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The Reaching Hand of Darkness; Operation Titan begins
Topic Started: Jun 14 2009, 02:09 PM (2,799 Views)
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OOC : Prague had already been liberated, see the thread " Spring of Prague 2 ", by an insurrection of the Ducal Guard . So technically some aeras of Marslava had already been liberated...
The rest is quite fair .
OOC: Ah well, I simply went according to the Army Map Kas provided a few posts earlier. However, I had a hunch it wasn't completely accurate since he put all of Russia within an army's sphere of control and that was certainly an inaccuracy. Well either way its double-official that Prague is free :lol:
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OOC: Yeah... I have a tendency to topple European countries lately. :rolleyes:
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The Dominion had left Marslava and now started the reconstruction of the devastated cities and of the abandoned countrysides .
Marslava so had regained its independance, the Dominion rapidly vanished as the last remnants of the VIIIth and IXth Armies surrendered .
The high ranked officers of the two armies and the officials of the Dominion were imprisoned in order to be judged by a military court, while the soldiers were sent free in order to provide more arms to the reconstruction .

After years of dictatorship the state of right came back : the Parliament was called back by the Grand Duke, elections were promised and the government worked actively for the consolidation of democratic structures .
The future seemed to be bright, as everybody worked for a new and fairer Marslava .

While this happened within the borders of Marslava, the first Marslavan columns launched themselves against the last Dominion bastion in central Europe : the Amish land .
Indeed the Marslavan government had decided to create a 500.000 men strong Army which would fight within the Coalition .
The last phases of the war were now being fought, and they would finally give the opportunity to avenge years of humiliations .

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OOC- Alberto, I know I was gone for two weeks, but when it comes to Dominion assets, you still need to run by me what you are doing with them. The 8th and 9th Armies hav not surrendered, and only just now have lost their supplies so they aren't so beaten up that they would need to do so, they just lost key positions.

There is still the other section of the Trans-Eurasian rail line going through Europe.

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The 9th Army was becoming increasingly enfeebled in the Polish sector, especially with that section of the TER destroyed, which began to suffocate the resources of all forces west of New Moravia. At the European Command headquarters in Groznyy there was almost a sigh of relief from Field Marshal Volehr, who had by now long since considered Operation Titan lost with Zapht giving him no forces to relieve his battered Expeditionary Army. With the loss of the Alpine branch of the TER, he made no delay in calling back his forces from Germany and Menhad, and whatever pockets of Dominion resistance remained in the Polish sector were ordered to at least attempt to flee to safety.

In Marslava, the Dominion government no longer had control. However, they would not allow their former province to escape unscathed. They ordered the countryside to be scorched, along with whatever villages were located there. The order was carried out with extreme malice. At the same time, the Dominion Air Force stopped focusing so much on the incoming Russian fighters and instead began a vengeance campaign, carpet bombing Marslavan population centers. And finally, an order of execution was made out on the Grand Duke and his guards. The Dominion knew full well that there were some in the Coalition who wouldn't mind seeing him dead either, and so whatever was left of the Overwatch focused on this task with somewhat less fear than some of their other operations.

In Cologne, the Kasnyian Imperial Army, sensing the retreat, began pushing into the Northern Amishland to combat the remnants of the 5th Army that they had defeated some months earlier and destroy them once and for all.

In Scandanavia, the 6th Army stayed put, unable to either attack or retreat, instead gathering supplies to hold out indefinately where they were.

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Will have more in the evening or tomorrow.
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The destruction of the Trans Eurasian Rail (TER) within western Marsslava was a military success that the Russian commanders in Moscow were particularly proud of at this point and time. Supplies were now slower moving for the Dominion and pressure could be seen in their lines. However, the war was yet won for Europe and there was still two key portions of the TER left to deal with, one being right on the doorstep of Russia itself. It was the something the Tsar wanted to address at the beginning of the war but given concern else where it was a neglected out of necessity.

