Government regains controlAugust 3872 - In a well coordinated assault following the implementation of the
Alpha Directive, the Cildanian government was able to recapture most rebel-held areas. Particularly in Jilsun the government managed to restore order throughout the Canton's inland, taking the city of Byt on the 14th of August with the use of a large infantry surge. The Cathedral of Saint Gregory, one of the rebel headquarters in the city and the canton, was taken over by the Cildanian military, threatening the destruction of yet another ancient Hosian site. The government's success is partially due to the disorganized nature of the opposition. A loose coalition of a theocratic terrorist organization and a Kaminskist Communist party can only hold on against a well organized secular dictatorship for so long. But now that governmental victory seems imminent, the rebels have no choice but cooperate closely; there is even talk of an alternative government being formed by the opposition parties, with claim to legitimacy over the Cildanian island.
The rebels do nonetheless retain control of most of the harbors and a large part of the navy, which they continue to use for piracy and smuggling in order to finance their insurgency. As the Pirate War now rages in South Majatra, where former Selucian Consul Lucius Cassius Aquilinus gained control of a number of Deltarian ports, the Cildanian government may ask for Selucian assistance in suppressing piracy, particularly since Cildania is a member of SOTO. If Aquilinus does bring his armada into Cildanian waters, the rebellion may soon be brought to an end.