officers from the Redplate Guard, Morstaybishlian Army and Air Force were assembled at the fortress.

Several hours later, the RAFOTE forces made their way into the territory of the Upper Ethalria. At border, the Upper Ethalria forces were unable to stop the land invasion. Air superiority fighters defeated Upper Ethalria aerial defence forces.

Battle of Kanvel

The town of Kanvel in the Upper Ethalria lay 13.0488 miles (21 km) west of Arkanvel. Brigadier General Julius led a force to capture the town due to its strategic location on the Ethalrian highway, assisted by Major General Marcus. Two fire teams moved in and scanned the surroundings. Matriarchal Ethalrian forces began to shoot from the town. Morstaybishlian forces open fire in retaliation. The infantry team began to move in through the dense folliage surrounding the town, clearing a path for the artillery to move through and taking down Matriarchal Ethalrian forces.

General von Hessius received information from Morstaybishlian air force drones that an attack would be advancing on that area from Arkanvel. General von Hessius ordered Brigadier General Kykarberg to intercept those forces. The army group commanded by Brigadier General Kykarberg made its way to the town of Avenai. It faced resistance from Matriarchal Ethalrian forces but managed to break through.

Brigadier General Julius's force began slowing down as they entered the threshold of the town. Shots burst forth from homes, obscuring civilians with soldiers. Morstaybishlian forces opened fire. Colonel Marian had been leading a regiment through one of the buldings. Enemy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) fired on the group. A massive explosion erupted. Major Virgil and Major Dail's platoons which were part of Colonel Marian's regiment were attacked.

Major Kar ordered Captain Heinrick and his squadron to guard an import road while he led his forces to assist Majors Virgil and Dail. A rocket fired at Captain Heinrick's group forcing them to scatter. Major General Marcus was in the thick of combat and had been close to the site where the rocket struck. Brigadier Julius ordered his force to retaliate with rocket fire, temporarily dislodging the Matriarchal Ethalrian forces.

They managed to secure their area of the town. Matriarchal Ethalrian forces captured Major Kar and his group. The Ethalrians intended to cut the supply lines running from Avenai to Kanvel and Arkanvel. General Kyrkaberg continued the push at Avenai. Nevertheless, the push back from the Ethalrian forces threatened their advance and threatened to cut off the forces.

Lower Ethalrian Front

Battle of Hindersville

The civil war precipitated a massive refugee crisis of people who feared persecution at the hands of the GEE. There was a massive influx of refugees into Kostoria-Obertonia. Al Jaheed in Aurora had heard of the fact that a member of the Opposition Fighters had spoken to the Kutherns and assisted them. They saw this as a massive betrayal by the entire Opposition Fighters. In the chaos of the fighting, the Al Jeehad in Yor attacked a GEE town called Hindersinville that lay 39 miles (62.7644 km) east of Fort Wahington. They proclaimed the State of Al Jaheed and renamed it to Gdakow. They proclaimed Derata Kuk'uq as their new leader and cut off all funding and supplies to the Opposition Fighters of Yor, and thus severed their alliance. They declared the Opposition Fighters an enemy of the Al Jaheed. The Al-Jaheed also took control of the panhandled surrounding that town.

On 28 May 2017, Reiner Ufferman informed Jurgen Oppenheimer of the State of Al-Jaheed and its close proximity to their territory. Oppenheimer agreed to allow refugees to enter but they were to be heavily monitored. He gave permission for the Kostoro-Obertonian navy and army to seize the panhandle to secure the territorial integrity of Kostoria-Obertonia. Prime Minister James Stevenson of Tretrid received a wire from Kostoria-Obertonia and declined to get involved.

Furnifold was wary of the rapidly evolving situation in Aurora and did not want to commit to a position. Thus, Jacopo d'Arrigo replied Naomi Truden II's letter and declined to commit any Furnifoldian forces to intervene in the crisis.

Kostoro-Obertonian forces were led by Captain Jakob Felgenhauer and Captain Emmerich Holder. They entered Greater Imperial Ethalrian territory via the Kostoro-Obertonian bordertown of Obernraschen on 8 June 2017. They led four companies of 216 troops in total, 20 combat helicopters and 20 main battle tanks. The Al Jaheed had accumulated 570 troops, 20 armoured personnel carriers and rocket launch systems and spread them around and in Hindersville. The Al-Jaheed exterminated civilians who disobeyed them. They spread improvised explosive devices throughout the countryside to discourage attacks from Kostoro-Obertonian forces.

