Following a detailed statement put forward by Eugales VI arcology lead @Lauralite_Anne_Brezia, the ongoing conflict between the United Neopian Federation and their allies in the Bosena Accords against an armed raid from Serpentis and Angel Cartel militants has reached a stalemate.
According to the Project Salvo co-lead, the cloned mercenaries succeeded in inflicting significant damage to the Eugales VI colony’s industrial district before being pushed back to Industrial Block H4-DL3Y. The response team, organized by @Junon_Tristan of the Bosena Accord’s Department of Structure Security and Defense, specially requested operators from the Accord’s elite Draugr Division under the command of @Foley_Aberas_Jones to keep the fighting contained to Block H4. Meanwhile, baseliner units from the Neopian Defense Force began establishing fixed positions with dispersed artillery support along the perimeter of H4-DL3Y.
Shortly after, a Python-class gunship arrived on-scene containing the Bosena Accords founder Galm Fae along with several dozen crates of experimental small arms and equipment stamped from DysTek Armories to resupply the warclone auxiliaries. Claiming to represent the Glatisant Tribunal, the judicial branch of the warclone stronghold of Avalon, the former Warden of Avalon was quick to comment as the situation unfolded:
“Make no mistake about my appearance here, this counter-offense was executed masterfully by everyone from the command level to the baseliner Neopians that fought alongside our troops. I trust Foley to keep abreast of the situation and to keep Draugr Division poised if we see some sort of a break-out. My presence here is to observe, take note, and to negotiate a ceasefire should the poor bastards on the receiving end of our guns decide they’re ready to come in from the cold.”
When pressed on why the Seperentis and Cartel hadn’t been fully eliminated yet, the warclone had this to say:
“It’s a bit more complicated than just ’blast ‘em!’ We got’em pocketed now, but that’s a tough place to be. Any attempts to push forward have been met with bottlenecks and killing zones that place an unnecessary risk on our troops. There’s not much sense in wasting equipment and biomass feeding clones into the meatgrinder when we can just wait them out or glass ‘em from orbit with a targeted strike. Vaporizing an entire industrial plant and shattering the local atmosphere isn’t exactly ideal either, and it’s only a matter of time before they either force a break out, fight to the last clone, or just all decide to self-terminate at the risk of going home empty handed.”
Rather than dropping hybrid rounds and artillery shells, however, the Bosena Accords took to dropping something else. Late in the evening, as the shots grew silent a flight of three Bolas RDV transports passed over H4-DL3Y and airdropped several cases of provisions including rations, sleeping bags, hand warmers, and dryer sheets to help fight the ambient static that constantly builds on the storm world along with laminated pamphlets informing the entrenched pirates that neither the Serpentis nor Angel Cartel had attempted an extraction or rescue mission. Rather than carry on fighting or self-terminate, the pamphlets offer an appealing alternative; cross the barricades peacefully and enter the fold as Bosena Accords signatories with full amnesty and benefits.
The pirates, for their part, have declined to comment at this time.
Bosena Accords Draugr Division warclone, armed with an experimental XCLBR rifle, secures the perimeter around Block H4-DL3Y.