Sandbox Continental War

The Sandbox Continental War was a conflict between nearly every group across the vast majority of ACF Sandbox servers. If a group wasn't fighting in this war, they certainly knew it was happening. There were many claims, leaks, causalities, and occasional server shutdowns during this war, which ended sometime around late 2017 when the Inner Sphere Alliance (ISA) collapsed due to leaks and internal instability, resulting in their surrender, change in leadership, and major reforms.
==Early War==
===The Birth of ISA===
The Inner Sphere Alliance, or ISA, was formed on October 7th, 2017. Connor, the leader, was fairly new to Garry's Mod and the meta itself. This resulted in responses from claimants and various other factions. ISA was able to successfully initially seize Trump's Hair and some other claims.
===Initial Conflict===
ISA eventually became a threat when they began to attempt claims on Trump's Hair. On the 9th, ISA forces attacked Cat-Gopher Industries (C.G.I.) scouts. Due to the battle that ensued, C.G.I. declared war on ISA. The next day, ISA deployed forces to the Dirtbox Warzone and Saul Slugman's PAC Haven (SSPH) servers with the intent to conquer them. Not wanting to be involved in an unnecessary war, K.S. signs a non-aggression pact with ISA on the 12th. However, this agreement would be broken on the 15th, when ISA forces staged an attack on K.S. forces. Due to this, not only did K.S. declare war on ISA, but they also created the Anti-ISA pact to rally support against the faction. On that same day, ABMC allied with C.G.I. and joined the war. UMU also attempted an incursion on Trump's Hair, succeeding in ceasing K.S. air operations.
===More Powers Get Involved===
After UMU got involved in Trump's Hair, they formed an alliance with ISA on the 16th due to their similar goals. On the Cereal Box ACF server, ISA bombed Izakia (IZK)'s fortifications without warning on the 17th. Multiple IZK members were building new tanks and aircraft during the bombing. This attack caused IZK to join the war against ISA. The first few battles between ISA and IZK resulted in ISA victories due to the element of surprise, armored mechs, and bombers overpowering outdated IZK armor. However, on the 18th, the first victory was achieved over ISA in a battle fought on the official IZK server. However, there would be very few victories against ISA throughout the course of the war. The next day, Our Happy Picnic (OHAPIC), initially supporting K.S., turned their backs on them and joined ISA in the war. This caused C.G.I. to declare war on OHAPIC. On that same day, due to their constant history of rule-breaking, many ISA members are banned from Trump's Hair. UMU attacked C.G.I. forces on the 20th, causing C.G.I. to declare war on them. UMU also made statements against and was hostile towards K.S. forces. However, UMU retracted all statements and withdrew from Trump's Hair on the 22nd due to them being significantly weaker than ISA. UMU officially surrendered to C.G.I. on the 23rd.
==Mid War==
===First Major Blow to ISA===
On the 24th, ISA claimed that they conquered Trump's Hair, Dirtbox Warzone, and SSPH. Ironically, later that day, the entirety of ISA was banned from Trump's Hair for their constant rule-breaking. Although they would later be unbanned on a later date, this dealt a colossal blow to ISA. Seeing this as an opportunity to be the dominant power on Trump's Hair, UMU returned to the server and claimed that they controlled the airspace. They also threatened K.S. by stating that they would aim rocket batteries at their land. Later that day, ISA withdrew from Dirtbox Warzone after being defeated in a decisive infantry battle. C.G.I. then claimed the server after their withdrawal.
===IZK Goes on the Offensive===
IZK, joined by some C.G.I. forces, followed up by going on the offensive. They chased down ISA to the Cereal Box server on the 29th. The next day, a significant victory was earned by allied forces against ISA, using new ACF technology. Initially, allied forces were pinned down by armored ISA vehicles. However, reinforcements came, and they were able to take down the entire ISA base on the 30th. IZK, realizing its shortcomings from its first few encounters with ISA, utilized heavy turrets and naval vessels instead of their light, mobile tanks. IZK Anti-Mech Turrets were able to shred ISA armored mechs, which led IZK Zhukovs, Sturnikov 120s, and rocket artillery to dominate inferior ISA tanks. However, on November 2nd, ISA overwhelmed C.G.I. forces. Although ISA victories were extremely common, it was discovered that ISA was using exploits to gain unlimited health and the ability to see any player anywhere in this battle.
== Late War==
Outnumbered 3 to 1, on November 6th, C.G.I. was able to defeat ISA in a major battle. Later that day, UMU declared war on ETAM. However, ETAM also surrendered to ISA. Despite this surrender, on the 13th, ETAM led a surprise attack, causing significant ISA casualties. UMU came to provide reinforcements, and using a T-72 tank, 3 ETAM tanks were destroyed, and ETAM was defeated. On the 17th, C.G.I. and ISA achieve partial peace and agree not to fight on most servers. This changed on the 22nd when ISA went against the agreement. ISA, along with UMU, attacked C.G.I. and ETAM forces. Although the fight was initially in C.G.I. and ETAM's favor as they rendered UMU defeated, ISA came back with overwhelming reinforcements and ACF technology. To make things worse for them, ISA also started using tactics like prop pushing. Sometime in December, IZK would sign a peace treaty with ISA, which stipulated that IZK would keep its occupation of Cereal Box in exchange for allowing ISA to continue its military operations.
===Instability of ISA===
Around this time, one of the founders of ISA, Captain Cancer, leaked the T88 publicly, along with the Raikiri mech. This was a major blow because of the T88's strength. Captain Cancer would then leave ISA and create his own group. Everything changed on December 9th, as ISA suddenly collapsed. Although it was not made apparent, there was an internal conflict going on, resulting in their faction falling apart, forcing them to surrender to allied forces. Due to the leaks and instability, ISA fell apart, and leadership went to Rebel Taxi, who put ISA through major reforms. On that same day, allied forces were able to go on Trump's Hair and secure it once and for all. On the 19th, UMU and ETAM sign a non-aggression pact.
==Gallery==
File:Spawnkill.jpg|C.G.I. forces witness ISA aircraft slaughtering people at spawn
File:Zghsa.jpg|Izakian Armed Forces deployed on Cereal Box
File:Exploits.jpg|ISA using exploits to get unlimited health and to see everyone on the map at once
File:MechL.png|Izakian Anti-Mech Turret destroying an ISA armored mech
File:Rocket01.jpg|Izakian rocket artillery
File:SU7.png|SU-7 fitted with bombs targeting ISA ground units
File:Sub.png|Izakian Nuclear Submarine engaging enemy targets. It was designed to take out ISA armored mechs from afar, hidden beneath the water to avoid detection
File:Zhukov01.jpg|Zhukov engaging an ISA armored unit. The Zhukov was a key vehicle in war; its strong main armament shredded ISA tanks, which at the time were extremely lightly armored
File:Turret01.jpg|IZK Anti-Mech/AA turret taking out an ISA helicopter
File:Mechamyng.jpg|An ISA armored mech, the most effective ISA weapon during the war
File:Isabomb.png|ISA heavy bomber
File:Pee.png|NRR export used by ISA
File:Blackpri.png|Dubbed the "Black Prince" by Izakian forces, this was ISA's most numerous MBT during the war
File:Hjets.jpg|An early ISA jet fighter
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