Massacre on Midway
| Massacre on Midway | |||||||||
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| Part of PrikPack v16 | |||||||||
 rice_fish crossing the mine-laden coast to the Scæþing-occupied Midway City | |||||||||
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| Scæþing | Magical Empire | ||||||||
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| jusipat | baconpancakes36 | ||||||||
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| countless | a few | ||||||||
The Massacre on Midway was a fast paced and intensely violent conflict that occurred between Scæþing and the Magical Empire originally over land claims on Midway.
History
The Massacre on Midway was preceded by rounds of escalation and a breakdown in relations between the belligerent nations of Scæþing and the Magical Empire, which exploded into all out war.
Heightened Tensions
Tensions began to mount when both Scæþing and the Magical Empire made claims on Midway, a valuable midpoint landmass between the nations. Villages were constructed and populated by both factions, with Scæþing specifically upgrading an old fort from the Scæþing Punitive War. These competing claims went seemingly unnoticed, and there was peace for a few days. Eventually, internal conflicts within the Scæþing Empire brought the faction to the edge of the civil war. The de-facto current consul, jusipat, made the decision to divert Scæþing's hostility outwards. Thus began planning for a war over the Magical Empire's claims on Midway.
Whisperings of War and First Contact
Wikaros, a member of the Magical Empire faction, was informed of the internal conflicts within Scæþing. He made an attempt to vote in an election there, arriving unsolicited and attempting to destabilize Scæþing. When he arrived, he was immediately killed and he was informed that Scæþing was planning on declaring war on the Magical Empire. A few hours passed, tensions boiling for a large-scale conflict between Scæþing and the Magical Empire. Citizens of the Magical Empire were informed of the impending conflict, namely baconpancakes36 and rice_fish. Members of Scæþing finalised their preparations as well.
The original terms of the war were to attempt to be as non-destructive as possible, and to keep the conflict on Midway exclusively.
The War Begins
The Scæþing Republic's forces began preparing on the southern portion of Midway for an invasion of the rest of the island. Mercenary bcfoss was hired to Scæþing's cause at this time.
Scæþing Occupation of Midway
The conflict began as Scæþing forces from Southern Midway occupied the Magical Empire's Midway City without bloodshed. Scæþing's forces, bcfoss, Cflip_, jusipat and Kjolt947, then awaited a possible counterattack from Magical Empire forces, after having constructed battlements in Midway City. Mines were laid and stockpiles of ammunition and additional muskets prepared. jusipat, emergency wartime Consul , began scouting missions via boat in the ocean between Midway and the Magical Island in an attempt to devine the Magical Empires plans. jusipat ended up spotting and driving off a scouting attempt made by Wikaros with musket-fire.
Magical Counter-Attack
Eventually, baconpancakes36 decided to join the server and use his blood magic "flight" to go on a scout run to Midway, where Scæþing was already waiting, with their hired man bcfoss and many land mines on the beaches surrounding the villages. Cflip spotted him landing on the roof of the church tower on the Magical Empire village and decided to shoot at him, landing a few hits, aggravating him to shoot back. Cflip was killed swiftly via enchanted bow and baconpancakes36 headed back to the Magical Empire to regroup and begin preparations. rice_fish went to Midway of his own accord and began fighting without informing his faction until a few minutes later. He was caught and found in the tallest tower in the occupied Midway City but managed to escape. Saucy_Tacos and Wikaros began heading over to Midway while baconpancakes36 prepared a large amount of explosive charges.
Battle of Midway City
The Magical Empire's primary forces landed to the east of Midway City, and gave battle with Scæþing's occupation forces; namely Kjolt947, cflip, juspat, and the mercenary bcfoss. The Scæþing forces relied heavily on the ranged power of their muskets, and performed well inside the dense urban environment of Midway City. However, as the battle contiued, it became apparent that baconpancakes36's mystical powers were overwhelming and could not be countered by the occupiers.
The combined forces of the Magical Empire's counterattack drove the occupiers not only from Midway City, but also past the pre-war frontier and southward towards Scæþing's settlement on the island. In response, jusipat, enraged at seeing baconpancakes36's overwhelming "godly" power and, in his view, a complete lack of respect for conventional military doctrine, informed his faction they would now pursue a Dirt Warfare approach to the war. This was to be done by attempting to destroy baconpancakes36's belongings, in order to demoralize him. While the battle on Midway began to die down, jusipat snuck into baconpancakes36's base on the Magical Empire's home island and to wreak havoc. Furthermore, he hid his refined storage drives in a chest for potential ransome. Kjolt947 too followed jusipat to the Magical Empire's home territories, with other Scæþing forces still holding on to the southern portion of Scæþing Midway.
Escalation of the War
Soon after discovering Kjolt947 on the Magical Empire's soil, baconpancakes36 informed the faction that the conflict had extended beyond Midway, and chaos not unlike The Calamity ensued. Both factions destroyed innumerable structures, boating straight past eachother and briefly skirmishing across all theatres of the war. With fire and explosives almost every player's belongings and properties were destroyed on each side. Notably: Saucy_Tacos's wooden house, baconpancakes36's base, Wikaros's base, many town buildings in Scæþing, Fort Scæþing, Kjolt947's house, and many others. baconpancakes36 would occasionally spot and hunt down members of Scæþing as he encountered them during his rampage.
The Battle of Scæþing
As baconpancakes36 ravaged Scæþing and Midway, Scæþing was beset upon by the soldiers of the Magical Empire in full force. Kjolt947, Cflip_ and jusipat managed to use the extensive turtle tunnels dug under Scæþing as a refuge to hide vast amounts of Scæþing's wealth and storage drives. Furthermore, from these tunnels, they would suddenly emerge to ambush the attackers plundering the fortress. This strategy was unable to turn the tide of the war, and eventually the fighters were rooted out and destroyed. Simultaneously, bcfoss managed to use the dense urban environment of Scæþing City to avoid detection from the invaders, and to launch sudden guerilla attacks. These attacks did not affect the outcome; the total pillaging of Scæþing. In order to turn the tide of the war, jusipat attempted in vain to employ high-voltage cables to electrocute the invaders. This proved impossible as Scæþing City's power plant was destroyed, and the power grid to the fortress had already been severely damaged.
During the Magical Empire's offensive on Scæþing, bcfoss managed to steal a boat full of supplies harboured at Scæþing City. He would take it far into the ocean under the pursuit of Wikaros. jusipat trailed Wikaros and harried his ship with musket fire, distracting him.
Eventually, after war exhaustion grew on both sides, talks of peace began to be discussed.
Peace and Aftermath
The peace treaty known as Ricky (The Black Peace) was signed at the Tuff House in Scæþing.
New States
The outcome of this war fragmented the playerbase on the server, with many players spreading out over the world to form new nations.