7/13 Terrorist Attacks

The July 13th Terrorist Attacks, referred commonly as "7/13," was a plotted and poorly executed terrorist attack by terrorist PhilBenson. The attack itself is not considered canon (as its events were reverted), but the effects are.

During the early morning hours on Tuesday, July 13th, Phil Benson attacked Silver Valley, specifically the area surrounding the City Hall. This was done presumably because there were no players active in the early morning hours.

## Background

### PhilBenson

PhilBenson was the terrorist who orchestrated the attack. He was under surveillance by The Capital for many weeks especially after multiple vague threats on the OBW Discord. He had established himself has a volatile member of OBW after engaging in multiple arguments with other members, and threatening to bomb various players. In a prior incident during OBW 5 2.0, he had engaged in the One-Hour War war with player BrokenHerobrine resulting the destruction of SpaceseX facilities, PhilBenson's home and surrounding areas.

### Motives

* Capital support in shutting down his proposed projects
* Nuclear annihilation of his silo
* Muted in the OBW Discord

PhilBenson later admitted to orchestrating the attacks, with the mute being a primary reason why he attacked the server.

## Prior Intelligence

PhilBenson started to vaguely express his ideas about an attack. Most players put together that a bombing was coming, and expected it to come on July 14th. The Capital prepared for an attack the 14th unknowingly that it would happen a day before despite players expecting PhilBenson to be banned for the week. Players suggested to Elijah920 that PhilBenson be banned before the attacks as a precautionary measure, but Elijah920 did not ban him.

By July 10th, most players expected an attack to come very soon, with reports that PhilBenson was playing during late night and through early morning, possibly preparing for the attack.

Although PhilBenson continuously touted July 14th as the day of the attack, it is believed that it occurred on the 13th because the Red Dead Redemption II update would be released later that day, which PhilBenson is known to play extensively, sometimes upwards of 50 hours a week. It is speculated that he would not want to miss any play time with the new update, so he committed the attacks before the update came out.

## Damage

Many buildings around City Hall were damaged in the attack, including Shifter24's house, another domestic terrorist, and was most likely attacked because of a falling out between the two players. Another major target was Capital Park, which was damaged heavily, with the entire destruction of Startrooper Fountain. Ultimately, all the damage was rolled back via a revert.

## Aftermath

Shortly after the bombing was discovered, BrokenHerobrine notified Elijah920, who, without any consideration, reverted the server. The last backup was created one hour after PhilBenson bombed the server and therefore the next backup was rolled to 2 PM CST on July 12th. Upon reopening the server, players found that some of their progress was lost, although by the end of the day, with the help of materials from the Capital, most of the lost progress was regained.

In the minutes and hours following the discovery of the attack, unrest spread around the server, initially directed at the Capital, for the incompetence in preventing such an attack. A general strike was ordered by BrokenHerobrine, stopping all CC meetings and attendance by players. An angry mob of at least 4 players tore down PhilBenson's house block for block and looted some of his various businesses around the city. A crater remains in the ground where his house once stood.

### Political

Hours after the incident, BrokenHerobrine and TipsyKermit drafted the National Security Act. This was done to prevent a similar act in the future. The City Council passed the act with a vote of 3-0-0, along with banning PhilBenson indefinitely with a 3-0-0 vote.

## Memorial

There is a current memorial at the former location where PhilBenson lived. It commemorates the unprecedented moment of OBW unity displayed by the players in tearing down the home.

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