the SKOVIAN CONFLICT

LORE & STORYLINE

  • DEC 1922

    FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, THE SOVIET UNION IS FORMED.

  • FEB 1923

    THE SKOVIAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (SSR) IS FORMED AND BECOMES A CONSTITUENT REPUBLIC OF THE SOVIET UNION.

  • JUN 1943

    SSR CONSCRIPTS JOIN THE USSR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AXIS FORCES IN WW2.

  • MAR 1967

    SSR ADVISORS SUPPORT THE PEOPLE’S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

  • DEC 1991

    GORBACHEV OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE DISSOLUTION OF THE USSR.

  • MAR 1992

    KING LUKAZ OF VELIGRAD DECLARES SKOVIA AN INDEPENDENT MONARCHY AND CLAIMS THE THRONE.

  • OCT 1995

    FORMER SOVIET HARDLINERS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE CROWN. RIOTS BREAK OUT AND ARE BRUTALLY CRUSHED.

  • JAN 1996

    UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE, THE KING CREATES A PARLIAMENT AND DECLARES SKOVIA A REPUBLIC. KING LUKAZ USHERS IN AN ERA OF PEACE. 

  • NOV 2007

    KING LUKAZ OF VELIGRAD FALLS ILL AND DIES OF KIDNEY FAILURE. WITHOUT A SUCCESSOR INFIGHTING FOR THE CROWN BEGINS IN PARLIAMENT.

  • JAN 2008

    THE FIRST SKOVIAN CIVIL WAR BEGINS WITH MULTIPLE FACTIONS CLAWING FOR POWER.

  • FEB 2013

    AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD OF KING LUKAZ STEPS FORWARD TO LAY CLAIM TO THE CROWN. PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS HIS CLAIM, ENDING THE CIVIL WAR.

  • SEP 2015

    AFTER WIDESPREAD BACKLASH, THE KING REMOVES PARLIAMENT'S POWERS AND USES THE MILITARY TO ENFORCE HIS WILL.

  • NOV 2019

    USING THE ARMY, THE KING BEGINS SEIZING FARMLAND FOR GOVERNMENT USE.

  • DEC 2019

    ROSA FORCES SEIZE FARMLAND IN CHINSKI AND BUILD A LARGE AIRBASE. SKOVIAN CITIZENS ARE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AND DENIED COMPENSATION.

  • JAN 2020

    SKOVIAN CITIZENS FIGHT BACK AND ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND. THE CITIZENS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY ROSA.

  • MAY 2020

    WIDESPREAD RIOTS AND UNREST ERUPT ACROSS THE NATION. SKOVIAN CITIZENS DEMAND THE KING RETURN THE STOLEN LAND.

  • JUN 2020

    THE KING DEPLOYS THE ARMY TO QUELL THE RIOTS AND INSTILLS MARTIAL LAW. HUNDREDS ARE KILLED IN THE CLASHES.

  • DEC 2020

    FROM THE ASHES OF THE RIOTS THE SKOVIAN NATIONALIST (SKN) ARE BORN. THE GROUP SWIFTLY LAUNCHES GUERILLA WARFARE AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES.

  • JAN 2021

    SKN LAUNCHES A FULL SCALE ASSAULT ON THE CHINSKI AIRBASE AND CAPTURES IT. THE KING DECLARES SKN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND DIRECTS ROSA FORCES TO DISMANTLE THEM.

  • APR 2021

    THE SECOND SKOVIAN CIVIL WAR BEGINS

r.o.s.a.
REPUBLIC OF SKOVIA ARMY

EQUIPMENT:

BACKGROUND:

The Republic of Skovia Army (R.O.S.A.) serves as the primary ground force and operational backbone of the Skovian government. Its ranks blend professional soldiers with conscripts. Elite infantry and special operations units are largely career men, while line infantry and support elements are sustained through mandatory two year conscription.

The rise of the Skovian Nationalists has dragged the army into a grinding counterinsurgency of search and destroy sweeps, urban clearances, and military policing across a countryside that increasingly resents them. R.O.S.A. soldiers see themselves as defenders of Skovia's legitimate government, loyal to the King and committed to restoring order to a nation still emerging from its communist past. But small unit commanders are often granted broad autonomy, operating with little oversight and near impunity in their pursuit of SKN forces. The result is a reputation for heavy handed tactics, with allegations of excessive force and allegations of extrajudicial killings that have only complicated their standing among the people they claim to protect.

After assisting Coalition forces during the Global War on Terror, the Republic of Skovia came under Western scrutiny for alleged human rights violations. Citing the harsh treatment of Skovian protestors and questionable conduct under the Lukaz regime, the West severed ties with the Skovian Republic. As NATO aid vanished, Russia stepped in to support its former satellite state both economically and militarily. This renewed partnership brought an ongoing presence of Russian foreign advisors, providing training and equipment to R.O.S.A. forces.

R.O.S.A. forces can be identified by their use of Multicam along with surplus DCU-pattern uniforms left over from the GWOT era, paired with a growing supply of modern Russian small arms and gear. Standard infantry formations field a mix of leftover AR-pattern rifles and modern Russian small-arms, while advanced capabilities such as night vision devices and modern optics are typically reserved for elite infantry and special operations units.

SKN
the skovian nationalists

BACKGROUND:

The Skovian Nationalists (S.K.N.) rose from the ashes of the June 2020 riots, when ordinary citizens took up arms against the King's increasingly brutal rule. What began as a scattered uprising hardened into a disciplined nationalist militia, drawing its strength from an unlikely mix of idealistic young zealots and battle hardened veterans of Skovia's armed forces.

United under their mantra, "For Skovia," the SKN claims to fight for the liberation of the Skovian people and the establishment of a government led by its citizens. Yet rapid expansion has come at a cost. As the war drags on, the group's founding ideals have begun to fracture, with anger and vengeance increasingly overshadowing the cause. Some units hold to a disciplined focus on liberation, while others have earned a reputation for ruthlessness, with mounting reports of kidnappings, executions, and civilian casualties dismissed as the price of revolution. Once hailed as liberators, the SKN now stands somewhere between freedom fighter and insurgent.

Equipment:

As Skovia's civil war drew international attention, the nation's farmland, resources, and industrial potential made it a strategic prize. Foreign actors moved quietly to influence the outcome, funneling weapons, training, and advisors to the SKN in a bid to topple the King and secure a foothold in the region.

The SKN presents a far less uniform appearance than their ROSA counterparts. Fighters are commonly outfitted in a patchwork of commercial and surplus gear, including earth-tone fatigues, civilian hunting camouflage, and captured government equipment stripped from fallen ROSA soldiers. Their arsenal reflects the same improvisation, with aging Soviet-era weapons and hunting rifles in the hands of newer recruits, supplemented by modern small arms, optics, and night vision smuggled in by their foreign backers. As outside support grows, frontline SKN units have begun fielding equipment that rivals, and at times exceeds, that of the King's own soldiers.