The Nuke Crisis: Difference between revisions

'''The Nuke Crisis''' was a major crisis in the [[Graal Military Community]] lasting from December of [[Guilds and Leaders of 2016|2016]] to January of [[Guilds and Leaders of 2017|2017]]. "The Nuke Glitch," as it came to be known, was officially "discovered" by [[Nyl|Nylius Avidius]] during an [[Aurea|Aurean]] Research & Development project in his time as Commissar for State Security. The glitch remained a closely-guarded Aurean secret until it was passed on to [[Xiaoguard]] by Nylius sometime in late December of 2016. Xiaoguard then passed on the instructions for the glitch to Cincinnis, who in turn passed it on to [[Constantine Vasa]], marking the beginning of The Nuke Crisis. Constantine used the glitch against numerous guilds, offering an ultimatum to capitulate to the [[Sarovia|Sarovian Empire]] or face total destruction. This eventually backfired on Constantine when Xiaoguard released the instructions for the glitch to the public, and it began to be used against the Sarovian Empire. Constantine, fearing for the future of his guild, published a post on the Graalians forums decrying the glitch, with no mention of the fact that he was the main user. The Nuke Crisis came to an end when Xiaoguard brought news of the unfolding events to former iClassic Graphics Team Administrator Leah. Leah swiftly passed this information on to iClassic Manager Xor, who directed his staff to put an end to the glitch. Soon after, the glitch was patched on iClassic and the crisis had come to an end. Unbeknownst to many however, the glitch was not immediately patched on Ol' West and continued to be used by the Aurean Empire for months following the end of the crisis on iClassic, falling under the radar for some time until the glitch was eventually discovered there and patched as well.

[[File:Sherlockgraalians.png|center|frame|Constantine's Graalians post regarding The Nuke Glitch.]]

=== First Shot, Nylius ===

The glitch was first discovered by Nylius (then Orbitus) back in 2014 while experimenting with and looking for glitches to kill time playing Graal after he rejoined the [[FoV|Fist of Vengeance]] (FoV). While playing around with user permissions and guild tags, he found that by following a simple formula, the guild tab will glitch and another tag will be taken by the server as your guild tag for a certain time period. Understanding the potential for its grave misuse, Nylius never used it aside from editing the guild news of one of the FoV subtags, specifically Fist of Valour, from time to time, increasingly so when the guild began to slowly whither away due to its age.

Aurea had no reason to use the glitch in its early days as it was well-received by the community, having a strong and active set of officers and members. Nylius also was not in any position to even think of using it, serving as tag-holder and Colonel of the 1st Rifles Division. He was later promoted to Colonel-General and eventually Commissar for State Security after the retirement of James Dolan.

The Committee on State Security, under the supervision of Nylius and to the amusement of Kevlar, tested the glitch in multiple small guilds before classifying the "find." Nylius never revealed his pre-Aurean knowledge of the glitch in order to avoid the possibility of being outcasted from the community for having spearheaded something so sinister, similar to what happened to Xiao for a time when he was outed as Roanoke Han and led the State's Alchemist Program.

The nuke, as it was then labelled by the higher-ups in Aurea, was first officially used in the context of the Military Community against Sarovia. An operative was recruited by Aurean infiltrators into Sarovia's multiple tags and was able to wipe out the entirety of Sarovia in minutes. Lips were sealed and no one knew about how and why it happened, only that it was by Aurea. The nuke and its instructions were kept classified until Nylius revealed it to Xiao under the assumption that it will be brought up to the staff team to be patched.