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The Plunge into Chaos; Cuz I didn't know what else to call it, other than the less cool Tyrric Civil War
Topic Started: Jun 18 2013, 12:32 PM (559 Views)
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The Emperor Nodded courtly at the new foreign Minister and entered the room with him, sitting across from him as was the usual custom.

"I'm sure you're aware somewhat as to why I am here. It is because our nations have been allies, and are neighbors atop of that. I feel that the weakness of the Directorate has lead to the damage within your great nation and I seek to help in ending this war. It is well known that Tyrric weaponry is a bit.... Antiquated, and that is partially why I am here. I am not here as a member of the IA, but as a defender of a nations right to choose. The times are changing, nations are going to war on a daily basis, and I fear that Lanlania may seek to dominate your nation. I am willing to provide The Tyrric Democratic forces with weaponry and vehicles, but I want you to keep a neutral position when it comes to the DU or the IA. Both would devastate the nation in many regards especially while it is in such a fragile state.

"My goal is to build close relations with your nation, and to help you be a strong nation. I should also warn you of some of the dangers of a Pure Democracy, and to perhaps help you with the design of a Limited Democracy. One that can ensure those who are the best in their fields have a position of authority within their fields, and not just the rich. I'm sure you've heard of some of the horror stories about Lifetime Politicians, people who leach off of the nation. If you truly seek the best things for your people you must be wary of these things. Let us work together and rebuild The Tyrric Union as a strong, independent, and United nation. With the help of my nation I can guarantee your freedom to choose how you rule will not be infringed upon by the IA or by the DU."
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Sometime during the Dagroth talks

Osafenes's insiders in the Directorate's ranks at the Battle of Oansis described it as a blood bath not seen by Tyrians since the dark age right after the end of the Great Winter. This short-lived, but excessively brutal battle was fought by the Fanaitalites to reestablish their supply lines with their troops in the capital after Oansis was previously being taken over by the Directorate. The Fanaitalites, outmatched by the Directorate's armor, blew through buildings to avoid the open streets. In response, Directorate troops blew the buildings sky-high, regardless of who else may have been in them. Than in turn hindered the mobility of their tanks and provided more cover to the Fanaitalites. Ultimately the Directorate withdrew, but it may be a pyrrhic victory for Fanaitis as the ranks of the troops were so decimated that they couldn't press on with their offensive.

Which was exactly what Osafenes's fleet had been waiting for. When the Directorate withdrew, the navy's marines landed ashore, securing the northern point of the highway leading out to prevent a retreat as well as reinforcements. Thus Fanaitis's troops in Oansis were sandwiched between Osafenes's and the Directorate's. By the end of the day, the marines would be in full control of Oansis after facing little resistance.


Onboard the Stoicheio

Utraxas did a sort of mental double-take at what he was hearing from the Dagroth Emperor. Part of him thought maybe they had called the wrong number.

"Neutrality is exactly what we're aiming for," Utraxas said. "If that was all you wanted, you may have wasted your time in coming down here."
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The Emperor lowered his head slightly and sighed.

"You are only hearing what you want to hear. It is more then just seeking you to be neutral between the IA and the DU, it is helping to ensure your survival I have offered you troops and supplies, and all you respond with is neutrality? I know you are smarter then that. I know very well you are likely to win this war because you have stayed out of it as your enemies have battered each other. What I offer is an alliance between our two nations. I may not live much longer, and I want to ensure my people have at least one true friend before I am killed."
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"Perhaps its that you aren't hearing what you don't want to hear. I told you that we aim for neutrality. What you came offering to us is neutrality, or an alliance with Dagroth. An alliance that which by extension means that we remain an Iron Accords nation, because that is certainly how the Democratic Union nations will see it. It is impossible for your proposed alliance and our intention of neutrality to go hand in hand with one another."
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The Emperor calmed himself before he began to speak.

