Operation Purple Splendor

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Operation Purple Splendor
Part of the Wars of the Disinherited
Date 11.VI.1717 AN - 1.XIII.1719 AN Location Keltia Result Annexation of former Bassarid territories in Eura and Keltia by Nouvelle Alexandrie; Two new regions of Nouvelle Alexandrie are founded: New Caputia and Boriquén; Death of King Manco Cápac I and Basileus Giakoumis; Defeat of the Dispossessed in Passas.
Belligerents
Raspur Pact  Constancia  Nouvelle Alexandrie Israati-Haifan Defense Force New Order of Rochefort Wakara Pathfinders (after 1718)	Confederacy of the Dispossessed Wakara Pathfinders (1717-1718)
Units involved
Keltia Command Banner Group Santander Banner Group Skerries Banner Group Valencia Banner Group Wechua Keltian Armada

Operation Purple Splendor was a military operation launched by the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie on 11.VI.1717 AN that lasted through 1.XIII.1719 AN. The operation was aimed at annexing territories along its borders in the continent of Keltia that had recently fallen into chaos following the end of Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union's control over them. The operation pacified and annexed the affected areas and created two new Regions of Nouvelle Alexandrie, New Caputia and Boriquén.

The relationship between the Haifo-Pallisican Empire and the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie has been marked by long-standing regional animosity and only a recent history of uneasy coexistence. The weakening grip of the Haifo-Pallisican Empire over its territories in Keltia and Eura, and the increasing instability along the shared border, prompted the government of Nouvelle Alexandrie to launch Operation Purple Splendor in Keltia. A separate military operation, named Operation Purple Reign was launched to seize the former Bassarid territories in Eura.

In preparation for the operation, the government of Nouvelle Alexandrie conducted multiple military exercises, including the major exercise Operation Sovereign Borders, to train the military and improve their readiness. These exercises also served as a cover for testing and developing new weapons by several Raspur Pact defense manufacturers,. many of them based in Nouvelle Alexandrie.

The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, consisting of the Grand Army of the Federation, the Federal Navy, the Federal Air Force, the Federal Coast Guard, the Federal Border Guard, and the Federal Support Corps, were deployed to carry out Operation Purple Splendor across Eura and Keltia. The operation was a massive undertaking. It faced robust opposition from the local population and remnants of the Haifo-Pallisican Empire, known as the Confederacy of the Dispossessed.

Background

The relationship between the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union and the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie has been marked by a long-standing regional animosity, with only a recent history of uneasy coexistence. As the grip of the Haifo-Pallisican Empire on its territories in Keltia and Eura began to weaken, the Nouvelle Alexandrie government grew increasingly concerned about the instability along their shared border. In preparation for Operation Purple Splendor, the Nouvelle Alexandrie government carried out multiple military exercises, including the major exercise Operation Sovereign Borders, to train the military and improve their readiness. The exercises also served as a cover for the testing and development of new weapons.

The decline of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union began with their economy, started facing serious labor crunches, economic inefficiencies, and serious lack of food production which led to severe famines. Lack of administration and management led to the mismanagement of farms and reduced worker productivity. Problems such as a scarcity of educated workers, saturation of unskilled workers and jobs made obsolete by technology, and poorly trained and educated farmers brought costs up and drove production down. Cumbersome procedures for bureaucratic administration foreclosed the free communication and flexible responses required to deal with the developing economic crisis, in particular issues with worker alienation, lack of innovation, dwindling customers, and unreliable suppliers. Corruption and data fiddling, long a regular practice in the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union to project economic prosperity and power, has become such a common practice among bureaucracy that when the economic crisis started affecting the Empire, no one was equipped with the correct information to address it.

Furthermore, the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union faced diplomatic isolation as it lost allies and economic trading partners due to its belligerent and hostile attitudes towards most Micran nations. This isolation was exacerbated when Jingdao, a major ally and financial backer of the Bassarids, rejoined Shireroth, leaving the Bassarids without any significant economic or military support.

The first signs of destabilization began in the Bassarid Keltian territories of Passas and the Dependency of Tanah-Baru, with famine, mass unemployment, and localized disease running rampant. Governance started to descend into nothing but survival mode and sheer corruption as leaders and religious leaders realized their regime's downfall was imminent. In a desperate bid to secure their own interests, they began pilfering from state coffers and government stockpiles as much as they could from the state to prepare for their evacuation to Corum, where the Bassarid metropole was centered.

Policymakers and military officials in Nouvelle Alexandrie started to notice the growing instability in Bassarid Keltia and instructed its military to begin preparations for a possible Bassarid collapse. While preparations were initially not prioritized, as the situation worsened, Nouvelle Alexandrie increased its focus on military readiness. The government organized readiness drills, increased ammunition purchases, produced more weapons, and invested in research and development to strengthen its military capabilities in anticipation of what would become Operation Purple Splendor.

History

The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie, consisting of the Grand Army of the Federation, the Federal Navy, the Federal Air Force, the Federal Coast Guard, the Federal Border Guard, and the Federal Support Corps, were deployed to carry out Operation Purple Splendor. The operation was a large-scale military campaign that took place across much of Nouvelle Alexandrie's Keltian southeastern and southwestern borders and was aimed at annexing territories along the borders that had recently fallen into chaos following the end of the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union's control over them. These territories later became the 11th and 12th Regions of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Boriquén in the southeast and New Caputia (formerly known as Passas) in the southwest.