Sergeant Koloman Dessauer led a team that became trapped in a building on 64 Majakowskiring Street by the Al-Jaheed. Al-Jaheed forces and Dessauer's team exchanged fire. He directed snipers to take a hire position in the building to pick off Al-Jaheed soldiers. One of these snipers was Linus Holzer who managed to kill and injure many Al-Jaheed fighters. One of the tanks's of the Kostoro-Obertonian made its way to the building, blowing Al-Jaheed forces to smithereens. With Al-Jaheed surrounded at the rear, Koloman bore down on the Al-Jaheed. However, the Al-Jaheed judged Koloman's forces as more manageable and thus doubled down on their assault, putting Koloman's team on the backfoot, causing them to seek reenforcments.

Commander Aladeed of the Al-Jaheed led his troops towards Koloman. He radioed Commander Uternek, another Al-Jaheed leader to position his forces 280 metres from the building. He had hoped that Uternek could assist them when the IEDs that they had laid on Majakowskiring Street would destroy or at least incapacitate the Kostorian tank. Commander Uternek positioned snipers on an adjacent building, who exchanged fire with the Kostorian snipers. The commander of the tank received intelligence that IEDs had been planted on the road. He ordered the tank to stop and reverse, escaping the IED. Unfortunately, this allowed Al-Jaheed forces to press on Koloman's.

Reinforcements from KO arrived. The KOE artillery division moved towards Hindersville. They were faced with Al-Jaheed forces. The Al-Jaheed only had IFV and APCs. The KO forces pushed them back further and severely crippled. The Al-Jaheed had severely underestimated KO's determination to defeat them and the resources they would be willing to expend in the process. Koloman's team rejoiced at news of the coming reinforcements. Despite thwarting the tank, Aladeed and Uternek were effectively surrounded. Emboldeded by the arrival of the reinforcements, tank focused its fire on Uternek's position, making the pressure on Aladeed's team incredible. Commander Suril Zuberi of the Al-Jaheed was in charge of the forces preventing the KO forces from advancing on Hindersville. He had command of 4 old GZ-72 tanks. Commander Alaron Shedu, also of the Al-Jaheed was in charge of the artillery group ordered his team to fire on the KO forces. Commander Zuberi did the same.

Battle of Yor

On 9 June 2017, Owen Tubot was in the Yor Parliament Building. He sensed that there may be a threat in the building and ordered security forces to conduct a security sweep of the building. As Owen Tubolt had feared, there was an assailant in the building. The assailant shot Owen Tubolt. With the shot resonating throughout the building the security team found Tubolt's dead body on the ground.

On 9 June 2017, Admiral Udina Hamishaki was in the RENS Kennedy air craft carrier, the flagship of the Republic of Ethalria Navy. It was struck by a torpedo from the Greater Ethalrian Empire Navy. The GEE Armed Forces launched a surprise attack on the ROE fleet that had gone unnoticed until it was too late. The aerial might that the GEE brought to bear was overwhelming and proved incredible challenging for the navy. A few destroyers and frigates were severely crippled or sunk in the process. In the thick of battle, the GEE sent a parachute team to commandeer the RENS Kennedy. Faced with the aerial bombardment and mistakenly thinking that the air craft carrier was lost, the ROE Naval forces retreated to the Dominion of Yor. The parachute team was able to board the ship. With the Kennedy abandoned, the GEE sent smaller vessels with solders to board that ship. The resistance of the soldiers on the ship was so tremendous that the GEE lost an incredible number of soldiers in the assault, approximately several hundred. Furthermore, despite having controlled the air superiority fighters of the ROE, the fight against the fighter jets of the ROE was so intense, that the GEE lost a fifth of their aerial capabilities. Admiral Hamishaki felt that the lives of her crew were more important than the ship, so she surrendered to the GEE hoping to negotiate for their lives.

High Commander Erwina Pipua received news that the blockade had been broken and that what remained of the ROE Navy had fled to Yor. She ordered General von Bauer to prepare an invasion of Yor. The Oan government received wind that the ROE Naval Blockade had been broken and that the GEE was preparing for an invasion. They felt that it would take Tretridian, Mexregionan and Atlaesian forces too long to arrive in Yor, and that it the Oan Isles alone could not stop the GEE. Thus, they beseeched Great Morstaybishlia to invade Lower Ethalria rather than await the GEE to attack first.

To the fortune of the ROE, the Axdelian Navy had caught wind of the attack and was willing and able to release its ships to defend it and thwart any potential GEE invasion. The Axdelians sent a air craft carrier strike group led by the ANV Axiom. They were able to intercept the RENS Kennedy. Axdelian forces attacked the GEE aerial support units. GEE maritime passenger transport vessels were sunk as the ANV Meson, a submarine of the Axdelian navy fired torpedoes. The Meson and Axiom coordinated closely with the Axiom and her aerial fighter jets handling the aerial assault while the Meson handled the transport vessels. The GEE forces onboard the Kennedy tried to sail the limping ship towards Glitzernd with hopes that additional GEE forces could stop the Axdelians. The Kennedy managed to get close enough to the mainland that the Axdelian forces were unable to get closer due to the surface to surface cruise missiles that fired on them from the shore. Unable to overcome the anti-ship fire of the GEE, the Axdelian forces retreated.