"Sir, if you have need of my forces, let me know. I am willing to assist your struggle, as a friendly neighbor. After your new government is in power, perhaps then we can have a better discussion. Enjoy the gold, it should help you buy the supplies you need." the Emperor stood and prepared to leave the ship.

"Is there anything you wish to discuss with me before I leave?"
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"No, I can't say there is."
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The Emperor departed the ship with his men, before he left he looked to Osafenes.

"I wish your revolution the best. My troops remain at the ready, even if your foreign minister cares not for us. Contact us after the war if you need not our troops." The helicopters took off quickly leaving the ships behind. They were heading home, this was not the best start to a new relationship.
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Every day the state of the civil war seemed to take another downward turn. There was no single front line. Just take a marker and randomly scribble all over a map of Tyras and you will have an accurate rendering of all of the battle lines.

At first the fighting was centered around various bases the fascist sides were using to bomb each other from. With both Fanaitis and the Directorate caged in the capital, they were both forced to defer to outside officers on how to fight the war when fighting began spreading nationwide. Perhaps to improve their standing in whatever the post-war regime becomes, officers from both sides took the opportunity to establish their own little fiefs across the country, moving the war away from the bases and into the cities.

However, the islands in the Soriven Sea district of Smaragdisia has stayed mostly free of the hell that has engulfed the mainland. The navy had the largest military presence here, and it stayed loyal to Osafenes. But it doesn't have the manpower to project itself across much territory. It has to be selective in where it chooses to engage.

With the capture of Vathys Chezo, Osafenes hopes to begin to change that. He stood with Kostas on a second floor walkway, observing the prisoners-turned-soldiers take shots on a field that was made into a firing range. "More of them decided to join us than I imagined."

"Throw in the guys who sailed in from off island to volunteer, and we'll have a decent little regiment." Kostas said. He was fidgeting with his uniform, still getting used to being out of the prison jumpsuit. He was a lieutenant when he was sent into the prison by Osafenes to establish contact with Melas and organize the revolt, he's since been promoted to colonel and put in charge of this new unit. The prisoners successfully took control of the prison thanks to him, and when Osafenes came onto the island afterwards he made a plea for them to volunteer themselves to him. As virtually all of them were political prisoners sharing Osafenes views, they decided to do just that. Then when news reached some of the other islands, ordinary citizens began sailing to Vathys Chezo to volunteer as well.

"How soon will they be ready for it?" Osafenes asked, referring to a planned operation to capture Orozoi, Tyras's third largest city and the location of the only major Tyrric military base in the Sovren. Capturing it could essentially extend his control across the whole of the Smaragdisia district and would be a huge symbolic and strategic victory.

"If things go how I've planned it, they won't see much combat. We just need to instill some basic discipline in them." Kostas said. "So, I would say now is a good time."

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Smaragdisia comes from the Pheidan language term for emerald, the "Emerald Sea" being an old poetic name for the Sovren. Green for one reason or another featured promininetly everywhere you looked in Orozoi, and the green neon lights of the once vibrant seaside night market reflected off the sea, giving it an emeraldy tint. The Orozoin poet Namencles dubbed it the Emerald Sea in his magnum opus, Glamour, and bequeathed the Sovren its nickname which also became the official name of the district.

Now the sea was black as coal. Most of the lights in Orozoi had gone out for the night as the city enters fuel conservation mode, as city's trade lines with Korinthos, where most of it is shipped from, have mostly been cut off because of the war. Unfortunate for the residents, fortuitous for the flotilla that now approached under the cover of darkness. In a combination of National Guard ships docked at Vathy Chezo and commandeered fishing boats, the former prisoners to liberate Orozoi as well. They and a handful of defectors from the Guard garrison of the island. Even if the Orozoi defenders saw them coming, its not uncommon for Tyrian fisherman to stay out late and arrive in packs. It wouldn't have necessarily sparked an immediate interest.

