NationStates Jolt Archive

Red 13: oh yes, Well alot of Samotopias Allies have been getting attacked latly so we've been helping them out, And An Alliance Samotopia is in almost fell apart and things like that.:: Pouring more wine into his glass.:: So what exactly did you say you did.:: At this point he was getting even more drunk than he was.::

Glacier Mint was drinking slowly, taking small sips quite often to make it look like he was drinking more than he actually was, and happily letting Red 13 drink all he liked.

"Oh, I work in the sales department at Cutthroat Sealines. Taking people's cruise bookings all day. It's very boring; that's why I have to get away and spend the odd week here and there taking it easy in a casino. I always wanted to get into one of the big poker games in Main Teepee, but I never had enough credit." He looked a bit down, "So Samotopia's allies are being attacked? I hope there isn't a war while I'm still on vacation here! What's the government doing about it?"

Red 13: Oh the Government is just having all Milatary bases on standby just incase we are needed in an allies country. The closest one from here is 17 miles NE of here and can be here in 3 hours march, 30 minutes drive. We have but a small Navy and would rely on allies to protect our waters if attacked.:: He was now to drunk to know what he was saying.::

Mel and Frog were still standing in the hall talking about what would happen to Red 13.::

Frogg: No. Sam-O will not fire him i know it, He likes Red 13 to much, but he won't admit it.

Mel: I agree with you there, but it's just...:: Pausing for a moment looking for the right words to say.:: He's been gone to many times. He gets drunk to much.. I admit i sometimes have a drink with him, but not that much. And he gambles and-

Frogg: Thats how he's richier than you and me.:: As he Interupted Mel.::

Mel: Yea well he should't gamble the last time I gambled was last month and I lost ALOT of money.

Frogg: Your not that good of a Gambler, Your face is to easy to read. While with Frogg He makes is oppenents think he has a good or bad hand when he has the opposite. He's good at it and i think over the years I've known him things have happened that made his life turn around in a bad direction...::He looks down and his face looks as if he would like to start to cry for his friend.::

Mel: What Happened that made him turn?

Frogg: Well both his parents died when he was a teen and had to live with his grandparents. But they died when he just went to college. Then a good thing happened for once in his life he met a girl. He loved her to death. At this point me and him were friends and i knew her. She was the nicest girl I had ever met. He proposed to her April 23, 1993. I was to be the Best Man at the wedding.:: He pauses again and this time starts to cry. He waits a couple of seconds then continues.:: 3 weeks and 3 days before the wedding...... She died in a car accident.....and.... when he found out he almost Commited suiccide. But he didn't he told me "That everytime something good happenes in his life... God takes it away"... He said that talking to me through a door... with a gun in his hands. He then said.... "Well If God takes that away from me I might as well make friends with the devil".:: Pausing before going on.:: He then walked over to the door and unlocked it..." But i still have one good thing in life.... And it's you Frogg... My best friend." He told me that and then dropped the gun and hugged me and cried.

Mel:: The Whole time Mel had been horrified at the story only saying.:: I'll never mistreat him again.:: And they both walked down the hall in silence.::

Glacier Mint nodded, amiably, taking a sip of his wine, and buying Red 13 another bottle, "Sounds to me you could be in trouble here, if the wrong country started picking a fight. How much protection can you rely on from your allies, anyway? Wouldn't you just be better off threatening to nuke people who try to push Samotopia around?"

Field Marshall Helstag steeples his fingers, and turns his attention back to Dr Locoaleman and Count De la Manx, "So, can I rely on your help in this plan, gentlemen? I can assure you, your efforts will most certainly be well rewarded."

"Of course, we are always interested in helping Nordic nations release themselves from tyranny." Replied Dr. Locoaleman "For a fee." He added. "Why don't you outline the goverment officials scheduled to have "accidents" to the Count, and we will give you an estimate of our expenses."

The Dr. continues "We have one very important condition, that Jim Frod remain in prision throughout the turmoil. Just make him comfortable, allow him to see visitors but never let him out. He has a great mind, tons of money but he screws everything up if he gets into the field."

The Count chimes in "We have a highly trained cadre of "accident" specialists which we can assign to this case. I assume you don't mind collateral damage involving close members of this government team. If there are certain loyalists you want to come through unscathed let us know and we will do our best."

