The Algean War

### Result

Magdorish Victory and the Colonization of DemeterNear Extinction of the Ifradan Race

## Casualties and Losses

### Civillian Casualties

0

The **Algean War**, or also known as the **Magdor-Ifradan War**, was a battle that occurred in Trinity the Great's conquest. Trinity had the Magdorish forces arrive at the planet Demeter of the Peroque star system, 60 light years away from the Fearshye system, with the intention of colonizing the planet. The Ifradans, a race of sentient vine-like beings native to the planet, did not take kindly to this. In retaliation, they gathered all their personnel to fight back against the Trinity's forces.

## Prelude

### Background

Following the incident of Empress Darya Osh, the ruling monarch, Empress Trinity the Great was heart struck by the death of her wife. Driven by anger and grief, the mourning sovereign decided to pour all her rage into conquest, so that she could still benefit her nation. Some say her bold actions would bring chaos, and chaos only, as she never had a chance to think about it long enough and was driven solely by rage and sadness. However, the majority agreed that her conquest was the right path, as there has never been an expansion of territory for almost a century.

### Combating Opponents

#### Magdorish forces

An army of spaceships, personally commissioned by Trinity the Great to the Hyperion Industries was sent to the forest planet. Namely the the Algea Legion, which is comprised of 15,000 spaceships altogether, 0.5x her father's Sisyphus Legion. This legion is also why the war is called the Algean War. The 15,000 spaceships possessed an anatomy similar to the Sisyphus Legion, with the exception of a lack of EMPs and an abundance of arsonist weapons such as flamethrowers. It is also worth noting that it had a hot pink color, compared to the Sisyphus Legion's reflective gold coating.

#### Ifradan forces

As stated above, the Ifradans are a race of aliens that look like sentient vines, and are natives to the land of Demeter. On top of this, the Ifradans are able to form temporal subconscious connections with each other if they are close enough, acting like a hive mind. Also, having the physiology comparatively close to vines you'd find in a rainforest or jungle, they are incredibly flexible and agile, making them a formidable foe despite being late on technology by centuries or even millennia. The Ifradans possess a color similar to their environment, green, even equipped with leaves placed all around their bodies. This also gives them excellent camouflage, especially in their rainforest habitat. Due to this, it was difficult to predict just how much there were, but most scientists say that only an average of 14 million of them exist in the entire planet. These 14 million Ifradans, though lacking the knowledge of today's technology, have constructed a kingdom in the forest depths. This kingdom is ruled by a powerful Ifradan, dubbed the Nameless King by the Empire of Magdorland.

## Events

### Expedition Gone Wrong

At first, Empress Trinity sent a mere squadron to the planet of Demeter on a spaceship. Tasked with gathering intel about the rainforest planet, 13 out of the 15 people on board dispatched on their mission, the two left on the plane being the pilot and co-pilot. The other 13 expeditioners were armed with a laser gun, a standard issue EIS, a pair of night vision goggles, and a suit of protection each. Their goggles were to be equipped the entire expedition, and were connected to monitors at the base to be researched. The group were briefed before the trip, and given the information based off of past indirect research by Hyperion Industries. Despite this, they still put on a cautious attitude, as they knew Hyperion's research was not complete.

The 13 were met with an environment covered with trees, bushes, vines, and leaves. A rare sight to behold, as most of the land in New Magdorland has already been urbanized. As soon as they landed, scientists at the other side of the line immediately started taking notes. A sense of nervouseness ran through the expeditioners' veins. Not only they were put in an unknown, alien environment, they were also being monitored by her majesty, the Empress. Assuring themselves to not make a single wrong move, they trekked through the ever-growing forest. They saw many lifeforms throughout their visit, but most of them were inanimate trees and fungi, in which they took many samples of.

The expeditioners were already far into the forest, when they heard a slight rattling from amongst the leaves. At first they shrugged it off, thinking it was just the wind, though some overseeing scientists had their suspicions. However, they couldn't hold it back after they heard it a second time, at a moment where there was no wind. The sound was also different from ones derived from their own. They inspected it, but they saw nothing of any threats, little did they know they just disturbed an Ifradan. The Ifradans were shocked after seeing their humanoid bodies, and decided to attack. Suddenly, one of them disappeared, leaving no trace except a short scream. Their monitor also has gone black from the point of the observers.

Scared, the leader of the squadron ordered his fellow expeditioners to retreat. However, they were too deep into the forest. One by one, monitors switched off, and members of the squadron were taken, not knowing what hit them. Infuriated, Empress Trinity ordered a pair of probes to be sent to the exact coordinates of the expeditioners' last point of contact. No trace of them were found. However, after hours of searching, the probes found a stalagmite cave. Inside the cave, they saw the rotting corpses of the 13 expeditioners, impaled in the cave's sharp stones. Soon after, the probes also went down. However, they managed to catch a glimpse of what seems to be a moving vine, leading scientists to conclude that these were in fact the doings of an alien species. They later then dubbed them, the Ifradans.

