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| conflict    = Second Asterian Civil War
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| date        = July 7 - September 9, 2034
| place       = [[Asteria]] and [[Ulunkheria]]
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| result      = Tierro-Waverly Coalition victory<br>Winnecomac referendum voided<br>Overthrow of Alvarez-led government
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| combatant1  = {{flag|Tierrador}}
| combatant2  = [[Waverly Government]]<br>'''Supported by:'''<br>{{flag|Alstin}}<br>{{flag|Faneria}}<br>{{flag|Urcea}}<br>{{flag|Arcerion}}<br>{{flag|Burgundie}}
| combatant3  = {{flag|Asteria}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br>{{flag|Faneria}} (prior)<br>{{flag|Daxia}}
| commander1  = {{flagicon|Tierrador}} [[Mokhar III]]<br>{{flagicon|Tierrador}} [[Angelina Šaphiana]]
| commander2  = [[Tawa Wanikiya]]
| commander3  = {{flagicon|Asteria}} [[Fatima Alvarez]]
| units1      = {{flagicon|Tierrador}} [[Tierradorian Defense Forces]]
| units2      = {{flagicon|Asteria}} Local militia/[[Asterian Defense Forces]]<br>{{flagicon|Faneria}}[[Office of the National Army (Faneria)|Fanerian National Army]]<br>{{flagicon|Urcea}}[[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea|Urcean Armed Forces]]
| units3      = {{flagicon|Asteria}} [[Asterian Home Guard]]/[[Asterian Defense Forces]]
| strength1   = {{flagicon|Tierrador}} '''Peak strength:''' 259,000
| strength2   = Waverly Coalition '''Peak strength:''' 250,000
| strength3   = {{flagicon|Asteria}} '''Peak strength:''' 320,000
| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Tierrador}} 46,202
| casualties2 = XXX
| casualties3 = {{flagicon|Asteria}} 163,443
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The '''Second Asterian Civil War''' was an armed conflict that began on July 7, 2034 with a [[Waverly Government|rebellious organization]] based in [[Waverly]], [[Asteria]], launching a coup d'etat against the country's elected government, led by President [[Fatima Alvarez]]. The sudden launch of the coup occurred following the mobilization of thousands of [[Asteria|Asterian]] troops into the city of [[Winnecomac]] one year prior, in 2033, following a failed referendum calling for [[Tierrador]] to cede the city back to Asteria. Having been a point of contest between the two countries for nearly four-hundred years, Winnecomac was the main target for the [[Asterian Defense Forces]] in their initial military operation, despite the city being unanimously-recognized by the [[League of Nations]] as sovereign Tierradorian territory. In response to the Asterian aggressions, Tierrador, supported by many global powers including [[Alstin]], [[Kuronia]], [[Urcea]], [[Kiravia]], [[Caphiria]], [[Castadilla]], [[the Cape]], and [[Paulastra]], would mobilize troops into Asteria.

Following the 2033 escalations, a second referendum would be held exactly one year later, in 2034. The results would stay the same, with a narrow majority voting in favor of remaining within the Woqalate's jurisdiction. Despite the results, Asterian state media would falsely report the results going in their favor, which prompted Alvarez to mobilize most of the country's reserve forces for an attack on Winnecomac. The resulting opposition within Asteria was met with purges from Alvarez and the [[Asterian Home Guard]], which in-turn caused the Assembly of [[Waverly]] to vote in favor of Alvarez's impeachment. Alvarez was heavily against the expansion of Tierrador's [[Tierrosphere|sphere of influence]], which completely surrounded Asteria via Tierrador and [[Porlos]]. The ADF would attempt to purge the Waverly Government along with mobilizing to take Winnecomac on July 6. The movements into Winnecomac were condemned by the League of Nations, whom responded by passing [[LoN Security Council Resolution 650]], which officially condemned Alvarez, and [[LoN Security Council Resolution 651]], which allowed for a Coalition of LoN powers to mobilize troops in support of both Tierrador and the Waverly Government.

Asteria would make the first move on July 6, and would be immediately ambushed outside of the Winnecomac city limits. The TDF had kept most of the ADF's forces at bay outside the city, which allowed for Kuronian forces to flank the ADF in [[Ahearn]]. After the ADF was flanked, they were completely surrounded, allowing the Coalition to move troops into Asteria on all sides. Tierrador would take the cities of Corinth, Fort Godwin, and would ambush ADF strongholds outside of Concordia, while the rest of the Coalition met with the Waverly forces and collectively conquered the cities of Milsboro, Yarmouth, Fort Lauren, and Kentyre. Many cities in Asteria were hit with airstrikes by Task Force _____, made up of many different nations' air forces. As the Coalition moved further inland towards Concordia, Waverly victory was in sight. Many ADF strongholds and infrastructure points were destroyed in the march to Concordia, and the Waverly forces had outnumbered the Alvarez government. On August 11, the Waverly Coalition had entered into Concordia, and would launch a coup d'etat against the incumbent government.

The [[Battle of Concordia]] was the final battle of the war, with Coalition, Waverly, and Tierradorian forces fighting a six-way battle against Asterian loyalist forces. This battle would end in a victory for the Coalition, with Fatima Alvarez subsequently fleeing the country, allowing for the Waverly Government to take charge of Asteria.

