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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict =
| date = 8th December 2023 —
| place = [[Gang Shi]], [[Yoahtl]], in quadrants -,- and +,-
| image = [[File:Gang Shi Attacked.png|300px]]
| caption = [[Yoahtl]]'s capital [[Altepetl]] (left) being [[skybridge|skybridged]]
| result = '''Dawn
* Temporary DGP occupation of [[Florence]], [[Lambeau]], [[Butternut]], [[Gang Shi]], [[Ma Seli]], [[Asgard]], and [[Salerno]]
* Asgard subsequently annexed into the Imperial Federation.
* Florence, Lambeau, Butternut, and Gang Shi dissolved.
* Salerno de-claim of Caerdun.
| combatants_header = Combatants as of 9th December 2023▼
* Estalian seizure of Blacklight (GS Capital) and Black Mesa Vault.
| strength1 = 10+ Fighters <br/> 15+ Support Personnel
| strength2 = 10+ Personnel <br/>
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 = *
*
* Jbblocker logboxed
*
| combatant1 = '''[[File:Dawn-guard-pact-logo.png|20px]] [[Dawn Guard Pact]]'''
{{Collapsible list
| title = {{Flag|Icenia}}
| bullets = true
| {{Combatant||ChrisChrispie|}} (President)
| {{Combatant||JuniorTide|}} (Lieutenant)
| {{Combatant||Lagiacrus}}
| {{Combatant||Shadno}} (Secretary of Defense)
| {{Combatant||Drekamor}} (Lieutenant)
| {{Combatant||
| {{Combatant||
| {{Combatant||Kingstell}}
| {{Combatant||Anvil}}
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| {{Combatant||Dr_Bacon_Hair|}}
}}
{{ Collapsible list
| title = {{Flag|Yoahtl}}
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| {{Combatant||VilyanZ|}}
| {{Combatant||Huskydog9988|}}
| {{Combatant||ArkenX}} (General)
| {{Combatant||Awesome_Daniel|}}
| {{Combatant||matt4fun9|}}
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| title = {{Flag|Gang Shi}}
| bullets = true
| {{combatant||Gwua}}
| {{combatant||jbblocker}} (Leader)
| {{combatant||___TheBoss___}}
| {{combatant||HassDaMahn|yes}}
| {{combatant||XxTBxX3276}}▼
| {{combatant||TheRealJewy|yes}}
| {{combatant||7joshh}}
| {{combatant||DiamondVictor|yes}}▼
| {{combatant||Highroll|yes}}
| {{combatant||SirFrenchie_|yes}}
| {{combatant||Toaxbis|yes}}
| {{combatant||realmichael|yes}}▼
| {{combatant||butter_villager|yes}}
| {{combatant||TheIowanGod|yes}}▼
| {{combatant||UghBraces}}
| {{combatant||LeJonas|yes}}▼
| {{combatant||mrpearlyogirl}}▼
| {{combatant||_Altelier}}▼
| {{combatant||zman083104}}▼
| {{combatant||n0stalgiic}}▼
| {{combatant||CryptoClixy}}
| {{combatant||
| {{combatant||IbisMan}}
| {{combatant||Squidhasthebad}}
| {{combatant||loo_wee_gee}}
| {{combatant||SQOpenSpellBook}}
}}
{{ Collapsible list
| title = {{Flag|Butternut}}
| bullets = true
▲| {{combatant||XxTBxX3276}}
| {{combatant||ZibeKabir}}
}}
{{ Collapsible list
| title = {{Flag|Salerno}}
| bullets = true
▲| {{combatant||realmichael|yes}}
▲| {{combatant||TheIowanGod|yes}}
▲| {{combatant||DiamondVictor|yes}}
▲| {{combatant||zman083104}}
}}
}}
The '''
The war opened on 8th December with a joint Icenian-Yoahtlan surprise attack on the Black Mesa pearl holding vault, disabling it via groups obtained by Grassland insider [[Antea4204]], with over 75,000 blocks of the vault ctr'd over. Early the next day, Icenians [[Skybridge|skybridged]] to the Florence bunker, eventually disabling it, while also obstructing a Gang Shi iceroad. Late on 9th December, Gang Shi launched a massive, five-hour long, and eventually vain attack on Altepetl that ultimately ended with the Gang Shi attack bunker disabled, 10 Gang Shi fighters pearled throughout the campaign, and ultimately one defender killed (not pearled). A skirmish between Gang Shi forces and Icenians in Icenia City on 11 December ended in one Gang Shi fighter pearled. The war ended on 12 December upon the insiding of Gang Shi and [[Butternut]] by [[ComradeNick]], relinquishing control of both nation's defensive infrastructure to the Dawn Guard Pact.
