Novacian Civil War

### Cause

Heightened tensions over performance in Second Great War, anger at Field Marshal Danbrook's dictatorship, racial tensions

### Battles

Battle of Kormanvac Station
Assault on the Iron Line

Last Battle of Montgomery

### Result

Novacian Liberation Front victory, restoration of the Republic of Novac.

### Combatants

Danbrook's Armies
Kordynian Fascists

State of Garmac

Novacian Liberation Front

## Combatants

### Danbrook's Army Loyalists

The Loyalists were army forces who didnt immediately defect to one of the other groups, and ended up being the second largest force in the Civil War. Armed to the teeth and well trained, they stood to be the clear victors in the war.

### The Novacian Liberation Front

Almost the entire northern part of the country immediately declared itself to be the Novacian Liberation Front, thoroughly tired of Danbrook and the revolutionaries. The NLF was a combined group of many different political groups who wanted to see a return to the Republic. Nearly all Armed Forces in the north at the time defected to the NLF too. Combined with the militia forces that rose, the NLF became the largest force in the Civil War, as well as having plenty of arms.

### State of Garmac

The State of Garmac formed when Garmanese Rhomhiets seized the city of Sunderland by surprise. Their numbers were small and they were poorly armed.

### Kordynian Fascists

The KF were not so much as an armed cohesive force as they were angry disillusioned Kordynians longing for Caddick's return.

## Fighting

### The Spark

The Novacian Civil War began on June 29th, 270KOR in the city of Sunderland, where Garmanese Rhomhiets seized control by blowing up the city's garrison complex. The next day, Kordynian fascists attacked the Templar Wall on the Pontar river, where they slaughtered all Novacian troop presence.

### Battle Lines Form and Stalemate

With the insurgencies in the south, Field Marshall Danbrook immediately moved his forces towards the rebels. Tanks and infantry rolled down the main highways towards Sunderland. They were stopped outside Kormanvac Railway Station, 34 miles north of Sunderland. Garmac had occupied the station and was being besieged by the Fascists. The Battle of Kormanvac Station would last the entirety of the war, and would consume many Novacian lives in exchange for only a few inches of ground on each side.

Greywood promptly became the frontline city between the NLF and the Loyalists. The diminished number of Loyalist forces caused the Field Marshal to order a defensive line be resurrected at the Iron Line while the Loyalists engaged in a fighting retreat. The NLF forces in contrast took time to amass their forces, resulting in a quiet front for a few weeks.

### The Push South

On August 8th, sleeping Loyalist soldiers awoke to a devastating artillery barrage hitting their position. They held out for only a few minutes before routing and falling into full retreat. The NLF soldiers and tanks marched south steadily, building up steam and smashing through the Iron Line when they came upon it. They made it all the way to just north of Fortress Raleigh where the line settled down for the winter.

In the dead of winter, the Front's soldiers suddenly broke through the line using leased Lirrachan planes to strafe Fortress Raleigh as well as surplus rocket trucks to break through the Iron Line. On January 28th the Loyalist line collapsed and many defected to the NLF, seeing the writing on the wall. The rest fled south towards Montgomery, hoping to be reinforced at the Capitol. On February 14th, NLF forces reached the outskirts of Montgomery.

### The Final Victory

The Battle of Kormanvac Station finally ended on the 15th of February when the battered Loyalist forces rushed to pull back towards the Capitol to reinforce it. As a result the scales tipped and the Fascists were completely ground to a pulp by the Garmac Rhomviets.

The 'Last Battle of Montgomery' began late in the evening of the 15th when NLF tanks rolled into the northern end of the city. Loyalist artillery guns were brought to bear as anti-tank guns, proving only to destroy housing around the tanks. Infantry following the armor overran the defenders positions in the early morning hours of the 16th. All Loyalists collapsed outside the Capitol Building. At 11:18AM, NLF soldiers stormed the Capitol Building and defeated the final ardent defenders of Field Marshal Danbrook's state, including Danbrook himself.

Following Montgomery's capture the Garmac Rhomviets could see they had no chance against the now-united Novacian Army after being battered for months. Garmac surrendered the rest of the country to the NLF without a fight on the same day, marking the end of the Novacian Civil War.

## Reconstruction

### Demobilization and Election

The NLF consequently disbanded once the war had finished. Army units under the NLF generals maintained order until general elections could be held. To the surprise of no one Douglas Rioux won the election with the supermajority of the votes. His first actions were to enact reconstruction and encourage the population to forgive, but to never forget what led to the tragedy.

### Long-Term Impacts

The Republic finally threw off the shackles of instability and constant war after the Novacian Civil War. It enjoyed a lasting era of peace and stability for decades.