Noctish Central News Agency - Tyrnau, Eristys
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A sense of pride overtook the government halls of Tyrnau today, as the Noctish presence in Eristys finally completed its nearly-decade long mission to pacify the island continent. For nearly the past year, much of the island's interior had proven difficult for Noctish forces to conquer, or for Noctish diplomats to subjugate, largely due to its less-than-ideal climate and, up until recently, hostile populace. Border skirmishes and raids were a fact of life for many of the border regions for the past several months, all of which will now come to an end as the interior peoples of Eristys have been convinced to accept Noctish sovereignty, in exchange for a significant degree of autonomy within the Dominion of Eristys. Work has already begun on integrating these new lands into the now-whole Eristys domain, as well as construction of a direct east-west rail link between Tyrnau (capital of the eastern half of Eristys) and Mylaviac (capital of the western half).
At the same time, a detachment consisting of two battalions of the 41st "Mylaviac Division" landed on the formerly-Harrenese island of Kos, on the western edge of Eristys. Kos previously served as a fuel depot and naval base for one of Harren's infamous "swarm fleets". Finding the island completely abandoned, yet with most of its equipment and facilities relatively intact, the occupation forces quickly set to work repairing the island's military facilities, now to be put to use for the Noctish Realm. Remnants of Harrenese "swarm ships", mostly physically intact yet barely functional after spending so much time abandoned, were quickly taken back to Mylaviac to be studied and, eventually, scrapped. As the island is completely uninhabited, save for the newly-installed Noctish garrison, there are currently no plans to incorporate the island into any territorial entity within the Confederation. Instead, the island will be considered a military territory under the direct control of Neustri and the Supreme Commandership.