NationStates Jolt Archive

Fort Mao Ze-Dong, DRAC resistance headquarters

So it had come to this. The general kneeled, and looked over the battlefield. The numerous rebel soldiers were disciplined and firing and moving in good order; unfortunately, they very much lacked the armor, air and artillery support currently bearing down on the revolutionary head quarters. As he looked up, startled, an incendiary munition ripped off the top of the watchtower, obliterating the red flag atop it in a searing yellow horizontal plume of flame.

The massed Commonwealth troops fell flat as more artillery peppered the fort, and finally, a cruiser missile struck in the middle of the building, causing it to collapse in several quarters, crushing those unfortunate enough not to have evacuated them. It was an odd coincidence, really, but the charred remains of the flag drifted to ground just besides the general. So, he thought, the dream ends. He picked up the rag, ripping it in two and tied it around his head. He nodded sadly to himself, hoisted a dropped G36 assault rifle, and greeted the now frighteningly superior Secular troops with running headlong towards them and unleashing a hail of fire...

Outside Port Banan, site of the nuclear carriers Stalwart and Executor

Admiral Cuno of the CNC Stalwart did not like what he was seeing. The deadly attack from the skies and deeps had, while not as effectively as he feared, incapacitated both carriers. Only a few missiles had penetrated the fast-firing CIWS, but they had struck where they would hurt the most. The Executor had been hit by torpedos and was taking in water, and several of the carrier-borne heavy helicopter gunships aboard had been obliterated by missiles. The Skycrane heavy lifters came in like clockwork to escort material and personnel away, but there was not the massive support for the beleagured ships as he had hoped - He had heard that the harbour, too, had been struck, and whispered a silent prayer that he would not be on this cursed ship when the next wave of attacks happened. He went downstairs to oversee the many planes and 'copters taking off and evacuating to the mainland.

Official telegram to the Promise of Joshua

While we grieve the loss of costly material in our harbour, we do not wish to initialize agression against the Promise, PROVIDED:

- That all Joshuan ship, aircraft and submersible forces pull at least 5000 miles off the west African coast, and fire no more missiles against the Commonwealth or it's navy.

- That all hostile acts against the Commonwealth be called off. If it can in any way act as an incentive, the Secular Party has ceased all military and supply aid to the Choson People's Republic of Dra-pol.

- The Promise of Joshua gives up it's ridicolous plans of aiding communist nations in attacking the Commonwealth.

While we do not wish conflict of any art, and even in this dire hour of defeat seek a diplomatical solution, we will call upon all of our old allies in retaliation upon the Promise of Joshua should it not cease military action. Among these number Kotterdam, Lusaka, Neo-Anarchos and Dra-Pol. Do not tempt fate, Joshuans. Like Jesus before us, we must seek a path of understanding and dialogue, not bigotry and war.

Whatever you should decide, the Party feels the need to repeat that we are willing to negotiate - Anything but war, for the Commonwealth has suffered enough.

Regards,
the Secular Party.
Signed,
General Ndelebe

Open transmission from Ndelebe's command to Port Imperial

While we appreciate your independent support for Imperial troops in the Commonwealth, the Secular party deems a surprise inspection prudent. A team of inspectors will arrive at the colony within the hour, inspecting anonymous allegations that Roycelandian colonists are mining uranium(it does happen to lie in an uranium-rich area, so we should like to make sure) and/or have plans to keep the colony inside AC now that the insurgency has been crushed. Fear not, wise Roycelandians - for those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.

Regards,
Colonel Salvador Tomé,
leader of the Manus Nigra central command

closed Missive to the Edolian government

We have had enough of your persistant meddling. Unless Edolia pulls it's fleet back into international waters, and ceases all missile attacks upon African soil, we have no options but to render our Nuclear/Biologically/Chemically-armed ICBM arsenal operational. What comes next, is up to the wise Edolian leaders, but we suggest that complying with our most reasonable demands is to be the course of action.

Strongly encrypted missive to Anhierach's command HQ"

Interrogation of captured socialist officers has revealed Anhierach to be in support of the insurgents wishing to overthrow the Secular Party ~ We have reason to believe the apparently peaceful Anhierachi fleet sailing towards African waters carries support and personnel meant to be used against the Commonwealth. If this was to be known to the international community, the Commonwealth would have wide-reaching support for military actions against Anhierach. We suggest you call off this crusade against those who do not agree with you, for the sake of both our nations' youth and their families - If you do not see the need for peace between us, perhaps we will expose you for the terrorist sponsors you are. However, let me make it clear that I and the party will seek to negotiate first and foremost. How may we serve Anhierach, for it to cease military actions against us?

Humble Regards,
General Ndelebe.

ANN headline: "Breaking News: Aging hegemon Nwabudike James retires! Our wise and just leader leaves us on grounds of grave illness!
The blurb, appearing in all national papers save those who censor Commonwealth news, details how 70-year old Nwabudike is with advanced cancer, and is now too ill to manage his country. The Secular Party is quoted as stating: "We have appointed General Ndelebe as nominal leader of the Commonwealth until the nation is at relative peace and a democratic election can be held". The more cynical readers might note that there has not been an democratic election in the Commonwealth in more than 15 years. Footnotes mention that newly-gained political liberties for the Commonwealth citizens, such as the right to demonstrate and gather in public, has been curtailed until peace has been met with the numerous countries wishing to war with the great African republic.


OOC:

So, invite only, you all know this. If you post here, you've been invited by PM. I should think I've invited everyone of importance in the old thread, but it's shit-late(tm) and so if I've forgotten you and you think you should be able to participate in this RP, it is probably not because I hate you as much as a case of sleepy brain ;)

If someone who are not invited posts, they will be ignored. Being the original poster, I alone dictates who posts or not(of course, if you read this thread and just wish to offer an IC comment on the conflict even if you're not invited, that would only be cool and in spirit with the thing). That little bit in place, let's move on to the fun stuff.

This is meant to be a cold-war style mounting of tensions. I would appreciate it if we could keep this from an open multi-national gang war, as those things tend to lose their fun - That is, unless we have a heated diplomatic session going on, and it seems like the natural thing to do.

Also, only one or two posts at the time, wait for one another, but you know all this of course... Let's get crackin' ;)

"It would seem the insurgency is over for now sir." intligence officer gorig states. "All rebel forces have been wiped out by the allied effort before they were able to get a good military or diplomatic foothold. However it would seem some more presistant communist nations want to cause trouble and bring about a communist revolution of thier own accord." "Yes, gorig, I see whats happening." sighs SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart, "the fighting has ended, for now. This time now calls for diplomacy, we are dealing with nuclear capable nations. I need to be able to interact diplomaticaly in a more personal manner. Prepare the Flagship "Land Sturm", I will be leaving for the Commonwealth in 48 hours. I will call a summit of all anti-communist nations to discuss the issues at hand. Also, befor you go, relay an order to Fieldmarschall Friedrich, pull back all of the Falschirmjagers, armored equipment, and 81st assault troops into an orederly camp just outside the disputed territory. Dismissed."

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To: African Commonwealth
From: SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart

It would seem, as of now, that the use of arms to put down the resistance has ended. My country has payed a price in lives, however small in relativity, in the defence of your nation. For thanks we ask only that you allow me to host a summit of all anti-communist nations aboard my navys flagship, the "Land Sturm". This summit will deal with all issues abroad, including the possibilty of organised communist invasion. I see the diplomatic importance of this situation and am therefor, as a showing of diplomacy, pulling back the forces landed in your country into an organised military encampment. I will allow no further military engagements unless by your blessing or the direct threat of my men and equipment. The summit I am calling will be absolutely secure. Have no worries of communist terrorism. My Flagship is a state of the art piece of naval equipment fully capapble of defending itself from any kind of attack and is supported by the rest of my fleet, however, if you feel the need, you may bring your naval forces into the area as an extra, if not needed, precaution.

(ooc: thats it for know, consider this an invitation to all anti-communist nations. This would prove to be a good setting for some diplomatic planing, and possibly in the future, a meeting amongst communist forces as well. Tension is good.)

*Captain Sir Hugh loughton waited, his ship the HMS trusted, a destroyer sent out long ago from port humble, had recently joined the commonwealth, not many re-inforcements had come by sea to aide the brittanic navy, there was a huge force already asembled, and the current conflict in the falklands had taken most of the brittanic shipping the government had designated for foreign affairs, already on active service, however, the usual pomp and pagentry so enjoyed by the brittanics and those who admired them, continued, onboard the flagship the HMS Chirchill daily marches were taken to the tune of the british grenadiers and the red coats which the millitary and traditionalists so vehemently defended as an important part of modern millitary were out in force among the newly auired Majors, Generals, and other assorted officers,*

i say admiral sir, is the government not tellign us something, surely for a naval power we need no armed forces on the ground in the commonwealth *sparks up one particularly enthusiastic naval officer, however the admiral, new to this fleet freshly flown in from brittania, Sir nathan Pethridge wasnt so sure*
i do beleive m'boy that we may yet have a significant ground force en-route, speaking to the admiralty this moring they were particularly sketchy when i confronted them on the matter, however, we shall do as were told lad,
*the parade was at its end, the small garrison of special forces and marines who had taken part in the parade made their last pass of the high command and saluted as they did so, the admiral and his officers did the same as was tradition*

later that day.....
3 sea king helicopters leave the decks of the churchill heading for the mianland, onboard are 3 generals, and one admiral, among other officers and only the essential bodyguards, a small group of 25 men greeted them at their destination, a small run down helipad, not so much a proper helipad but one which had been made by the special forces whom had been in the commonwealth since the begining of this conflict,
a small radio shack, a look out and controll tower and a rickety perimiter fence was all the place consisted of, but the 4 lead officers and their compatriots seem to trott off of their seakings rather happily, the decision had ben taken, not to fly the brittanic colours, under such tence situations,

the actions of the emire were surely odd, but they were moving in accordane to a master plan,

The bustle of military and engineering hardware and manpower on the road to the disputed zone in which Roycelandian Port Imperial was contained had barely let up since the conflict. Throughout its length mortar pits, machinegun nests, AAA and SAM sites, and earthwork defences guarded the main road into the United African Republic from the west. Just inside the disputed territory the scene was little different, with thousands of Lusakan soldiers manning checkpoints and fortifications, patroling airstrips and peering through gunsights. The westerners were damn sure not expanding east.

Lake Tanganyika itself was increasingly militarised, with little Lusakan gunboats and modified trawlers hurridly rushed to the Port Imperial coastline. The Commonwealth shore was still given rather more than a mile's berth even at the most contested of points, but the Roycelandian coast was skirted almost tightly enough to beach the little vessels.

Spies plied their trade over both land and water, checking western activity and possible expansionism.

In New Lusaka City President Derek Igomo rubbed a big leathery paw across his glum face. James was gone. In truth it was too much to hope that he could have lasted much longer, but that hadn't stopped Igomo trying. Oh well. Best to send some sort of token to the new man, "Congratulations!" would hardly constitute a legal agreement that could come back to haunt the president.

The tokens sent James were rather more elaborate, with imported wines and locally crafted trinkets being addressed to the departing statesman.

(ooc: I finally updated a regional map to which no one on concerned has objected, and though I haven't myself anywhere to host it for direct linking, I've managed to get it on a group meant for friends who lost interest in NS rather quicker than I who was not to lucky ;)

http://groups.msn.com/NSRalishohan/maps.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=40

I think it's fairly clear. Other nations in the region may turn up in coming days/weeks, but for now the picture is roughly so.)

Commander Savage stood on top of the Control Tower at Port Imperial Airstrip, surveying the surrounding area with high powered binoculars.

Red Coated troops marched about the perimeter, reminding the Lusakans that Port Imperial was not undefended, but neither was it aggressive.