However now Russian Commanders of the General staff looked over the various maps, satellite photos, and other digital displays of the area with a united determination to take the area back. The 9th army of the Dominion, what was left of it in eastern Europe was holding on to that area of the line with fierce determination to keep track open and keep the flow of supplies moving. They would not so easily surrender but the Russian believed that if the line could be broke, it would certainly be a great morale reducer for the Dominion. Thus Russia began recalling its troops from the Amish lands, abandoning their posts there at of necessity than that desires.

It would take a week or more the get the troops shipped back across Europe and into Russia, far longer than usual given that parts of the Polish region were still hostile in nature. Russia also requested aid from its Konoshian allies for any men they could spare. The request was of course warmly attended to by the Konoshian leadership who believe it was a fair request given all the Empire had done for its people so far in the war. The Drax were also sent request to hit the Dominion from their end of the border if possible. Russia herself began slowly reorganizing its lines. The General Staff tried to reorganize as inconspicuously as possible so as not to alert the Dominion of Russia's next move.

However, given Russia's attack already on the line the Dominion was well aware that they were undoubtedly planning another attack it was just a question of where. Now receiving spy reports of troop movements back into the Empire began painting a picture for the Dominion that they could very well be planning attack on the TER in Southern Russia. Now it was only a question of when...when Russia would attack or when the Dominion would attack in a first-strike scenario knowing that the Russians themselves were planning a strike. For the Russians the time to strike was coming close as the weeks went on and the troops, equipment, and ammunition became available.

The Commanders on the ground decided that an aerial bombardment just before dawn would begin the campaign and would be accompanied by missile strikes and artillery fire along the lines. Tanks and men would begin moving against Dominion positions just as dawn began to break over the horizon, during that twilight hour between the darkness and the light. Russia would reclaim its lost territory and once again plant a flag of freedom at Europe's eastern doorstep.

OOC: Just out of curiosity, anyone know any good "war room" or war room-like pictures are to be found on the net. I want to depict Russian Commanders going over war maps and I just can't find anything.
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OOC- http://vsa2008wikiworkshop.pbworks.com/f/1216090324/warroom8wh.jpg

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The Polish and German Sectors were effectively lost at this point, and so the priority came to hold the Alpine Sector, made difficult by having to deal with the trecherous Marslavans and their rag tag but annoying "Ducal Guards". At least with the mountains under their control they could make life difficult for the Europeans, which was the best they could hope for at this point. However, they also knew with the Russians on the move and with more breathing space, the Trans-Eurasian Railroad to their south would be a valuable target. The 9th had managed to place all what remained of its assets right at the line and, with the help of the Dominion Air Force, intended on holding that line until either Zapht sent reinforcements, or ordered a full retreat.

In Groznyy, Field Marshal Volehr quietly had the 30th Army start securing what was known as the Byzantine Route, which was an auxillary logistics road originally built by Catholic Europe before the war, and indeed, before Antonio. It was wholly incapable of handling the sheer volume of supplies the Dominion needed on a daily basis and thus woud not be a viable alternatie to the now-vunerable TER. Instead, Volehr saw it as an unfortunate but pragmatic necessity...for possible retreat.

In Eastern Catholic Europe, the Dominion faced extreme hostility at their continuing occupation of their fallen ally. Only the continuing influx of supplies and lack of a retreat order from either Groznyy or Zapht kept them at their posts.

Everywhere else, there was chaos...

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South Russia, the Great Line...

Just as the Russian Commanders back at the Arsenal Building in the Kremlin of Moscow planned it, Russian aircraft came within sight of their target just a few hours before dawn. With them was the largest fighter escort the Empire had ever assemble for one task in a war to date. Like a swarm of locus the Dominion fighters pounced on their targets and an aerial battle the likes of which had never been seen before over the skies of Russia ensued. The Dominion was using better more technologically advanced aircraft but the Russians were using an aircraft which was far easier to repair and far quicker to mass produce.

