The War With The Triangulars

In M6/D7/355PE the Triangular Empire, from the forbidden Dimension X, secretly exit their barren world, and made their way to the uninhabited Joergenson Dessert, erecting a massive pyramid, larger than some countries, making it their new home. The Triangulars were a warrior race, forcing everyone of their species over the age of 12 to join their military. They conquered their entire planet, killing all other sentient species that inhabited the world. The Empires leader Prescott Triangular, or better known as Mr.T, youngest in the Triangular bloodline for which their species is named after, became impatient with the construction of the temple, not believing their was enough people working on it had 7,000,000 of his soldiers invade Squimroe, a nation inhabited by the Squid species that resided just southwest of them in The Titan Sea. The Squids were amphibious, meaning they could live and function on both land, or in water, with their country reflecting that. Squimroe was a medium sized island in The Titan Sea, located 700 miles off the coast from the main landmass of the world, The Wastelands. Under Squimroe was an aquatic world where they made many cities and kept most military facilities, making it harder for other species to take out their forces from the outside. The nation had a population of 11 million with a 2.5 million strong military. The Triangular soldiers arrived from boat on M7/D31/355PE on the land portion of Northeast Squimroe. The Triangulars were an unknown force at this point in the Wastelands, leaving the Squids confused on how they should combat them. The Squid army and Coast guard failed to stop the Triangular forces from passing the beaches and they invaded any cities or bases they came across, killing the soldiers and taking civilians as slaves to build the Pyramid. The whole top half of Squimroe fell within only 13 days of fighting, due to the overwhelming force of the Triangulars. Next they entered the aquatic half of the island, using heavily armed submarines and scuba-soldiers, they easily overtook the weaker underwater half of the nation, with them falling in 9 days. The Triangulars took 6.7 million squids as their slaves, killing all other 4.3 million. The Squid President, Ronald Rump, was imprisoned separately and tortured for any and all information about Squimroe. The Triangulars took all 6.7 million Squids and used them as slaves to build the great pyramid. These slaves lived in pockets of large camps, and when one tried to escape they were put in front of all other slaves in the camp and forced to consume their own body parts until they bled out and died. The desert environment was not suitable for the Squids, with around a three dozen dying every day from extreme heat exposure per camp. The Triangulars used advanced full body cloaking devices that was created in their world, meaning no other nations had access to it. The cloaking devices changed the users appearance to that of any other species it had programmed into it, needing a live sample to do so. They used these cloaking devices to take the forms of the squids and inhabit their nation so that no one knows of their takeover of the Squid people.

By the time the temple was 42% complete in M3/D26/356PE, Mr.T decided it was time to start making military ties while disguised as the Squids. After much observation he determined that The Banana Empire would be the easiest to manipulate to his will. Cloaked as Squid President Ronald Rump, Mr.T Enters the Banana Empire, requesting a presence with the king. Mr.T proposes to King George III that if he sends the banana army to help him conquer most of the west coast of the continent that they can have the Mushroom Kingdom land. Jumping at the opportunity for the valtonium rich land of The Mushroom Kingdom, and against his top political and military advisors, he joins the "Squids"/Triangulars against the West coast of the Valdoric(The Central Continent), which included the Nation-states of Fanlotockopia, Kelkon, Crabnaleon, Withern, and The Mushroom Kingdom. Mr.T was a calculated and meticulous strategist, always insuring his victory. He spent much time pouring over the history of The Wastelands, trying to find the best allies in certain empires, conquerors, criminals, and such. After his briefly successful Coup d'état, Shamus Cryten stood out to Mr.T, who saw him as a capable ally. He ordered the retrieval of Shamus from The Crimson Shadow, a secret Mushroom Prison that was one of the most secure in the Wastelands, being located 2 miles under the surface. In Operation Crimson Shred, Led by Banana Spy Commander Bertolt Napal, a team of 3 Highly skilled banana spies, successfully infiltrated the Prison and retrieved Shamus flawlessly. The Banana Spy Core handed Shamus over to the Squids/Triangulars in Squimroe. After spending some time with Mr.T, Shamus gained his trust. To make sure he was as capable he thought, Mr.T sent him to a Triangular Military Facility in the Squimroe countryside. He told Shamus that this was a small Rebel group, trying to overthrow the Squid Government, and that he wanted him to take over the settlement single handedly. Armed with only two katanas and two small Assault Rifles of his choice, Shamus departed for the base. The Base was actually a heavily armed Triangular outpost, led by Triangular Captain Kalvin Reymore, and housed 130 soldiers. Shamus infiltrated the outpost, being able to successfully take on all the soldiers. He beheaded the heedless Captain Reymore, and captured the base all on his own. After watching him on camera feed, Mr.T figured he was a worthy ally. He shared the secret of his real identity of Mr.T, and told him of his takeover of Squimroe, and his plans. Shamus pledged his loyalty to Mr.T, bound by his life. He became the person the Bananas dealt with rather than Mr.T, becoming a war ambassador for the Triangulars.