On the runway, a C-47 sat with it's engines turning over as soldiers loaded up the latest Crystal Rose harvest. Reports from Port Royal back home on the plant's medicinal properties had been most promising, and instructions had been given to harvest as many samples as possible.

Lake Tanganyika was heavily patrolled, but the part in Port Imperial's "Sphere of Influence" had several small MTBs, as well as a pair of Imperial Air Force Sunderland Flying Boats at moor.

From the West, an Imperial Airways Sunderland flying boat began its final approach to Port Imperial, possibly bringing the mail and other odds and sods, so to speak.

Port Imperial's defences were well in place, but camouflaged to prevent 'misunderstandings'.

Lt. Gillett climbed up on top of the control tower with Commander Savage.

"Sir, A communique from the AC."

Commander Savage read over it quickly. "Fair enough. We are mining uranium, but only in sufficient quantities to run the power plant. We shouldn't have any problems. Make sure that the Imperial Guard are warned, and put some of them in Ceremonial Dress to welcome our guests."

Lt. Gillet nodded. "Um, the territory thing..."

"Yes, well, this isn't AC territory. The information we have tells us that it's been in warlord or rebel hands for ages anyway. Besides, this was Roycelandian territory until those savages in Lusaka forced us out in the late '70s. Co-operate fully with the AC. We may need them in the future."

"Sir."

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TO: AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH
FROM: ROYCELANDIA

The Roycelandian People would like to send their best wishes to former President Nwabudike James, and wish him a pleasant retirement and sincerely hope that he enjoys the best of health.

We would also like to extend our congratulations to General Ndelebe over his succession as President, and hope that is reign is long and prosperous. We look forward to a new era of co-operation, security, and progress with the African Commonwealth.

To celebrate your inauguration, the Government of Roycelandia wishes to commission a large fountain and park for your Capital city, to provide your nation's citizens with a cool place to rest in the heat of the summer, as well as providing General Ndelebe with a pleasant sight from his Presidential Office.

We would also like to pledge our support in any further anti-communist operations in the area, and have some trade deals that we feel may be of interest to you.

[signed] His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I

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TO: LUSAKA
FROM: ROYCELANDIA

The Roycelandian Government appreciates your moderate stance regarding the recent difficulties in the area, but would like to request that you keep your maritime patrols clear of our coastline.

Civilian aircraft, operated by Imperial Airways, use Lake Tanganyika to land upon on a fairly regular basis, and we would hate for there to be an accident, adding further to the unnecessary loss of life that has plagued the area.

Your understanding in this matter is greatly appreciated.

[signed] Lt. Robert Gillet, Port Imperial Air Command

The officer walked into the office, boots clicking on the flagstone. He wore a Kilean uniform, the only difference being the armband in the colors of the African Commonwealth.

Written around the rim of the armband was "Kilean Falcon Brigade" The officer came to attention.

"sir, you requested my presence?"

The man behind the desk sat up. The Kilean Supreme Chief of Staff looked at the colonel in front of him.

"I want your report, colonel, but without bullshit this time."

The officer swallowed.

"Sir, the ISD troops and the Falcon brigade have been- to put it bluntly- stacking up rebel bodies like cordwood. Unfortunately, we've taken heavy losses in doing so. A month ago, I would say that our men were battle-hardened, but now they're just tired. We can roll up most of the red base camps, but after that, we'll be lucky just to hold our positions."

"What about foriegn powers in the AC?"

"Sir, I've been running around in the jungle for the past couple months- you know far more about it than me."

"Alright, colonel" responded the Chief of Staff. "We are going to send you back to the AC."

The colonel looked horrified.

"Just hear me out before looking like that, son" the cheif of staff looked vaguely amused. "we'd bump you to at least general, and raise Falcon Brigade stregnth to division level. Also, if the AC governent accepts our proposal, we'd probably put you in overall command of the force we want to send over there to prevent foreign agression."

"We're sending more troops, sir? With all due respect, I thought the insurrection was over."

"You heard me right, Colonel. The reds may have most of their bases overrun, but some rather....touchy intel is being dug up by both AC and ISD intel assets. Tensions are high, and the AC just finished supressing a rebellion, as well as having their president step down, so we just want to prevent anybody else from taking advantage of this."

The colonel looked more interested.

"What sort of forces are we sending, sir?"

The Chief of Staff simply said; "The first four"

The Colonel's jaw dropped, but the older man continued.

".....in addition to the planned 'falcon division', that is, if we can get the AC to agree to it. Hell, boy- if it all works out, you could end up running the show. You've got the most combat experience of any high-level officer we have."

"So" continued the Chief of staff "you still hate the thought of going back?"

"Sir, could I withdraw my earlier statements?"


<OOC:Divisions 1-4 - 1st infantry, 2nd panczer, 3rd infantry and 4th cavalry (airmobile) are known as the “first four” and form the crème of the kilean laandsmacht.

They comprise, in total, about 80,000 men, 700 tanks, and some 400 helicopters(in the 4th airmobile division).

The offer to the AC is that they will operate as a Corps, under overall AC command-but only at corps level- until such time as the situation around the African Commonwealth stabilizes.<OOC>

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[ooc: Just for clarification, I did launch ASMs at larger targets in AC's harbor shortly after PoJ's strike.]

Aboard the Frigate Ai (in company with a sub tender and several submerged deasel attack subs off the W. African coast heading north. This is the force originally encountered by Roycelandia)

WHAT!!?!!

We have orders to turn around and head for home.

So we have to round the horn again without even having fired a shot?

Yes. I'm not fond of the idea either but issue the necessary orders


Aboard the LA(i) class SSN Nathan. (this sub was one of the attackers that dove away after launching)

any signs of pursuit?

No Sir

very well. float the buoy and send the following frequency to the Anhierach fleet. (ooc: the frequency is for a VLF underwater phone. )

Also, bring us about and form up on the seaward side of the Anhierachian fleet and match their course. The deasels will have to head for home due to supply and fuel requirements but our force has orders to stay.

very good sir


Aboard the SSGN Oscar II submarine Dina off the eastern coastline closest to the disputed zone

Capt Zuriach has taken to chain smoking despite his understanding of the effects.

Radio, do we have any orders in the last set of tranmissions?

None Sir.






North of Port Imperial. Capt Wittmann's team

We have all the coordinates we need. What are we waiting for?

Orders

I'm beginning to see my dreams through range finders and sniper scopes now. If I publish them, they might make for a good video game yes?

right. sure thing


Aboard the CVN PJS Joshua off the Lusakan coast.


Fleet Admiral Rauss reviews the transcript of the AC transmission.

We will await orders from our government. I'm sure the revocation of aid to the Dra-pol terrorists will come as a welcome incentive to call us home. The Lusakans already have more friendly naval assets here than the Brits and Germans combined had at Jutland. Inform me immediately of any transmissions from the Anhierachians

Yes sir!

Port Banan

The M. Nigra officer sighed. This wasn't pretty, and Colonel Tomé's reaction would with all certainty be even less pretty..

The Anhierachi(presumably) were behind this. Only a few of the munitions had struck the harbour, but several quadrants were now levelled beyond any ability to hold and repair naval assets. The rest had thankfully been destroyed by SAAMM launchers and CIWS mounts before they could do any more damage.

He looked to skies and prayed that the recently scrambled F-15Es, SU-34s and SU-37Ks had destroyed the responsible jets.

Encrypted message to Kilean

We appreciate your addition to our forces very much. We haven't the dedicated manpower to patrol rural areas for socialist remnants and new agitators. However, the corps you propose would be impractically large. Halve the numbers and they will be set on duty right away. We are glad to have the Falcon Brigade under our wings again.

That being said, we are more in need of anti-submarine forces and surface warships, to defend our thin coastline against encroaching fundamentalist christian and socialist invaders, should they choose to persist. We hope you might be of assistance in this matter.

Allied Command, Kinshasa.

Inside Port Imperial

Colonel Tomé studied the final accounts from the clerks and specialists he brought with him, his face a stone mask of concentration. The Roycelandian commander would note that the other people around him looked scared to death of his next reaction. Finally, the towering head of the Manus Nigra nodded. "Everything here in order, Commander. Only.. We are not too fond of your self-supplying power grid. These tensions are draining our economy, and we must hold on to all our sectors, Uranium mining included. We propose that Port Imperial receives power from the abundant vats we have at the Kinshasan nuclear power plant. It will not take long to have a top-security power line established from the plant, and it would spare us the messy business of having to extract monetary compensation for the Uranium your empire extracts here."


OOC OOC OOC:

Anhierach>> Your strike were one of the many posts I had not the time to reply to, therefore the limits on posting in this thread. I have been benign and allowed some of your ASM to hit home - As would have happened right away had I the time to reply, a large dog-fighting squadron was sent the moment the missiles were detected and are now underway to find and destroy the planes responsible for the strike.

The Premier's office of HBF announced earlier today(on the new Dra-pol thread) that an agreement had been reached whereby 2 squadrons (50 planes) of our new Raysian RF11d Archangel fighters would be sent on a "lend lease" basis to our POJ cousins with the understanding that they will be deployed aboard his carriers in the AC operations zone and under his command for the duration.

The room beneath the Kilean High Command building was thick with tension and smoke as the joint high command met.

"They said it was too big, sir."

the foreign service man, like most people in the room, said this with an air of almost disbelif.

"wait, wait....too big? as in, too large?"

If the foriegn service man looked disbeliving, the Field Marshal looked as if somebody had told him Ghandi had just enlisted.

"more or less. The African Commonwealth, bottom line, just doesn't need all those men. The ground conflict is wrapping up. The current crisis looks to be mostly naval."

The Field Marshal's jaw dropped. This was the world upside-down. Massive ground force deployments was what kilean was all ABOUT, dammit! The army was the premier institution in this militaristic state, and now this diplomat was telling him it was going to be a NAVY show??

The Field Marshal recovered enough to give orders.

"Alright, then. We'll just reinforce the Falcon Brigade, and only send 1st infantry and 4th cav(airmobile), plus support personell and attached corps-level units, although we can skip out on stuff like the missile regiments. We'll use 1st infantry as a peacekeeping and garrison force, and send the 4th cav on heliborne patrols to mop up remaining reds- some of those stubborn bastards still don't belive the war is over for them."

The general staff nodded. The foreign service official turned to the admiral- who couldn't help but look neglected at these army-dominated meetings.

"The African Commonwealth has called for naval assistance, though...."

The admiral hastily answered, perhaps with a bit too much energy- this was it! the Kilean Seewaafe was actually going to DO SOMETHING!

"We've taken the liberty of preparing a plan for exactly such an situation. The surface strike group- consisting of one kirov-class guided missile cruise- actually more like a battle cruiser, the thing weighs in at 29,000 tons- and six escort vessels- three Krivak-class ASW frigates and three Sovremennyy-class surface warfare destroyers. The battlegroup also includes attached oilers, tenders, ammunition ships and so on. They can make for the AC within 36 hours. In addition to that, given more time, we can deploy the enkranoplan squadron to the AC within the month- those are ground-effect missile attack craft for those of you who haven't kep up with things"

he shot a bitter glance at the army members of the staff

"We also could deploy some eight U-209 type modern diesel attack subs to the waters off the AC. Furthermore, Naval Aviation can base one of our bear maritime patrol bomber regiments in the AC. This would give some 36 of our ex-ukranian bear bombers reach to cover all waters around the AC. In addition to being excellent patrol assets, the also are able to carry a variety of antiship missiles. If further pressed, we could also send littoral craft and attack boats to the AC's rivers, but I don't think we'll have to."

The admiral looked around as the Staff considered his plan. He didn't point out that the above forces were virtually all of the Kilean navy's modern units. He didn't care. This was his chance- this was the *navy's* chance- to prove that they actually mattered, and he was going to give it his all.

The next morning, the kirov cruiser "Ostendt" left port, leading the Kilean navy to sea.

