In January of 2296, Roosevelt would declare war on Allings, following a red flag operation. Soon after, in February of 2296, Rochland would join Roosevelt in their war against Allings. The bad times were not yet over, as a few months down the line, Grannos too would join the war against them. Though their entry would also mark their first two victories. The encirclement of Prigiri would result in 6k Grannosan troops being taken as prisoners of war. Simultaneously in the east, Allings would be able to halt Roosevelt's spearhead that was threatening to cut off large portions of their lands. Pro'Anijani too would see some minor success on the high seas, sinking three Rochlandian capital ships on a single day. Sadly these successes wouldn't last and Allings would continue to be pushed back. The war only turned in Allings favour when New Britain entered the war against Rochland. When New Britain joined the war, it seemingly caught Rochland off guard. Rochland of course knew about the buildup of forces on New Britain's border, however, due to numerous reasons believed New Britain to averse to bloodshed to joining the war.

The Pre-war in it of itself was the culmination of a greater warring period. Namely that of the Nowa Polskan expansion wars, a period in which Nowa Polska slowly annexed more and more Polish majority wild states. While it was able to capture many lands to its east and south, Nowa Polska's greatest opponent was to its west. Here, a larger New Miedzymorze defensive alliance took hold. Made up of Indigo, Nowa Polska Republika, Twadorskiego, Zema, Elisabethsland, and Novaya Rosiyya, this alliance of smaller states would stand against any further Nowa Polskan expansion.

Nowa Polska would declare war on the New Miedzymorze In May of 2296. Starting the war off with immediate spearhead attempts into the mountains of Nowa Republika Polska, and Twadorskiego. Soon after they'd also attempt attacks on North Zema though these would mostly be repelled.

In June of 2298, Nowa Polskan high command would reposition its elite southern tank force that had up until now been tied up in Nowa Republika Polska, to the Twadorskiego front. What followed was a bloody but successful spearhead into the heartland valleys of Twadorskiego. Soon after, the Republic of Twadorskiego was forced to sign a peace deal, in which most autonomy of the state was signed away. A week after this event in early July, the bombing of the Guon occured.

The land lease phase was a short-lived period in which different nations seemed to give their preferred nations as much weaponry as possible. Both sides had their shortages and surpluses. For instance, while the GMS and the ASL were able to give Nowa Polska great quantities of heavy assault vehicles, they lacked much in terms of synthetic fuel surpluses. Sanctions on other nations also followed suit, effectively forming two global markets that were isolated from each other. This led not only to many shortages in higher-end electronics in the solar system, but also to vast famines throughout the moon.

The Guon was a civilian vessel, belonging to The Silverhill Republic, that was crossing the Erraid Straight near New Edinburgh. It left the port of Allours where it picked up large grain stocks meant for Victoria. Later that afternoon, the Guon encountered a German Moon Society fleet, which after a short interaction, was nothing more than a nice change in scenery. 3 hours later, the Guon first entered the Erraid Straight, where they were flagged to halt by a German vessel. Following the German Moon Society's vessel's orders in order not to get in any trouble, the ship slowed down. While the crew was slightly panicked on deck, no emergency protocols were started for the passengers. 15 minutes after reaching a mere 10 knots, the German vessel suddenly opened fire on the ship. What followed was the complete sinking of the Guon, only 14 of the passengers and 1 crew member would survive. Immediately afterwards. Heated talks between the Silverhill Republic, to whom the Guon belonged, and the German Moon Society. The GMS argued the vessel simply made an identification mistake, as their ship lost a pirate ship that stole beet stocks in Karz they were trailing. The GMS vessel believed the Guon to be this ship flying a false flag, after they saw crew members panicking on deck with what spotters believed to be guns. The Silverhill Republic disputed this, demanding proof of the stolen stock, proof that'd never come about. What followed was a complete shutting of the Erraid Straight for GMS vessels alongside other anti-GMS policies. In August of 2298, the GMS would declare war on the Silverhill Republic, citing anti-Germanism, minority rights, and famines within the GMS as reasons.

