Apr 23rd 2011, 18:08:05
IX point of view:
The Terror of Earth - Chapter 8: Clash of the Titans
10/15/2004 4:06:20 PM
Summer was on its way and in the same manner the Earth community was reaching its own boiling point. The Ivy League had dominated the previous reset; surely, other alliances had taken serious notice. Not only had SoF dominated the networth category but fellow TIL alliances IX and LCN had won a crushing victory against suspected opposition alliances RAGE and SOL. By all accounts, that conflict was considered a warm-up to any further coalition-based warfare.
The Ivy League too noticed that opposition was forming against its ranks. The coalition was too powerful for its own good and in a natural and logical way, a bastion of opposition was expected to arise. Thus, the Ivy League made plans for a confrontation and sought to have every gap covered. Also, it was pivotal to know of any opposition plans in order to dash out in offensive whenever need be.
The Illuminati X were entering their 2nd reset under the reign of dual presidents Duque and Scarface. Rising star Mega was their Minister of War and de1i was once again exercising his role as main FA, a post which would become his niche for quite a while. The alliance decided on reuniting its two main tags under the normal unified banner of IX and so the concept of twin tags passed unto history. Ex-President DeityLord was no longer around yet interestingly enough he announced on 9 May that we has looking for people interested in making a new alliance. The fact that he had retired not long ago from IX under the premise that he needed a break from the whole game came into conflict witht his new development. In hindsight it was obvious that he had left IX to form another alliance since he did not favor the course IX was taking. His new alliance would be another shot at what he understood would be a successful course of action. Alena and Ex-President DTA would soon join him in that endeavor.
The reset’s initial stages ran quietly as both the Ivy League and the opposition connived on what to do. IRON and Genesis merged on 18 May to form the new alliance Steel, which would be under the direct command of Corflu and Russin. However, more importantly, this alliance harbored Viper, a notorious coalition builder that was perceived to be the driving force behind any anti-TIL buildup. Eleven days later, the Ivy League had its first confrontation with an alliance that refused to adhere to its land policies. TGA had been having landgrabbing issues with PDM and in the process a PDM country had been killed. Since, under the coalition’s charter, an attack on a single TIL member was considered as a direct attack on the whole of the coalition, the Ivy League decided to show its muscle and coordinate an attack against TGA. The attack would be a demonstration of power and a deterrent against anybody that would dare challenge Ivy League hegemony. It was expected that even after crushing TGA the Ivy League would still be challenged. However, with a swift destruction of this alliance perhaps other alliances inkling toward the anti-TIL group would think again.
Under these assumptions the Ivy League threw itself over TGA on the evening of 29 May. The combined firepower of Berserk, Elysium, IX, Omega, PDM, SoF and TF assured that TGA would be swiftly eradicated and that soon enough all these alliances could return to preparing themselves for a bigger war. MD, on the other hand, would stand aside and police for the attacking alliances. In this manner 33 TGA countries perished in the first night under the fire of 7, 489 hits.
As people of the anti-TIL opposition protested these actions on AT, IX was suddenly caught in a war against the little known Legio Sparta alliance. Out of the blue, Sparta declared war on 31 May since its president, Sutler, claimed that IX was farming his alliance, had a ridiculous retal policy and was not willing to give a DNH. Sparta was a small alliance that had broken off from SOL and had never taken off. This was its first major action and also the last one it would ever make. Though it officially lasted till 17 June, this conflict was essentially over in the initial stages since IX completely ravaged the alliance. Though Sparta interrupted the wargaining of IX, it did however serve as a good tune-up for the eventual confrontation against the anti-TIL. Also, some TGA countries would pop along the way and IX members could pick them off and get their early war experience. By 2 June TIL had killed 72 TGA countries, while leaving only 15 alive. IX performed 1,804 out of the 18,736 total hits. A day later those 15 were all killed and TGA momentarily disappeared.
Another positive event for IX took place when the EEVIL Empire, a small alliance merged into IX on 1 June. This gave IX about 15 valuable players to add to its already huge roster of players (over 220). Not only did IX gain a new elite division but among these players there were some leaders that would have a major part in IX's future.
