Columbian Bush War

The Columbian Civil War, also known as the Columbian Bush War, was a ~2 week conflict between 2 factions: shadedoom's Oomists (mainly supported by the previous Columbian Empire and the support of the UDF), and Kdeeks' Rhodesians.

It led to the theft of most Columbian groups by Kdeeks, Columbia being inducted into the UDF, and the final nail in the coffin for Kdeeks and many of his supporters.

Precursor
After Columbia brokered peace with Mir from the NATO-Mir War, Kdeeks rejoined Columbia, and GeneralThomas4 (aka _SteveBuscemi) joined as well. Pds0303 followed after his unbanning, and the trio started producing XP in their area in the north of the nation known as Rhodes.

After getting away with reinforcing his Rotterdam home on personal (illegal) groups, Kdeeks and co put Rhodes' infrastructure on a separate group. This was resolved when they gave shadedoom and then chancellor lemuractionnews owner on these groups.

Rising Tensions
As a result of these repeated transgressions, a plot was hatched to pearl Kdeeks and pds for these crimes. After the groups were surrendered, the plan was called off. After Kdeeks' pearling by Hallow as a result of doxxing accusations, lemuractionnews resigned his title as Chancellor and confessed what happened to Kdeeks. Using this as fodder to exploit a flaw in the namelayer groups, he swiped all but 2 Columbian groups, but none of the Valyria groups.

GeneralThomas4/_SteveBuscemi attempted to mediate a peace discussion, however these talks failed. He ended up siding with his former comrades to remake Rhodesia.

At this point, blood was inevitable.

The First Hours
As soon as kdeeks and crew announced the coup, lemuractionnews went on one last hurrah - he damaged Rhodes' farms, crippling Rhodesian XP production. Lemur was logboxed on his main and altvaulted gear before logging off one last time.

As soon as he swiped C-IV and C-VS back from Kdeeks, shadedoom had YourAverageRick (on alt account ComradeRick) and DefectedHeart ferry materials to the Valyria vault. While DefectedHeart managed to escape from Rotterdam, due to an internet issue mid-conversation with kdeeks and jfkvius, Rick was logboxed in Rotterdam. Only slightly demoralized, shadedoom ordered all Oomist accounts to be moved to the Valyria vault, and a wartime committee was established in a discord.

Shiedstad Expedition
Shadedoom had various Columbians help him transport materials from his unfinished city of Shiedstad in Letzebeurg. The operation was a success, and Rick later went back and established a snitch grid across Letzebeurg, and added on to it as time went on.

The Crucible
The Valyria Vault (later renamed the Crucible) became the headquarters of shade's faction during the war. All available manpower was concentrated on the vault, with the work party being led by shadedoom and Doommad. The vault was finished to an acceptable degree just before the war ended and was finished in the days after the war.

A demand for XP led to expeditions into Columbia to retrieve dropchests, and on their way to and from these, more snitches were placed across Columbia, and Rhodesian snitches were broken as well.

Sempiternal
Late that night, UDF volunteers + Oomists travelled to Sempiternal (Columbia's vault), then controlled by Kdeeks, and heavily griefed it. The vault was disabled completely, and photos of Rotterdam were taken after the Rhodesians had taken over, with many buildings being griefed.

The Sleigh Ride
The Sleigh Ride was an impromptu scouting mission which took place in the early morning of December 27th, 2019. (TBC)