Fighting between Darwin and New Japan (Shin Nihon) started on the same day (25th of August 2298) the German Moon Society declared war on the Silverhill Republic.

In contrast to Darwin who had quite little time planning for the upcoming war, New Japan had been planning for war for quite some time. Understanding its weaknesses, New Japan had put some focus on upgrading its forward-facing supply depots. Realising the problem of energy scarcity, New Japan built extra synthetic refineries while further expanding its rail network for resource and troops transport, building some 11.000 km of rail in the Taneyama, Naeda, and Nahogawa provinces. Investments into better encrypted messaging systems were also made, allowing New Japan to equip most of its attack battalions with safe from enemy communication methods.

Simultaneously to its logistic limits, New Japan also updated its strategies. Recognising the age of the rover pack was over, it'd instead renegade rovers to supporting and reconnaissance duties. This meant infantry would be better able to support heavier vehicles for any combined armed warfare operations. New Japan also knew about the Silver Factions' might at sea. Its plan for Darwin was thus not based on the destruction, but the capture of its fleet.

Darwinian forces were mostly concentrated around the city of Tsukawa, which they believed to be the first target of the New Japanese attack. Instead of attacking this city, however, New Japan first focused on taking a smaller port town housing the Darwinian fleet. This capture attempt of the Darwinian fleet was successfully pulled off on the 29th by a paratroop movement that kept their position until reinforcements got in contact with them. Simultaneously, New Japan concentrated a force of around 50k men 160km east of Tsukawa which was ordered to head south. Following a successful breakthrough, the New Japanese tanks and rovers squads only met token resistance heading southwards. On the 3rd of September, at Charleston, a moderately large city, Darwinian rover groups would attempt to hold out, but were quickly overwhelmed by New Japanese mobile infantry units attacking its flanks. Market the last time Japanese troops heading for Lunar Belfast met serious resistance. On the eve of the 6th, reinforcements for the paratrooper entered Lunar Belfast, properly seizing the port. While Lunar Belfast was taken, New Japanese forces did not have an overwhelming presence yet as Darwin was able to hold a majority of the front line. Despite the country being split in two, the Darwinian government did not allow for a strategic retreat of troops from the eastern part of its lands, instead, calling for general Hallens to attempt to retake the main roads supplying New Japanese troops in Lunar Belfast. Using 100 medium-range artillery pieces, Darwinian troops on the eastern front effectively halted most shipments of supplies to Lunar Belfast for 9 days, but soon found themselves without enough artillery munitions having to severely reduce shelling the roads. At the same time, on the 10th, New Japan, recognising the longer they would wait, the stronger New Darwin's position would become, concentrated some 150k troops south of Kiomoto. With these 150k men, they attempted to again cut Darwin in two, this time cutting off Tsukawa from supplies. Though successful at first, the increase in troop numbers here was picked up by Darwinian intelligence and Darwin mounted a proper defence. Though this seemingly weakened the garrisons near Lunar Belfast too much, they were pushed out of their positions. Though the New Japanese was halted for some time in the west, Darwinian positions in the east had deteriorated quickly as their communication encryption faltered and new supplies were harder and harder to come by. Here, on the 20th of September, general Hallens would attempt to improve his position by ordering a general retreat to positions southeast of the Hanagawa river. During the chaos, however, troops became isolated from command, and when the demoralized Darwinians met the reconnaissance rovers, they often surrendered without a fight. Of the 400k troops under general Hallens’ command, only 285k made it to their new positions. With many ending up encircled until Darwin’s surrender. Here, to improve their chances, the New Japanese army successfully attempted a naval invasion on the Gaiko Commune, and Kenyama, conquering both in 17 days, from September 22nd till October 9th, and losing around 6.5k men in the initial assaults. Though guerilla fighters on the islands would cause some trouble, these islands allowed New Japan to better control the waters around Darwin. Back in the east, on the 29th of September, Darwinian forces would find themselves encircled in Tsukawa, as troops under the control of general Asato Ayako broke through the flanks of the city’s defences. General Asato Ayako would not attempt to break the besieged soldiers, instead still favouring a quick southwards manoeuvre to Darwin’s capital. His troops would enter the outskirts of Katoto on the 8th of October, where fighting was harsh. General Asato Ayako would personally lead his troops into the centre of Katoto, which they reached on the 11th. At this moment, Darwin sprung its trap, breaking through the flanks of the New Japanese army at Katoto and encircling the town on the 13th. Though this was a humiliating moment for General Asato Ayako, he and his forces were rescued by fully operational wolfpacks brought over from the eastern front on the 16th. In the next 2 weeks, New Japanese forces would move southwards, all be it at a slower paste. Surrounding New Darwin on the 1st of November. At this point in the war, the nation’s defences counted a mere 200k troops not accounting for the roughly 450k encircled troops in the north and east. Darwin was forced to sign a peace deal handing over vast amounts of land and becoming a puppet state in everything but name, on the 7th of November. Though Darwin would officially be out of the war, some 35k Darwinian men would form the so-called “Darwin Core”, in Victoria, hell bend on retaking their land someday. Most of the encircled men gave up following the peace deal, trading in their guns for rations. This all resulted in the New Darwinian puppet army being a mere 65k men strong.

