Civcraft2Import:Conflicts/independencedaycrusade

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Independence Day Crusade
The following Story is the Creation of Dydomite and can be found in This Thread.

This is a story that spans the past 48 hours and brings in big names and big cities into it. This is a tale about freedom on the 4th of July. This story will give you a warm fuzzy feeling in your heart. There is no drama. There is no circlejerk. There is only justice.

Our story begins in Orion roughly two days ago when a group of griefers heavily griefed Orion. Lava poured from the skies, stone reinforced stone lined the streets, and a 1 layer DRO vault was left in the streets. This group, the self-named &quot;Butter Brigade&quot;, bragged about having 15 members. They claimed to be from HCF, and said they were here to break out the BK. They announced intentions of pearling the leaders of every leader in CivCraft to Ron Jeremy their e-peens.

When this all started, nobody had any clue what their intentions were, however. Once the damage of the first wave was done and the Orion citizens managed to clear most of it, they struck again. This time pearling numerous Orion officials (Itaqi, firewarlord) and citizens. They were placed in a 6-7 (Someone else may remember better than I) layer DRO vault, with an additional 5 in SRO. A number of people came to help, including Shamrock Jones of The Metro and other Orion citizens. However, the group came back. Legitlazyboy, Aryios, FuturizeHandgun and yoIyo came from the west and pearled the remaining populace and Shamrock Jones, placing them in the vault.

Where the story gets especially interesting:

After pearling the folks in Orion, the force went North to Minas Minas in hopes of breaking into their vault to free the BK. 9/10 of them went (EldooCipe staying behind in Orion, he supposedly knew nothing of this plan). As the group of ruffians picked away at the DRO, a force amassed in Solis. Approximations lie at 20 people in total being involved on our side. Representatives were present from almost every city in the -,-. Solis made up a majority of the force and provided hospitality to several travelers by giving them food or spare pearls. Additionally, combatants arrived hailing from a diverse range of sources, including Minas Minas, Kappi, Freedom, Orion, Haven, and Carson. Some people had no swords, some no pearls, and some no prot at all. In a spirit of comradery, combatants donated armour, XP, pearls and potions to one another in preparation for the fight. It was a moment of intense anticipation - first one of worry, but as numbers grew, everybody in that market place knew we were going to kick ass, the only question was how much. After grouping in Solis's market (or so I assume it was) for quite some time, the force left the market and ran towards the vault in Minas Minas.

Never had 16 bit shiny teal-coloured avatars fill me with so much pride. We sprinted in waves towards the vault, knowing if we'd go in all at once they'd be scared shitless and run. Once the first got there, things went down fast. Almost all of the Butter Brigade surfaced simultaneously, their numbers spanning the minimap and our fields of view. A battle ensued for a short time before the griefers retreated. Their side's first to be pearled was Aryios, minutes into the fight. After being combat-tagged, a knockback sword (Mine) threw him into a ravine, where he promptly died. I don't think he even got a hit off on anybody.

After this, things get iffy. The griefers set off in all sorts of different directions to get away. Some groups went East after a griefer and lost the trail. Some went South after legitlazyboy, who was carrying the pearls of a Minas Minas resident. That resident (RavianGale, please correct me if I'm wrong) was pearled shortly after bravely placing lava in the only exit from the vault, helping damage the fuckers before the fight even started. Hats off to her. Her Prison Pearl broadcasts played their role in the chase, giving legitlazyboy's location to everybody in the mumble. For reasons I don't quite know, (This is a story for those involved to share themselves) gongshow, while originally accompanied by others, was left alone to face legitlazyboy and was killed, after which point legitlazyboy outran the remaining forces and escaped back to his vault in Orion.

Additionally pearled was StingrayJT, who died in pursuit of a Metro combatant when he was attacked by Drayok22 of Haven. yoIyo was also killed by Dray shortly after, though not pearled due to a lack of pearls on Dray's end. (There are additional casualties on both sides that I do not know much about - please share your sides of the story and I will be sure to edit them in!).

Meanwhile, in Orion, EldooCipe (the supposed leader of the group) logged back on, at which point adambrooks killed, but didn't pearl him. The fight changed focus after that. Those who were still up for a chase headed towards Orion, some staying behind to store what pearls we had. Yet another wave of attacks came across Orion when the retreating forces dropped off the pearls of the casualties from The Metro - those who had still been digging at the DRO vault there found their spots lava-griefed when they logged back in.

Without ppbroadcasts, the location of the remaining griefers was lost, and attention was diverted to freeing those pearled. Aside from those coming down from the Metro, nearby citizens from Orion and Haven came to help their fallen allies. Eff picks were shared and passed around, and food was provided for those that made the long way south through the seemingly endless mountain ranges that divide The Metropolis from the Orion-Haven area. Finally, shortly after midnight, the DR chest was broken and the victims were free.

Warm cuddly feelings were had by all, with hoorays and huzzahs filling the chat by Orion and the mumble channels. Residents from Solis, Minas Minas, and Orion popped up, happy to be free. The remaining group huddled together to share a p potion together as the brief celebration went on. And somewhere nearby, watching us somehow, a cold congratulations was passed on to the survivors.

Players Pearled
RavianGale (Pearled in Combat at Metro)

Kwizzlehazzizle (Pearled in Orion)

Itaqi (Pearled in Orion)

Konvexen (Pearled in Orion)

jam9876543 (Pearled in Combat at Metro)

NW9k

JUPITER_MAXIMUS (Pearled in Combat at Metro)

Kain_Highwynd

ShamrockJones (Pearled in Orion)

Pragmar (Pearled in Orion)

firewarlord (Pearled in Orion)

mustaphe2 (Pearled in Orion)

Allied Vault Breakers
Ariaxis

Silianat

Sithslayer78

Nakesauce

Dydomite

Drayok22

gman410

TwisterNH

Kwizzlehazzizle

MysticSnoopy

donutpop365

Quicksilver991

Arthreas

Seldomshock

Other Combatants
Other Players not present at the Metro fight but who pursued the group:

ralllag7

R3KoN

SoapBucket

Succession

adambrooks60