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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #30 on: August 07, 2019, 07:46:34 am »

Initial design. I'll propose a special resource and an alternate longbow that uses it later.

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Inithari Longbows:

Sunaka tried to calm his rapid heartbeat as he sighted in on his target. The invaders were unaware of their impending death. He realized he’d closed an eye - “Sloppy. Throws off your aim, your depth perception,” his grandfather had told him when explaining why it was a mistake. He opened his eye. He drew the bowstring back to his chest, breathing heavily. “Take a breath and hold it, or your aim will drift with your breath.”

He had learned from his grandfather while hunting, using a smaller bow that was like a longbow to him at the time. He had learned archery, and now he could hit the wings off a fly at 200 paces. Sunaka had killed before - but animals, not men. But these men had killed his fellows, wished death upon him and his family. And, with the bow passed down from his father, and his father’s father, and so on down their line, he would do something about it.

As one, a hundred arrows flew between the trees. The invader’s formation simply disintegrated as arrows pierced bronze armor as easily as cloth. Sunaka’s target didn’t even get a death rattle - he was a corpse before he hit the ground. The survivors fled, as the Inithari archers readied another precise volley. 

Men, it would seem, were just another kind of animal.

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While bows had been in use among the Inithari’s ancestors since near the start, it was this invasion where the prevalence and quality of the bows shot up. Inithari Longbows were tall, about the height of a man (taller than some), made from the same trees that they built their boats from, and had a draw weight that surprised foreigners. While it required intense training to use, a skilled archer could kill their enemy from long range, well before they were in any danger. During this period, the arrows also changed, using metal heads instead of the sharpened stone of ages past.


Alternatively, a special resource and design using it.

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Laumalie Wood

An elderly man, clothed in light red to indicate his station, oversaw the woodcutting process with a critical eye, watching for error, for disrespect of the tree. While foreign visitors did not understand what made the Laumalie Tree so important, no Inithari child was allowed to forget respect for it. The Laumalie was said to have a soul of it’s own, not unlike a man, giving it it’s wondrous properties. Age, treatment, and more shaped that soul, giving the specific tree it’s properties - but if disrespected, poorly treated, then the wood would offer no boons. In kinder times, the process would be slower, and only parts of the tree taken - but it was war, now, and they had need; they would beg forgiveness when their home was safe.   

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Laumalie Wood is the wood from a type of tree unique to the Inithari Archipelago, and it has baffled scientists for centuries. The saplings grow incredibly quickly in almost any conditions, to start. It has a resistance to heat and flame more like iron than what one associates with wood. It can be harvested quite easily, often without killing the tree itself. But that’s just the start - the really interesting part is what you can do with it.

When the Laumalie Tree is harvested, it’s lumber has an astonishing variety of properties - and moreover, those properties can change depending on how mature the tree was and how the wood is treated and shaped upon separation from the tree, with properties ranging from an almost metallic durability to flexibility and springiness; it formed the basis of much of Inithar’s early industry.


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Laumalie Longbows

Sunaka tried to calm his rapid heartbeat as he sighted in on his target. The invaders were unaware of their impending death. He realized he’d closed an eye - “Sloppy. Throws off your aim, your depth perception,” his grandfather had told him when explaining why it was a mistake. He opened his eye. He drew the bowstring back to his chest, breathing heavily. “Take a breath and hold it, or your aim will drift with your breath.”

He had learned from his grandfather while hunting, using a smaller bow that was like a longbow to him at the time. He had learned archery, and now he could hit the wings off a fly at 200 paces. Sunaka had killed before - but animals, not men. But these men had killed his fellows, wished death upon him and his family. And, with the Laumalie wood bow passed down from his father, and his father’s father, and so on down their line, he would do something about it.

As one, a hundred arrows flew between the trees. The invader’s formation simply disintegrated as arrows pierced bronze armor as easily as cloth. Sunaka’s target didn’t even get a death rattle - he was a corpse before he hit the ground. The survivors fled, as the Inithari archers readied another precise volley. 

Men, it would seem, were just another kind of animal.

