Fiction:Enceri vs. Twentoo

War Background

 * The war was caused because the Twentoo Pope suppressed learning and knowledge. They were supported by the Snarlins, huge worm-like creatures who ate metal. The Snarlins only understood that the Pope gave them metal, so they used their military ability to protect the Twentoo Pope.
 * The Enceri and the Encern(a species related to the Enceri) knew what it meant. They would not be able to advance as a planet of intelligent creatures. They planned the Pope's downfall. The Enceri would buy everything till the Pope only had his capital. Then the Encern would destroy them, using an expirimental cannon they had designed.

Surprising Results

 * The plan worked extraordinarily well. Within 10 years only one city was under the Pope's control. But, without warning, the Pope purged all computers, which left the cannon without a firing routine. They had to attack manually.

Battle of Silo

 * Encern forces surrounded Silo and opened fire. They destroyed street after street, building after building. Then a huge door opened outside the city. A super-epic Snarling crawled out, and quickly destroyed the Encern vehicles. The super-epic started going towards the city Paternan, the Encern capital. When it arrived, it began a siege.

Siege of Paternan

 * Hundreds of troops shot at the super-epic, but to no avail. Soon the Pope's troops arrived. The citizens took up arms and held their position, but with significant losses. By nightfall, only 50,000 troops remained in the city.
 * The 50,000 troops held off all forms of attack; air, ground, and water based. They held off the troops for 3 months, till they ran out of supplies. In a defiant gesture, they detonated the laser cannon. It exploded.
 * But in possibly the most show-offy use of their powers, Light and Dark Enceri projected a forcefield to protect Paternan. It had not been destroyed. But in their moment of rejoice, the Pope let loose a virus that killed all Encern where they stood.

Destruction of Silo

 * In response to his defiance of the gods, Dark Enceri himself led the charge to Silo. He immediately destroyed any opposition before him, but Light Enceri convinced him to stop before he destroyed Silo. It was the mortals's duty to fight their wars, not the gods she said. In response to this, Dark Enceri caused an EMP to disable their weapons and equipment. The Enceri, filled with rage, utterly destroyed the city. This ended the suppression of knowledge, and allowed them to advance into space, the first species ever to do so.