Kulge Desert Blues

Kulge Desert Blues Greater Kulge Conflict
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Period
August 15th, 2166 - December 28th, 2170
Location		Kulge Desert, Kolus
Belligerents
State Armed Forces			Rebels
Carsodonia Iroa Puge-Tatar Stahl Sieg			Hayat Tajdid Iridia Eubudists Stahl Sieg
Strength
Military Fighters Bombers Tanks SPAA			Military Fighters Bombers Tanks SPAA
Casualties and Losses
Military Fighters Bombers Tanks SPAA			Military Fighters Bombers Tanks SPAA

The Kulge Desert Blues, also known as the Kulge Conflict refers to a time of immense upheval in the Kulge Desert encompassing multiple regional conflicts from 2166-2172.

Background

The Collapse of the Pan-Vanadian Commonwealth

By 2164, the Pan-Vanadian experiment had failed horribly. In the years following the unification of the great Kolus desert by the Pan-Vanadian Commonwealth, the nation had experienced terrorist bombings, crime and corruption almost from its inception. The Pan-Vanadian government operated by local provincial leaders meeting in one Vanadian Council, but few could ever agree with one another. Those with oil and mineral rights horded them and refused to share with those less fortunate. Those with water shared but quickly became hostile when the oil and mineral producing governances attempted to seize rights through land buyouts. The great inter-government fighting reflected in the streets and cities of Pan-Vanadia, and as the 2160s waned, despite the efforts of the Zokesian government to solve or quell the strife, the Pan-Vanadian commonwealth slipped into tribal warfare once again.

Nuvastian 2169 Event

Around 2164, similar strife occured in the Nuvastian Republic, with fighting breaking out for control between the pro-Aontas Bastian Confederacy and the Nuvastian ethnic majority. The fighting reached a boiling point in 2169 when a sinkhole caused by a suspected dirty bomb razed the Nuvastian capitol city, throwing the state into chaos.

Carsodonian Troubles

Carsodonia's economy was faltering and minority rule made the rulers of the nation increasingly unpopular with the masses.

Igniting the Conflict

A group of Ultranonationalist Insurgents called Hayat Tajdid Iridia (Resurgence of Iridia) launches attacks across Iroa, Carsodonia and limitedly, Wuste with the goal of forming an Iridian ethnostate. They open their campaign with a bunch of sabotage attacks, attempted assassinations against politicians and bombings of important political buildings. At the same time, they quickly consolidate in rural areas in Carsodonia and Iroa They're quickly expelled from the cities but they put up stubborn resistance in the mountains and deserts, Carsodonia has a more difficult time dealing with them so they allow Iroan troops to cross the border and jointly control the highways

Carsodonian Collapse

The war basically turns into a slog from here, slowly bombing and rooting out cells in the deserts, and then in the northern mountains

Carsodonia effectively becomes subordinate in the latter years of the campaign

Wurst

Ba'athist Resurgence

at the same time that this is happening,there's a Ba'athist revolution in Wuste

Nufayat Campaign

Eubudist Cause

At the same time, Eubudist fundamentalists take control of Nufayat province and are initially considered hostile by Carsodonia and Iroa, but they prove effective at fighting HTI in the mountains and so they form a tense alliance

Aftermath

Casualties

too damn many