It was a slightly even trade off between the two sides although initially the Dominion hit so hard that it seemed as if they were crush the Russians before the first bomb was every dropped. However, the battle would see to aces on both sides getting their fair share of action. Some defended greatly while other scored major victories on the offensive, sadly even a few saw their glorious careers ended in a ball of flames. The battle raged on for mere minutes though it seems longer until finally the Russians had pushed their bombers in range of their targets. Though many had been shout down, there remained enough to do some damage. This coupled with artillery and missile strikes from affair, left the Dominion primarily on the offensive.

Sadly the Dominion's coverage of the air had cost the Empire precious time they had hoped to use to soften the Dominion ground forces. Thus they were forced to move in their own ground forces earlier than had been planned. Tanks began rolling across the fields and into positions. Men followed with riffles in hand, moving as quickly as they could to find cover and begin the attack. The 9th had truly dug in deep, and it would take a deep shovel to dig them out. Luckily Russian fighters continued to occupy Dominion fighters, alleviating the ground forces of any air cover the Dominion could request. Sadly at the same time the Russians had no way of calling in air support of their own.

Thus the true battle for the rail was to be fought on the ground, but the tanks and soldiers now mingled in the lines drawn in the sand between the World Military Dominion and the Russian Empire. For the Russians, the advance was slow as the 9th had well organized themselves along their defensive lines. They made moving men forward difficult, and moving tanks and artillery closer almost impossible. Still the Russians drove themselves right into enemy lines like a deep dagger. It was a personal war, a personal battle for these men as not only were they fighting for their national soil a few were fighting for lands their family lived on for generations.
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Even as the great battle continued, especially in the sky, the mammoth supply trains speeded by as fast as they could across the battlefield to safety in Moravia. Every so often, one would get hit by a Russian fighter or bomber, but they would either trudge along or be quickly taken off the rails.

And then came the armored trains, veritable fortresses on rails. They would defend the supply trains while carrying supplies themselves, shooting down any fighter that came in their way. And they were effective. So much so that the Coalition believed that the trains in question must have been yet another strange weapon concocted by the infamous military design bureaus.

Things were becoming difficult. The Russians needed something to tip the balance before the same happened to them. With the 9th Army right on the rail line, they had no worry about supplies.

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For the Dominion the armored trains, though powerful, were merely icing. The real plan had yet to go into effect.
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The Russians and their allies were finding it difficult to move more offensively against the 9th. Having the rail line at their backs, the Dominion's 9th was being well supplied. At the same time these new armored trains were providing the other cars with good defense from air assaults, making it difficult for the Russian air force to get shots at the cars in hopes of creating a pile up. Breaking the lines and driving in a forward advance was what the Russian Commanders on the ground were trying desperately the design but were finding difficult to executive given the great odds pinned against them. Every officer had an idea, and each of his colleagues a reason why that idea would fail. Finding two Russian officers that agreed on anything seemed as easy as finding snow in the warm sands in Siberia.

Creating a pile up or at the very least, damaging the rail line itself seemed like the only real option viable to the ground forces until they could break the lines against the 9th. More and More artillery and mobile missile platforms were radioed in. The Russians brought they as close as possible, sometimes far too close for comfort which resulted in several artillery teams being hit before they could get their first shot off. The idea was to simply drowned the tracks with as much fire as the Russians could produce. At the moment they were in position the cannons began to fire, the missile were launched. Nothing was left to spare on this new strategy, with ground commanders sure that an all out flood up fire would certainly reek havoc on the lines and temporarily halt if not all out stop Dominion traffic through Russia.
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The entire state except the major cities as Plzen, Prague and Ratibor had been totally destroyed by the Dominion forces : campaigns of extermination had been conducted against the rural communities which kargely ignored what was happening .
The reaction was however harsh : the supplies of the Dominion were continuously endangered by groups of partisans who sabotaged the railroads, aggressed the convoys and took no prisoner .
The Ducal Guard and the reconstituted Marslavan Army meanwhile penetrated the Amish lands, which had been pratically abandoned by the Dominion forces which risked the encirclement .
Behind the Russians, the Marslavan Army had found the way to concentrate a large number of artillery fire to strike the Dominion structures : the trains were themselves invulnerable, but all the structures which mantained them and supplied them were easely locatable and destructible.