Lunoir was one of few nations with a land border with Shin Nihon. Recognising the delayed response of its allies come any war, it went for a defensive strategy in the New Louisianian highlands, a part of Lunoir connected by land to New Japan. Its high command divided the frontlines in three, and planned for the use of quick reaction forces in rovers to stop spearheads. Though successful early on, the two front-most trench/fortlines were quickly penetrated immediately after the Fall of Darwin.

On the 25th of August, the war would start between Lunoir and New Japan, though barely any real fighting occurred as Lunoir did not wish to abandon its fortlines, and New Japan realised how futile an attack against these structures was. On the 2nd of November, New Japan landed a force of 20k men east of Fort-Des-Etoiles. The garrison of the port quickly caved in, and the New Japanese men took up defensive positions in the town, waiting for more reinforcements to come. And come they would, as Darwin was falling, New Japan moved troops to the north. Over the course of a week, New Japanese forces slowly build up a parameter around the city. On the 16th a rover spearhead broke through Lunoiran lines taking lands southwards in order to cut off a large part of Lunoiran forces. Simultaneously, on the 15th, the strengthened New Japanese troops broke through the first layer of fortlines in the south.

Lieutenant General Lucas Dubos realising his precarious position attempted a retreat. While a large proportion of the Lunoiran army managed to get to Hermès and back to the main and home land, the French frontlines soon got cut off by the advancing Japanese army in their rear. At first, Lieutenant General Lucas Dubos attempted to break through Japanese lines encircling them in the east. This would turn out quite successful, rescuing around 40k men in this manoeuvre, but soon after, on the 18th of December, New Japanese forces would again reconnect with their vanguard. Following this, a rescue operation was started on the 20th of December. Which shipped troops from Artemie to Hermès over the lake. However, this rescue operation was highly lethal, and 65% of men who embarked, subsequently died when their ships were bombarded, shot at, or simply sank. All in all, the rescue operation saved around 70k men from their doom. In the coming 3 weeks, most of New Louisiania was abandoned, the last pockets of organised resistance holding out till the 6th of April.

The losses in New Louisiania put Lunoire in a very weak position, due to this, on the 2nd of January, the continental forces on the mainland Arctic was ordered to retreat to more favourable positions. In the meanwhile, Lunoir would start planning for the defence of its home island.

The war for the mainland was a brief period of fighting in the Lunar Arctic between New Japan (Shin Nihon) and Lunoir. The war itself, while technically spanning all the way up to the north pole, was only really centred around coastal territories. Lunoir prepared for a slow conflict here, and so had built a few lines of heated forts. The temperature aspect of this front sets it apart from other fronts. Where most fronts were manned across the entire length, the fronts here were vague areas of control based on the positions of heated facilities. One could take 100km without a fight, but without heated facilitiess they’d soon find themselves dying of hypothermia.

