The Deklein War

## **Background**

**The Deklein War** was fought primarily by the Silent Federation and Obsidian Elite. The two alliances were allied in the beginning while an altercation over a member who switched from the federation to Obsidian escalated into a conflict which resulted in a war inside of Deklein. The Silent Federation first suffered heavy losses in CZDJ-1 during guerrilla warfare led by Matarella/Nykr together with an intel coalition consisting of irouW and HONK. The Silent was riddled with leaks having their fleets intercepted by log off traps before they could reach strategic targets. The terror within CZDJ-1 later dubbed the "Nykr method" forced mining operations to move into low- and high-security space. Leaving those left to be guarded by overwatch and a guardian bubble during all mining operations. At this time the Silent Federation offered Obsidian Elite a peace agreement which included all of south Deklein for Obsidian Elite and ECLA which the corresponding leaderships refused.

Obsidian Elite leadership decided against their senior military advisors and entered structure warfare in the battle for E-FIC0. To regain superiority the Silent Federation ramped up firepower with faction battleships and mercenary contracts for the E-FIC0 hull timer. Obsidian Elite called to action not knowing how outnumbered they were and neglected to call in all of their friends and favours. This resulted in a complete disaster for Obsidian Elite with the ECLA fleet on gate demolished by a combined CBWG, SHH and BNI fleet while MC logged in near the objective and paused the timer. It ended up being an almost complete loss for Obsidian Elite, losing both the structure together with all their fleets.

Two days after Obsidian Elite's structure exploded, CBWG dropped an outpost in E-FIC0 and began using it as forward staging to hit VFK-IV. The Silent Federation successfully defended multiple timers and dropped their first citadel a few weeks later where they again were forced to defend several timers. This time on one of the hull timers they faced a combined force from Obsidian Elite, FF and VVV which ended in disaster and the final blow for Obsidian Elite forces. Where the northern attacking fleets turned around before they even reached the system objective.

After the Deklein War concluded on January 24th of 2021, the Silent Federation returned to their earlier visions of expansion.

## Dates

December 9th of 2020 - January 24th of 2021

## Results

* Obsidian Elite collapsed leaving just one corporation which moved on as mercenaries.
* The Silent Federation looted some of the game's prominent players which went into the federation's military and leadership.

## Belligerents

### Obsidian Elite [OE]

* Obsidian [OBS]
* VLRL
* LAWD
* HANG
* INCT
* EVO1 (9 days in alliance)
* ATLE (9 days in alliance)
* GRA (7 days in alliance)

### The Silent Federation

* The Silent Alliance [SHH]
* Care Bears With Guns [CBWG]
* Brave Newbies [BNI]
* ACHE, ACR, CC, FHM, FREA, FS, FSKN, GEK, GEKS, GIST, GRIT, GRYT, HMS, HOGS, HSQC, JSUS, KILO, LOTU, MAGA, MEMO, MINT, NEV, OI, PAND, PER, PERA, PJC, PJM, PURG, REAS, SHIE, SJI, SMRT, SOL, TDCB, UHOH, UNTY, VIRI, WPCK, ZERO, ZOMB
* **Mercenaries:** BFPC, BSD, DWPL, EXF, EXLG, H20, NOBS, PEW, PHPC, REKE, REKG, REKI, REKS, SKY, SRBN, VOD, VRSC

## Third Parties

* Gooseflock Featheration [HONK]
* Mercenary Coalition [MC]
* Black Legion [PEW]
* Earth Clan Alliance [ECA]
* VVV
* FF

## Commanders and Leaders

### The Silent Federation:

* MrPay2Win (The Silent Federation - Executor)
* True Beast (The Silent Federation - CEO)
* The Mittani (Advisor)
* Rocket3438 (The Silent Federation - Director)
* Nihilist (The Silent Federation - Media Director)
* Michael JD (The Silent Federation - Military Director)
* TheRealBeck (The Silent Federation)
* Ballista (The Silent Federation)
* Zel (The Silent Federation)
* RTS Mobile Gaming (The Silent Federation - FC)
* Papafrita (REKE - FC)
* Maldez (Care Bears With Guns)
* Patone

### Obsidian

* AFish
* NomX3
* Kaizen
* Matarella/Nykr (FC)
* JollyMC (FC)
* Zen (CEO)
* BabaYaga
* irouW

### Third Parties

* Tahini (PEW)
* SlippySlappy (HONK)
* KrisWolf (HONK)
* AlexanderShum (ECLA)

## Notable Battles

#### CZDJ-1

In constant guerrilla warfare with players logged in at all times. Federation pilots were at times convinced players from different timezones were actually only one player who never slept.

#### E-FIC0 (Obsidian Elite structure)

238 pilots from The Silent Alliance [SHH] - ACR, PAND, BNI, CBWG, JSUS, NEV, CC, FS, GEKS, ZOMB, REAS, SJI, GRIT

## Media

* Obsidian Elite Killmails https://gamersofobsidian.com/killmails/
* The Battle for E-FIC0 Song https://youtu.be/RWiopx93vyQ
* E-FIC0 (CBWG vs. OBS) https://youtu.be/ncvs13A9Et4
* OBS Does Some Stuff (Faction Battleship Kill) https://youtu.be/9wvEwxrfVdw
* 23 December 2020 (Faction Battleship Kill) https://youtu.be/7uWwaWehCcw
* Jolly’s Xmas Adventures https://youtu.be/jMhakkRyi-I
* OBS Fighting on the Moon https://youtu.be/zWXOsCwH08k
* Fun times in Fico https://youtu.be/4NSi3MTQ\_-c
* GingerBreadMan vs ECLA https://youtu.be/3TI9hENFGwI
* EVE Echoes Weekly News Update 19 (12:23) https://youtu.be/9vPQznpOB8Q?t=743
* B.O.T.5. Vs Ecla con corridones https://youtu.be/dluWSVevPLE

## Contributors

* irouW
* Maldez
* True Beast
* Matarella/Nykr