The slow advance of the Russians allowed the Marslavan Artillery to reach some of the hangars and railroads of the Dominion, which were destroyed with the few trains which had seeked refuge there .
Furthermore the IXth Army hadn't the stregth to protect the entire line as it had been seriously weakened by the war and had lost its command : it was so easy for partisans and fast assault troops to infiltrate them and attack some of the secondary stations in the south .
Naturally also there, no prisoner was taken .

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OOC- I am PMing you Alberto. And ignoring your post for reasons that will be explained in the PM.

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The Fox Squadron had flown low from the Mediterranean over Southern France and the Amishlands, over the war-torn Polish Sector and right into the thick of what was quickly becoming the most intense siege of the war thus far. Their mission was simple: find the armored trains and destroy them and clear the way for the Russians and, if necessary, to take on the heavy defenses of the rail line itself if they could muster the effort.

As such, the team was heading low to avoid the Dominion Air Force, which had a heavy presence in the area.

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Will continue soon. Can't make big posts until I get settled in RL.
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The Fox Squadron finally came upon the battle, which was being fought with an intensity never before seen in land warfare. Thousands upon thousands of Russian tanks were attempting to get close to the tracks and run parallel, so as to get the perfect shot against every train car that entered the area. In retaliation, static rail defenses, fighters, and enemy tanks, essentially what all was left of the 9th Dominion Army, was now fighting at extremely close quarters, with enemy tanks sometimes being mere feet from each other before firing.

The fighting had gotten so dense that the lush forest that once stood in the area had now given way to an ashen-colored wasteland, covered with the remains of the hulking warmachines being fronted by both sides.

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For the 9th Army commander, the fighting was the last ditch effort to save Operation Titan. He and everyone else knew that, should the defense of the Trans-Eurasian Line fail, Europe would be lost to the Dominion. However, because of Russian successes elsewhere, most of the 9th Army's infrastructure, including the field headquarters in Danzig, had been overrun or destroyed. As such, what remained of the 9th's command staff were now stationed at a heavily defended fuel bunker in Moravia, which was still controlled by the 8th Army, and the only remaining bonafide Dominion province in Europe (by now, Marslava had been devalued into an occupied state).

On paper, the arrangement made sense, but in fact, the 8th Army leadership, obsessed with destroying (largely successfully) Marslava, wanted to abandon the TER entirely and instead focus on destroying the so-called "Ducal Guards", a terrorist group loyal to the two-faced Grand Duke. This in turn infuriated the 9th Army, following their orders from Volehr to lockdown Europe and hold what they had left, and did not feel the 8th Army's request was worth it (especially since the 8th Army should have destroyed the terrorists easily by now). And so there were administrative clashes on top of everything else.

But no matter. The line would be defended at all costs.

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Lt. Colonel Abu Harouinel was the commander and main engineer of the brand new Stoltz & Kruger S&K Type VIII Armored Rail-Guided Mobile Defense System Leopold, just sent over from the Heavy Machine Manufacturing Complex in the Urals, where all the Dominion military trains were built. Its cars were reinforced with the same material found on the gargantuan landships used against the Caliphate earlier in the war, and equiped with enough weaponry to take on whole regiments and win. However, the S&K Type VIII was most revolutionary with the actual engine. Heavily armored, most military trains were slower than their commercial and passenger-bearing cousins, but this one was not. Indeed, it was faster. The speed and power put into the engines, coupled with its heavy armor and weaponry, including a new secret weapon not yet deployed elsewhere, and it was something to be feared.

