Balican Wars

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"We are Bali Can, not Bali Can't. We can conquer all of Baligu, and we will." -Emperor Baligu to the 8th Balican Regiment before the Siege of Khandiku in Year 7

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The Balican Wars are a series of wars fought to expand and protect the sovereignty of the Balican Empire. Historians have traditionally divided the wars into three separate parts. The Balican Wars are part of the series of events foretold in the Balican Prophecy.

## First Balican War

The First Balican War, initially known as the Balican Unification War, and the 30 Years War, commenced in Year -75, after the first Balican Emperor Haligu united the Cap race and proceeded to conquer the independent states and tribes on the continent Baligu on planet Baligu. Every state was either conquered or peacefully surrendered to the Balican forces except for the militaristic state of Khandiku. Though it once occupied over a third of the Balican continent, the state of Khandiku was slowly pushed back by the expanding Balican Empire, eventually controlling one peninsula defended by the Khandikan mountain range. They constructed a massive wall to protect their remaining terrirory, fending off any land based attacks and sieges. The Balicans were unable to penetrate the wall, and had not developed air travel capabilities. The First Balican War ended in Year -45, with a stalemate between the two remaining forces on the continent.

## Second Balican War

The Second Balican War, known at the time as the War for Balican Independence and also known as the Shadow War, started around Year -10, and was the result of an invasion on the planet Baligu before the planet had developed interplanetary travel.

Baligu, a general in the Balican forces, was able to recruit warriors from other planets to aid the Balican cause. Among these were Mu-Kit, Chun Kit, and Kit. The improved technologies and combat techniques brought by these warriors allowed the Balican forces to repel the invasion and keep the peace of Baligu.

## Third Balican War

The Third Balican War, also known as the War of Balican Conquest, and the 7 Years War was led by Balican Emperor Baligu, who came to power after the end of the Shadow War. Baligu quickly mobilized the Balican forces which had gained plenty of experience from war. Chun Kit sold blueprints for the B-747, a commercial aircraft, to Baligu. With this new technology, the Balicans were able to fly over the wall built by the Khandiku Clan, ending the 25 Year stalemate between the factions. The Balican army used the B-747 as troop carriers to conquer the rest of the continents on Baligu, uniting the planet under one government. Within 7 years the Balicans had conquered the rest of the planet, assimilating various cultures and species in a total of 37 years of conquest.

## Balican Crusades

Though there was no official end to the war, historians consider the end of Baligu's reign in Year 108 to be the end of the Third Balican War. The following Balican Emperors continued expanding Balican Empire territory in comparatively minor capacities compared to Baligu.

Following spaceflight modifications made to the B-747 by Balican engineer GuBu, the Baligu ordered a fleet of 10 G-747 prototypes to be constructed. GuBu was able to start his own company, GuBu Tech, with an advance from these funds. With these new spacecraft, the Balican Forces proceeded to conquer various planets and moons around their system.

Following Baligu's lead, succeeding emperors used the advanced technology to conquer the rest of Zone 10, with Emperors Walidu and Daligu finishing conquests in Zone 7 and Zone 8.