the SKOVIAN CONFLICT
LORE & STORYLINE
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DEC 1922
FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, THE SOVIET UNION IS FORMED.
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FEB 1923
THE SKOVIAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (SSR) IS FORMED AND BECOMES A CONSTITUENT REPUBLIC OF THE SOVIET UNION.
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JUN 1943
SSR CONSCRIPTS JOIN THE USSR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AXIS FORCES IN WW2.
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MAR 1967
SSR ADVISORS SUPPORT THE PEOPLE’S ARMY OF VIETNAM (PAVN) IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
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DEC 1991
GORBACHEV OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE DISSOLUTION OF THE USSR.
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MAR 1992
KING LUKAZ OF VELIGRAD DECLARES SKOVIA AN INDEPENDENT MONARCHY AND CLAIMS THE THRONE.
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OCT 1995
FORMER SOVIET HARDLINERS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE CROWN. RIOTS BREAK OUT AND ARE BRUTALLY CRUSHED.
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JAN 1996
UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE, THE KING CREATES A PARLIAMENT AND DECLARES SKOVIA A REPUBLIC. KING LUKAZ USHERS IN AN ERA OF PEACE.
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NOV 2007
KING LUKAZ OF VELIGRAD FALLS ILL AND DIES OF KIDNEY FAILURE. WITHOUT A SUCCESSOR INFIGHTING FOR THE CROWN BEGINS IN PARLIAMENT.
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JAN 2008
THE FIRST SKOVIAN CIVIL WAR BEGINS WITH MULTIPLE FACTIONS CLAWING FOR POWER.
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FEB 2013
AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD OF KING LUKAZ STEPS FORWARD TO LAY CLAIM TO THE CROWN. PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS HIS CLAIM, ENDING THE CIVIL WAR.
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SEP 2015
AFTER WIDESPREAD BACKLASH, THE KING REMOVES PARLIAMENT'S POWERS AND USES THE MILITARY TO ENFORCE HIS WILL.
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NOV 2019
USING THE ARMY, THE KING BEGINS SEIZING FARMLAND FOR GOVERNMENT USE.
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DEC 2019
ROSA FORCES SEIZE FARMLAND IN CHINSKI AND BUILD A LARGE AIRBASE. SKOVIAN CITIZENS ARE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AND DENIED COMPENSATION.
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JAN 2020
SKOVIAN CITIZENS FIGHT BACK AND ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND. THE CITIZENS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY ROSA.
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MAY 2020
WIDESPREAD RIOTS AND UNREST ERUPT ACROSS THE NATION. SKOVIAN CITIZENS DEMAND THE KING RETURN THE STOLEN LAND.
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JUN 2020
THE KING DEPLOYS THE ARMY TO QUELL THE RIOTS AND INSTILLS MARTIAL LAW. HUNDREDS ARE KILLED IN THE CLASHES.
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DEC 2020
FROM THE ASHES OF THE RIOTS THE SKOVIAN NATIONALIST (SKN) ARE BORN. THE GROUP SWIFTLY LAUNCHES GUERILLA WARFARE AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES.
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APR 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.
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JAN 2021
THE SECOND SKOVIAN CIVIL WAR BEGINS