Mackenzie War: Difference between revisions

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| name        = The Mackenzie War

| date        = October 31 - December 3, 2024 <br> (1 month, 3 days)

| location    = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]]

=== Cascadian Political Divisions ===

On September 21, 2024, Home Secretary [[Setrus]] created the "parties forum" discord channel in Cascadia, with the intention of using it to introduce political parties to Cascadia. At the start, these were intended to be treated very seriously. Soon theerafter though, two very serious and well-organized political parties were formed. The first was the [[National Bison Party]], headed by [[Akeboun]] and a number of other [[The Frontier|Frontiersmen]]. The other was the Cascadian Communist Party (2024), headed by xStoicx, a longtime Great North mayor. The NBP was the larger of these two organizations, and focused on issues of regional autonomy, regulating discord moderators, and anti-globalism. The CCP, meanwhile, mostly focused on larping and pushing marxist propaganda. The two groups very quickly developed a rivalry entering the [[September 2024 General Election]], which became increasingly toxic.

From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.   

At 6:00 PM PT, Astorian officials raided the NWT embassy in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]]. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.  

At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".   

== Course of the War ==

=== Johnstone Strait Offensive ===

In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).  

=== Cascadian Counterattack ===

The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).

Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.