[center][b]The Year 1900[/b]
[b]World Tension[/b]: [i]18%[/i]
[color=red][b]Zellonian Declaration of War on Kalpia[/b][/color] ([i]12%[/i])
[color=red][b]Vatanno-Galvia stations troops on Salardian border[/b][/color] ([i]2%[/i])
[color=red][b]Deltora Allies with Soroya[/b][/color] ([i]8%[/i])
[color=red][b]Survaek Fabricates Claim on Honneria[/b][/color] ([i]4%[/i])
[color=red][b]Survaek Mobilizes Troops[/b][/color] ([i]2%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Tramel Denounces Vatanno-Galvia[/b][/color] ([i]-5%[/i])
[color=gray][b]Deltora Guarantees Luckland[/b][/color] ([i]-5%[/i])[/center]

[center][b]WORLD TENSION 15-40%[/b]: 
All unaligned nations have +0% National Unity. 
All Status Quo nations have +10% GNP boost.
Status Quo nations have +5% National Unity.
Expansionist nations have +5% National Unity.[/center]

[b]JULY[/b]

[b]July 15th[/b]: Military observers on the coast of [b][color=brown]Vatanno-Galvia[/color][/b] spot a large naval fleet from the Zellonian Islands sailing southeast, out to open sea.

[b]July 19th[/b]: General Phaldio of the [b][color=gray]Kalpian Colonial Army[/color][/b] orders his soldiers, numbering 27,500 in all, along the Zello-Kalpian axis. Meticulous in nature, he sought first to seek control of the major and minor towns of the province by stationing troops in the northeast as well as in Vierras. Soldiers of the 2nd Colonial Division advanced from the west into the heavy jungles of Zellonian Sarelia, where the [b][color=red]Battle of Memoth[/color][/b] soon began, with 15,300 Kalpian Colonials assaulting the Zellonian port city of Memoth, defended by 10,000 Zellonian Colonials under General Leroy.

[b]July 20th[/b]: Noticing troops on it's borders, the [b][color=salmon]Second Salardian Kingdom[/color][/b] sends a delegation to [b][color=brown]Vatanno-Galvia[/color][/b] seeking an explanation for such a clearly militant action.

[b]July 22nd[/b]: It was only fortune on Phaldio's side that his contemporary fighting against him saw that he was also a slower, more ponderous commander. A man of more grandeur would have found that General Phaldio saw unfit to attack until his men were all fed and well rested. Probing attacks aside, no major assault had taken place since the Kalpians surrounded the Zellonian city. Phaldio, realizing that the Zellonian Colonial General Leroy was attempting to simply defend his position and not sally out of Memoth, sent a brigade east of Memoth to take control of the road there. He prepared an attack at dawn on July 23rd.

[b]July 23rd[/b]: With only seven Narct light artillery guns, General Phaldio ordered a preliminary barrage that fired only a hundred shells into the city proper, then ordered a charge to take the city. The Zellonians defending were poorly equipped and without much training. The Zellonian infantry rifle, the [i]Kadak[/i] needlegun was more prone to jamming than firing twenty rounds. Taking defensive lines at man made barricades and rooftops, the Zellonian Colonials began their defense of the city, but it wasn't to last.

General Phaldio orders an assault from the west and the north by two brigades, each numbering 3,000 men. Using superior firepower, they find the Zellonians hesitant to hold their positions and make fast headway into the city.

[u]AUGUST[/u]

[b]August 5th[/b]: General Leroy of the [b]Zellonian Colonial Army[/b] officially surrenders after intense fighting. Over 6,000 Sarelian colonials fighting for the Zellonians are captured and taken as prisoners of war.
[u][b]Casualties[/b][/u]
- [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b]: 1,785 men
- [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b]: 3,597 men.

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[i]Battle of Memoth, 1900[/i][/center]

[b]August 7th[/b]: With the primary port city taken, General Phaldio orders the 1st Colonial Division into Memoth then to head east along the road to capture the remaining Zellonian cities along the coast. They are expected to surrender without resistance and be captured all by the end of August.

[b]August 12th[/b]: The [i]TPS Mette[/i], a submarine laid down in early January is finally finished by the [b][color=darkgreen]Deltoran Republic[/color][/b]. It is expected to be officially commissioned by the navy after sea run trials in early January, 1901.

