Lightning Wars

Lightning Wars
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Participants	Iron Legion v.s. Solar Empire
Date	200 years ago
Location	Old Xylvania

The Lightning Wars was a conflict that took place between the Iron Legion and the Solar Empire 200 years ago . The conflict started when the Iron Legion began to invade other nations around the world. Every nation that opposed them, except the Anglo Isles homeland, the Western Frontier, and the Tundran Territories were conquered, until the Solar Empire launched a retaliatory invasion of Old Xylvania after being invaded and cause heavy casualties to the legion.

The War

During the last days of the war the Solar Empire gained a huge lead. They were able to push their way into Old Xylvania, capturing many Legion units and fortifications. While there, the Solar Empire set up special Solar Panels to super charge their tanks. To combat this, Lord Ferrok constructed the first Battlestation. The Solar Empire tried to destroy it before it could be unleashed, but failed. At the time, the Battlestation was better than any armored tank or vehicle devised. After wiping out most of the Imperials in the area, the Battlestation, and the Legion battalion supporting it, went to where the Solar Panels were set up and destroyed them, along with the charging Heavy Tanks and Gunships. Later on, the Solar Empire captured a crucial mining quarry from the Iron Legion. A Legion battalion fought their way there to take it back. However the Empress Qa-Len ordered the troops to destroy the Mining Saws so that no one could use the critical Nerocite mine. But the Legion battalion eliminated them all before they could destroy the Saws.

Despite doing well initally, Lord Ferrok became overconfident, and gathered what remained of the legion at the Iron Tower, to prepare for the destruction of their enemies. This caused the entire Iron Legion to be trapped in the explosion of the Iron Tower along with Lord Ferrok when it was destroyed by the Solar Empire Satellite Weapon. Thus, the Iron Legion was defeated, and the Solar Empire had won the Lightning Wars. This also insured the rise of the western frontier and tundra as the two modern two super powers because they were the only two powers without heavily damaged millitary.

Trivia

• The term "Lightning War" is also well known in German as blitzkreig, possibly hinting to the fact that the Iron Legion would become Xylvania, who resemble Germany.

• The first known Legion invasion of the Solar Empire was the attack on Donatsu Island during a Skirmish mission also named "Donatsu Island".

• The first Solar Empire invasion of Old Xylvania was during the Skirmish mission, "Melee".

• Strangely, the Solar Empire sported the same advanced technology and weaponry (hovercraft and plasma weapons) as they do in the wars today, even though the Lightning Wars took place over 200 years ago.