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Federation of Africa wrote:

RP: Recovery

With the civil war, the Federation of Africa is currently initiating a period of recovery, as the economy and population continue to shrink. First on the agenda, the African government is currently looking outwards in an attempt to find nations or companies willing to invest in the Federation, and their proposed plans to re-center the Federation's economy around tourism and tourism-related industries.

The government has elected to invest $10 billion towards toward infrastructure on Alligator Island, the most central and largest island of the Federation, and the home of New FOA City. Also, a referendum has been sent to the population of New FOA City on the possibility of renaming it.

The options are Alligator City, Manatee City, and New Africa, or to keep the current name.

RP More than Willing
Promising immense profits and immediate improvements in the daily lives of the citizens of Africa, the government through existing contacts in the region have suggested various programs of investment from the tourist industry, the automotive industry, the science industry, the mining and forestry industries, as well as consumer electronics industries. With the lives of the native people getting better, they would more easily accept the regime and a second revolt would be unlikely. This would benefit Baltocarpathia too, as our corporate powers would continue to gain international influence and legitimacy

RP | Support for Republicans

Kemonomica wrote:

The unrest in Kemonomica was perceived as an opportunity by Amberleaf. Their relation with the Technate had severely soured, first with Honalulu's provocative invasion act, then with Otyken's delivery of chemical weaponry to Gartentor. The infighting was a wound to expand in the Technate.

Amberleaf would announce its support for the Republicans, advocating for an overthrow of the current regime, and an instantiation of a democratic system. Coordinating together with Baltocarpathia, Amberleaf had the intentions of supplying the Republicans with sufficient weaponry, and even offered to start sending its own troops to provide assistance. Amberleaf mainly would focus on supporting the more leftist wing of the Republicans, not taking keenly on the ideology of their far rights.

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RP | Sodorian Connections

Sodor and Seljaryssk wrote:

Amberleaf generally had a mild positive view of Sodor. Altough the current Parliament was more Isolationist, the majority of the Populus still favored international cooperation. Amberleaf would accept to the proposed agreements regarding trade.

Amberleaf was a nation of surface and underground railways and trams. It didn't have cars or streets for them. Transportation was public and free, and the train network was always an integral architectural part of city planning. Given the highly customized transport structure, suited nichely for Amberleaf, any construction in that part was considered to be more efficiently and effectively handled by Amberleaf itself. And Sodor and Seljaryssk's proposal for their High Speed Rail was sadly rejected, as Silverlore was excessively proficient in providing for itself in that area.

For different reasons, Amberleaf would also reject the sale of aircraft. After its modernization, Amberleaf was still in its paranoid overmilitaristic state, and had erected an enormous industry for military production. Only recently did Amberleaf start cutting down on its military and military manufacturing. And with the recent shift of Amberleaf stopping trying to copy the modern military doctrine of the world, which wasn't optimally playing to Amberleaf's skillset, and instead developing its own style, Amberleaf was shifting to a more personal and customized military. Amberleaf is itself more an exporter of military equipment, rather than an importer.

For the connection of international airports there was some controversy coming from the Parliament. But on the regional level, several Cantons gave their independent approval of their plan. But there was to note that currently no migration agreement was declared between Amberleaf and Sodor and Seljaryssk, banning travel into Amberleaf by default. Amberleaf suggests either subscribing to Phoenix Blossom "Article Seven: Trade", for free trade with the PB sphere, and "Article Eight: Straylight Civility", for free movement of people, or instead conjure up a custom agreement of migration between Amber and Sodor.

In addition to the cities of Silverlore, Duapol, and Feystep, as suggested by Sodor, other proposals were given. Canton Pierce suggested City Attactus, the most internationally interconnected and migrated to city, often called Amberleaf's Doorstep to the Outside World. Canton Wayside suggested City Livertal, as it liked to be less isolated, given its troubles with its neighboring Canton Greenside, which fully surrounded it.

Kemonomica wrote:

RP: Honalulu Anarchy

L O N G   L I V E   T H E   T E C H N A T E   &   H E R   P E O P L E !

G. 2017

[Kalena Georgian: 2017]

^{Honalulu: Two-Thousands’}

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Honalulu
_{The clock strikes midnight in Honalulu}

_{| RP: Honalulu Anarchy |}

Baltocarpathia

As drone strikes continued more provinces and the Honulite Technate itself continued to distrust Otyken and the government itself, the government grew weakened overtime and was then overthrown by a military general. All hell was unleashed and the nation broke into factions and warlords.

Honulite National Reclaimation Government [HNRG] - Far Right to Alt-Right Government

Alignments:
- AuthRight
- Technocrats
- Transhumanists

Economy:
- Regulationism
- Authoritarian Capitalism
- Social Capitalism

Government:
- Techno-Ultranationalism
- Police Statism
- Irredentism

Technological:
- Transhumanism
- Genetic Transhumanism
- Technological Accelerationism

Leader: Ihe Luana [M/SA]

Controls: Vazor’s, Dolarcia’s, Bamouth’s Territory, Mei, Ioke, Ianeke, Ho’okele, Ioke, Kainu’u, Avaline, Ashore, Tyimotti, Lusivu

Population Support: ~17.67 Million

The HNRG is an Alt-Right Movement that has major support across the nation, with conservative populations being dragged to the furthest corners after the annexation of Sauvaki and the corruption within the Honulite Tefhnocratic Government. They believe that Honalulu must remain independent from all foreign entities in order to continue its existence and the survival of the Absukian species, especially to reclaim Sauvaki from the Otykenese Threat.

