KabKraft Beta War

The KabKraft Beta War was the first major conflict on KabKraft Beta which involved the majority of large nations at the time. As tensions rose before the war plugin had

been added, the USA and the Siala Empire had plans to go to war. A day before official war broke out, the two superpowers made amends and decided to attack the newly founded Cosmic Union along with Ukraine's support.

## Cause and Escalation

On April 27, 2020 multiple nations such as New Vegas, The Tuttle Empire, the Nebular Republic, Cao Dynasty, and the Noranese Empire merged into one large nation called the Cosmic Union. Regardless of the amount of residents and nations the union had mustered, the USA still held the top spot on the server with over 90 residents. As the Siala Empire had been previously threatened by New Vegas, the nation quickly developed a hatred for the union and began to speak to the USA to assist them. The two nation leaders met and made amends to solve any problems they had and soon formed a coalition of nations called 'The Arc'. The Arc was a group of nations that must prove themselves to be large, strong, and well at communicating. The Arc consisted of 3 nations at the time. The United States, Siala, and Ukraine; some of the strongest and most coordinated nations on KabKraft at the time. Things got even more heated as the Arc began to threaten the Union and also prepared to fight by gathering some of the strongest armor and weapons in the game.

### The USA's Promise

The United States promised Siala to simply 'assist them' in sieges and stated they would not be starting any sieges. The USA had kept themselves neutral in order to build, prepare, and organized themselves for any possible attack. The USA broke this promise in favor of Siala when they began their own large sieges on the Union.

## Notable Battles

### The Battle for General Trade

A town that had previously been inside the USA after a merge had revolted and joined the Cosmic Union for reasons unknown. The USA accumulated over $350,000 to siege this town and successfully pulled through with the plan. Due to organization at the beginning of the battle, the USA seemed to have already lost the battle with -5000 points. They quickly re-claimed these points when Jeremy2wavy (King of Siala) and CaptainKorv (President of USA) officially launched an assault giving the Arc over 15,000 points.

### The Battle of Oceania

Not much is known about what happened at Oceania, but it was defeated in a siege early in the war, and was subsequently sacked. This caused panic in the Cosmic Union's high-command, and uncertainty about what to do next.

### The Battle of Sicarii

In an effort to launch a counter-offensive against The Arc, the player SomeLemon, head of New Vegas and a ruling member of the Union, proposed a counter-siege at Sicarii, to knock Siala out of the war and re-supply the Cosmic Union's forces. A force of soldiers, consisting of Union volunteers, arrived at Sicarii from Primm, and placed a Vegas banner to initiate the siege. Expecting an Arc counter-attack, the soldiers guarding the banner hid underground to ambush the Arc troops. This plan was aborted, however, when a large group of heavily-armed American, Grug, and Sialanese soldiers arrived at the Grug capital of Kektohau to repel Cosmic Forces. The Union retreated from Sicarii not long after.

## Surrender and White Peace

Not long after lost battles at GT, Sicarii, and a Soviet-led siege at Tuttle Town, the Cosmic Union and the Arc agreed to a white peace. Although it the treaty stated "white peace", it is correctly assumed that the Arc were victors in the war.

## Fallout and consequences of the war

The surrender by the Cosmic Union greatly diminished its standings on the international stage, and split the Union quite a bit on what to do. A lost sense of faith in the Union caused New Vegas to become independent once more, on 4/4/20.

The Cosmic Surrender also sparked a noted increase in toxicity from both sides toward each other, notably through memes taking rips at Arc and Union leaders. This tension eventually cooled after it was announced that the server was being reset for the release.