One Year War

One Year War was a major conflict between the two rival planet, Solomon and Naburu.

The One Year War
In October 420 ABY, the Sith, under the Solomon federation officially announces mobilization orders, and splits the army into the space attack force and the VAF assault force. The Republic, anticipating a traditional ship-to-ship type warfare, begins reshuffling its fleets and issues a general alert status to all of its forces.

The One Week Battle
The opening to the One Year War is originally referred to as the One Week Battle or One Week War, due to the horrific scale of civilian casualties inflicted.

"The Four Seconds of Declaration"
At 07.20 on January 3, 420 ABY, the Sith Union unilaterally declares war against the Naburu Republic. Merely four seconds later, the Sith forces launch all-out surprise attacks against the Republic's garrisons the Hatte province in Side 2 and the Mua province in Side 4.Biological weapons are used indiscriminately, while Sith nerve gas attacks (used to suppress the garrisons from mobilizing) slaughters the planets population. In just one day of fighting, over 2.8 billion innocent civilians are killed.

Operation Barbossa
The One Week Battle culminates in Operation Barbossa. Operation Barbossa's goal is to destroy the Republic's central military command at Zaburo in the planet Naburu, a facility hardened against nuclear assault. The plan calls for the use of a giant asteroid Zion, Sith forces prepares the asteroid by attaching it with nuclear propulsion engines, before initiating the second phase of Operation Barbossa. The GALACTIC REPUBLIC mobilized as the Sith sets the colony on a slingshot course around the moon. An intense battle rages above the Naburu's satellite orbit, but the GALACTIC REPUBLIC is unable to stop the colony drop. As the colony passes the point-of-no-return, both sides withdraw from battle and an emergency evacuation of Zaburo is ordered. However, the heavily damaged Asteroid falls short of its intended target, instead shattering into large fragments due to the heat of re-entry over the Inept Ocean. The largest piece, after being shot at while over the Arakiian peninsula, falls on the heavily-populated city of Madsen.obliterating the city of its 10 million citizens. The strike causes a 60,000-megaton blast, creating a 500-kilometre crater along the continent's coastline (later named the ===Madsen Crater===). The immediate effect was of a Magnitude 9.5 Earthquake at the impact point and Magnitude 9 Earthquake over a third of the continent, a 200-metre-per-second shockwave being detected in Melburnes; it destroys roughly 16% of the continent. The ensuing shockwave also leads to massive tsunamis around the globe, incapacitating a large portion of the Naburu's planetary defense systems, while also causing huge humanitarian crises.Up to this point of the war, close to half of the population of the Naburu Sphere perishes. Naburu's climate is severely and permanently affected by the colony drop, with the environmental aftermath still felt decades after the war.

The Battle of Trengganu
The Battle of Trengganu, taking place on January 15, is one of the most devastating battles during the war and one of the deadliest in all of mankind's history. Following the failure of Operation Barbossa just days earlier, the Sith still believes it can succeed in achieving a quick end to the war with asteroid drops. This time it attempts to hijack and utilize a republic factory asteroid Simasta, also known as Trengganu province (however, it is rumored this is false information leaked to the Republic forces). As the nuclear engines are put into place, the Naburu Republic's 1st Combined Fleet led by General Venjix arrive and the two forces clash.This battle is the first ever major space battle in history, and also the first time new-age war machines called as Veriable Attack Fighters play as a primary offensive mechanism. The Naburu Republic's fleet suffers heavy losses against the highly Sith’s VAF.General Venjix is forced to escape after the flagship Snake is sunk, and is captured by Sith's Tri-Star attack squad. The fleet's second-in-command, Commodore Rodney J. Fox, is killed after his own ship the Nereid is destroyed while single-handedly rear-guarding the retreat of the remaining fleet (however, his sacrifice minimized the fleet's casualty numbers). With Venjix captured and 80% of the Republic's 1st Combined Fleet lost, the battle is tactically won by the Sith Union. During the battle, nuclear weapons are used indiscriminately, resulting in massive military casualties. 500 million combatants are killed in action. The Second Operation Barbossa is aborted after Admiral Killer Han realizes his fleet no longer has the capacity to carry it out. Several of Sith's most famous aces earned their wings in the battle. Ian Greydon destroys five of the Republic's top-of-the-line Galleon-class battleships, earning him the nickname "White Comet". Jethro “Great Blue Star” Gibson destroys three, while Darth Law sinks six and the Tri-Star gain fame by capturing General Venjix, the highest-ranking general in the GALACTIC REPUBLIC. However, many of Sith's original VAF suit training cadets are killed, leaving very few experienced pilots. This eventually auses repercussions for the Sith during the remainder of the war. In the end, the GALACTIC REPUBLIC lost approximately 3/4 of its battle strength. Military casualties numbered in the millions..

