SCI Summer War

Though in the Gmod Meta, Summer Wars are often wars between alliances of factions due to rising hostilities during the summer. However in the case of the ULSCI, known as SDF at the time, Simply Captain Icky's Servers was ravaged by a 3 month long war that marked the beginning of the SDF's journey as a faction. The Summer War of 2017 as SDF members call it, was one of the greatest wars it has ever fought, seeing almost uncountable amounts of battles with almost four battles per week. Due to the antiquity of the war, photos are rare, and veterans few.
==Initial Conflict ==
The SDF had a minor reactivation due to the presence of FOXCBM, which was looking for allies in the near inhospitable SCI Servers and its constant little fights between players. SCI Servers #2 was a neurotec server, with a large playerbase during the summer. One one fateful day on July 9, 2017, a huge force of aircraft attacked and bombed a joint SDF-FOXCBM naval base on md_ironsky. The proclaimed leader of the "Minge Militia" being Swat07, though not an actual leader, was able to organize forces and launch operations against the SDF-FOX forces.
==Early War==
Due to SCI Servers #2 having many water-based and air based maps, ground combat was uncommon, while naval combat was very common, usually accompanied by aerial combat. SDF struck a victory at the Battle of gm_canyonwarfare, and shortly after the battle a recruitment campaign began. This campaign was highly successful, and SDF went from 11 members to 20 members in weeks. Due to the lack of information and documentation of the war, there is little information of the early war period.
==Mid War==
The Mid War period was the hottest point of the fighting. SDF began to adopt naval bases, and constructed them at the corners of ocean maps where they would be difficult to attack while still being able to launch warships and aircraft from. The maps where naval battles happened the most were gm_piratecove, md_ironsky, and the notorious gm_ddocean, where a total of 6 battles happened. The SDF also had the great idea of putting road props on neurotec ships, making them rudimentary aircraft carriers which were surprisingly highly effective. The prop acted as both a bomb shield (when placed on top of the ship) and a platform to launch neurotec planes from. Aircraft carriers would see use throughout the war and into other conflicts on the neurotec server. During this time, the SDF had a huge fleet during most battles, sometimes ranging from 3 to 5 ships sailing together. The SDF struck victory after victory, and then suffered a major loss at a battle on md_ironsky after Phil and TheMemeMachine had to leave the game, leaving the members without a power structure and falling victim to enemy attack. DDocean was also lost to the Minge forces.
==Battle of Neuro_Crater ==
The Battle of Neuro_Crater is the most well documented battle of the war, the battle was near the beginning of the 
Late War period. The SDF had constructed a naval fortress at one side of the map, which a man named "Yaboi2Short" (Formerly Yung Cash Register), organized a militia and launched a massive attack on the fortress. Neuro_Crater became the largest naval battle in SDF history, and the victory following it bolstered morale. The battle lasted an estimated 2 hours, with a majority of SDF members active during the combat. Strangely enough for the SDF, aircraft carriers were not present during this battle, and was composed of mostly destroyers, cruisers, and fighter aircraft. To reduce their losses, ships were ordered to return to port after receiving severe damage instead of making a last stand. A total of 5 ships were saved from being sunk because of this new order.
==Late War==
The SDF, FOXCBM, and KAX had joint plans to retake ddocean after its loss to the minges. However, they had to deal with the other problems first. The FOXCBM armed forces secured the ground with their tank armies, scoring a victory at the battle of Fightspace3b. Airships were also being 
experimented with by the SDF. One prototype was made, and one was finished and used in combat, where it shot down 3 aircraft and sank 1 ship with heavy weaponry. Other than that, airships were deemed ineffective, and projects for airships were scrapped. On August 26 at 7:35pm, Operation Broken Sword was announced, describing a full scale invasion of SCI #2 to regain lost ground. On the day of the operation (August 27), large battles ensued, and the operation was a strategic victory for the joint forces. 
==End of Conflict ==
The last battle of the Summer War was fought on September 4 on DDocean. Aircraft carriers were used in high numbers, and 
intense naval and air combat raged on the server for a whole hour. SDF warships destroyed minge naval and air forces and established total supremacy over the server. After the defeat was obvious, Swat07 signed a surrender order on the SDF-N Apex, an aircraft carrier. The Minge militia was disbanded, and peace was established on the server for the many months to come.
==Legacy==
The Summer War is often regarded with great respect and is a symbol of the SDF's past. Great thanks is owed to it because it was the main catalyst of the revival of the SDF. To this day it is still remembered, and will be remembered forever by the SDF.