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While bows had been in use among the Inithari’s ancestors since near the start, it was this invasion where the prevalence and quality of the bows shot up. Laumalie Longbows were tall, about the height of a man (taller than some), made from the wood of the Laumalie tree. When the wood was shaped correctly, and treated in the right way, the bow gained a sort of springyness that enhanced the accuracy and power of arrows fired from it when drawn back in full. While it required intense training to use, a skilled archer could kill their enemy from long range, well before they were in any danger. During this period, the arrows also changed, using metal heads instead of the sharpened stone of ages past.
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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #31 on: August 07, 2019, 08:29:54 pm »

Catapults:
When the invaders came, most weapons the Inithari had were ether outclassed, or failed to pierce the bronze armour of the invaders most feared troops. More problematic was the forts the invaders set up on the islands, as the Inithari had no means of besieging these locations effectively. With the introduction of the torsion catapult, things changed immensely. Using springs of sinew and hair to lob a heavier projectile faster and heavier beyond the range of a bow, not only were they now able to threaten fortifications easily, but the larger ships they built were capable of easily engaging and sinking any of the invader's vessels.
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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #32 on: August 07, 2019, 10:04:45 pm »

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« Reply #33 on: August 08, 2019, 06:57:23 am »

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« Reply #34 on: August 08, 2019, 09:42:26 am »

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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #35 on: August 08, 2019, 11:31:45 am »

CGL Tree

Carefully Gavrillium was applied to the growing Laumalie Tree, activated, lightning running through it. It's boughs were home to specific Caelium formations. Though the month, the tree was fed, until it gained a conductive property, producing electricity by itself, and it's own gravitational field. These Trees were then placed in a Reactor Room, and used to lift the boats up. The Combination of all Three gave birth to a tree which performed a roll unknown till now. That of Mass Levitation of a Fortress.

The Caelium/Gavrillium/Laumalie Tree. It is the result of careful application of the other two resources into the Laumalie Tree's Growth process. Not only does it contain Gavrillium's ability to generate electricity, that electricity is tied to it's ability to produce gravity fields, negating the weight of the earth around it, and anything connected to that earth. In this manner, it can be placed in a Fortress, and through it's power, be supplied electricity to lift the foundation itself into the sky.

This tree is the result of our reaseach, and it is speculated multiple trees can allow a truly impressive Sky Fortress to overwhelm our enemies. It's only real weakness is it would prove ponderously slow to move. Anywhere such a Fortress sits however can fill the sky and earth with metal and ash as needed.

More specifically to our uses, the wood cut from the CGL Tree is easy to place in vehicles to reduce their weight. So smaller veichles can easily be lifted into the sky with stragetic placements of these cuttings. A Laumalie Tree's own ability to regrow also serves, as only the Caelium & Gavrillium originally used in it's growth are needed. The Tree itself can grow new wood as needed over time. As such, CGL Trees only need a bit of dedication to producing this resource from the land in orchards, where they are planted once grown to specifics.



This is not a this turn thing. But the Laumalie Tree's ability to 'Grow 'to adapt to situations should be noted. Laumalie Trees themselves can act as a special resource producer, replacing the need for a single resource to merely be what is used. It can substitute, given time. Grow and adapt.

just my idea, pay it no heed if you don't agree with it. One thing Laumalie Trees can do is be grown to produce a potent medicinal sap, which can be turned into a gel.

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« Reply #36 on: August 08, 2019, 12:35:57 pm »

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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #37 on: August 08, 2019, 12:53:16 pm »

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Refocyte

Refocyte, called “Nima Silver” by our ancestors who discovered it, is a metallic ore that in many ways resembles silver - hence the colloquial name. As an ore, it is nothing special - it is quite difficult to distinguish it from other silver-colored metals in it’s natural state. But when processed, some very unique properties can manifest themselves. Our ancestors discovered this when working the metal, thinking it to be bronze or iron.

When refined, Refocyte doesn’t seem to distribute force as a normal material would, but instead stores the energy of whatever forces act on it. It continues to do so, until the Refocyte makes a strong impact - at which point, all the force is released at once. If one takes a hammer to a bar of Refocyte a few times and then drops the bar, it may well damage the floor as the force of the hammer blows is released.

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Refocyte Longbows

Sunaka tried to calm his rapid heartbeat as he sighted in on his target. The invaders were unaware of their impending death. He realized he’d closed an eye - “Sloppy. Throws off your aim, your depth perception,” his grandfather had told him when explaining why it was a mistake. He opened his eye. He drew the bowstring back to his chest, breathing heavily. “Take a breath and hold it, or your aim will drift with your breath.”

He had learned from his grandfather while hunting, using a smaller bow that was like a longbow to him at the time. He had learned archery, and now he could hit the wings off a fly at 200 paces. Sunaka had killed before - but animals, not men. But these men had killed his fellows, wished death upon him and his family. And, with the longbow passed down from his father, and his father’s father, and so on down their line, he would do something about it.