The Renville Treaty
With the capture of General Venjix, the aborted asteroid drop and heavy losses on both sides, the Naburu Republic and Sith Union agree to a truce. Using the recent victory at Trengganu, Degwin Mythos intends to intimidate the Republic into submission by threatening dropping Luna II on Zaburo. While negotiating the conditions of the Republic's surrender, Venjix is rescued by federal agents within the Sith and makes a speech to the Republic Assembly, revealing "Sith is exhausted!". The Republic receives a boost in morale and rejects the conditions of surrender, but agrees to a treaty prohibiting the use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, colony drops, and attacks on the Jupiter Energy fleets. and determining the rules of war. This Renville Treaty was signed on January 31.

The Naburu Drop Operations
With the signing of the Renville Treaty, the rules of engagement went in favor of the Sith of Sith, who is at the advantage in close-range combat, thanks to their VAF. The ban on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, and colony drops dashes Sith's hope for a quick conclusion to the war, forcing them to invade Naburu territories to secure mining resources, which are scarce in space. Sith begins mobilizing for the invasion of Naburu and forms the Naburu Attack Force, staging its first drop operation on March 1. With the Naburu Republic's defense severely undermined by Operation Barbossa, the drop operation quickly captured the Republic force's Baikonur launch facilities, then moving onto the resource center of Odessa. A second drop operation occurs in North Alerica, with two divisions being dropped on both coasts and moving inward. One division captures the strategically important Baligo Base, a series of massive manufacturing plants and ports along the West Coast of North Alerica. Along with this, much of the Naburu Republic's naval fleet is captured and later pressed into service under the Sith flag. A third drop is directed at the destabilized region of Madsen, Southeast Eurasia, and Oceania, while a fourth drop operation commences on April 4, landing on the Jet Sea and in the Italian Peninsula.

Stalemate
For the next five months, the Sith battlefronts expands. However, lacking knowledge about atmospheric battle, the Sith forces fail to achieve any air supremacy, and the Republic manages to stop the Sith advance with out-of-date, but sufficiently massed conventional weapons. Sith advances are halted, and the situation solidifies into a stalemate, which persists for over 8 months until the Odessa Campaign. At this point, Sith controls over two-third of the Naburu's landmass, although guerilla resistance and defense vacuums in Sith-occupied territory is a common sight.

Assault on Laos Colony
On September 18, in a space colony at Side 7, an incident changes the entire course of the war. The Republic's newly developed Pegasus-class warship Golphoenix arrives at the colony to transfer components for the secret Project V, being followed by Ian Greydon's Musai cruiser along the way. When a Sith reconnaissance team infiltrates the colony, a member of the team goes against orders and begins attacking the colony. In sheer desperation, the Republic crews put up a hopeless defense against the fully armed Chromeknight VAF suit. In the confusion, civilian boy Drake Genocide comes across the result of the secret project, the RX-78 Dogarm prototype. After obtaining the Dogarm's operating manual he decides to board the machine. Unaccustomed to battle, but possessing a high degree of technical aptitude, Drake manages to get the second unit to rise up from its trailer and successfully destroy two of the recon team's Chromeknights. This is the first VAF battle ever fought inside of a space colony. Unfortunately, the colony is heavily damaged and Drake's father, Tom Genocide (team leader of Project V), goes missing and heavy civilian casualties are reported. The survivors embark as refugees aboard the Golphoenix, with Drake and many other civilians temporarily conscripted as combat pilots. The Golphoenix, with its precious prototype VAF, begins a perilous return to the Naburu Republic headquarters at Zaburo, being incessantly pursued by Ian. During atmospheric reentry, the Golphoenix is again attacked and veered off of its projected course to Zaburo, landing deep in Sith territory in North Alerica.

