WAR!!!
Galbadia launches sudden attack on Dukedom of Dollet

Nelia Winter – Balamb Dispatch -- At 4:54 am Dollet Standard Time the country of Galbadia launched a sudden attack on the unsuspecting city of Dollet, the small capitol city on the coast north of the transcontinental railroad. The city had strong political ties to Galbadia for the past fifty years, even during the Sorceress War where Galbadia soldiers fought side by side with Dollet soldiers. So this attack on an old ally came as quite the shock throughout Dollet and the rest of country.
The early morning had disguised the troops that had been airdropped near to the Dollet-Galbadia border. What had been announced as routine training missions in the field turned into a three wave direct assault on the capitol city Dollet. Two waves from the west and another struck down from the north quickly engaging the defense forces stationed around the city. The overwhelming forces from the Galbadia army has been pushing the defensive force back closer and closer to the city.
The assault only started twelve hours ago and the Galbadia forces have already taken the Hon Torme Hill and the Qione Plains from the defensive force. Mortars and gunfire can be heard in the city now, as the fighting comes closer to the streets of Dollet.
Citizens run through the streets trying to find safety as poorly missed shells crash into buildings. Rumble is starting to cover the street. The Duke Herien Dollet has asked for the citizen to remain calm and go to the escape shelters in the near by hills away from the fighting. The defensive force is now only able to hold off the invasion so that the people can escape.
Duke Herien is trying to open a dialogue with the President Deling since the first shots had woken him from his sleep. The Duke’s advisors have been asking him to leave the mansion and go to the shelters, but he has refused to leave before his people are safe. A statement from the press secretary has stated that the Duke continues to talk with President Deling in hopes to end this conflict. But with the battle soon to escalate into house-to-house fighting throughout the city, the cease-fire may come too late to save the city from siege.
Reports from the circle of advisors say that they are trying to convince the Duke to call on aid from SeeD, the elite mercenary organization located in three bases around the world, the closest to Dollet being Balamb Garden. No word or response from the advisors when questioned whether this was true or not.