The mansion of the Smaragdisian governor, General Seraxis, sat at the highest point on the island, Mount Namencles, which directly overlooks the city proper and still offers a good view of the military facilities across the strait. Making it even better was a lighthouse that jutted out from the northern wing. Kostas and a team of 15 defecting Guards swam ashore at an undeveloped beach and made the hike up the mountain to it. They paired up and split off to various points surrounding the mansion to make a good observation of the defenses.

"There's more of them than I'd have liked," whispered Dorani to Kostas. Both observed the defending troops through telescopic sights. At least a couple dozen were making patrols around the building, sharpshooters could be seen from windows and on top of the lighthouse. There was a tank parked directly between the only gates into the premises and virtual pillboxes of sandbags ringed the building a regular intervals.

"He seems more interested in his personal well being than anything else."

"So what do we do about it?" asked Dorani.

Kostas answered the question with a question of his own. "What do you usually do in a battle? You shoot. Right guys?" A chorus of hushed "ayes" came through the headset.
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A ripple of automatic gunfire resonated from the city below, soon to be followed by a constant pulse. It immediately caught the attention of the mansion guards, causing them to head that way to the ridge overlooking Orozoi. With the diversion in place, 14 of Kostas's men, the remaining two being Kostas himself and Dorani, jumped the fence and entered the mansion. As it was the Guard that was defending the governor and Kostas's men were all defector Guardsmen in Guards uniforms, complete with the standard balaclava, they would be able to infiltrate effortlessly as long as they weren't spotted going over the fence. Fortunately, they weren't.

The former prisoners of Vathys Chezo were unloading in the fishing docks of the city. Aside from minor deployments at the docks to prevent contraband from getting in and guards at government offices, the city itself was undefended. The only significant military deployment was opposite to Orozoi at a major naval base on the other side of the strait. The Stoicheio and her sister ship were lurking out there somewhere and could disrupt the garrison's attempts to respond. The hope was, however, that a sufficient show of force would dissuade them, who were thought to be mostly loyal to Admiral Osafenes, from attacking and then convince them to openly defecting to their side.

Some time had passed. Shooting in the city continued, but Kostas and Dorani weren't in a position to see what was going on. The governor's defenders returned to their regular patrol around the building. "I'm getting worried, its taking them too long." Dorani said.

"Yeah, I'm sure their radars show exactly where the objectives are." Kostas replied. "I've played enough video games to know how this should go down."

"Point taken... I think." At just that moment, three explosions went off sequentially like a chain reaction. One went of from somewhere deep inside the mansion. A second, massive, one blew out a large section of the wall facing Kostas's direction. From that hole secondary explosions and a constant rat-a-tat of ammunition were set off. A third turned the tank at the gate into a burning hulk of steel. This last one had a white tail that traced its way to the balcony over looking the gate. The outside patrol immediately began running towards the source of the second explosion to investigate.

"Moving in to verify the kill." said the infiltration team's commander. A few minutes went by before a verification to the affirmative came through. "General Seraxis has been confirmed killed." As planned, a bomb planted by the infiltrators killed General Seraxis, governor of Smaragdisia, in his office. A second at an ammo dump, much larger due to all of the explosives stored there, masked that one and the anti-tank missile that took out the tank out front.

"Let's clean up, then." Kostas ordered. He and Dorani began picking off Guards outside while the infiltration team began mopping up indoors.
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The operation went as planned. Soon after the base commander realized what was happening and who was doing it, he immediately gave the order to stand down. A one-on-one meeting between he and Osafenes at daybreak resulted in his commitment of all the results available to him to Osafenes's cause. As a result of securing territory in the Sovren, Diogenes was able to make his return from Lanlanian Irrenical. Also as a result of securing Orozoi was control over a national broadcasting station, some legitimacy as a new administration, and a place to make knowledge of said administration widely know.