### The Real Battle

Later after the deaths of the expedition team, the Magdorish forces returned to Demeter. This time, the whole Algea Legion was sent to the forest planet. As their spaceships leave hyperspeed, and enter the Demeteran atmosphere, an eerie yet familiar wind of silence fills the air. Nobody made a move, nobody spoke a word. Awaiting their empress' orders, the Magdorish personnel went completely inaudible. A mere moment after, the silent winds were interrupted by the sound of trumpets coming from the Algea Legion. Spaceships started swarming the air. Supply Jets descended and landed on the alien soil and released their personnel, staying there equipped with bombs, only detonating once it had lured enough Ifradans with its unnatural hot pink colors. Skirmisher Jets also joined, equipped with infrared vision to scan the area from threats and assisting their kin from above.

The soldiers were in packs of 10-15 people, guarding and monitoring each other for potential threats. The warfare started off silent, with every group scanning their surroundings for pesky guerrilla extraterrestrials. Eventually, soldiers started vanishing, due to the rattling sounds of the leaves and roots they step on. Without a trace, except a quick and faint scream. Soldiers pulled out their flamethrowers, as well as bringing in small droids that can help find the opponents. The Ifradans were pushed back deeper into the forest, fearing the heat and light coming from the soldiers' weapons.

### Arson

The soldiers were successful against the Ifradans so far, with the cost of a few burning leaves and twigs. The soldiers continued using this method, listing how many they'd encountered and killed. About 20,000 Ifradans died during that brief moment in time, the soldiers were confident they'll win this battle fairly easily. Deploying flamethrower droid into the scene, wildfires spread even more. Now bigger that anyone had even imagined. They start pouring water from nearby rivers to calm it, but it didn't do anything. Eventually, these forest fires started claiming lives of its own, leading the Magdorish forces to retreat temporarily. Impatient, Empress Trinity even called in a Makhai, one with water absorption abilities to soothe the raging flames.

Now enforced with the leadership of a Makhai, the Magdorish soldiers redeployed themselves and trekked through the Demeteran forest without fear. The Ifradans still managed to claim some lives, but some managed to escape their harsh grasps. Desperate, the Nameless King called upon all the Ifradans on the planet to contribute in the war. They introduced a special skill of theirs, namely to join forces physically to make larger and stronger Ifradans. The tides of war shifted if only a little, and personnel were lost much more frequently. There were also cases of people being outright stabbed by the Ifradans' sharp vine bodies. However, with the leadership of the water Makhai they kept on walking deeper into the forest.

### Speciocidal Campaign

More soldiers were sent and deployed into battle. To speed up the warfare, the impatient Empress Trinity borrowed the fire Makhai from the Knight of Defense to lead the war alongside the Knight of War's water Makhai. Empowered by the presence of two Makhai, the soldiers' morale was boosted exponentially. Nearing the end of the guerrilla warfare, a suggestion came from among the troops. In which, they decided to flee the forest, and let Bomber Jets do the job faster. Thus, the bombing came in turns. First three planes, then ten, then fifty, destroying the landscape under them while also eliminating large amounts of Ifradans. The result was a big open field of fire, debris, and destruction.

Upon that big open field of waste, were the Magdorish forces on one end, and the combined forces of the Ifradan kingdom on the other. As they stared at each other, no one dared to make a move. That familiar silent wind came into play again, this time coupled with the sound of raging fires. On one moment, bloodshed ended, a mere moment later, the Magdorish people attacked. Charging towards the Ifradans, the alien species too raced towards the Magdorish forces. Led by the fire and water Makhai, the forces of the Empire of Magdorland swept the battlefield clean. Many Ifradans were burnt, cut, and overall committed genocide upon. The Ifradans on the other hand, barely scratched the Magdorish surface. A lot were wounded, but few were fatal and even fewer died. The Ifradans' guerrilla tactics were unavailable due to the lack of surrounding vegetation, thus making them very vulnerable. In the following weeks, millions of Ifradans had already been killed, leading the Nameless King himself to go into battle. He conjoined with his kin, forming a large tree monster. However, with the leadership of the two Makhai, and the pushes of Empress Trinity, the Magdorish forces were able to defeat them. The final blow was landed by the water Makhai, which led them to leave the battlefield with the Ifradans in terrible condition. Out of the former 14 million, now only a few hundred Ifradans were suspected to be alive.

## Aftermath

> You may praise me as a powerful empress, but no. I thought killing the Nameless King would alleviate me. I thought killing AN ENTIRE SPECIES would alleviate me, BUT NO. It only made me suffer more than I used to.
>
> Empress Trinity the Great

Thus, the Empire of Magdorland emerged victorious, with minor losses and only a few tens of thousands were wounded, in contrast on how wars with other Dresanarians usually played out. The victory led to the colonization of Demeter, also the founding of Dendalo, the State of Botany. Many Magdorish people would later exploit the natural resources present on this planet, namely wood, ore, stone, and other valuable materials.