[b]All over Tushienia[/b] News of the push into Darkness held territory had spread like wildfire. For the first time in years, the darkness had lost ground on the eastern front and it was Tushienia that had lead the charge. Newspapers hyped up the event as a turning point in the war, the first step to reclaiming the northern lands and an example for their neighbors to follow. The papers also mentioned victories against the darkness far to the south, through these were not as hyped up as Tushienia's own victory. After all, there were empires in the South that were [i]only now[/i] encountering the darkness for the first time and they had been given plenty of foresight and information on the enemy that they would be facing long before they had encountered it. ............................................................. [b]Out at Sea, aboard the[/b] [i]Exiled Hope[/i] One of the first ships to be launched off of the Tushienia shipyards, the [i]Exiled Hope[/i] was not exactly a ship designed for battle or war. It had been created and launched for one purpose and one purpose only; To sail to the Outcast Republic and assist in the evacuation that was taking place there. The crew strongly suspected that this would be nothing more then a death run; That by the time they arrived the Darkness would have consumed the waters around the islands, if not the islands themselves but if there was even a [i]chance[/i] that they could get one more boat full of people off the island before it was too late, it was a risk that they had to take. All they could do now was keep sailing. ..................................................... All over Tushienia a new kind of factory came to life, built with a single purpose in mind; To constructe the mighty war machines that were the mechanical walkers as quickly as possible in order to give the armed forces of Tushienia as much variety in its forces as possible. The creation of such machines was considered a sign by many that this first victory for the nation against the darkness was going to be the first of many. [hider=Actions] Recruitment: Province 2: 1 x Mechanical Walker Province 7: 1 x Mechanical Walker Province 10: 1 x Mechanical Walker Province 11: 1 x Mechanical Walker Province 12: 1 x Mechanical Walker Province 17: 1 x Mechanical Walker Dirigibles: Province 2: 1 x Interceptor Province 7: 1 x Interceptor Province 10: 1 x Interceptor Province 11: 1 x Interceptor Province 12: 1 x Interceptor Province 17: 1 x Interceptor Navy: Province 10: 1 x Ship Province 12: 1 x Ship Province 17: 1 x Ship Research: In the Face of Adversity (Turn 1) [hider=Movement] Province 7 to Province 2: 1 Heavy Infantry Air Force: 1 Interceptor Province 8 to Province 2: -3 Magi -2 Archers -3 light infantry -6 War-Magi -2 Heavy Infantry Province 10 to Province 8: -1 Heavy Infantry Province 10 to Province 11: -2 Interceptors Province 12 to Province 8: -1 Heavy Infantry Province 12 to Province 11: -2 Interceptors Province 17 to Province 19: -1 Heavy Infantry Province 17 to Province 12: 2 Interceptors Naval Movement: A12 to B12: -1 Ship B12 to C12: -1 Ship C12 to C11: -1 Transport [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Garrisons] Province 2: -23 War-Magi -61 Units of Magi -10 Cannons -17 Units Archers -19 Units of Heavy Infantry -7 Units of Arquebussers -3 Light Infantry Air Force: -1 Interceptor Province 7: Air Force: Province 8: 3 Heavy Infantry Air force: Province 10: Air Force: Province 11: Air Force: -4 Interceptors Province 12: Air Force: -2 Interceptors Province 17: Air Force: Province 19: -4 War-Magi -4 Cannons -4 heavy cavalry -3 Magi -1 light infantry -1 Heavy Infantry [/hider]