The Triangulars, disguised as the Squids along with The Banana Army's 14th attack battalion led by Commander Tev invaded the small Mushroom facility of Goordon Base on the northeast Mushroom Kingdom border on M7/D3/356PE. Goordon Base was a 17th MAIU (Mushroom Army Infantry Unit) base, overseen by Sergeant Nulfelt Lateos, and during the time of the attack the base was under inspection by Major Brant, the commander of the 17th MAIU. The Mushroom soldiers at the base fought hard for 2 hours, but with their communications destroyed they couldn't call for reinforcements. Major Brant and 2 other soldiers snuck away through underground tunnels to a safe location and headed west to Twilight Marine Base to ask for reinforcements. After Major Brant had left, the bases numbers quickly decreased, and they felt their leader has abandoned them. Sergeant Lateos collected the remaining forces in the armory, a small building separate from the base, and older design from the 310s, inspiring through a speech. Saying quote, "Will we die like rats, bore up the walls, perishing without a fight, or will we fight, for our nations, defending it like a soldier is meant to do." After inspiring his soldiers the took multiple small plasma shields and set them up in lines toward the enemies, setting them so nothing could get in, sticking their gun barrels out of them and firing on their enemies, seeming to have the upper hand. When the Mushrooms started gaining an upper hand Commander Tev ordered his forces to drop a small Catatonium Bomb on them. The bomb immediately vaporized the plasma shields and Sergeant Lateos and his soldiers, as the invaders retreated their forces for cover. When they were sure all the Mushrooms were dead, the "Squids"/Triangulars and the Bananas set up a settlement to use for funnelling their troops into The Mushroom Kingdom. 2 days after the start of the attack Major Brant returned with Marine Commander Lonco and his 7th Marine Core, only to find that their forces had been decimated. Major Brant ordered they retreat, as the group would be overwhelmed by the invaders, so that they could recoup to fight another day.

Major Brant reported to King Shroom of the attack from the Bananas and Squids, where King Shroom declared war on M7/D8/356PE, this conflict later became known as The War With The Triangulars. Two days later Commander Lonco of the 7th Marine Core and General Fungi of the 37th MAIU launched an attack on Commander Tevs forces at Goordon. Goordon had become a crater from the Catatonium bomb which they used as a trench to cover behind against Fungi and Loncos forces. Tev also hid soldiers in the woods around the base, ambushing the Mushroom forces, effectively wiping out 14% of their 3500 soldiers before they even reached the battlefield. The shots alerted Tev, causing heavy casualties, including Commander Lonco. General Fungi and his remaining 70 men retreated back to Twilight Marine Base. With the death of Commander Lonco, Marine Captain Lumbar Petrov became the base's commanding officer.

With the War started, Mr.T decided it was time to make his presence known, and what he'd done to the people of Squimroe. Mr.T wanted to send a worldwide transmission, so that he could intimidate all the nations he could into immediate surrender. The only way he could achieve this though was through the high powered radio towers in Pelicon City, a Meandering City-State northwest of the Monselo Mountains, known for it's advanced radio technology. The Pelicon Militia fell within 3 days under the might of the Triangulars, with only workers essential to operating the radios left alive and forced into slavery for the triangulars. On M7/D19/356PE Mr.T revealed himself to most of the west of the wastelands, and the size of his military (165 million).

