Difference between revisions of "Castle City"
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== History == | == History == | ||
Initially, during the Parthian conflict against VSI, Parthian troops took control of the city as a colonial possession in the peace treaty. During the war, Parthian air raids and the sack of the city by Parthian and Hatarian troops had reduced the population of 950,000 from prewar times to only 310,000. Of those, 30,000 were enslaved by Hatarian and Parthian troops. After the war, Parthia made a distinct effort to rebuild the city, concentrating on creating a defensive system consisting of fortified defenses and minefields along the outskirts of the city, creating a highly defensible enclave guarded by nearly 10 divisions of infantry and armor. | Initially, during the Parthian conflict against VSI, Parthian troops took control of the city as a colonial possession in the peace treaty. During the war, Parthian air raids and the sack of the city by Parthian and Hatarian troops had reduced the population of 950,000 from prewar times to only 310,000. Of those, 30,000 were enslaved by Hatarian and Parthian troops. After the war, Parthia made a distinct effort to rebuild the city, concentrating on creating a defensive system consisting of fortified defenses and minefields along the outskirts of the city, creating a highly defensible enclave guarded by nearly 10 divisions of infantry and armor. | ||
Eventually, in the [[Kravania-Lone Alliance war]], as a way to create a diversion, Spizanian and [[Willink]] forces attacked the city, shelling it heavily and prompting a full Parthian redeployment which apparently forced the attack to end with the conclusion of the war, leaving the heavily damaged city in pieces, and killing 50,000 citizens and 10,000 Parthian troops. Defenses have since been improved and rebuilt, and new Parthian settlers have moved in to repopulate the port city. | Eventually, in the [[Kravania-Lone Alliance war]], as a way to create a diversion, Spizanian and [[Willink]] forces attacked the city, shelling it heavily and prompting a full Parthian redeployment which apparently forced the attack to end with the conclusion of the war, leaving the heavily damaged city in pieces, and killing 50,000 citizens and 10,000 Parthian troops. Defenses have since been improved and rebuilt, and new Parthian settlers have moved in to repopulate the port city. | ||
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History
Initially, during the Parthian conflict against VSI, Parthian troops took control of the city as a colonial possession in the peace treaty. During the war, Parthian air raids and the sack of the city by Parthian and Hatarian troops had reduced the population of 950,000 from prewar times to only 310,000. Of those, 30,000 were enslaved by Hatarian and Parthian troops. After the war, Parthia made a distinct effort to rebuild the city, concentrating on creating a defensive system consisting of fortified defenses and minefields along the outskirts of the city, creating a highly defensible enclave guarded by nearly 10 divisions of infantry and armor. Eventually, in the Kravania-Lone Alliance war, as a way to create a diversion, Spizanian and Willink forces attacked the city, shelling it heavily and prompting a full Parthian redeployment which apparently forced the attack to end with the conclusion of the war, leaving the heavily damaged city in pieces, and killing 50,000 citizens and 10,000 Parthian troops. Defenses have since been improved and rebuilt, and new Parthian settlers have moved in to repopulate the port city.
