The two-week, thirty battle Operation: Sunrise has concluded in a mutual treaty. In this post, we asked community members about their thoughts on the Fire Vikings and Shadow Legionnaires war.
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A long and active conflict concludes on Club Penguin Army Battleground. The Fire Vikings declared an on-map war against the Shadow Legionnaires, and the two armies fought over servers from October 27 to November 9. Servers traded hands back and forth as both armies saw decisive victories and marginal wins alike. The war additionally served as a proper stress test for the newly-established Army Judging Board. Previously, AJB saw only a tournament, a handful of practice battles, and a one-sided Templars victory against the Aliens. The thirty-battle war saw significant staff and high command promotions within each army. Additionally, it extensively tested the capabilities of both armies.
SL takes a decisive win during the Invasion of Outback, reclaiming one of its lost servers in this war.
In the end, the two armies agreed to a finalized war score of 17-0-13, favoring the Legionnaires, and declared the war as having no winner. On the morning of November 9, the treaty was officially published, with its remaining battles cancelled. The treaty requires both armies to maintain a ceasefire with each other until December 7, 2026. Likewise, the Fire Vikings secured Snow Globe from the Legionnaires peacefully, as part of the third clause of the treaty. SL and FV’s agreement solidifies a chilling effect on conflicts involving each other, as both armies also agreed to not participate in assisting any allies in wars against the other, including colony or proxy conflicts.
A treaty to end the war is accepted on the morning of November 9, 2026
A Civic Success
For the Army Judging Board, the full-fledged war tested the capabilities of the judges and their abilities as a new organization. Judging at times as odd as 3 AM EST and as frequent as three times a day for several days in a row, the organization reported a positive result for the conflict. “The judges loved the war and appreciated that both armies took the feedback they received,” SavageCobra, the AJB Director, concluded in his war summary of Operation: Sunrise. The AJB also debuted a new metric provided at the end of the war, Tactical Score, comparing the relative success of either participant in the war. AJB awarded the Fire Vikings a 41.4 out of 100, while the Shadow Legionnaires received a 59.2. With a complete, full-fledged war, a full month of activity, and a successfully managed tournament, the organization shows positive signs of life entering into its future.
AJB Director SavageCobra announces the FV-SL war summary
Club Penguin Armies reached out to the community to hear more about the community’s reactions to the conflict.
Operation: Sunrise has concluded after thirty official battles and a treaty declaring a draw. Did you think it’d go this far?
Joonie, Help Force Admiral: Honestly no, but I welcome that it has gone this far, making it an interesting and fun conflict to keep track of!
Pranav, Fire Warriors Commander General: I honestly thought it would go slightly further, considering SL could’ve reasonably force treatied FV within this next week. Fire Vikings generally did one US battle every day and potentially one EU battle before 4:30 PM EST. SL handily won two AUSIA/early EU battles every day and even some of the late EU battles.
Shallissa, Templars Advisor: Considering the amount of land that Shadow Legionnaries had going into this war I assumed there were only two ways this could go. If the Fire Vikings planned to successfully invade every single SL server that would be dozens of battles, not including any of their own defenses. As FV was at a disadvantage in server count, I knew there was also a possibility of SL quickly wiping them off the map. It has been exciting to see it end up somewhere in between. Though it ended in a treaty I’m impressed with the stamina both armies demonstrated throughout the war.
ToxicMeow, Army of Club Penguin Lieutenant General: At first, certainly not, I’m not sure that anyone really expected it, but then, i feel like it got to a point where game of ping-pong of action-reaction started between the armies and things sped up a lot, if that makes sense.
Zall, The Bastille Vanguard Leader: No i’m actually really suprised it went on this long lol, kinda dissapointed it only ended in a draw and not a victory from an army
How do you think both armies will fare after such an extensive conflict?
Joonie: They have a peace treaty right now, so I don’t think they’ll be attacking each other soon, and may even mend their relations!
Pranav: I think that both armies are honestly on a high but have to watch either against fatigue of staff or HCOM. Any time a small-medium army pushed itself intensively without break can lead to extreme fatigue amongst staff and HCOM if they aren’t provided outlets or if there aren’t enough staff or HCOM to cover other tasks if any go on leave.
Shallissa: As the map stands currently, I don’t think this is the last time we will see a war between SL and FV. Throughout the duration of the treaty I anticipate both will reconvene and plan for what’s next, whatever that may be. It’s fair to say that the war highlighted areas of improvement for both armies. Over the next few weeks I believe their leaderships would greatly benefit from studying battle judging summaries and implementing suggestions into their trainings. Though both are deserving of rest and recovery, I hope to see them pushing forward and maintaining a decent pace.