As such, the new Type VIII was now being put in charge of the rail defenses, leading the other fleets of armored trains protecting the cargo moving through. And it would be the Type VIII that would do battle with the Fox Squadron.
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The Russians were succeeding but doing so with only marginal success. On maps the battle looked good for them as they were slowly clustering the enemy army up into one single location. Sadly, this was not a conventional battle and thus the number of enemy soldiers being bottled up was greatly inflated due to the Dominion's sheer size. This meant that for the Russian Empire to truly succeed in this battle, unconventional tactics would need to be employed. This has not always been the case elsewhere in Europe give that, although the numbers did not change, the area in which to fight the enemy was drastically larger. Here in Southern Russia, though vast as the area was considered in the pre-war era, was considered a very tight corridor during the battle.

There were whispers among the command staff on the ground that the Tsar's staff back in Moscow were considering the use of nuclear weapons. Certainly an unconventional tactic to be sure, especially when the fallout would be endured by the Russian people. However, most dismissed these claims (an did so rightfully) as mere chatter among the lower ranking officers. The Tsar wanted to win, there was no doubt of that. However, he was also an aged and calculative man. He wasn't the sort to risk his own homeland for the sake of winning a war.

With rumors constantly having to be dispelled it was a wonder any ideas came out of the ground commanders at all. However, they did and the newest policy was that of a blitz. The 9th was holding their ground steadily and there no disputing this. However, every now and then a weak stop did appear, it was seemly the nature of the beast of war. The Russians would focus on one side, the Dominion would shit to compensate. The Russians would alternate and the Dominion compensated. Also it was noted several times that the term "weak" took on a whole new meaning in regards to the Dominion again due to the size of the force and its military prowess. Nevertheless, if only for a few minutes there existed in at least one area of the battle line a soar spot in that the Russians could poke and make the Dominion loin grimace.

Calculating where the next spot would appear proved the most challenging part as calling forehand the actions of another commander was a very difficult ability. On top of that the Russians had to quickly move the proper men and tanks into position in as quickly a way as possible before their small time frame collapsed and the "weak" spot was strengthened. All these factors and problems alone were the reason why a Blitz was not considered or even suggested before. However, days were now passing with little in the way of success. The Russians needed a major offensive and even if it did not win the overall battle it would at least begin to dismantle the Dominion morale that seemed to go on without an air of doubt.

Prayers requests were even sent back home in hopes that God himself would direct all the elements into perfect alignment for the operation. Weeks seemed to go by without improvement and many began to doubt it would ever be possible, favoring instead other more promising strategies. Then almost out of the blue, as if God himself moved everything into position like pieces to a chess board, the opportunity appeared and the Russians struck. They went of the offensive as hard and as fast as the engines in their tanks and the feet of their soldiers could move. Like a hot dagger through butter Russian tanks barreled through a rather thin Dominion line. Further and further the Russians pushed, decimating whatever they could during this eye of the storm.

The Dominion soldiers seemed rather shocked that the Russians had pulled it off but were hardly detoured from their posts. The Blitz was perhaps one of the smallest efforts in human history, clearing little land. What it made up for in land taken was enemies killed. The Dominion soldiers lost in battle were believed to reach into the hundreds, a great success for the Russian army in one operation alone. Overall the Russians deemed to the operation a failure, though the commanders did not openly admit it. It had cost Russian lines dearly the mount and the loss of life was almost considered too great for an operation of that size. Still the Commanders kept quiet as they waited to see if the ripple affect they hoped for would happen. For now it was far to early to tell if even a chip was taken off Dominion morale and their insistence to fight.
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OOC- My post got erased. Damn.

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As the Russians stabbed and stabbed, incurring heavy mental and physical damage on the Dominion forces in the area, the trains ran the gauntlet, hoping to get as much supplies across as they could before the line was inevitably cut for good. Indeed, it was only a question of time now how long the 9th would be able to hold out before its strength was utterly spent and they had to dissolve. It was only because of its experience and training as an elite force that they had managed to hold out as long as they had thus far against the Russian onslaught.