[b]August 13th[/b]: Two Zellonian merchant ships and the Zellonian destroyer escort [i]Falkus[/i] are sunk off the north coast of New Zellonia in Sarelia by the [b][color=gray]Kalpian 12th Fleet[/color][/b], based out of Greyhedge in Sarelia. Ordered to sink enemy shipping and immediately return to base without an exact timetable, Rear Admiral Cauro and his fleet of a single light cruiser and three destroyers mingled around New Zellonia, anticipating only unarmed targets.

[b]August 17th[/b]: Having set sail from [b]Memoth[/b] on July 21st to avoid potential capture from the Kalpians, the [b]2nd Zellonian Colonial Fleet[/b] under Admiral Tavington, set sail to protect coastal shipping in the area before heading toward port at Sucre, New Zellonia.

[b]August 19th[/b]: While en route, wireless telegrams informed Admiral Tavington, aboard his flagship the light cruiser [i]ZRS Quaid[/i] that Kalpian ships were sinking merchant ships north of the island. Tavington immediately ordered all hands and sailed north along the island, ordering his slower submarines in to port.

[b]August 21st[/b]: With the Pre-Dreadnought [i]ZRS Zellox[/i] based at Sucre, Admiral Tavington wondered aloud why Zellonian Naval Command ordered it and a half dozen destroyers south to the main island when enemy fleets had been lurking in deeper waters. Not one to disobey direct orders, General Lucius, aboard [i]Zellox[/i], set sail south toward Memoth, while Tavington headed north.

[b]August 23rd[/b]: The [b][color=lightblue]Kingdom of Tramel[/color][/b] [b]Denounces[/b] Vatanno-Galvian troop build up on Salardia's border.

[b]August 25th[/b]: A submarine laid down by the [b][color=purple]Kingdom of Soroya[/color][/b] is finished. It begins sea trials and is expected to be available for deployment in February.

[b]August 29th[/b]: The [b][color=red]Battle of North Sucre[/color][/b] was a surprisingly even engagement, considering the arrayed forces there. The [b]2nd Zellonian Colonial Fleet[/b] that found the Kalpians sailed with the light cruiser [i]ZRS Quaid[/i] and the destroyers [i]ZNS Crossroad[/i] and [i]ZNS Home[/i]. The [b][color=gray]Kalpian 12th Fleet[/color][/b] met them with the light cruiser [i]Fabreo[/i] and the destroyers [i]Rintraxi, Faxasim[/i] and [i]Giobe[/i].

At 17:27 the Kalpian light cruiser [i]Fabreo[/i] opened up with it's 7" guns and traded fire with the [i]ZRS Quaid[/i]. [i]Quaid[/i] responded with it's own 7" guns. The destroyers moved in at flank speed, and it was here that the Zellonian action became decisive. Weighing in at a hundred tonnes heavier with four 5" guns instead of 3" for their Kalpian counterparts, Zellonian destroyers were simply in a league all on their own, sighting in and opening fire with lightning speed. The [i]Rintraxi[/i] was targeted by [i]ZRS Home[/i] and [i]Home[/i]'s third shell luckily slammed into the bridge and the vessel was soon dead in the water.

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[i]Battle of North Sucre (1900[/i])[/center]


At 19:15 the Kalpian destroyer [i]Faxasim[/i] caught fire after repeated barrages by the [i]ZNS Crossroad[/i], which had become heavily damaged in the fight and limped out of the battle line. By 10:41, the captain of [i]Faxasim[/i] gave the order to abandon ship. [i]Fabreo[/i] and [i]ZRS Quaid[/i] continued to trade gunfire until the sun had eclipsed and the engagement had to break off. [i]Fabreo[/i] turned north and made for Greyhedge, while the [b]2nd Zellonian Colonial Fleet[/b] turned back south toward Sucre. The first naval engagement of the war had been a tactical Zellonian victory and a strategic Kalpian victory.