Mr.T soon after on M7/D20 gave the command for the decommissioning of the full body cloaking devices being used by his men disguised as squids., and revealed himself to the Bananas, telling them he had just needed to test his trust their loyalty, and they believed it, continuing to fight with them. On M7/D24 the the Triangular army launched it's first official attack on the Mushroom Kingdom, going through their opening of the Goordon Base and invading Loathsom Village. The Village was completely unprepared, suffering hundreds of casualties before newly appointed Captain Lumbar Petrov of the 7th Marine Core arrived, leading a few dozen Heavy Division soldiers and 7 new MA (Mushroom Army) Sentinels. Sentinels were special units trained for any and all situations, they worked in groups of 3-5 whom they were trained with for 5-15 years. The Triangular assault was led by Triangular Army Commander Sonto, a Commander hastily rising through the ranks of the army. Captain Petrov worked to evacuate the citizens of Loathsom to Twilight. During the end of the evacuation Petrov saw an opportunity to push back and defeat the Triangulars, but it would be at the cost of the lives of the remaining 700 people. Petrov made the tough call and sent his bombers through the city, driving the Triangulars out and saving Loathsom, but at the cost of 700 innocent people, who perished due to his orders. Commander Sonto was taken as a prisoner of war and tortured for information by the MIA (Mushroom intelligence agency) to no avail, all triangular soldiers were trained to resist torture and to kill themselves with their patches of poison in the back of their mouths if needed, but during his imprisonment it was taken.

Through info gathered by Mushroom Spies in the Banana Kingdom, they learned if the takeover of Squimroe and enslavement of it's people. King Shroom believed they would be grateful if they were freed and help fight the Triangulars and Banana's, so he assigned Commander Antos to free President Ronald Rump. Commander Antos led the 46th attack battalion to the facility the Squid president was being kept at Nergo, a Triangular army base in the Cheltcorten Forest, just north of Kelkon. Antos set up a perimeter of tanks behind the trees around the facility, and he led seven dozen soldiers on a direct assault, but were met with heavy push back. Nergo was under the protection of Shamus, instructed by Mr.T to guard the president, and he was able to briefly push back Antos and his soldiers. Commander Antos ordered the tanks stationed around the perimeter to close in but only to fire on the upper levels of the base and on ground soldiers, so that there was no way of injuring President Rump. After seeing this, with almost all of his forces gone, Shamus walked out, holding President Rump at gunpoint, trying to get away using him as a hostage, demanding a tank. Thinking quickly, Commander Antos, orders his men to empty a tank, and to secretly keep on of their soldiers in, hidden. Antos gave Shamus the tank, and when he entered and drove off, Sergeant Jordan Striker subdued him and took Shamus into custody. Once the 46th successfully transported President Rump back to the Mushroom Kingdom, he was sent to King Shroom. Rump told Shroom about the atrocities the Triangulars were preforming and how all his soldiers are dead or enslaved.

In one of the Squid work camps, further from the construction of the Pyramid, that constructed nails and screws, there had been an uprising from the Squids there, overthrowing their Triangular captors and stopping them from telling the others, letting the camp go unchecked, as they built their rebellion, made up mostly of farmers, veterans, bakers, and builders, against the triangulars. This uprising was led by Thomas Calamari. Once a simple kelp farmer, he was now forced to lead a rebellion to free his people. Calamari led the Squid Rebels to 3 other camps freeing their fellow captives. After learning of President Rumps rescue Calamari reached out to the Mushroom Army. Calamari and his rebels aligned themselves with their leader and the Mushrooms. On M8/D13/356PE former Sergeant, now Captain Marine Shepard, led his Heavy Division soldiers and 200 Calamari Rebels on a Triangular MESD (Mobile Establishment and Soldier Deployer)