ToxicMeow: I truly believe the way both armies handled this will inevitably shape them for the better, at certain times it might have felt like a trial by fire (no pun intended), but seeing them concentrating their energy and resources into this conflict, taking all the advice and feedback and implementing it in such a short time, building stamina among their troops and leadership, etc.. i think with a period of cooldown and focus inwards they have the occasion to grow massively
Zall: I think both armies will be pretty burnt out and demotivated to continue doing these many events, as expected by a 30 battle war, but only time will tell
Did the result surprise you at all? What about the war did you think was interesting, if anything?
Joonie: Not much, I expected FV and SL to be mostly even. It was interesting to see both armies take feedback and apply it in their future battles!
Pranav: I was honestly not surprised by anything, other than one time that FV won a room outright in a 3am EST battle, considering that is a bit far outside of the FV strong timezone. That being said, SL did win multiple battles that were late EU and even did well in US battles, which was more surprising.
Shallissa: The results truly did surprise me. Overall I believe it highlighted that the capabilities and strengths of both armies are quite similar, arguably even on par with one another. It’s interesting that despite all the battles at many points things seemed to be at a standstill, with servers being invaded only to be later taken back. I can’t help but wonder how this war could have played out if there was a more even server count between the two of them, perhaps this would have ended with a force treaty. It is undeniable that based on results alone, SL has emerged from this war as the winning side. The war score favors them, and they have ended this war with more servers than they started with. That being said the determination and strength from FV cannot be understated. Having less than 10 servers at the start of the war, they were at a significant disadvantage. Despite this they remained on the map even after 30 battles. As always what’s not surprising is the fact that once again, the S/M community proved to be more interesting than the Major community. I appreciate the effort the S/Ms have put into actually behaving like armies. Both SL and FV deserve all the respect and credit for the success of this war and the activity it brought into the community. Their leaderships have alot to be proud of and I hope to see more from them in the future.
ToxicMeow: Having witnessed so many of the battles and having paid closer attention to how things evolved i cant totally say the result was surprising, what i can say though, looking back, is that there were some wilder turns which were surprising in the moment, it’s very interesting how an army can impress you with great results in one battle and then the other army uses that as a motivator to come back and turn the tables into the next one. This is something ive noticed with both of them a couple of times and it served as a great reminder that maybe when a battle is lost, (or won) it doesn’t mean the same goes for the overall war.
Zall: No its not suprising besides the length, i found it really boring, nothing interested me, ill say what i said in cpa this war was an absoloute snooze fest :isleep:
Additionally, Club Penguin Armies asked more questions from Army Judging Board Senior Judge Joonie and Associate Judge Pranav and ToxicMeow, who judged a plurality of battles in the conflict:
This was AJB’s first full-scale war. How was the experience judging the war?
Joonie, AJB Senior Judge: It was an awesome experience and an honour to judge AJB’s first war! Thanks to FV and SL for letting us judge it!
Pranav, AJB Associate Judge: I loved judging the war, honestly, and I want to do more for AJB as a result. It was a refreshing experience and it was well handled and organized.
ToxicMeow, Associate Judge: I can’t fail to mention first that I’m very proud of AJB and the way its getting shaped, the way that people are so eager to put in the work and how easy the feedback flows and is taken into account in every direction. Im mentioning all this because it played a huge part in the experience of Judging this war. I really admire AJB’s openness with challenging the armies via things such as diverse room choices. It certainly keeps everyone more grounded and gives the armies a new way to tackle the same old problems. It certainly was great to see them utilize the given rooms, get creative with forms or movements, etc..
How do you feel both armies performed within the new organization’s purview?
Joonie: They performed really well, with the judges having to deliberate quite a lot during many rooms, great job to both of them!
Pranav: Both armies did really well, especially with AJB having to change up the channel a couple times while experimenting. To my knowledge, all the judges enjoyed all the battles. One thing I did want to compliment both armies on is their adaptation based on the judges’ summary.
ToxicMeow: I believe they both performed very well, I appreciate all the extra work they have given us, I believe they tested us as much as we tested them as well and certainly i have witnessed a few changes already in our system or process of doing things that were implemented so fast, if anything it showed that AJB is taking things seriously and can be flexible when it needs to, so no judges nor armies have to make compromises unless absolutely necessary.
Thirty battles later, the community seems to feel that the war was either refreshing or boring, depending on who you ask, with both armies either on the rise or ready for recovery. How do YOU feel about the war’s conclusion? Is there more to be seen from both of these armies?
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