As one, a hundred arrows flew between the trees. The invader’s formation simply disintegrated as arrows pierced bronze armor as easily as cloth. Sunaka’s target didn’t even get a death rattle - he was a corpse before he hit the ground. The survivors fled, as the Inithari archers readied another precise volley. 

Men, it would seem, were just another kind of animal.
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While bows had been in use among the Inithari’s ancestors since near the start, it was this invasion where the prevalence and quality of the bows shot up. Inithari Longbows were tall, about the height of a man (taller than some), made from the same trees that they built their boats from, and had a draw weight that surprised foreigners. While it required intense training to use, a skilled archer could kill their enemy from long range, well before they were in any danger. During this period, the arrows also changed, using metal heads instead of the sharpened stone of ages past - more specifically, arrowheads made of Refocyte. Carefully forged and imbued with kinetic force during the creation process, and stored in a specially made quiver to prevent a premature discharge of the energy, the arrows would hit their target and release a large amount of force into them all at once, piercing armor and inflicting grievous wounds.

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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #38 on: August 08, 2019, 01:13:50 pm »

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Tribolument
Tribolument is a material found in some active volcanic areas, It looks to be a pure white material. When it experiences impact, however, it releases all of the heat it's built up in a single blast of hot light, melting the area around it. One story tells of lights appearing high in the sky at night, which turned out to be a volcano erupting, and the light being seen from farther away than it should have, leading to that island's discovery.

One issue was creating something with it, an impact was enough to burn a crafter's tools to ash, and reduce rock to slag, as well as greatly damage the hands and arms, and even kill them. However, with time, it has been learned that leaving it in seawater causes that water to boil, until all the stored heat trapped in this deceptively cool material has dissipated. This allowed it to be worked, and then reheated in fire, with the stone absorbing the heat. The result was an arrowhead that killed the target, blasting through stone through sheer heat released on impact, and melting armor and bodies alike. The main issue of using it is that it only works for a limited number of times, it needs to be reheated afterward to refresh it's power.

 It is this which allowed the Inithar to bring down battlements and walls,and defeat the better armored foes. A strike to a boat often broke that boat entirely, and the fires ignited would sink the ship soon after. And simply throwing one of these stones hard enough usually served as the first thermal grenade. The light generated was also useful in blinding foes at night.

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Tribolument Longbows

Sunaka tried to calm his rapid heartbeat as he sighted in on his target. The invaders were unaware of their impending death. He realized he’d closed an eye - “Sloppy. Throws off your aim, your depth perception,” his grandfather had told him when explaining why it was a mistake. He opened his eye. He drew the bowstring back to his chest, breathing heavily. “Take a breath and hold it, or your aim will drift with your breath.”

He had learned from his grandfather while hunting, using a smaller bow that was like a longbow to him at the time. He had learned archery, and now he could hit the wings off a fly at 200 paces. Sunaka had killed before - but animals, not men. But these men had killed his fellows, wished death upon him and his family. And, with the longbow passed down from his father, and his father’s father, and so on down their line, he would do something about it.

As one, a hundred arrows flew between the trees. The invader’s formation simply disintegrated as arrowhead triggered, their heat released into their targets, vaporizing their torso. Sunaka’s target didn’t even get a death rattle - he was a corpse before he hit the ground. The survivors panicked, as the Inithari archers readied another volley. 

He would protect everyone, even if it wasn't as clean as hunting animals. He would protect his tribe.
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While bows had been in use among the Inithari’s ancestors since near the start, it was this invasion where the prevalence and quality of the bows shot up. Inithari Longbows were tall, about the height of a man (taller than some), made from the same trees that they built their boats from, and had a draw weight that surprised foreigners. While it required intense training to use, a skilled archer could kill their enemy from long range, well before they were in any danger. During this period, the arrows also changed, using Tribolument heads instead of the sharpened stone of ages past - more specifically, arrowheads made of Triboleument. Submerged in seawater, then chipped into shape, before being left in the fire for an entire day, before being carried in a padded quiver, the arrows would hit their target and release a large amount of heat around the impact, melting armor, stone, and flesh alike.

