Impassian-Azariyan War

The Impassian-Azariyan war was a war between mainly Azariya and Impasse.

## Background

Azariya and Impasse had been enemies for a long time, the distrust of Azariya being passed down from the Republic of Spruce when the leader of Impasse was a member of it in the First Generation. The Commonwealth had been generally hostile to Azariya as a whole due to this. The Collective Crisis brought this all to a boiling point in negotiations over the Collective and GLucky as a citizen, as well as the seizure of Collective territories in the East Sea by Impasse and ROS.

## The War

In the early hours of October 7th, just 5 hours after the end of the negotiations in the Collective Crisis, the leader of Impasse had an intense instinct that Azariya was going to invade. The general atmosphere was extremely tense between Impasse and Azariya, indicted by the tight and polite small talk. The leader of Impasse contacted GLucky and told them to prepare the defense of the Impassian main city. ROS was also informed of this, and they dispatched a small force with their brand new Air Force. The war erupted an hour later, Azariya delivering an ultimatum expiring in 10 minutes for the cession of the territories in the East Sea and for GLucky to be given to them. Impasse declined the ultimatum, and war was declared. Impasses army set out immediately under the assistance of GLucky to attack Azariya. The army of Azariya, suffering defeats while on the way to attack Impasse, was forced on the run with their navy to cover the retreat. The Sprucian airforce was bombing where they had predicted where the Azariyan army would be, but due to poor communication between Impasse and ROS, they were unable to do much damage. The detachment from ROS defended the Impassian main city from any possible sneak attacks. The leader of Azariya came to the realization that his forces were routed and gave the order to nuke Impasse. The man sent to deliver the bomb was caught by the Sprucian detachment shortly after he planted the bomb. The leader of ROS ordered a full retreat of all citizens and the army from the Impassian main city and informed Impasse of the planting. Impasse opted for retaliation and delivered one of their own as well, thus ending the war.

## Aftermath

Impasse and Azariya had their bombs detonate minutes after the towns were fully evacuated. Azariya's leadership was sent on the run, and Impasse was forced to create a temporary bunker until the effects of the bomb had dropped. The war marked the effective end of Azariya as a superpower and as a country, and Impasse was severely hurt by the inability to use most of their resources. Only one expedition was mounted into Impasse during the effects. It was done by the leader of ROS to secure resources and the storehouse so they would be unable to be taken by raiders. Azariya remained abandoned long after its bombs effects wore off, and was seized by ROS in mid-November. New Azariya, Azariyas colony in the south-east of the Eastern Sea which had been where Azariyas leadership lived after the war, was given to the Crimson Orchestra as an act of good faith due to their extremely bad relationship. The war was one of the most important events of the Era, alongside the Collective Crisis.