Aboard the CVN Joshua


Fleet Admiral Rauss looked at the telex in his hand and swore under his breath. Lets see if I have this right he thought to himself:

We are supposed to come about and launch all of our F18s aboard this ship and the Caleb on a shuttle mission to the CVN Solomon which is currently in route to serve as a go between for us to then receive 50 new fighters from our "Happy" allies while maintaining air security over this battle group in a potential combat zone???? And of course those HBF pilots will be on the short end of sleep after a long shuttle mission and probably show up over our battle group at night and low on fuel. Yeah, good plan, Not! Obviously we have a native Roanian or some other catholic vampire giving the orders back home now....

Anyway. He turned to the officer of the deck

Inform the Capt that the battle group will need to come about and make course out of the zone. I need to have the CAG report to me as he is about to send half the combat aircraft in this battle group on a shuttle mission. Once the F18s have fueled and launched, bring us to flank speed. Maybe we can close the gap just a little and save those incoming pilots a little more fuel. May make the difference between a wet or dry landing for some of them. Also inform the Anhierachians of our intentions. Tell them we have several "vip" planes in route

"Yes Sir" the OOD say as his jaw regained some slack.

On board the Flagship "Land Sturm" on its way to the Commonwealth:

"Im accused of war mongering and when I ask for a diplomatic summit, I get nothing! God damned lunicy! Fine, perhaps a summit is too interdependant for these "allies", they have no real want to stop the socialist scurge, they just want to get their gruby fingers in for a slice of the "disputed" pie! I would........" Raved a very worked up Reichsfuherer when Fieldmarschall Friedrich interupted, "if I may sir, intelligence we have gathered shows more than usuall activity among communist Navy forces. It seems as further support is being brought in. Amongst our allies, evidence shows Old Brittania to be occuping territory in the disputed zone in an imperialistic manner. Promise of Joshua attacks hit the Common wealth, however there has been no further aggression as of yet. I would suspect......."I told you!" interupts a still very proturbed Reichsfuherer, "those damned imperialists are going to cause trouble! Put our naval fleet on full allert and tactical defensive positioning. Once this ship arrives, the fleet will be adequatley defensed against any foreign forces. The commuist powers, or for that matter, the Commonwealth, doesnt know this Flagship is nuclear ICBM capable, and I want to keep it that way. The Promise of Joshua naval vessels are to the south, and thier allies are also in the area. We will be prepared to intercept them if they return to the coast to attack. Have fighters prepared to be srambled if inbound communist fighters or bombers are deployed. This ship can lead any kind of attack we need, and is also capable of defending the fleet if we come under attack. If they dont want diplomacy and coperation amongs "allied" nations, then theyre going to get military coperation whether they like it or not! Communist forces are moving in and it seems they are not interested in diplomacy as of now! Let it be known, our offer of a summit still stands if any at all are interested in working together! Dismissed Fieldmarschall!" Finishes a red faced and storming angry Reichsfuherer. Before the Fieldmarschall could comply with his superiors order, the Reichsfuherer was already out the door of his own office, barking orders of little importance to scrambling subordinates.

Radio Communiqué to the Land Sturm

Seeing as we have some trouble coordinating efforts, we beg the commanding fuhrer to have patience. We will back such a summit as you dictate, but it can take a while getting the message out to all allied nations. Please keep alert for hostile navies, but do not take agressive action against Anhierachi or POJ naval forces unless they strike the first blow. We are hoping to negotiate a withdrawal.

Internal Revision in Military Science(secret IC) - Message from General Ndelebe to Navy and Airforce, as well as Research and Development.

The setback outside port Banan was crippling and a major loss for our vaunted "modern" navy. I do not need to remind you gentlemen that the CNC Stalwart and CNC Executor cost a trillion dollars each, aircraft excluded? They will be salvaged, of course, but the Joshuan attack has exposed our laughably ineffective ASW and early warning capabilities.

Therefore, I have re-approved funding for project Goshawk. If we can get working prototypes in the air within 2 months, our damage from a strike the likes of the recent Anhierachi and Promise attack will be reduced by at least 25%

Considering the submarine research we have been sharing with Neo-Anarchos and other allied nations, I trust we can soon produce a submarine that can compete with even American ASW submarines. I hereby approve the first increment of funding for submersible and tender vessel research and design to the African Defense Industries. If there is anything you need to complete the craft, consider it granted. I want an ASW strike force, and I want it now.

For the Commonwealth,
signed,
General Ndelebe

[ooc: Note - Anhierarchi naval battlegroup moving to join extant battlegroup in the area. They will be approaching from the north, currently about 12 hours away at an average speed of 30 knots. Which means they might pass pretty close to Das Uber Deutschland's ships - pretty close being within a hundred kilometers or something.]

Outgoing Transmission

To: General Ndelebe
From: Overseer Telenu
Re: Negotiations

Any nation in the world with a passable spy-satellite network would know of our recent military actions on the coastline of your nation, and an international revelation of our support of so-called 'terrorists' at this juncture would, of course, be less than useful - one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, after all. However, we feel that the commanding officer present in the area may have acted rashly, and as such he faces investigation upon returning home.

Nevertheless, we do seek an end to these hostilities, and as such I have ordered our naval assets in international waters near the African Commonwealth to assume a state of cease-fire with regards to African Commonwealth assets, under a strict 'return-fire only' protocol. We are, as always, open to negotiations.

Perhaps it should be proposed that all nations involved send delegates to meet in a neutral country? The sooner this situation is resolved, the better.

Regards,

Overseer Telenu

After departing from the Commonwealth when it became clear that Dra-pol was unable to send further aid to them, the hundred-plus Banat mechanised infantry had resolved to reach Libya before extraction by sea. The late Director Kurosian had visited a certain revolutionary leader several times, and the officer in charge of the expedition felt sure of safe passage through Libya.

The over-sized company had scythed through the recently destabilised Central African Republic in little more than hours, but quickly they found themselves uninvited in the middle of the massive Chad. A thousand kilometres from the CAR to the Aozou Strip, and the National and Nomadic Guard of Chad fell upon the imposing Banat.

Of course diplomacy failed. The long isolated Banat taking the Chadians' approach as a precursor to attack opened fire on several separate patrols, wiping them out before the National Army showed up. Chad's air force, comprising fewer aircraft -mostly prop-driven- than a single squadron would in the CPRD, would only have been lost to the QW-2s carried by the Banat, and as such did not engage. At first the Banat light tanks proved a significant advantage, until anti-armour missiles left the Drapoel marching through the Sahara and hassled by armoured cars and pick-up-mounted troops.

For days the Banat massed together on the defensive whenever Chadian infantry attempted to attack them, machineguns, knee mortars and Type 69-I RPGs took a heavy toll on the Africans.

Eventually, as the climate wore-down the by then ninety-seven Banat soldiers, still hundreds of kilometres from probable safety, the Chadians began to pin them down with fire from mobile units -at some cost in men and trucks- while light mortars laid into the near static Drapoel.

With their limited communications equipment lost or broken and abandoned, language barriers absolute, and Drapoel fighting spirit, pride, and absolute paranoia running strong, there was little hope of resolution. Several soldiers became separated from the main unit as it was picked apart, and the Banat began to scatter into the vast country's interior, hoping to evade capture and reach the Libyan border. A handful of snipers took it upon themselves to go on killing sprees to delay and distract the Chadians. Lifting boxes of 7.7mm ammunition from their fallen comrades' Type D-92 machineguns, it was in theory entirely possible for them to drop the entire armed forces of the sparsely populated republic.



(ooc:Yes, I'll get to the republic's official opinion on the state of affairs in the Commonwealth in a later post, for now I just wanted to make known what's happening with the withdrawing Banat POJ came to hunt.)

(just tagging so i can follow this... the content in this thread by far exceeds most of what can be found on nationstates these days. Apologies for cluttering your thread.)

Although the ships of the Surface Strike Group are still a week away (1 day RL), the Bear maritime patrol bombers of the 3rd Naval aviation regiment were on-station with all the speed one would expect from the tiny yet well-trained Kilean navy. A last-minute addition to the forces was hurried in by the Kilean Air Force (doubtlessly miffed that it was the only branch of service not involved in the AC crisis). Two squadrons of Buccaneer strike aircraft (24 total), armed with Sea Eagle missiles and trained for antishipping strikes.

Although the KAF planes tend to mostly sit at their African Commonwealth bases, the Tu-142 patrol bombers have been anything but docile. At least one of the massive prop-driven planes is shadowing the Edolian and Anhierachi ships at all times- often at close ranges. The Bear-F's use their massive fuel capacity to hang around the foreign task groups for long periods of time, collecting intelligence and constantly updating Kilean and African Commonwealth naval HQ with positional information.

Although officially tasked to "present a tangible symbol of Kilean intent" some of the pilots- agressive and anxious to prove the skill of the overlooked Kilean navy- have taken things farther than that. Many stray very close to the Edolian and Anhierachi task forces, and on at least one occasion a Bear-F pilot has carried out a simulated missile run on a Anhierachi ship.


.......meanwhile, in the almost-deserted jungle bunker of red holdouts (some people don't know when to quit) recently overrun by the veteran falcon brigade, a Internal Security Directorate field operative sifts through the damning documents....and quickly cables the Anhierachi desk at the Foriegn Intelligence section.


<OOC>: just for the sake of simplicity, could everybody quickly state (OOC) their goal/alignment and what forces they have in-theatre? sort of a summary of your nations intent and actions?<OOC>

OOC:

Roycelandia is on the African Commonwealth's side, so to speak.

The Colony of Port Imperial is kind of in a grey area- Lusaka claims the land is theirs, Roycelandia claims it was in rebel or warlord hands and therefore it wasn't anyone's land. Besides, it has peaceful purposes...

Roycelandian Forces in the area are a bit of a mixed bag. As a general rule, there are:

10,000 Imperial Guard

50,000 Colonial Defence Force troops

500 Imperial Special Air Service soldiers

24 IAe Spitfire Turboprop Fighters

12 IAe Kookaburra Ground Attack Aircraft

6 IAe-H Iroquois Helicopters

4 C-47 Transport Aircraft

4 AC-47 "Puff The Magic Dragon" Gunships

3 IAe Sunderland Flying Boats

4 "Hawk" MTBs

4 "Crocodile" PBRs

Assorted Engineers, Medics, Communications Staff, etc.

As for our plans... well, we'll see what happens... :wink:

*a ballw as taking place on the HMS Arch angel for the officers, strangely enough not manyw ere dancing as they normally would, but that would probably be something to do with the extraordinary lack of women among the naval forces in which to dance with*

*back to the african commonwealth the group had lined up, only one helicopter had stayed on the commonwealth soil, the radiomen began imeadiately, trying to contact the commonwealth, there mission was now as important as ever*
"this is brittania calling, the empire has received words of shortfalls in food, and shortfalls in eceonomic weight, our general staff would like to speak with african commonwealth leaders, if you can garantee a safe location, we would be more than happy to meet you there and discuss some things

*meanwhile at the dead of night the HMS Churchill was sending out alot of information, port imperial in the commonwealth was a hold of their allies,*
Roycelandia...we have received transmissions for Das uber deutchland, callingmfor a summit upon their flagship the Land sturm, we have picke dup the land sturm on our long range canners and also via GPS sattelite
what is your opinion on this matter?
Regarding the POJ forces int he area, what are they doing, whose side are they on? we have had little action recently as we seem to be on the wrong side of the country as it were, however you must remember that our missiles travel a long way, and if you call for them we have a huge aircraft and missile payload to deploy.
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ANN Broadcast: The Secular Party building, uptown Kinshasa

The interviewer seems rather excited in describing events. He turns to the press room filled with interviewers, mainly europeans and asians, but also some from african and american press corps. "In one of his first international press conferences, General Ndelebe adressed several important issues today. We bring here the new leader of the African Commonwealth's points on a number of the most important issues.

