Operation Sovereign Bastion

Operation Sovereign Bastion
Part of Assault on Naya, Chastisement of the Inharmonious
Date 10.XIII.1744 AN – XII.1745 AN Location  Oportia Result Ongoing operation under National Security Council regime until its fall Consolidation of National Salvation Council control Dismantling of Democratic Restoration Committee networks Implementation of Oportian Border Free Fire Zones Enhanced border security against foreign infiltration
Parties to the conflict
National Salvation Council Oportian Security Forces Department of Internal Security 1st and 2nd Mountain Divisions National Youth Service Coastal Defense Command	Democratic Restoration Committee Foreign infiltrators Underground resistance networks Anti-government elements
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Fouche General Marcus Reynard Director Claude Moreau Colonel Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (Naya Military Governor)	Philippe Beaumont Marie Duclos Various cell leaders Unknown foreign operatives
Units involved
Oportian Security Forces 1st and 2nd Mountain Divisions Department of Internal Security National Gendarmerie Special Operations Units 2nd Mountain Infantry Battalion Coastal Defense Command naval assets	Democratic Restoration Committee Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Eura raider bands University resistance networks Labor opposition cells Religious sanctuary groups
Strength
15,000 security personnel 3,500 intelligence operatives 8,000 National Youth Service members 2 Mountain Divisions Multiple naval vessels	Estimated 2,000-3,000 active resistance members Unknown number of foreign infiltrators Unknown number of sympathizers
Casualties and losses
37 security personnel killed 89 security personnel injured	412 arrested 156 detained 18 killed in custody Unknown number fled
Multiple civilian officials killed Unknown civilian casualties
Launched in direct response to Naya Raid

Operation Sovereign Bastion is an ongoing comprehensive security operation launched by the National Salvation Council on 10.XIII.1744 AN in direct response to the Naya Raid and [[escalating resistance activities against military rule in Oportia. The operation represents the most extensive domestic security campaign since the 1744 Oportian coup d'état, targeting both internal resistance networks and foreign infiltration following the coordinated attack by Babkhan raiders on the federal city of Naya.

The operation combines internal security measures against the Democratic Restoration Committee with comprehensive border defense protocols designed to prevent foreign infiltration. The campaign was announced by National Salvation Council President Joseph Fouche during an emergency national broadcast on 10.XIII.1744 AN, declaring that "foreign aggression will be met with total resistance" while implementing sweeping security measures across all federal cities.

The operation was triggered by the dawn-to-dusk assault on Naya on 9.XIII.1744 AN, which resulted in the assassination of the mayor and his family, multiple casualties among security forces, and the first successful attack on Oportian soil since the establishment of military rule. The National Salvation Council characterized the raid as evidence of a coordinated campaign by "foreign powers" and the Confederacy of the Dispossessed to destabilize the regime through proxy forces.

Operation Sovereign Bastion operates under Emergency Decree No. 45, which places all foreign nationals from Committee of Euran Salvation member nations under enhanced surveillance and travel restrictions. The operation has resulted in the arrest of over 412 suspected resistance members, the implementation of martial law in all border provinces, and the suspension of civilian air travel indefinitely.

Oportian Free Fire zones

Oportian Border Free Fire Zones are military exclusion areas established by the National Salvation Council on 16.XIII.1744 AN extending 5 kilometers inside Oportia's international borders. The zones were created following the Assault on Naya, which prompted the immediate suspension of all mining operations, including Alexandrium extraction, in border regions and the evacuation of equipment further inland. Under the policy, Oportian Security Forces were authorized to engage any unauthorized personnel within the designated areas without warning, effectively creating a militarized buffer zone around the country's perimeter. The establishment of the zones reflected the National Salvation Council's increasingly defensive posture and marked a significant escalation in border security measures during the period of military rule that began with the 1744 Oportian coup d'état.

Desert Shield protocol

The Desert Shield Protocol was an emergency defensive strategy implemented by the National Salvation Council of Oportia in 1744 AN during the escalating tensions with the Committee of Euran Salvation. Activated on 10.XIV.1744 AN as part of the broader Operation Sovereign Bastion, the protocol established a comprehensive system of strategic resource denial and territorial defense focused on Oportia's desert regions, which contained vital Alexandrium mining operations and served as potential invasion corridors. The Desert Shield Protocol represents the National Salvation Council's commitment to "scorched earth" tactics rather than allow strategic resources to fall into enemy hands, with President Joseph Fouche declaring that "the deserts will become graveyards for any invader before they yield a single grain of Alexandrium."

See also

• Central Euran District
• Timeline of the New Oportian State
• Assault on Naya
• 1744 Oportian coup d'état
• National Salvation Council
• Democratic Restoration Committee
• Belanger Manifesto
• Department of Internal Security
• Desert Shield Protocol
• Oportian Security Forces
• Committee of Euran Salvation