Chastisement of the Inharmonious

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Chastisement of the Inharmonious
Date 15.III.1745 AN – ongoing Location Oportia, Central Eura Status Active conflict
Parties to the conflict
Raspur Pact  Committee of Euran Salvation  Constancia  Zeed  Natopia  Nouvelle Alexandrie	National Salvation Council
Commanders and leaders
Giakoumis II	Joseph Fouche
Units involved
Trans-Euran Command Aqaba Banner Command 504th Army (Prosgeiosi Basileus) 505th Army (Aqaba Province) 512th Army Nivardom Banner Command  509th (Surenid) Army Constancian Expeditionary Force 501st Army Constancian Foreign Legion Black Banner Fleet Expeditionary Air Group	Oportian Security Forces Oportian Army Oportian Navy Oportian Aerospace Force Oportian Home Guard Joint Border Forces Oportian National Gendarmerie Oportian Special Commands

The Chastisement of the Inharmonious, also known as the Salvationist Conflict and as the Fourth Euran War, is an ongoing military intervention that began on 15.III.1745 AN when Constancian forces invaded Oportia's Central Euran District, followed by a broader Raspur Pact intervention aimed at overthrowing the military government established by the National Salvation Council under Joseph Fouche. The operation takes its name from the Constancian Imperial decree that characterized the military regime as fundamentally "inharmonious" with regional stability in Eura.

The conflict represents the culmination of escalating tensions following the 1744 Oportian coup d'état and the subsequent authoritarian consolidation under the National Salvation Council. The military government's implementation of the "Four Pillars" policy, the systematic purging of democratic institutions through the Vermian Recalibration System, and the aggressive Operation Sovereign Bastion security campaign created alarm among regional powers. The intervention represents the first major military action by Raspur Pact forces against a member state and has significant implications for the future of democratic governance in Eura. Under the operational command of Trans-Euran Command, the coalition includes forces from Constancia, Zeed, Natopia, and Nouvelle Alexandrie, with Constancia providing the largest contingent through its Aqaba Banner Command and Constancian Expeditionary Force. The operation aims to restore constitutional government in Oportia and eliminate the current regime.

The National Salvation Council, led by President Joseph Fouche, has characterized the intervention as "foreign aggression against Oportian sovereignty" and has implemented comprehensive defensive measures including the activation of the "Fortress Oportia" national defense plan. The regime has mobilized all available military and civilian resources, established the People's Defense Militia of Oportia, and threatened to destroy critical Alexandrium mining infrastructure rather than allow it to fall into coalition hands.

The conflict's outcome will likely determine not only the future of democratic governance in Oportia but also the balance of power in Eura and the effectiveness of the Raspur Pact as a guarantor of regional stability.

Diplomatic efforts

• Mehrshahr Meltdown
• Fontainebleau Conference

Timeline

Prelude

• 1744 AN
  • XIII.10: Operation Sovereign Bastion launched by the National Salvation Council in response to Assault on Naya:
    • 04:00: Emergency session of National Salvation Council convened following security briefings on the Naya attack.
    • 06:30: Council President Joseph Fouche orders immediate mobilization of all reserve units across Oportia.
    • 08:00: Operation Sovereign Bastion officially declared with martial law extended to all border federal cities and regions.
    • 10:15: Emergency Decree No. 45 issued placing all foreign nationals from Committee of Euran Salvation member nations (Constancia, Suren Confederacy, Zeed) under enhanced surveillance and travel restrictions.
    • 12:00: Coastal Defense Command redirects all available naval assets to Oportia's main maritime approaches.
    • 14:30: 1st and 2nd Mountain Divisions ordered to establish defensive positions in Oportian highlands along border regions.
    • 16:00: All airports placed under direct military control with civilian flights suspended indefinitely.
    • 18:00: National broadcast by President Fouche declaring that "foreign aggression will be met with total resistance" and announcing comprehensive security measures.
  • XIII.13: Days after the Assault on Naya, Trans-Euran Command, following the political direction of the Committee of Euran Salvation authorised the deployment of the 1634th ESB-Jörmungandr Division of the ESB Corps into the Ecclesiastical Mountain Republic in an effort to ensure that there would be no spillover into Constancian territory of instability in the Durranian mining communities of Oportia.
  • XIV.2: The 2nd Directorate (Surenshahr) and the 3rd Directorate (Rusjar) of the General Inspectorate of Eura and Corum was directed to coordinate on all matters frontier security with the State Protection Authority of Constancia and the Garrisoned Police Force of Zeed.

A political cartoon published in The Times of Alduria-Wechua in Punta Santiago, Nouvelle Alexandrie after the Mehrshahr Meltdown. The cartoon depicts a baby dressed in a general's uniform symbolizing Oportia, crying in a high chair, while diplomats from Constancia, Zeed, Natopia, and Nouvelle Alexandrie attempt to calm him.

