The 1 Minute War

* Bosnian EPIC, Bosnia
* Tombstone, StateOfDeNile

 Bosnia
 Thunder1408
 BlueVacktor

**The 1 Minute War** (a.k.a "The Prank War") was a war declared on Day 90 between the combined forces of Gambojeistan and Bosnia against the StateOfDeNile. The war has been primarily prank-based between both sides, with minor combat only occurring on the same day that war was declared.

## Cause

On Day 85, RedVacktor decided to travel to numerous factions, including the Corvarian Empire and the Antarctic Empire, and placed numerous pressure plates around their bases. At each of the sites he left a sign saying "Danger Minefield" and attempted to frame others for conducting the prank. None of these pressure plates were connected to any explosives, yet Red intended to give the impression in order to make the respective players feel wary. He dubbed these activities as his 'Black Op Mission' and requested that it be kept a secret.

On Day 89, Red, alongside BlueVacktor, ventured to Thunder1408's base in Bosnian EPIC in order to reproduce the same pressure plate prank that Red executed on others days earlier.

The next day, while travelling back to Thunder's base, Thunder and Tubbo discovered the pressure plate minefield as well as the large "Danger Minefield" sign and are immediately hesitant to step on any of the plates. The two begun to carefully clean up the plates and discovered that they were never connected to any explosives. While removing the plates, Tubbo also uncovered a grey dinosaur sign on the reverse sign of the "Danger Minefield" sign, deducing that the prank must have been conducted by the Vacktors as they are dinosaur enthusiasts. Thunder and Tubbo resolved to travel to Tombstone, RedVacktor's base, and prank him in return. While in Tombstone, the two constructed a large map-art of their Minecraft avatar faces in the centre of the town.

After erecting their images and on Tubbo's request, Thunder and Tubbo ventured over to Spectator, located north of Corvarian Hong Kong, to see PapersCollisions' base and faction. Papers accidentally joined the server in survival mode and encountered Tubbo on several occasions during the two days he spent on the server (Day 88 and Day 89). Thunder was shocked to see the memoir that Papers had left in the basement of his base, dubbed the *awfully bad hut*, over the course of his activity in survival mode on the server. Thunder and Tubbo decided to construct a large memorial to mourn the life of Papers, resolving to spell out "RIP PAPERS COLLISIONS" in the airspace over Spectator.

## The War

### **The Airspace Collision**

Thunder1408 and Tubbo continued to construct the airborne memorial for PapersCollisions above Papers' faction of Spectator, managing to spell out "RIP PAPERS" before noticing that RedVacktor logged online in Tombstone. The two resolved to continue constructing the memorial and would prepare for attack if necessary. Moments later, BlueVacktor logged on to the server joining Red's conquest. The Vacktors began to fly over to Thunder and Tubbo's location, which Tubbo noticed using the SMPEarth Dynmap. Treating the Vacktors' approach as a sign of hostility, Thunder mentioned to Tubbo that they should continue constructing the memorial until the Vacktors' eventual arrival and prepare for battle as well.

The Vacktors reached Thunder and Tubbo's destination, yet circled around numerous times due to the precarious arrangement of the floating platforms. The airborne letters on which Thunder and Tubbo were standing were difficult for the Vacktors' to land their plane on at a high speed. Red, who was flying the plane, purposely struck Tubbo, launching him towards the ground to his demise. Fortunately, Tubbo foresaw that he may be knocked off and set his spawn in a nearby bed placed on one of the letters. He respawned and asked Thunder for a bow and some arrows and the two began firing at the Vacktors while they continued to circle around the location.

Upon noticing that Thunder and Tubbo began to fire arrows, the Vacktors attempted to collide their plane in to the latter two again. Thunder and Tubbo quickly board Thunder's plane and the Vacktors retreat, beginning in a high-speed pursuit of the two pairs. Thunder and Tubbo attempted to anticipate their enemies' actions while en route and were surprised to find out that they were travelling directly to Thunder's base in Bosnian EPIC. The Vacktors arrived in Bosnian EPIC and prepared for their counterattack against the forces following behind them. Thunder and Tubbo raced in to the latter's territory and are ambushed by the Vacktors, who stationed themselves in the bushes and begun firing arrows at them. Thunder and Tubbo attempted to return fire and establish combat but the Vacktors maintained the upper hand throughout the situation.

### **A Jurassic Armistice**

A ceasefire abruptly occurred as the Vacktors joined Thunder and Tubbo's voice chat. Red immediately apologized on behalf of the StateOfDeNile in an attempt to broker negotiations. He also apologized on behalf of Blue, his comrade, for Blue's careless flying which knocked Tubbo to his death. This statement was not true, however, as Red in fact was the individual who intentionally aimed for Tubbo while flying over to the engagement. Thunder and Tubbo accepted the apology and they turned the discussion towards the prank conducted on Thunder's base. Tubbo identified to the Vacktors the grey dinosaur sign as a signature of the perpetrator(s) who conducted the prank, validating their actions at Tombstone. Red rebuffed the claim, alleging that Grey Vacktor is actually Michaelmcchill and that they did not play any part in the prank on Thunder's territory as Red was pranked as well. Unbeknownst to Tubbo and Thunder, the Vacktors were lying to them as Red and Blue pranked Thunder's base on Day 89. Red continued, mentioning that he and Blue had a gift to give to them for the misunderstanding and as a peace treaty.

