The Expansion Wars

The Expansion Wars (also known as: The Charity Wars, The Conquests, The Greater Conquests and The Colony Wars) were a series of armed conflicts begining in the year 91 IP and lasting until the year 4 IP. The majority of these wars were fought in Northern and Western Estan, although almost all of Estan down to the Chakta Mountain range was subject to some amount of fighting during this period.

Niosian Expansion
The First of the Expansion wars were the campaigns of the Niosian Empire. The First Preliminary battles were skirmishes and naval standoffs which accomplished little. In the year 71 IP the first major Niosian offensive began, known later as the Virtus Offensive, light infantry platoons were deployed along the coast supplimented by companies of knights and combat casters ariving in a staggered position. However Barbarous officers had planned for a similar attack and countered with careful placements of Tanks, Machineguns and Summoners, whose presence was unknown to the invading Niosians. Under new leadership, Paladin-General Advenio Imperetor, a new policy of brutal expansionism began. Imperator's doctrine called for small platoons with Infantry, Knights, Cannoneers and Casters as needed backed by both Airships and Tanks. Initial success in taking Radavansk and the surrounding countryside led to a colossal gain of momentum and soon even highly defensible positions like Rheviet were falling. By the year 40 IP no independant Barbarous city existed and the cities of Emondt and Rahmnas were both fast falling. In 21 IP the battle of 12-K, a mountain northeast of Rheviet marked an end of Tribal Yeti ressistance in Estan for close to 30 years.

Anglian Expansion
Long After the age of Niosian expansion began in 51 IP, Anglia began countering with their own wars of expansion. Anglia demonstrated the power of their ingenuity by fielding new and advanced tanks, backed by cheap and effective aircraft, they managed to expand far faster then the armies of Niosus. However to pay for such expansion Anglia lost personale at an astrounding rate. Faced with the challenges of Djinn rebels and Advanced Haradrim Janissary squads, some days claimed litterally hundreds of tanks and vehicles. However the gain was worth it. The resources fed Anglias ravenous consumer machines and in an effort to help with psychological warfare Anglia Employed Lycanthropes and Vampires as well as Barons and some Philisdraco and Therapod Tank Teams.

Setting the Stage and Subsequent Wars
The Expansion wars are famous for setting the stage for the great Zone War which began in 4 IP and ended in year zero. However it also spurred on several conflicts including the Arnarian Wars fought in Arnaria between Vampiric Mercenaries and Anglian Special Forces and those of Niosus' High Templars as well as the Yamato Wars fought navally between the Yakumo empire and Anglia. Not to mention similar wars fought by the Umnali Archepelago and Atsynia as well as the Yakumo.