Japanese Gardens Peace Talks 2018

Overview
The Japanese Garden Peace Talks of 2018 (also known as the Peace Talks Disaster) was a peace summit between the central government of the SRG, the Champaign Liberation Forces, and the Urbana Defense Front. The summit was organized by Presidente Pawel Rawdaniko of the SRG in an effort to bring the insurgencies in Gardenia to a peaceful close.

On March 15th, 2018 the leaders of the three sides; Presidente Pawel Rawdaniko of the SRG, Jae Duevara of the CLF, and Generalissimo Johnathan Anderson of the UDF, met in the Japan House in the heavily contested Japanese Gardens region. Initially, the talks seemed to be making progress with the leaders beginning to make headway into common grievances.

However, 30 minutes into the summit, forces of the Gardenian Security Bureau stormed the Japan House and fired upon the insurgent leadership in an effort to decapitate the CLF and UDF. Heavy fighting erupted as insurgent forces attempted to rescue their leaders and escape while GSB forces tried to cut them off. During their escape the Generalissimo of the UDF, Johnathan Anderson was fatally wounded by precision fire from GSB agents. His body was recovered by UDF forces led by Carsten Boastani, albeit at great cost. Boastani and his remaining forces then escaped the ambush. The leader of the CLF, Jae Duevara made a successful escape along with his personal bodyguard into the surrounding farmlands.

It is unknown to this day if the GSB intervention was orchestrated by Presidente Rawdaniko or if elements of the GSB overstepped their bounds. Regardless, the Peace Talks Disaster added gasoline to what were the embers of the civil war, resulting in intense fighting in the rural territories of the SRG with some attacks reaching Urbana-Champaign itself.