Federation of Honalulu - Syncretism

Alignments:
- Authunity
- Culturally Far Left
- Third Positionists

Economy:
- Corporatists
- State Capitalism
- Georgism

Government:
- Stratocratic
- One-Party
- Federalist

Technological:
- Futurism
- CyberFeminism
- Eugenicism

Leader: Kai Kalili [F/NA]

Controls: A’olepa, Vototi, Woodrora.

Population Support: ~3.18 Million

The remnants of corporatists and Abzu Distributive Group CEO’s and other members have moved to Dakari and set up shop there. With their private military and capital being consolidated in the three provinces under their control. Only hoping to use their capital to push against all the other rivals.

Absukian Revolution Guardians of Honalulu - Right-Wing to Far-Right

Alignments:
- Authunity
- Quasi-Fascist
- Third Positionists

Economy:
- State Capitalism
- Regulationism
- Agrarianism

Government:
- Ethnonationalism
- Police Statism
- Revolutionary Nationalists

Technological:
- Transhumanism
- Genetic Transhumanism
- Eugenicism

Leader: Pilipo Kamea [M/EA]

Controls: Otarange, Sauvaki, Kahawaii’s Territory

Population Support: ~4.71 Million

Broke off from the National Republican Front of Resistance and now joined with the Honulite National Reclaimation Government. They purged the Leftists and Republicans from Kahawaii’s Territory and secured it under their belt. These men and women believe themselves to be the true guardians of Honalulu while the rest are liberals and Technate sympathizers either trying to play friendly with foreigners or with the Otykenese. Honalulu is in danger by foreign interference and especially with the Otykenese purging Sauvaki off the face of the Earth and they are the fromtline to stop the Otykenese hoard from advancing further into Honalulu.

2nd Socialist Federal Republic of Honalulu - Left-Wing to Far-Left

Alignments:
- Leftunity
- Socialists
- Welfarists

Economy:
- Ricardian Aspects
- Regulated Market Socialist
- Anti-Private Property

Government:
- Peritocracy
- Federalism
- Technocratic

Technological:
- Transhumanism
- Biological Transhumanism
- Technology Accelerationism

Leader: Mele Lana [F/SA]

Controls: Tabobike, Fogamaile, Nuatarawa, Mahualu’s Territory

Population Support: ~5.67 Million

After the breakup of the NRFR, Mele Lana and the people who have supported her claimed Mahualu’s Territory and split the Republicans in two. Now forming the 2nd Socialist Federal Republic of Honalulu and claims themselves to be the successor to the Federal Republic of Honalulu. Mele Lana purged pro-Otykenese politicians and Pro-HNRG politicians as they steered to either further left or very far right from her. As of now she rallies the leftist into one party and make sure that they are all disciplined. With the Republican Movement utterly crushed by the Right and the Left she hopes to focus on the Federation that houses the Bourgeois and the Assets of ADG before they can be crushed by them.

Absukian Republic of Burwai (Republican Right) - Centre-Right to Right-Wing

Alignments:
- Rightunity
- Cultural Center
- Conservative

Economy:
- Social capitalism
- capitalism
- Agrarianism

Government:
- Right-Wing populism
- Liberal Conservative
- National Conservative

Leader: Alana Kekoa [M/EA]

Controls: Burwai

Population Support: ~1.41 Million

Unfortunately for Alana the NRFR had been shortlived and his government went into exile on the island of Burwai, threatened by both leftist Republicans and the 2nd SFRH who wish to liberate Burwai from his rule. Alana has went into autocratic measure to secure Burwai through enlisting more citizens into the militia and military, cracking down on sexual deviants and the leftist clique of the Republic, and cracking down on land reforms in the Republic. Burwai would beg to Baltocarpathia for aid in order to buy up weapons and supplies to keep them going and to keep the lights on.

2nd Federal Republic of Honalulu (Republican Left) - Centre-Left to Left-Wing

Alignments:
- Center-AuthLeft
- Culturally Variable
- Welfarists

Economy:
- Welfare
- Socialism
- Georgism

Government:
- Democracy
- Civic Nationalism
- Federalism

Leader: Hoa kua Keao [M/WA]

Controls: Larmou, Ag’astu

Population Support: ~15.78 Million

The leftist of the Republicans were a bit more lucky to own one of the most populated islands in Honalulu. Though after the breakup they fell weaker and alike Burwai are resorting to autocratic crack downs to keep things stable. HKK though has to worry about the Honulite National Reclaimation Government whose darkness entices the Southern Absukian population in Larmou to seek revenge against the Otykenese for what they have done to their brethren in Sauvaki. While the 2nd Socialist Federal Republic of Honalulu entices Ag’astu to join their ranks and fight the corporatists and the Otykenese. With such a large population and now them being weakened by the fracture the 2nd FRH is doomed to perhaps collapse or somehow break free from this cycle. The 2nd FRH would ask for support from Amberleaf to provide weaponry and assistance in calming the civilian populations down until they can organize a fight against the competing factions in Honalulu.

Honulite Technate - Left-Wing to Far-Left

Alignments:
- AuthLeft
- Culturally Off-Left
- Communists

Economy:
- Cybercommunism
- State Socialism
- Thermoeconomics

Government:
- Totalitarianism
- Police Statism
- Military Dictatorship

Technological:
- Transhumanists
- Hyper-Industrialism
- Left-Accelerationists

Leader: Kimo Iokina [M/EA]

Controls: Aiponii

Population Support: ~9.39 Million

The last and final remnants of the Honulite Technate, all around them are the Far-Right ultranationalists and irredentists who want nothing but revenge against Otyken. Then the Republicans who are slowly dying as their front dissolves, all the while the corporations that used to serve the government now abandon them and move assets to other places. And now with socialists and communists wanting independence from Otyken and to self-govern themselves.

