The Rise of the Equa Alliance

[Austiana]

Johanne clutched the telegram tightly as he paced down the bustling hallway and into The President's office. Adam sat behind his immaculate presidential desk, reading through reports of the Austianian social welfare. Johanne slammed the telegram on the desk, frightening Adam. He shut the report and picked up the telegram, reading it slowly.
Johanne- "It's bad sir"
Adam read the telegram, straight from The Emperor's Office in Acro. He placed the paper down on his desk, and stood up.
Adam- "The alliance is over?"
Johanne nodded sadly, in all his years as secretary he had never seen such terrible news.
Adam- "After 271 freaking years the alliance is over!?"
Johanne revealed another telegram concealed in his pocket.
Johanne- "Another one, from The Kingdom of Corn sir, our alliance with them is over. We could no longer support them with our military, we were preoccupied with peace keeping missions in Emirasia. I'm sorry sir"
Adam didn't even have time to read the telegram, when Defence Secretary Hamish Bryant marched into the room.
Hamish- "Mr President, The Equa Alliance sir, their forces have poured into our borders. Our defence has been totally annihilated, shall our contact Acro and Corn?"
Adam clenched his fists.
Adam- "There's no need to Hamish.... we're on our own"

Before the invasion

After the invasion

[Emirasia]

GREAT EMIR CITY,EMIRASIA, 2 DAYS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL INVASION OF AUSTIANA
The immaculate, holy, Great Emir stood on his podium at a mass military rally in Great Emir City. He was drunk. Very drunk. He had partied all night, as a result of The Equa Alliance's astounding victory against the diminished Austianian military. Thousands of soldiers marched proudly through the streets.

MEANWHILE ON THE BATTLE FRONT
Corporal Sanzun sprinted across the wealthy terrace for cover behind a brick wall. They were fighting in Old Horashama City, the capital of Austiana, and one of the richest, most fabulous cities in the world. He wore his Emirasian Military badges proudly as he shot two Austianian Soldiers. Another soldier spotted him, and shot a FR14 Rifle. The bullet pierced his arm, and he collapsed in agony.

That day further advances were made by The Equa's, however later that night Austianians bombarded them with heavy mortar, destroying 26 Emirasian tanks.

[Austiana]

Seargent- "Retreat!! Fall back! Get out of the city!!"
The Seargent shouted through his clasped hands to the soldiers, running down the street. The Equas continued to slaughter the fleeing Austiana soldiers. Old Horashama City had been lost.

Meanwhile at The Presidential Building on the outskrits of Old Horashama City...
The President and his entourage stared, wide eyed at the LCD television.

The television went black. The lights went out and an eery silence spread through The President's office. Johanne tapped on Adam's shoulder as noise and conversation returned to the room.
Johanne- "Um, sir, we need to get you out of here. The Equas will be here in minute..."
Adam- "Where will you take me? We have no allies. Corn and Acro refuse to get involved. We have no where to flee. The borders are shut"
Johanne- "But sir... we have a bunker ready for you and your family..."
Adam- "I will not leave!"
The President's stern voice silenced the room. Adam boldly stood on his 1.4 million dollar desk and raised his clenched fist in the air.
Adam- "I will not leave! This is my home! This is our home! We must stay here and fight! The Equas know nothing about our country. That is their downfall. We cana beat them. We have to unite! And fight!
The Presidents impromptu speach, though cliche, inspired the group. The Equas may be winning for now, but not for long.

[Emiristak]

"What the fuck?" The Emir from Emiristak juggled a cigar in his hands as he watched the state news on his massive plasma television by his giant swimming pool in Emiristak.
"Why the hell, am I spending this much fucking money on this shitty invasion of a country, that I don't give a fuck about?" The Emir said, as his military leaders stood around him, on his hammock by the pool.
"Well my awesomeness, there is a profitable return in it for us. Our fellow Equas have agreed to share 13% of all resources..." Grand Military Advisor
Adrianne was silences when The Emir haised his finger.
"13%? Only 13%? Bullshit! Why the fuck do I only get 13%?" The Emir said, as he broke open a peanut.
"Ah, my epicness, the agreement was that if you supply 13% of the military you get 13% of the resources," Secondary Advisor Michelle exclaims.
"Who fucking told me that? Increase our military spending to 100%! I want those shitty little resources from Austikana"
"Um, Austiana, sir"
"Oh, well increase our military presence in fucking Austiana!"

