Eternity RPC Board
07-21-2017, 04:06 PM
14 Septum, 1585
In Marth, they came without warning, as the trees lit up with fire, certainly more firepower than was expected from what the Balochian media had described as "a population on the brinks of starvation."
Starve them to death is what the Balochians decided to do. They blockaded the seas and patrolled the borders with helicopters and military patrols. At some point, Lappa would either fight, or negotiate. Little did they know there were several secret trails through the wilderness. Supplies did get into Lappa, however, from the west. Weapons were brought in as well, to supplement what had been captured in the Balochian retreat. The result was as such: when the Saamis did cross the border, they did so not as starved and barely armed savages, but as fairly well equipped and tenacious invaders.
The ignorance of the Balochian government was revealed in a day. The DMZ, the wall, the guards, all overrun by the Saami invaders. It was known that the Saami outnumbered the Balochians by a significant margin, but it was not truly understood until the waves of men and women (all were welcome in the Lappish military) began pouring into Balochia proper.
By late Quartyr the fires could be seen from Rvon. Indeed, there were fires. These Saami were not liberators, but invaders. They murdered and destroyed at will, burning homes and slaughtering without mercy. "ei armoa sortajan" was the phrase, meaning "no mercy for the oppressor" as Balochian men, women, and children were cut down where they stood. Decades of Balochian oppression was being reversed, and the result was violent and cold-blooded revenge for many of the Saami.
The Balochians would not simply lay down however. Contingencies had been planned and the military, who had not been totally asleep at the wheel, met the invaders. In Fein, it was believed a new DMZ could be established, before the Balochians were again routed on the outskirts of Rvon. By Septum, the capital had fallen and the Balochian government was in retreat. The capital building was razed as the government fled the oncoming mob.
Across Balochia, the population was in retreat. When reports from the north were released of the Saami brutality entire towns emptied as families fled south, to Severyane, or west, to Karjelinn. The borders were clogged with those seeking asylum.
The cause of the invasion? The alleged assassination of Biede Brekke, the beloved freedom-fighter and leader of the young Lappish government by Balochian government agents. Brekke was killed by a car-bomb supposedly planted by Balochian agents, and the tragedy whipped a frenzy into the Saami. Ambitious and aggressive Saami military officials led the way and in time, they believed, would erase Balochia from the map for their transgressions.
The government of Balochia, in transit, made a plea to the international community to end the hostilities, by force if necessary.
In Marth, they came without warning, as the trees lit up with fire, certainly more firepower than was expected from what the Balochian media had described as "a population on the brinks of starvation."
Starve them to death is what the Balochians decided to do. They blockaded the seas and patrolled the borders with helicopters and military patrols. At some point, Lappa would either fight, or negotiate. Little did they know there were several secret trails through the wilderness. Supplies did get into Lappa, however, from the west. Weapons were brought in as well, to supplement what had been captured in the Balochian retreat. The result was as such: when the Saamis did cross the border, they did so not as starved and barely armed savages, but as fairly well equipped and tenacious invaders.
The ignorance of the Balochian government was revealed in a day. The DMZ, the wall, the guards, all overrun by the Saami invaders. It was known that the Saami outnumbered the Balochians by a significant margin, but it was not truly understood until the waves of men and women (all were welcome in the Lappish military) began pouring into Balochia proper.
By late Quartyr the fires could be seen from Rvon. Indeed, there were fires. These Saami were not liberators, but invaders. They murdered and destroyed at will, burning homes and slaughtering without mercy. "ei armoa sortajan" was the phrase, meaning "no mercy for the oppressor" as Balochian men, women, and children were cut down where they stood. Decades of Balochian oppression was being reversed, and the result was violent and cold-blooded revenge for many of the Saami.
The Balochians would not simply lay down however. Contingencies had been planned and the military, who had not been totally asleep at the wheel, met the invaders. In Fein, it was believed a new DMZ could be established, before the Balochians were again routed on the outskirts of Rvon. By Septum, the capital had fallen and the Balochian government was in retreat. The capital building was razed as the government fled the oncoming mob.
Across Balochia, the population was in retreat. When reports from the north were released of the Saami brutality entire towns emptied as families fled south, to Severyane, or west, to Karjelinn. The borders were clogged with those seeking asylum.
The cause of the invasion? The alleged assassination of Biede Brekke, the beloved freedom-fighter and leader of the young Lappish government by Balochian government agents. Brekke was killed by a car-bomb supposedly planted by Balochian agents, and the tragedy whipped a frenzy into the Saami. Ambitious and aggressive Saami military officials led the way and in time, they believed, would erase Balochia from the map for their transgressions.
The government of Balochia, in transit, made a plea to the international community to end the hostilities, by force if necessary.