On the 25th of August war was declared, but because of the way war here worked, it’d take 5 weeks for the first troop movements here to occur. On the 2nd of oktober, the New Japanese army was told to advance 280km northeast of Cassiny. Here a small fortified facility of the Lunoirians was besieged, with New Japanese men using mobile rover bays as their own cover from the elements. Despite their encirclement, New Japan neither had the weaponry nor the want to destroy this heated fortified facility, instead, betting on its surrender so they could use it for themselves. On November 3rd, tunnels connecting the fort to food supplies were discovered and destroyed. Though the fort no longer had incoming food supplies, it still held out for another 45 days, falling only on the 13th of December. In the meanwhile, both sides improved supply lines in the south, building railways and new heated facilities to dot the countryside. New Japan would destroy and take two small fortified hills 70km east of Cassiny on 15th of December, where they were able to partially encircle a larger fort complex. On the 2nd of January, the men inhabiting this larger fort complex were ordered to retreat to the more solid fort line 28km east of Cassiny, where they and reinforcements from the now-abandoned New Louisiania met up.

During their flight, Lunoirian forces destroyed railways, communication lines, and sabotaged the fort. Following this retreat, few major changes of land occurred on the mainland until the latter part of the war. One significant earlier movement was New Japan's construction of their own heated fort 80km north of Cassiny on the 30th of April.

From the start of the war on the 25th of August, a fierce battle for the air was carried out. Some 6k New Japanese fighter jets went up against the combined airforces of the Silver Faction, who allocated around 7.5k fighter jets to this theatre. Despite numerical supremacy, many of the first victories laid not in the hands of the Silver Faction, but that of New Japan, who consolidated its modernised aerial force over Darwin before they had a chance to get much in the air. In the battle for Darwin, New Japan gained more fighters than it lost.

In the north, The Silver Faction would have time to react, yet victory still wasn’t in their grasp. Here the logistical capabilities of the New Japanese forces would turn the tide in their favour. As New Japan had 4 planes for every 6 Silver Faction planes, but had 2 fighters in the air for every 1 of the Silver Faction.

After the Fall of Darwin, New Japan would attempt quick naval invasions of key targets they thought would force, if not the Silver Faction as a whole, Victoria into signing a peace deal. One of the first of these was the attack on Cairning. Cairning is a large island that makes up 50% of North Victoria. It not being connected to the mainland or Victoria put it in a weaker position, which New Japan was eager to exploit by overwhelming it early on with forces.

The New Japanese forces landed in three different waves. The first wave landed, on the morning of the 21st of October, near Otton and Ravham in the south, the second wave landed at noon on the flanks of Whithorn, and lastly the third landed west of Cairning City at 3 pm. This multi-pronged attack left the North Victorian defences in chaos. As unexpectedly, approximately 55k New Japanese forces landed on its shores with little to no warning. The next day, 25k New Japanese troops landed near Seelen (Victoria), and 6k north of Beçon (Astrives), forming a quagmire of chaos for the Silver Faction to deal with.

New Japanese troops quickly descended down upon nearby urban areas. While the southern and Eastern landings were quite successful, North Victorian troops managed to form a stable frontline on the western edges of Cairning City. Troops retreating from the south, under the command of brigadier general Adam Arleys, formed a line near Glassfield on the 23rd, where they managed to halt the Japanese offensives coming northward.

Despite all their efforts, on October the 29th, North Victoria only held onto 20% of the island, with remaining pockets mostly consolidated around the urban edges of the Cairning City metropolitan area. The Japanese field Marshall, Sakai Tadaaki, believed the position of the North Victoria's to be weak. As he estimated their current strength at around 45k, compared to the now 130k Japanese troops. Using their own field artillery, and confiscated weaponry from the Victorians, the New Japanese began shelling the positions, near Glassfield.

