The Incident of Southern Kodiak & Death Road

The Incident of Southern Kodiak & Death Road was an incident that was allegedly caused by Only The Hated, to provoke the forces of the United Commonwealth.
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==Prior Incident==
===The White Sands Beach Agreement===
On January 10th 2007, Prophet Robert Collins met with The General from the United Commonwealth at White Sands Beach in order to discuss relations between the two factions. The meeting would result in the White Sands Beach Agreement which pledged that:
*Mutual support between the Church of Yelloman and United Commonwealth
*Joint operations between the Church and Commonwealth
*Material support for the Church of Yelloman
*A Church of Yelloman false flag operation to get the United Commonwealth into conflict with Only The Hated
==The South Kodiak Incident==
In February 2007, five members of the Church of Yelloman, dressed in clothing taken from corpses of Only the Hated members set out for a camp in South Kodiak inhabited by forces of the United Commonwealth. They were armed with three AK style rifles, one pump shotgun and an SKS rifle. Upon seeing a group of troops outside a house cleaning their equipment, the Church operatives opened fire, slightly wounding two soldiers. 
The United Commonwealth troops would open fire against the Yelloman operatives, causing them to take cover. A firefight between the two broke out, lasting 5 minutes before the two sides ceased fire. The Yelloman operatives seeking to cause further chaos and damage abandoned their position against the Commonwealth troops and rushed towards civilian homes. 
The Yelloman operatives would break into homes and shoot civilians, shouting "Only the Hated will survive!" as they murdered the civilians. The Commonwealth troops responded to the attacks with no hesitation, attempting to drive the attackers away from the civilians. The attackers succeeded in killing 12 civilians before attempting to retreat. As the attackers retreated they exchanged fire with the Commonwealth troops, attempting to slow them down so the attackers could disappear into the forest. One of the attackers was struck in the leg by fire from the Commonwealth troops, preventing him from retreating. 
As the Commonwealth troops reached the wounded attacker, they attempted to seize him and question him. However before they could grab him, the man yelled "Only the Hated shall live!" before turning his shotgun on himself and firing. On the man's body were documents that appeared to be from Stephen Lukes, ordering a pre-emptive attack against the United Commonwealth to warn them from attempting to move further into Kodiak. 
=== Aftermath ===
After the attack concluded, The General immediately spoke out against the attackers for killing civilians under the protection of the United Commonwealth. The General stated his intention to protect the citizens of Kodiak against further attacks by the armed groups on the island and encouraged citizens to come under his protection. This attack caused much outrage amongst not only the United Commonwealth, but also the Kodiak Oblast, who saw the attack as an act of aggression by Only the Hated against their citizens. Using the outrage as justification, The General announced that operations would be carried out against Only the Hated to try and push them away from civilian populations as well as seizing more territory from which the Commonwealth could construct safe communities.
This outrage would ultimately lead to the Battle of Gibson Cove, which saw United Commonwealth troops attack a joint Only the Hated and Kodiak Oblast garrison around Gibson Cove, attempting to gain more territory on mainland Kodiak. The attack would achieve little but it did succeed in causing anxiety in the Kodiak Oblast that would eventually result in the Collins-Vardayn Pact, pulling the Kodiak Oblast out of the Kodiak Civil War. 
== Allegations Against the Church of Yelloman ==
Immediately after the attack Only the Hated would claim that the attackers were in fact members of the Church of Yelloman who were attempting to cause a conflict between Only the Hated and the United Commonwealth. Stephen Lukes confirmed that he had signed no such order to carry out an attack against a faction and especially civilians, a statement that was ignored by much of the community. Prophet Robert Collins would deny these claims and state that Only the Hated was attempting to turn the United Commonwealth against the Church of Yelloman, a statement that had merit since the White Sands Beach Agreement was not public at the time.
Category:Atrocities