The Resistance War.
Looking out from my study window at the shining towers, the splendid streets and houses; listening to the soft murmur of the city waterway and the chatter of citizens milling about before the evening comes to New Mobotropolis, it is hard to imagine that the Resistance War ended a scant century ago. For a period so integral to who we are as a people today, so very little is really known about it. As all of Mobiankind faced both her darkest hour, and brightest hopes, there were obviously few men and women with the inclination (or time, no doubt!) to sit down to write accounts of what was happening around them. Indeed, we know today more about our ancient history than we do of the intricacies of that series of conflicts that only the oldest among us live to remember.
When his majesty asked me to create a historical account of the Resistance War, I scarcely knew where to begin my search for sources. My eternal gratitude is with (at the time of this writing) Minister of Engineering, Sir Dylan Drake, who provided a great deal of personal accounts about the War from his own memories of it. With his help, I was able to gain access to the journal of Sir Miles Prower; this proved an even more invaluable source of information on the war. After pouring through the few other sources I could find, I felt comfortable enough to begin to pen this story.
As there are many historical accounts from the Great War already widely available, (In particular, I would recommend the late Dr. Althan's 'Tales from the Great War' series for readers who are interested in that turbulent and romanticized period in our history.) this historical account begins just before the conclusion of the Great War, in the year before the tyrant Robotnik seized power. From there it covers all twenty-eight years of the war, from beginning, to end. Great care has been taken to preserve historical accuracy; however, both because of the limited information about this period, and in the interests of making the tale enjoyable rather than stale and scientific, some events have been embellished or added.
Now, upon the hundredth anniversary of the end of the conflict and the beginning of a golden age, it is with great pride that I pen this foreword; though the beginning of the story, it is the culmination of two decades of research and writing. It is with my sincerest hopes that all of Mobius will read these chronicles, and learn the history contained within, 'lest it be repeated one day.
~Sir Chaytel Marseil Solverre, Royal Historian
On behalf of H.R.M., King Nathaniel Acorn, year 128 A.C.