On the fourth day of the shelling, November 2nd, Brigadier General Adam Arleys got some devastating news. He was now the highest-ranking officer the troops could contact. Unbeknownst to him, lieutenant general kenningson died due to grenade shrapnel a mere 3 days prior. Hearing of this he immediately quickly adjusted his HQ to better contact all frontlines. He also ordered a small group of men to move through enemy lines in the dead of night through the northern swamplands. When behind enemy lines, these men had the mission to disrupt communication lines, and destroy infrastructure. The next day, general Arleys ordered another mission where 100 men used the sewer system and tunnel network to get past enemy lines where they were to get food, ammunition, and medical products. They were also ordered to destroy the tunnel system if found out. Most of these connections were figured out and destroyed within the first 6 days, but other connections lasted until the very end of the siege.

By the end of the first week of shelling, the North Victorian position was battered but more organised than before as they were now under proper management. By the 8th day of shelling, the New Japanese army attacked from the east and south. While Sakai Tadaaki expected moderate gains, he was met with nearly immobile positions as Brigadier General Arleys continued to hold his positions for 2 weeks, when he was forced to relent some of his more outward positions. After another 4 weeks, on the 28th of December, the men in the Cairning pocket ran out of medical supplies. Finally, on the eve of January 16th, the last positions of the Cairning pockets surrendered, having run out of bullets. The next day, Brigadier General Adam Arleys was unceremoniously publicly executed, together with his high command team.

It'd take another 3 years for the island to be liberated. It was west of Whithorn when a ragtag group of North Victorian troops were found, destroying infrastructure, and communication lines. Adam Arleys' troops stayed loyal to his command even years after his death.

On the 22nd of October 2298, New Japan would land a force of around 6k troops at Beçon, Astrives. A mere 30km from the capital, New Japan was expecting token resistance. This assumption would initially seem to turn out true, as New Japanese forces were able to quickly overwhelm forces defending Pierres, and pushed into the mountain positions surrounding Raides on the 24th. Though these New Japanese forces played into the hands of Astrives. Astrives was able to muster together a whopping 3896 men for a counter-offensive on the 25th. The New Japanese forces had gotten too used to low levels of resistance, and took 500 casualties in the immediate casualties. The New Japanese and Astrives forces were forced into trench warfare. But this is where the second part of Astrives’ plan came into being. Those Japanese forces near Raides, had dug in in the Marais Rouge, a part of Astrives unsuitable for prolonged human habitation due to the native lunar plants present. Here, the New Japanese troops would slowly wither away, until the 1st of November, when Ishihara Satoshi, commander of the landed forces surrendered his now ~3k ill soldiers to the Astrives government.

On the 22nd of October, New Japan would land some 25-30k troops on the beaches near Seelen, Victoria. This attack would be moderately successful, ending in a New Japanese land victory and naval loss. Unlike in Cairning, the governor of Edmunt, the regional capital of the island, had gotten ample prior warning. Sadly for him, they had gotten the possible landing sites wrong, and only one Coastal fort was capable of defending from the attack. Coastal forces were overwhelmed on the evening of the landing, and the New Japanese forces took their first settlement, Seelen village, the day after. Rover squads entering Urbing and Monérs took the government houses with relative ease, but those forces sent westwards struggled as they met the regional defence forces. Over the course of the next 3 weeks, the New Japanese forces edged their way through the city, finally taking the governor's house on the 12th of November. Edmunt’s forces were severely outgunned as rover deliveries were sunk in one of the first major naval battles of the war. Here, on the 4th of November, 28 destroyers and 3 submarines of the New Japanese navy were sunk in a trade for Seelen island, and 15 Victorian and 2 Esterian Destroyers. On the 16th of November, the governor of Edmunt was forced to surrender. Having been relegated to two pockets of around 10k men each in the western mountains of Edmunt island, there was no feasible way to retake the land, nor did he have any way to feed his men for more than a week.

