Season 2 (XNDUIW Battle Zone)

Season 2 of the XNDUIW Battle Zone was the follow-up to the first season (Season 1 released the game to the public) during it's work. Season 2 revolves around the modern war in Ukraine, mainly some news about it after the escalation of the conflict back in February when the game was released after a brief period of development.
It introduced 5 new maps, replacing the baseplate and introduced a few more weapons to the game in the official game scheme itself, though it was met with some criticism. It also preceded the improvement process for the game itself, partly due to the fact that the protests involved many people who were not interested in getting featured.
The season was released on May 1st 2022 after the game's actual release, and started development in March of the same year.
== Story ==
=== Anton Karymsky's arrest ===
Anton Karymsky was arrested for being involved in the riots against the Russian government, and he was jailed for around 3 days, after which he was bailed out by Avgustin Stalzhorev when he bribed prison guards to free him to safety.
Many people encouraged Nikolai Abulinov to leave the country but Nikolai chose to stay put, alongside with his 2nd wife, Kseniya Abeliksova. Anton's arbitrary jailing and the subsequent jailing of political rivals drew condemnation against the Russian government, which were severely cracked down upon, as Anton could've been sentenced to around 15 years in prison for the anti-government protests that spread across multiple Russian cities and ports, with many more Russian soldiers either killed in action or going AWOL in the process of the protests against the war. Some lower-ranking members of the Russian opposition were either murdered by the government or simply went missing, as Russia went into a downward spiral towards authoritarianism during Putin's rule in the country.
Unsurprisingly, the inflation of the Ruble also drove up prices, that Anatoly Aparkov once deeply complained and was truly concerned about, which the grain that was grown wasn't reaching their intended destinations, and this was possibly due to all the sanctions that plagued the Russian government at the time.
==== Widespread riots and protests ====
Angry members of the public started protesting against the conflict, with many avatars following, though those were cracked down heavily by Russia and were widely supported by the American backed Patriots, and with the protests led by Alexander Staunt, it gained widespread traction all over the country. Peaceful protests also took place in several bases aligned with the opposition group, which was the Russian Republic, though some riots within Moscow then became pretty violent throughout the hours during the rioting that was apparently involved.
Protests were also held on the Internet, though Kimberly Staltnik, Yelena Belkina and many Russian hacker groups started targeting netizen's accounts as a whole, with billions of ruble of damages from cyberattacks alone online. Famously, those who held the white-blue-white flag or the flag of Ukraine risked getting arrested, though some got away, others were handcuffed and jailed by the FSB on one hand.
The reports of Russian soldiers going AWOL were known since these troops, along with anti-government police officers who also deserted, also participated with the Russian opposition, demanding the release of Anton Karymsky and the resignation of Putin and the rest of the Russian government as a whole, with Aleksey Navalny's release being demanded by the general public too.
=== Western front ===
Meanwhile on the Patriots' side, new troops were trained and veteran army soldiers were immediately introduced, especially when Marion Sims came in to repair cars and vehicles as a maintenance worker. On the perspective of the American president, Alexander Staunt and many people aligned with American or Canadian military or political factions were banned from entering the Russian mainland, and a government approval, involving CalicooKittin and some members of JToH's highest ranks showed support for the actions within live military conflict.
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