“This may be the final message from Rothenake to Otukan. The Honulite Technate has collapsed. I’m unsure if I can stop other factions from taking investments from foreigners. Though I think the Reclamation Government is far being a nation to invest in. I can only do so much as to keep my men and the civilians in line until they split and decide to join the Republicans, the HNRG, or the SFRH. So much blood has been shedded over some extremists dreams to make Honalulu independent after all the marvels we have created and so on.”

“This is General Iokina of the Honulite Liberation Forces signing off.”

Honalulu Anarchy Casualties: ~100,000-150,000 (purges, suppression, dissidents, and ongoing Sauvaki Occupation)

RP: Where were you when the Technate fell
Honolulu has boiled over and it has a profound rippling effect expanding across the wider Technate

Effects
- The fledgling Otykenese-Technate market rapidly crashed from mass selling of assets, withdraws and other deadly factors. The system which distributed the Energy Credits was taken offline... For good, leaving millions without social assistance.
- Riots from the market crash and general unrest became commonplace across the country, the country was already in a state of emergency leading to a brutal police and armed forces crack down to quell the sharp uptick in crimes and looting.
- Services across the country have been greatly impacted by the riots and associated destruction the JCA tirelessly works to maintain logistical and industrial base for continuing the war with Brennus indefinitely if need be.
- Trust in the Technocratic regime has been greatly diminished. The Continental Board has been moved to a top secret bunker complex to discuss the fate of the country.
- Around the country Technate flags were being burned and replaced with the Red and White Otyken flag, symbolic of washing their hands of Honolulu.
- Discontinuation of TEC has transformed Otyken to have traditional economic systems used universally.
- Reformation of Otyken government.

The troopers and paramilitaries operating in Sauvaki were given standing orders to complete their mission, and keep going until they are shoved back. National security now depended on the success of this special military operation. Furthermore residual forces are to conduct unrestricted warfare against Honulite Technate to prevent future threats via airstrikes and missile barrages and focus in on the drone strikes on this target to dismantle their network.

The Technate as the world knew it had collapsed, brilliantly, and violently. The future was grim and uncertain. The soldiers overseas held firm to their vision of revival for Otyken from whatever the government so desperately wanted here in Brennus, but no defibrillator could bring Honolulu back. They planned to maintain their offensive in Brennus, but securing the *entire* country was starting to seem like it may be an impossible task with these colossal disruptions. The end of the Technate was officiated on May 17th, 2017 when the Continental Director of the Technate of Tengerina announced the dissolution of the Technate as a sovereign state and subject of international law and the end of the Continental Government.

At the Technate Continental Administration the flag of the Technate was taken down and replaced by the flag of Otyken.

RP: Turn of the Heaven's will
Post-Technate Era (June)

There was talks of Kujin Province seperating into its own entity because Otyken was in such turmoil a political party called Kaiten was responsible for this the group is also the name of a former country that used to exist in the Eastern coast of the North. There was also talks of JCA forces in Quarantine Zone becoming its own state called Diyu, some claimed that Diyu was real and identified with it the region had atleast a million soldiers to its name and mountains of military hardware.

Government
With the Continental Board dissolved Altan Khan was no longer the leader of Otyken after a 30 year reign. The National Board launched an E-Democracy initiative for one of the first exercises of democracy in ages a new candidate was selected a Technocrat from the Kaiten Separatists named Akuji Aoyama, a real mad scientist that had spent much time working in the Quarantine Zone, but his profile and credentials was enough to make the citizenry believe that this genius would have all the answers and resolve the problems of the Technate. Otyken will remain as a Technocracy, but is no longer Orthodox. A constitution based on editting the Technate one was completed and signed into law.
Legislature: Overworld

RP Securing the Frontiers
After the civil war, Baltocarpathian military hegemony of shattered by various disarmament treaties that aimed to both aid in the total reconstruction of the civilian economy but also to prevent the next government from having the power projection of the previous one. Now, having invested wisely all across the world and having built up a network of both official and unofficial Allies and agreements, the First Confederate Republic of Baltocarpathia stands as a first world nation once again with a highly skilled military. Upon the fracturing of the nation of Kemonomica, (Honolulu), the funds and military assets would be redirected to the Absukian Republic of Burwai (Republican Right)

Greater Confederation of Switzerland

Redpeppers

Brennus

Otyken

Amberleaf

Federation of Africa

Sovereign States of Skylarvania

RP: Sea Dragon IV
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Otyken invasion of Brennus
Important Timeline
July 2016 - Declaration of War & Carrier Battle in the Eastern Sea, including subsequent missile battles and engagements at sea as the invasion fleet moves into position.
August 2016 - Otyken advances and makes a landing after a large-scale sea engagement on the western sea of Brennus and secures a beachhead.

This Post: Late August, September, October, and November 2016

Otykenese Invasion Assets
Total Troops: 34,050
Total Vehicles: 1,790
Total Aircraft: 304
*Numbers increase at the end of September to Field Army+ level
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Operational Directive
Otyken's beach head on the west coast of Brennus was firmly in-place, the massive invasion fleet had mostly dispersed to be less vulnerable and the battle expanded across larger sections of the coast and open ocean, an 'alley way' created for more supply ships to move in was asserted by Carrier Groups and submarines, but a singular division would not be enough to secure a country as large and immensely powerful as Brennus, so the marines had a mission to gather airports, neutralize resistance, and capture objectives to create a safe zone for aircraft to land and provide continuous reinforcements and supplies at a swifter pace than what can be done by sea, as they needed to move halfway across the planet, a continuous stream of ships would be happening for supplies however it was far more efficient to send troops in by plane.