Field Marshall Helstag smiled, "Excellent; I shall see to it that Jim Frod remains safe and sound throughout. The main targets are, of course, General Jaarinen and his ministers of propaganda and the interior. This dossier contains further details of all the intended victims." he nods to one of the major-generals, who passes the Count a folder, "Collateral damage is no concern - feel free to make as much mess as you like."

General Tobiassen cleared his throat, "If I may make a suggestion; a perfect opportunity to take out the President and his staff will be coming up in a few weeks. The biannual Arctic Carnival, Koenberg's biggest street party, should provide ample chaos and confusion from which to launch an attack, and General Jaarinen and his cabinet ministers will be in attendance as the parade passes the Republikstaad. The floats in the parade will be checked for security risks, but I'm sure I can arrange a distraction for some of your men to get inside one. They should be able to get quite close to the President."

Field Marshall Helstag nodded, "The only difficult target on the list will be Otto Jaarinen, the president's son, who is currently on military service in Lake Eerie. With any amount of luck, he won't survive that little war going on near Port Huron, but if he does, his elimination will be of the utmost priority, since the people expect him to succeed General Jaarinen as president."

Red 13 looked almost out of it this would his last glass of wine before he fell over.::

Red 13: Nukes?!? What Nukes? We got no nukes. And if we did I'D NUKE YOU. HHAHAHHAH.:: And falls over dead asleep.::

Glacier Mint peered at Red 13, shrugged, and finished off his wine. He strolled outside and took out his pager, before texting a message to Sub Zero, with the location of the military base Red 13 had mentioned. Sub Zero's response was a predictably clipped 'affirmative'. Satisfied with his work for the day, Glacier Mint went on to a different casino, blew some more money, and wandered back to his hotel by about 2am.

In the disputed fishing grounds between Indian Casino Operator and Samotopia

The day breaks revealing another glorious day in Lake Ontario, Martin Shone is on deck "keeping one of the idealistic girls warm", when one of his lookouts shouts "Samotopia fishing vessels dead ahead." Shone calls the crew together and tells them of the Samotopians fishing for black-necked tuna without using dolphin free nets. His earlier speech about the intelligence of the dolphins has sunk in and the young crew is incensed about the brutality of Samotopian fishing.

Shone keeps a wary eye out for any Indians. He never believed it was MadderMike that torpedoed his ship the Blue Peace II, after all it was MadderMike that gave him the ship in the first place. It was the sneaky Indians or those rotten Nimzonians, keeping him in jail all this time. Oh the injustice of it all. His ship was the one attacked, all he did was slow the Nimzonian ship down. Well he would show these Indians a trick or two.

He then remembered the Indians' threat to blast him out of the water if he crossed them. Maybe he would wait until he was back in LETI before exposing the Indians.

Martin Shone was watching the Samotopian fishing vessels catching Lake Ontario cod. He was going to have to do some fancy camera angles to make anyone believe they were catching black-necked tuna. He wondered where the cameraman on the Blue Peace II was now, that was a talented video photographer. Well he would just have to make do, this cameraman ...er camerawoman ...er cameraperson was cute. Shone would have to work closely with her to get the perfect shot.

"Welcome to Bits of Fluff our award winning early morning telecast, Colin Mockery reporting. "Late breaking news reports that Martin Shone renown environmental activist is back in LOTI after a lengthy stay in that Nordic Paradise, Nimzonia." Shone in his inimitable style has announced that he will once again expose nations that exploit the very limited planetary resources."

But now a word from our sponsor Nimzonia: Vacationer's Paradise

Confident voice-over Are you tired of vactioning in the latest hot spots, where you spend every waking moment running around jet skiing, parasailing, SCUBA diving, and playing beach volleyball? Well Nimzonia is for you, this time of year you can freeze to death if you go outside or you can sit in a cozy bar, watch football, and drink yourself into oblivion. If your wife wants to "Do something" Send her outside, if she makes it back alive she will be happy to sit and drink something warm. Rest and relax, knowing that unlike MadderMike we haven't shot a tourist in over a year.

Red 13 woke up with a big headache, even though it wasn't the biggest he had had, he still found it hard to get up. When he finaly got up he noticed he was in is office in Berokyome. He had wondered how he had got there when Frogg walked in.::

Frogg: About time you got up, Sam-O is pissed at you, He almost sent Mia to ICO and not you but he decided not to send anyone.:: He handed him a glass of orange juice.::

Red 13: How did I get here?

Frogg: Jack, the bartender, called your limo and helped you get up here.

