Mesoun Crisis

Mesoun Crisis
Vehicle patrol from Florian soldiers (top left), Florian police attempts to stop Mesoun rebels (top right), Shadow Group paramilitants attack a loyalist safehouse (bottom left), Florian Army troops arriving into the region (bottom right)
Date 1724 AN–1730 AN Location Mesoun, spillover into mainland Floria Status Florian victory: Shadow Group and separatist military leaders eliminated. Mesoun denied autonomy but promised more central government funding.
Belligerents
State security forces:  Confederate States Armed Forces	Mesounese Independence Paramilitaries: Shadow Group (Until 1729) Mesoun Republican League	Mesounese Loyalist Paramilitaries: Mesoun Red Jackets Mesoun Volunteer Division
Casualties and losses
370	960	789

The Mesoun Crisis is a low level conflict in Mesoun that begun in 1724 AN. Though majority of the conflict has been fought in Mesoun violence has spilled over into other parts of the mainland.

The conflict began when Mesounese separatists, the Mesoun Republican League, hired Shadow Group mercenaries to ambush and assassinate Florian President Isabelle Chopin in a bid to gain independence by force.

Background

In 1724 AN Shadow Group mercenaries ambushed and assassinated Florian President Isabelle Chopin who was on her way to a party meeting in a bid to gain independence by force.

After a Federal Department of Intelligence investigation it was discovered that a Mesounese separatist Group called the Mesoun Republican League was behind the attack. The Government threatened the MRL to stand down however they refused and after the Florian referendum on Raspur Pact membership and Federal election the Mesoun Republican League, with support from Shadow Group, started an offensive on multiple settlements in Mesoun creating chaos in the region and eventual intervention of the Confederate States Armed Forces.

Timeline

• 1724 AN:Florian President, Isabelle Chopin is assassinated by Shadow Group mercenaries hired by terrorist separatist group, the Mesoun Republican League.
• 1725 AN–1727 AN: The Mesoun Republican League gains major support in large parts of the state with some communities split by loyalties.
• 1727 AN: The vast majority of Mesoun votes for Floria to remain in the Raspur Pact however other states nationwide votes Floria out of the pact.
• 1728 AN: Major boycott in the Florian Federal Election and riots organised by the MRL occur statewide.
• 1728 AN: Loyalists form their own paramilitaries as a federal response is delayed due to post election formalities. The most notable loyalist paramilitary being the Mesoun Red Jackets formed up of veterans in the Presidents Guards.
• 1728 AN: Armed forces finally arrive in Mesoun but many convoys are ambushed by separatists in rural areas.
• 1728.11: The Battle of Furnace Lane commences between Shadow Group and Florian soldiers. Both sides suffered huge setbacks in the skirmishes leading to a ceasefire between both loyalist and separatist parties.
• 1728.13 AN: The ceasefire is abruptly halted after Loyalists car bomb a MRL commander.
• 1729.9 AN:MARSOF eliminates Shadow Group senior chain of command significantly denting the Mesoun independence movement.
• 1730.1 AN:Separatist factions left in disarray as Special operation forces elite the remaining remnants of leadership. The MRL surrenders not long after the year starts.