Pre-planning

Before launching Operation Purple Splendor, the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie spent months conducting a secret campaign of espionage and subversion in Passas, the former Bassarid territory that they planned to invade and annex. The main objective of this covert operation was to secure the cooperation or defection of key Passasian figures who could facilitate the New Alexandrian advance and undermine the Bassarid loyalists. These included military commanders, local officials, high government officials, tribal leaders, religious authorities, and influential businessmen. To achieve this, Nouvelle Alexandrie relied on its contacts and allies among the native Keltian populations living in Passas, who had long suffered under Bassarid oppression and discrimination. These Keltians acted as intermediaries, informants, and saboteurs, reaching out to sympathetic or dissatisfied Passasian figures and convincing them to join or surrender to Nouvelle Alexandrie rather than resist its invasion. Many of them agreed to do so, either out of fear, greed, or genuine support for Nouvelle Alexandrie’s cause. Some of them were offered incentives such as money, protection, amnesty, or positions of power in the new administration. Others were threatened with exposure, arrest, torture, or death if they refused to cooperate. As a result, Nouvelle Alexandrie slowly gained valuable information on the resistance strength and locations of the Bassarid loyalists, who started calling themselves the Dispossessed and vowed to fight to the death for the restoration of their fallen empire. The operation also enabled Nouvelle Alexandrie to identify and initial leadership targets of the Dispossessed during high-risk reconnaissance missions conducted by its special forces. These missions involved infiltrating enemy territory, gathering intelligence, sabotaging infrastructure, assassinating key figures, and creating chaos and confusion among the enemy ranks. Most importantly, the information obtained by the covert actions by Nouvelle Alexandrie were further facilitated by the organization and deployment of several Caputian and Haifan paramilitary groups that sought vengeance and retribution for their own oppression and violence at the hands of the Bassarid Empire. These paramilitaries would later play a crucial role in overcoming the strong resistance from the remaining Bassarid forces. They provided additional manpower, firepower, and local knowledge to the New Alexandrian forces. They also carried out brutal attacks on Bassarid civilians and collaborators, often with little regard for human rights or international law. The covert operation was a vital part of Operation Purple Splendor’s pre-planning and contributed significantly to its success.

The pre-planning for the invasion of Passas involved not only covert operations, but also extensive logistical and diplomatic preparations. The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie had to mobilize and transport thousands of troops, vehicles, weapons, and supplies across vast distances and hostile terrain. They also had to secure the cooperation or neutrality of neighboring countries and regions to ensure safe passage and access to strategic locations. To achieve this, Nouvelle Alexandrie used economic aid, military assistance, or political concessions to its allies and potential partners. The pre-planning for the invasion of Passas was a vastly complex and challenging process that required careful coordination and execution by Nouvelle Alexandrie.

Invasion

The operation was launched on 11.VI.1717 AN. The Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie faced stiff resistance from locals that remained loyal to the Haifo-Pallisican Imperial Trade Union, which were continually hampered by disorganization and internal conflict. These local forces and militias organized into the Confederacy of the Dispossessed, connecting with other peoples of the Keltian Green and creating a worldwide movement to hamper the advance of Nouvelle Alexandrie and other Raspur Pact nations that also had designs in formerly Bassarid territories in Eura and Keltia.

Despite the challenges faced in the early stages of Operation Purple Splendor, the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie possessed significant technological advantages and were using advanced weaponry, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced communications systems, and precision-guided munitions, to restore order.

The operation was not without controversy, however, as there were concerns about the legality of the annexation and the impact it would have on the affected regions. The government of Nouvelle Alexandrie responded by stating that the operation was necessary to maintain stability and prevent further violence and chaos.

Participating Forces

Raspur Pact & Federal Forces

•  Keltia Command
  • Banner Group Santander
    • IV (Santander) Combined Arms Corps
      • Tercio de Extranjeros, 3rd (Santander) Brigade, Constancian Foreign Legion
    • 3^rd Air Fleet
  • Banner Group Skerries
    • VI (Outremer) Combined Arms Corps
    • Zylenisí Command (including Nijima island)
    • Talenore Defense Force
    • 5^th Air Fleet
    • 8^th Ground-based Air Defence Division
    • 9^th Ground-based Air Defence Division
    • 10^th Ground-based Air Defence Division
  • Banner Group Valencia
    • V (Valencia) Combined Arms Corps
    • 4^th Air Fleet
    • 11^th Ground-based Air Defence Division
  • Banner Group Wechua
    • III (Wechua Nation) Combined Arms Corps
    • 2^nd Air Fleet
  • Keltian Armada

•  Trans-Euran Command
  • Susa Banner Command
    • I (Alduria) CAC
    • 511^th Army (Razjania Province)
    • 1^st Air Fleet
    • 2^nd Federal Air Defence Wing
    • Euran Fleet

The Disinherited & Dispossessed

Believed to consist of forces, partially modelled on the New Zimian War League, organised into twelve autonomous corsair fleets, capable of operating at will along the littoral of the conflict zone and across the Sea of Storms in support of local militias comprised of those who stand to be disinherited by the fall of the old regime.

See also

• Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie
• Operation Sovereign Borders
• Operation Purple Reign
• Operation Purple Shroud