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Tribolument Longbows (1): TricMagic


I credit Twinwolf for writing the base, but the Tribolument will likely prove useful for heat sinks in the future. Not that that property can't be overwhelmed so it can be forged. They have a base limit on how much they can store before they also begin heating up.
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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #39 on: August 09, 2019, 03:02:43 am »

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Re: Mechanized Warfare: Inithar Thread / 2nd Prelim Design Phase
« Reply #40 on: August 09, 2019, 05:56:17 am »

Reality defense cannon: The recovery
In the Great war , a weapon of immense power was constructed in a nation known as Aberra (currently Inithar), (and it was functional) I will partake in the recovery of this contrivance and bring glory to post-apocalyptic Aberra (aka Inithar)





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« Reply #41 on: August 09, 2019, 06:22:05 am »

The Siege of Salvios

With the Loyalists attacking Harren City and the Traitors invading from the north you wouldn't be a fool to assume the capital of Salvios got off easy. It's just that in this war, as all wars, things never adhere to logic and sense.

The skies were remarkably clear above Salvios, the air providing a soft breeze to cool sun-touched skin on this particularly warm afternoon. An engineer by the name of dgr was overseeing the maintenance of a Mantle Supreme Titanic Emplacement when word of the betrayal in the skies above Harren reached the Salviosi capital. It was only a few moments after that when the first Invader ship seemingly materialized overhead, casting a gloom shadow across a large swathe of the trade city. In a moment the plethora of heavy weapons available to the Multinational defenders opened up on the belly of this beast. Munitions detonated prematurely as small guns mounted throughout the ship's hull fired at and intercepted the incoming rounds. A few smaller rounds slammed into the hull but left superficial damage at best.

The Mantles, under orders from Engineer Nemonole, focused fire as the massive vessel's bottom began opening to reveal a very large cannon mounted on the underside. Aircraft of the same design as the ones over Harren City departed from it en masse, easily hunting down and picking off Multinational aircraft as if they were playing a game. The cannon beneath the ship began to glow a vibrant purple-blue as a second ship phased into existence just past the city limits. Drop pods began raining from the heavens, notably well past the distance the liar Cael's Dimensional Field Dampening Generator should allow interdimensional travelers to fly. These pods fell to the earth well clear of the ship threatening the capital, dropping in on a select few neighborhoods and among the outer defenses.

With more enemy craft incoming, and with the larger ship still showing no signs of damage, Nemonole ordered the Mantles to fire at will, engaging any targets of opportunity. The occasional round struck a drop pod, but they just fell too quickly to hit reliably. The emplacements would've focused on ground targets but combat was in such tight quarters, with trenches, armored sleds, and guard posts being fought over inch by bloodied inch, that any shot would have killed an unacceptable amount of friendlies. Still, the Mantles kept doing their best in an attempt to fight their skyward foes.

The cannon beneath the first ship finally roared as a massive ball of superheated matter whistled out of it, frying the air as it flew through it. The first shot splashed against a Mantle with devastating effect. The impact and blast of the amorphous round scorched the earth around the emplacement and immediately set alight anything even resembling flammable material nearby. The armor impacted by the plasma disintegrated under the withering heat, and the soldiers inside were flash-roasted. The second ship's cannon had extended slightly outward and angled towards the city, but otherwise had begun the same charging sequence as the first.

Dgr and Nemonole both could do little but listen as men and women near the blast called out for help over their radios. The second burst fired, arced over Salviosi sands and landed amid the city, vaporizing an entire city block with ease and setting fire to the structures around it. Pockets of Multinational forces were able to hole up in heavily fortified bunkers, but these bombardments threatened to melt them down or at the very least burn them out. The Salviosi defenses were indeed unparalleled on this planet, but these invaders bypassed half the defenses Multinational forces had to offer just by dropping from the skies.

The Tectonic made it's presence known outside Salvios' capital building. Fighting was intense in the streets outside as the six-meter armored behemoth, supported by Multinational Infantry, held off against countless foes pouring out of the drop pods that had been landing consistently since they first fell. The fight was brutal, intense, and constant, and it wasn't too long before the Tectonic had to resort to melee tactics. It's fingers were capable of grasping Invader soldiers and crushing or tossing them aside as if they were paper dolls. Covered in blood, scorch marks, gouges and dents, the Tectonic fought valiantly to provide a rallying point and a symbol of hope to the beleaguered Multinationalists.

Nemonole watched as a third blast fired, decimating the Salviosi capital building and everything around it. A third ship appeared in the skies. Another blast fired. And another. The city had begun to burn intensely, portions of the ground having been heated enough to form a surface of glass. Nobody could have been ready for this. Even those SHOE who knew of the strange things in our world were being misled. It was being made clear that if humanity here wasn't to bow then they were to burn. More impacts within the city itself, as though the invaders didn't care that the capital of Salvios was a largely civilian settlement. Nemonole watched and waited as yet another ship appeared in the skies. At this point the order to his Mantle to stand down had been given, as had a general city-wide order to abandon the city and retreat. No, not retreat, flee. There would be no victory there today, and with the press of a flashing red button, Nemonole sought to ensure that remained true for the Invaders.

