Estovakian Civil War

ESTOVAKIAN CIVIL WAR
-conflict of a country in shambles-

Background:
In October of 1994, it was found by the University of Seals Bridge that an asteroid approximately 1 mile in diameter was on a collision course with the Earth. This asteroid was named Ulysses. On July 3rd, 1999, 5 years later since then, the asteroid broke through the Roche Limit. On July 8th, Ulysses disintegrated into more than a thousand cores and innumerable dusts, raining down on the surface of the planet. As a result, more than 500,000 human lives were taken during the following 2 weeks. From that time on, the meteoric fragments of Ulysses had been floating in orbit, and had kept falling down to the Earth for the following several years. The world was in unprecedented chaos. Estovakia attempted to create an interception weapon to destroy the Ulysses XF041994 asteroid. This weapon, known as "Chandelier" was to be completed before the asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere on July 3rd of 1999, however, construction of the Chandelier did not meet its dead line for one reason or another

Estovakia's Economic Panic:
The Federal Republic of Estovakia was one of the nations which took a deadly damage due to the planet fall of Ulysses. Originally, this nation started out as a federation comprised of multiple republics, and grew prosperous by way of sharing and distributing resources and industrial products assembled from each republic. However, the industrial and logistics infrastructures were extensively damaged in the aftermath of Ulysses. Unable to procure and produce materials, the Estovakian peoples’ standards of living kept on deteriorating. Amidst this turmoil, politicians and bureaucrats escaped one by one from the country for emigration purposes. The Estovakian government thus ceased to function, only to see the increase of crimes and displaced people. The nation was void of political and economical order.

The Birth of the Factions:
It was military officers across the country that stood up to save the nation from chaos and poverty. After a myriad of armed groups were born, grown and assembled, the lines fortified themselves around 6 factions; the Lyes Faction, the Eastern Faction, the Independent Trade Tariff Federation, the Island Coalition, the Northern Highlands, and the Remnants of the Government Forces. They tried a divide-and-conquer administration for the country of Estovakia by military regimes. This policy, however, did not solve a problem of restoring order to the nation. Ironically, the divide-and-conquer agenda wound up in giving birth to new skirmishes. The factions began to plunder each other of materials and resources, and the situation became volatile.

Civil War:
In the year 2000, the Republic of Emmeria volunteered to assist the Federal Republic of Estovakia in rebuilding the nation. Emmeria, NGOs and other humanitarian organizations began to attempt to get Estovakia’s infrastructure under control and reinsert its independency from the nations helping it. However, military factions arose soon after the Ulysses fell, during the confusion which swept through Estovakia. These factions quickly took control of multiple regions, forcing the Estovakian central government powerless and greatly restricted any reconstruction efforts. Because of this delay and a lack of aide materials, the factions took matters into their own hands and engaged one another while pillaging the Estovakian cities. Reconstruction activities were forced to be put on hold and the Republic of Anea initiative, founded in 2004 continued to operate under the preparatory agency which envisioned the Anean continent as a single nation.

On April 3rd, 2007, the Lyes Faction led by Lieutenant General Lyes succeeded in taking power and control of the capital of Estovakia. Gathering momentum, the Lyes Faction conquered the entire western region, and became Estovakia's most powerful faction both in name and fact. Gaining control of the central government, the Lyes Faction renamed them the Lyes United Front to make domestic and international appeals that they represented the orthodox Estovakian government. The Lyes United Front then took charge of receiving aid materials from the neighbouring Republic of Emmeria, and distributed them to each region. Regarding Estovakia's rehabilitation, there was indeed a faint sign of hope around this time. On the other hand, the Lyes United Front thoroughly promoted counterinsurgent policies against the groups that refused to pledge allegiance to them. The country of Estovakia began to grow unsettled and disquieting.

The city of Glednia which absolutely refused to fall under the rule of the LUF and had its supply lines and aid materials were halted. Because of this 200,000 civilians died of various reasons. With the tragedy in Glednia many armed factions rose to combat the Lyes United Front and soon, these factions were fighting one another. The Estovakian Civil War had officially begun.

The Outbreak of a Civil War within Estovakia:
Many people did not welcome the rise of Lieutenant General Lyes. One of them was Supreme Commander Dvornik of the Eastern Faction, who immediately unfolded his opposing position against Lyes. He assigned Victor Voychek, the then top ace of the Estovakian Air Force, as the leader of a newly established elite flight squadron and, hired defectors from the Principality of Belka and North Osea as scientists and mercenaries to improve their weapons development technology and air power management. As if to act in concert with the Eastern Faction, the Independent Trade Tariff Federation, the Island Coalition and the Northern Highlands rose in arms too. This marked the beginning of the all-out Civil War of Estovakia.

And so, as the Civil War was fought on, the Lyes United Front defeated the Independent Trade Tariff Federation and consequently succeeded in putting 50% of Estovakian territory under their control. However, this victory backfired on them. The rapid expansion of the battlefront brought about confusion in the organizations, and they had to call a halt to their advance temporarily. The Eastern Faction capitalized on this, and successfully absorbed the Island Coalition and the Northern Highlands.

The Estovakian Civil War entered the stage where two powerful factions had to settle a score.

And on January 15th, 2013, Lieutenant General Lyes, in an attempt to put an end to the civil war once and for all, mobilized all ground and naval forces to launch all-out attacks on the Eastern Faction. It was believed that the Lyes United Front would have the high ground in this showdown because they outnumbered the Eastern Faction forces by a wide margin. But they were utterly defeated nevertheless. The Eastern Faction's elite air squadrons such as Strigon and Vampire teams and the new super weapon Aigaion completely turned the tables. Only a week later, the Lyes United Front lost 80% of their territory. After that, the remaining Lyes forces continued resistance while retreating, but were finally wiped out in the battle that took place in the area bordered by Emmeria. Lieutenant General Lyes was killed in action, and the civil war came to a close.

Towards Estovakia's Recovery:
After the end of the civil war, the executives of each faction with Supreme Commander Dvornik being the head, who were called the Generals, became new leaders of the nation and established a new government. Estovakia started down the road for recovery here. But the nation was thoroughly exhausted due to the astral disasters and the civil war. Due to political and social upheavals, rebuilding of Estovakia did not proceed as they expected. And so, the Generals publicly schemed to invade the wealthy country of Emmeria. These "Generals" would later lead Estovakia into war against the neighbouring Republic of Emmeria. Grudges held against Emmeria for, what they saw as starting the Estovakian Civil War, were believed to be the deciding factor for the sudden invasion of Emmeria.

SOURCE:
Ace Combat 06: Fires of Liberation (assault records)
Official AC6 JP Strategy Guide
Official Ace Combat 06 Website

ACCREDITATION:
Originally posted by 'Ribbon-Blue'