Alusian-Shantine War

The **Alusian-Shantine War** was a war fought between the Alusian and Shantine Empires in 453 A.U..

## Background

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## Theaters and Battles

### Fihrbank and Fialta Union

The Thalranese translane fleet pounced on the Alusian blockade at Firhbank, clearing the way for the vast Thalranese conventional fleet. The Marches broke the Alusian forces at Fihrbank and seized Fialta Union territory. The Thalranese landed and conquered Union worlds, but steered clear of Fialta Imperium patrols around the worlds of the Defector-Princes. Though unprotected by Alusian or other forces, the Thalranese did not enter the etherspace of the Shantaran Free State's former worlds.

Priestess Marinia and her forces joined the "War of Fialta Liberation" to restore Fialta culture in the Union and in Alusian territories, aligning herself with the Thalranese Marcher Lords.

### Del'Mar

The Marches's next move was to destroy the Alusian fleet at the Alusian world of Del'Mar, and impose a blockade. Some on Del'Mar, formerly a Fialta world, cheered the Thalranese move, while others sternly manned the understrength gate.

### Ahlam

*See also: Battle of Ahlam*
With the outbreak of war, millions of Kirvans and anti-Regime protestors in the Alusian Empire rose up against alleged crimes of the state, with protests concentrated in the Ahlam and Lechtus theaters. The planet of Ahlam was the site of a militant uprising, aided by the Knights of Adarnum, Shantine regulars, and Zanevuela radicals.

Leading from the warship *Woe to Tyrants*, the mortally wounded KoA Grandmaster Arren Kane led a naval strike deep into Alusian territory and crashed into Ahlam's Bishant-facing gate. The attack culminated with the summoning of the Kirvan angel Lapheraz, who destroyed the Ahlam Palace of State and the surrounding area. Following the attack was the incredibly bloody Battle of Ahlam, which saw two null bombs detonated by each side and resulted in the Shantine controlling etheric space near Ahlam.

While Alusian forces at Ahlam remained in control of the planet, an insurgency led by the Knights of Adarnum seized arms depots and struck at isolated garrison positions, exploiting the gate-centric defensive posture of the Alusians. Insurgent forces on Ahlam were able to maintain steady net numbers, replacing lost fighters with new recruits. With better equipment and combat experience, some insurgent units began forming into Zanevuela-style divisions, ultimately threatening the supply lines from Ahlam's interior gate to the capital district and the Shantine-facing gate.

### Lechtus

*See also: Battle of Lechtus*
With both powers continuing to mobilize, the Shantine drew on their substantial fleets already in service in order to push to Lechtus. The Alusian fleet scrambled to delay the Shantine, detonating a null bomb to buy time to take position. Without sufficient time to bring new ships online, the Alusians defended Lechtus with a fleet based around surviving ships from the Battle of Ahlam. The Shantine fleet obliterated the Alusian amphibious forces and damaged almost all the Alusian warships at Lecthus, causing the Alusian fleet to withdraw in an off-lane stealth posture and leaving the Shantine navy in control of Ley Line 5 from Bishant to Lechtus. The Shantine forces then stormed Lechtus, absorbing heavy losses, with emergency Alusian ground reinforcements holding the planet's interior gate.

## Conclusion

The war ended in 454 A.U. with the signing of the Treaty of Ahlam. Alusian defeat resulted in a third of the Alusian Empire being partitioned among the Shantine and Fialta Imperium, as well as confirming the territorial partitioning of the Fialta Confederacy/Fialta Union among the Fialta Imperium, Thalranese Marches and newly formed nation of Istomir.