The German-Stal War

Svyoshi

The **German-Stal War** was a conflict between the German Empire and Stal.

## Cause

On Day 6, AntVenom accidentally placed a large claim of 30 x 30 chunks on the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Alaska. This had resulted in the Arctic Claiming Mishap

On Day 13, AntVenom set out a plan to venture the unclaimed Siberian wilderness hoping to find some diamonds. He then discovered that his faction, Stal, had been declared as an enemy of the German Empire, Bean Island and the Inquisition. This did not budge him much as he had formed an alliance with the Antarctic Empire and Florida. Frustrated with the serious amount of lags on the server and threatened by the sudden wave of enmity, he then changed his plan for the day and made preparation for an upcoming war.

Meanwhile, Svyoshi had recently joined the German Empire. Prior to this, he was the latest member of the server and joined Packle, but decided to leave after Jawsh invited him with the promise of declaring war against Stal and killing AntVenom.

## The War

### The Ambush

Yoshi flew over Ant's house and began attacking him, but Ant quickly fired at him with his newly-bought AK-47. He then joined in a voice chat group attended by Jawsh, Yoshi, Traves, Cooper, Dinkster and Sylvee. He confronted the Germans saying that they might have attacked an ally of the Antarctic Empire, but this threat was ignored by most of them, as none of the Antarctic Empire members were online at the time. Ant then said that he'd be more than willing to reclaim the entire world for Technoblade's faction, and dared them to bring the war to his grounds before he left the VC.
Ant then walked out of his house and suddenly ambushed by Yoshi. They engaged in a duel using guns and later diamond swords, but Ant was swiftly defeated. Yoshi continued to kill him several more times as Ant attempted to retrieve his items.
Afterwards, Jawsh and Yoshi offered to end the attacks if Ant was willing to sue for peace. However, the hostilites inflicted on him made Ant immediately inform his allies, Technoblade and Fit for backup. Techno was not online at the time, while Fit was not aware of the incident.
Ant claimed that the ambush on his home had triggered a war between the two factions. Yoshi tried to justify that Ant was the one who shot first, but Ant was convinced he had video evidence that Yoshi did the first shot instead. Meanwhile, Sylvee, on behalf of Bean Island, secretly requested to become Stal's ally, to which Ant accepted.

### The Keyboard War/Negotiation

The two factions then came into a negotiation phase. Yoshi was quite intimidated on the speed of Ant's typing in the in-game chat. Nonetheless, Jawsh demanded that Stal dissolve their alliance with the Antarctic Empire for a week, relinquish the scattered territorial claims all over the world, and become "one contiguous land mass". Kara tried to offer Ant supplies of airstrikes, but Jawsh quickly warned her off not to participate as he had already fought her once before.

Jawsh reiterated that Ant should fix the borders of his factions and pay 15 diamonds as reparation. Ant replied that he couldn't agree on the diamonds but could fix the borders in the Arctic. He also defended that his New England claim was fine, to which Jawsh countered saying that New England also needed fixing. Jawsh then accepted Ant's term of complying to unclaim the Arctic claim mishap and to fill in the border gore in New England while also not breaking the alliance with the Antarctic Empire.

## Aftermath

The war officially ended in peace as both factions brokered an agreement. Jawsh then asked Ant to prepare a book containing all the agreed terms. Ant then prepared a draft and brought two copies to Berlin where they signed the document which is now known as the Treaty of Berlin. It's interesting to note how the negotiation was done and the peace treaty was ratified without both of them joining in voice chat.
According to the treaty, both factions agreed that they will remain at peace for about a week, and Stal will perfect the border of the New England claim whilst also fix the megaclaim in the Arctic Ocean. Yoshi also agreed to the terms and promised not to deliver any form of aggression unto Stal during that period of time.

## Stream Reference

1. Jawsh's POV - Imperial Ambitions
2. AntVenom's POV - the treaty of berlin