"Your Excellency! The Kiddian forces have been dispelled from our Southern Border!" A command messenger announces, stumbling into the war room abruptly. As they then leaned against the war with an exhausted and near nauseated expression, one of Lukas' top generals stares down his superior with a inquisitive look.
"What a pleasant surprise! Messenger boy, take a good rest, you've deserved it. As for us, general, reroute the army that was meant to engage Kiddia to take Melkorka. Queen Otkatla of Kaupang has yet to take sides, and while I am indeed losing my patience with her, avoid attacking any civilians or armed forces from her kingdom. Unite the two armies that were split for Melkorka and Helsing and have them invade Birka through Issknui."
"But sir, the Stigyans at-"
"Our insiders told us everything, general. There's no need to correct me," Lukas pauses, grumbling out of annoyance, before continuing,
"Issknui may offer height, but it does not offer clear visibility whatsoever. Ensure the fog is thick when we bomb their encampment with long-distance artillery. Once they are annihilated, split the armies 75 to 25, the former going to Birka and the latter assembling with the forces of Finnbygdir, and conquering Aldeigjuborg to assist Queen Skjalddis of Aldeigjuborg in her little Hircinaean problem. Further on Birka... we need to blockage the Western Rurik's Sea as soon as possible, so that we might weaken Uppsala before we even touch it. Are my commands understood, general?"
The meeting was suddenly interrupted by a messenger bringing surprising tidings,
Two Naragian spys Move in to both sides to offer weapons And The Mechwarrior MK1. The sneak there way through the Conflict utilizing the Natural Agility and light Footedness of their race. As the make there way they watch each side.
"Heres The weapons your boss Ordered. And a Gift. Thirty Mechwarrior Mk1. if you wish to buy more Feel free To Give us a call. The Narag Black market is always open."
They would wait for the papers to be signed.
Representatives from a unknown corporation in Dashiki City are sent with the objective to find and negotiate their wares with Lukas. They are scattered all over the city, hoping one of them talks to someone who's in a commanding position of the rebellion or better yet, Lukas himself.
Danmark, Svipish Rebellion Territory
As the bombers reach Stahl Industries, they prepare to drop the crates of Gullin’s on the city. They all sweat, knowing very well if they messed up they would be blown to ashes. A pilot swallows his fear and gulps. “B-bombs away!” He screams. The rest follow suit. Millions of Gullin’s slowly fall to the ground, they all sigh and thank everything they didn’t get hit.
"Naragians and Dashikians wishing to profit from our war? Intriguing, yet unsurprising. I would have their heads for stepping their foreigner feet in my nation. However, as much as I hate to admit, we need all of the technological advantages we can get. Tell them that their deals are accepted, but instruct them to get the hell out of my nation. I will only accept transporters of purchased equipment. Also assure them that at the end of my war, I will have nothing more to do with them."
"As for the Greenlandics... shoot them down. Give them no remorse and this 'money'... burn it. Along with their bodies."
The messenger nods silently and rushes out to relay his master's instructions.
Lukas continued, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, you're dismissed."
"Yes, your Excellency... recall for me, if you will improve my understanding, where do the kings and queens of the Fylkirate stand?"
Lukas was about to snap at the general, his face red and his knuckles white with rage at the general's ignorance, before suddenly pausing, taking a deep breath, and speaking with restrained calmness,
"Currently, King Gudlog of Finnbygdir stands with us as allies, as does King Palni of Danmark, his alliance for his life and position as King upon my coronation. While Queen Otkatla of Kaupang has responded to neither me or Pjotur, Queen Skjalddis of Garthariki is willing to join us, though she has oathed nothing. As our reports state, the Hircinaeans have taken notice of the civil war's unrest and launched their own little rebellion; they will obey no Svip, those dirty Ibathans. If we crush them, then Skjalddis will be obligated to join us. Otherwise, all of the kings and queens West of Issknui are unquestionably loyal to Pjotur. Now leave, you have an invasion to launch."
As the general turns around and marches out of the office, Lukas picks up the phone at his desk and calls 'his contact',
"We are invading now. Cut off their communications and make sure no one comes to save them."
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-July 9, 2022. Evening.
Isskuni Mountains, Svipjoth.
STRM Captain Donovan Chalmers and his expeditionary force was dropped into the mountain range by parachute earlier in the day to assist the Svipish defenses in the mountain ranges to help delay the rebel advance. The lead Svipish general was currently watching in confusion as Stigyan soldiers placed explosives in the mountainsides above the valley before them. He approached Cpt. Chalmers to find out his plan.
"Captain, While I know your soldiers do not take orders from us, I would like to know why in the Hel your people aren't placing defenses in the valley? That is where the enemy will be."
The captain offered the General a cigar. "Because your nation is somehow colder than mine, and even in the summer you have plenty of snow. Why put our people in the valley when we can bring nature down on our foe?" He lit the cigars and inhaled deep as the General realized the insane plan.
"You are intentionally causing an avalanche?!"
"Indeed. Your people are used to the cold, I'm not expecting to stop them all. However if we can bury their tanks and heavy land vehicles we will slow them down greatly." Chalmers explained as the teams in the mountains finished.
"You realize the odds of our survival right?" The General asked.
"The Svipish people are like family to our own. I am ready to die for both of our nations. Are you?" Chalmers asked calmly as machine gun nests and mortar positions were assembled. Chalmers enjoyed his cigar as he watched the sun set behind the mountains. If these rebels wanted to pass through these mountains. They would have to go through every last one of his elite men.
The sun rose across the freezing Issknui, awakening the soldiers stationed there begrudgingly. As the infantrymen line up at the canteen for coffee, glaring against the insanely bright snow and the low visibility, alarms across the camp start to blare. The Svipish captain runs towards the edge of their camp, trying desperately to look past the dense mountain fog when all of the sudden, missiles begin to carpet bomb the camp.