Red 13: I'll have to leave him a big tip nexted time.:: giving a little smile.::

Frogg: What were you doing this time at the bar?

Red 13: Showing a friend some wines, his name was Eric... Ok I can't remeber his last name. We talked for a long time then i fainted.

Frogg: Ok, Well you'd best get more rest before Sam-O Starts yelling at you.

Red 13: Good Idea.:: And gets back in bed.::

Field Marshall Helstag smiled, "Excellent; I shall see to it that Jim Frod remains safe and sound throughout. The main targets are, of course, General Jaarinen and his ministers of propaganda and the interior. This dossier contains further details of all the intended victims." he nods to one of the major-generals, who passes the Count a folder, "Collateral damage is no concern - feel free to make as much mess as you like."

General Tobiassen cleared his throat, "If I may make a suggestion; a perfect opportunity to take out the President and his staff will be coming up in a few weeks. The biannual Arctic Carnival, Koenberg's biggest street party, should provide ample chaos and confusion from which to launch an attack, and General Jaarinen and his cabinet ministers will be in attendance as the parade passes the Republikstaad. The floats in the parade will be checked for security risks, but I'm sure I can arrange a distraction for some of your men to get inside one. They should be able to get quite close to the President."

Field Marshall Helstag nodded, "The only difficult target on the list will be Otto Jaarinen, the president's son, who is currently on military service in Lake Eerie. With any amount of luck, he won't survive that little war going on near Port Huron, but if he does, his elimination will be of the utmost priority, since the people expect him to succeed General Jaarinen as president."

The Count works some numbers on his calculator, scribbles more numbers on a napkin, and looks up and says "The price is $10 million USD unless there is some follow on business then the price would be $8 million USD." The price is higher than normal because we would have to use some "One Time" assassins and they have to be smart enough to do the job but not smart enough to realize they are "One Time" men." He continues "If this is acceptable we will have the team in Nimzonia in two days just in time for the biannual Arctic Carnival. Otto will be more difficult but we have friends in MadderMike's army that might be able to arrange "Friendly Fire" MadderMikes specialty I might add."

Field Marshall Helstag nodded, "That is an acceptable contract. We may have further need of your services, in conducting the purges once we have seized power, so we will remain in touch. Once the political situation in Nimzonia is stable, we may also wish to fund some operations to restore the... rightful hierarchy to a number of other governments. For now, we will pay the sum of ten million USD."

The count replies "Very well."
Dr. Locoaleman says "We begin Operation Clear Sinus." He escorts the assembly down to the guest quarters. "I'm sure you will find the accommodations to your liking. Sun set is at 6:00 PM we will be blasting the air waves with radar jamming to help you get clear of the docks. At 200 yards out the depth is 300 feet so you should escape unnoticed. Good night gentlemen.

Two hours later in a cozy castle in the Scottish Hebrides

Red Ghormley is re-reading the latest highly encrypted message. "Nimzonia again! I just got out of there with the skin of my teeth last time." His new assistant a 22 year old, red headed, green eyed beauty replies, "Who are you going to use on this one?"

Red answers "I think I will use some Scottish Soccer Hooligans, I can keep them drunk until it is time to do the deed. Nimzonia is the only place they can go because Nimzonian Soccer Hooligans are worse yet."

Heather, his assistant asks "How many are you going to take?"

Red "Three...well maybe four to make sure someone is sober...er... make that five, no nine will be the right number. Call Karl at Bribes are Us in the Koenberg airport, we will need to get a large amount of weaponry into Nimzonia quickly."

Four hours later

Red is boarding a Haggis Airlines flight to Nimzonia, nine Scottish Soccer Hooligans have just left in a Nimzonian Airlines prop-jet wave skimmer flight to Koenberg. The cargo area of Red's flight is packed with 40mm grenade launchers, grenades, FN Minimi, ammo, and c4 explosives.

OOC: I have started the Arctic Carnival preparations in the 'Tensions' thread.

Martin Shone is moving closer to the Samotopian fishing vessel. His cameraman is one of his regular band of sentiment raising, ignore the facts favorites of Shone.

Shone sets up the satellite uplinks to the various news agencies around the lake and nods to the camera and the sound man "Here we are: Blue Peace once again exposing the evils of the world's nature exploiters. As you can see in the camera a Samotopian fishing vessel fishing for black tailed tuna without using dolphin free nets. These ships account for 75% of the losses of the mug-nosed dolphins in the world. I just don't know why the world doesn't rise up and condemn these killers." The cameraman closes in for a close-up of Shone's face with tears streaming down his face.

