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The '''Grasslands Gambit''', also known as the '''DGP-Gang Shi War''' or '''Post-Nut Clarity War''',<ref>2023 December War name by [[Lodish]] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTh7C5JRvdgXMVyPpy8gyytbCYtGlJ520x55Knyq0ko/edit#gid=54211360</ref> was a war on [[CivMC]] fought from 8 December 2023 to 12 December 2023. It was initiated with a surprise attack by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]], as well as the eponymous [[Fastestgrass]] and some non-Civ players, 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 Icenia and Yoahtl in order to establish dominance over the server.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref> The Grasslands Gambit remains one of the most decisive victories on CivMC to date and ushered in a new era on CivMC directly leading to the collapse of the Gang Shi - Axis and eventually resulting in the formation of the Ascendancy of Sovereign Nations and Exyria.

The '''Grasslands Gambit''', also known as the '''DGP-Gang Shi War''' or '''Post-Nut Clarity War''',<ref>2023 December War name by [[Lodish]] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTh7C5JRvdgXMVyPpy8gyytbCYtGlJ520x55Knyq0ko/edit#gid=54211360</ref> was a war on [[CivMC]] fought from 8 December 2023 to 12 December 2023. It was initiated with a surprise attack by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]], as well as the eponymous [[Fastestgrass]] and some non-Civ players, 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 Icenia and Yoahtl in order to establish dominance over the server.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref> The Grasslands Gambit remains one of the most decisive victories on CivMC to date and ushered in a new era on CivMC directly leading to the collapse of the Gang Shi - Axis and eventually resulting in the formation of the Ascendancy of Sovereign Nations and Exyria.

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.

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=== Initial Plot ===

On the evening of November 29, 2023 a meeting was arranged between Fastestgrass and several Icenian and Yoahtlan officials where Fastestgrass stated that he intended to inside Gang Shi and damage the Black Mesa Vault as much as he possibly could. With the help of an insider, later revealed to be Antea4204, Fastest planned to add several of his friends to Black Mesa groups and then have them break as much of the vault as they could before being caught and pearled. Following the reveal of this information, the beginning of a significantly more detailed plan was drafted by Quanton_Biscuit, Gjum, Huskydog9988, and Shadno and a planning discord was created.

On the evening of November 29, 2023 a meeting was arranged between Fastestgrass and several Icenian and Yoahtlan officials where Fastestgrass stated that he intended to inside Gang Shi and damage the Black Mesa Vault as much as he possibly could. With the help of an insider, later revealed to be Antea4204, Fastest planned to add several of his friends to Black Mesa groups and then have them break as much of the vault as they could before being caught and pearled. Following the reveal of this information, the beginning of a significantly more detailed plan was drafted by [[Quanton_Biscuit]], [[Gjum]], [[Huskydog9988]], and [[Shadno]] and a planning discord was created.

=== Information Gathering ===

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=== Training ===

Following the creation of the Assault Plan, Drekamor was brought into the planning discord and created a private practice server which included the Black Mesa schematic. Following this, each of the team leaders, along with a limited number of trusted fighters began familiarizing themselves with the vault and practicing CTRing specific areas of the vault. Several members of the planning team including Drekamor located the optimal break locations for the Vault's bastion tree.

Following the creation of the Assault Plan, [[Drekamor]] was brought into the planning discord and created a private practice server which included the Black Mesa schematic. Following this, each of the team leaders, along with a limited number of trusted fighters began familiarizing themselves with the vault and practicing CTRing specific areas of the vault. Several members of the planning team including Drekamor located the optimal break locations for the Vault's bastion tree.

To assist with the plan, Gjum created a branch of Nexum (DGP's client mod) to include waypoints of lodestones, targets, and other useful utilities.

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== First strike on Black Mesa ==

[[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.]]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 [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Icenia and Yoahtl launched an surprise attack on Black Mesa, Gang Shi's main pearl holding vault. A Reddit post was made, called "Pearled Harbor" (an allusion to the [[Pearled Harbor]] event in [[CivClassic 2.0]], which in turn was an allusion to the attack on Pearl Harbor), claiming that Icenian and Yoahtl fighters had disabled and ctr'd most of the vault with the help of an unnamed insider (later identified as Antea4204), before explaining the coalition's stated reasons for the attack.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</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.]]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 [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Icenia and Yoahtl launched an surprise attack on Black Mesa, Gang Shi's main pearl holding vault. A Reddit post was made, called "Pearled Harbor" (an allusion to the [[Pearled Harbor]] event in [[CivClassic 2.0]], which in turn was an allusion to the attack on Pearl Harbor), claiming that Icenian and Yoahtl fighters had disabled and ctr'd most of the vault with the help of an unnamed insider (later identified as Antea4204), before [https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/ explaining the coalition's stated reasons for the attack].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref>

=== Pre-Operation ===

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DGP forces were beginning to break the bastion tree when Gang Shi - Axis leader, Chosentwicelol logged in and jumped into VC with Nick. At this point Antea received a message from Chosen and it became apparent that the word was out - the Assault Team had been detected. Given the level of damage to the vault, Quanton ordered a complete withdrawal. During the withdrawal, numerous DGP fighters were removed from Gang Shi groups but were able to safely return to Yoahtl due to the iceroad the team had secured earlier.