No angle of attack was to look easy, but they had years of planning for this and planned to slice across the central region of Brennus and cut the country in half, this would give them far more coastal control and allow Otyken to lean on their larger navy more heavily, if this could be accomplished Brennus would eventually capitulate provided they could hold a large line with artillery, armor and continuous sorties, the Aircraft carriers as of right now were conducting a thousand sorties daily to soften up the enemy, there was fierce fighting during the landing, but even that would seem uncontested once they moved in further.

Major Operations

Battle for Sault (Late August - Late September 2016)
Sault was Otyken's first major objective. Brennus had almost immediately scuttled the International Airport there for obvious reasons, and virtually everybody had been evacuated because it was close to the coast. The operation began at night with missile strikes targeting military installations, economic assets and communications, anything transportation related was off limits. Otyken would advance with support from Helicopters, Armor, Aircraft and the Navy; they were at full momentum and met with Brennian defenders that were well entrenched as they had plenty of time to prepare; their directive was to hold the line until it broke and flexibly fall back. Aircraft would roar overhead to drop bombs on enemy vehicles and positions; the Brennians had plenty of aircraft to respond. The Otykenese armoured advance was met with landmines, artillery, mortars, enemy armour, ATGMs and more. The city, once quiet from being evacuated, became the site of two state actors at full capacity clashing, a constant crackle of gunfire and distant explosions, with dozens of aircraft involved, hundreds of vehicles, and thousands of soldiers. As the armour and Infantry advanced, they were attacked by air support as both parties vied for air superiority. The Brennians had pre-planned retreat routes and held their positions utilizing their home advantage to burn out Otyken, but the presence of the Navy allowed the Otyken defenders to shell entrenched positions; days would turn to weeks of intense urban fighting, buildings collapsed, and burned, some areas would become stalled for long periods of time causing significant casualties. After a month, the city was seized by Otyken, but the battle did not end there as they had to fan out to outlying towns and nearby areas to assert control fully, this city was a ghost town, but they expected the others to have people in them still and would need to be far more careful. Ultimately, the result was a Pyrric Otyken victory; they expected more of these.

Notable Battles: Sault International Airport
The international airport was craterized already, but Otyken planned to repair it as this was to be a long operation; the area had plenty of Brennian Artillery and Tanks the terminal building was used as a command base which was unknown to Otyken at the time who, had only sent a medium-sized force after some preliminary reconnaissance, only to find what they described as an entire Brigade dug in at the airport, the craterized runway soon became littered with armoured vehicles, shells, and bodies as they fought on the flats, the Brennians only fell back after the arrival of Otykenese MLRS levelled what was left of the Terminal leaving the new owners of the airport with a huge burning mess and pothole-filled runway as the Brennian survivors made a break in APCs being covered by aircraft that left a JDAM salvo as a parting gift.

*Otyken began repairing what they could with their engineering Brigade, and the airport soon received deliveries of troops and SAM equipment.

Offensive at Bruz (Early September - Early October 2016) ( Written by Brennus
The Bruz Offensive had actually begun as soon as the Battle for Sault began, but had never progressed far beyond light firefights and the occasional probing barrage. Brennian army elements were responsible for holding the city and had done a fantastic job of turning the urban landscape into a fortress in and of itself. While initially the hope was for Sault and Bruz to be attacked in tandem, allowing for a surprise counterattack and possible tactical encirclement to destroy a small portion of Otykenese forces, the Oscars had been smart enough to not take the bait set by the Brennians. So Bruz was left to its own devices, forced to leave Sault to its well known and inevitable fate as to not jeopardize their flexible defensive strategy. Besides, being so close to enemy naval assets would make any kind of major offensive action simply impossible. Soldiers occupied their time watching the skies as the aerial battle unfolded, by now the BAF had their sh** well and truly together and was putting up a stubborn fight for the air, and the Otykenese would have to grapple with the prospect of simply never achieving air supremacy or even superiority. Whether that was expected or not was irrelevant, it was a saving grace for the infantry on the ground and freed them up from having to fight like rats.

Bruz was in a fantastic position to act as a delaying point in the now colloquially named “Phony Line”. Its outskirts were peppered with hedges, making for excellent concealment for reconnaissance and harassment assets, several light infantry teams having scored a number of kills on OtyCom vehicles using the latest and greatest in top attack munitions, videos that were circulating rapidly around the internet. Inside the city, or the gutted remains of it due to an ongoing and vicious artillery duel, had been shifted, rearranged and constructed to be one giant killzone. It was made to funnel Otykenese forces only where the Brennians wanted them to be, and without engineers, the Oscars would have no choice but to comply. Even getting into the city wouldn’t be so easy in the first place. It was flanked on both the north and the south by rivers, on which both had their bridges blown. Although the southern river had a staging area in the form of a town called Tréglonou, its crossing was entirely exposed, not helped by the treeline that often housed scratch teams of Brennian scouts touting snipers and AT weapons, who took a hobby of routinely harassing them. In the north it was a different story, there was a small, sandy patched completely covered by forest and urban development that made an excellently concealed and protected landing point, only really able to be fired upon indirectly, which while not ineffective would put Brennian mortars at significant risk of counter-battery.