[Austiana]

The Presidential Palace resembled nothing of it's former glory. The wreckage was unbearable to look at. Bodies lay everywhere. Adam stumbled, guns pointed to his back as fresh Emiristakian soldiers escorted him to the armor car. He sat in the dark, spacious prison of the back of the vehicle. The Great Emir of Emirasia met him there. This time the tyrant was sober.
Adam- "You bastard!!"
Adam leapt at The Emir, undeterred, as soldiers restrained the former president.
Emir-"You are very aggressive, my little friend!"
The Emir has no response, so he continued.
Emir- "Do you know why, I have joined my friends and taken your petty little country?"
Machine gun fire, and jets flying overhead filled the silence.
Emir- "For years, the Austianians have eaten fine foods, lived in immaculate homes and used up plenty of land... while my people suffer! You have suppressed us. And you, and the rest of The League of Allied Nations will pay!"
The Emir pulled out his gold plated gun and aimed it at Adam's head.
Adam- "Long live Austiana..."
The president collapsed as the bullet pierced through his skull and stopped his brain. Austiana was taken. Acro and Corn were next.

[0utworld]

An emergency conference was called in Outworld...

The council gathered to discuss the sudden outbreak of violence in the west.

"Is it in our interest to intervene in any way?"

"No. The situation is not critical at this point. The Austianan homeland can no longer be saved."

"But surely the Equa Alliance has territorial ambitions. What if they come for us next?"

"Then we will be ready for them."

The decision was made. Defense spending would be increased by 50% in the short-term. Outworld would be watching the situation very closely from now on.

[Emirasia]

Occupied Austiana was in tatters. The invasion had resulted in just over 2 million deaths. The Equa Alliance Flag was raised everywhere, Austiana had been claimed.

MEANWHILE AT THE NEW EQUA GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN EXIA...
The long, dining room was filled with a long table with exquisite foods. The leaders from Exia, Emirasia, Emiristak, Conorium and Gulfroad sat silently munching down their food. The Great Emir of Emirasia stood infront of a projector, at the head of the table.
Emir- "My friends, my Equas! We have crippled Austiana and we are now sucking up every piece of resource that they have never used. We will use these resources to make our military machines. We have few targets now, however we have many threats. Corn and Acro are ignoring this. So we shall ignore them. However, 0utworld is increasing their military spending. They want to get involved, so we..."
The brother of The Great Emir of Emirasia, The Emir from Emiristak, stood smashing his fists on the table.
Emiristak Emir- "We should fucking blow them to pieces! We take those little weaklings in Acro and Corn, and we kill the fuckers in 0utworld!"
That was their decision. Bombing runs now attacked Corn. Corn was in their way. They could no longer ignore that.

[Austiana]

The Austianian refugees stumbled across the border. There was 300 of them. They could not live in this 'Occupied Austiana'. Corn was their only option. They saw the hills. Freedom. Alexai sipped on his water. He saw figures in the distance. People perhaps. Their saviours. Cornese soldiers willing to take them in? That was not the case. The borders were shut. The Cornese soldiers were instructed to shoot any refugees entering the country. The refugees waited for death as the soldiers aimed their machine guns. However, they did not die, an Emirasian F-90 Raptor bombed the border checkpoint as hundreds of Equa Transport Jeeps drove across the border and into Corn. Another invasion had begun.

The only way to win this war, is to unite and fight.

[Emirasia]

The Equa War Room was silent, as The Great Emir of Emirasia spoke his plans about the invasion of Corn. He pointed to a map as he spoke.