• • XIV.8-12: Mehrshahr Meltdown leads to the suspension of the Joint Border Forces.
  • XIV.13: National Salvation Council declares "Maximum Alert Status" nationwide following the Mehrshahr Meltdown. Emergency Decree No. 50 is issued, suspending all cross-border trade and transport to Committee of Euran Salvation nations. Curfew extended to 18:00-06:00 in all border areas.
    • 06:00: National Salvation Council orders immediate recall of all reserve Oportian naval vessels from foreign ports to Oportian territorial waters.
    • 08:30: Emergency evacuation of classified government archives and state records to secure underground facilities at Naval Base Montségur and other undisclosed locations.
    • 10:00: National Salvation Council activates "Fortress Oportia" national defense contingency plan, mobilizing all military reserves and implementing stringent martial law protocols across the entire country.
    • 11:45: Emergency Decree No. 51 implements nationwide food rationing system under Department of Public Information supervision; distribution centers established in all 33 federal cities.
    • 13:30: All foreign aid workers, international observers, and non-essential diplomatic personnel ordered to evacuate Oportia within 48 hours citing "national security imperatives".
    • 15:00: Military forces commandeer all private radio and television transmitters nationwide; Department of Public Information assumes direct control of all broadcast communications.
    • 17:15: Emergency Decree No. 52 authorizes creation of "People's Defense Militia of Oportia" recruiting civilian volunteers for homeland defense under Oportian Security Forces command.
  • XIV.24: Within days of the Mehrshahr Meltdown, the 5th Mountain Division of the Armed Forces of Zeed is ordered to march into the northern Garujulia region.
  • XIV.25: National Salvation Council declares "Condition Red" alert status as Zeedic invasion is deemed "imminent"; all Oportian Security Forces units ordered to maximum combat readiness.
    • 05:30: Final phases of mandatory civilian evacuations from Central Euran District and other border zones completed; estimated over 47,000 residents relocated to inland emergency shelters.
    • 08:00: Oportian Security Forces engineers activate defensive minefields along all major approach routes from Zeed; anti-tank barriers deployed across mountain passes and bottlenecks.
    • 13:00: Systematic destruction of border infrastructure initiated; bridges spanning the Zeed-Oportia frontier and critical tunnels demolished by military engineers.
  • XV.5: Elements of the 12th Vanguard Division seen on the roads leading through the mountain passes into Ḡur Ostan.
  • XV.6: Oportian intelligence reports confirm Committee of Euran Salvation forces operating in multiple Oportian border regions; National Salvation Council activates all reserve surveillance units.
    • 04:30: Operation Steel Ring initiated; complete sealing of all Oportian borders with deployment of Oportian Security Forces units and defensive systems.
    • 07:00: Heavy artillery batteries positioned at all known mountain passes and strategic chokepoints along the Zeed-Oportia frontier.
    • 09:15: Emergency ammunition production facilities activated at classified locations.
    • 11:00: Intensified guerrilla warfare training programs implemented for People's Defense Militia of Oportia units across all 33 federal cities.
    • 13:30: Strategic military reserves repositioned to secondary defensive positions in preparation for potential breakthrough attempts.
  • XV.9: The sudden appearance of C-11 Mula transport aircraft in airports throughout the Raspur Khanate and Suren Confederacy, all sporting the hastily painted livery of the Honourable Air Corporation, could not help but become a source of comment and curiousity throughout southern and central Euran.
  • XV.10: Oportian Security Forces anti-aircraft defense systems repositioned to protect critical installations including Alexandrium mining facilities and government facilities.
    • 06:30: National Salvation Council issues directives that authorize the immediate destruction of all Alexandrium extraction and processing facilities if enemy capture becomes imminent.
  • XV.18: A further wave of mobilised personnel from the ESB Corps arrived in the EMR, bolstered by hired contingents from the Southern Apollonia Logistics & Security Group and Regiment of the Blackfriars'.
  • XV.19: The 5th Armoured Division and 7th Cavalry Division of the 509th (Surenid) Army moved up to the frontier with the Central Euran District, forming Operational Grouping "South" with further support echelons located in Surenshahr.
    • 02:30: Oportian Central Euran District Command orders immediate reinforcement of remote outposts; emergency supply convoys dispatched from Nasimshahr Air Base to forward positions.
  • XV.20: ESB-Jagdverbände personnel conducted civil-military capacity building training with the Constancian Foreign Legion at the latter's cantonments in Vey.
    • 9:33: Oportian Security Forces activate "Desert Shield Protocol", which are destructive scorched earth preparations initiated across Central Euran District to deny resources to advancing enemy forces.
    • 10:30: Nasimshahr Air Base placed on maximum alert; fighter squadrons scrambled to reinforce Central Euran District no-fly zone enforcement.