It gave the city time, but that time was shortened by the breakthrough at Sault. Thankfully, whoever was corralling the Oscars in this sector must have gotten jealous, because true hostilities began just a few days after Sault fell in late September, totally and utterly spoiling any chance for a breakthrough as the Sault force was stopped up against a fresh force of Partisans and marauding light infantry, making any attempt to tighten the noose met with a very sharp knife. It gave Bruz time and the battle would rage for the next two months or so. It was brutal, more brutal than expected and would most likely cement itself as the most bloody fighting of the opening stages of the war. The south was routinely stalled during the battle, their crossings accruing more casualties than was probably acceptable and only stopped doing that when Brennian mortars were silenced and a pinkie hold in the towns outskirts began to occupy the defenders focus instead. The southern outskirts featured a number of small village-suburbs with several hundred meters of open ground, which made even more hell for the Otykenese attackers, requiring a generous helping of indirect fire to effectively assault. Tanks and other vehicles littered the open ground which made it easier for infantry to approach, and eventually the battle for the southern city proper had begun.

Meanwhile, the northern front had been broken through easier and was quickly making a grim situation for the Brennians. The OtyCom advance had progressed much faster than expected thanks to their protected crossing area at the river and was quickly threatening to cut off exits from Bruz as a whole. This advance was only stopped at a soccer field that had been turned into an open ground killing field, and Otykenese forces waltzed right into the almost-complete double L ambush. This held open a vital route of escape as fighting progressed steadily inward and converged from the western end of the city, the Brennians fighting tooth and nail to make the Otykenese bleed as much as possible for this one coastal urban wasteland. In the end the original force of 8,000 determined Brennian defenders had been reduced to about 6,500, 500 dead and 1,000 more wounded. The Otykenese side suffered double those numbers, with 3,000 killed or wounded in the fighting. This single battle had killed about the same or more Brennians than the entire opening Partisan actions of the invasion, a trend which would be sure to only get worse as the war went on, the Brennians eventually abandoning the city, seeking cover and concealment behind a small forest of trees before escaping along the much more wooded edges of the river ĽAber Vrac’h.

Notable Battles: Le Moen Supercenter
A massive shopping complex, at least for the small town, was host to a visceral urban engagement involving a battalion of Brennian infantry coating the walls of the complex in Oscar viscera, as it was an incredibly important holding action to allow a number of reserves to commit to the north where a small force of Otykenese troops were attempting to cut off the ongoing ambush at the soccer fields. Hallway to hallway and room to room fighting tore the building apart, and a number of famous photos and popular helmet cam footage would be sourced from it. It only ended when Otykenese naval support leveled half the complex, forcing those still alive after the blast to promptly engage in a fighting retreat that would not end until the eventual escape out from the eastern city fringes.

Blain Offensive (Early October 2016 - Late March 2017) (Written by: Brennus)
Blain was an Otykenese target that was supposed to have been taken almost immediately after Bruz had fallen, with the force at Sault having been scheduled to roll up the defenders of the latter city in preparation for a lightning campaign inland to catch the other city off guard. Instead, Bruz had become a hellhole and the Sault force was caught up against vicious light infantry and partisan attackers, who did not let any sort of movement go unpunished as they followed behind the main force of the fighting retreat to give them proper amounts of time to prepare. ĽAber Vrac’h proved quite useful to Otykense attackers as the road hadn’t had time to be mined as the retreat from Bruz played out and would become a major route of supply going into the Blain Offensive. Although it was not known to Otykenese defenders, the gathering assortment of defenders at this particular city would prove to be far higher than anticipated. The operation itself began at the same time as the Battle of Redon, or the Redon Crossing and would prove to end far later, proving to be the lynchpin that held the entire defensive front together after an utter failure to hold properly at Redon.

The battle itself did not begin in the city of Blain itself, but instead along the banks of ĽAber Vrac’h around 3.6 miles away from the city proper, just after the engagement at Bruz. These preliminary engagements involved mostly blocking elements of the depleted, 6,500 man force of defenders fleeing from Bruz, making best speed back to Blain in order to reinforce the garrison of 5,000 already present, who would be joined by the 1,000 strong, newly formed Foreign Volunteer Legion (FVL) making for a total of 12,500 defenders. However this high concentration of troops was only allowed to occur out of necessity, as the battle at Redon prohibited the Bruz contingent from falling back any further, especially as the city fell. Now facing a battle from both the north and the west, the defenders would be forced to make a stand for however long it took to contain the Redon breakthrough and hold open a corridor of escape, which would still involve giving up an uncomfortable chunk of land. Still, by this point civilian populations were beginning to become significant, and people were advised to leave flying specially marked non-combatant flags on their vehicles, or board public transport bearing the same logos. This was both to preserve life, and cause issues for the invaders as they would be forced to stop and look to avoid civilian casualties along with slowing their advance to not get any innocents mixed up in the fighting. This would provide a real opportunity to contain the breakthrough, one the Republic couldn’t afford to not take.

Those who elected to stay were advised to shelter in place and wait out the fighting until their brave soldiers had left, vowing that they would return vengeful to liberate them, as well as giving out instructions on how to make life as miserable as possible for the Otykenese without directly incurring violent responses, though the Republic wouldn’t mind a few officers shot or firebombed here and there, but would not officially condone any actions, as to preserve their civilians safety. Meanwhile, 3.6 miles to the west and 3.22 miles to the southwest, the fighting had begun. There were no named towns between Bruz and Blain and most of the initial fighting was relegated to fast and hard attacks from village-suburbs and treelines. In many cases Brennian defenders mined gaps between forests that looked to be ample shortcuts or flanking routes, carried out lightning fast light cavalry attacks using light utility vehicles and more ATGMs than they were safely rated to carry, and engaged in sporadic fighting while the main city defenders dug in. Every village they passed through an Otykense truck would just happen to run over a conveniently placed nail or pile of nails, have a lumber truck “accidentally” lose hold of their cargo on the road, violate some obscure and often completely faked but admittedly creative local coastal tradition or otherwise find an inconvenience to occupy them. It was very obviously some kind of tactic, but one that the Technate was ill advised to really act out against. Of course Brennus was hoping they did, any excuse to start yet another armed Partisan unit was a good one, and the videos and images that would come out of it would surely catch like wildfire.

