Fardin Invasion of Rupuss

In the late 1930s (Mt) and early 1940s (Mt), the UFP, represented by the Fardin Guard, fought a series of campaigns in the planet of Rupuss to initially defend the Fardin-aligned nation of the 'Gandigua Lakelands', and later to expand the 'Communist Fardin Territories of Rupuss.'

## Context

In 1929 (Mt), The Gandigua Lakelands, one of the largest 'lakelands' or territories within the area of the Rohn Islands, converted to Communist principles, nationalising property under the elected state. The leader, Marintime, rose to power that same year, and ordered the collectivisation of agriculture, which was met with some resistance from peasants, and led to a small famine, the 'First famine of Gandigua' (it was not the first famine), which killed around 10,000 people, of a population of 12-20 million people.

In 1933 (Mt), Marintime announced their pro-Fardin alignment, after accepting funding from the Fardin Guard for the Gandiguan military, which Marintime subsequently used to facilitate the invasion of The Central Dufts Islands (1936), and later, the Rigekel lakeland, a lakeland in the West of Lhazid, in 1937 (Mt). These expansions were partly to acquire numerous natural materials, which was meant to give them greater leverage to the UFP, and also to acquire greater farmland and account for the growing, starving population.

This invasion was met with the declaration of war by the strongest power in Lhazid, the Lhazid-Land Meta-Lakeland, also one of the strongest sovereign states within Rupuss. The leaders of Lhazid-land Meta-Lakeland (Brigran-Shau), Dgeil Meta-Lakeland (Congrunancy) and the Cagzhan Lakeland (Garabarrar Z), had informally discussed the notion that the Gandigua Lakelands might not be a sufficiently valuable asset to the UFP to warrant invasion unless they possessed the lands they sought to invade.

## Invasion

In 1938 (Mt), on request of General Alken Bresmindon, who was given presidence over the region by Yove Kanib, President of Ficko and the UFP, himself, the invasion of Rupuss was sanctioned by the Fickolean government. The Fardin Guard successfully out-manoeuvred space-fighters from the Lhazid-land Meta-Lakeland, and landed thousands of troops in the Gandigua Lakelands, where they set up numerous military camps.

The Fardin Guard's initial plans involved expanding operations in the Rohn Isles, overpowering neighbouring Lakelands, such as the Mymee Lakeland, and annexing their territories, allowing them to rebalance the food supply and feed the army, at the expense of much of the population. They also set up more advanced farming techniques in areas in the Rohn Isles, and helped the invasion of Rigekel Lakeland, which they swept through using mostly land-squid tanks (LSp4 tanks), an older model of the LSp5 tanks being developed in Ficko at the time, and used in areas closer to Ficko. These tanks, however, were still significantly superior to the artillery and land vehicles of the nations of Rupuss. The Lhazid-Land Meta-Lakeland attempted to push back against the invasion of Rigekel Lakeland by setting up bases and also setting explosive traps in abandoned towns and villages and in the farmland of Rigekel Lakeland, the army for which retreated into the Lhazid-Land Meta-Lakeland. The leader of the latter nation, Brigran-Shau, set up defensive lines on the border with Rigekel Lakeland, and attempted to prevent further expansion into their lands by the Fardin Guard. This was met with little success, and in the Battle to Defend Rigekel Farmland, over 100,000 members of the Lhazid-Land Meta-Lakeland military were killed.

## Expansion of the war

In late 1938 (Mt), after the failures at the Battle to Defend Rigekel Farmland, the Dgeil Meta-Lakeland, alongside the Cagzhan Lakeland, declared war on the Gandigua Lakelands, as well as the UFP. The leaders, Congrunancy (Dgeil) and Garabarrar Z (Cagzhan), sent land and naval forces to push back against the Fardin invasion. They were met with initial success in pushing back the Fardin Guard, and had their first success at the Battle of Corumdae.