The group made their way over to the boat placed down by the Vacktors on the outskirts of Thunder's base. Thunder quickly noticed the carpet placed underneath the boat, realized that it was a trap, and encouraged Tubbo to sit in the boat instead. Tubbo sat in the boat and he quickly fell in to the lava pit underneath the carpet and burned to death as a result, losing the items provided to him earlier by Thunder.

All of a sudden, VoiceOverPete, who was also online at the time, joined the voice chat in the middle of the commotion as he was curious of what was going on. He asked for an explanation of the ongoing situation and if Tubbo was being bullied by the others. Startled, the Vacktors deny the accusation, yet Thunder revealed that they had just cooked Tubbo alive. The Vacktors quickly depart from Bosnian EPIC as Pete requested Tubbo to reveal if he was being bullied by the Vacktors. Fearful of the possible outcomes that may arise if Tubbo affirms Pete's question, Red whispered in the call that he will give Tubbo diamonds for denying the fact.

The discussion continued as Pete questioned Red and Blue's motives, saying that he even messaged X33n asking if he knew what was going on. Thunder began to negotiate on behalf of Tubbo, noting that the dinosaur sign part of the minefield prank may have been a coincidence yet the lava pit prank seemed more intentional. The Vacktors claimed that it was likely due to the seismic activity of the area, due to the proximity to Volcongo, and that they had no idea how the lava even got there. Thunder refuted their claim, noting that Tubbo's lost his items part of a peaceful process in which Tubbo concurred. After hearing this revelation, Pete demanded to know if reparations were going to be made towards Tubbo who had lost all his items.

With the support of Pete, both Thunder and Tubbo asked the Vacktors what would prevent them from declaring their faction of StateOfDeNile as an enemy over the many 'happy coincidences'. Red was disturbed after hearing their inquiry and did not respond as Pete interjected, wondering if an admin should get involved in the situation. Tubbo observed that it seemed like a large court case would be needed to settle this matter, to which Red agreed, noting that a court house would need to be constructed; both parties were unaware of the existence of the Brittanic House of Law in Brittany, Newfoundland. Red mentioned that he will countersue both Thunder and Tubbo for their damages against Red by their actions in Tombstone. A moment of silence passed and Red mentioned to Blue to prepare the air strikes as a means to threaten and agitate Thunder and Tubbo. Pete exclaimed that somebody should contact Technoblade as "somebody wants *fun*."

### **Brokering Alliances**

Thunder and Tubbo entered a private voice chat while racing over to Spectator to collect Tubbo's items in anticipation for another wave of war. Red and Blue had returned to Tombstone yet remained in the voice chat with Pete in the mean time while attempting to defend their position. They assured Pete that they did not plan to engage in further war and that they were just following orders. When Pete asked if it was X33n who had given them the orders, the Vacktors responded that it was classified information. The Vacktors then asked the circumstances in which an alliance could be established between their faction, StateOfDeNile, and the Antarctic Empire. Pete responded saying that X33n had communicated to him earlier that he wanted the faction to remain in a more neutral position towards political conflicts, disappointing both Red and Blue. The two then left the voice chat with Pete, claiming that they had other classified matters to attend to.

Thunder and Tubbo were notified of the Vacktors' alliance request by members of their chats following their departure from Spectator towards Tubbo's old base in northern Russia. The two decide to rejoin the voice chat with Pete in order to convince him to support their side, with the benefit of TommyInnit being present as well. At the time that they joined, Tommy had just joined a few seconds earlier as he was notified by his viewers that Tubbo was at war. He was curious if Pete was aware of the ongoing situation and could fill him in, yet instead Thunder and Tubbo provided the details of the situation to the two others. Pete revealed that his base was also pranked with the fake minefield prank which he regarded as a minor inconvenience. Tommy then asked to have a minute to discuss privately with Pete, where the two attempted to decipher the ongoing situation. Both Tommy and Pete decided that they will both get involved in the situation if it escalated further.

### **The Treaty-less Ceasefire**

While Tommy and Pete were discussing, Thunder and Tubbo headed over to Quig's former base in China, located north of Corvarian Hong Kong, in order to borrow supplies. Once the two arrived, Thunder noticed that the Vacktors were already on route back to his base, alarming both himself and Tubbo. They hastily return to Thunder's base in order to encounter the Vacktors, yet Red and Blue had already departed while Blue notified Thunder that they had left diamonds for them at his base. Thunder and Tubbo immediately called off the war as they were satisfied with receiving compensation from the Vacktors. They land at Thunder's base and Thunder gave the 21 diamonds to Tubbo.

