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=== First skirmishes ===
The NATO-Mir war, which later evolved into the infinity war, largely started due to drama in the city of [[Mount Augusta]] (MtA). The drama goes back to the existence of the [https://civclassic.miraheze.org/wiki/[FRIENDS]FRIENDS] alliance, where in particular Mir and [[Rhodesia]] would get into small disputes and fights. While the drama that happened between these groups at the time contributed to the tensions that brought on the war, the main conflict that caused it all started on January 4th, 2019. On January 4th, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDDBSaeV-I&]Baes20 (Arctikz_) who was a member of the Holy Jaded Empire (NATO) was causing trouble in Mount Augusta with two other accounts: 'LeaveMeTallone' and 'Rhiannasbutt' who were later revealed to be banned players BewsieJ and Dovah using VPN's to bypass their ban. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDDBSaeV-I</ref> These three broke a few minor laws in MtA and got into a small fight with Mir. The accounts ran to bunkers owned by the HJE after being chased away. On January 6th the Mirian 'Gregy165' went to one of HJE's bunkers near MTA and attempted to break in, but was quickly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wiB3bQCjoY]repelled by the then mysterious account 'Thomasih' - who ended up being 'poortea' on a VPN who has been banned many times for various reasons, though this was not discovered until near the end of the war over a year later. Tensions were high at this point, and rogue Mirian 'theJKH' who was just returning to the server obby bombed a different HJE bunker in MtA around the time Gregy165 attacked Pinkerton. Mir reports to have removed both Gregy165 and theJKH at the height of the tensions to try to prevent escalation. NATO reports additional Mirians were still helping theJKH and Gregy165 in MtA. S4NTA, an officer of Mir, has said he attempted [https://imgur.com/a/lDUGZkW]diplomacy with ComradeNick, removing Gregy165 and theJKH from Mir bunker groups but the the discussion ultimately went nowhere. [https://imgur.com/a/WdhvVZ7]On the 29th of January the NATO alliance mustered their forces with ~20 unique accounts destroying the Mir bunker in MtA throughout the night. Mir in response considered all those that broke their bunker to be "Pearl On Sight". The morning of January 30th Mir constructed a trap on the Great Overland Rail (GOR) between the commonwealth and Mount Augusta. Later that day Mir had [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidj6-0rjyI&list=LLOZdILTfCrvw0]'Ez2Clutch' bait NATO fighters to the trap where the rest of Mir was logged out, resulting in the pearl of Hangoverd, a NATO fighter. Mir made a post on the subreddit named "Let the Hammer Fall" essentially declaring war on NATO, being the official start date of the Mir-NATO war, on January 30th 2020. The war would continue on as the nation of Mir vs the NATO alliance, which at the time consisted of the following nations: Hallow, HJE, Polska, Tel-Aviv, Annywn, Valyria and their ally Rhodesia. Later during the Ransackistan conflict a greater coalition started to form with Mir in December 2019, which would later commit fully to fighting NATO.
On January 6th the Mirian 'Gregy165' went to one of HJE's bunkers near MTA and attempted to break in, but was quickly repelled by the then mysterious account 'Thomasih'<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wiB3bQCjoY</ref> - who ended up being 'poortea' on a VPN who has been banned many times for various reasons, though this was not discovered until near the end of the war over a year later. Tensions were high at this point, and rogue Mirian 'theJKH' who was just returning to the server, obby bombed a different HJE bunker in MtA around the time Gregy165 attacked [[Pinkerton]]. Mir reports to have removed both Gregy165 and theJKH at the height of the tensions to try to prevent escalation. NATO reports additional Mirians were still helping theJKH and Gregy165 in MtA. S4NTA, an officer of Mir, has said he attempted diplomacy with ComradeNick, removing Gregy165 and theJKH from Mir bunker groups but the the discussion ultimately went nowhere.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/lDUGZkW</ref> On the 29th of January the NATO alliance mustered their forces with ~20 unique accounts destroying the Mir bunker in MtA throughout the night.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/WdhvVZ7</ref> In response, Mir considered all those that broke their bunker to be "Pearl On Sight".
On the morning of January 30th, Mir constructed a trap on the [[Great Overland Rail]] (GOR) between [[The Commonwealth]] and Mount Augusta. Later that day Mir had 'Ez2Clutch' bait NATO fighters to the trap where the rest of Mir was logged out, resulting in the pearl of Hangoverd, a NATO fighter.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidj6-0rjyI&list=LLOZdILTfCrvw0</ref> Mir made a post on the subreddit named "Let the Hammer Fall" essentially declaring war on NATO, being the official start date of the Mir-NATO war, on January 30th 2020.{{Citation needed|reason=Needs reference to reddit post}} The war would continue on as the nation of Mir vs the NATO alliance, which at the time consisted of the following nations: Hallow, HJE, Polska, [[Tel Aviv]], [[Annywn]], [[Valyria]] and their ally Rhodesia. Later during the [[Vault#Ransacki Vault (Destroyed)|Ransakistan conflict]] a greater coalition started to form with Mir in December 2019, which would later commit fully to fighting NATO.
=== '''Siege of Pinkerton''' ===
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