The Great Emir had experience, as he had invaded Austiana before and has almost successfully invade Acro as well. This time he would not stop until all of The LAN have fallen to The Equa Alliance.
Emir- "...and will secure all communication relays in the city. Tank division Alpha to Foxtrot will remain in the city until The Corn army is subdued and defeated. At the moment it seems that...
The military leader from Exia, representing Vivous le Triomph, questioned The Emir's authority, his biggest mistake.
Exia Leader- "...what if Emperor Maxmillian from Acro intervenes? Our military will be fighting on two fronts. 0utworlds may be planning to assist Corn, our armies will be exhausted. It is absolutely..."
Emir- "...fool! You no nothing! Acro are scared! Corn are weak and 0utworlds are cowards! No one has the stomach to take us on, we are too powerful!"
And it was true, The Equa Alliance seemed unstoppable. There was little chance for Corn.

[Rackenshan]

The Emperor and his generals were meeting to discuss what they should do about the War that is sweeping the region.

Emperor Whielm "The time has come we must side in this war."

General Jonse replied,"I agree we have underestimated for too long! It is time we try and show our military might!"
All the other Generals agreed with Jonse
"Then all that is left to decide is which side we should side with in this war." the Whielm said with a hearty tone, "This war will not only determine the future for Rackenshan, but the future of this region!"
The Emperor then dismissed the court except for Jonse. Jonse was to stay and advise the creation of battle plans.

[Austiana]

Alexai and his family of refugees ran through the Corn forest. They need to get out of Corn and into Rackenshan, their safe haven. That is, if Rackenshan were willing to fight against The Equas. Alexai held Nicola's hand as bullets splintered trees. They were being gunned down by Canorium soldiers, as they were believed to be spies carrying intelligence to the Rackenshanians. Nicola fell as bullets hit her in the back. Alexai was next, followed by the rest of his innocent family. The Equa's were ruthless, and would stop at nothing for total regional domination.

Meanwhile...
Emperor Whielm of Rackenshan recieved the telegram at 6.12 in the afternoon.
Please my dear friend in Rackenshan. Though you may doubt the capabilities of The Equa's, they are ruthless. Help my friends in Corn and Austiana. And help your people. Join the fight against The Equas, it is our only hope!

Yours Regretfully,
Vladimir Juncen
Austianian Rebellion Leader

The Invasion Expanse so far...

[Emirasia]

As the war waged on in Corn, Occupied Austiana was quiet. The Equa Police patrolled every street. There was little hope for a rebellion. In Old Horashama City, it was the same. Equa flags were forcefully hung from every flag post and every building, replacing the Austianian flag which angered the loyalists.

Meanwhile, in an underground bunker Vladimir Juncen and his fellow rebellion leaders plan their next attack. It was quiet there, as they waited for the reply of Emperor Whielm. Three weeks after the successful invasion of Austiana, the people of the occupied country had been subdued.

There was a knock at the trapdoor that lead into the bunker.
Vladimir- "Who could that be? No one knows where we are..."
He spoke to soon, Equa Police stormed the bunker.

[Rackenshan]

Emperor Whielm sat down to read the letter that had be given to him. His whole court was with him.
" It seems that the Rebellion needs our support." Whielm said, "I believe this is going to be who we side with."

Field Commander(Highest rank in Rackenshan army) Jonse sprang up when he heard this
"Sir, this is a rebellion that is asking for aid! They have already been conquered once! What are the chances a rebellion is going to work against a superpower?" Jonse yelled.

"I see your point,but they are our only chance if we side with them and they are liberated think of the gains this nation would make!" Whielm said with a calm steady voice."Prepare the soldiers for battle we are going to war!"

"Yes sir!" the crowd yelled and hurried out the door.

"Send a squad undercover to the rebels they are going to need the help." Whielm stated to Jonse.

"As you wish"Jonse said walking out of the court.

"So begins the war of all wars." Whielm said to himself

[0utworld]

The supreme council meets again to be briefed on the situation.

"It was much worse than we initially thought. Corn and Austiana have fallen in a matter of days, rather than weeks. We need to think carefully about how to handle this."

"Are you suggesting that we intervene?"

"Yes, I am. I believe at last that it is within our interest to stop this before it gets out of control."

The supreme leaders were shaken. A long silence followed, as the leaders tried to think.

---

The supreme council arrived at a final decision after hours of debate.

"The Equa imperials must be stopped now, while we are still capable of stopping them. However, directly entering the conflict at this point will be wildly expensive. I propose we try to keep this war as low-cost and clean as possible."