TanningOil, who was spectating Tubbo's stream, revealed that he would support the two if they were about to engage in battle yet they both told him that he was too late. Thunder and Tubbo ultimately decided to call off the war and forgive the Vacktors, saying that their decision was "*for now*" in order to appease their audiences. The two travelled to Boomer Mansion on Pete's invitation in order to replace some of the items that Tubbo had lost.

## Later Developments

### **The Cattle Prank**

Although many believed the war to have concluded, Red returned to Thunder's base in Bosnian EPIC on Day 91 in order to conduct another prank. Red claimed that he was pressured to give reparations to Thunder and Tubbo by Pete and that the war was not over. He constructed a small barn and placed a single block of TNT below the pressure-plate triggered door. He left a sign on the barn with a sign saying that the structure was a gift from Tubbo. Afterwards, Red travelled to Tubbo's base in northern Russia to prank him as well yet was unsuccessful as his base was too underdeveloped in order to create an effective prank.

### **The Door-astic Antic**

Thunder discovered the small barn the following day while running errands around his base. He also believed that the barn was a gift from Tubbo and proceeded to relocate his cows inside. He stepped on the pressure plate to open the door, igniting the TNT explosive placed below the barn and exploding revealing the large pit dug by Red the day prior.

Thunder decided to confront and attack Tubbo for attempting to prank him and tracked the latter down as he was online at the time. The two engaged in battle where Tubbo was slain by his comrade. Tubbo then questioned why he was attacked in the first place and denied having anything to do with the prank, upon hearing Thunder's explanation. Tubbo deduced that the prank was likely conducted by the Vacktors due to their recent scuffle two days earlier. His observation also revealed that Thunder was effectively deceived by the prank as intended by Red.

The two decided to return to Tombstone, Red's base, in order to develop another caper as payback. Thunder and Tubbo construct redstone-powered noise machines in the town's centre, underneath the cattle farm, and underneath Tombstone's bank. Tubbo conceived of the contraptions which utilized redstone power in order to make numerous doors open and close rapidly, generating a great deal of sound and lag.

Red logged on later during the same day and immediately experienced lag upon joining the server in Tombstone. Outraged, Red began cleaning up the prank and vowed vengeance against Thunder and Tubbo for what they had done; furthermore, he even mentioned that the war was not over and that he was prepared to take matters further. He finished cleaning up the areas pranked and decided to contact and meet with X33n, his faction leader, at the mainland of StateOfDeNile in order to formally request a declaration of Thunder's and Tubbo's factions of Bosnia and Gambojeistan, respectively, as enemies. After a long discussion, X33n was not convinced based on Red's reasoning to declare the two factions as enemies, citing as well that neither of the two have even met Bosnia's leader, Timotainment.

Red and X33n invited Quig, an ally of their faction, to the base in order to request his assistance in possible further engagements in the conflict. Quig mentioned that he would participate in a war against Bosnia in order to gain sovereignty of FrozenFortress' territory which was disputed with Bosnian Greenland. A long discussion ensued as the trio began to speculate several ideas, including a large-scale pit-trap prank that would include CaptainSparklez and KaraCorvus as well, per X33n's request; mentioning that he intended to pull a prank on Jordan, his neighbour. X33n also observed that the larger prank would likely catalyze a much larger war which the three would be unprepared to fight as they disadvantaged due to joining the server much later. Furthermore, he added that the Antarctic Empire may likely become involved in the possible conflict as well due to Red's recent claim on Antarctica. He even revealed that Pete had already contacted him requesting an explanation of Red's actions.

The trio travelled to Fallen Kingdom in order to scout out an area to pull off the prank, settling on a location on the outskirts of Creeper Amman. X33n quickly departed as Pete requested his attention such that the two may discuss his faction's claim in Antarctica. Red and Quig decided to continue constructing the prank another day. Later, Red met with Blue in Mindanao to update him on his ongoing plan, which they would execute in the oncoming days.

## Audience Reaction

* When the war was called off, people in Thunder's and Tubbo's streams were very upset as they had grown thirsty for war, citing a lack of such for two weeks.

## Trivia

* Tubbo was corrected on the spelling of the memorial for PapersCollisions, as he continuously pronounced the user's name as PaperCollisions, disregarding the 's' in 'Papers'.
* Thunder1408 was never able to declare any factions as enemies as his faction leader, Timotainment, who was inactive at the time, never gave him the appropriate faction permissions.
* This may be one of the only conflicts which involved members from both the Antarctic Empire and Business Bay remaining on neutral terms with one another.
* Tubbo requested that the wiki dub this war as the "The 10 Second War", yet he was promptly notified that The 10 Second War already existed. He decided that this war should be named "The 1 Minute War" instead.

## Gallery

Thunder1408's base in Bosnian EPIC with a large pressure plate minefield prank created by RedVacktor and BlueVacktor.A close-up view of the "Danger Minefield" sign left by the Vacktors.The Grey Vacktor sign found on the reverse side of the "Danger Minefield" sign.Thunder and Tubbo preparing for battle while in the airspace above Spectator.