On the agressive Socialists and Christians:

"The Edolians seem bent on agression towards the African Commonwealth. Their forces remain in the area, but their government has yet to respond to our diplomatic pressure. We want them to withdraw, anything less must unfortunately be considered an act of war. While they have declared war, we must see if they listen to reason - Anything less will be an injustice towards our peoples. The Anhierachians and Promise of Joshuans have been alltogether wiser." *He pauses* "Joshuan forces will, thank the holy spirit, likely be leaving African waters, their devastating strike mission completed. Our tryst with them, regarding the benevolent communist state of Dra-pol, seems to have been resolved with our withdrawal of military support for the republic. As for the Anhierachi fleet that recently bombarded Port Banan, they have agreed to a cease-fire preceding negotiations for peace. I am happy to say that my efforts might have brought the time of peace closer to the Commonwealth."

On the subject of Port Imperial, after being asked by a persistant Roycelandian reporter:

"Our allies, the glorious empire of Roycelandia, has established the colony of Port Imperial, inside the former rebel territory. The insurgency and unrest inside this territory, which we must stress originally belonged and technically still belongs to the United African Republic of Lusaka, has allowed it to fall into warlord hands. While we trust the imperial guardsmen to keep the area safe, the matter of ownership is still an important issue to the secular party, one that is to be resolved when more pressing matters are seen to."

About Ndelebe's office, and for how long he will hold it:

"Considering the length of his benevolence Nwabudike James' one-party rule, it has been correctly divined that a transition into a real republic will be very difficult as long as this nation lies under the shadow of conflict. I shall hold the office of president, as well as the rank of supreme commander of Republican forces, for as long as it takes to bring peace to this nation. When that has happened, the secular party will ensure an orderly election to see who will rule this country - I hope I shall live to see it. God bless the Commonwealth."

Joshua City. The Promise of Joshua

The Promise News Networks carried the AC speech live.

Broadcast simultaneously was the council chamber of President Richard von Joshua, his assembled advisors and ministers of state. The live broadcast showed the assembled leaders of the Promise of Joshua twice gaving the new AC leader standing ovations. Once at the conclusion and once during the speech following the comments about the disputed territory origianlly being Lusakan territory.


In the Roycelandian Capital

a mid level POJ State Dept offical calls upon the Roycelandia liason with a message.

Perhaps it is time that Roycelandia renounce its stake in the Lusakan territory now known as the disputed zone. While we understand that your official position is that there is no militeristic or imperialistic intent in your actions and occupation of "Port Imperial"; the Promise of Joshua calls your attention to the growing international perception that your nation faces about your intentions under the circumstances, especially in light of the recent acknowledgement of Lusakan soverignity by the new President of your ally, The African Commonwealth. We would be honored to serve as mediators in the rightful and just return of soverign Lusakan soil and the graciousness with which we know your government would handle such a delicate matter

damn thing. Double post.

one ooc question for das uber deuschland: What is the "Land sturm"? Can you give us some specs or details other than what you put in your first post? Right now the only thing I'm seeing based on the existing description is an oversized floating torpedo magnet. :D

Port Royal, Roycelandia

“Your Highness, the Uber Deutschlanders have requested a Roycelandian Presence at their summit on the Landsturm. What shall we tell them?”

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I switched off the AC news broadcast, being relayed live by Palm Islands News Network.

“Tell them we’d be delighted to attend. Send Lebowski as our delegate.”

“Your Highness, I was under the impression that Commander Savage would be the delegate. He is, after all, our man on the scene, so to speak.”

His Majesty rubbed his chin.

“Normally, you’d be right, Johnson, but Commander Savage is needed on the ground in Port Imperial. New things have come to light- new things that Lebowski and yourself are both privy to. And without the knowledge of this new stuff, well, the meeting would be somewhat pointless. So Lebowski can go.”

“Of course, your Majesty.”

“Johnson, how are the Crystal Rose pharmaceutical trials coming along?”

“Amazingly, your Majesty. 90% remission rate in cancers, and the plant is a more effective antibiotic than Penicillin ever was. It’s still early days though, and we’re having trouble transplanting the plant to Roycelandian climes.”

“Hmmm. Thank you, Johnson, that will be all.”

Johnson turned and left the room, leaving his Majesty to ponder the current situation.

**

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

“Satellite Phone call for you, Commander…”

Savage grunted his thanks and picked up the phone. “Savage here. Really? They did? They’re sending who? I see. Thank you.” He put the phone down.

“Problems, Sir?”

“There’s a summit regarding the area being held shortly aboard an Uber Deutschland ship in the area. They’re sending Jeff Lebowski from Foreign Intel as the delegate. I hope he knows what he’s doing…”
“His Majesty Always is, Commander.”

“So I’m told…” Savage muttered under his breath, as he went back to work.

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TO: PROMISE OF JOSHUA
FROM: ROYCELANDIA

The Roycelandian Government acknowledges your views on Port Imperial, but reiterates that Port Imperial is a vital and important part of Roycelandia’s overseas interests and as such shall remain in Southern Africa. The Presence of the Imperial Guard and the Colonial Defence Force is doing much to quell unrest and rebel activity in the area, and we look forward to a long and peaceful era of co-operation with our neighbours and allies in the area.

Off the Lusakan Coast at the international waters line

The LHA assault ship Shiloh with 2 OH Perry Frigates and an Arleigh Burke destroyer change course away from the PJS Joshua carrier battle group and head back toward the Lusakan coastline and northern border with Kenya as the carrier battle group continues to close the gap between itself and the oncoming shuttle carrier Solomon.


Nearby aboard the PJS SSBN Typhoon class submarine Moses

A radio antenna breaks the surface and receives a burst transmission from a satellite.

Admiral Sosabowksi strode onto the bridge of his submarine

change course to bear south and around the horn to up the west side of the continent. Make your depth 1200 feet and increase speed to 20 knots.

Aye Sir! Capt. Prien of the Benjamin reports that his crew will be conducting missile drills during the transit.

My compliments to Capt Prien

very good sir.

ooc (the Benjamin is an Ohio Class SSBN deployed with the Moses )

(ooc: You ask for it, you get it, heres the stats and description for the "Land Sturm" Flagship.)

http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/onesixthwaroom/RgbqKC/ship2Awbinj.jpg

Das Uber Deutschland is proud to announce its newest advancement in naval technology, the Land Sturm class naval flagship. This ship is capable of land support with its heavy artillery cannons, as well as air support with its wing of 85 aircraft. Missile systems include 250 cruise missile tubes and four tactical nuclear missile tubes. Defensive missile systems include sea sparrow missile systems, sea RAM missile systems, and SAM sites. Propulsion for this craft comes from four separate nuclear reactors. Backup Diesel generators can run all electrical systems on the vessel in the case of total reactor failure or shutdown. This ship has a fully capable foreign relations, intelligence, and communications center with satellite broadcasting capability. Separate from the aforementioned area is the ship central command and navigation. Since this is a flagship, naturally, it is massive and awe inspiring in stature, firepower, and defensibility. With a complimenting naval fleet, this flagship is capable of launching massive offensive strikes by both heavy artillery and air. It is also capable of hosting foreign nations in negotiations and conferences.

Length:575 meters

Width: 150 meters

Displacement: 137,000 tons fully loaded

Propulsion: 4 CV72 domestic reactors, six shafts

Speed: 37 knots

Sea endurance:5 months

Aircraft wing: 85 winged aircraft (dependant on aircraft types), 7 VTOL or rotary aircraft

Flight deck: four catapults, four elevators (capable of carrying three aircraft a piece) two surface hangers, six lower hangers.

Jet Fuel capacity: 5 million gallons

Crew: 3,500crewman, 3,000 air wing, 750 diplomatic security force

Armament: 12 sixteen inch cannons (scramjet ammunition capable), 250 cruise missile tubes, two “two towers” imported anti-BM and ICBM missile systems, 50 deck mounted .50 caliber chain guns, 5 SEA RAM anti-aircraft missile systems, 4 tactical missile silos (nuclear ICBM capable).

Targeting systems: short to intermediate range radar-intercept system, long range radar-intercept system, Global positioning naval intelligence system, intermediate-long range artillery targeting system, Cruise Missle long range targeting system, SEA RAM short to intermediate range targeting system, “two towers” anti-ballistic missile system targeting and tracking system, ICBM super long range satellite targeting and tracking system.
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Das Uber Deutschland is in support of stopping the communist advance in any way possible and/or needed. We have our 1st Kriegsmarine fleet and the flagship "Land Sturm" a short ways off of the AC coast, now between the POJ fleet and the coastline. Anhierarchs naval force will be passing Das Uber Deutschlands forces in the near future, could be a problem. We have 10,000 Falschirmjager (paratroopers) on land with support from the 8th Panzer Division (500 tanks, 250 fighting vehicles) that had played a large role in the land defeat of the communist rebels. These forces are now based, so to speek, in a camp just behind the disputed territorys border.

Our naval fleet includes:

1st Kriegsmarine fleet
-"Land Sturm" Flagship (attached wing of 85 fixed wing aricraft)
-4 enterprise class carriers
-4 sea wolf submarines
-4 Brandenburg class frigates
-3 Sachsen class frigates
-4 Hayler Destroyers
-7 Modified mine layers
-supported by the 157th Kriegsmarine re-supply fleet

11th through 14th carrier based Luftwaffe fighter wings
-each wing consists of 100 F/A 40 (2 wings) “Snake” multi-role fighters or JF-2000 air superiority fighters (2 wings)
-supported by the 151st through 154th carrier based supply groups
-carrier based wings

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Message to Anhierarch:

It has been seen that your naval forces will come within 100km of the Das Uber-Deutschland naval forces. Nor aggression will be used against your forces, unless we are fired upon, or you try to get around our forces, in an attempt to get to the coast. You WILL be fired upon if you attempt to get around our ships, or launch any kind of attack upon AC or myself.

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Message to the African Commonwealth:

We understand the circumstances sorounding the diplomacy issues. We are getting support for a summit from some allied nations. When you feel the time is ripe, perhaps you will contact me personaly and let me know its time to launch the summit? It will help immensley in the coperation of our combined forces to either oust the enemy with diplomacy, or military force if needed. We have also begun what could be called a "barricade" of your coastline. No communist forces will be allowed to pass my naval forces, under penalty of attack. I trust you understand my actions. Non-communist forces will be allowed through, as well as neutral commercial ships.
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"The fleet is defensed sir, all ships are in defensive positions and on high alert". Finishes a Kriegsmarine Captain. "very good soldier, we will be the victors.".

"Who will act first?", mumbles the Reichsfuherer to no one impeticular, "will it be diplomacy first, war later, or war first, and retribution of our action later? Is there a possibility of a peacefull resolution? Who knows, not I, however my instinct tells me no. We shall see.....yes so enough." Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart paces his pash quarters, going through the possible outcomes, and their ramifications.

President Igomo considered his position. Little was known as yet of the Commonwealth's new leader and his intentions, or even if he should last, but the Commonwealth had openly admitted that the disputed territory was in truth Lusakan territory.

Previously Igomo had been cautious, not wanting to cause war between the United African Republic and its neighbour, the Glorious Secular Republic.

Ndelebe's public announcement left no doubt as to the region's sovereignty, and now all Igomo needed to put the issue beyond contention was to see stability. Once fighting in the area was clearly over there would be no excuse for the continuation of foreign occupations, and indeed it could hardly be easier for Lusaka to gain the support of the international community should the imperialists refuse to leave.

Acting in a manner likely to upset many of his supporters, the president (Lusakan first, socialist second) sent to Kinshasa that Lusaka stood ready to assist in ensuring stability in troubled border regions by any means wanted or required.

"We are only denied the return of our lands for so long as instability exists, conflict is the only tool the imperialists have, while our device is peace." So Igomo told a horrified Secretary Miyanda when the lanky left-winger heard of his president's apparent abandonment of remaining socialist and communist partisans in the western Commonwealth.

