The Metal War
| The Metal War | |||||||||
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| Part of PrikPack v17 | |||||||||
 The coastal siege on Canna Cabana | |||||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||||
| Eorzea | Canna Cabana | ||||||||
| Commanders | |||||||||
| jusipat | Cflip_ | ||||||||
| Casualties | |||||||||
| numerous | some | ||||||||
The Metal War was a conflict between Eorzea and Canna Cabana that began with a series of raids by Eorzea, the first of which was initiated to take Canna Cabana's lead stockpile.
The Raids
The first Eorzean raid began the day before the war, comprising jusipat and Wikaros. They set out to take a large quantity of lead from Cflip_, who had just completed 3x ore processing from Mekanism. Entirely unprepared for combat after the past few days of peace on the server, Cflip_ placed the ~55 lead blocks along the beach as the opponents flew in via plane. He also discovered that open nether portals summoned monsters from Doom into the world, so he constructed multiple nether portals to increase the number of threats present in the area in an attempt to make the raiders' stay unpleasant. After the raiders landed via plane, there was little retribution from Cflip_, but he later found out how to craft more sniper rifle ammo and there was a minor shootout. In the end, Eorzea victoriously got away with the lead blocks.
Eorzea then flew to the Atlantuk to raid Kjolt947 for a single block of cactus.
The next day, members of Eorzea planned another raid, this time for Cflip_'s iron supply. Due to the newly presented threat, Canna Cabana began to militarize and Cflip_ built an atomic disassembler and an assault rifle to fend off the raiders. The nether portals from the previous raid were moved, and the apartment building in western Canna Cabana was turned into a deadly containment facility that was full of Doom monsters. jusipat and Wikaros arrived in Canna Cabana via plane once more and landed along the western beach. The forces of Eorzea then took cover in the dense forest on the western side of the river, while Cflip_ guarded the east side. Gunfire was exchanged, but no major damage was done to either side. Cflip_ eventually crossed the bridge and shot down Wikaros in the street behind the apartment building, and then shot down jusipat, who was swimming across the river.
Coastal Siege
Eorzea would not give up with this defeat, and the raids became a full blown war. They recruited Kjolt947 from the Atlantuk, who had been raided the previous day, to join their attack against Canna Cabana. bcfoss promised to join up with Cflip_ later as long as he could protect the factory long enough for him to arrive. jusipat and Wikaros retrofitted an Eorzian ship with beds, supplies, and cannon.
When the Eorzean vessel first arrived, Cflip_ perched on the roof of the factory building, firing sniper shots at the opponents on the deck of the ship. The ship moved into position in front of the factory and began to fire, destroying most of the walls of the upper floors. Cflip_ continued to fire sniper rounds, now from the base of the building, but eventually he ran out of sniper ammo and instead guarded the basement of the factory, where all of the loot was. The attackers returned fire with relatively inaccurate submachine-gun fire. The siege continued, with jusipat swimming to the coast and breaking holes in the side of the building. This caught Cflip_ by surprise, but he was still able to fend off jusipat with the assault rifle.
After the cannon fire had caused considerable damage to the exterior of the mostly empty building, more combatants disembarked and swam to the coast. Cflip_ took advantage of their lackluster position in the water and mowed them down with the assault rifle, but because they had beds on the ship they were able to keep respawning and attacking immediately. Kjolt947 was able to sneak past the gunfire and infiltrated the top floor of the factory. He got very close to Cflip_, but Cflip_'s atomic disassembler made quick work of him. Cflip_ then went on the offensive, diving into water and obliterating the fighters with his atomic disassembler. He reached the ship, and after fighting off its defenders at the top of the ladder, he boarded the ship and claimed victory in this battle. Before Cflip_ could prevent escape, Eorzea quickly assembled the ship, leaving Cflip_ in the water, and sailed back home.