With all DGP fighters safely back in Yoahtl, Quanton posted "Pearled Harbor" to the CivMC subreddit beginning the Grasslands Gambit War.

With all DGP fighters safely back in Yoahtl, Quanton posted "[https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/ Pearled Harbor]<ref name=":0" />" to the CivMC subreddit beginning the Grasslands Gambit War.

==Continuation of the war==

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=== Counterattack ===

Throughout the day on December 10th, engagements continued to occur on the skybridge and around the city. In the afternoon, Dawn Guard Pact forces launched a ground tunnel against the only iceroad supplying Gang Shi's attack bunker for the skybridge, successfully cutting it off and obtaining [[Butter_Villager]]'s pearl in the process, causing Gang Shi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a large number of compacted potions. By the end of the day, Gang Shi had lost 8 pearls without permanent defender casualties (as one player had been killed and not pearled, and another had been pearled but soon freed). Later in the day, a second insider began feeding the DGP information on Gang Shi troop movements, strategy, and operations.

Throughout the day on December 10th, engagements continued to occur on the skybridge and around the city. In the afternoon, Dawn Guard Pact forces launched a ground tunnel against the only iceroad supplying Gang Shi's attack bunker for the skybridge, successfully cutting it off and obtaining [[Butter_Villager]]'s pearl in the process, causing Gang Shi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a large number of compacted potions. By the end of the day, Gang Shi had lost 8 pearls without permanent defender casualties (as one player had been killed and not pearled, and another had been pearled but soon freed). Later in the day, a second insider began feeding the DGP information on Gang Shi troop movements, strategy, and operations. This would continue until the end of the war.