OOC: I didn't get an invite, but we're still here and still ready/willing to assist Lusaka in anyway needed.

The KNS Ostendt, and its battlegroup, have arrived in the waters off of the AC.

Beacuse of the Edolian refusal to withdraw, the highly visible surface group shadows the Edolian fleet. Although the Kirov-class Ostendt keeps its distance, some of the escorting frigates and destroyers have approached to visual range. Bear patrol bombers keep constant watch on the edolian fleet.

Meanwhile, in ports and airfields in the African Commonwealth, the 1st infantry division and 4th cavalry division(airmobile) have begun to arrive, and head for as yet unsecured territory.

On the diplomatic front, Kilean has sent proposals to the African Commonwealth for a mutual-defence treaty. The draft of this document (more or less) states that each power will come to the others aid if either of them are attacked by any communist nation.

The Kilean foriegn office also contacts das uber-deutschland, expressing interest in the current summet of anticommunist nations.

Kilean military officials in-theatre radio the Edolian task force commander and inform them that the presence of their fleet only inflames regional tensions, and that all involved parties would be better off if they pulled their naval forces back. This happens to occour at the same time as a low-level fly-by of KAF Buccaneer strike aircraft.

Within the hour, a similar statement is made at a press conference by the Kilean foriegn office, where the Director-general calls for an Edolian withdrawl to match the Promise of Joshuan and Anhierachian actions. He hints that any further agressive behavior will not be tolerated, and calls on all "like-minded free nations" to form a cohesive alliance, at least for the duration of the crisis.

Quite unexpectedly a number of rallies have been arranged across Lusaka this week, with key Igomo Social Progress Party figures speaking on matters of recent regional concern.

A central contention seems to be that the west is again using Africa as a pawn in its irrelevant power struggles.

"Since when" Defence Secretary Colin Olongwe asks, "has the Southern African situation merited intercontinental military posturing by anti-communist fanatics? This is little short of terrorism! The people of Lusaka have for twenty five years been free to express their political spirits, be the communist or not. These warmongers seek to intimidate through firepower quite unrequired by the situation!"

"All we see" Insists Secretary of the Republic Livingstone Miyanda, "are three things. The great Mister James has fallen ill and been replaced with a new head of the honourable Secular Party, a border dispute between two friends in Africa has been settled with the Commonwealth's concession that the land is rightfully Lusakan, and in relation to that, a western occupation of the disputed land during tense times.

"How has this become a global war on communism? These fascists appear to be madmen! When will it end?"

A largely confused Lusakan populace has largely fallen in line with sentiments expressed by the popular Miyanda, to whom the people often look for guidance on world affairs. Generally Lusakans are quite busy enough dealing with the pressures of their unstable economy at home.

Secretary Miyanda openly thanked the Roycelandians for their responsible peace-keeping during the tense period of the border-dispute's peak. He stated that the United African Republic was happily anticipating a smooth hand-over of the territory in coming days now that peace was assured and the Roycelandians' job done.

ooc point of clarification: I have no military presence off the AC coast other than the subs traveling quietly seaward of the Anhierachian fleet. The 2 subs (Moses and Benjamin) traveling around the horn just started would not arrive in the area for some time should they come that far north. My carriers are now in international waters off the Lusakan coastline on the other side of the continent.

*the generals and the admiral seemed rather put out, there efforts had been in vien, they had not been contacted by the african commonwealth, they were ready to travel back to their ships in some comfort and peace*

*the radio man tries once again to contact the commonwealths command*
*good evening commonwealth,
brittania calling,
we request a meeting with you, in an office or secure location,
please contact this signal as soon as possible

End transmission

On an unscheduled visit to Roycelandia the POJ Minister of State, Bishop Gary Christiansion, expresses the following to his Roycelandia counterpart.

We obviously support the recent Lusakian statements regarding their land which you now currently possess. Your forces have done much in restoring stability to an unstable situation but, as we stated previously, the time is ripe for your nation to again show its historic graciousness and return Lusakian land to its rightful ownership. We stand willing to assist, aid and or mediate this process in any number of ways that may be needed. As we are sure you are aware; easing into tis necessary transition will prove simpler now before the light from growing international attention becomes too distracting.

after the meeting, the Bishop's traveling secretary attempts to arrange a state visit through the embassy in Lusaka.

Meanwhile

Aboard the PJS Joshua

Fleet Admiral Rauss observes the last of the RF-11ds landing and with the shuttle complete orders the carrier battle group back to its former station off the Lusakan coast.

also send the following to the Solomon carrier group

after the transmission the CVN Solomon, with the CVN Levi and escorts, turn north instead of heading for home.

Open message to Kilean and the world

We agree to the treaty, insofar it is effective regarding specified nations that are communist AND conquorers. We do not object to non-agressive socialists who follow their ineffective economic and social policies in peace with their neighbours. A draft of nations specified as such comes here, subject to revision whenever both nations agree:

Anhierach,
Edolia,
Galdania.

Furthermore, we suggest that Kilean attends the Uber Deutch summit, where we can formalize and sign the treaty.

to Old Britannia

Name your time. We have many secure locations((as in, we'll take the meeting via Telegrams.)).

To Lusaka's government

We have always had nothing but tolerance and respect for Igomo's democratic socialist policy - This became an international struggle against communism when hardline, fascist socialists decided to attack the sovereign nation of the Commonwealth.

To Igomo's office

We are as sorry for the westerners presence as you are. They have, however, been valourous allies, and I trust they will abandon their colony. We support Lusaka's right of property, but support Port Imperial's presence until such a time as there is total peace and stability in the Commonwealth proper.

"Its settled then, Friedrich!, Get me a communique with all anti-communist nations."
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Meassage to: all nations wanting to unite in a

Das Uber-Detuschalnd is hosting a summit to propose (in concert with other nations), and possibly sign, a treaty to unite our forces in a mutual defense treaty. This summit will commence on Thursday, january 8th, at eighteen-hundred hours. Almost all anti-communist nations will be represented. If any do not attend the summit, you will still have the oportunity to sign it and become part of the treaty nations.

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(Heres my initial ideas for the treaty)

-create a multinational "barricade" to the AC coastline (I know its very small, making it fairly easy to defend)

-if any nation attacks one of our interest (post signing of the treaty), they will be attacked by all signing countries as per mutual defense.

-no signing nation shall create an imperialistic situation with the disputed territory.

Chad-

The Banat trapped in Chad had thus far killed nearly three hundred of those sent to contain them, but their small party had long become broken up and lost its heavy equipment. Much of that had been booby-trapped in the traditional Drapoel manner, claiming further Chadian lives.

One section, including the officer in charge, had come upon a small villiage at which they had stopped to lift food and water, only to be caught by the national army. A single sniper left behind some way had killed seven Chadian soliders before being stunned by a grenade blast and captured alive. The eight soldiers including their commanding officer had laid waste the village once the attack on their position began after the sniper's capture, and had then held out for twelve hours before the last of them was killed. They left another forty-odd natives dead, both military and civilian.

Now twenty-four Banat soliders remained loose in Chad, broken into tiny groups with some men utterly alone as they made for the Libyan border with little knowledge of local terrain. In total just four Drapoel had been taken alive, and only one of them was conscious at the time of his capture. Some eighty-two had been killed rather than surrender though they held no particular grudge against their Chadian rivals. Surely none could actually escape now on foot, could they?

DaKhiem, The Choson People's Republic of Dra-pol-

The Central Directorature made no mention of their African operatives in the weeks following their covert insertion. With contact lost the republic had decided to pretend that the unit never existed.

Secretary Hotan no longer seemed concerned by lost Commonwealth aid. The war at home was all but concluded and the Secretary had shifted his attention to the construction with Beth Gellen help of Kosong city. Many within the Directorature wondered where Dra-pol's future lay. It looked as if Kurosian's apparent desire to spread the revolution may have died with the former Director, as Hotan seemed likely to return the nation to its introspective and isolationist past.

Would he really sit by as unprovoked anti-communist confrontationalism went unchecked.. with Joshuan involvement to boot?

The helicopter settled on the deck of the Land Sturm. A man wearing a suit scurried out from under the prop wash.

The Director-general of the Kilean Foriegn Office has arrived. He's been given full discretion by the president to conduct all and any negotiations.

To: Promise of Joshua and Lusaka
From: Roycelandia

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I acknowledges your views regarding Port Imperial, and thanks you for taking the time to share them with us.

However, we must respectfully decline your offer of mediation regarding a possible return of Port Imperial, as at this stage we feel that our interests in the area are best served by its continuing presence.

All Anti-Communist Forces are welcome in Port Imperial, as part of our continued Strategic Stability & Security Program, and we invite our Allies to make the fullest use of all the facilites Port Imperial has to offer.

[Signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau

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On Board the UDS Land Sturm

The IAe-H1 Iroqouis touched down on the deck and Foreign Minister Jeff Lebowski stepped off, accompanied by an interpreter and a Diplomatic Protocol Officer.

His instructions were clear- secure the best outcome for Roycelandia, and defuse the Port Imperial Situation at all costs. Roycelandia's Foreign Policy was not open to debate by Foreign Powers, and it was to be made clear that Port Imperial was not leaving any time in the foreseeable future...

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Port Royal, Roycelandia

Commander Jack Sword sat in his office and stared blankly at his computer.
Somehow, he had to draft a Memo for His Majesty regarding the current International view on Port Imperial.

He drank from his coffee and tried to come up with something.

"Sod it!" he said out loud and turned away from the computer. His Majesty's instructions were very, very clear. Under NO circumstances was Port Imperial to be abandoned, handed over, ceded, or captured.

They were to fight to the last man and the last bullet if need be. When the men were all killed, the women and children would be drafted, and when the ammunition ran out they would fix bayonets or use the empty guns as clubs. And when that failed...

Sword decided to stop thinking about THAT scenario. He hoped that the situation could be resolved peacefully, but he seriously doubted it.

Desperate to take his mind off that disturbing turn of events, he leaned back in his chair and picked up his No. 5 Lee-Enfield Jungle Carbine. This particular No. 5 was quite old, having been manufactured in 1975 and issued to a very young Corporal Jack Sword of the Roycelandian East African Colonial Guard.

Opening the bolt, he checked that the rifle was empty. Sword refused to keep the gun loaded- he felt that it was asking for trouble to keep a loaded gun lying around. His top desk drawer contained two stripper clips with 5 rounds each of .303 ammo in them, plus a freshly loaded 10 round clip for the Carbine, as well as a box of 50 .303 rounds. In the event of an emergency, that would be sufficient to tide him over until reinforcements came or the situation resolved itself.

He quickly closed the bolt on the rifle and lifted it to his shoulder. The walls of his office faded into darkness, and were replaced with Jungle Foliage. The hum of the airconditioner turned into the sound of crickets and jungle creatures. Then he heard the yelling- that strange, African language the natives spoke. He knew it all to well. "Death to Imperialist Dogs!" they cried. All to often, it was right.

The Jungle noises gave way to gunfire, and suddenly Natives, carrying spears, muskets, antique Martini Henry rifles, and captured Lee-Enfield
Mk III rifles burst from the Jungle towards him.

One of them was coming towards him, carrying some sort of grenade. Sword raised the Jungle Carbine, and the Native froze in horror. Sword fired, and was surprised to hear a very loud and audible "CLICK".

Suddenly, the Jungle was gone, replaced with his office, and the Natives had similarly vanished, except for the one he had just "shot". The "Native" was none other than Johnson, his aide, holding a large glass of Bourbon and Cola, which Sword had requested not five minutes previously.

"Ah, your Drink, Commander."

Embarrassed, Sword put the rifle down. "Thanks."

"Shall I send for Dr. McCoy, Sir?"