Shone then says into the camera "I can't stand by and allow the senseless slaughter of these magnificent sentient mug-nosed dolphins, without trying to help."

He then has the helmsman move in closer to the fishing vessel and smash the outriggers holding the nets. The cameraman homes in on the startled crewmembers of the Samotopian fishing vessel. Shone does a voice over of the image "There you see the face of heartless killers."

Shone "Cut! Lets get out of here while we still can, we want no repeat of the Nimzonian fiasco."

Belisaius the, Samotopian Naval Commander, was sitting was sitting in his office overlooking Wutai Beach City. It had been a quiet day for him, He haden't done much on the account that he was very sick. He picked up a peice of paper to cheek somthing when all of the sudden his Second in Command walked im holding a peice of paper. At First Belisaius thought it was something simmilar to the peice he was holding, but when he noticed that he had a panicy look in his face he put the paper down. With out saying a word the second in command handed him the paper and sat down in the chair across from Belisaius.::

Belisaius: Your can't be serious. Do you have any idea who it was?

SIC(second in command): No, but sir... It came from the Direction of ICO. We won't know for sure unless we catch the ship.

Belisaius: What did the crew say? What time was it at? How far off shore was it?

SIC: They said that one man had a camera, Like the where doing a survalince or something.

::Thinking for a moment he remembered the Telegram ICO sent to Sam-O.::

Belisaius: "Your people eat too many fish." Thats it! It has to be ICO, They're mad at us for fishing.:: Picking up the phone Immediately to call Sam-O.::

It was shortly after the assassination of General Jaarinen in Koenberg, that the members of Elder Whale's team recieved the following priority message from Uncle Walrus.

*****
"Chaps, there's not a moment to lose! I've seen enough to believe that the new government in Koenberg is involved with the demise of the last, and a number of air force and army officers have been purged already. I have evaded one assassination attempt, and they may come for any of you, as soon as they decrypt the black ops database. I will re-establish contact as soon as possible, but for now, you MUST go to LETIreijk, and ensure the safety of Otto Jaarinen. Any hope of stability for Nimzonia rests with him. The RNS Oilslick will pick you up at the following co-ordinates..."
*****

A coded message was also sent to the Indian Casino Operator government.
*****
Due to unexpected developments in Koenberg, I must withdraw my team from Samotopia. You will recieve what intelligence they have so far gathered, but due to circumstances, I cannot confirm that it will meet your requirements. My apologies. Uncle Walrus."
*****

Acting Chief Eagle Eyes reviews the communication from the Nimzonian spies. This confirms his earlier conviction that Nimzonia is going to implode. He hopes MadderMike doesn't use this to destabilize the Arctic region.

As Martin Shone is fleeing the scene of the attack on the Samotopian fishing vessel black smoke begins to pour out of the smoke stack of the Blue Peace III. A muffled explosion is heard across the waves and the Blue Peace III slows and stops. Acrid, oily, black smoke is now pouring out of the rear of the ship and people are dropping life rafts over the side.

Martin Shone is on the radio begging the Indians to come rescue him but hears only static in return.

After talking with Belisaius, Sam-O gives the orders to chase the ship even if it went into ICO waters. Belisaius sent out

Task Force (23 ships)
1 Forrest-class fleet carrier (CVN)
1 Volunteer-class nuclear powered battleship (BBN)
2 Ithaca-class light cruisers (CL)
5 Evermore-class destroyers (DD)
10 Wixted-class frigates (FF)
4 Skipjack-class nuclear powered attack submarines (SSN)

in hope of fiding this ship.

Message from Marshall Otto Jaarinen, to Acting Chief Eagle Eyes:
*****
No doubt you know by now, I am preparing for war against the man who had my father killed. Emmanuel Helstag is not the legitimate president of Nimzonia, and it is my intention to see order restored. I implore you to aid my cause, and help me depose Helstag, and bring him to justice. Whether the aid be military, or logistical, we need all the help we can get. I will not be in a position to reward you and your countrymen if you aid me in this, unless we succeed, but once Nimzonia is secured, I will consider any price you ask for your help. My father always maintained friendly relations with Indian Casino Operator, and I would like to see them continue, but I cannot tell if Helstag is likewise inclined.
*****

