Peace for Our Time... Again

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The Artemis Powder Keg Far from Dismantled?

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Peace with honour, peace for our time

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Unpire Strikes Back! Will the Federation be able to recover?

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And so it begins!

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War Update: Tides have turned.

Artemis - The war is still going between the Federation and Union, this time with the Federation having a strong lead in points. Could it be that despite having a war forced down their throats, the Federation managed to turn the tide? It certainly appears so. But the Union still has the motivation to fight, and might make a comeback. The blame was largely put on the wormhole monsters that spawned in the Split cluster, important for mission runs, as well as multiple federal attacks on Union space, for which the Union simply did not have enough defenders to respond.

Before the Galactic Council meeting, large offensive operations were performed by the Federation in the Union Contingent. These are often done at the last moment to capture a sector, or cripple it until the next Meeting. It succeeded. The losses on the Union side led to Quaack and Nhandu being turned into a no-mans-land. Meanwhile, the Federal logistics crew managed to reclaim Sargas again.

Many smaller operations are done almost daily. A small summary from other news sources: Union pilots broke through Pass FED-07 multiple times. Federal forces tried to invade the Union North Rashkir cluster, and were held back by an elite team of imperial defenders. Federation pilots also attacked the East Pardus Rim, scoring easy war points by attacking small Union settlements there.
 

Current Federation-Empire relationship.

A more interesting turn of events is the relationship between the Federation and Empire. With many imperial pilots supporting the Union's war effort, the logical consequence is that relations also decline between the Federation and Empire. Not that the Imperial High Council and the imperial lobbyists seem to mind this development, as they push for war. At this rate of decline the Federation may find themselves fighting two factions at once within the next few days. Such a 2v1 war would be an unicum in all of the Pardus universes.

A Union&Empire versus Federation War!

So the Federation may be winning the war against the Union, they are still spending a lot of resources to do so. Once the Empire gets their war machine at speed the Federation might be steamrolled into submission as they likely don't have enough resources to fight the second war.
Of course that's just a theory. With the Federation you just never know. 
They might even miraculously win such a war. 
To know for sure, we will just have to see what the future holds!

 

Destruction Continues while Neutralities are Disputed

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War Update: While Feds smash, Onions deliver

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War Update: Sargas lost, Federation starts destructive operations.

ARTEMIS - Due to the loss of faction assets, Sargas is no longer Federation territory! This was the decision of the Galactic Council that held their bi-monthly meeting of the Pardus Cluster yesterday, which was predictable due to the three starbases destroyed by the Union a few days before war broke out. As a result, subsidy has been cut for the Federation, causing less income per starbase and potentially losing millions in the long term, at least until the next meeting which is planned on October 1st.

War statistics as of this report.

The war is still raging in the Contingents. While squadron combat was extremely prevalent the first few days, it appears to cool down now as the active squadrons in space are tired and worn out; their supplies are likely running low and bringing logistics to the squadrons inside hostile space is impractical and dangerous. It's unknown how many squadrons are still on standby though, so combat may flare up again, most likely around the time of the next Council Meeting.

Despite the large amount of squadrons seen, surprisingly few starbases have been lost in total: 4 Federation bases and 3 Union bases. No captures have been reported yet.

Operations now seem to move toward the neutral zones and the faction Core clusters while the Contingents continue to smolder. The first war missions have been completed, and many more are on their way. There are reports of bombings being conducted as well, killing thousands of starbase inhabitants deep within faction territories. Bombings have so far been reported on: Sol Base (FHC), Alioth Station (FRC), and Stark Industries (Somewhere in Union space)

The Union took the lead at first, earning most of their medals with dogfighting and ambushes, as well as completing missions into the Federation cores. The Federation seems to strike back with powerful blows to various military outposts and other buildings all over Union space. Surgical strikes to important structures, causing supply chains of critical resources to be disrupted, are very common tactics. As of writing this report, the Federation is at a small lead in terms of earning war medals, most of them from these destructive operations, but also due to the fact that the main Union combat operation was a pre-emptive strike that happened before the war was officially declared.

Either way, it is way too early to say who might prevail in this conflict, as both factions seem to be about equally matched for now.

More carnage as the war unfolds

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