(OOC: This is all at the same time, the hours are all at Atlaerskoiy time.)
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1100 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
The ceremony was ready. Stephen Yang smiled. After all this time, he was finally President of the Atlae Isles.
If only his daughter were here to see it…she’d probably watch it live from her phone anyway, he thought, amused.
Speeches came and speeches were finished, as he prepared to take the oath that would make him leader.
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1130 Hours
69 Degrees North, 70 Degrees West
July 1, 12017
Admiral Ralph looked out over the sea. They had launched earlier from Charton and were soon coming up close to the Atlaesian coast.
Soon, they would attack.
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1200 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
"I, Stephen Yang, do affirm my right-
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1200 Hours
Falcon River, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
Admiral Ralph was in the lead boat, only a few miles away from Fort Michaels. They had left their ships at the mouth of the river, and boarded many amphibious boats.
It was noon, and very close to their destination. As such, the admiral took out a flare, the designated signal. In one quick motion, he stood up (as much he could in that rickety, metal boat) and fired straight into the sky.
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1200 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
"-to lead the country to the best of my ability, to protect-
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1200 Hours
Osprey Mountains, The Atlae Isles-Liber Yorvus Border
July 1, 12017
The flash of orange light was the one that General Lambinus was looking for. He rallied his soldiers and told them to charge down the mountain base and attack.
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1200 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
“-the Atlae Isles and the Constitution thereof”
1200 Hours
Fort Michaels, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
Two armies were marching towards Fort Michaels. While it was a military base trying to protct from an attack from Liber Yorvus, it was not the best place to be flanked from.
General Peabody considered this for a minute. He would assign a tactical retreat, while his soldiers dug in to defend the evacuation.
He pointed at the two closest soldiers (OOC: Upson and Romoli), and told them in desperation, “Man the artillery. Blow them up.” They nodded in obedience and ran off.
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1201 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
“and serve the office of President of the Atlae Isles. So help me God.”
Applause ensued. Stephen Yang stepped forward to the microphone. “My fellow Atlaesians,” he began.
He received a tap on the shoulder by a top government official, and that official whispered into the Prsedient’s ear. Stephen visibly paled.
“It looks like I’ll have to finish this speech another time,” he spoke, addressing the confused crowd.
He was then escorted to the Presidential Limousine to the Atlaesian Command Center.
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1215 Hours
Fort Michaels, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
Trenches were dug around the base, trying to delay the inevitable. Explosions far off blew men into the air, but it did not stop the advancing column.
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1230 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
“If we let this fort up, this gives them a strategic advantage which-”
“You’re letting men fight in a stacked-”
“The other states will-”
The command center was a mess. The consensus (at least, what seemed to be the consensus) said somethin about letting them retreat, so that’s what they were going to do.
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0430 Hours
Atlaerskoiy, The Atlae Isles
July 1, 12017
By the time Fort Michaels had fallen to the enemy, General Peabody and the bulk of his army had retreated west to Rocheste. The remaining held their ground, but were pushed.
Casualties were relatively medium on both sides. The battered enemy army regained its breath and pursued the retreating one west.