Kodiak Uprising

The Kodiak Uprising was a series of events that was caused after the Battle of Kodiak (Prelude) between multiple militias (KCR) and the Soviets.
==Background==
===Prelude===
Further information: Only The Hated
Following the Battle of Kodiak and the devastating defeat for the United States, resistance movements also called the "Kodiak Citizen's Resistance" would be established in multiple factors in a united front around the city to combat Soviet forces occupying the city. Resistance to the Soviets rose immediately after their arrival, but the efforts to strike back against the Soviets would not begin until the 20th of February 1987. 
===Fighting Begins===
Fighting during this period has little record and was largely not fought in large pitched battles but instead in small skirmishes between citizen militias and Soviet forces. The fighting spanned from East Kodiak all the way to Southwest Kodiak. 
Resistance would primarily be taken up by community leaders such as local priest Chuck Temple, former Sheriff Brian Speirs and others who would recruit close friends into taking up arms before retreating from the city to set up resistance strongholds throughout Kodiak. Speirs would wage a guerrilla war out of his camp near Buskin Lake that saw several ambushes of Soviet combat groups attempting to exert control over the Kodiak wilderness. Speirs and Temple would have a simmering rivalry as the guerrilla war continued, competing over 'bounties' on local Soviet NCOs and officers. The men however would collaborate when the times required such as the Battle of Pillar Creek, the only pitched battle of the Kodiak Uprising. 
=== Battle of Pillar Creek ===
The only proper battle of the Kodiak Uprising, the Battle of Pillar Creek saw militias lead by Chuck Temple and Brian Speirs defend the Kodiak wilderness from the largest Soviet advance since the initial invasion of Kodiak. After steadily losing ground for a week, militias gathered on the bank of Pillar Creek to halt the Soviet advance. Speirs, Temple and other militia leaders maintained a tentative grasp of the defensive line for hours until finally a Soviet advance pierced their line and signaled a full retreat.
Amidst this retreat, Chuck Temple refused to admit defeat and instead rallied men for a suicidal attack. With little more than a few rounds for each man, Temple and his men charged downhill towards the Soviets, brandishing grenades and melee weapons. The Soviets mistook this attack as the arrival of reinforcements and so fell back fearing that they were now outnumbered. As the Soviet troops reached Rezanof road they began a withdraw to Kodiak City. 
=== Rise of Chuck Temple ===
In the course of the fighting, one of the first citizen militias to arise was that lead by former Priest Chuck Temple, who gathered arms and followers prior to the arrival of the Soviets. When the Soviets occupied Kodiak, Temple and his followers fled to the forests to regroup. They took part in a great deal of the fighting, with Temple leading one of the largest militia groups that only grew in influence and in number. He lead forces at the Battle of Pillar Creek against the Soviets, the only true pitched battle of the uprising. The battle resulted in the Soviets retreating from the area and truly being restricted the Kodiak City and the surrounding roads. 
As the war progressed, it became less about combating the Soviets, who were now largely 'contained' to Kodiak City, and more about gaining influence across Kodiak as militias developed rivalries for who would determine the future of Kodiak. Chuck Temple and his militia, having become increasingly radical and defensive, were at the head of the effort to consolidate influence for the peace that would come after the defeat of the Soviets. 
=== Fluke Creek Bus Massacre ===
Chuck Temple's militia radicalization would come to a head at the infamous Fluke Creek Bus Massacre, an event that would forever change the face of Kodiak.
In their efforts to consolidate influence, Temple's militias restricted the territory under their control to those who believed in Temple's new belief, Yelloism, and were therefor part of Temple's growing faction. This had caused minimal issues until the arrival of a civilian militia escorting a bus of refugees attempted to cross into Temple's territory.
Temple and his militia would confront the militiamen and their bus, demanding that they either convert and join Temple's faction, or turn back from the territory. The militiamen refused and told Temple that they need to cross over into the territory to deliver the bus to a safe location. An argument between the sides resulted in a confrontation with guns being aimed between the two sides. As militiamen attempted to forcefully move Temple's troops, firing broke out that resulted in the deaths of all the militiamen defending the bus. Temple's men would then enter the bus and demand the survivors convert or die. A few chose conversion, most chose death. Notably, Stephen Lukes who would go on to found the Only the Hated militia survived the event by playing dead in the bus. 
===Rise of Stephen Lukes and the Creation of the Church of Yelloman===
After the Fluke Creek Bus Massacre Stephen Lukes would gather many fellow militias who disliked Temple's growing influence. They formed the Only the Hated militia who sought to push the Soviets out of Kodiak, but mostly to remove Temple and his followers from Kodiak. Using charisma and his skill as a militia leader, Lukes easily recruited many militias to join under the Only the Hated banner as their ranks grew. They chose to base themselves in West Kodiak, an area containing a small settlement and a former golf course.
Only The Hated is an anarchist group or faction with their main goal of expelling the Russians, also known as Kodiak Oblast, from Kodiak. They have recent tensions with the Church of Yelloman which are their main big rivals. Their alliance with EO is extremely important and relies most resources on them such as military support in some battles, etc.
At the same time the Only the Hated militia rose up, Chuck Temple made his intentions public. He proclaimed the creation of the Church of Yelloman as the primary power in Kodiak and as the kingdom of Yelloman and his believers. Their territory at its founding and its peak, stretched from East Kodiak to Southwest Kodiak, the largest territory of any faction on the island at the time. However this position of power and intent to conquer all of Kodiak kept them in conflict with the Soviets, who had recently become the Kodiak Oblast after they lost communication with Moscow, and the Only the Hated militia. This rivalry would set the stage for the later Kodiak Civil War.
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