### The Battle of Corumdae

As the naval forces of the Dgeil Meta-Lakeland reached the Western side of Lhazid, and land forces reached the frontline near the Rigekel border, the Battle of Corumdae commenced, in which thousands of Fardin defensive units; artillery and cannons, were destroyed by far-off ships of the Dgeil navy. Furthermore, thousands of Fickolean tanks were overpowered by a strong defensive line, supporting a movement of hundreds of Dgeil and Lhazid tanks. Over 85,000 soldiers of the Fardin Guard were killed in the ensuing campaigns.

### The Communist Fardin Territories of Rupuss

In 1939 (Mt), Marintime, leader of the Gandigua Lakelands, died, and the territory was renamed the Communist Fardin Territories of Rupuss, led solely by General Alken Bresmindon, with other military officials running local areas. This was conveyed to the Fickolean government as a small victory, for which Bresmindon was granted more money in ensuring the 'conversion' of the rest of the planet. Yove had very little knowledge of the operations, other than what Bresmindon, who presided over all operations in Doomsnedge, told him.

### The Battle of Banthar

On 239th, 1939 (Mt), the Fardin Guard captured the fort of Banthar, a highly strategic fort in which military armaments were kept by previous empires, near the border of Rigekel. They also began numerous bombing campaigns over Dgeil, to cripple the morale of the nation, and to force them to reorganise. Attempts to overcome the bombing by shooting down planes with ground-to-air units or other planes were completely unsuccessful, and the Fardin Guard's forces killed over 2 million people in the campaigns, destroying banks, schools, hospitals and central trading places in the process.

The Battle of Banthar occurred in 288th, 1939 as the forces of Dgeil and Lhazid attempted to take back the Fort of Banthar, but were thwarted by plane and fightership bombings overhead, which scorched the earth and made farming in these areas impossible, also creating such as harsh environment that it became difficult for soldiers to cross across the fields of Eastern Rigekel/Western Lhazid-land.

### Traxid Meta-Lakeland enters the war

Following the failures at the Battle of Banthar, as well as the bombing of Kiglar Base, a Dgeil base in Traxid that had long been the source of hostility, the Traxid Meta-Lakeland decided to enter the war. Allegedly, citizens of Traxid could hear the bombs and see the explosions from cities miles away, as the Kiglar Base was destroyed. Some bombs even hit Traxid cities. The Traxid Meta-Lakeland allied themselves with the anti-Fardin 'Freedom Forces', in a common effort to stop the Fardin Guard.

They initially provided only financial support, before providing supportive bombing campaigns over Fardin bases in the Banthar region. Numerous bombing campaigns were tried with very little success in the region of the former Gandigua Lakelands.

### Nuclear threat

The Fardin Guard began using nuclear weapons as a way to ensure the surrender of smaller Lakelands, which they would they would then set up secretive bases in, or use strategically as a way to pass through and get to another area. This allowed them to invade the Traxid Meta-Lakeland from multiple different angles without them quite understanding where forces were coming from.

## Reorganisation of the Fardin forces

With the successful takeover of other planets in the KC, and with the withdrawal of Fardin forces from Snod-Lipton and other areas of the UFP, General Bresmindon, as well as the newly appointed Commander of the Forces in Rupuss, Dogman Jakleillar, received a huge boost of supplies, receiving thousands of LSp5 and LSp5.5 tanks, as well as newer fighterships and forces. As such, they then swept through Dgeil, officially capturing and annexing the entire land, through numerous city battles and campaigns, and forcing the surrender of Lakelands within the overarching Traxid Meta-Lakeland with merciless bombing campaigns.

### Dissolution of the UFP

In 1941 (Mt), President Yove Kanib of Ficko was assassinated, leading to the UFP being dissolved by the succeeding President and leader, Marie Mennings. This meant many forces were forced to retreat, however many forces remained as part of their sovereign states. Bresmindon ordered an executive order that no Fardin forces may leave the planet and return to Ficko until the entire planet is taken.

This led to the mutiny of Fardin forces in Rupuss, led by Codeine Alexander, who organised a local resistance movement in major towns and cities and recruited members of the Fardin Guard who had become disenchanted by the bloodshed and murder, and who opposed Bresmindon and Jakleillar. Alexander's mutiny and army was, eventually, over a series of battles taking major bases in urban warfare, and as a result of the use of near-nuclear power bombs in certain cities, annihilated. The revolt had consisted of over 4 million soldiers, 2 million of whom died, including Alexander in 1942 (Mt), with a further 8 million dying from the battles that led to the capture of their urban bases.