"No, thank you. Got a little carried away with some old memories. Tell you what, take the rest of the day off and spend some time with your wife and kids. I'll finish up here shortly and head home to mine."

"Thank you, Sir."

Sword finished the drink in one gulp and then got ready to leave for the day.

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

In a bunker deep underneath Port Imperial, The Ghost rolled over on his stretcher and picked up a copy of Lad Mag!, a publication devoted to hardcore lesbian porn, useless trivia, sports, cars, and scoring with women, in roughly equal parts. He eyed the centrefold for slightly longer than was strictly necessary, then flipped to the section entitled "How to make your own Atomic Bomb".

"Crude, but effective" he finally announced to no-one in particular.

His watch beeped. 4:00pm- time to check on his charge.

The "Device", as it was known, was still in place. All he had to do was press The Button, and it would be activated.

Only 4 people, Including The Ghost, knew what The Device was meant for- and of them, only The Ghost could be trusted to press The Button if the situation called for it...

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OOC: Sorry for the long post, but there are some important RP points I wanted to introduce at this point. They'll become important later, hopefully... 8)

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Message to Anhierarch:

It has been seen that your naval forces will come within 100km of the Das Uber-Deutschland naval forces. Nor aggression will be used against your forces, unless we are fired upon, or you try to get around our forces, in an attempt to get to the coast. You WILL be fired upon if you attempt to get around our ships, or launch any kind of attack upon AC or myself.


The commodore of the battlegroup in question rattles off the following reply.

We are presently pursuing a diplomatic solution to this matter with the African Commonwealth, and will of course not fire upon your forces. As a gesture of goodwill, battlegroup Angel will alter its course to maintain a minimum distance of 150 kilometers from your naval assets in the area, and we will not encroach on Commonwealth territorial waters.

Regards,
Commodore Ratskillen

[ooc: Just to clarify, does this mean you will attempt to stop them from their rendevous with my other naval assets in international waters near AC?]

The "Land Sturm" naval fortress

An AN-24 Coke transport landed easily on the deck, it's 2 SU-37K escort circling the Sturm once before taking the short trip back home. None other than Colonel Salvador Tomé, head of the infamous Manus Nigra, stepped down. It was said among his own men that he could kill with a look, and revive with a word. Apparently, Ndelebe did either fear greatly for his own safety, or he wanted closure on the situation at all costs. Tomé retires to his quarters aboard the Land Sturm immediately, and his retinue of MN clerks pass out some information to the other nations attending:

We are glad you would attend this summit. We endorse the treaty suggested by Uber Deutchland, and we are also happy to inform you all that Edolia has withdrawn all naval assets, as well as all their insurgent operatives inside the Commonwealth, and has signed a peace treaty with the Commonwealth, leaving us one potential antagonist poorer!

Regards,
The Secular Party.

All the clerks will respond eagerly if approached, and most seem sincere on forming strong bonds for creating peace in Southern Africa.

Internal Security bulletin
(might be accessible for allies, but not international media or non-allied nations)

Great news, your benevolence!

The Goshawk project has yielded an operational prototype, and we will test it against Harpoons as well as the ADI-R2 IRBM tomorrow. If the drones work as intended, our anti-ballistic capabilities may be raised by even more than the 20% we expected!

ANRD has created a final design for the new ASW submarine you requested. Should it work without serious flaws, it will rival and surpass even the Los Angeles class American submarine! A prototype is underway as we speak, I will keep you informed.

Yours in faith,
Captain Marduk, R&D.

OOC: Real life did unfortunately come in the way for Edolia's player, who was withdrawn from the RP - Just a headsup ;)

ooc this is probably going to be obvious to anyone with spy satellites in the area.

ic

Aboard the PJS CVN Solomon closing the Anhierach reinforcement fleet from astern on a parallel course

Signal the Anhierach fleet by lamp when we clear the mists and have a visual. Also slow from flank speed to match speeds with the Anhierach forces as we come abreast of their formation and prepare to render honors to their colors if we pass closely enough. Inform the Levi that their f14 squadron will have CAP responsibility here and that as we are now within airstrike distance of the D.U.D. fleet, I want our strike aircraft on ready 5 at battlestations status. Inform Fleet Admiral Rauss aboard the Joshua that all goes according to plan on this end

Yes sir.

This task force consists of

CVN's (Nimitz class) Solomon and Levi (used in the shuttle operations earlier with the Joshua and then they just went North and looped over at flank speed instead of going home)
6 Ticonderoga CG's Crusiers
7 Arleigh Burke DDG's Destroyers
1 Spruance Class DD Destroyer
2 OH Perry Class FFGs Frigates
4 LA Class SSN's
2 Oscar II SSGN's

Traveling behind this force is what appears to be

1 Sub Tender
1 AOE Fleet Replenishment Ship
1 Arleigh Burke DDG
3 OH Perry FFGs Frigates

and what would appear to be 12 or so speed boats but closer inspection would reveal them to be the conning towers of Kilo class diesel subs traveling on the surface.

The Kilos begin submerging as the distance closes.

Meanwhile South of the Old Brittania and D.U.D. fleets

aboard the PJS Moses at 1200 feet depth

sir, I hold a distant surface contact. Probably a bounce off the layer and outside the normal detection range...either that or its a very large contact sir.

Very Well

Admiral Sosabowski wanted to report in that he was almost in position but he did not know about the capabilities of the force facing him and his mission did not allow for engagement, much less detection at this point. He strode back to the missile silo bay and it never ceased to amaze him that the missiles were no longer aboard and that this bay had been turned into probably one of the most advanced and certainly one of the most stealthy spec ops naval platforms in the world. The remaining spec ops team was here going over there equipment; paying special attention to their rubber boats and underwater delivery vehicle.

edit: both the Moses and the SSBN Benjamin slow to 3 knots and go to silent running after the initial contact.

Encoded message to approaching POJ fleet:

Intelligence has shown your fleet to be passing the Anhierach fleet, and also shows air strike capability. Anhierach has promised no aggression, and I move to get the same promise from you. Any strike against my craft by your craft will be met with onyielding reprisal. It is well known that a peacefull summit is taking place aboard my fleets Flagship. This ship contains more powerful intelligence equipment than any other known naval vessel. It is the equivalent of any naval base. We WILL know if you attack, or think to send any kind of terrorist team.

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"Sir, you have read the intelligence reports?" Fieldmarschall Friedrich cautiously asks. "Yes, yes I have. And it worrys me. Put aircraft wings on full alert, arm the cruise missile systems, and make sure our inteligence and targeting facilities are fully manned. Put our security personel on full alert, and strategiclay place patrol boats around our fleet. No one goes in or out of the diplomat nagotiations center on the ship. Also, put strict security on the nuclear reactor engine rooms, as well as the missle silos." finishes the Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart. "The summit will be commencing soon sir, shall you make your arrival?" again questions Fieldmarschall Friedrich. "Yes, I am prepared, lead the way.".

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Aboard the "Land Sturm", diplomatic summit of anti-communist nations:

SS Riechsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart emerges from an oaken door, to the left of the speekers podium, and at the front of the diplomat meeting hall where diplomats and other foreign respondants wait. The room, or more correctly, the grand hall, is styled in a victorian manner, with grand wood work, chandaliers, and mahogony chairs and desks. It is adorned with the military and diplomatic banners and colors of Das Uber-Deutschland, many befiting her lands past history and ideologies. The room is layed out with three main entrances and exists, one on the south end, one on the west end, and one on the east end. The hall was bulit for, and devoted to, exactly what was taking place now, foriegn affairs diplomacy.

"My fellow nations of the world, we are here today to the matters that afflict us, and they are of possible war, and possible peace. Some of you wish to end the communist scurge, others are hear to help hold together the South African region. And there are certain "persons" that have imperialistic intentions. Perhaps they wish to take advantage of this struggle and loss of life to bring home some reward, yes? NONE OF THEM ARE OUR GOAL! NONE CAN BE IF WE EXPECT SUCCESS!" unexpectadly bellows the Riechsfuherer, "We are here to defense eachother from conquering lands, and defense the great government of the African Commonwealth from invaders. It matters not thier government, they are invaders! Conquering with Imperialist intentions is what the enemy is considering, as well as spreading their, as I see them, failed socialist ways. We must agree on a pact between us, a pact that will protect us from them, and drive them away, either with united diplomatic prowess, or united military prowess! Now is the time. Hear are a list of Das Uber-Deutschlands proposals for this treaty:"

create a multinational naval "barricade" to the AC coastline (I know its very small, making it fairly easy to defend)

-if any nation attacks one of our interest (post signing of the treaty), they will be attacked by all signing countries as per mutual defense.

-no signing nation shall create an imperialistic situation with the disputed territory after the confilict is over. It is understood that during the conflict, key areas must be defensed by heavy military force, which could possibly be a multi-national force.


"I will now step down and hear the proposals of any nation that wishes to make them."

The room fell silent for a short while. The silence was uncomfortable after the harsh tones used by Helmut Von Stutgart, supreme leader of Das Uber-Deutschland, and its military resources. The man was used to reactions, people figeted after he spoke. He couldnt decide if it was becasue he was a powerful speeker, or becasue his, and for that matter the entire armed forces, uniforms, insignias, and colors were nearly identical to those used by the third riech of the Fatherland. Das Uber Deutscland holds to strict ideologies concerning the superiority of Aryans, however they do not allow this to get in the way of fighting the spread of communism. Security was extremely tite, and the Special operations security force that accompanied the "Land Sturm" were not lax, or afraid to do their duties. All were openly armed.

To: Promise of Joshua and Lusaka
From: Roycelandia

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I acknowledges your views regarding Port Imperial, and thanks you for taking the time to share them with us.

However, we must respectfully decline your offer of mediation regarding a possible return of Port Imperial, as at this stage we feel that our interests in the area are best served by its continuing presence.

All Anti-Communist Forces are welcome in Port Imperial, as part of our continued Strategic Stability & Security Program, and we invite our Allies to make the fullest use of all the facilites Port Imperial has to offer.

"They most certainly are not!" Exclaimed a horrified Secretary Miyanda, reading the communiqué after the president had finished with it. "We'll not have foreigners dictating who may and may not set foot on Lusakan soil!"

"Check youself, Livingstone." Igomo interjected. "They are putting up next to no fight in the propaganda war, and if things continue like this for much longer we have won without firing a shot.
"All that their heavy-handed, stubborn imperialism serves is to boost our position in the eyes of the world."

Miyanda pursed his lips and uttered a half convinced grunt.

"Besides, in an absolute worse case scenario they drive us to war as they did in the seventies.. and I believe, Livingstone, you are old enough to remember the outcome then."

New Lusaka City sent out a mildly worded and almost meek request to all involved parties for the Lusakan territory formerly refered to as the disputed zone to please be left alone so as to prevent further disruption to the lives of the thousands of ordinary Lusakans still living there under occupation.

Famous photo:

Published in many Kilean newspapers, this picture has come to symbolize the anticommunist coalition that formed after the AC insurgency was defeated. The actual photo is shot from one end of a conference table. It shows the Director-General of the Kilean Foreign Office signing the treaty on the deck of the Land Sturm, with the hulking mass of the KNS Ostendt at sea in the background. Clustered around the table (but behind the foreign dignitaries), military men of various nations lightly joke with one another. The commander of Kilean II Korps (AC) is seen in animated discussion with an uber-deutschland standartenfuherer.


Kilean is glad to join into an alliance to defend the AC from any agression. We would like to see a plan for eventual withdrawl of all foriegn forces from southern africa (provided that the agressor nations remove theirs first), as well as a temporary integrated command structure including (at least) African Commonwealth, Das Uber-Deustchland, and Kilean forces.

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

"Sir, Intelligence the Lusakans are planning a Propaganda war to get Port Imperial off their territory. We must come up with a better reason to be here than "His Majesty Says". More importantly, we cannot reveal the true benefits of the Crystal Rose to the savages, lest they forcibly remove us and keep it for themselves."

