Pendragon, Imperial Palace Throne Room, April 14th, 1991 a.t.b, 14:00 hours local time.

An envoy approached Charles zi Britannia and said, "Your Majesty, I have received a message of unknown origins. It came after the expedition force sent to Australia was completely destroyed."

"What did the message say?" the Emperor asked coldly.

"The message was, 'The greed of Britannia shall not ensnare the Phazon that we, the Space Pirates, have claimed for our own cause. Pick a fight with us, and you will be completely destroyed.' A single survivor of the expedition force told me that these extraterrestrial foes have a significant technological edge over our military forces. We also do not know what this 'Phazon' is but we can assume that it's a rare material that the Space Pirates have come into possession of."

Charles was at a loss for words for a couple of minutes and then said, "Begin preparations for war against these 'Space Pirates' as they seem to call themselves. We also want to capture any pirate technology should we get the chance to do so. Furthermore, we need to find out what this 'Phazon' is and why the Space Pirates want to keep it out of our hands."

"Understood, your Majesty." the envoy said before he left.

Two days later on live television, Charles zi Britannia appeared on the front steps of the Imperial Palace. The man looked out coldly and exclaimed, "All men are not created equal! Some are born swifter of foot, and others with greater beauty! But now our nation of Britannia is being tested by an unknown force that destroyed an expedition that was sent to investigate suspicious activity in Australia! This force calls itself the Space Pirates and did so when they sent us a message that proclaimed that they will stop us if we pick a fight with them! They are bluffing for Britannia is invincible! I now hereby declare that the Holy Britannian Empire is in a state of war with the Space Pirates! All hail Britannia!"

He was greeted with a chorus of "All hail Britannia!" from the audience and made a prideful smile. Meanwhile in Space Pirate territory, the Space Pirates themselves learned of Britannia's declaration of war on them and in turn the Space Pirates declared war on the Holy Britannian Empire. This began what became known as the Fourteen Month War. The Space Pirates, using their technological advantages, managed to steal the Cockpit Ejection System and Factsphere Sensor technology from Britannia before the Britannians launched their first invasion of Space Pirate territory on June 2nd.

June 2nd, 1991 a.t.b, 13 nautical miles east of the ruined Newcastle settlement, 08:45 hours local time.

Several Britannian foot soldiers fidgeted in their seats on a Britannian Landing Craft as they kept a firm grip on their assault rifles. They were about to head into Space Pirate-held territory for the first time. The pirates unfortunately kept control of the skies above and as such air support was out of the question. The only good news that the Britannians had was that the Space Pirates had no navy and that their air forces were currently limited to the Australian continent. When the war started, the Space Pirates immediately went to work and attacked Area Nine and Area Seven. Very few Britannians, civilian and military, escaped with their lives during the two weeks that the pirates spent conquering Hawaii and New Zealand before a majority of their forces headed back to Australia and left insurgents behind to harass the Britannian troops sent to retake those two Areas.

The Britannians relied on their air power and armored divisions during their reconquering of Area Seven and Area Nine to deal with the Space Pirates as small arms fire proved to be worthless against the armor worn by the soldiers of the Space Pirates unless directed at the head. This did not bode well for the soldiers in the Landing Craft as it meant that they had to actually aim. Before long, a boom was heard and the soldiers got up and saw that the Space Pirates were beginning to realize Britannia's intentions and were trying to destroy the Britannian troops before they made landfall. Due to the Britannian navy providing cover, all fifteen of the Space Pirate fighters that did come to attack went down but not before sinking a Landing Craft each. Despite these losses the Britannians continued on as there were multiple battleships and destroyers supporting the many Landing Crafts deployed.

The group of soldiers from earlier landed on the beach and began sprinting forward even as Space Pirate artillery started up and began to sink more Landing Crafts. Those same artillery were then zeroed in on and bombarded into oblivion by the Britannian ships as more soldiers landed along with several Armored Personnel Carriers, Tanks, Anti-Aircraft Vehicles, and even a few Britannian Artillery guns. As the soldiers pressed onward, they encoutered a large battalion of Space Pirates armed with Galvanic Accelerator Cannons on their right arms. Making sure to aim for the head, some Britannians were cut down even as they killed pirate soldiers. Pirate Aerotroopers then arrived and began to cut down the Britannian infantry only to be either sniped or shredded by Britannian Anti-Aircraft guns.

Moving into the ruins of Newcastle, the Britannians made sure to take cover as they fought their way through the city ruins even as the Space Pirates revealed their own tanks that punched holes through their Britannian counterparts without much effort. Artillery fire was able to take these down and it was even able to destroy Space Pirate Anti-Aircraft vehicles whose heat-based laser weapons proved to be deadly to infantry as well as the occasional VTOL Gunship that felt foolhardy and brave enough to leave the protective watch of the Britannian Navy's cruisers. Before the long day ended, the Britannian army had established a base camp near the center of the ruined city and their commanding officer wrote up a detailed report on what had happened that day.

Britannian losses: 3000+ infantry, 35 Landing Craft, 14 tanks, 3 APCs, and 4 VTOL Gunships.

Space Pirate losses: 1200+ infantry, 15 fighters, 10 tanks, 1 APC, and 3 AA Vehicles.

As night fell, the Britannians sent out sentries to keep guard over their base camp and watch for any Space Pirate activity. In one of the ruined buildings near the base camp, the Space Pirate Special Forces soldier Weavel jumped up to the top floor before heading through a hole in the ceiling to get onto the roof. Once on the roof, he pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked through them to see the positions of several sentries before he saw something curious. The Space Pirate saw a lone squad of five Britannian soldiers make its way away from a larger group of soldiers before it entered a ruined building that had been recently repaired. Activating the enhanced sensors of the binoculars, Weavel saw through the building's walls and noticed that one of the soldiers was smaller than the others and it did not take long for him to wait in order for him to see why.

The soldiers began to take their combat gear off and they all turned out to be Britannian females. The smallest one had black hair and violet eyes. Weavel found her quite cute, despite the fact that she was an enemy. The black-haired girl stripped off the jumpsuit underneath the flak vest and the Space Pirate saw that she wore a black bra and a matching pair of panties before she got into a bed and fell asleep. Disabling the sensors of his binoculars before putting it away, Weavel thought to himself, 'Damn that black-haired girl is cute! She might be around eleven years old right now though, so I'll have to wait before trying to get too friendly with her.'