Operation Odessa
"Many of your fathers and brothers have perished valiantly in the face of a contemptible enemy. We must never forget what the Republic has done to our people! My brother, Josh Mythos, has shown us these virtues through our own valiant sacrifice. By focusing our anger and sorrow, we are finally in a position where victory is within our grasp, and once again, our most cherished nation will flourish. Victory is the greatest tribute we can pay those who sacrifice their lives for us! Rise, our people, Rise! Take your sorrow, and turn it into anger! Sith thirsts for the strength of its people! SIEG SITH!!!”"

- Degwin Mythos

Shortly after the arrival of the Golphoenix on Naburu, the ship's crew engages and destroys a Sith Gaw fleet, killing Captain Josh Mythos, the youngest son of Killer Han. A state funeral is held for the fallen commander, with Degwin Mythos delivering the eulogy in his famous Sieg Sith speech. While the Sith mourn for the loss of Josh his death leaves the Naburu-based Sith forces without a clear commanding officer, Seizing the opportunity to strike while the Sith are regrouping, the Naburu Republic amasses one third of its terrestrial forces along the Eastern Eurasia for one of the largest land battles in history. Codenamed ==Operation Odessa==, its aim is to recapture the Odessa mining facilities and break the Sith hold on Naburu resources. The counteroffensive begins on November 7; over the next two days, Federal Forces stage a blitzkrieg attack on the Sith's defensive lines, breaking through and overwhelming them. On November 9, Federal Forces penetrate the last of the Sith Occupation Force's defensive lines, triggering an ultimatum from the Sith commander Colonel M'Quve, demanding that Federal Forces withdraw or face a nuclear attack. It is said General Venjix simply signals to his communications officers not to respond to M'Quve. Fleeing the battlefield with other top Sith officials in the Commodo-class cruiser Madagascar just before Republic forces break through their base, M'Quve launches a single nuclear missile, but it is successfully disarmed by Drake's Dogarm. Several Sith units remain isolated on Naburu and eventually surrender, although some, such as Rear Admiral Yerri, find their way to other Sith-occupied bases, where they escape into space.

Minor Operations Following Operation Odessa
Exploiting the discord within the Sith forces after the fall of Odessa, the Republic begins ==Operation Spear Heads== on November 23, with the objective of recapturing the entire Madsen. The operation is spearheaded by Master Piercer Rayer and his "White Knights" team. The team captures Alice Springs on November 25, Simpson's Gap on December 1, repulses a Sith counterattack at the Republic Torrington base on December 26, and seizes one of the last remaining Sith heavy lift facilities at Hughenden on January 2. The Republic also launches an offensive into Lepanto region of North Afurica, beginning on November 18 and completing its objectives ten days later.

The Zaburo Drop Operation
After a hired spy manages to infiltrate the Golphoenix, Ian discovers the precise location of Naburu Republic's vast underground fortress of Zaburo. On November 30, after gathering VAFs squads from the Baligo Base with massive air and naval support, Sith forces launch an airborne assault on Zaburo. Amphibious VAF unit and commando teams lead by Ian himself make numerous probes and raids into the heart of the base, but fail to take the facility or destroy its VAF production factories. Underestimating Zaburo's defensive capacities, the Zaburo attack results in an operational disaster for Sith forces (large proportions of Sith VAF are destroyed in mid-air and never makes landing), forcing a Sith retreat on the very same day. The combined losses at Odessa and Zaburo breaks the Sith/Naburu-bound armies, making it easy for the Republic to begin launching counteroffensives against other holdings in Africa and North America. Over the month of December, Sith ground forces are in full retreat, abandoning strategically critical bases to escape into space. The Cape Canaveral Base is liberated by the Republic on December 5, at a cost of 34 fighters, 71 tanks and 2 VAF due to Sith ace pilot Ian Greydon, while the Baligo Base is successfully recaptured on December 15.