== Background ==
{{Main|Hemp Wars}}
{{Main|Cowboy Crisis}}

===Winnecomac===

Winnecomac had been a contested zone between Tierrador and Asteria since the [[Kingdom of the Fhainn]] conquered the lands in the 1600s, during the [[Hemp Wars]]. Winnecomac was the last [[Qabóri Woqalate|Qabóri]] fort standing after the war was over, and was recognized as a buffer city between the two empires, under control of the autonomous [[Winnecom Tribe]]. From that point on, the [[Abioic civilization|Abioic]] indigenous group residing in the city became more sympathetic towards the Milsboro Colony, allowing for the [[Midlands Company]] to set up trade outposts along the border, with no resistance allowed from Qabór. In 1889, the Winnecom Tribe experienced increased aggression from the reformed Woqalate, ignoring the treaties put forth by the two previous powers. The tribe would eventually vote to join Asteria, a move certified by the [[Winnecomac Act of 1891]]. After ninety years under Asterian control, Winnecomac's sovereignty would once again be challenged during the [[Cowboy Crisis]], which lasted from 1981 to 1983, and resulted in a violent Asterian invasion of several cities in Tierrador. Eventually, the war would end in Tierrador's favor, with Winnecomac being annexed by the Woqalate as terms for Asteria's aggressions.

===2033 Referendum===

== Civil War ==

===2034 Referendum===

===June 30 Embassy Siege===
On June 26th, Asteria's Secretary of State, Yona Stark, was placed under arrest at Vayres International Airport by ADF personnel on the orders of the Alvarez government. Alvarez accused Stark of treason, corruption and nepotism, and plotting a coup against the Asterian government. Mrs. Stark was traditionally a close supporter of Alvarez, but broke ranks with the government's position on Winnecomac during the escalation of the crisis by requesting international mediation as an alternative to open warfare. During the flight to Concordia, Secretary Stark and her staff reportedly attempted to hijack the plane, ultimately leading to ADF air defenses shooting the flight down. The killing of Yona Stark precipitated a comprehensive but seemingly unplanned attack on her close associates in the government as well as her family members, including the arrests of Stark's two sons and daughter living in Asteria and the arrest and murder of her husband Patrick Stark, Asteria's Secretary of Commerce.

Yona Stark's eldest daughter, Katja Stark, was living in Faneria due to her position as Asteria's ambassador in the [[Oirthidun|capital]]. Ambassador Stark, who was in close communication with Fanerian officials due to Faneria's material and political support for Asteria in the conflict for Winnecomac and the escalating nature of the crisis, was arrested on the 29th by the Asterian Embassy's guards while returning briefly to secure classified documents. Critically, the arrest was made outside the building, in view of the [[Office of State Security (Faneria)|Fanerian State Security]] detail assigned to her at the time. A brief physical altercation occurred before Stark was pulled inside the Embassy. Following the incident, State Security and elements of the Assembly Guard and National Police surrounded the site and prevented the Embassy's guards from extraditing Stark to Asteria.

Following an eight-hour overnight standoff, the embassy guards permitted a dual citizen unrelated to the siege to leave the building. This person passed on a request by Ambassador Stark for asylum. A [[GERB|Government Ethics Regulatory Bureau]] team then forced entry to the embassy and was engaged by its security in a firefight; six of the eight security personnel were killed during the resulting engagement, and one guard and embassy worker were injured nonlethally. Ambassador Stark and the other Embassy staff were not significantly harmed beyond suffering from tear gas exposure; Stark herself was the only arrestee and the other staff reported being advised by embassy security to remain in the building for their own safety.

The lapse in communication channels between Asteria and Faneria, as well as the violent resolution to the embassy incident, meant cooperation between the Alvarez government and Faneria was no longer a practical course. The Fanerian government, previously deadlocked between the National Assembly and Directorate over the crisis' endangerment of Fanerian-Capetian relations, cut ties completely with the Asterian regime. Director Brennan Walaerin retired from the matter entirely on July 1 due to ongoing public pressure and lampooning in the media, allowing the Secretary of Foreign Affairs to dictate Fanerian policy on Asteria. As a direct result, Faneria's government radically switched its position to align against Alvarez in the week prior to the declaration of the Waverly government, including arranging military operations under the auspices of [[LoN Security Council Resolution 651|LoNSC 651]].

===Winnecomac Front===

===Coalition Operations===
Coalition forces began combat operations against Asterian forces in two stages, primarily involving an air and naval phase followed by amphibious and ground invasions from multiple angles. Broadly, the TDF launched continuous offensive operations along the eastern border, while Faneria disconnected the Asterian military and civil sectors from its [[COSGESS]] satellite geolocation services. Fanerian, Urcean, Alstinian, and Burgoinesc naval forces suppressed and destroyed a significant part of Asterian air capabilities and air defense systems with sustained SEAD/DEAD strikes.

During the second phase, [[Office of the National Army (Faneria)|IFN]] air assets and ground forces were allocated to handle operations on the east bank of the [[Yare River]], severing lines of supply and preventing retreat to or reinforcement of Concordia. The [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|R&IA]] and supporting Burgoinesc forces landed west of the Yare and similarly advanced north, rolling up Asterian air support capabilities and entering the weaker western portions of Concordia's layers of air defense and physical fortifications.

== Damages ==

===Asteria===

===Tierrador===

== See also ==

[[Category:IXWB]]
[[Category:Asteria]]
[[Category: Tierrador]]
[[Category: Conflicts]]
[[Category: Events]]