A road that marked the north-western outskirts of the Government’s village on Rustafied US Long III became the location of drama during the July 2025 wipe. The Gov had built a wall along the road, and there was an attempt to build an art gallery on the far side, but it was sabotaged by an aggressive group that operated out of a clan base on the north coast. In one raid, two paintings were lost, but Government villagers managed to save nine other paintings. One Gov member said of the incidents: “You cannot force the Barbarians to appreciate the art.“
A close battle between the Government and the Barbarians had occurred in the area on 8th July, where the Barbarians almost captured some Government rifles, but the firefight swung in the Gov’s favor just before sunset, and the guns were stashed in a nearby Government Blockhouse before the Barbarians returned with the advantage of nightvision. An attempt to rebuild the art gallery that day was stopped when a helicopter attacked it, which was assumed to be piloted by a Barbarian.
On 9th July, the Barbarians committed to building a wall along their side of the road, which surrounded (and therefore isolated) the Government Blockhouse, allowing them to conduct an easy offline raid against the Blockhouse, though they only broke into one room, capturing only one rifle. They took hours to raid the rest of the Blockhouse rooms, by which time a Gov member had despawned the remaining rifles.
On 10th July, the Barbarians built two raid bases in support of an assault against one of the Government’s gatehouses, perhaps in an ambitious attempt to capture it in order to gain access to the village. Having seen the Barbarian’s notorious conduct over the last few days, the Government’s ally based at O2 (that enjoyed using choppers) had now joined the conflict, forming a Coalition with the Government. The Coalition forces made no less than three counter-attacks, managing to take control of a Barbarian raid base on the third attempt – a critical action which appeared to end the conflict.
The Barbarians had been aggressive, but suddenly claimed to have given their loot away before they disappeared, and their clan base which had been surrounded by a long external wall was now clearly abandoned. The Government’s paintings were finally placed in a new art gallery, and an article and a video were made about it. The Government, supported by their ally at O2 had won a clear military and cultural victory, though there was still some speculation about whether the helicopter that blew up the art gallery on 8th July was piloted by a Barbarian, or if it had actually been O2’s helicopter.