Battle of Raynog — Operation Cembalo
With the battle on Naburu grinding to a close, the Republic begins to retake space supremacy. The Republic military high command's plan has two parts: The Golphoenix will be deployed as the 13th Autonomous VAF Squadron and given the mission to head to the neutral colony group at Side 6. Since the Sith forces pay so much attention to the Dogarm and the Golphoenix, the Republic believes Sith will act to prevent an invasion on the Sith lunar base Granada, with the Golphoenix as the vanguard. The rest of the Republic fleet, with the Golphoenix as a decoy, will secretly mobilize and launch an attack on the Sith space fortress Raynog, located in L4. After distracting the Siths' attention with a one-sided space battle outside the Side 6 colony of Baldur Bay, where Drake single-handedly destroys 12 of the latest Sith frontline VAF, the VAF33-J-U Jager, in the span of merely 10 minutes, the Golphoenix rendezvous with the Republic fleet to assault Raynog on December 24. The Battle of Raynog is the first where the RGM-79 GM, the Republic mass-produced VAF derived from the Dogarm, are used in numbers. Claudic-class assault boats neutralize the space fortress' beam cannon defenses with beam-dispersing smoke clouds, forcing Sith VAF stationed there to advance beyond the base's defensive radius, making them easy targets for advancing Republic warships. The Republic also unleashes their secret weapon: a solar reflector array, known as the Solar System, utterly decimating Raynog's primary space gate and all VAF and ships attempting to sortie from there. With casualties mounting and reinforcements being delayed by "political complications", Sith Space Attack Forces commander Killer Han orders the evacuation of the base and boards the Giant battleship Big Zam. While the Big Zam's initial deployment decimates many Federal warships and VAF, allowing many Siths (including Killer's wife Zenna and daughter Eva) to retreat from Raynog, it is ultimately disabled by a daring and sacrificial maneuver on behalf of 13th Autonomous Corps pilot Trafalgar Manticore, and subsequently destroyed by Drake's Dogarm. Raynog is quickly run over thereafter by the GALACTIC REPUBLIC and renamed Konex Island.

Battle of A Solomon
Operation Heaven’s Will Following the loss of Odessa and Raynog, the Sith military is fully on the defensive. Sith Supreme Commander Degwin Mythos orders the construction of a massive solar-powered beam projector, the Solar Ray System. The project originally starts in the Mahal colony in September, exploiting the same loophole in the Renville Treaty as the Republic's Solar System. Supervised by Colonel Asakura, who also developed the Sith's lethal GG nerve gas, solar batteries from other colonies are collected and a projection array is built within the planet walls. On December 21, 6.5 million inhabitants are forcefully evacuated from the planet. As the construction of the Solar Ray is near completion and the Republic fleet draws near, Solomon Prime Minister Alucrad Dew, growing tired of war, leaves on a secret mission to save what is left of the Solomon Federation. He arranges a meeting with General Venjix at the Geldolva Line to negotiate the terms of a peaceful surrender. However, his departure is noticed by Darth Law, who quickly ordered Degwin to rushes the Solar Ray into operation, limiting its design to a single shot. Venjix reorganizes the main GALACTIC REPUBLIC fleet into three battle lines. At approximately 2035 GMT, Darth Law orders all Sith fleets to pull out of the firing range of the Solar Ray System. At the same time, Alucrad and Venjix discuss a peace treaty to end the war. 35 minutes later, Degwin orders the Solar Ray to be fired at the Geldolva aiming point. General Venjix, Prime Minister Alcurad and about a third of the GALACTIC REPUBLIC are wiped out by the weapon's 6-kilometer wide beam. The IR band signature from the Solar Ray's is detected by Sith VAF Assault Force Rear Admiral Kopecz's fleet, who travels to reinforce the Sith's last line of defense.