Commander Savage hadn't been getting much sleep lately. All those bloody Jungle Creatures, keeping him late at night. And all this stress.

"Williamson, I have an idea. Engineer an Incident."

"An Incident, Sir? What kind of Incident?'

Savage's response was drowned out by a Sunderland Flying Boat passing overhead.

Williamson's face was struck with horror.

"Sir, we can't possibly do that... It's... it's... it's ungentlemanly! And it's most unsporting!"

"I don't care" Savage growled. "Just get on with it, and report back to me afterwards."

"Of course Sir, but may I humbly suggest..."

"No. Get one of the Imperial Guard to sort it out- it will keep them occupied."

"Yes, Sir..."

Aboard the Land Sturm

After conferring with General Ndelebe and the Secular Party through an encrypted line, Colonel Tomé signs the proposed Uber Deutch Treaty without any particular pomp or grandeur. He shakes hands with the assembled national leaders or their representatives, and shortly states that he hopes a strong military bond will help repulse further attacks on Southern Africa, and that he hopes this treaty will also aid the beleaguered nations of Lusaka, Chinkawa and Rhodesia. He also suggests to the Kilean dictator-general that the treaty he(or she?) proposed could be added into this treaty as an addendum, to be agreed on by all signing nations.

Then he spoke, seemingly undaunted by the Reichfuhrer thundering speech. "We endorse the suggestion for an integrated, albeit temporary command structure. In signing this treaty, we of the Commonwealth recognize the disputed territory as Lusakan. It was originally Lusakan, and Lusakan citizens are at this very moment living in fear of the bandits and brigands ruling the area. Therefore, we humbly ask Roycelandia again to remove the colony with all due haste, ONCE the Joshuan and Anhierachi forces have left and declared an attitude of non-agression versus the nations assembled here today."

Port Banan, the African west coast

The 10 Britannica-class AEGIS cruisers comprising the sorry remains of the Commonwealth Naval Defense leave port for a location outside Port Banan, likely to take their part in the treaty-bound coast defense initiative.

New Lusaka City sent out a mildly worded and almost meek request to all involved parties for the Lusakan territory formerly refered to as the disputed zone to please be left alone so as to prevent further disruption to the lives of the thousands of ordinary Lusakans still living there under occupation.

Bishop Gary Christansion, Promise of Joshua Minister of State, after arriving in New Lusaka City hopes to be able to reassure Secretary Miyanda face to face that Lusakan wishes in this matter will be honored by the Promise of Joshua.

Another Matter. We have assets on the ground, as you know, they report changes in the routine of the Imperial Guard there, but cannot detail what the implications may be. Capt. Wittmann's 2IC, Lt. Li, reports increased levels of radiation from the area but cannot pinpoint a source or reason. If Port Imperial has a power generator that uses nuclear ability, it may have a leak. We were not aware of any public statments by the Roycelandians concerning nuclear power use or the presence of radioactive materials in the area so we bring it to your attention.

Our team's plan remains executable, but we understand and support your caution in these matters. We have tentatively identified most of the buildings, fuel facilities and defensive implacements in Port Imperial, but some remain out of our perview as our team has orders to avoid venturing into the base or too near the wire and must avoid detection at all costs. You understand, I'm sure. Because of the security precautions our team is taking, this information is already 2 days old but I received it just this morning

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Aboard the PJS CVN Solomon

Commodore Jochen Peiper reviews the text of the DUD transmission in his briefing room with the ship Capts of his task group.

Do we have someone aboard the Land Sturm?
How about the Lusakans or Anhierachians?...... No?
I think I should like to be a diplomat in the Dept of State for the DUD. It must be nice conducting international diplomacy only with those with whom you agree. Yes? (somewhat suppressed laughter throughout the room)

as he moves to rise everyone in the room snaps to attention unbidden.

Now, we are all supposed to have competent men and women working for us and our 2nd's are supposed to be independent thinkers; able to assume command at a moment's notice. Yes?

sweat begins to be visible on many faces that are suddenly turning red amidst shuffling of feet.

Let us see how we have done as you gentlemen and women come with me to CIC. Leave your mobiles and/or other communication devices on the table here. Sound BATTLESTATIONS, NO DRILL. I say again BATTLESTATIONS, NO DRILL.

As ALARM CLAXONS begin sounding throughout the fleet and the group of men and women begin making their way single file through compartments suddenly filled with running crewmembers, an aide again asks the now smiling Commodore Peiper about the DUD transmission.

Well, since the fair haired innocents across the way have shown by their diplomatic methods that they would rather not have their tender sensibilities shattered by opinions different from their own; let us not dare intrude upon them as they sing Kum-by-YA with their allies and friends......

Let them eat static.

OOC: ((Holy hell :shock: ))

Intel and Communications HQ, Kinshasa

A report from a spysat over the continent picked up the movement of the Joshuan ships, and set IRBMs on alert. Kilean, UDeutch and Roycelandian commands have also been notified of the development.

ooc: after reading my last post, I realized that the two different aspects rped might seem..well...screwy. If you look at the POJ profile, you'll see that the type of govt is "psychotic dictatorship" so it fits. :twisted: The govt style of POJ fluctuates from psychotic dictatorship thru democratic socialist to inoffensive centrist democracy at times. A brief POJ history may be in order.

POJ was originally created at the end of June 2003. "The Promise of Joshua" was decimated during the Tulip terror wars when both nuclear, chemical and biological weapons were used by terrorists within the POJ borders. The weapons were supplied by Belem but that could never be proved. I rped the effects of that in part by restarting the nation by dropping "The" from the name and creating "Promise of Joshua" at the end of July. The population difference was about 156mil which would have been close to the casualty figures for the time. Promise of Joshua was rebuilt rp with massive help from Quinntonia, HBF, Belmore and others.

One of the effects was the loss of at least some family for just about everyone in the POJ at the time. The current senior military and civilian leadership would all have come from that time and experience. One of the results was a military command structure that had people go insane during the period. I rped that in the Ulster wars afterward where Admiral Sosabowski had to destroy a POJ submarine commanded by a friend who was getting ready to nuke The Free Ulster Nation in a war that went on almost as long as the Dra-pol affair .

Another result is a current military environment where it is more acceptable to beg forgiveness for firing early while incinerating the corpse of your now dead enemy instead of asking for permission or orders first. (ie: the early sub attack on the AC carriers while in harbor on the last thread) When I redesigned the POJ military, I do so based on a population total that was 256mil less than what the profile reflects at any given time. I rp that as resulting in an environment where the focus is on quality, efficiency, and first strike surprise to make up for lack of quantity.

All of this predated the Dra-pol conflict and would probably inform the Dra-pol as to the nature of the Joshuan involvement in that affair on the Quinntonian side.

The civilian environment went from a capitalist, current USA era to a more socialist, everyone helping everyone else society because of the long term effects of the Tulip terror wars where interdependence and relying on those around you became both common and necessary for survival.

Religon, faith, and theology have been a major part of this as well. Religous practice continues to be strongly liturgical, but the mindset has become much more conservative over time. While nowhere near fundamentalistic; "evangelical" would be a phrase that would fit most Joshuan religous self understanding.

Current involvement in the African Commonwealth crisis stems more from an Joshuan belief of understanding of where the Lusakans are coming from as regards having other nations involved on their own soil and the ongoing pain of the effects of war on the Lusakans in the disputed territory for no other reason than having other nation's desire to drive foreign political agendas on territory they have no right to. This may have started as payback for AC involvement in the Dra-pol business, but has since evolved in the Joshuan mindset.

Since I haven't rped before with most here, hopefully this helps and hasn't been too long. :)

when asked about the AC declaration and request for Roycelandian withdrawal; President Richard von Joshua paused for a moment to speak with the assembled reporters:

I can say with absolute certainty that all Promise of Joshua naval assets will be on their way home within 24 hours of the commencement of a concurrent Roylandian withdrawal from Port Imperial and any other areas of sovereign Lusakian soil Roycelandia now occupies.

Proud Member Nation of:
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Outside the Chinkawan coastline

The Manus Nigra liutenant smiled. What better place to test both the new submarine and the Goshawk drone at one time? The detestable communists and evangelicans would never understand squat. Well, unless they had spysats, and even then they wouldn't discover much. He watched the new submarine submerge flawlessly, and knew that neither the Anhierachi or the Joshuans would be able to see it after this.

He turned to look at the western coast, and saw the small drone turn in a 180 degree arc, and face a Harpoon missile somewhere over the Chinkawan/Commonwealth border. He boarded the AN-20 transport waiting for him, abruptly deciding not to see the other Goshawk engage an ADI-R2 - The results would be fed to HQ soon enough.


OOC OOC OOC:

Hehe, it makes sense to me now. The Commonwealth political HQ have already decided that the POJ are fucking nutters, and are just trying to placate them so they won't have to destroy them ;)

Thanks for the heads-up.

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

"Good God!" The Officer of the Watch in the Communications Suite read the communique marked MOST URGENT, UTMOST PRIORITY received from the AC.

"Thompson, get on the blower to HQ. The Bible-Bashers have gone looney! Er, Looney-er."

The Officer of the Watch hit the Air Raid Warning Sirens, and as the Sirens began to wail, the pilots of the 1st Colonial Air Defence Squadron rushed to their waiting Spitifires and scrambled to intercept, or at least respond to this mysterious threat.

Back in the Communications Suite, chaos reigned.

"Sir, communication from ROYCESTAR 1. AC have got some sort of new Submarine- it's being deployed against the Joshuans."

"Excellent. Get Dolphin Two up there and see if we can't ID some of the Joshuan Naval Assets."

Outside, the Imperial Guard rushed to Air Defences, Bunkers, MG Pillboxes, or directed the civilian population to Air Raid Shelters.

The SAM-4 "Arquebusier" Air Defence Missile batteries were activated, Ack Ack Guns began to search the sky, and the "Lancelot" Anti-Missile defence System came online.

Finally, the walls and fences around Port Imperial crackled to life as electricity surged into them, fortifying them with 10,000 Volts.

Deep in the Port Imperial Command Bunker, Savage let out a stream of obscenities directed at the Joshuans.

"If that's the way we want it, that's the way it shall be. And it gives us an additional reason to stay here..."

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DATELINE: PORT IMPERIAL, SOUTHERN AFRICA

"New troubles in the Disputed Zone in Southern Africa today after the bodies of several natives were found in the Jungles outside Port Imperial by a military patrol.

(Video of a group of soldiers standing over 3 individuals that have been horribly mangled in some way. One of the Imperial Guard is shown being violently ill just off camera.)

A Defence Bureau Spokeswoman said that interviews with other Natives in the area indicated that a brace of African Tigers were responsible. The Natives refer to the Tigers by names that roughly translate as "The Spectre" and "The Insufficient Light".

A squad of Imperial Guardsmen have been despatched to the area to catch the Tigers, and a bounty of 25,000 Imperial Wibbles has been placed on the Tiger's heads.

(blurry video of two Tigers sprinting off into the forest, chased by some Imperial Guard who are firing their rifles at the Tigers, but to no effect...)

The bodies of the Natives have been returned to their tribe for the traditional Funerary Rites, in accordance with their traditions.

More news as it comes to hand, this is Palm Islands News Network, on location in Southern Africa with the Imperial Guard..."

Aircraft launches from Port Imperial are followed by similar in the United African Republic, as F-5G light fighters lift off to defend against further incursion. On the ground foxholes and trenches are hurridly filled with Lusakan soldiers and even local civilians afraid of imperialist hostilities.

Lusakan media meanwhile focuses scathingly on Roycelandian press coverage surrounding Port Imperial and its immediate vacinity, pointing out that the region is no longer disputed, as per the Commonwealth's admission that it is indeed Lusakan soil.