The Katsuryoku incident occurred on June 10th 2301, when a New Japanese fleet was permitted through Noamonte's territorial waters, despite their neutrality in their conflict. This allowed the fleet to arrive at the large port of Alean, Hadriania, before it could be intercepted and destroyed by the Astrives Peace Fleet. The incident itself is named after the pride of the Shin Nihon 3rd fleet.

A full summary of Events

Occurring shortly after the Battle of Île de Gloire between the Shin Nihon 3rd Fleet and the Romance Peace Fleet containing ships from Silverhill, Esterre, Victoria, and the Saunders Farhold, the 3rd Shin Nihon fleet was heavily battered. The battle resulted in a pyrrhic victory for the 3rd Fleet, but that wouldn't last long. Those ships of the 3rd fleet that survived were rapidly fleeing for friendly harbours. Reports of two Peace Fleets to the north and west forced, admiral Hamamoto Hajime to go through the Strait of Martinique. Heading in either direction would be suicide. Both the northern route and the eastern route would require an unwinnable battle. The only possible route would be going through the strait, as admiral Hamamoto Hajime betted on the prospect that would most likely result in his men and fleet being seized and imprisoned by the neutral Noamonte. To the surprise of the Admiral, his ships were not seized or even fired upon by Noamonte. This lack of action allowed the 3rd fleet to reach the port of Alean, in Hadriania, where they could be repaired.

Immediately following the inaction of Noamonte, the nation was heavily criticised. Its declaration of armed neutrality meant that it was expected to shoot down any foreign military craft entering its airspace or waterways and seize or apprehend any small fleet. Despite this, it had allowed the battered fleet through its territorial

While this event would not stop Shin Nihon's navy's fall from grace, it certainly prolonged the process.

Perspectives

From the Silver Faction's perspective, Noamonte had the capability of unloading its coastal guns onto the Japanese fleet, making their inaction a clear breach of their stated neutrality.

From Noamonte's Perspective, the destruction of 3rd Fleet's remnants would have been a step too far. Noamonte's president feared a full declaration of war from Shin Nihon. Such a declaration would bring it and Hadriania into the larger New direct armed conflict. Within Noamonte, popular opinion was heavily in favour of armed neutrality. Despite or possibly because of this, when the populace discovered the government had allowed the Japanese 3rd Fleet through its territorial waters, protests broke out. The outrage within Noamonte itself, forced its president to step down the next year.

Introduction

Warfare in A Dove Takes Flight is varied. There are many different theatres, special planetary quirks, and space travel all complicating the matter of warfare. This wiki entry will be split into four different time frames. Those time frames are 1864-1980, 1981-2058, 2059-2164, and from 2165 to the present (2306).

These groups will be further divided into 4. These 4 subgroups are the navy, rocketry navy, infantry, and armoured battalions.

1864-1980

Infantry

Infantry warfare during this time period mimicked the late WW2 era of our timeline, with grand strategic movements supported by artillery playing large roles. On the Moon, combat was centred around small patrol groups clashing in the wilderness, with the occasional village being burned. These patrol parties were often centred around single large rovers, which carried supplies and sometimes mounted a small rotary cannon. Supporting this rover were ragtag teams of men, often in the groups of 10-30 men on horses or 50 men on foot, although mixes of the two were common as well.

Armoured Battalions

Similarly to infantry, armoured tactics also mimicked those of the late WW2 era in our timeline. Speed and piercing were of great importance, alongside the protection of infantry divisions. The situation on the Moon was different, as pure armoured parties were difficult to come by. These parties were usually made up of between five and ten large all-terrain rovers, predominantly equipped with one or two side-mounted rotary canons and a top-mounted machine gun rather than single, larger-calibre armaments. These strike groups usually relied on hit-and-run tactics, being sent out to sow chaos in foreign territories and to harass small gatherings of enemy troops.