MOE finally came to GEE's aid providing them with the naval forces needed to effect the invasion. MOE sent 2 air craft carrier strike groups which included amphibious vessels. The GEE had an invasion force of 125,000 soldiers ready to attack the islands. MOE forces faced off with the Axdelian air craft strike group. Although the Axdelians were able to defend them for a time, the MOE's power was too great. Without support or reinforcements, Axdelian forces retreated to Indigo Island. Without Axdelian or any other defences, the GEE and MOE made their way to Yor. Faced with the peril of a brutal attack from the MOE and GEE, President Roberta Jones surrendered Yor to the GEE and MOE. The GEE placed the islands under military occupation and seized the military assets of the ROE including its naval ships. They placed ROE forces under imprisonment in internment camps on the Yor islands. Faced with the GEE, the Opposition Fighters collapsed and many of their troops went into hiding or were placed in internment camps on Yor. Many of the Lower Ethalrians who had fled to Yor were effectively trapped on the islands by the GEE. A quarantine was placed on the islands to prevent flight of people and capital. Despite protests, the population weary of conflict and brutally oppressed by the GEE forces were unable to mount a useful resistance and eventually acquiesced to GEE rules. With Yor under a military occupation, the GEE and MOE were able to focus their attention on an invasion of KO.

Although the Republic of Ethalria had surrendered, soldiers from the ROE military and the Opposition Fighters who had escaped capture by the GEE formed the South Yor Guard, a paramilitary guerilla group that aimed to combat the GEE occupation with asymmetric warfare. The GEE forces ordered the use of chemical weapons on Southern Yor, which was identified as a stronghold of the South Yor Guard. They had warplanes pour a dangerous chemical known as napalm onto the forests of Yor.

Unbeknownst to the Ethalrians, the Kutherns and the Oans had orchestrated a plan for the Kutherns to seize Yor and for the Oans to invade Lower Ethalria from the south. The Kuthern Royal President Luaz Rico coordinated the plan in concert with Admiral Kiahuaeni Luaye. Admiral Luaye was resistance to President Rico's proposal to carpet bomb the Yor Isles because she strongly felt it would be a human rights violation. She instead suggested a surgical approach that would both defeat it and prevent a power vaccuum from forming. The Oans and the Kutherns struck a deal that the Oans would invade and occupy southern Lower Ethalria. The terms of the agreement included terms such as "take" which led to ambguity about the extent of the Oan Isles intervention in Southern Lower Ethalria. This gave rise to the claim by the Oan Isles that they were supposed to take full control of Southern Lower Ethalria. The initial plan was to have Great Morstaybishlia attack the north while the Oan Isles and Kuthernburg worried about the south. However, the Oan Isles wanted to work with the Tretridians, Mexregionans and Atlaesians before pushing on its own.

Battle of Lower Ethalria

In Raufstreffen on 8 June 2017, Erwina Pipua directed General Alexandrina Larkov to mobilise 500,000 troops to the border with Great Morstaybishlia in anticipation of an invasion from the north. The next day, High Commander Erwin Pipua received intelligence that Great Morstaybishlia was in the throws of invading the MOE. She ordered General Larkov to add an additional 300,000 soldiers to the invasion force. With the approval of the Imperial Diet, additional rationing was put in place to set aside funds and resources to prepare for the fight with Morstaybishlia and Yor. GEE 5th, 7th and 18th Air Superiority Squadrons were placed on patrol with an order to shoot non-hailing aircraft on sight. In a surprise attack, Morstaybishlian forces fired on the patrol plane. Adjacent GEE jets alerted ground control. GEE Air Superiority fighters tried to chase the Morstaybishlian air forces out of Lower Ethalrian skies. The Morst jets fled to safer airspace in Staynes. The GEE air force was too frightened to attack Staynes directly and the commanders did not want to escalate a skirmish into a full-blown war without the authorisation of the High Commander. So they retreated.

The Oans used civilian places painted with symbols of the GEE to evade their attacks. They managed to intercept communications on callsigns from GEE, thus when GEE air traffic controllers hailed them, they used GEE callsigns, codes and authorised flight paths, allowing these planes to evade the fire of the GEE. This enabled the Oan Isles to land a parachute team on North Yor. Under the command of Admiral Rufornaks, the Kuthern navy strike group centered on the flagship, the air craft carrier Queen Naomi II, made its way to Yor. GEE forces focused the naval battle, missing the parachute attack of Oan special operations units surreptitiously descending over their heads. The Kutherns dropped joint direct attack munitions on GEE military targets. When the GEE air traffic control discovered that the civilian aircraft had been Oan, they tried to intercept them, but by then they were well on their way back to Indigo Island with under the escort of Royal Kuthern Air Force Raptor fighter jets beyond the reach of the GEE air force which was dealing with the aerial attack anyway.