*As the plane convoy passes over LOTI, more air power joins they convoy. 4 new wings of F-22's join the escort as in mid flight over LOTI they fuel up from C-150 Supertankers. They leave LOTI airspace over the Dubelco base on the St. Lawrence, where 5 wings of F-16's join them.
All fighters and aircraft are now going to Woodrenjik per new orders.
OOC: the totals are
5 C-130's
8 Wings of F-22's
5 wings of F-16's
2 AC-130 Spectre's

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*In the St. Lawrence, the fleets are moving out, just getting out of port. The air fleet can be seen flying over head. It is estimated that the naval vessels will be 4 days behind the air power.*

On Board the Samotopian ship called "The Great Luca" A Seaman was washing the Deck when he spotted a cloud of smoke over the horizon. He asked his friend what he thought it was.

Seaman 1: Hey! Hey Seth! What do you think that cloud of smoke is from?

Seth::He squinted(sp) to see the smoke.:: Well i can barely see it. But if you think you can see smoke you should go and tell the Captian. Just make sure you know it's smoke. It could be a...:: He paused to think of a word to use. When he say a book floating in the water.:: You'd better hurry Boaron!!

::looking confused at first he started off in a walk but realized it could be really important so he started to run. When he reached the captian he saw he was on the phone. Boaron Started to blurt out what he had seen.

Boaron: Sir!! I saw Smoke over the horizon!! :: The Captian Stared at him for a few seconds then tolled the man on the phone..

Captian: Sir I have to go!! We've spotted smoke.:: He had been talking to Belisaius.:: Where did you see it?

Boaron: Just to the East Sir.:: The captian picked up his Binoculars and stared in disbelief. He lowered his Binoculars very slowly. He then ran over to the button that started the siren. Boaron could hear men all over the deck running to their stations. He tried to walk out but he was stopped.::

Captian: Stay where you are. With any luck that will be them. And Lucky for you, you might get a medal.

Martin Shone was patting himself on the back after filming the Samotipian fishing vessel, and damaging their nets. He had his old rust bucket the Green Peace III steaming at full speed ahead to escape the area.

His film shots wewe massively edited to "prove" Samotopia was catching black finned tuna with nets not designed to allow dolphins to escape. This was quite a feat as there are no black finned tuna in Lake Ontario. But Martin didn't care, the film was sent to all the major news media.

The film had been shown on many networks including one in Samotopia with not one reporter asking about the lack of black finned tuna in Lake Ontario. After all a good ecological disaster was news.

::HO Channel 2 News::

Tom Tucker: ...with waffle company stocks rising dramatically. Next we bring you this exclusive footage of a Samotopian vessel catching black finned tuna.

::The video begins broadcasting across HO::

Diane: Notice if you will the nets. These nets are not considered dolphin friendly at all. Watch how the dolphins end up in the same net! Samotopia seems to be the only nation left in LOTI to not use dolphin friendly nets. College student Bobby Davet had this to say about the new alarming findings.

::The screen flashes to a college male. He is skinny and not clean shaven. he wears a baseball cap backwards::

Bobby: It sucks!

::Back to the studio::

Tom: Thank you. You know Diane, I never knew Samoptopia caught black finned tuna, or even that they were in the area. It's odd. That means either that the tuna is really expensive, or really terrible.

Diane: Must be! You're certainly an expert on parking the beef bus in tuna town! And now weather with Val Liash!

Man: What the F#$@!!:: He turned off his TV and started off towards the office of Sam-O. The Man was none other than Mel. He wanted war to be declared. But he knew now that most nations would be against the Samotopians. They were in trouble and had only 2 choices 1. They could just leave it alone and let the country have a bad name or 2. Declare War with Foreign Help. He was leaning towards the second choice. He wanted revenge. It was time to show the world what the samotopians were made of. He had 1 country on his mind that would be helpful, Sarzonia.

Mel Quickly walked down the hall to Sam-O's office. Thinking on the way there he realized that Sarzonia was already war-torn. Who would help them now. Their ally list was thin. He reached the door and opened it. He saw 3 people already there. Sam-O, Frogg, and Red 13,::

Sam-O: I know already Mel. But what can we do to stop it. It's Already all around LETI and LOTI.

Mel: War. thats the only way we can stop this. We'll get help from...:: stops to think:: Well i don't know who yet. but thats besides the point. We must give them a warning. give them 72 hours to tell the truth.

Red 13: Find someone and i'll go there and talk it over with them.