These armoured parties were also used for scorched-earth strategies, relying on their speed to perform quick strikes, burning villages, outposts, and farmland far behind enemy lines. A notable example of this was the genocide of Shaoyi, where armoured rover parties played a decisive role. Shaoyi, a small Chinese colony on the island of Victoria, was seen as a nuisance to the colony of Victoria due to its proximity. In 1967, the Shaoyi government lost support from all Terran governments as the Chinese civil war intensified. Victoria took advantage of the situation and, over the course of the following 11 years, had waged three wars and had had five major border disputes with Shaoyi. During the final war in 1987 Victorian troops, radicalised by years of war and pervasive racist ideas, enacted the first lunar genocide during the siege of the capital of Shaoyi. 80% of the Shaoyi population was killed, with most of the remaining survivors who hadn't fled into the mountains becoming victims of mass rapes.

Navy

The navies on Earth mimicked the WW1-era focus on large battleships. Heavily armed and armoured ships with high-calibre guns were the primary tools of naval warfare alongside submarines. On the Moon, the restricted industrial output led to the lack of any significant navies, with smaller boats armed with heavy guns being used instead, primarily for the interdiction of trade.

Rocketry Navy

The rocketry navies on earth were centred around the proliferation of technology. In this era, old rockets were frequently side-lined by newer, more advanced rockets, with the older rockets often being given away to minor nations as diplomatic gifts. Warfare did not yet occur in space.

Treaties were made to keep warfare within planetary bounds. Space stations and rocket programs were often shared and thus seen as diplomatic zones. Other reasons for keeping war inside planetary bounds were the extreme costs involved and the additional risk of space debris.

1981-2058

Infantry

During this era, infantry tactics mimicked those of the modern-day in our timeline. Main battle tanks protected infantry groups and convoys, with long-range artillery bombardment being used to weaken targets. The rising lunar population led to an increase in the size of the patrol parties, now usually comprising of 80-100 men or 50 horsemen, with between one and four rovers carrying supplies and providing protection depending on the wealth of the parties. The prowess of a party was usually decided by their wealth. These parties were used less as armed forces, taking on the roles of policing border regions and keeping the wild-states in check during intermittent skirmishes. In general, lunar warfare was very chaotic and disunited during this period.

Armoured Battalions

On Earth, the production of armed vehicles focused mostly on heavy tanks. These "heavy tanks", integrating large cannons and armoured against missiles and bombs, were often used to support infantry pushes. On the Moon, armoured parties increased in size as population and industrial capacities increased. In this era, a distinction was made between so-called "Tribute Packs" and "Wolfpacks".

Tribute Packs were groups of 5-6 small rovers equipped with two rotary canons. These units were sent out to small villages and wild-states far from colonial capitals to extract taxes and tribute. The Tribute Packs were held in disdain by the populace, and frequently had run-ins with the larger Wolfpacks. Wolfpacks, comprising 20-25 rovers, were usually more disciplined and better integrated into a standard army than the Tribute Packs. The larger wolfpacks were used against large wild states and federations of wild states, although they were also often sent out far from their colonies in order to plunder and destroy nearby upcoming colonies. Famously, the American Mandate of the Moon destroyed a nearby Indian-British colony with one of their wolfpacks, allowing them to dominate the peninsula they were on.

In major conflicts, wolfpacks were often combined to form larger rover parties of 60-75 rovers, dubbed "Dire Packs". These so-called "Dire Packs" were used in large-scale front manoeuvres. This marked the first time that rovers were used to support and defend infantry pushes rather than being used in rapid offensives.

Navy

In this era, carriers started becoming the main focus of navies. Similar to OTL navies, navies in this time were generally built around the carrier, supported by destroyers, cruisers, and submarines.

The first Lunar “navies” began appearing as large purpose-built vessels were made. Although these ships stayed small, the better, more streamlined organisation of these small navies allowed for more tactical manoeuvres. Small landing parties increased in quantity, and trade interdiction became more effective.