Despite these tactics the OtyComs inched ever closer to Blain, only stopped in the southwest at the town of Plouvien by a force of Marines leftover from the initial landings, around 2,000 of them. They had been dislocates by the Redon Breakthrough and were holding the position as part of the Republics hasty containment strategy that only sort of worked in its objective to split the Redon force and make them fight to secure their flanks before even attempting to move farther into the nation while a much larger force moved the block. Even with this it would likely not be enough, and would be the end of the second stage of the war. A tad earlier than expected and hoped but still far enough inland to where the Republic could start to prepare a mass counterattack. With their southwest now secure and Otyken steaming along in the west, the true battle for Blain had begun. Over 12,000 Brennian defenders would clash with a little over that number in Otykenese forces, in an urban battle that would become the largest of the second stage of the war. Most of the opening shots consisted of a series of long range gunfights throughout a treeline about a mile to the northwest of Blain. It was the first true tank battle of the war, and the AMX80s first taste of real tank on tank combat, to where it performed admirably. Though the armored unit was forced to pull back early, the Republic would need every piece of heavy armor it could get for the eventual counteroffensive.

This treeline battle resulted in marked hesitation by the Otykenese, as the space between it and the city was more or less completely open, and would force the Technate to form a new avenue of approach once again along the ĽAber Vrac’h. Using this protected avenue of approach they were able to make progress far quicker than during the Siege of Bruz, and fighting along the southern edges of the city flared violently. This would be the only major front of the siege, as the Brennians continued to have a lock on the north until the very ending stages of the battle, when they were finally given the order to retreat as the Breakthrough at Redon had been acceptably contained for the time being. Before that, it was yet another significant and bloody urban brawl that played out across a number of open patches in the town that contained similar ambushes to those at Bruz. These positions were arduous to clear and maliciously designed to end as much human life as possible. These would only get worse as the Brennians were pushed to the very edges of the city, where they had hedges and treelines to work out of. Every engagement was a notable one and the death toll racked up quickly, with 2,000 of the 12,500 defenders wounded, and 1,200 dead. A toll that was far higher than acceptable, all because of the combat power that could be brought to train on the Brennians as a result of Redon. On the opposite side things were also less than stellar, a full 4,500 Otykense dead or wounded which was about 1,300 more than suffered by their Republican enemies. Though one thing was notable, the Brennians were starting to limp and the victory at Redon had restored some morale. The Republic could not afford to give up anymore land so easily, and any retreats from the third stage onward would not be intentional, they would be putting the entire military behind them now, no more delaying what seemed like the inevitable.

Fortunately they enjoyed success in the air, the BAF cementing its title as a motley collection of pilots that was to be feared, Otyken had failed to play the game of catchup in that regard, and it was really starting to show by this point even with superior experience, a gap that had now mostly been closed. If the Otykenese wanted to win this, they would have to put pressure on other areas of the country and make moves to paralyze the industrial heart, their replacement of supplies, equipment and other products was beginning to make the war untenable, continued reinforcement could not be allowed to continue. Feinting an attack to the north may also be worth it, the open country could be seen as an attempt to destroy the breadbasket and thus the mass amounts of food held within, and would surely draw forces away from other areas of battle, though if the Technate committed too much there and lost, it could spell disaster and a possible attack on their flanks. Between Redon and Blain civilian casualties were starting to rack up. In Redon, 1,500 were injured and 500 were dead. A toll, but a less steep one in comparison to blain which saw an irresponsibly executed artillery and air duel, resulting in 2,500 injured and 1,350 dead. It wasn’t going to win any hearts and minds, and was simply a gesture of the things to come.

Redon Crossing (Early October - Late November 2016)
The city of Redon was on the other side of a rather large and beautiful river; Otyken had advanced to it in their quest to cut the nation in half, nearby they were seizing control of Highway routes and smaller towns and residential areas, they had moved far enough that a significant civilian population was encountered, the soldiers of the JCA had specific orders to treat the citizens with respect and dignity, this operation was too damn big and too damn important to start a larger controversy, and their was still the very real prospect that this could fail, should that happen they wanted the same courtesy back. This included offering some medical care and supplies in areas that were under occupation and if it was far enough from the frontline they would make some repairs to get power and water running and put the Otyken banner on buildings. The operation primarily included Infantry, Armor, and Close-Air as they weren't very close to the Supercarriers any longer Otyken did have plenty of Rocket Artillery and Artillery they loaded up precision munitions as they couldn't cause an incident here at Redon and scouted out the bridges, they didn't appear to be rigged and haven't been scuttled yet hesitantly the JCA prepared for their crossing calling in Engineered just encase and set up radar and SAM sites on their side of the river, this was followed by exchanging artillery fire with Brennus as Otyken dug in and prepared for the major operation as logistical chains where becoming longer and less on demand they couldn't storm in without proper preparation.

