Silt Fleet

Left: The Silt Fleet's Greatest Extent; Right: The Silt Fleet, c. 448 ASB

Partition of the Kingdom of Silt Loam:

M11-02 201 ASB

## History

On M8-11 182 ASB the Kingdom of Silt Loam launched an invasion of the Loaman Empire. Neither side could mount a decisive victory against the other, but the Kingdom of Silt Loam had consistently higher casualties from the inconclusive battles. On M11-07 184 ASB a group of rebels in the Kingdom of Silt Loam seized control of the port city Bahnoor. On M12-17 184 ASB the leaders of the most powerful families in the Green Isles, those who had once controlled merchant republics before the First Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent met in Adapool to discus what to do in regards to the ongoing war. The Silt families decided to wait it out and see where the war was going. By 187 ASB the rebels that has took over Bahnoor had spread throughout the Kingdom of Silt Loam though were still relativly weak, families of Silt met again on M7-09 187 ASB. The families had grown tired with being unable to trade with the Loaman Empire, they decided to begin funding the rebels to speed up the end of the war. On M10-10 191 ASB the central government of the Kingdom of Silt Loam learned of the Silt families treachery and ordered the absorption of their assets, the families were not happy about this and that day, with very little proper discussion as to how it would function, declared the Silt Fleet. The war against the Kingdom of Silt Loam ended on M11-02 201 ASB with the Kingdom of Silt Loam being partitioned between the Silt Fleet, the Loaman Empire and the newly declared, Greater Kire Republic.

In the early 300s the Silt Fleet began being raided by various pirate groups from the Greissen Archipelago. On M11-25 334 ASB, in an attempt to stop the raiding the Silt Fleet went to war with the Republic of Pegmeti. The Silt Fleet-Pegmeti War only lasted until M8-09 335 ASB but saw the Silt Fleet destroy almost all settlement on the northern half of Pegmeti, the raiding stopped after the war.

On M3-24 366 ASB in due to an agreement with the Kingdom of Clayistan the Silt Fleet invaded the city of Maricis in the Loaman Empire. On M5-15 368 ASB the Loaman Empire ceded the city of Maricis to the Silt Fleet. On M10-07 368 ASB the Sand Republic invaded the Silt Fleet as a part of the Sand War. The Sand War ended on M1-04 375 ASB, due to a "translation error" the Silt Fleet was given control over all of South Estuaria.

During the Great Soil War South Estuaria was occupied by Liquid Carbon.

On M3-08 401 ASB the Silt Fleet ceased all trade with the Kingdom of Clayistan amidst a political standoff between the Soil Union and the Clayistan dominated League of Soils. Protests against the decision began almost immediately but were the largest in Maricis who's economy heavily relied on trade with Clayistan. Admiral George Twinton of the Silt Fleet was ordered by the Captain of the Silt Fleet William Barge to "maintain order at any cost". On M5-05 401 ASB a group of Soil Union soldiers arrived at Maricis to aid in the protection of the city Twinton instructed them to not use lethal force unless absolutely necessary. On M5-07 401 ASB Twinton received a report that a group of Soil Union soldiers had opened fire on a group of unarmed protesters in what came to be called the Maricis Massacre. After demanding to know why the attack had happened Twinton left the garrison for the nearby governor's office and ordered his forces protecting it to storm the office, he entered into the office and confronted the Governor of Maricis Steward Smart, Twinton demanded that Smart declare independence from the Silt Fleet and use his connections to persuade the other governors of South Estuaria to do the same. Twinton left the office of Smart with his forces and set off to expel the forces of both the Silt Fleet and the Soil Union, later that day he declared the creation of the North Fleet of which he was the captain. The Silt Fleet soon came to be known as the South Fleet.

On M8-15 407 ASB Captain of the Silt Fleet Lieutenant Silt made a deal with Union Head Frank Stallion which saw that Soil Union permitted to establish an unlimited number of bases in the Silt Fleet and in exchanged Frank Stallion agreed to make sure that Lieutenant Silt won every subsequent election in the Silt Fleet.

On M3-14 418 ASB the Silt Fleet invaded of the Redpublic on the Precious Metals Continent (PMC) and saw major success in the south and lesser success in the north up until M11-14 418 ASB when the city of Horloge was lost after agents of the Redpublic assassinated the South Fleet administrators of the city. The Silt Fleet remained at a stand still for some time until M1-05 419 ASB when Lieutenant Silt ordered Horloge to be shelled to the ground. The last of the major Redpublic cities surrendered on M1-21 419 ASB. On M8-16 419 ASB Lieutenant Silt declared the creation of the Redpublic Colony.

On M2-06 424 ASB a rebel group in the Empire of Red called the Free Redpublic invaded the Redpublic Colony with the support of the Empire of Red and her allies in the ongoing Red Civil War. On M5-21 424 ASB several feudal rulers within the Loaman Empire launched an invasion of the Silt Fleet, Lieutenant Silt requested the Soil Union to send in forces to stop the invasion, Silt was informed that they didn't have the resources to spare given recent losses on the PMC. On M5-29 424 ASB the Silt Fleet begins to withdraw from what was left of the Redpublic Colony. A ceasefire was negotiated on M7-07 428 ASB between the Silt Fleet and the invading Loaman vassals.

On M2-09 432 ASB the Empire of Shale invaded the Silt Fleet as a part of the Second Shale Invasion of the Soil Texture Continent. On M2-12 432 ASB the capital of Adapool was besieged by the Empire of Shale, Lieutenant Silt ordered much of the South Fleet's military to come to the aid of the city. The Siege of Adapool ended on M2-25 436 ASB when the forces in Adapool managed to push their way out. The Silt Fleet sent representatives to the Sunbell Conference which started on M6-16 436 ASB to determine the state of the Soil Texture Continent after the Shale Invasion, at the conference the Silt Fleet agreed to recognize the independence of the Republic of Silty Clay Loam, and also ceased to be referred to as the South Fleet. The Silt Fleet was also made a great power in the newly established Anti-Shale Pact and was given a portion of the Ramal Athnyn Remnant. The Sunbell Conference concluded on M2-11 437 ASB with all treaties being signed into effect on that date.

The Silt Fleet took part in the United Invasion of the United Peoples of Carbbonia which lasted from M2-05 445 ASB to M5-25 445 ASB and saw the Silt Fleet gain an area of occupation in the south west of the Soil Texture Continent.

On M4-08 447 ASB the Kingdom of Clayistan launched an invasion of the Silt Fleet. A ceasefire was called on M6-30 447 ASB, the Silt Fleet had last about half of their occupation zone in the west and had gained a sizable portion of Clayistan which was turned into the Independent Governate of South Bay, which was a Silt Fleet puppet.