Summary and Recognitions

The War against the Commonwealth came to an end on the 1st of May, when under great pressure from losses and lack of coordination we agreed to surrender, according to terms given by OW. A great deal of speculation has taken place in regards to the sudden termination of the war, especially in light of the fact that much of our leadership was still gone and we were largely disorganized. At this time, we cannot be absolutely certain why they put forth the cease-fire agreement to us and pulled out when they did, but there are two main theories as to the reason.

The first theory is that they had more pressing issues back in their home territories to deal with, and since we were already fairly beaten, they had little more to gain by staying and so they pulled out.
The other theory is that they knew (since they'd been monitoring us with their spy for more than a month prior to the invasion) our top players would be returning soon, and in conjunction with them, several high-level players from BOB were on their way to assist us, and when they arrived and began coordinating our resistance efforts, we would begin a lengthy guerrilla warfare against OW that would only lead to OW suffering many losses in a drawn-out conflict that would end up costing them more than it was worth.
Either way, OW gave us the opportunity to agree to a cease-fire, and we accepted it. At the time we were in little position to fight back. Acting Commander Ufal advocated taking the cease-fire arrangement, at least until our top leadership could return, and we did. Under its terms the CW was to refrain from hitting any OW fleets, or attempting to free any occupied bases held by OW members or their affiliates for 5 days.

Total Losses for the War
The Commonwealth lost approximately 40 million in fleet overall during the three days of fighting. Among our members that sacrificed of their own to defend B56 were:
YukiKashimaru, first to the fight at Saratoga, who lost his leviathan, 9k recyclers, 30k fighters, and 50 fleet carriers, dealing damage of 3k cruisers, 500 fleet carriers, and 50k fighters and other smaller ships to the enemy.
shaunthegamer, another one of the first to the fight at Saratoga, who lost 285k in fleet, and took out approximately 250k of enemy ships.
§ŦЯдΰβŽ™, involved in the battle at BT-020-J and others, who lost 2.6mil in fleet for the CommonWealth.
Bowtie Bob (BCL), who's Main JG at BT-020-J was heavily fought over during the war, lost 361,545 in fleet, of which there were 5 BS, 26 HC, and numerous smaller vessels. He destroyed 441,860 in enemy fleet, of which there were 22 BS, 54 HC, 27 FC, and numerous smaller ships.
Ufal, temporary fleet commander and one of the first into the fight at Saratoga, lost 54K in fleet, and destroyed 268K of the invaders.
Spiritus Fortis, late to the war, lost 12k in fleet when his base at LVI-XI (B56:45:41:13) was hit by elfofnordale, in the process he destroyed 14k enemy fleet.
Irongeorge of BCL lost approximately 1.1mil of fleet in the three days of fighting, but was also able to dish out about the same, dealing around 1.1mil of destruction to OW.
Wolfe359, also late to the fight, suffered a loss of 9,595,885 in fleet, including 35 Dreadnoughts, 20 Titans, and 11 Leviathans He managed to deal 7,498,410 in destruction of enemy fleet, but since it was a defensive operation, he was at a serious disadvantage.
WookieeJediMaster, joining the fight late on the 29th at Saratoga, lost 78k in fleet against ┼ r ª╘ who hit him hard and quick. Wookiee managed to destroy 30k of ┼ r ª╘'s fleet in the process.
Gat of Blerontis, at the battle of Einor and in defense of his bases, lost about 980k in fleet. Unknown his damage at Einor, but in defense of his base he destroyed 142k of enemy fleet. As of the Cease-fire, only one of his bases remained occupied.

These were the players of Commonwealth that gave of their own in our defense. May their sacrifices never be forgot, nor their losses in vane. To all who's bases fly the CW banner, or who pride themselves in being called a member of the CW, I call a time of memorial, and a resolution to stand together for the future. I call to your attention the words of Lycurgu of Sparta, when he was asked about the defenses of his city. He pointed to his army and said: "There thou beholds the walls of Sparta, and every man a brick."

For further recognition, I would like to add special mention of those from BOB who came to aid us in the battle and give advice. It's too bad you weren't able to get in on the action.
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Skale
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The Goddess Kālī
froggy
SilverKnight
For your willingness to come and kick some OW @$$, on behalf of the CommonWealth I say thankyou. I hope that in the future we can stand with such as you again, and make a noble fight against a vile foe...