The assault began after two weeks in mid October on a chilly morning columns of armored vehicles would start advancing across the bridge with aircraft surging ahead, their heart sunk when stealth craft from Brennus appeared on radar, but it was far to late a Otyken plane was knocked from the sky and crashed into a building by AAM, the Brennian Stealth fighters opening their bays to release heavy bombs on to the assortment of bridges, blowing them in a swift action the bridges already suffering from the weight of tanks and armored vehicles collapsed into the river taking many people down with it, the SAMs would fire at the jets which were leaving the zone, but successfully they escaped. The Brennian's would take that as the sign to attack deploying rocket artillery, artillery, and mortars they weren't as easy to capitulate because this city was not fully evacuated, Otyken had to bridge under heavy fire and take out the artillery with an amphibious assault before they finally had their bridges up and armored support, but by then they had far exceeded their acceptable casualties range and the situation became Urban warfare with Otyken tanks rolling down the streets and crushing cars and infantry waving people inside to engage against the Brennian Armed Forces as the aircraft battled overhead for control of the airspace, which Brennus held for the entire duration of the battle and conducted near uncontested airstrikes until probably surface to Air missile equipment arrived that was actually capable of knocking Brennuses newer planes out of the sky. The soldiers here didn't seem to want to fall back because of the civilian presence and would make the attackers pay in blood for every street and block secured the defenders fighting to the last man and commiting their assets to holding the cities, the civilian toll was higher and the battle was quite long before a surrender was finally initiated by the Brennian forces because of encirclement, the POWs demeanor rather supercilious knowing full well the amount of carnage they've inflicted on the enemy for the city they held dearly. Following the directive of maintaining respect for their adversary the POWs were moved to the back lines at a detention center made from a highschool. The occupation of Redon marked a turning point for the attackers as they had a suitable foothold to cut the country in half, but the soldiers were growing weary even with fresh recruits being flown in daily many of them had to be commited to holding their current gains and the Brennian's proved to be extremely uncooperative.

Notable Battles: Rivive Hotel
Rivive was a 5-star hotel with its own Helipads for air-taxi services a colossal building overlooking the river, Otyken wanted to seize the hotel to use the large parking lot, parcade, and helipad, to find Brennus was using it for this purpose and had the area blockaded off with razor wire, machine gun positions, mortars and snipers, the Otykenese forces decided to proceed with this planning to seize the large stash of stuff they had commissioned here to protect the city. The battle opened with Otyken forces firing airburst guns, and mortars at the site and advancing with armored vehicles spurring a larger exchange of mortars and sniper/machine gun fire, the armored vehicles destroyed by wire guided ATGM fired from positions in the hotel, Otyken maintained the advance peppering the building with gunfire, airbursts, and setting up their own snipers in other buildings. Eventually they made their way into the lobby and a close quarters gunfight had happened, the elevators were blown and the stairs were littered with claymores as the Otyken soldiers engineers cleared out the obstructions under heavy fire and led to intense infantry battles on various floors, pool decks, and more as they worked to secure the very large building, Brennus had set up many traps, nests, and more. The luxury hotel became a house of horrors as it burned, was shot to hell, and exploded numerous times, right as Otyken was nearing the top helicopters under heavy fire would deliver Brennian special forces who roped down to the roof and started clearing the advancing Otykenese forces out of the building, eventually the Otyken forces fled the building and it remained under control of Brennus, it later became an evac site when the city fell as the Otykenese forces were shoved back decisively from that area after failing to capture the Hotel.

Towns
Erquy - This town with sprawling open fields and farmlands became the location of a Tank battle that seen ~10 tanks on each side go head to head,
Hillion - Brennian forces entrenched here to protect a highway utilizing some parking lots as Artillery platforms they provided heavy shelling, the town was assaulted by a Mechanized Infantry platoon and the guns had to be scuttled this was not before heavy shelling left charred corpses of Armored vehicles on the highway to clean up
Lanmeur - A town hardly on any map called ‘Lamer’ by the population was the site of a sniper battle when Otyken recon teams where moving up the forests and fields became a deadly game of sniping which moved into the small town, the true victor is unknown, but a Brennian sniper managed to explode 12 soldiers heads that day and likely still roams the battlefield.
Santec - The town of Santec was nearly wiped off the map with newly arrived Otykenese bombers started raining down their payloads to remove Brennian entrenchments, the Brennian Airforce repelled them and a nearby field was decorated with some bomber corpses and a Brennian aircraft.
Kernilis - This town was assaulted by Otykenese tanks and Brennian positions rained ATGM on them from low rise apartment buildings, it became an infamous propaganda tool as the tanks were shooting at the buildings in retaliation with HE shells to collapse them
Plouguin - One of the heaviest infantry battles with a shocking number of troops on both sides clashing in a large town with hardly any combined arms support due to a nearby battle cutting off routes for both teams it lasted for weeks.
Lanildut - Otyken often on the back heel against Brennus seen a decisive win with an ace pilot caught on camera clearing enemy aircraft and dropping a precision bomb strike allowing infantry to surge in and captured the Brennian position with hardly a shot fired on the ground.
Trébabu - A highly populated low income town which became the site of fierce fighting over apartment blocks,

Important Routes

Brennian Control
- A84 (Leads into North Brennus
Oryken forces weren't planning to head north, but conducted some recon with drones and light armored recon vehicles all of which ended up destroyed and spotted a large number of enemy armor and vehicles on the highway including assets being funneled down to the front lines.

