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Revision as of 13:55, 23 April 2012
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, almost 5 years later since then, the asteroid broke through the Roche Limit. On July 8th, Ulysses, becoming disintegrated into more than a thousand cores and innumerable dusts, rained down on the surfaces 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'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 people's standard of living kept on deteriorating. Amidst this turmoil, most politicians and bureaucrats escaped one by one from the country for emigration purposes. The Estovakian Government thus despite the best efforts of the remaining politicians and bureaucrats the government almost ceased to function and was not very effective at it was because too much of the politicians and buercrats left the country, 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 United Front, the Eastern Faction, the Independent Trade Tariff Federation, the Island Coalition, the Northern Highlands Faction, and the the Government Forces. They tried a divide-and-conquer administration for the country of Estovakia by military regimes and government. 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. The situation became volatile.
The Lyes United Front
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 neighboring 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 counterinsurgency policies against the groups that refused to pledge allegiance to them, one of them was the city of Glenda which was loyal to remaining government in response. Lyes cut off all supplies to them and alot of people died. The country of Estovakia began to grow unsettled and disquieting.
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.
Lyes United Front versus Eastern Faction
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 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 good 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 lot of them were wiped out in the battle that took place in the area bordered by Emmeria in a last-ditch attempt by Lyes to turn the tide of the war in the LUF's favour. Lieutenant General Lyes was killed in action during the battle, 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 along with remaining politicians and bearucrats, 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 and start the Anean Continental War.
Sources
- Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Assault Records)