Other foreign events were taking place as the Spartan War unfolded. On 8 June a major merger occurred between TIE and Immortal Seawolf [ISW], a merger which created the behemoth named TIE Immortal Seawolf [TIS]. This new alliance had as its goal the conquering of the networth charts through its mass of 280 members. The previous merger between LaF and League would now have some netting competition for this set. Also of note was TIL member Berserk's declaration of war on RED on 9 June, a fateful decision since eventually RED would defeat them as their war drew to a close.
Even more important events were taking place concerning the Ivy League and its opposition. As June progressed it was almost a confirmed fact that Arrow, RAGE, SOL and Steel were heading an united front against TIL. IX and SoF had also come under bot attack, a first in IX history. Budvar, a former member of Steel, ran a bot that hit both alliances. Although the damage was not considerable, both allies rallied to quickly dispose of the bot. This bot attack would be a very important grievance that TIL would hold against its opposition in the coming weeks.
The Ivy League would further strengthen its ranks with the addition of IX partner LCN on 15 June. LCN was a very good fighting alliance that would certainly help TIL. SOL on the other hand would acquire the services of the Clowns, who joined them on 18 June. In between those events, an alliance officially died and IX's war with Sparta ended. On 17 June Sparta ended its unsuccessful war against IX, after almost three weeks of conflict. UCN also faded away into history. This old and once powerful alliance was closing its doors after 5 years of storied existence with Solan declaring that most of its members would now continue in Elysium, a TIL member.
Now, as the reset reached towards its climax, both blocs awaited for a collision. The fact that IX and SoF had been botted had prompted TIL leaders to plan for an attack against the insurrection. In the process of planning it was confirmed through TIL agents and other sources that alliances like Arrow and SOL were preparing to attack. It was very much obvious that the Ivy League was a target. And so, TIL leaders prepared for an incoming attack while having their agents collect as much information as possible concerning which of all TIL alliances were the main targets. Since IX, MD and SoF were the Big Three of the coalition it was expected that any of these could bear the brunt of any opposition assault and so nerves were flying high in expectation.
In a sudden twist of fate, the coalition learned of an attack time. The evening of 21 June had been selected as the anti-TIL's attack date and so these rumors prompted the coalition to plan a pre-emptive strike on the opposing bloc. Immediate course of action was passed along to all available TIL alliances and the coalition prepared for sudden deployment. The leader of the coalition, SoF, would now take the first step.
The clash of the titans began on that very evening of 21 June. SoF began the First Ivy League War by declaring war on Steel. Budvar's actions were declared as the main grievance that led to the attack. The second prong of the Ivy League offensive began when MD declared war on both Arrow and SOL. This bold move was performed as to ensure that Arrow and SOL would receive some battering before they regrouped with RAGE and Steel to launch their own major counterstrike. Agents placed in the enemy chatroom provided information that SoF was the main target of the counterstrike. IX had initially stated that it would police for both MD and SoF as they fought the Union, as they became known on that day. However, now that the Union was gearing for a massive attack on SoF, IX awaited to strike the third major power in the Union, RAGE.
Arrow, RAGE, SOL and Steel countered SoF in force and destroyed most of their top rankers and caused some extensive damage unto the middle ranks. In order to relieve the pressure on SoF, IX executed the third and final prong of the TIL offensive by declaring war on RAGE. RAGE was a natural target to IX due to the pact breaking of the previous set and their attack on IX during the LCN/SOL War. IX would now engage in its second campaign against RAGE, an action that would repeat itself constantly in the coming years.
As 22 June came by, 7 major powers of Earth found themselves at conflict. By all means this had been the start of the Sixth World War. Now it was only logical that the war would broaden.
As the final tallies were calculated all Big Three alliances had done powerful strikes on their Union targets. MD had even done history. MD amazingly performed one of the biggest strikes in Earth history up to that point by unleashing over 7,500 hits and claiming 25+ kills against both Arrow and SOL. In terms of hits, it went over the record holder Arrow’s 2001 FS on IX while the latter still had the
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