▲The '''War of the Icenian Coalition''' is an ongoing war on [[CivMC]]. It was declared by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]],<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18ekhpf/support_the_dawn_guard_pact_help_us_protect_the/</ref> against [[Gang Shi]] on the 8th December 2023 in response to leaks from the Gang Shi Discord that implied Gang Shi intended to eventually go to war with the two in order to establish dominance over the server.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref>
== Background ==
Gang Shi had initially been dissolved in the [[SEC–Gang Shi War]] in April 2023, as part of a war between Gang Shi and the [[Security Enhancement Coalition]], including Icenia and Yoahtl. Following the end of the [[Butternut-SEC War]], in which Icenia and Yoahtl, still in the SEC, fought a failed war against [[Butternut County]] and fighters from Gang Shi, Gang Shi was reestablished (with the SEC dissolved). Subsequently, Icenia and Gang Shi were the subject of several incidents,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/17u0xqo/gang_shis_drama_factory/</ref> including the TNT-bombing of unreinforced Icenian structures and the pearling & spiking of
==Course of the War==
=== First
On 8th December 2023, on the anniversary of the insiding of the [[Vault#The Crucible (Columbia)|Crucible]] on [[CivClassic 2.0|CivClassics]] and also a day after the anniversary of the [
=== Attack on Florence ===
On the morning of December 9th, a squad of Icenian fighters began a skybridge over the Florence bunker located south of Whole Foods, believing it was a staging ground for an attack against the farming complex. A watercubing operation was briefly interrupted by the arrival of [[XxTBxX3276]], [[UghBraces]], [[loo_wee_gee]], and [[7Joshhh]], but ultimately continued and was later augmented by a bombing operation on the 10th, firmly disabling Florence from being used. The Florence bunker was discovered to have been commanded by [[chosentwicelol]], at the time of its disabling.<ref>https://civwiki.news/newsletter/newsletter-12-11-2023/</ref>
[[File:DGP-propaganda.png|thumb|[[Dawn Guard Pact|DGP]] Propaganda by [[MechanicalRift]] depicting [[Gang Shi]] as a threat to buildfriend nations such as [[Pavia]], [[Nara]], [[Mercutio]], and others.]]
=== Logboxing of Jbblocker ===
Concurrent to the operation in Florence, other Icenians trapped a section of Gang Shi's northern iceroad heading through the -,- and created a section that could be easily closed off to prevent escape. Later in the day on December 9th, Emperor of Gang Shi [[Jbblocker]] was spotted coming up the iceroad, and the iceroad was sealed on opposite ends, trapping him inside. Jbblocker logged out before he could be combat tagged. Attempts to free him by XxTBxX3276, UghBraces, loo_wee_gee, and 7Joshhh were driven off and Jbblocker was entombed within a fortified logbox. Following the battle, most fighters moved to the city of Altepetl upon server restart.
=== Siege of Altepetl ===
At approximately 11
Counter skybridges from the city were able to successfully hold the attackers back from the trench, and eventually a decisive breakthrough was made on the bridge after additional fighters rotated to the defense of the city following the daily server restart.
By 4 a.m., the main assault had been repulsed.
=== Counterattack ===
▲Counter skybridges from the city were able to successfully hold the attackers back from the trench, and eventually a decisive breakthrough was made on the bridge after additional fighters rotated to the defense of the city following the daily server restart. TheRealJewy was trapped in a 3 deep obsidian pit on the skybridge, where Shadno attempted to jump in and fight him in the enclosed space before being pearled. Icenian fighters, including Lagiacrus and Auqust, quickly moved to secure Jewy, and were able to footgrind him along with 4 other Gang Shi fighters (Highroll, SirFrenchie_, realmichael, and DiamondVictor) who attempted to rescue him from the situation. Shadno was then freed by Lagiacrus.
