Skarred Interregional Crisis

The Skarred Interrgegional Crisis (often shortened to the "Skarred Crisis") was a terrorist crisis that peaked between 1986 and 1988 GHC after a terrorist militia (the Skarred) based out of Skabb seized nuclear materials from neighbouring Skalak'tuq. The Skarred threatened to use their stolen resources to produce and unleash weapons of mass destruction against Gacawy-sympathizing regions. With millions of potential lives at stake, the Regional Ultimate Accord of Colanexa (RUAC) decided to deploy foot soldiers and peacekeepers to relieve the Skarred of their arsenal while mitigating civilian casualties and stabilize the region.

## Skarred Crisis

### Performers

Regional Ultimate Accord of Colanexa, The Skarred

### Date

March 1986 - August 1988; September 2002 - February 2003

### Location

Skabb

With little opposition, RUAC voted to send tens of thousands of troops in to foil the Skarred's plans and to reinstate the Reinigung. Being a military region, Kalubio sent in the highest proportion of soldiers, though Gacawy, Kikikoa and Skalak'tuq also provided substantial numbers.

The Kalubian stance in the crisis was a central point of debate for the Kalubian election of 1988. The two frontrunners for the election, the Reformist Alliance and the Equalwi Dictoria Party, both expressed intentions to withdraw Kalubian involvement from Skabb. Following the Kalubian Civil War, Kalubian Föcan Reinder Stuhy would follow through on this promise with the assassination of Skarred leader Janeiro in 2003. While other peacekeepers remained, KFAF troops were fully withdrawn before the end of the year.

## Timeline

### Background

Since the dissolution of the Gacawy Empire, many of its former colonies were left politically unstable, especially in the southeast. While the withdrawing Gacawy attempted to appoint an official government (Skabbereins Reinigung), they proved largely ineffective at maintaining order in the region. Within years, several radical factions began creating turmoil in a bid for power. One such faction was the Skarred, a notorious Kalu-centric movement headed by the infamous Janeiro Tjöpáupaws.

### RUAC Involvement (1986-1988)

Following a two-pronged attack by the Skarred to both strike at the Skabbereins palace and to seize nearby radioactive materials from a Skal plant, a global broadcast informed Colanexa's regions that the Skarred possessed the means to create devastating weapons. Unless full economic and political support for the Gacawy region was ceased, the weapons would be turned against Gacawys allies.

The Kalubian Provisional Council were among the first to agree to retaliate, at RUAC's behest. This response drew criticism from Kalubian citizens, who were still recovering from the Gamian War and Kalubian Revolution, and had no interest in spilling blood in another armed conflict, especially a foreign one. Reinder Klaus IV, then a military advisor, was vocally opposed to Kalubian involvement, a stance that would eventually result in his dismissal from the council.

While most of the regions focused on support and relief for civilians in Skabb, there were efforts to push back against Skarred aggression and relinquish them of their potential arsenal. Kalubio was a frontrunner in these efforts, both training Reinigung soldiers and providing active reinforcements. Joseph Rodenski, Connor Felidow, and Adam Kamarov (formerly Lindbroh) were among the first wave of Kalubians deployed, with Adam losing his life in the conflict.

### Temporary Withdrawal, Return and Defeat of Skarred (1988; 2002-2003)

Following the assassination of Vycanc Aiza'ak Katzjung in Khauchi, Bathole, Kalubian Föcan Reinder Stuhy temporarily recalled all Kalubian forces to the region in preparation for conflict (which would come to pass in the form of the Kalubian Civil War). While other regions remained active in Skabb, they served mostly as peacekeepers and foreign aid, tending more to civilian needs instead of actively pursuing the Skarred. Skarred hostilities had diminished drastically since the disappearance of Janeiro (thanks largely to uncredited Kalubian efforts). The stolen weapons were returned to the Skal in Skalak'tuq, and the worst of the crisis was over.

Once the war in Kalubio had finished, Föcan Stuhy sent a smaller force in (roughly one-tenth the size of the initial Kalubian deployment) to help wrap up loose ends in the region. With the assassination of Janeiro by KFAF and Reinigung forces in 2003, the Skarred entirely disbanded.

## Aftermath

Reinder Stuhy fulfilling his promise to withdraw from Skabb by 2003 was a key factor in increasing popularity of the Reformist Alliance in Kalubio. He also pushed for acknowledgement from RUAC powers for Kalubian contribution in the crisis, which he would eventually receive in 2007 GHC.