"The first part of our plan is to plant as many of our infiltrators in the Equa countries as we can. Their job will be to slow down and otherwise hamper the Equa war machine for as long as possible. They will have the authority to commit random acts of arson, murder Equa officials, blow up a few oil refineries, sabotage civilian infastructure, and perform wartime reconnaissance."

"What if they are caught? We would be certainly held responsible."

"We will deny that they work for us."

"The second part of our plan will be to build a coalition of allied non-Equa states as quickly as possible. We will send secret telegrams to Rackenshan and our neighbors seeking their membership within the coalition. The terms will be that in the event one member state is attacked, the rest of the coalition will support that member state."

"Ah, I see. If we can keep the fighting within the other nations, it will cost us the least."

"Yes, it is as you say."

The council disbanded, and put their plan into effect the following day.

[Austiana]

The newly formed joint Corn-Austiana rebellion were pleasently surprised to see
The Triumph Centre burning to the ground. The Corn Government building had been used by The Equa Alliance to plan strategic maneuvers, and it was the main command centre of the whole operation.

After the slaughter of many Austianian rebellion leaders, and the invasion of Corn the rebels had met with a small group of elite Rackenshanian soldiers, who told them about the aid Rackenshan and 0utworlds were offering. It was overwhelming, the group were very grateful.

Finally, the tide of the war was beginning to change.

[Emirasia]

Suddenly, The Equa Alliance's momentum came to a hault. The smaller army of Rackenshan had put up a strong fight alongside the retreating army of Corn. The Equa Alliance had lost five of their top military commanders, after various assaults made by the rebellion in Austiana. Kidnappings and bombings were happening everywhere, The Equa Alliance Occupation was falling apart.

On the battlefield, the fight along the border of Rackenshan had heated up. The Equas were out gunned, and outnumbered as many of the soldiers were sent to deal with internal matters. Rackenshan and Corn made another massive offense, which forced Emirasian and Exia forces to retreat towards Vegetable City in Corn. Rackenshan and Cornese soldier looked unstoppable as they surrounded the city, cutting off all water and food supplies. Vegetable City was under siege.

Map-

[Rackenshan]

Rackenshan was in shock over how well the offensive was going. Knowing that they help slow the momentum of the Equa Alliance gave a great boost in morale. This however did not mean that the war was at a turning point. The Alliance was still strong and was determined not to give Vegetable City. The Rackenshan received a message planning a coalition of states to try to resist the Alliance.

In the Imperial Court
"Sir, Vegetable City is under siege. If we take the city that should give us some breathing room for now." Field Commander Jonse said

"Good. How much of the army have we devoted to the attack?" Whielm asked.

"About 75% of the army is mobilized sir. We left the last 25% as reserve and defense." Jonse answered

"Perfect. Now how is the business with the creation of a coalition going?" Whielm questioned.

"It is starting off to a good start sir. Outworld, The Corn-Austiana rebellion, and us have started to form and we are still waiting on others to reply." Jonse answered with a smile.

"Don't get to proud yet." Whielm siad "There is still a lot of fighting left in this war!"

Meanwhile at the siege of Vegetable City

"Keep those Shells going we can't give any slack to the enemy!" A commander said in the distance, "Sgt. Jager go to the Corn-Austiana HQ and tell them the Rackenshan Army is waiting for their signal to attack the city."

"Yes sir!" Jager replied.

Jager had never seen the Corn-Austiana Rebellion or their soldiers before. He ran up to the Hummer that was at the corner of the artillery field and set out to give the message.

[Austiana]

Vincent received the message and read it quickly. He gestured to Luitenant Walters and Fielf Marshal Von Swine.
"Prepare the men, we are about to move on the city," Vincent ordered, "This is crucial, we must win this battle!"
Vincent looked to Jagar.
"Soldier... when you hear the trumpet, we will begin the advance!"
Jagar looked doubtful, but he was just the messenger, he ran back to the Commander.
"Sir... the Austianians and Cornese soldiers are ready, at the sound of the trumpet..."
The trumpet echoed across the valley, the attack began.