  • XV.21: The Trans-Euran Railway and Pan-Euran Highway are abruptly closed to all civilian traffic in Constancia. No explanation for the abrupt government appropriation of rolling stock is given.
  • XV.22: The Grand Commissariat of Eura and Corum began to issue mobilisation papers to the employees of subordinate entities, including corporations involved with the Trans-Euran Railway.
  • XV.23: Leave was cancelled for personnel of the General Inspectorate of Eura and Corum, as well as for its subordinate entities, with all required to be at their duty stations within forty-eight hours.
  • XV.24: Call-up papers issued for members of the Constancian Home Guard, including those in the 1st Reserve, normally not called upon for active service.
• 1745 AN
  • I.6: Benacian Union to supply Constancia with an unspecified, but expedited, quantity of military equipment and related materiel under an agreement for the forgiveness of certain debts accrued during the Shiro-Benacian War.
  • I.9: Fatima Al-Khamenei announced the formation of the 20th Vanguard Division, a paramilitary arm of the Nationalist & Humanist Party of Oportia, in a video clip released upon her arrival in Rusjar, following a rupture in the relationship between the party and the National Salvation Council.
  • I.10: Unusually high levels of naval and aviation activity in and around the port of Arak indicated that the Black Banner Fleet and Expeditionary Air Group attached to the 501st Army of the Imperial Constancian Armed Forces had been ordered onto a heightened alert status.
  • I.11: 1800th (Daniel Dravot) Brigade and 1668th (Timūr al-Osman Taraghay) Brigade declared operationally ready in the Ecclesiastical Mountain Republic, following on from snap drills conducted by the General Inspectorate of Eura and Corum.
  • I.12:
    • Arriving at Arak and Astérapolis were contingents of the regular Constancian Army and the Constancian Foreign Legion, by road, sea, and air, consistent with the 501st Army begin brought up to its full wartime establishment strength, equivalent to two combined arms corps.
    • Fontainebleau Conference commenced. Agencies, subordinate entities, and affiliates of the Raspur Pact are obliged to devote time to the discussion of the Oportian Question.
  • I.13:
    • Satellite images obtained via commercial sources appeared to show four Javelin F-18 Cyclone deep strike fighters parked on a runway adjacent to Fort Demetrios Thesalonikis, cantonments of the Imperial Constancian Armed Forces outside Aqaba. Considering the number of hardened shelters, and the regular predictable path of commercial imaging satellites, speculation is rife that the presence of the aircraft was something that Trans-Euran Command wanted to be noticed. The Cyclone, a high speed stealth aircraft with a potent multirole missile payload, was widely believed to only be operated by the Benacian Union and Nouvelle Alexandrie.
    • Giakoumis II, in his remarks to the ambassadors attending at his morning audience: "A Fourth Euran War would benefit no-one apart from the wretched curs who have hitherto been our common and mutual foe. Yet this unwarranted, and unlooked for, streak of aggression and paranoia manifested by the little gentleman in Oportia may soon trap us all upon the path to that unsought destination."
  • I.14: The 6th Motorised Division and 14th Motorised Division of the Armed Forces of Zeed, supported by considerable warbands of tribal militia, began to advance into the Ashad Republic on the south-western frontier between Zeed and Oportia. The Babkhi majority within Ashad had been stirred up accounts of recent raids on Oportian cities by Azad Eura in recent months, and new warbands were rumoured to be forming, sensing the opportunity for war and plunder.
  • I.15: Echo Radio Network hosted an in-depth interview with the NSC's head of the army, Jean-Pierre Montcalm. When pressed on the size of the Constancian-led force amassed on Oportia's frontiers, Montcalm responded with mockery and scorn. Noting that Constancia relied upon the Home Guard to bulk out its available manpower, Montcalm observed that: "Their Home Guard is essentially hue and cry with uniforms and an unstandardised assortment of cast-off weapons." When asked about the Armed Forces of Zeed, Montcalm was obliged to apologise to the interviewer for breaking out into peels of laughter. He would subsequently observe that the professionalism of Raspur Pact forces was notoriously poor, as evidenced in their decades-long record of failure against the Confederacy of the Dispossessed.
  • I.16: Ground-based air defence systems of the Imperial Guard were observed to have been deployed onto the heights overlooking the imperial cities of Asterapolis and Petropolis, whilst vehicle checkpoints controlled by the State Protection Authority had proliferated in both locations - to the chagrin of commuters.
  • I.17: Negotiations between the Imperial Constancian Armed Forces and the Surenid Forces of the Home Guard for the transfer of Surenid aviation and maritime assets onto the formal establishment of the ICAF appeared to breakdown following objections from the Surenshah. Four Surenid F-19 Greystrikes subsequently "buzzed" Raspur Airport in what appeared to have been an intemperate show of strength.