Rocketry Navies

While the development of rocketry warfare was highly limited due to the treaties on the matter, some instances did still occur. During this period, lend-leases were commonplace and were brought to planets by rockets. It is important to note that this was technically trade and not warfare.

In this era, certain states, such as Bei Zhongguo, claimed that anything within the atmospheric limits of a planet should be considered to be within planetary bounds. This resulted in numerous rockets and satellites being shot down, angering the international community. As a result of this, future treaties defined planetary bounds as anything within or below the mesosphere and granted rockets entering and leaving the mesosphere a grace period.

2059-2164:

Infantry

In this era, infantry revolved around protective measures of key points. Wars are fought by means of long-range target-seeking missiles. On larger offensives, infantry develops large stable lines which are supported by long-range missiles and artillery. On the moon, war can be broken into two styles; Ordered warfare, mimicking that of earth, and wildlands warfare, which more closely resembles older variants of warfare on the moon. Though on the moon, front lines are less stable, their volatile nature being a product of population sparsely, a lack of streamlined arms production, and a great lack of infrastructure.

The development of large stable frontlines breaks down around the "red marsh" landscape types. These are areas which, are highly unsuitable for prolonged human habitation without protective gear, are caused by extreme oxalic acid over-saturated in the ground and airborne particles. Properly manning these areas becomes expensive and vehicular warfare becomes highly important here. For this reason, these lands are often left, in order to establish a defensive line in more favourable conditions.

Armoured Battalions

Armoured battalions on earth, are focused on super heavy mobile forts. This is due to the greater focus on key point retainment. Though for larger offensives, mobile hasty tanks shine bright. On the moon, conventional Terran war tactics take over in popularity, though rovers did not lose their position as the main armed vehicle of Lunar armies. Stronger more weight-bearing legs allowed for heavier guns to be put on rovers which increased their popularity on the front lines. these highly effective and fast-armed vehicles played major roles in pushing and pulling front lines. Smaller rovers too remained in widespread use. Their ability to quickly move over rouged terrain and carry quite a punch made it a beloved tool in the hands of states to control borderlands, frontiers, and rioters.

Armoured battalions are also deployed to strike through "Red Marsh" Landscapes. Here defensive lines are weak and bogged down, allowing quick advancing armoured battalions to easily penetrate and wreak havoc in enemy lands.

Navy

Navies on earth continue their focus on aircraft carriers, but introduce more and more missiles. For this reason, long-range large ships are vital in direct wars, though smaller ships still play a large role in controlling waters and smaller or proxy wars. On the moon, Navies start to heavily resemble smaller versions of Terran fleets. The main difference is that Lunar states tend to focus on mass-produced small ships with integrated missile launchers.

Rocketry Navy

Particularly of note is that during this time frame, anti-rocketry, or the act of shooting down transit rockets, grows in popularity among warring states. Though highly frowned upon, most states tend to ignore these cases when they're kept to the warring states. When Southern China shot down a Mongolian rocket entering the atmosphere, the International backlash was quite strong. Many nations put heavy sanctions on Southern China for a few years.

During this era, so-called "Trojan Incidents" start to occur as well. Trojan Incidents are when a rocket is hijacked or made to mimic a regular rocket. These rockets are then sent to a rocket launch site. When landed one of three things could occur; Firstly a small team of circa 20 men with machine-gun may suddenly exist the craft and shoot at everyone and everything, destroying as much expensive essential equipment and killing as many educated personnel as possible in a suicide mission. Secondly, the craft itself, or a detachable pod that had been altered to carry heavy guns starts shooting at nearby rockets and buildings, again trying to kill and destroy as many people as possible. Thirdly, a small group of roughly 12 men exit the craft and do as much harm as possible in a short amount of time, before attempting to leave. As one can imagine, but a select few of these Trojan rockets ever even land on the bases they wish to infiltrate. After landing roughly 28% of Trojan attacks fail. The small success rate is made up for the sheer cost a nation sees from a successful