They wasted no time in touting this major, and near bloodless, victory to the nation. Back by their troops, defectors to the left and the ragtag men from Vathys Chezo on the right, Diogenes and Osafenes gave a televised address. As the public face of the movement, Osafenes spoke first. "As of approximately 2:00AM this morning, the city of Orozoi has been liberated from the Directorate loyalists. Our arrival was welcomed by both civilian and soldier alike, both of whom greeted us with open arms. If our victory here is of any indication, it is that the Directorate and Fanaitis have lost the support of the people of Tyras and their fall will be both imminent and swift."

Diogenes took the mic after Osafenes's opening. "With our victory here, we can make our alternative administration official. We are establishing the Transitional Government of Tyras, using Orozoi as a temporary capital. Under this new administration, I, Rear Admiral Diogenes, have been appointed as President of the Tyrric Union and Admiral Osfenes has been appointed Defense Minister. A full cabinet has been appointed, which we will soon divulge. A new parliament and cabinet will be elected after the liberation of the whole country to write a new constitution. As Admiral Osafenes has said, with the support of the Tyrian people behind us we do not expect the dictators to stand much longer."
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10 months has passed since the fall of Orozoi. Just a few weeks later, pinpoint raids captured Fanaitis and two days later the members of the Directorate, minus General Hatzianestis who, rather than fight to the end, surrendered days after Orozoi. With the leadership of the two factions fighting ceased almost instantly. A few chose to keep fighting forces loyal to Osaphenes and Diogenes's Transitional Government, but they were relatively few and for once in many months Tyras was almost entirely at peace.

While all of the others may have been thrown behind bars, Hatz was shown some leniency and only face house arrest. He sat at his dinner table face-to-face with his former comrade in arms, with armed guards visible outside the window. His ankle monitor clanked against the leg of the table repeatedly as he kept tapping his foot out of the disgust he held for what Osaphenes had become. To Hatz, this at best appeared to be a power grab by the former Director of the Navy, a coup d'etat essentially of all the officers from the Deimonides Regime. Even if Osaphenes didn't officially hold the highest position in this new government, there was no doubt at all that he held an enormous amount of influence and that his word carried significant weight.

"If your goals really are what you say, you're making a big mistake you know," Hatz held his head down to keep from looking the man he once viewed as a role model but now held in such disregard in the eye.

"I believe your judgement has been a little misguided," Osaphenes said, "but I believe your heart was in the right place. You were only doing what you thought was best for the country."

"Damn right I was." Hatz thought a continued military leadership was what was necessary to keep the nation united and strong. But as the war dragged on, he became convinced that his fellow Directors, Idrissi, Lycurgus, and Ketime, were all in it just for the power and prestige their rank and positions carried. They were like children, he thought, fighting with Fanaitis over some toy on the playground. And for whatever reason Hatz couldn't get any one of them to recognize Osaphenes and his little "transitional government" as the legitimate threat they were. "If you look at the history of our people since the Great Winter, you'll see that our predecessors in the military were the only force responsible for uniting our country and subsequently the only force holding it together."

"But it was also the military that caused that unity to crumble," Osaphenes said.

"That was because Deimonides turned everything into his own little monarchy," Hatz retorted. "When the Winter ended, we were nothing more than a bunch of warring tribes and bandits fighting one another. The Knights subdued them and brought peace to the country, unifying it. When they stood back and handed the reigns over to the monarchy, what happened? The different royal families immediately began agitating for war with each other again. Deimonides's coup prevented that from actually happening. But then he got too full of himself, and this happened."

"The military may have been the main factor in our union, I give you that, but before Deimonides it never actually attempted to govern before. I see this as a failure of a military-led government as much as I see it as a personal failing on Deimonides's part," Osaphenes said. "Because, I think you, myself, and the other three Directors all had more influence than you would like to give us credit for."

Hatz let out a deep sigh. "Is that all you came here for, to debate me?"

"No." Osaphenes reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope addressed to Hatz. The return address was that of the parliament. "I came to give you this. A letter of pardon from President Diogenes and the key to take that ankle monitor off. You are still stripped of your rank and post in the military of course, but you're a free man."
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