The Fox fighters did what they could on the battlefield, assisting every push the Russians made, and hitting communication towers along the track to slow down the Dominion switchovers on the defenses, giving the Russians more room. It was during one of these attack runs that they had caught the new armored train in the area, commanding the field for the Dominion. Large, well armed and armored, and especially fast for a train, some of the squadron was forced to break from the fight in order to chase it down as it sped to different areas in the battle zone. Using their advanced weaponry, those few fighters were able to break in the otherwise invunerable armor of the rail cars, destroying one after another until they came to only the engine and the car immediately behind it.

Suddenly, it released what looked like a fighter plane, except it had no engine and was tethered to the back of the train. What was even more surprising about the set up was that this "kite" of sorts was able to go toe to toe with the fighters, hitting them hard. While they could have easily escaped by flying out of reach of its admittedly long tether, by engaging the weapon, they prevented the train commander from focusing on the battlefield, perhaps giving the Russians more chances to make it through the line.

Eventually, they were able to distract the train long enough to force the train away from the battlefield and soon after defeated the "kite" by forcing it to accidently plow right into the back of the train, destroying both it and half the locomotive, sending it into an uncontrollable dash along the rail. Somewhere, a Dominion traffic controller realized what had happened and tried to steer the train off the main line by switching the tracks, sending it onto a seemingly abandoned service rail line that led to fuel depot and munnitions dump just a few miles into the border of Moravia...

An hour later, there was a report of a massive fireball at that location. The train had careened into the depot, taking itself out and the depot in what had been described as an almost nuclear explosion. It would only be learned later that that particular depot had been housing the remnants of the 9th Army command staff.

Within another month, what was left of the elite 9th Army, without morale or direction, surrendered without conditions to the Russian Imperial Army, who promptly severed the Trans-Eurasian Line without further delay. Nothing could save Operation Titan now.

All the Dominion could do now was hope they could escape from the continent in time.
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OOC- The End of the Dominion in Europe gentlemen. Those with stakes, make your posts. I mean it.

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Jan Volehr stared at the transmission just sent to his personal screen directly from Zapht. After a harrowing last few months on the backfoot, Zapht had pulled the plug.

The Field Marshal proceeded to put his fist through the screen, not caring of the cuts it made to his knuckles.

"So much time, blood, and effort into all this and just one death sends it all to hell. Curse those anarchist bastards," he swore as he left his room to address the rest of his staff, "Curse Zapht for being stingy too. Bastards all of them."

As he walked into the staff hall, he ordered his communications head to walk with him,

"Zapht has dissolved the Expeditionary Forces," Volehr whispered. The aide merely bowed his head, not surprised in the least, "You are to give the following orders, direct from Zapht over the secure channels. Keep this quiet."

And with that he handed the official notices from Zapht to the aide.

"Yes sir."

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More later.
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There was nothing left in Menhad to be called Menhadien. The population was decimated, all the men where dead, and the civilians killed by Dominion bombing. All forms of military equipment and bases where destroyed, the massive and powerful war Army of Menhad had been reduced to dust. The Navy had relentlessly thrown them selves against the Dominion, and little was left of the once glorious fleets. The once all powerful air force wasn't flying anymore, all the pilots where killed, and no more planes where to be found.

But Menhad could not slip quietly into the night, she would let out a final battle cry before her death.

The Liquid natural gas tanker entered Edinburgh harbor, the massive ship was sent to help heat the city for the increasingly cold winters. But the massive capability for destruction stored with in its massive hold was about to be unleashed.

The Edinburgh Castle was beautiful in the morning fog, and the chill mountain air made Edinburgh a lovely place to be. But within seconds that would be the last place you would wish to stand.

The Ship blew. With the force of a minor atomic bomb the rush of fire and fuel left nothing alive. Edinburgh was far more destroyed by this one single explosion then all of the Dominion Bombs.