## Northern Campaigns

The Northern Campaigns that ensued between 1940 and 1943 (Mt) under the leadership of Dogman Jakleillar took place primarily after Fardin forces had officially annexed Traxid Meta-Lakeland. They were arguably the most bloody, brutal campaigns of the War in Rupuss, perhaps of all UFP campaigns, and some have argued; of all time.

They consisted of forces trailling north to capture lakelands as part of the Ehpett and Tosma regions, which surrendered almost instantly in some cases, and in others, fought a hard war against the Fardin forces. The Fardin forces indiscriminately executed civilians within these areas, and also had all civilians declare their allegiance to the now-defunct Fardin Party, or else be executed.

### Execution Camps

Numerous prison camps, often used for torture and execution, were built under the authorisation of Dogman Jakleillar by the Fardin forces, meant to house 'enemies of the state'. They also consisted of anyone deemed disloyal to the military, anyone thought disloyal to the party, anyone who questioned authority or who was associated with the Alexander mutiny, as well as anyone of certain ethnic backgrounds.

Other camps were designated for work, and enslaved thousands of members of the 'Jaddow' species, a strong, ogre-like species from the northern areas, which also ruled the Fellship Isles. It was hoped that the enslavement of these creatures would not only create industry and boost production for the war effort, but also satisfy the genocidal idealisations of other ethnic groups, which would then join them. The latter effect was never significantly recorded.

## Death toll

Of the near 19 million soldiers that were at some point in time in Rupuss as part of the Fardin Guard, 3.7 million approximately, suffered life-changing injuries, or died.

The population of Rupuss in 1938 was around 800 million. By the end of the war, when Fardin forces officially left, in the 1950s (Mt), it was under 600 million. Over 30 million died in bombing raids over towns and cities, by planes. 12 million more died after nuclear weapons were used near densely, highly populated areas due to radiation sickness or heat death. 80 million soldiers died. A further 10 million civilians were killed as collateral damage in ground battles. 35 million people were executed or worked to death as part of the genocides and massacres that took place during, primarily, the Northern Campaigns. It is estimated that anywhere from 25-100 million died from famines caused by bombing campaigns, radiation, and mistreatment of soil.

## War crimes

In Jayndon P Schmuttingwit's book '*Crimes of the Fardin Guard*', which has since been reviewed and acknowledged in its literature on Rupuss by numerous Fardin historians, he suggests that the people of Rupuss were struck by utter terror when the Fardin forces arrived. The people of Rupuss expected to be beaten swiftly, but had not anticipated a joint effort to remove Fardin forces.

Morale was crushed as the bombing raids began, which in total killed over 30 million people. People began to see the Fardin Guard as the bringers of death, hell, destruction. As cities were taken, millions were raped. Hundreds of thousands were indiscriminately killed. In the northern campaigns, people that commanding officers disliked the look of could be shot, or sent to work or execution camps. By the time Dogman Jakleillar tried to turn ethnic groups on one another and use his genocides for political gain with previously opposed racial groups, he discovered only that all people of Rupuss had grown to hate the Fardin Guard, and had become numb to anything but hatred for them.

### The Rape of Booth

Throughout the Northern Campaigns, rape, murder and torture indiscriminately were rampant. When Fardin forces reached the land of Booth Lakeland, they were met with resistance from other members of the Fardin Guard, sometimes called 'The Second Mutiny', led by Dominial Marc-Gleevan, who stood against the war crimes. The ensuing battle, and campaigns to take Booth are especially well-documented. Dominial Marc-Gleevan was arrested and sent to prison camps, whilst the towns and villages of Booth were plundered, all people raped and tortured in the worst of ways, unspeakable acts forced upon them, the source of many separate documented incidents of absolute human brutality.

Eventually, some argue through some kind of divine intervention, the region of Booth became green and arable, despite having always been a cold, desolate area. The greenery led to the growth of great forests, reconstructing the landscape and building a new and different one.