Naval Commander Tesnof of the Royal Kuthern Navy managed to seriously cripple the GEE naval defences. This allowed Lieutenant Gary to lead a squadron of fighter jets and helicopters to provide the Oan forces with cover. The Oan and Kuthern forces managed to seize the headquarters of the GEE military government in Yor and capture their most senior officials. Oan forces also had a firefight with the GEE forces in at Rob Matterson Military Base where the GEE forces were holed in, trying to defend themselves. The Rob Matterson Base was of strategic importance because it was one of key centers for GEE operations. Cut of from the military government headquarters, the commanders at the Rob Matterson Base fought bitterly to prevent Oan and Kuthern capture. APCs came in to provide Oan and Kuthern troops with support and escort injured Oan and Kuthern soldiers. After a Kuthern armoured assault fighter (AAF) blew a hole in the Rob Matterson Military Base Hospital, senior GEE forces fled the base and the remaining GEE forces surrendered.

507th Kuthern artillery force managed to land once GEE naval defences were broken. They defeated GEE infantry and artillery still fighting near the docks and rendezvoused with the Oan and Kuthern team at Rob Matterson, clearing out any stray GEE forces in the process.

Battle of Kostoria-Obertonia

Under the name of Operation Red Eagle, the MOE and GEE planned to invade KO. The GEE used the assets recovered from the ROE to reconstitute its navy. Some ROE officers defected to the GEE and joined their military. Coupled with the naval fire power from the MOE, the GEE was poised to invade KO. To the misfortune of the Kostorians, a few GEE military vessels were coming online. Despite being hastily made, they surpassed KO's defensive capabilities. Furthermore, with some of their forces bogged down in the battle of Hindersville, KO's defences faced incredible challenges. A two-pronged attack was preferred: an invasion by land from the east and a naval blockade from the south and invasion by sea of the city of Nuremkastel.

The Oan air craft carrier strike group finally reached the Azure Sea. It established its base on Indigo Island with the permission of the government of Axdel.

Pacific Front

Tokapa Summit

In light of the summit held by Mexregiona, Tretrid and Atlae, the Oan Isles was to coordinate military action on the GEE with them. On Saturday, 18 June 2017, the monarch of The Oan Isles, Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Ehe II invited the heads of state of Mexregiona, Tretrid and Atlae to a meeting in Tokapa to request military assistance to combat an invasion of the Oan Isles from Stratarin. The government of the Oan Isles asked Oahoanu to assist Ehe II to host the event and represent the Oan Isles in the negotiations.

The talks came amid domestic issues for the invited nations. There were mixed reactions to the invitation. The public in Atlae was split with some people being isolationist and others being imperialistic. These differences manifested in protest action. Coupled with the fact that the national holiday celebrating the founding of Atlae was imminent, the government of Atlae was divided on the invitation from the Oan Isles as well as involvement in the Auroran-Pacific War. Nevertheless, the government of Atlae sent King Calvin I to represent that country in the talks. The talks came on the heels of the imminent retirement of Bartholomew Smith from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tretrid at the projected end of the tenure Prime Minister Stevenson. In the midst of these domestic entanglements, Smith was sent to represent Tretrid at these talks. Similarly, Mr Leader of Mexregiona also agreed to attend.

Upon the arrival of the invited guests, Oahoanu, then the Crown Prince of the Oan Isles, addressed the attendees due to his father having an illness. He appealed to the democratic heritage and ancient relationship between the Bursil forces and their respective nations. Admiral Tukama Uataka was in charge of the Oan part of the war. He informed the leaders of a plan to cut off sea and air routes to Lower Ethalria, occupy its southern territory and to expel its forces from Yor with a view to getting a negotiated settlement. He gave them a breakdown of the materiel and personnel shortages which included 2500 troops and an air craft carrier.

To the relief of the Oans, the Atlaesian and Tretridian militaries were able and willing to assist by sending their respective forces and fortunately, they had preempted the Oan request by partially mobilizing their forces in anticipation of potential conflict. However, the Mexregionans refused to send soldiers to maintain an occupation of the southern territory of the GEE, a sentiment shared by Atlae and Tretrid. During the discussions, Queen Naomi Truden II of Kuthernburg was invited and after holding discussions with her government, agreed to assist the Oan invasion forces with 78,000 soldiers from Latianburg. Mexregiona, Tretrid and Atlae agreed to support the Oans with two joint air craft carrier strike groups for the purpose of enforcing maritime and aerial blockade, transporting soldiers to GEE and securing the port city of Glitzernd.

Prime Minister James Stevenson of Tretrid ordered Admiral John Vega to take the 1st to 5th expeditionary groups to Vistari West Pacific Dominions.