  • I.22: Trans-Euran Command representatives at the Fontainebleau Conference requested the temporary transfer of air defence destroyers, minesweepers, and attack submarines from the Keltia Command and Tapfer Command areas of operation. The ostensible purpose of the request would be to bolster maritime security along the Zeedic Shore, in view of the developing status of the naval branch of the Armed Forces of Zeed. Were such a request to be approved it would necessarily entail the commitment of Natopian and Alexandrian naval assets to the region during a period of heightened tensions.
  • I.23: Following consultations between the Federal Navy Command and Natopian Defense Force counterparts, the governments of Nouvelle Alexandrie and Natopia each approve the temporary transfer of naval assets to Trans-Euran Command.
    • President Joseph Fouche delivers heated public address condemning the approved naval transfers, declaring that "foreign warships massing near Oportian waters under the guise of 'cooperation' represent a direct threat to our sovereignty" and warning that any vessel approaching Oportian territorial limits will be "met with the full force of our coastal defenses." The Coastal Defense Command placed on heightened alert status; with all naval patrols increased by 40%.
  • I.24-25:
    • "Training Exercise Blue Sky" - Oportian air force conducts extensive aerial training operations in international airspace across southern Eura, focusing on long-range navigation capabilities and coordinated flight patterns involving multiple squadrons across several operational sectors. The exercise, featuring over 40 aircraft including Javelin B-15 Airspark strategic bombers and AH-75 Cobra attack helicopters, represents the largest Oportian air operation since the conclusion of the Corsair Resurgence. While military exercises are routine, the scale and timing of Blue Sky draws significant attention from regional observers, particularly given the absence of standard diplomatic notifications to neighboring capitals.
      • Intelligence analysts in Constancia and Zeed note the exercise's unusual focus on precision strike formations and electronic warfare capabilities, with flight patterns extending unusually close to coalition territorial boundaries. The operation is widely interpreted across Committee of Euran Salvation capitals as a deliberate demonstration of military capabilities and potential saber-rattling by the National Salvation Council.
    • NSC announces scheduled repositioning of naval assets for "fleet modernization and strategic readiness assessment", vessels from outlying stations return to primary naval facilities for comprehensive operational evaluation.
    • Oportian merchant marine initiates planned maintenance cycle for commercial vessels, with ships temporarily stationed at various regional ports for "routine inspections and equipment upgrades", with government officials affirming it is "standard procedure for maintaining fleet operational standards".
  • I.28-29:
    • The NSC implements comprehensive "civilian emergency preparedness exercises" across border areas in Oportia, involving coordinated evacuation protocols and emergency response training for local populations in collaboration with local disaster management authorities. The large-scale drills, described by the Department of Internal Security as "routine preparedness measures for potential natural disasters or security incidents", involve the temporary relocation of residents from designated zones while emergency services practice rapid response coordination. The exercises draw attention from neighboring intelligence services due to their unprecedented scope and proximity to borders with Zeed and Constancia, with some analysts noting the unusually thorough nature of the evacuation procedures.
    • The Department of Internal Security activates the "Strategic Resource Protection Initiative" for critical Alexandrium mining operations, implementing enhanced security protocols and facility hardening measures in response to ongoing regional tensions. The comprehensive program includes infrastructure upgrades, perimeter security enhancement, and emergency contingency planning for valuable extraction sites across Oportia's desert regions. Several major facilities, including those operated by Vormouna Minerals Corp, begin scheduled "infrastructure modernization" programs requiring temporary operational suspensions for safety inspections and equipment installations.
  • II.1: National Salvation Council proclaims "National Resilience Week" as a comprehensive civil defense awareness campaign, featuring public education programs on emergency preparedness, community resilience training, and patriotic demonstrations across all federal cities. The week-long initiative includes coordinated drills involving emergency services, military units, and civilian volunteers practicing response protocols for various crisis scenarios. National Youth Service members participate in large-scale exercises demonstrating disaster response capabilities, while local authorities conduct assessments of critical infrastructure and supply chain resilience. Regional observers note the timing and scale of the preparations, with some analysts suggesting the exercises represent unusually thorough preparation for extended emergency conditions.

See also

• Committee of Euran Salvation
• Trans-Euran Command
• 1744 Oportian coup d'état
• National Salvation Council
• Joseph Fouche
• Raspur Pact
• Operation Verdant Reach
• Operation Sovereign Bastion
• Democratic Restoration Committee
• Fortress Oportia