Sam-O:: sighs:: Fine. Mel, you have 24 hours to find someone to aid us. When you do, Frogg and Red 13 will go and talk. Good luck you three. You May go now.:: They all stand up quietly then leave.::

Mel's office

::Mel had been in his office for 20 minutes thinking of a way that Sarzonia Might be able to help. It turned out harder that he thought. Sarzonia was a bit war torn. He had to find away. Samotopia's Reputation was at steak. He looked a paper on his desk. It was an order for Sarzonia's Naval Storefront. Portland Iron Works. He smiled and quickly picked up his phone to ask Sam-O if it was ok.::

Sam-O: Hello.

Mel explains his thoughts aand hopes he agrees.::

Sam-O: Sounds good to me. Have you alerted Red 13 and Frogg yet?

Mel: No. I will in a minute. Can you call Sarzo first and make sure it's alright those two goto Sarzonia?

Sam-O: No problem.:: He picks up the phone and calls Sarzo. When a man picks up the phone, Sam-O says:: Hello.

Sarzo was poring over the latest military reports from both fronts in the war. Roach-Busters was taking massive losses thanks to cruise missile and tungsten rod strikes while the Generian front was more hotly contested.

It seems like all our losses so far have been in the Generian theater, Sarzo thought. All of a sudden, his thoughts were interrupted when the Bat Phone rang.

Raising an eyebrow, Sarzo picked the phone up.

"Sarzo."

"Hi Mike."

"Oh, hi Sam-O! How are you?"

"Fine, you?"

"Not too bad. What can I do for you?"

"I have two diplomats who are on their way and they want to talk to you about putting an order in at the Portland Iron Works." Sarzo raised his eyebrow.

"I don't see why you need my permission to order from Portland," Sarzo said. "Even if certain sales would have to clear the Foreign Arms Sales Commission, Portland has never been turned down."

"All the same, we would like to secure your permission for them to arrive."

"That's fine, Sam-O. But send them to Portland. Whatever they need will likely be approved."

"Thanks."

Sam-O hangs up the phone and calls Mel Back::

Mel: Hello.

Sam-O: It's good to go. But Sarzo said to go to Portland. Make sure you notify Red 13 and Frogg. They must leave soon.

Mel: Ok Sam-O. I hope this works.

Sam-O: So do I.:: He slowly hangs up the phone.::

Mel hangs up the phone then picks it back up to call Red 13 and Frogg.::

Red 13: Hello.

Mel: Get moving. You should go to Portland. No time to talk i have to arrange things.

Red 13: In a bit of a hurry aren't we?

Mel: Shut up. And do me a favor.... Don't get drunk.:: He hangs up the phoneand walks out of his office.::

Red 13: Turned around to tell Frogg the news. When he finished, they quickly walked to Frogg's limo. Red 13 thinks to himself why don't i get a limo?. They drive for five minutes to The Wutai Airport. The quickly load up into a private Jet and fly off.::

John Finney was scrambling like he hadn't done at any time during his previous three terms. As the mayor of Portland, he wasn't often called upon to have his mayoral residence serve as the meeting place for foreign dignitaries, but the recent call from the Gray House staff sent the Samotopian delegates to Portland instead of Woodstock.

"How does Chip do this every time," Finney grumbled. He realized that Woodstock Mayor Chip Moose had support from the federal government whenever dignitaries came and plenty of international-grade facilities. He also realized the Portland Iron Works was conducting its business underground after all major corporations in Sarzonia chose to evacuate their personnel underground.

Finally, the room looked as presentable as it ever would get. He knew that it couldn't get any better and it wasn't going to be to his liking but he couldn't do any more. With the air force receiving the flight plans and clearning the Samotopian aircraft for landing, there was barely time to get the diplomats and Commodore Tucker in the same room.

A couple of minutes later, Tucker walked into the room, straightening her short, dark hair and looking in the mirror to see if her make up was on correctly. She still wore her dress uniform for any big meeting despite her retirement, but the Navy treated her as if she were still a commissioned officer where it counted. After she checked her makeup and her uniform, she sat down and pored over her notes about Samotopia and the situation it was in. She wanted to be sure she knew what she needed to prepare for.

Frogg and Red 13 sat discussing how much help Sarzonia would be. Frogg knew Sarzonia much more that Red 13. Even if Red 13 knew more, he would've problay been to drunk the next night to remember anything. Suddenly the pilot turns around and says.::

Pilot: We're arriving at Portland now.