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>

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-The '''Grasslands Gambit''', also known as the '''DGP-Gang Shi War''' or '''Post-Nut Clarity War''',<ref>2023 December War name by [[Lodish]] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTh7C5JRvdgXMVyPpy8gyytbCYtGlJ520x55Knyq0ko/edit#gid=54211360</ref> was a war on [[CivMC]] fought from 8 December 2023 to 12 December 2023. It was initiated with a surprise attack by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]], as well as the eponymous [[Fastestgrass]] and some non-Civ players, 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 Icenia and Yoahtl in order to establish dominance over the server.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref> The Grasslands Gambit remains one of the most decisive victories on CivMC to date and ushered in a new era on CivMC directly leading to the collapse of the Gang Shi - Axis and eventually resulting in the formation of the Ascendancy of Sovereign Nations and Exyria.
+The '''Grasslands Gambit''', also known as the '''DGP-Gang Shi War''' or '''Post-Nut Clarity War''',<ref>2023 December War name by [[Lodish]] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTh7C5JRvdgXMVyPpy8gyytbCYtGlJ520x55Knyq0ko/edit#gid=54211360</ref> was a war on [[CivMC]] fought from 8 December 2023 to 12 December 2023. It was initiated with a surprise attack by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]], as well as the eponymous [[Fastestgrass]] and some non-Civ players, 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 Icenia and Yoahtl in order to establish dominance over the server.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref> The Grasslands Gambit remains one of the most decisive victories on CivMC to date and ushered in a new era on CivMC directly leading to the collapse of the Gang Shi - Axis and eventually resulting in the formation of the Ascendancy of Sovereign Nations and Exyria.
 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.
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 === Initial Plot ===
-On the evening of November 29, 2023 a meeting was arranged between Fastestgrass and several Icenian and Yoahtlan officials where Fastestgrass stated that he intended to inside Gang Shi and damage the Black Mesa Vault as much as he possibly could. With the help of an insider, later revealed to be Antea4204, Fastest planned to add several of his friends to Black Mesa groups and then have them break as much of the vault as they could before being caught and pearled. Following the reveal of this information, the beginning of a significantly more detailed plan was drafted by Quanton_Biscuit, Gjum, Huskydog9988, and Shadno and a planning discord was created.
+On the evening of November 29, 2023 a meeting was arranged between Fastestgrass and several Icenian and Yoahtlan officials where Fastestgrass stated that he intended to inside Gang Shi and damage the Black Mesa Vault as much as he possibly could. With the help of an insider, later revealed to be Antea4204, Fastest planned to add several of his friends to Black Mesa groups and then have them break as much of the vault as they could before being caught and pearled. Following the reveal of this information, the beginning of a significantly more detailed plan was drafted by [[Quanton_Biscuit]], [[Gjum]], [[Huskydog9988]], and [[Shadno]] and a planning discord was created.
 === Information Gathering ===
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 === Training ===
-Following the creation of the Assault Plan, Drekamor was brought into the planning discord and created a private practice server which included the Black Mesa schematic. Following this, each of the team leaders, along with a limited number of trusted fighters began familiarizing themselves with the vault and practicing CTRing specific areas of the vault. Several members of the planning team including Drekamor located the optimal break locations for the Vault's bastion tree.
+Following the creation of the Assault Plan, [[Drekamor]] was brought into the planning discord and created a private practice server which included the Black Mesa schematic. Following this, each of the team leaders, along with a limited number of trusted fighters began familiarizing themselves with the vault and practicing CTRing specific areas of the vault. Several members of the planning team including Drekamor located the optimal break locations for the Vault's bastion tree.
 To assist with the plan, Gjum created a branch of Nexum (DGP's client mod) to include waypoints of lodestones, targets, and other useful utilities.
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 == First strike on Black Mesa ==
-[[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.]]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 [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Icenia and Yoahtl launched an surprise attack on Black Mesa, Gang Shi's main pearl holding vault. A Reddit post was made, called "Pearled Harbor" (an allusion to the [[Pearled Harbor]] event in [[CivClassic 2.0]], which in turn was an allusion to the attack on Pearl Harbor), claiming that Icenian and Yoahtl fighters had disabled and ctr'd most of the vault with the help of an unnamed insider (later identified as Antea4204), before explaining the coalition's stated reasons for the attack.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</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.]]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 [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Icenia and Yoahtl launched an surprise attack on Black Mesa, Gang Shi's main pearl holding vault. A Reddit post was made, called "Pearled Harbor" (an allusion to the [[Pearled Harbor]] event in [[CivClassic 2.0]], which in turn was an allusion to the attack on Pearl Harbor), claiming that Icenian and Yoahtl fighters had disabled and ctr'd most of the vault with the help of an unnamed insider (later identified as Antea4204), before [https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/ explaining the coalition's stated reasons for the attack].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref>
 === Pre-Operation ===
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 DGP forces were beginning to break the bastion tree when Gang Shi - Axis leader, Chosentwicelol logged in and jumped into VC with Nick. At this point Antea received a message from Chosen and it became apparent that the word was out - the Assault Team had been detected. Given the level of damage to the vault, Quanton ordered a complete withdrawal. During the withdrawal, numerous DGP fighters were removed from Gang Shi groups but were able to safely return to Yoahtl due to the iceroad the team had secured earlier.
-With all DGP fighters safely back in Yoahtl, Quanton posted "Pearled Harbor" to the CivMC subreddit beginning the Grasslands Gambit War.
+With all DGP fighters safely back in Yoahtl, Quanton posted "[https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/ Pearled Harbor]<ref name=":0" />" to the CivMC subreddit beginning the Grasslands Gambit War.
 ==Continuation of the war==
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 === Counterattack ===
-Throughout the day on December 10th, engagements continued to occur on the skybridge and around the city. In the afternoon, Dawn Guard Pact forces launched a ground tunnel against the only iceroad supplying Gang Shi's attack bunker for the skybridge, successfully cutting it off and obtaining [[Butter_Villager]]'s pearl in the process, causing Gang Shi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a large number of compacted potions. By the end of the day, Gang Shi had lost 8 pearls without permanent defender casualties (as one player had been killed and not pearled, and another had been pearled but soon freed). Later in the day, a second insider began feeding the DGP information on Gang Shi troop movements, strategy, and operations.
+Throughout the day on December 10th, engagements continued to occur on the skybridge and around the city. In the afternoon, Dawn Guard Pact forces launched a ground tunnel against the only iceroad supplying Gang Shi's attack bunker for the skybridge, successfully cutting it off and obtaining [[Butter_Villager]]'s pearl in the process, causing Gang Shi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a large number of compacted potions. By the end of the day, Gang Shi had lost 8 pearls without permanent defender casualties (as one player had been killed and not pearled, and another had been pearled but soon freed). Later in the day, a second insider began feeding the DGP information on Gang Shi troop movements, strategy, and operations. This would continue until the end of the war.
 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>

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