The Harren Multinational Pact is LOSING the Battle for Salvios.


The Decisive Action

The crew on the Sky Tyrant had all taken cover below-decks. Munitions had been tossed haphazardly overboard as the Abberan-now-Multinational ship approached Cael's own and systems not devoted to propulsion or shielding were powered off. The Invader aircraft attempted to swarm and strafe the titanic ship but to no avail as the combination of immensely thick reinforced armor and gravitic shielding provided ample protection to those within.

The Sky Tyrant was over the Upper District and rapidly approaching the Invader mothership when the massive vessel began to move, accelerating to such a speed that the Sky Tyrant wouldn't catch up to it. Yet she was not the only tool in the Multinational Armory.

The Liberator Air Defense System had been installed all across the Fortress-City, and through coordination of Valkria with it's creator, an engineer who referred to themselves as Rockeater, the system was entirely focused on tethering the Invader mothership. The city itself seemed to reach out with hundreds of thick myomer vines as they were launched skyward, with some even managing to snake past the shields and strike the armor of the craft hard enough to penetrate and hook into. The ship creaked and groaned as the hyperstrength artificial muscle, anchored deep into the ground, tightened and pulled against it. Fuck Cannala Guy and his Harimau contingent on the Sky Tyrant ran to the top deck as the ship got ever closer to the Invaders, and when it was finally close enough that the enemy aircraft were unlikely to intercept them in time, they took off towards the mothership.

A tether popped, then another. Thick myomer cords slapped down onto the city embroiled in battle. The ship began to shift, and before the entirety of the Harimau soldiers managed to get into hangars or on top of the ship itself it had begun to move again. Most of the Harimau soldiers managed to find themselves within or on top of the vessel before it began to move again. Fuck Cannala Guy had a moment to glance behind him and see an old buddy get torn from the skies as the ship shifted and an Invader fighter swooped past, clipping him with a wing. There was no time to process the loss though, not now, not yet, not surrounded by twenty Invaders currently at work in the hangar.

Fuck Cannala Guy, who stood out among his peers already in custom-painted Red and Blue Harimau armor with "Fuck Cannala" written on the front in Bordosian, opened fire on the people crewing the hangar and it's security with his preferred weapons - a pair of LGG-12P's. Without their overwhelming air and orbital support the enemy infantry was largely ineffective in a confined space against an elite Multinational soldier. Rounds pinged off of FCG's armor as he used enemy aircraft amid repair and rearming as cover. An Invader charged him, one that rivaled a Harimau suit in size, with a large, heavy wrench-like tool. The Invader swung the tool at head-level but FCG pivoted and ducked, the tool passing through air and denting the aircraft he'd been taking cover behind. Before the giant recovered FCG stood up and jabbed him in the throat with the barrel of one of his LGGs, extracting a sickening, stifled gurgle as his esophagus collapsed. Then a second strike. Then a third, followed by a single shot through the throat and a solid boot to the chest, knocking the Invader across the floor in a bloody smear before turning his attention back to the others.

Invaders, presumably the mechanics, had already begun fleeing the hangar as shipboard security made their way in. FCG at this point had taken to moving toward the nearest exit at a brisk pace, all the while pounding every Invader he saw with just the right amount of overkill. Bodies began to smoulder and burn from the FMJ/G rounds, filling the air with the unsettling combination of cooking meat, burning fabrics, and the sickly-sweet, pungent odor of death. FCG, on his own, had managed to force an evacuation of the entire hangar while the Invaders tried to respond. No doubt the situation was complicated by the attacks happening across multiple decks along the same side of the craft.

But then the bulkhead sealed shut with a hiss, as did the hangar bay door, locking FCG away from the outside world save a single window overlooking the city. A loud clank and more hissing signaled the introduction of a just-visible gas in the hangar. FCG cursed. The Harimau had it's own oxygen system, but it was limited. And as he saw Harren moving beneath him, more tethers snapping under stress, FCG knew time wasn't his ally. But as he stared back at a city he'd likely never see again an odd flicker crossed past FCG. And another. The shield on the ship was wavering, buckling, then...seemingly gone. Someone on the ship had succeeded in sabotaging the fucking thing. Now all he had to do was wait for some landbound fucker to fulfill his final wishes.