[[File:DGP-propaganda2.png|thumb|[[DGP]] propaganda created by [[VilyanZ]] depicting [[Yoahtl (CivMC)|Yoahtlan]] and [[Icenia (CivMC)|Icenian]] [[Skybridge|skybridges]].]]
Fastestgrass, the supplier of the initial "Pearled Harbor" leak, was friendly pearled by Antea on December 10th.<ref>https://civwiki.news/newsletter/newsletter-12-11-2023/</ref>
=== Icenia City skirmish ===
At around 2am on December 11th, chosentwicelol and [[Squilliam]] appeared in Icenia city. They briefly attempted to raid various shops around the city by breaking into them, but were largely unsuccessful due to the proliferation of relay chests. After Shadno, [[Jaimiemie]], and [[Raeders]] moved in, there was a fight at Jah Park which resulted in Squilliam being knocked into a foot grinder and subsequently pearled, with chosen fleeing the scene.
===
In the early hours of December 12th, [[ComradeNick]] published an open letter admitting that he had turned coat,<ref>https://redd.it/18glq8g</ref> allowing the Dawn Guard Pact to completely seize control of what remained of Butternut and Gang Shi's defenses, a killing blow for the two nations. Soon thereafter, Icenian President [[ChrisChrispie]] announced that the Dawn Guard Pact would temporarily occupy the territories of [[Florence]], Lambeau, Butternut, [[Gang Shi]], Ma Seli, [[Asgard]], and [[Salerno]] until the sentencing of enemy combatants.<ref>https://redd.it/18gmvy2</ref>
▲On the afternoon of December 10th, following some additional light skirmishing on the skybridge, DGP forces launched a ground tunnel against the only gangshi iceroad connecting to their attack bunker for the skybridge, succesfully cutting it off and obtaining Butter_Villager's pearl in the process, causing Gangshi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a surprising number of compacted potions.
===
Following the compromise of Butternut vault and the end of the war, Jbblocker used his primary ownership on many Gang Shi groups to transfer control to members of [[Estalia]], causing both the city and remainder of the vault to become owned by the [[Elysian Pact]]. This would lead to Estalia expressing claims over the city, ironically preventing some former Gang Shitters (now refugees in the Yoahtlan state of Exilus) from returning to their builds.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18knx7x/land_claims_update/</ref> This would mark the final namelayer upset of the conflict.
In an war update posted on December 10th, Yoahtl claimed that Gang Shi was recruiting players from HCF to fight in the war.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18fdh4o/our_smoke_war_recap/</ref>▼
== Aftermath ==
The aftermath of the war saw the dissolution of Gang Shi, Butternut, and Lambeau, with their remaining members going into exile, quitting, or joining other nations. In the days following the Estalian seizure of Blacklight, a number of Salerno, Lambeau, Butternut, and Gang Shi military installations were further seized and looted by the DGP and the Imperial Federation (allegedly in cooperation with the DGP), despite previous statements indicating that raiding of Salerno would not continue following the effective end of the war.
As of 12/19/2023, several key Lambeau and Butternut leaders including Chosentwicelol and [[Kibbles]] remain at large, despite a large number of former GS fighters coming forward to pay demanded reparations and to negotiate deals with the DGP. On the 18th of December, the DGP released pearled Salernan fighters [[TheIowanGod]] and DiamondVictor early in a sign of goodwill.
The state of war invoked by Icenia was ended in a unanimous Senate vote on December 27.<ref>https://civicenia.github.io/2023-12-27/end-state-of-war-bill</ref>
== Reactions ==
On the 8th December, a poll was created on Reddit asking which side they supported in the war. As of December 10th, 2023, 51% of voters supported the Icenian Coalition, 27% Gang Shi and allies, and 23% were neutral.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/s/EK7wMAC7tY</ref>
▲In an war update posted on December 10th, Yoahtl claimed that Gang Shi was recruiting players from [[HCF]] to fight in the war.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18fdh4o/our_smoke_war_recap/</ref>
== See also ==
* [[
* [[
* [[List of Conflicts on CivMC]]▼
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