First Battle of Byss

## Battle of Byss

Top: The only structure built in Byss. Bottom: Pip at the Riga Museum, standing next to the display with Soar1n's armor

### Results

Coalition Victory - Dilloney and Pip kill Soar1n - Soar1n's armor and sword are displayed in Riga- Soar1n's shield, bow, and elytra are displayed in Istanbul.

## Participants

### Combatants

Soviet Union (Pip), Qing (David), Ottoman Empire (Chavez, Jax), Scoundrolia, North Carolina (Dilloney)

TGE (Soar1n)

## Information

### Casualties

Soar1n

The **First Battle of Byss**, initially just known as the **Battle of Byss**, was a battle that occurred on May 20th, 2020, as part of the Galactic Republic Conflict. In this battle, the Soviet Union fought at Byss against TGE in order to kill Soar1n after his trial and sentencing. The Soviets were supported by forces from the Ottoman Empire, Qing, Scoundrolia, and North Carolina. Soar1n was defeated by Pip and Dilloney. The events of this battle would lead to the Second Battle of Byss.

### Background

Soar1n, who was wanted by the Soviets for treason, had hid out in Byss, his town. Realizing this, a coalition of nations that Soar1n had scammed had traveled to Byss in order to defeat him.

### Prelude

After getting close to Byss, the coalition began to plan on how to attack. Ideas such as a trap, or /tpahere were conceived, but the Coalition eventually just went towards Byss and would intimidate Soar1n. Byss was located in between very large mountains and the coalition would have to climb up the mountain to reach him. Eventually, Pip and a few others realized that Elytras exist and they used rockets to launch themselves up into the air and reached Byss in no time.

### Confrontation Begins

After the coalition's journey to Byss, they reached the only structure in the town - what appeared to be an giant smelter. After explaining their demands, Soar1n had logged off of the server and returned to find the coalition still in Byss, ready for a fight. The coalition forces expected that sooner or later, Soar1n would leave his claim, and then would be open to PVP, and that is exactly what happened.

### The Battle

After exiting his claims, Pip hit Soar1n with his Baltic Blade III, setting off the battle and starting PVP for the 2. David and Chavez helped weaken Soar1n with arrows. Eventually, Dilloney rushed with Pip and chased Soar1n up a hill. Soar1n likely was fleeing the 2, but combined sword strikes and a bow to the head meant that Soar1n was dead and his loot dropped right in front of Pip.

### Aftermath

After the battle, the loot was split up between Pip and Chavez. Pip would keep the Sword and Armor, while Chavez would get the Bow, Elytra, and Shield. Pip would thus use a copy of his shield in the Riga Museum.

In additon, Dilloney was given another award by the Soviets for his service in the battle. This is the 2nd award gifted to Dilloney by the USSR, the first being after the Battle of Wilmington.

This battle was a complete win for the Coalition, however, it upset Qwikkspell/Darklord1980, who had allied Soar1n. The 2 of them would attempt to extract revenge in the Second Battle of Byss, however, neither the Galactic Republic nor the coalition won that battle.