View source for Fifth Column/Council War 2005

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== Overview ==
Shortly before the release of [[Issue 3]] in January 2005, this invasion saw forces of the [[5th Column]] and The [[Council]] fighting on the streets of all the zones in [[Paragon City]]. This was part of the introduction of The [[Council]], and in turn the removal of the [[5th Column]], as part of the storyline of [[Issue 3]], which saw a coup d'etat remove [[Requiem]] as the leader of the group. This fed directly into the introduction of [[Striga Isle]] and the larger [[Council]] mythology.

The mechanism for the "war" was a [[Game Manager|GM]] or automated spawn of between 5 and 50 [[5th Column]] and [[Council]] troopers from minion to boss. These would con at the average level of the neighbourhood that the spawn was happenning (e.g. Level 6 in Argosy Industrial Park in [[Atlas Park]]). The number of troopers appeared to be based on the number of people in that neighbourhood - the more players, the larger the spawn.

The spawn would fight normally - 5th Column attacking Council if no players were around, both factions attacking players if they were. To prevent over-running of the zone, the spawn would not be triggered again until all enemies from it were defeated, and a short period (~1-3 minutes) elapsed. Considerable "farming" of these spawns was conducted by players, as a large number of average level, tightly packed foes presented too attractive a target to ignore.

[[Category:Special Events]]