It was early May, on the first day of Liberation Week, when the Holy Romagnan Empire of Karlsland was rocked, and the world stood in horror as the capital of Berlin was attacked by an empire from beyond a Gate, one that sought naught but the conquest of the Holy Romagnan Empire, and of Earth. It was only for thirty minutes that Berlin was put under siege, and despite their dragons, giants, and walking war machines they were far behind Karlsland technologically, but the damage was still done. The wife of the Crown Princess was captured by soldiers of this Saderan Empire along with an estimated eleven hundred Karlslanders, Austrians, Allaneans, Fusoans, Japanese, Wolfens, Imeriatans, Thebans, and a handful of other nationals.
Retaliation was called for. With more news about the Saderan society - Assimilation campaigns bordering on genocide, gladiatorial combat, chattel slavery, rampant use of chemical weapons, a heavily stratified, almost feudalistic society in the outskirts that is yet tied to a powerful, dictatorial central Empire that borders on fascistic with its control of the everyman's life. A nation with almost blatant disregard for the rights of its citizens, humans or not - as it had apparently decided to invade Karlsland through this gate riding on the high of nearly exterminating a matriarchal race of leproid human warriors to its south.
Were it merely another country, developed as Karlsland was, as free as Karlsland was, or at least close, mere reparations or retaliations would be sufficient to satiate the calls for blood in the now-ruined Reichstag. But Sadera was not such a country, and nothing short of total upheaval of the Saderan nation would satisfy.
It is now August 12, 2018, and after months of scouting, Minister of Defense Minna Dietlinde-Wilcke is at last willing to send troops across the Gate. Thus, the Reichswehr fought there. Thus, the Landstreitkrafte fought there.
Thus, men of iron fought there.
Retaliation was called for. With more news about the Saderan society - Assimilation campaigns bordering on genocide, gladiatorial combat, chattel slavery, rampant use of chemical weapons, a heavily stratified, almost feudalistic society in the outskirts that is yet tied to a powerful, dictatorial central Empire that borders on fascistic with its control of the everyman's life. A nation with almost blatant disregard for the rights of its citizens, humans or not - as it had apparently decided to invade Karlsland through this gate riding on the high of nearly exterminating a matriarchal race of leproid human warriors to its south.
Were it merely another country, developed as Karlsland was, as free as Karlsland was, or at least close, mere reparations or retaliations would be sufficient to satiate the calls for blood in the now-ruined Reichstag. But Sadera was not such a country, and nothing short of total upheaval of the Saderan nation would satisfy.
It is now August 12, 2018, and after months of scouting, Minister of Defense Minna Dietlinde-Wilcke is at last willing to send troops across the Gate. Thus, the Reichswehr fought there. Thus, the Landstreitkrafte fought there.
Thus, men of iron fought there.