The Harren Island Gambit

The fighting in Harren City was as intense, if not moreso than the fighting currently seen elsewhere on the island. The fighting was most intense at a facility of import for all sides: a single missile silo, indeed the only of it's kind in the world, installed in the Upper District as part of the Fortress-City's defenses. The weapon had yet to go on-line, the processes required to ensure the missile launched and detonated were complex beyond reason. Invader forces had breached the defenses around the silo and underground facility, utilizing the self-destructive soldiers to force openings to be exploited.

Explosion after explosion went off while the recently-promoted engineer RedWolf waited for the signal from above. The Glas Bolg next to him crackled to life with confirmed reports of impacts directly against the Invader mothership and so RedWolf flipped the lever that opened up the hatch topping the silo. The sounds of warfare echoed down through the structure and added to the already immense cacophony caused by combat within. With the hangar open RedWolf proceeded to hit the big red button meant to trigger the missile's launch. The engine fired up, the missile began to lift, then...


Three people, separated by many, many kilometers, coincidentally (if you believe in such things) and simultaneously hit their big red buttons. With Abbera burning to the ground and no hope in stopping Gavros' Traitor forces, Fox had detonated Abbera's munitions stockpiles. Trees were flattened for kilometers as stores of explosive shells, powder, fuel, and countless other military resources went up in a series of terrific blasts. D-Gavrillium from the Rime shells coated everything and visibility turned to zero as smoke, dust, ash, and D-Gav polluted the already-soupy air. To the south in Salvios Nemonole had made the same decision. The city was able to hold off just a bit longer and managed to pull a few people out of there before also going up in a terrifying explosive eruption of molten materials. The explosion was large and bright enough that it could be seen from Bryor far to the west (see page 3 of this thread for the world map+key). When the missile in Harren City was launched the thing, to everyone's surprise, failed and after gaining momentary lift dropped back to the earth and, it it's extremely sensitive state, exploded. The massive warhead took out the facility and a significant area nearby.

Each of these noble sacrifices (even if one wasn't so intentional) were centered over very important locations in relation to this planet and the invaders: they're the three places anyone has made contact with the interdimensional substructure of the planet itself - the very thing that Gavros seeded realities with in order to ease the invasion of new dimensions. The explosions at the two capitals, over the chambers manipulated into being by a long-forgotten and completely unknown version of Aren Wagner and Antero Sahay, and the one in Harren, which took out a large tract that included the graveyard, overloaded the interdimensional system and as soon as they'd appeared, the Invaders were...gone. The sheer systemic overload cause the superstructure to fail, distorting it's effects as it ceased working. Interdimensional entities within our reality were torn roughly from it as a result. A number of citizens across the globe also vanished, oddly including all notable engineers from the Harren Multinational Pact.

The Harren Multinational Pact has ATTAINED VICTORY over the invading forces!


20 Years Later...

With Salvios a Sea of Fire and Abbera a Frozen Waste, surviving "Dissenters" from both nations converged on the relatively intact Harren Fortress-City. They formed a new government using a democratic, party-based political system, isolated themselves from the rest of the world, and attempted to rebuild from the ashes. The process would take decades more, if not centuries, but the people of the island were strong-willed and had faced the worst, they hoped, that the multiverse had to offer.   

People expected the Great War and the Sacrifice of Harren to signal an end to global violence, but such a peace could only last for so long. While Harren had become unified through the conflict, the Interdimensional Invasion had shaken the geopolitical situations on the main continents to absolute pieces. Cael's Loyalists and Gavros' Traitors still had people taking up their banner, ensuring instability for the forseeable future, and governments attempting to impose authority after surrendering to one of the two aliens were laughed at and many eventually fell apart.

Entirely new nations had risen from the bloated corpse of the old world, but it would only be a matter of time before the nations returned to the old ways of war to settle their differences.

This concludes Industrialized Warfare Arms Race!
I hope you've had fun, or at least had an okay time. While the stories of Abbera and Salvios are now over, the future of Harren is unwritten. The setting will be seen again in a future Arms Race, so long as I don't like die or something.
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« Reply #42 on: August 09, 2019, 06:36:12 am »

We will soon be tech-barbarians armed with anti-grav powersuits and airships and yet are incapable of forging steel.
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« Reply #43 on: August 09, 2019, 07:39:33 am »

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« Reply #44 on: August 09, 2019, 08:03:59 am »

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