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Fully tested and shown working as of '''5-1-25'''. Operation thereof to be woven into the eventual DLU update.

~~=====The Coming Flood=====~~

=====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5y-IkNYhs War by way of Deception]=====

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:United they stand, divided they fall. You only need glance at a map to identify the nature of the dilemma.

:As the 62nd has shown - there is no time or place to parley with the unreasonable. No better to have boneheads on your doorstep. It's all or nothing.

~~;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline.~~

~~;Once it begins in earnest the waves, scope and intensity will expand to encompass as much as the unready island-dwellers allow it to spiral.~~

~~;Maps will be incredibly helpful to detail the full scale and progression this crisis entails.~~

~~;It drags all factions it encounters into the bedlam, running over the available mapspace wiping away the old states of being.~~

~~;The choices the player has made or the factions have done so for them play a pivotal role in the overall preparedness for this all-encompassing event.~~

:*Dependent on a (large set) of contributing factors the invasion's initial strength (first wave) and amount of landing points will vary from local harassment to town capture groups. The sooner these entities find success...the worse it gets.

:*Needless to say the event '''waits''' for the conclusion of countless others to become available. While the Cannibal Invasion has a source, many ready forces to respond and hard-written counteractions to ensure its conclusion...

~~:*The Fishmen Invasion is designed with two key differences...~~

~~::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped".~~

::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress.

:*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland".

~~:*Some key moments being...~~

~~::#Collapse of the Southern Empire~~

~~::#Destruction of the Southern Hive~~

~~::#Destruction of (Southern Gang)~~

~~::#Retreat of the Crabbers~~

~~::#Imperial Quarantine of the South~~

~~::#Penetration of the Swamplands~~

~~::#Shek Suicide Campaign~~

~~::#Swamp Gang Dissolution~~

~~::#Anti-Slaver Isolation~~

~~::#Arrival of second and third waves~~

=====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OYg0GSjo8 Third Empire]=====

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:''No hidden treasure out there. Trust me, I'd know.''

:''Search your soul. It's the only way to become whole...again.''

=====The Coming Flood=====

;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline.

;Once it begins in earnest the waves, scope and intensity will expand to encompass as much as the unready island-dwellers allow it to spiral.

;Maps will be incredibly helpful to detail the full scale and progression this crisis entails.

;It drags all factions it encounters into the bedlam, running over the available mapspace wiping away the old states of being.

;The choices the player has made or the factions have done so for them play a pivotal role in the overall preparedness for this all-encompassing event.

:*Dependent on a (large set) of contributing factors the invasion's initial strength (first wave) and amount of landing points will vary from local harassment to town capture groups. The sooner these entities find success...the worse it gets.

:*Needless to say the event '''waits''' for the conclusion of countless others to become available. While the Cannibal Invasion has a source, many ready forces to respond and hard-written counteractions to ensure its conclusion...

:*The Fishmen Invasion is designed with two key differences...

::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped".

::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress.

:*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland".

:*Some key moments being...

::#Collapse of the Southern Empire

::#Destruction of the Southern Hive

::#Destruction of (Southern Gang)

::#Retreat of the Crabbers

::#Imperial Quarantine of the South

::#Penetration of the Swamplands

::#Shek Suicide Campaign

::#Swamp Gang Dissolution

::#Anti-Slaver Isolation

::#Arrival of second and third waves

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 Fully tested and shown working as of '''5-1-25'''. Operation thereof to be woven into the eventual DLU update.
-=====The Coming Flood=====
 =====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5y-IkNYhs War by way of Deception]=====
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 :United they stand, divided they fall. You only need glance at a map to identify the nature of the dilemma.
 :As the 62nd has shown - there is no time or place to parley with the unreasonable. No better to have boneheads on your doorstep. It's all or nothing.
-;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline.
-;Once it begins in earnest the waves, scope and intensity will expand to encompass as much as the unready island-dwellers allow it to spiral.
-;Maps will be incredibly helpful to detail the full scale and progression this crisis entails.
-;It drags all factions it encounters into the bedlam, running over the available mapspace wiping away the old states of being.
-;The choices the player has made or the factions have done so for them play a pivotal role in the overall preparedness for this all-encompassing event.
-:*Dependent on a (large set) of contributing factors the invasion's initial strength (first wave) and amount of landing points will vary from local harassment to town capture groups. The sooner these entities find success...the worse it gets.
-:*Needless to say the event '''waits''' for the conclusion of countless others to become available. While the Cannibal Invasion has a source, many ready forces to respond and hard-written counteractions to ensure its conclusion...
-:*The Fishmen Invasion is designed with two key differences...
-::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped".
-::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress.
-:*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland".
-:*Some key moments being...
-::#Collapse of the Southern Empire
-::#Destruction of the Southern Hive
-::#Destruction of (Southern Gang)
-::#Retreat of the Crabbers
-::#Imperial Quarantine of the South
-::#Penetration of the Swamplands
-::#Shek Suicide Campaign
-::#Swamp Gang Dissolution
-::#Anti-Slaver Isolation
-::#Arrival of second and third waves
 =====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OYg0GSjo8 Third Empire]=====
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 :''No hidden treasure out there. Trust me, I'd know.''
 :''Search your soul. It's the only way to become whole...again.''
+=====The Coming Flood=====
+;The mod culminates in an overwhelming siege of the island realms beginning quietly along the southern shoreline.
+;Once it begins in earnest the waves, scope and intensity will expand to encompass as much as the unready island-dwellers allow it to spiral.
+;Maps will be incredibly helpful to detail the full scale and progression this crisis entails.
+;It drags all factions it encounters into the bedlam, running over the available mapspace wiping away the old states of being.
+;The choices the player has made or the factions have done so for them play a pivotal role in the overall preparedness for this all-encompassing event.
+:*Dependent on a (large set) of contributing factors the invasion's initial strength (first wave) and amount of landing points will vary from local harassment to town capture groups. The sooner these entities find success...the worse it gets.
+:*Needless to say the event '''waits''' for the conclusion of countless others to become available. While the Cannibal Invasion has a source, many ready forces to respond and hard-written counteractions to ensure its conclusion...
+:*The Fishmen Invasion is designed with two key differences...
+::#Once initiated there is no (clear) means by which to halt it. The event must either be endured or meaningful solutions found. It cannot be "stopped".
+::#It will not activate merely because of some activities in the south. It's contingent upon a set of those events resolving. That is to say it's not a '''natural''' follow-up to any given event - it is a combinatorial response to overall progress.
+:*Much like the Cannibal Invasion it has milestone phases which can and do re-shape the future of the world. Factions can be destroyed, towns can be lost, entire races can be driven out of their "homeland".
+:*Some key moments being...
+::#Collapse of the Southern Empire
+::#Destruction of the Southern Hive
+::#Destruction of (Southern Gang)
+::#Retreat of the Crabbers
+::#Imperial Quarantine of the South
+::#Penetration of the Swamplands
+::#Shek Suicide Campaign
+::#Swamp Gang Dissolution
+::#Anti-Slaver Isolation
+::#Arrival of second and third waves