[u]CASUALTIES[/u]
- [b][color=gray]Kalpian Republic[/color][/b]: [i]Rintraxi[/i] (Destroyer), [i]Faxasim[/i] (Destroyer), [i]Fabreo[/i] (31% Damaged)
- [b]Empire of Zellonia[/b]: [i]ZNS Crossroad[/i] (28% Damaged)

[center][img]http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/36899/13-400Fall-2004/NR/rdonlyres/Ocean-Engineering/13-400Fall-2004/E45317A4-3B8B-47B3-AEE9-FCB50599A0E2/0/chp_13400.jpg[/img]
[i]ZRS Quaid in the South Sarelian Sea, circa 1900[/i][/center]

[u]SEPTEMBER[/u]

[b]September 1st[/b]: The Zellonian Pre-Dreadnought [i]ZRS Zellox[/i] bombards Kalpian positions at Memoth, then turns back west, it's orders having been made defunct by the Kalpian occupation of Memoth and returned to Sucre.

[b]September 9th[/b]: A flotilla of fourteen Zellonian ships sailing up the Soroyan Peninsula nearly made contact with an enemy fleet. Admiral Heimdeim of the [b][color=gray]Kalpian Home Fleet[/color][/b] quickly returns to port at Mistburn, clearly outgunned. The [b]Blockade of Kalpia[/b] begins.

[b]September 19th[/b]: The [i]SRF Ayas[/i] and two merchant ships reach Fort Celnaer. They refuel.

[b]September 20th[/b]: The [i]SRF Ayas[/i] and its two ships reach Greyhedge and unload 20,000 Sirilt Model 99 rifles, 40 Light Artillery pieces and 20,000 Kalpian regulars to defend the island. The [i]SRF Ayas[/i] and its convoys head back southeast toward Varius.

[b]September 28th[/b]: The [color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color] lays down the keel of a submarine, expected to completed in 1901.

[u]OCTOBER[/u]

[b]October 1st[/b]: The [b][color=darkgreen]Deltoran Republic[/color] [/b]officially guarantees the independence of the [b][color=lightblue]United Provinces of Luckland[/color][/b].

[b]October 4th[/b]: The [i]SRF Ayas[/i] and its two merchant ships return to Sikea.

[b]October 9th[/b]: Both governments of the [b][color=darkgreen]Deltoran Republic[/color][/b] and the [b][color=purple]Soroyan Kingdom[/color][/b] ratify the [b]Treaty of Evemont[/b] ([i]1870[/i]) to become official allies.

[b]October 15th[/b]: The [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b] brings up documents to the [b][color=gold]Honnerian[/color][/b] government regarding land claims of their Serranthian colony dating back to 1556. While the Honnerian government declines to respond, Survaek is satisfied, considering 10% of the population of [b][color=gold]Honnerian Serranthia[/color][/b] is Survaek.

[b]October 16th[/b]: [b][color=maroon]The Survaek Army[/color][/b] mobilizes, bringing themselves up to full combat readiness.

[b]October 29th[/b]: [b][color=maroon]The Survaek Army[/color][/b] lays down the keel of a merchant ship, expected to be finished in 1901.

[u]NOVEMBER[/u]

[b]November 1st[/b]: Military theorist Willem Tobis begins work on the effectiveness of massed artillery barrages in the [b][color=darkgreen]Deltoran Republic[/color][/b]. Though his work won't be refined for several years, it looks promising.

[b]November 9th[/b]: Factories in the [color=darkblue]Empire of Anvegad[/color] begin construction on new light artillery and heavy artillery pieces expected to be completed next year.

[b]November 10th[/b]: A revolutionary seeking independence in [color=purple]Soroyan Serranthia[/color] stages a mass protest in New Eania. Ayyud Ba-kabir, age 59, is a political activist who seeks independence for Osmad, all of which is owned by Soroyan Serranthia. While the protest is non-violent, Soroyan military police look on as his 300 protesters state their claims in New Eania's High Square in the center of town.

[b]November 19th[/b]: The [i]Kalanis[/i] is launched, the world's largest cruise liner. It is owned by Hatchik Trade Co, a [b]Zellonian[/b] mercantile company.

[u]DECEMBER[/u]:

[b]December 2nd[/b]: In downtown Dremori in the [b][color=brown]Vatanno-Galvian Union[/color][/b] a downtown fire causes $400,000 in damage and injures 19 firemen.