Frogg: Good.:: The pilot confirms with the Airport that it is clear to land. 5 minutes later they touch down. Frogg looks out his window to see a couple of Guards awaiting their arrival. Frogg steps out of the plane and holds out his hand to shake with the guards.::

The guard stiffly shakes his hand then motions to the car wordlessly. The men get in the car and it takes off for the mayor's conference center.

"He's real friendly," Red 13 said sarcastically.

"Some Sarzonians are pretty, um, reserved," Frogg said. "They're in the middle of a war too."

Red 13 just sighed. Meanwhile, the conference center started coming into view and after the car stopped, the guards opened the doors to the car and escorted Red 13 and Frogg up to the meeting room.

One of the guards knocked on the door.

"Come in," Tucker's voice called from the other end of the door. The guard opened the door and motioned the two men into the room.

"Greetings, I am Commodore Barbara Tucker, managing director of the Porltand Iron Works," she said with an air of formality laced with a hint of pleasantry. "Good to see you both."

Frogg: Good to see you to! Now first we thank you for allowing us to come. Second,as you may already know, Samotopia needs help. since Sarzonia is at war, and Praetonia is at your side, That means our two biggest allies are out of the picture for Combat unites. But there is one way Sarzonia can help. This falls under you. We are hoping that you could give Samotopia some kind of discount on all orders placed to Portland Iron Works?:: Frogg smiles weakly and Red 13 prays to himself that she would agree.::

Tucker thought for a moment. It wasn't normal operating procedure for Portland to give discounts over and above their standard discounts to countries, but she realized the situation was grave. She also realized that it wouldn't be very difficult to convince the government that she was doing the right thing. The bottom lines for the Portland Iron Works was benefitting the economy so much that Portland often was able to follow a different set of rules from other Sarzonian companies.

She poured through her figures and made a quick note in her Blackberry. She then turned up with a slight smile.

"I believe we can offer you a 25 percent discount without having to receive special dispensation from the government and without it adversely affecting our ability to remain competitive in the marketplace," she said matter-of-factly. Besides that, we are happy to help our allies in any way we can. Right now that would be short of our getting involved in another war that we can't afford to fight at the moment.

"I hope that is acceptable to the two of you," she said with a weak grin of her own.

Frogg glances at Red 13, Red 13 gives a small nod and turns to Commodore Tucker.:: That is a genorous offer. And it is a good offer.We thank you for your Help.:: He stands up and holds out his hand. Frogg does the same but looks rather awkward.::

Tucker smiled and shook the hands of both men.

"We appreciate the confidence you show in our products. We hope that confidence will be rewarded."

Tucker then tapped a message to Deputy Managing Director and fellow former Commodore Jamie Wilson to indicate the special discount on PIW products for Samotopia. She knew the Navy would have wanted to help but with it already fighting a war on two fronts, that wasn't possible.

While Frogg and Red 13 were leaving Portland Red 13 saw it fit to ask what the matter was with Frogg.::

Red 13: Alright there is something wrong with you. What's up.

Frogg: It's just... what if this isn't enough? Just getting a naval discount. What if we need more?

Red 13: Frogg, If something goes wrond while we invade ICO, if we invade, and ICO ends up invading us. If they walk up to our capital i doubt our allies would stand back and watch. Even if they're still at war. I'm pretty sure they'd launch a massive counter attack.

Frogg: Mabye. Let's hope they don't get to our capital in the first place.

:: Mean while back at Sam-O's office, Sam-O was sending a warning to ICO.::

To: Indian Casino Operator
From: President Sam-O of Samotopia.

This is a warning that you have 72 hours to reveal the truth about our fisherman. If you do not, we will retaliate in what way we see fit. After our retaliation we will declare war.

This is a warning that you have 72 hours to reveal the truth about our fisherman. If you do not, we will retaliate in what way we see fit. After our retaliation we will declare war.

Acting Chief Eagle Eyes rereads the warning from Samotopia. "Well this is an interesting turn of events." He picks up the phone and calls the Chief of Naval Operations. "Admiral Red Face it is time to put the fleet on alert. The Sams are up in arms about the fishing incident. The Arctic conflict seems to be on a lull we can use most of our assets here in the Lake."

Admiral Red Face sends out the orders to the First Fleet, the Third Fleet and the Ninth "Sitting Bull" Fleet.

