The Battle of Presov

The Battle of Prešov is the first major armed conflict the world has seen since the Jebel Sahaba conflict. 
== Spoilers ==
It was between the Yakuza and the Unspeakable Darkness, and was an attempt by both sides to steal the Ares water as it returned to Earth. V Team was naturally caught in the middle.
=== Prelude to War ===
In 2232, Pelamus Pluturus hired the Yakuza to bring the Ares back to Earth. Their winning bid to do so became the envy of many Zaibatsu organizations, not the least of which was the Unspeakable Darkness. Not content to have lost the job, the Unspeakable Darkness resolved to steal the Ares out from under the Yakuza and charge Pelamus double for it for his shortsighteness in not hiring them in the first place.
They began with a massive migration of resources to Mars, including 60 members (Whoever could fit into a space suit) and two Dood shuttles. As the Yakuza completed their launch craft, the Darkness attacked, killing many but failing to prevent lift-off. The Ares was stored inside Enyo and sent to Earth. They redoubled their efforts to take the Ares upon its return to Earth.
=== The War ===
Learning that the Yakuza planned to dock at UNEGA 07, the UD sent Gristle to bomb the station. He did so successfully and the Enyo hurtled into the Earth's atmosphere over Prešov. The UD's largest freighter was present to capture it with its high powered tractoring beam. The freighter then extended a massive siphon and sucked up the Ares water.
The Yakuza was on the site at Prešov, and the UD was on the ground in force. Forces were as follows:
The battle raged on killing over 500 Yakuza and 300 Darkness members, and annihilating roughly 70% of the battle capability of each. To the surprise of both sides, V Team detonated a nuclear weapon in near the east edge of the fight, the first nuclear blast Earth had seen since the end of nuclear testing. A further 200 Yakuza and 100 Darkness were killed, and their entire committed forces were destroyed, including the UD freighter.
=== Aftermath ===
Both the Yakuza and Unspeakable Darkness were utterly ruined, having lost their total commitments, which in both cases were the vast majority of their resources and personnel. Zaibatsu was effectively torn in half, and then those halves were beyond decimated. Numerous companies changed hands within UNEGA, and GAUNE began buying up what they could, making hostile takeovers across the board while at the same time accusing UNEGA of illegal arms testing and worse.
Little did the parties involved know that the Wolf Gang had in fact stolen the Ares before either of them got to it. As Wulfgar sold the Ares to Pelamus, Zaibatsu went defunct and UNEGA entered a state of near civil war. By the time Vibeke and Violet were breaking into Dimmuborgir, world war was already unavoidable.
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