Operation Star One
Following the firing of the Solar Ray, Kopecz, aware of her father's secret meeting with the Republic's General Venjix, learns Degwin's ship, the Giga-class battleship Great Degwin, was on the Geldolva line at the time of the Solar Ray's discharge. The disarrayed Federal Forces quickly regroup, using the Golphoenix as their rallying point. While the GALACTIC REPUBLIC reorganizes, Degwin meets with the Solomon defenders, raising their morale by declaring Sith as the superior race, and with the Naburu Republic's remaining forces now halved thanks to the Solar Ray, they will win this battle and war and "rise up to the future". Fearing that Sith will again fire the devastating superweapon a second time, the Republic launches a desperate attack on Solomon's N defense field with the second and third VAF battalions, while their remaining fleets use the Galleon-class battleship Ruzar as its flagship to penetrate the S field. The Golphoenix spearheads an assault into the F line, Solomon's crossfire aiming point but also its weakest defensive position, all the while when a small fleet rumored to be led by the assault carrier Griphon attempts to breach the V line, guarded by Sith's Dolos carrier. Degwin's counterattack relies heavily on his mammoth space station Delta One and the VAF99-GR-C GrumRipper, Sith's latest (and costly) mass-production VAF that rivals the Dogarm in strength and weaponry. The Republic attempts to use beam-dispersion smoke again, but Degwin launches a counterstrike of missiles, all the while keeping his VAF forces held back. Kopecz's VAF Assault Force arrives as the Republic begins to penetrate Solomon's lines. He ordered his fleet to position itself along the N field, Kopecz confronts Degwin with the news of their leader's death, and after hearing him confess to the killing without remorse, immediately executes Degwin for the crime of patricide. With his death, it is discovered Degwin miscalculated the effectiveness of his fighting force and the determination of the oncoming waves of Republic forces. The Space station Delta One carriers are quickly destroyed, depriving their large number of VAF of fuel and munitions, with the fact the Grumripper and Jager are piloted by student conscripts who barely received enough training to properly use their highly-advanced VAF. Many of Sith's ace pilots also are killed or missing-in-action, such as Ian Greydon and Jethro Gibson, hurting the Sith's attempt to hold Solomon. Also, angered by the execution of their Supreme Commander, the Delaz Fleet, an extremely fanatic Degwin-loyalist battle unit, led by Admiral Aquilla Delaz, resigns from the battle, further reducing the number of ships and VAF in the Sith lines. As Solomon's N field is overwhelmed by the Republic's VAF battalions and the Sith's S field is on the verge of collapsing thanks to the Dogarm.. The Golphoenix suffers heavy damage and is forced to beach itself on the fortress and fight Sith infantry in close quarters. As the battle for Solomon spills into the heart of the planet itself, Kopecz begins preparations to flee from the collapsing stronghold. His plan is to escape to a rally point and meet up with fleets from the Sith's Tar lunar base and continue the war. She orders Base Commander Tuning to wait 15 minutes after his exit before surrendering the base, promising Federal POWs will be exchanged for him later. However, his plan is interrupted by Darth Law, who assassinates Kopecz before he can leave. Her Bolos-class cruiser, the infamous Chimera, is subsequently destroyed by Republic warships.

The Sith Union Collapses
On January 1, UC 0080, Solomon Prime Minister Darcia Bakharov, who under Degwin's dictatorship was just a rubber-stamp to approve of Degwin's edicts and provide the appearance of a democracy, takes control of the government and sues for peace. Following preliminary negotiations in the lunar city of Aman, the formal signing of the end of hostilities occurs on January 14, UC 0080 at the Tar lunar colony. The treaty between the Naburu Republic and the newly restored Solomon federation is named the Treaty of Tar. The Sith Union, after the disappearance of it’s leader Darth Kidd and many of it’s member and followers died in the war, disbanded at the same day of the treaty of granada

Behind the scene
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