The Peninsula War

The generic name given to the war involving the Radioactive Uber Clan's attempted conquest of The Peninsula. (It is known as the **Crashocalypse War** to some). It began with the RUC bringing a massive army to massacre a protest community in the vicinity of Justice Tower, before heading inside to commandeer the tower, setting it up as their base of operations for the war to come. The war came to an end when resistance fighters from all across the Peninsula came together to form a united front and defeat the RUC, killing their leaders, and wresting control of Justice Tower from their hands.

## Belligerents

The conflict primarily took place between the forces of the Radioactive Uber Clan and the various pockets of resistance throughout the peninsula. RUC members such as Felix, Albert, and Jabberjaw oversaw the invasion efforts in the Western, Southern, and Eastern regions, respectively.

Though resistance fighters were for the most part, disorganized and disconnected, three groups in particular stood out amidst the rest of them.

O'Ryan, who formed a major resistance force in the western regions of the peninsula. They operated from within an old abandoned fort.

Hugo, who operated in the southern regions. He is known for his eccentricity and some of his "unconventional" tactics. They operated from a hidden mountain base, before being forced to migrate to an old castle due to an RUC raid.

Donnel, who operated in the eastern regions. His force made their hideout in an abandoned mine, while using a church operated by one particular resistance fighter as a front to avoid detection.

See their respective pages, as well as Anti-RUC Resistance for more information.

## Prelude to the War

Before the war began, there was a massive protest community on the outskirts of Justice Tower, who were decrying the tower's management for evicting all of their long-time tenants in favor of "investors." The RUC member known as Albert wandered into the community, before picking a fight and making a scene with one of its members. It got bad enough that the rest of the community kicked him right out. Afterwards, Albert ran to Popeye to get him to take revenge on the community for this act. Popeye was irrationally angry about this, and so the protest community was added to the RUC's hitlist, and they would write a fabricated story about the community members being an army of demons or something. The RUC would vow to do whatever they can to murder every single member from the community.

For some time, the community's combined strength was enough to repel the RUC every time they attempted to strike. However, after falling back for some time, gathering more followers, and holding some "important meetings," the RUC returned with enough strength to overcome the protest community, and they slaughtered everyone they could get their hands on. This event would come to be known as the Justice Tower Massacre.

## The Beginning of the War

While there is some debate as to when the war officially began, many often point to the Justice Tower Massacre as the event that kickstarted the RUCs path of conquest. Regardless, after slaughtering the protest community, the RUC moved on to the tower. The tower's managed apparently tried to thank the RUC and welcomed them into the tower, but they were killed anyways. Popeye would claim the tower as the RUC's headquarters, and thus he ordered the RUC to begin moving out to conquer the rest of the Peninsula.

## The End of The War

Having broken through the northernmost territories, the last under the control of the RUC, the united resistance forces routed the remaining troops that were defending the way to Justice Tower. After surrounding the tower and demanding a surrender from Popeye (which was refused), the resistance broke into the tower to engage the last remnants of Popeye's force. They sent a small squadron tasked with eliminating Popeye to make their way to the top of the tower to finish him off, as well as any others who did not surrender.

The squadron confronted Popeye and what remains of his forces at the top of the tower. After engaging them in combat, Popeye's entire group was killed in battle. With their leadership and a great many of their forces dead, the RUC troops had lost much of their ability to maintain any control over regions in the Peninsula.

## Aftermath

After Popeye's death, many of the troops and the RUCitizens who have heard the news either fled to The Republic, surrendered, or committed suicide. However, due to the RUC's poor communication network, there were also many troops who have either not heard the news, or have received falsified reports that the RUC was not only still fighting, but also winning the war. As such, there are RUC remnants in the Peninsula to this day who believe they are still fighting the war. This has made traveling throughout the peninsula particularly dangerous, and it's often recommended to bring an escort or a form of self-defense. In light of these reports, many are also predicting that the RUC may declare victory at some point, despite everything being against them on that front. Even if they do, it's doubtful that traveling the Peninsula will get any safer.

The Radioactive Uber Clan did not quite go defunct after the war, but they've become much more scattered and less united. There are some members and common file soldiers claiming to be the true inheritors to the RUC's leadership and trying to continue where they've left off, but they no longer hold much power. In addition to this, there were a significant number of troops who consider the RUC to be dead and buried, and have found other ways they can carry out the RUC's ideals in The Republic.

## Motivation

There has been some debate over what exactly the Republic's motivation was for allowing and even aiding the RUC in conquering territory that it already controlled and even slaughtered many of its inhabitants; their own citizens.

[future disclosure, maybe]

## Trivia

- I'm literally just bored enough to write this stupid fan-fiction don't judge me.