Invasion of Magadan

Combatants|  **Pacific Federation*** Magadan
* Ulaanbaatar
* other Federation Core States

Strength| Federation Military Forces* Federation Air Force
	+ Magadan's Federation Aviation Regiment
		- K-9 Squadron
	+ Federation Peacekeepers
		- Steel Squadron
		- Jade Squadron
		- Onyx Squadron
		- Ivory Squadron
		- Black Squadron
		- Tanager Squadron
* Federation Army
	+ Magadan Ground Reserve Division
* Federation Navy
* Federation Vertical Navy
	+ Lanzlet
* Cascadian Army
* Cascadian Coast Guard
	+ Eminent Domain
* Cascadian Marine Guard
	+ Black Eagle Division

Mercenaries* Thorn Rose Gang

The **Cascadian Invasion of Magadan** was a massive spillover of the Cascadian Conflict, a civil war between the Cascadian Independence Force and the Pacific Federation. This resulted from the massive air battle between the two factions over the Bering Strait, which resulted in heavy losses for the Federation Air Force. With their military weakened by that battle, the Cascadian top brass decides on an invasion of Magadan, a member of the Federation even though Stardust objects to it. However, they launch their invasion, and despite having numerical superiority, their invasion stalls and they were eventually driven back by Federation reserves and reinforcements from Core Federation states. ￼

This invasion saw the Cascadian expeditionary forces sent to Magadan wiped out, as well as massive economic and environmental damage done to Magadan due to Faust ordering the destruction of the country's cordium and geothermal industry.

### Retreat from the Bering Strait

After the battle of the Bering Strait which saw a large chunk of the Federation's Air Force from the Western Pacific wiped out by the Cascadians and their mercenary allies, the Federation conducted a large-scale retreat from the Strait. The remaining Federation forces including the remnants of Crimson Team were being pursued by Cascadian-backed mercenaries, prompting the rest of Magadan's reserves including Unit K-9 to lend support to their allies. They succeed in repelling the mercenary forces and destroy the Thorn Rose Gang. After that, Stardust orders the remaining mercenaries to withdraw from Magadan or else their contracts would get terminated, but General Faust suggests that the Cascadians invade Magadan, intending to wreak havoc on the country's infrastructure. With invasion imminent, Crystal Kingdom federalizes the Magadan Reserve Division and begins the process of amassing reinforcements from the Core States for a planned counteroffensive.

### Battle of Point Refuge

The Cascadians began their D-Day invasion of Magadan at Point Refuge. About 50,000 troops of the Cascadian Marine Guard as well as mercenaries made landfall at Point Refuge accompanied by 323 ships, most of them being merchant vessels thanks to Cascadia's prominent maritime industry. Division K-9 was sent to the region to help local ground forces inflict losses on the Cascadians and conduct a retreat. The Independence Force sent mercenary bombers to Point Refuge to destroy the Federation ground units but were shot down by K-9. The Eminent Domain and its fleet were deployed to the battle to provide artillery support for the Cascadians which succeeds in forcing the Federation forces back inland. With their forces now at a huge disadvantage, AWACS Vita orders the retreat. K-9 along with the Steel Squadron, Federation's peacekeeping unit of Ulaanbataar provided support for their allies on the ground and destroy the Cascadian ships interdicting their retreat. The Cascadians, with Point Refuge secure, started to dig in and push deeper into Magadan.

### Stopping the Cascadians

With the Federation's military forces in Asia redeploying to Magadan, the Magadan reserves were deployed to the city of Tselidan where the Cascadian marines were launching an offensive into the city. Federation forces were tasked hold the city and buy enough time for the Federation's 303rd Bomber Squadron and the airship Lanzlet from Victoria to launch a strike on the Cascadian FOB to halt their advance. However, the sector was full of Cascadian air defenses protecting their FOB. K-9 ran SEAD on the Cascadian marines and provided cover to the allied bombers on their way to their targets. The bombers successfully destroyed the Cascadian FOB and halted their advance for the time being.

### Going on the counter-offensive

#### Cutting the head off the snake

With the bulk of Federation reinforcements arriving in Magadan, the Federation now has the combat power to push the Cascadians out of Magadan. Since their invasion, Faust has been sending troops in sabotage missions against Magadan's geothermal infrastructure, wreaking havoc on their economy. The Federation devised a plan to send the Cascadians out of their country without taking huge losses, which was a decapitation strike against their top brass. A single fighter flew into the underground Highway 1 under construction all the way to its end where the Cascadian HQ in Magadan was located. Once the fighter came out and attacked their HQ, the Federation Special Forces raided their command post and assassinated all Cascadian commanders in charge of the forces in Magadan. With the Cascadian chain of command in disarray, the Federation forces launch their offensive across the entire theater, dealing the Cascadians heavy losses.

#### Liberation of Magadan

In the aftermath of the decapitation operation, the Cascadians have been on the run from the reinforced Federation forces and have been driven back to Point Refuge, where they came in. There, the Federation launches a final push to drive the Cascadians out. Faust orders the evacuation of all Cascadian forces from Magadan, however she decides to get volunteers for one last sabotage mission before leaving the scene, despite Stardust's objections. Captain Woodward of the Eminent Domain takes command of the withdrawal operation and attempts to get the Federation to agree to a temporary truce to get the rest of his forces out, but Crystal Kingdom turns down his offer and orders them destroyed. With their invasion failed, and its escorts destroyed, the Eminent Domain retreats from Magadan. The Federation secures the city, and Magadan is liberated. The Federation then makes preparations to invade northern Cascadia again.

### Faust's raid on Base Station Zero

Faust and her splinter group left their main force to carry out one last mission, which was to destroy Base Station Zero, Magadan's largest cordium processing facility. K-9, now promoted to Peacekeepers, is sent into the sector to eliminate Faust and her forces.