[Rackenshan]

When Rackenshan Army heard the signal they rushed towards the city. Sgt. Jager started to sprint to the city. As they neared the city Emirasian soldiers started to focus their machine guns on the charging soldiers. Many were cut down during this attack. Sgt. Jager began to sprint into the city outrunning most of the army. the city was in chaos. the sound of gunfire and explosions could not be escaped. After the sun began to set after many long hours of battle Sgt. Jager ran into a building where he noticed Vincent was giving status updates of the attack. Jager approached him and asked,"How is the attack doing?"

[Austiana]

"We're getting blown to pieces!" Vincent explained, smashing his hand against the map on the table, "We have taken the southern streets of the city, but The Equas continue to throw everything they have at us!"

Vincent pointed to the table as he spoke, "We have captured the south west of the city, but they have three machine gun turrets that we can't pass, we need to get to the command base but we can't, and air support is hours away!"

It all seemed hopeless as Emirasian helicopters flew overhead and slaughtered up to 20 soldiers.

"What the hell are we gonna do Jager?" Vincent asked

[Rackenshan]

Jager went through all the things he saw while running through the city. when he remembered the very first moments of the attack.

"At the edge of the city Rackenshan has artillery if we can get communication with them then maybe we can do something. Also, at the front of the city there were some nests that we overran. Maybe just maybe we can dig in here and hold out until air support or my guys can bomb the nests. what do you think?" Jager said in hast.

[Austiana]

Vincent was surprised by Jager's thinking, he was quite.... impressed.
"This better work... otherwise we'll be blown into teeny tiny pieces, and boy is it gonna make a mess!" Vincent said, his head held high, "Send over two of your best men, Jager, and get them to send the message to your artillery!" Jager left the room leaving Vincent and his men sitting around, listening to the barrage of guns and the humming of helicopters and the occassional scream. This was their only hope, otherwise The Equas good walk all over Corn and Rackenshan, and the rest of The LAN will be next.

[Rackenshan]

Jager sprinted to two men that he knew in boot camp. "Guys we are in a bad way here. I need both of you to get this message to the artillery teams." Jager yelled. He then ran to a squad that was trying push forward. "Men we need those guns out of the pillboxes at the front of the city. Men I need you to do this.". Before they could say anything Jager ran off telling everyone around him to regroup at the building he had met Vincent at. By the time he got back a regiment of the army had dug into the building. He ran in and found the two guys he sent to get artillery support. They gave good and bad news. The good news was Rackenshan was able to shell the pillbox positions. The bad news was that doing that would use up the rest of the shells until the next supply chain could arrive. Jager thanked the men and found Vincent to tell him everything.

[Emirasia]

General Usaf was shocked when the artillery began to fire. He thought their shell supply had completely been used. His men were blown to pieces as the tanks exploded.
"Retreat!! Get back to the northern area of the city! Out of the reach of the artillery, get the hell out of..." General Usaf couldn't finish his sentance, he was blown away, along with the jeep he was standing on.

The Equa's were a wreck as they regrouped to the north of the city. The Alliance, formed by Rackenshan was forcing them back. The Great Emir and his counterparts had miscalculated the number of rebels, so they didn't send the right amount of soldiers or equipment. More were coming, but in another three days.

[Rackenshan]

Sgt. Jager could not find Vincent in time. The ordinance was bombing the boxes. Jager needed to move the soldiers forward now. "Press on everyone! For the Fatherland!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. With soldiers and rebels running with him they charged the fleeing enemy. They pressed onward. Jager planned to chase the Equa Alliance as far north as he could.

In The Imperial Court
The court sat down to discuss the battle of Vegetable City

Whielm said to the court," So how is the battle going?"

Field Commander replied in a hurry, "We need more supplies and I would like to request take some more soldiers into the battle."

Whielm asks, "Why more soldiers from what I hear we are making considerable ground."

"A sergeant named Jager has been working with the leader Vincent in this battle pretty much. The losses have been pretty bad on both sides. We need enforcement if we are going to take the city."
The Field Commander said a little worried.

"OK send they extra solders will be there in about 3 days." the Emperor replied, "Also if this Jager guy lives through the battle a promotion and a medal will be here for him."

"Yes sir" the field commander said while leaving the court.