Contested
- A81 (Leads into Middle/Central Brennus)
Otyken planned to cut the country in half an highway A81 a major route through the central region would be good a border as any, in November Oryken had enough hardware and personnel to begin their claim of the high way, removing cars, mines, and obstructions and sending down armored vehicles they soon encountered enemy armor, artillery, mortars, ATGM and Aircraft, the fighting spread out to various towns along the way and the slog to split the nation in half has begun.

Seized
- A11 (Lead into South Brennus, not along coast)
The A11 was a hard fought battle with Otyken committing an entire division to its task as it was a core highway that spread out to many different areas and they had to fight through dozens of towns, open countryside and more before shoving the Brennian fighters back.

- A83 (Leads into southern Brennus, along coast)
A83 a highway that became essential to Otykenese logistics was rather easy to secure it was within the Aircraft carriers operational range and Brennus had very little hardware here to contest and it was under Otykenese control after a few short weeks and allowed them better access to other parts of the south, though their control didn't remain uncontested by October the Brennian forces began some harassment and caused destruction on various supply vehicles, the Otykenese would need to capture nearby cities, towns, and other features to utilize the highway unhindered.

Cities Otyken will advance toward
- Patry (Northern Section) Mid 2017 Operation
- Tanis (Northern Section) Mid 2017 Operation
- Gannat (Southern Section) Early 2017 Operation
- Orange (Southern Section) Early 2017 Operation
- La Gavilly (Southern Section) Early 2017 Operation

RP On the Edge

Proto Dacia
Federation of Africa
Amberleaf
Allessia
Nemoinlanx
Sodor and Seljaryssk
Empire of Gora
Rykensvik
Greater Confederation of Switzerland
Redpeppers
Averius

As the world teeters on the brink, and tensions rise, the authority in Baltocarpathia has sought to renew existing, and establish new agreements and treaties with Allies both officially and off the books. This includes all things from economic interaction, corporate holdings, resource trade, and even military power projection and mutual defense. Through underground channels and through formal ones, Baltocarpathia seeks to deepen ties between us all and to build up existing friendships between our lands as threats to democracy continue to grow all around us. May the flame of liberty and justice not go out on our watch. Long live Baltocarpathia! God save the Republic!

Edit: (to save time we can discuss things over dms)

RP: Honaluliyehvtisi'i Things

With the recent conflict spreading in Honalulu, the Sodorhvtisi'i government would move to involve themselves in the region in order to establish positive ties with several of the regional governments, in order to hopefully broker a truce. As such, the following groups would be connected with.

In the meantime, the 2nd Socialist Federal Republic of Honalulu, the 2nd Federal Republic of Honalulu, the Federation and Burwai would be invited to the airbase in nearby Africa, in order to ideally secure proper cooperation, and subsequently hopes for a coalition government until such time as a sustainable united front and democracy can be formed in Honalulu.

RP: Amberlehitvisi'i Things

The invitation to accept further PB articles would be promptly and politely refused, seen both as an unnecessary at and as one which would provide little benefit. Instead, a separate 'migration' agreement would be proposed along the lines of those available to Anheldac, Schwypian, Estonian, Dzeoi and Midribbonian citizens, with Amberlehtvisi'i citizens able to apply for an Electronic System Transit Authorization (ESTA), as opposed to applying for a TTESTA (Two Tier Electronic System Travel Authorization), which requires greater depth.

The ESTA, valid for two years from acceptance or 180 days in Sodor (Whichever is shorter), allows for tourist access to the Republic with the exception of closed cities and areas otherwise under non-ESTA jurisdiction (ie military bases), and is an effective alternative to long term migration agreements. Similarly, work permits, valid for 5, 10 or 20 years (depending on level applied for) would be on offer to Amberlehetvisi'i citizens, including 2 hours of legally mandated language lessons (Until state exams can be passed).

RP: African Dealings

With the Africans holding their desire for investment from both state and corporate entities out, several groups from within Sodor would express their own interests in investing in the country, most importantly.

- BNS (Bank Nazzjonali ta' Sodor), Bank Magħqud (United Bank), et al would extend their willingness to provide loans to the African government to better invest into the economy, thus supporting a more investable environment for various companies.

- Sodor Turiżmu Internazzjonali (Sodor Tourism International) would express her own interest in leasing out territory in the islands for establishment of new resorts and tourist facilities, including a move to buy a majority of shares in FOA City international airport, among other things.

- Grupp ta' Veduta tal-Baħar (Ocean View Group) would move in, with the offer to construct a new port for FOA city (At reasonable loan interest of 6.3% YoY compounding on a 20 year term), at a much larger scale than the current port (8 million containers a year, with a RyM 11 billion initial cost to be paid by loans from Sodor National Bank) (Disregard that it may be over the top and not make back revenue), with the proposed port and an area near it as collateral for the loan.

RP: Military Advancement Update

The Third Empire of Averius has commissioned the construction of two aircraft carriers along with the aircraft that would be stationed on it. The aircraft will be developed as the aircraft carrier is being constructed. These to aircraft carriers may cost a combined G$8 million, placing them as the most expensive ships to ever be built by the Empire.

Reprioritization of Budgetary Resources

As a pioneering nation in the effort for world peace, the Republic of Phallis has made it a goal to redistribute government resources from the areas of military defense and armed law enforcement to more socially beneficial programs. Among those projects include a reevaluation of the necessity for a navy separate from the coast guard. By the year’s end, the government of Phallis is expected to phase out its navy and bolster the search and rescue efforts of the coast guard further.

Alongside projects to support drug rehabilitation, education, and social safety nets, Phallis aims to begin funding for an international aid organization. The Phallic government hopes it can provide aid to war torn areas or generally impoverished communities around the globe.

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