Indonesia just kicked down the door in Round 1, dropping a catastrophic 4.55 million damage on Nusa Tenggara to reclaim our rightful territory. But as the smoke clears on this first offensive, the biggest story isn't our overwhelming firepower.
The real story is the deafening silence from the defenders. Which begs the question for East Timor: Did your allies abandon you?
Let’s look at the brutal reality on the ground. East Timor, you leased out your borders to the "mighty" Asian Federation. You painted a target on your own back, acting as their convenient little buffer zone in the archipelago. But the absolute second the Indonesian juggernaut rolled in, where was your backup?
They left you on read.
You managed to scrape together a pathetic 7.74K damage to defend "your" territory. That is the damage output of a nation that realizes it has been hung out to dry. Meanwhile, the Philippines—supposedly your brothers in the Federation—threw a desperate 67.36K damage at our 4.5 million damage wall before apparently packing it up and going home.
Where is the rest of the Asian Federation? Where is this grand coalition that promised you mutual defense?
We’ll tell you where they are: they are sitting safely behind their own borders, hoarding their resources, and watching you burn. They used you. You aren't an equal partner in their coalition; you are a meat shield. A sacrificial lamb thrown to the Indonesian frontline so they wouldn't have to get their own hands dirty.
We still have Round 2 to go before we officially stamp your eviction notices and take Nusa Tenggara back for good. It’s entirely possible the Asian Federation is just incredibly slow to mobilize.
But let’s be honest. When you look at that Round 1 scoreboard, it doesn't look like a coalition preparing for a counterattack. It looks like an alliance that took one look at Indonesia's 4 million damage output and decided East Timor wasn't worth the cost of defending.
You have one round left to prove us wrong. Tell your "allies" to stop hiding and actually earn that coalition tag. Or don't, and let us put you out of your misery while they watch from afar.