Andorn Investigation on the Battle of Aequalis

This is a full report by Brainstormkid of the Andorn Legion about the Battle of Aequalis that took place on 8/22/21. This report is mainly on the competence and leadership of the Andorn detachment deployed to aid Huitcan forces. This is not a full overview of the whole battle this is a report about Andorn forces.

Background
Jingo, a High Archon of Andorn was notified about the battle between Huitca and the Kingdom of Councils around 1:00 p.m. EST on 8/22/21. He notified the leader of Andorn, Lucius von Savras and requested Andorn to deploy troops to reinforce Huitcan defenses. Jingo would received the green light around 1:30 p.m. EST. Jingo would begin talks with Lily Prism of Huitca if they needed Andorn troops for the defense around 4:00 p.m. EST. and received permission from Huitca and announced to Andorn the deployment of troops at 4:07 p.m EST. At around 5:00 p.m. EST, Andorn troops would be deploying at Aequalis. It is important to mention that Andorn troops or government had no involvement of the Huitcan defense strategy.

Pre-Battle
Andorn deployed 11 soldiers(46% of all volunteers who were in the battle and nearly half of Andorn military) to aid Huitca against the KOC. (Note: There were 24 foreign volunteers that supported Huitca)
 * duel123abc (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Howerett (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * chaddudeman (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Jingo (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Bobo (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Unlimited (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Striker0 (Withdrawed before first wave)
 * Brainstormkid (Last survivor of 2nd wave)
 * server724 (Killed in 2nd Wave)
 * Coop (Killed in 2nd Wave)
 * Tasty (Killed in 2nd Wave)
 * Svinn (Killed in 2nd Wave)

Although Andorn had sent nearly half of foreign military aid to Aequalis, Andorn troops were poorly briefed on the KOC's strength. Early estimates that were said by the Huitcans were from 2 attackers to all of mercenary's and bandits in Eldham and Huitca. Andornians were never briefed or told about the Huitcan's defense strategy until after the battle had started. No Andorn commander was put in charge of Andorn troops at all and were all told to stay in the town center for no reason. Also, no Andorn was given permissions or trusted in the city, so they had no access in opening doors or leaving the town center. Capna, the leader of the Andorn military was allowed foreign commander role in their discord, but was never in the battle(irl vacation).

Phony Batte
At 5:50 p.m. the battle of Aequalis began. For 40 minutes no combat took place because of Huitca's defense strategy and confusion about rules in land wars. Andorn troops would be sidelined and told to stand down by Huitca as they declared the battle already won. Around 5:20 p.m. EST, there was a confusion send by Huitcan leadership if Andorn troops were allowed to leave or stay. The Huitcans would announce in vc chat that all volunteers can now teleport out of Aequalis, BUT could stay if they wanted to. This would cause massive confusion between Andorn troops if they should teleport home or stay. At this point, nearly half of the Andorn force had went home because of duel123abc who ordered a full withdrawal of Andorn forces in local chat. This complicated things because of the chaos in global chat and no follow-up order was made in Andorn official channels, so half of Andorn forces did not withdraw.

First Wave
Around 5:30 p.m. EST, KOC mercenaries had breached the outer walls of the city using crimson wine and started to do a small skirmish at the town center, but eventually fell back. Svinn of Andorn had spotted KOC forces breaching the walls minutes earlier and frantically tried to inform Huitcan leadership to prepare for battle multiple times in local chat. These warnings were continuously ignored with Huitcan forces already planning their celebrations after the battle in the town bar. Even after this small skirmish, Huitcans did not permit foreign forces to leave town hall to secure the rest of the city or open doors in their buildings in case of a withdrawal.

Second Wave
At 6:42 p.m. EST, the main attack force of KOC attacked the town center. The remaining Andorn soldiers aided in the battle, but it became clear by 6:45 p.m. EST that KOC had the clear winning advantage. The town center became a slaughter house for all Andorn forces and foregin volunteers because they had no access into escaping into buildings or exiting the town center entrances since they had no perms in the city. Out of the remaining 5 Andorn soldiers remaining in the town square, only 1 would survive the slaughter while Huitcan forces escaped the onslaught by escaping into their buildings to teleport away. At 6:47 p.m. EST, all remaining Andornian forces were either dead or escaped the city.

Confirmed Andorn soldiers killed during the battle-
 * server724
 * Coop
 * Tasty
 * Svinn

Accounts
These are full accounts of Andorn Legion members who were deployed to Aequalis.

Aftermath
Immediately after the battle, an investigation launched by Brainstormkid was released to get a number of gear lost and focusing on what happened that caused a defeat. A survey was conducted to all the Andornians who participated in the battle asking if they would send support to Huitca militarily or financially. Most came back saying they would not support another deployment of troops or aid to Huitca, some would even go far enough to say they would not support any country other than Andorn. It was clear that Huitcan leadership was incompetent in foreseeing a KOC attack to go so far as in not have look-outs or scouting teams to ensure Huitcan allies would be prepared. The reliance on Huitcan leadership for the planning in the battle allowed a confusion between Andornians if they were pulling out of the city or not. The strategy of staying in the town center allowed KOC members to box in foreign allies besides Andorn and kill them with no escape(While Huitcans could escape due to their perms). It is estimated that Andorn lost approximately 400,000 dollars in the battle from their gear loss. In a statement from the Kaiser later on after the battle, it became clear that more Andorn troop deployments or financial aid would not go to support Huitca in the foreseeable future.