The RCO managed to recover from our first attack, but their countermeasures did not prove to be the most effective. Most of our casualties were our infantry, with us losing 5,200 infantry (-3,700 from STAPs, 800 from flamethrowers, -700 from GMS) 2,800 got infected with GMS. However, Rakonian raccoons proved durable against this fungus, as the reason they are sentient was through nuclear mutation, making them extremely invulnerable, and their biology was already adapting from the recent CEVI-13 outbreak. This, combined with our battlefield medics, who used studies from the Bioengineering Research Institute of Novorossiysk, Uman intelligence, and advanced medicine, meant that 600 were immune and 1,500 were saved, leaving only 700 infected. Raccoons are susceptible to rabies, so the infected who were unable to be saved but taken away by RCO, died, leaving no use for them. Now, time for the actual RP. As STAPs now blockaded the West, Volodymyr decided he would try and hold the line. For 10 days, raccoons would participate in guerilla warfare, trying to eliminate chance of any incoming enemy infantry. Our POSSs, of which 2 were taken down by RCO and Pirate ships, but protected due to their self-defense systems, struck the STAPs from below with heavy tungsten rods propelled by electromagnetic mass drivers, which can powerfully dismantle parts of the blockade. We also used our tactics from the Corsairian war and used the small engines to change the position of the POSSs, making aiming at them from a long distance difficult. We use our artillery to try and dismantle the rest of the blockade from long distances. This can be effective against a blockade of merely ~80 STAPs. We had lost 13 starships, but the rest was redirected to be on the offensive, targeting small enemy fleets for fast victories. We focused on drastically increasing enemy casualties, which would allow us to advance, even though we lost 2,600 infantry on the process. Large decontamination operations were rolled out in bases struck by GMS, allowing us to reclaim those bases. When the 10-day period was over, 100 tanks and 300 STAPs rolled from the sand hills, providing incredible firepower and making way for remaining infantry to move and spread out to recapture more territories, using fast advancement tactics against small divisions and guerrilla warfare against bigger fortifications. We salvaged all the resources we could from seized resource camps, and our Harbinger Vs cut off space enemy supply lines. By now, production of 4 frigate fleet of 50 starships each (100 starships total) back on Terra was completed, and King Julien III sent these frigates to Skyriver to wipe off existing Pirate and RCO Harbingers and try to damage the main Galactic Freighter. Halfway through our advancements, our tanks would try to encircle surviving STAPs to finally end the blockade. A sizable amount of enemy STAPs would manage to survive, so we take 100 from 300 of our STAPs to form a blockade in front of the enemy one, close to the middle of the RCO territory. Our starships and POSSs then focus on further damaging inner land enemy territory. Our frigates would act as light bombarders, targeting smaller bases and supply lines, while 20 POSSs were redirected to target major bases and military camps.