The first units on the scene are three Seawolf class SSNs: The ICOS Wounded Knee, the ICOS Fallen Timbers, the ICOS Withlacoochee River. With orders to sink Samotopian ships if Samotopia declares war. The are not to attack unless fired upon or if war breaks out.

Sam-O paces around his desk waiting for the deadline to pass. He was just about to activate the 45th Airborne and and the 1st Armoured Division whe his most faithful Advisor walks in, Press Tilton.::

Press: Sam-O you can't just declare war! We need to talk to ICO first. Make some type of agreement with them. Samotopia dosen't have a big enough Army, Navy, or Airforce to Invade. Think this over!

Sam-O continues to pace and says: You might be right. I just got ahead of myself. I didn't even look at it that way. I just wanted Revenge.

Press: We all do. But we can't just yet. Send another Message asking for some type of converence.

Sam-O: Yea alright.

To Indian Casino Operator.
Fr Sam-O President of Samotopia

After talking with one of my most trustworthy advisors, I have decided to create an Offer. If it would be alright we would like to have some type of Peace talks.

TO: Sam-O President of Samotopia
FROM: Acting Chief Eagle Eyes

The Indian Casino Operator government welcomes the chance to meet with the Samotopians to discuss fishing rights and to ease the tensions in the Lake.

We would like to suggest a neutral country to host these talks.

We are looking forward to improving relations with Samotopia.

s/Eagle Eyes

PM Triana Smith: Manarth would be more than happy to host the talks between ICO and Samtopia. Having been contacted by the ICO leaders, we have begun setitng up for a conference in Lake Clarke City.

We hope that they will take this oppertunity to peaceably work out their differences.

Acting Chief Eagle Eyes was sitting at the council in Main Teepee On the top floor of the Main Teepee Casino. He was getting advice from all of the Sub-Chiefs on how to proceed with the Peace/Trade Conference.

Eagle Eyes spoke "I have called all of you here to discuss the conference we are having with Samotopia. We have very little intelligence on the Samotopes and we need to get a fair and equitable trade agreement. As you know these things were always handled by my grandfather Howling Wolf, but he is on extended leave with his newest bride."

Sub-Chief Lazy Eye spoke next "It is true, Eagle Eyes, that our great leader Howling Wolf was adept at these things. I recommend you send Smells Like Ox to negotiate. Your grandfather had much faith in him and said the meetings were always short because of the smell."

The other Sub-Chiefs nodded and the "Pipe" was passed around. More discussion ensued until the meal was served. After the ceremonial drinking of Fire Water Eagle Eyes said "It is settled then Smells Like Ox will lead the negotiations and I will open the talks.


Sub-Chief Lazy Eye says "Eagle Eyes it is very important we make a good impression in Lake Clarke City. You should take all of your wifes to show how civilized we are."

Eagle Eyes "It shall be done, I will be accompanied by my nine wifes"

*****Telegram to PM Triana Smith*********

PM Smith we are extremely pleased you have agreed to host this Peace/Trade conference between The Indian Casino Operators and Samotopia. Our party will arrive in Lake Clarke City tomorrow evening. There will be seventeen people in our party. Our chief negotiator will require special accommodations preferably in another hotel.

S/Eagle Eyes Acting Chief Indian Casino Operators

OOC: If you didn't realize I never really found out where the meating is taking place.

OOC: Sam I'm sorry, things move so quickly sometimes I forget who I told what. If you can, please accept Manarth's offer to host the Conference and let's plan to meet there.

OOC: Umm i really don't know anyone from LETI, ICly at least. But i'll post later accepting Manarth's hosting thing.

When Sam-O found out the meeting was to take place in Lake Clark City, he Immediately sent for his 6 of his Advisors. When they all arrived he quickly briefed them on what was going on. He finished and waited for one of them to question on something. When Frogg said::

Frogg: So we leave right away?

Sam-O: Yep.

Mia: Well i guess we should start packing.

Mel: Yes, i do believe we should.
::they all quitely left. when they were all out Sam-O sent Manart a quick letter.

To: PM Triana Smith
From Sam-O President of Samotopia

We highly appreciate Manarth Hosting this conference. They Samotopian Delegation will consist of 7 people. We will arrive early in the morning tomorrow.

OOC: No problem, Sam-o, I've been too busy to really be the hegemon of LOTI I should be. Anyway...

IC: Triana Smith is glad the two sides are showing up in Lake Clarke City to discuss the recent... whatever it was they're going to talk about. She might even show up if nothing better comes up.