The Great Nuclear War

The Great Nuclear War was a war that took place at the end of the last KSP roleplaying session. Beginning with the acquisition of nukes by the Republic of Oligia, it ended with the Great Winter, a nuclear winter which sent the entirety of kerbalkind back to Stone-Age-level technology.

Cause
The Great Nuclear War was started by the Republic of Oligia, fairly new to the RP, who recieved a nuclear warhead and a nuclear submarine from the Empire of Angvarden. They also received cash from the Federal Republic of Usea and used that to expand their nuclear arsenal. Oligia wanted an arsenal of nuclear weapons in order to gain more power in the world. Many of the other nations were aiming towards a disarment of nuclear weapons. This led to them threatening to destroy Oligia, unless the Oligians halted production of nuclear weapons

When negotiation failed, after a tense week. Oligia launched their nuclear weapon at the Angvardian capital of Jehban. This caused Kingerium to launch 5 nuclear missiles towards Oligia, one of which was a 8-megaton warhead, though that warhead failed to detonate. Later, Kallifrey sent a nuclear warhead towards Oligia which did detonate.

Aftermath
About 802,000 people died directly by the nuclear blasts; 800,000 of them were Oligians. Oligia's government was obliterated in the blasts and many nations declared war on Oligia. An invasion was planned, but Verala made a deal with Oligia and made them their vassals. This ended all plans for an invasion.

After the initial strikes on Oligia, a terrorist group known as the International Workers' Front took control of the nuclear arsenals of Verala and Entokia, then launched them towards all national capitals in the world. This helped prolong the nuclear winter, as well as collapse entire nations' governments. After these strikes, several leaders committed suicide as their nations descended into anarchy.

Nuclear winter came afterwards, due to the fact that many cities were burning, and dumping soot into the atmosphere, which blocked out the sun. An estimated few thousand survived this horrible apocalypse, some aboard nuclear submarines filled with food, and others in bunkers or scavenging. After approximately 10,000 years, nations have started to spring up once again.

OOC Impact
After nuclear winter had struck, there was a vote to end the RP. The majority went with 'As soon as Possible' for the restart, beating the option 'Not anytime soon'. After that, another vote went through as to stick with the current timeline except 10,000 years on, or reset the timeline and restart all over again. The majority vote was to keep it 10,000 years on, although some roleplayers felt it wasn't made clear what that actually entailed.

A few roleplayers quit for a while after the Nuclear Winter, but some came back (ListerRimmer, Species 8472, etc...).