But clearly it wasn't an accident, several other harbors fell prey to similar incidents.

A lone, single, transmission was broadcast.

So many have suffered to defeat the Dominion, do not falter now.

Menhad was dead
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Bedlam. Utter and Absolute Bedlam.

The order from Groznyy had been made quietly, to avoid the enemy attempting to take advantage, but the ensuing panic from the Dominion forces scattered across Europe clued them in anyway. The 30th Army, which had been specifically ordered to stay there and defend the Caucasus and Asia Minor from European advancement, stayed on and dug in as the armies that were once guarding Catholic Europe fled across the Dardenelles and into the Middle East to strengthen Army Group B, or redirected to assist the dangerously weak Army Group E in Africa if need be.

They attempted an organized retreat but partisans from the rotten and anarchic former realm of Genesis City made that near impossible, with Dominion tanks and APCs being pursued by anything and everything, from captured Genesian military vehicles to bicycles to horses, chasing out the forces any way they could. Dominion garrisons across the old realm did nothing to remove static defenses and equipment, merely abandoning their posts and taking whatever they could at hand, sometimes but not always destroying the rest.

The chaos and celebration that would follow was not to last of course. Colonel General Leonid Arradashkin had flown to the old Nagian Enclave in the Holy Land, itself still controlled by the remnants of the Caesar's government and armies along with portions of North Africa. There, the Dominion Foreign Minister would negotiate a return of territory, specifically that in the Balkan Sector, to the military and administrative control of what was recognized as the legitimate government of Genesis City, along with a promise of neutrality (since continued Genesian involvement in the war was now impossible) and the eventual return of the remaining territories of the Caesar, including Asia Minor and North Africa.

For the rest of the forces in Europe, they were trapped. The 8th Army controlled only the Dominion fortress region of Swiss Nag Ehgoeg, from which they managed to continue to hold the southern Amishland and Wallachia. The Dominion province of Moravia, now surrounded by the Coalition on three sides and neutral Holy Roman Empire to the south, intended to hold out with their contingent of 8th Army forces from everyone, including the trecharous Marslavans, who had overthrown the Dominion government there around the same time the Russians and Konoshians had broken through the line. However, with the supply line through Helmetia cut and Helmetia itself now liberated from Dominion occupation, there was just no way, and so the provincial governor surrendered, forcing the 8th Army to cut and run back to Swiss Nag Ehgoeg.

The 6th Army remained isolated as it always was. They would hold out to the last.

As such, from the day the order was given, it took a month for the occupational forces of Catholic Europe to leave entirely, but it would not be until the end of the overall war til the very last remnants of the Dominion were purged from Europe forever.
Edited by Kasnyia, Sep 8 2009, 04:43 PM.
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OOC- Two different timelines in the same thread is a bit ridiculous isn't it? Couldn't a new thread be started on the reestablishment of Rome?
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OOC: Kas, what are the timeline issues here for the Rome story? I would say it has to occur *before* my expansion into Southern Italy, because it would be impossible afterwards.
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OOC- Two different timelines in the same thread is a bit ridiculous isn't it? Couldn't a new thread be started on the reestablishment of Rome?
OOC: I forget to specify the time, thus the confusion is my fault and I believe I've made another error as I forgot to ask TO when the Teutonic Knight were established. To make some clarity, the Commonwealth took Rome shortly after the Dominion War in Europe but NOT after the end of the Dominion entirely. I'll contact TO and speak with him and if there are further mistakes I'll just separate this and make a new thread if it doesn't fit this thread. It wasn't meant to get a great story that's why I placed it here as I believe it to be just another loose end to tie when it came to this topic.
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OOC- Ahh, okay. My mistake. Though its still kinda confusing for the two stories to share the same thread. :shy:
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OOC: I've split it for the sake of the request, its new location is in the Taking of Rome topic. I will however, link it back to this so that it is made clear that this happens after the war in Europe and not after the Dominion officially "ends"
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OOC- Fair enough. ^^
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