In New Lusaka City Secretary Miyanda is keen to accept Joshuan delegates, much concerned as his government is over increasing tensions with assorted extra-African powers.
President Igomo is now heavily focusing on attempts to revitalise trade with the Commonwealth following its change of power and the resolution of the border crisis that so nearly ended in blood. Routes north of Lake Tanganyika and south of Lake Mweru are again deemed safe, and efforts are being made to encourage cross-border commerce, as Lusaka is currently enjoying its longest period ever of sustained economic growth.

Chamber of Commerce, Kinshasa

The deputy minister of foreign trade was having a bad day. If he did not get trade up to sustain the all-consuming secular economy, the party would have him hanged - if they couldn't do it literally(yet, he thought wryly), they would do in the just as bad proverbial sense. Just as he was despairing and considering opening trade with Burkina Faso, the extended arms from Lusaka came in, opening to a wealth of goods like tea, meat, zirconiums and cobalt! He smiled, informing the Lusakan trade officials that the Commonwealth would be more than pleased to step up trade with it's old ally.

Encrypted messages to allied forces

Maintain state of alert. Joshuan fleet on the move. Although we do not believe them to initiate hostilities, nothing is certain. AC forces on standby to offer what support we may in case of a deep six.

Internal Security Bulletin(secret IC)

Benevolent General!

I am pleased to report that the first submerging of the SSN Barracuda went off without any major problems. The VLS have yet to be tested, but all radars, sonars and main weapon systems are go. We will need some more time to test receiving systems and the towed sonar arrays, but it should be operational within the month.

For the Commonwealth,
lt. Ngolo.

OOC:

Specs for my new toy:

ADI-N-66 SSN Barracuda

Power Plant: Schmidt Motors reactor. One shaft at approx. 36,500 shp
Length: 110 metres(about 365 feet).
Beam: 10,5 metres(some 36 feet)
Displacement: 6213 metric tons, fully submerged.
Speed: in excess of 20 knots or 36.5 km/h when submerged.
Operational Depth: Greater than 900 feet.
Crew: 130. 13 officers, 117 enlisted.

Armament: 10 Vertical Launch Tubes, support for launching Harpoons, Tomahawks and the African T-130 cruise missile*

5 440-mm Torpedo tubes, support for US issue MK-48 and MK-50 ADCAP torpedoes, but default is the ADI MK-33 heavy torpedo**

Combat Systems:

AN/BPS-5 surface search radar
AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar

AC-22D passive towed sonar array (subsystem of BQQ-5)
AC-23 passive "thin line" towed array (subsystem of BQQ-5)
AC/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array
AC/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array OR
AC/BSY-1 spherical bow array [on SSN-751 and later]
AC/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection)
KINGFISHER Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System
ACDS-TS active detection sonar

Type 10 attack periscope (port)
Type 13a search periscope (starboard)

AC/CCY-1 (primary computer);

WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver
WLR-8(V)2 ES receiver
ACL-10 IFF (transponder only)

Link 11 Tactical data link
OTCIXS Tactical data link

*BGM-119B derivative. Range reduced to approx. 440 km, but hold a slightly bigger warhead of 460 kilogram HE. It is guided by inertial and active radars.
** Speed about 50 mph, Warhead of 300 kilograms HE.

The Barracuda is the African Commonwealth's answer to modern-era ASW/AS subs like the Los Angeles.

Receiving systems as well as surface, navigation and fire control radars are US systems produced under licence to allow the same high standards of fire control and target acquisition as American submarines.

Outside Port Imperial

Oh My!!!!!

are we recording the signatures of these systems as they come on line?

Absolutely. We are confirming much with this alert. They have more SAM systems and other military defensive systems than we were aware of. Lt., you owe me big as you were wrong about the buildings you thought were their CIC and EW nexus. Got em marked and I'll collect from you later. Got some buildings, at least one, that can't be part of their EW or SAM nexus. Don't know what the hell it is. They near the rad source you found earlier.

Interesting! Thought Lt. Li. She, of all people, even in the radioactivily paranoid POJ would know better than most about radioactive elements and she almost didn't need the equipment to tell her about it either. Kinda hard to explain and she knew she could never voice her concerns except to say she had a "gut feeling". She was only a child when the bombs went off, but she remembered to this day and made sure her education focused on finding and learning how to disarm these horrific sources of destruction. As for the young cpl, he wasn't going to collect what he thought either. She knew that for certain. The other two members of the ops team continued their work in silence as she seriously began to question to herself whether or not there was a God if these kinds of things were happening. It did not stop her from praying for the Lusakans who would be too close if her suspicisions about what the Roycelandians were up to were confirmed in one bright, very deadly moment.

"What the hell! I cant bielive this! The POJ fleet is moving in battle formation! Theyre loony! I didnt want to have to do this, however, I have no choice. Arm our nuclear ICBMs. I want a transmission now!" Screams a flabergasted Reichsfuherer as sweat dribbles down his brow.
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encoded message to POJ fleet:

Your hostilities will not be taken lightly, our intellignece reports of battle fleet battle formation. Signing nations of our treaty are moving into position as well. Your military forces dont have a chance of breaking our line. It will be your LAST mistake if you attack our naval assets who have shown no aggression towards your constant aggression. This is your last warning. If you move within 100km of the united nations fleet, in battle formation, we will be forced to attack. Do not test me, and do not cross the line.
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heavily encoded message to the African Commonwealth:

We have recieved your warning, allied African Commonweatlth: We have armed our WMDs as a deterent, we will only use them as an absolute last reosrt. I would suggest you do the same. I am afraid the situation is deteriarating very quickly.
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(ooc: Thats was an interestion move POJ :roll: , I hope you dont do anything too rash....)

encoded message to POJ fleet:

Your hostilities will not be taken lightly, our intellignece reports of battle fleet battle formation. Signing nations of our treaty are moving into position as well. Your military forces dont have a chance of breaking our line. It will be your LAST mistake if you attack our naval assets who have shown no aggression towards your constant aggression. This is your last warning. If you move within 100km of the united nations fleet, in battle formation, we will be forced to attack. Do not test me, and do not cross the line.


the above is decoded and rebroadcast on every news network in the Promise of Joshua and every foreign network that will carry the broadcast.

Cut to retired POJ Marine MSGT Stryker, current head of the Civilian Personnel Office; Civil Defense; WMD and Counterterrorism Bureau. He presents satellite images from the African Commonwealth theatre marked "classified" with heat blumes in the DUD fleet marked as the warming signature and of arming ICBMs. He also presents graphs and images of Port Imperial with the sources removed showing sources of radiation and "offensive" military capabilities. The last image is live of the CVNs Simeon and Rueben putting to sea with the recording of the Solomon's "battlestations" call in the background.

What our allies face here are paranoid, imperialistic nations hell dent on imposing their will for colonial expansion on the African Continent and the Lusakan people even if it means resorting to the type of nuclear holocaust that our nation endured some years ago. Contrary to the Roycelandian assertion of "research", they are obviously using "Port Imperial" to further their imperialistic ambitions and produce weapons of mass destruction to threaten their neighbors with should these nations not bend to the imperialistic will. Port Imperial sits on sovereign Lusakan soil and the Roycelandians have no legimate purpose in remaining. Their continued unwanted presence is only a symptom of the intentions of the axis of imperialism that they, AC, DUD, Britannia, and others have signed on to.

The DUDs first response is the arming of weapons of mass destruction and hysterical threats when confronted by those who will not bend to the totalitarian jackboot that is worn on the foot of Roycelandian imperialism. This is their response to nothing more than a drill conducted by Commodore Peiper with the Capts of all his ships aboard his command vessel to observe the training needs of those under their command. This station has secured the relevant portions of the logbooks of the ships of task force Peiper confirming the absence of the ship Capts of the task group during this drill. The recording you heard at the beginning of this broadcast was of the alarm claxons heard by the men and women under Commodore Peiper's command at the time of the drill.

Only a foolish commander would voluntarily go into combat without his ship's commanders in place and only a very competant commander sure of the people he commands would run a drill of this nature under the noses of the enemy. Commodore Peiper was a carrier Capt during the Ulster wars and continues the oustanding tendencies for independant command that led to his promotion.

As I can state from first hand experience and many of you watching can relate to, the survival of our nation is directly tied to the ability of independent thinking subordinates to act in times of stress without command oversight as shown in the many heroic actions of our military in place during the Tulip terror wars after the bombs went off. I was stationed overseas in the Ulster war zone during this time and I can say that these types of drills paid off in the hardest of times for our nation and our people.

I fought against people like the DUD my entire Marine career and I find it typical of a nation 1/2 the size of our own with three times the mouth size that can be supported by their military budget to overreact as they have. They have obviously not fought against those with modern technology, excellent training, and effecient force structures.

The above is what I have been authorized to say. The following I say on my own. It apparently makes the DUD Reichsfurher nervous to be stood up to in the international arena as a bully is stood up to in a childs sandbox. The DUD is obviously not used to fighting against people who can and will shoot back.

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Cut to the President of Promise of Joshua; Richard von Joshua.

I again call upon the Roycelandians to end the tension in the region by renouncing their obviously imperialistic and colonistic ways and withdrawing from Port Imperial. I am ordering the preparation of 8 additional carrier groups for immediate deployment and have asked my Minister of State; The Bishop Gary Christonsion, to extend to the Lusakans the full weight and resources of the Promise of Joshua. We are prepared to deploy as many aircraft and personnel from our Army, Airforce, and Marines as are acceptable to our Lusakan comrades in support of their people's right to self government. All we ask is permission to land our forces on the African Continent in accordance with Lusakan wishes. I will recall these forces within 3 hours of our confirmation of the beginning of Roycelandian withdrawal from Port Imperial and other sovereign Lusakian territory.

As to diplomacy; I extend an invitation to all nations involved to meet at the Promise of Joshua facilities in the Theocracy of Quinntonia. As many of you are aware; we ran the business of our nation from these facilities immediately after the Tulip terror wars visited such devastation on our soil. I have instructed our embassey officials in the Theocracy of Quinntonia to approach Jesse, son of Obed, head of the Quinntonian Govt to appoint a mediator if asked for by the parties involved.

We do not feel the need to show off our national power by conducting international diplomacy on a ship of war and we are willing to engage all parties in this dispute in constructive diplomatic discussions regardless of ideology or opinions the may be different from our own. We believe that this is the only method by which this crisis can end once the Roycelandians remove their unwanted, imperialistic pressence and weapons of mass destruction from sovereign Lusakian soil.

ooc obviously a lot of assumption and extrapolation went into the statement about Roycelandia building weapons of mass destruction at Port Imperial from the radiation detection figures alone. Of course such extrapolation never happens in real life international diplomacy :D

Electronically, a message arrives at the computer of the appropriate PoJ official, perhaps two hours after the broadcast - continental Aperin might not get television from the Promise of Joshua, but there's always someone watching.

We applaud this move towards diplomacy, as a clear example to the near-hysterical leadership shown by our present antagonists near the African Commonwealth. As such, we would be most interested in dispatching a delegate in an attempt to resolve this situation in a peaceable manner.

~The Commonwealth Synod

ooc this is probably going to be obvious to anyone with spy satellites in the area.

ic

Aboard the PJS CVN Solomon closing the Anhierach reinforcement fleet from astern on a parallel course

Signal the Anhierach fleet by lamp when we clear the mists and have a visual. Also slow from flank speed to match speeds with the Anhierach forces as we come abreast of their formation and prepare to render honors to their colors if we pass closely enough. Inform the Levi that their f14 squadron will have CAP responsibility here and that as we are now within airstrike distance of the D.U.D. fleet, I want our strike aircraft on ready 5 at battlestations status. Inform Fleet Admiral Rauss aboard the Joshua that all goes according to plan on this end


[ooc: Our units continue coasting merrily along, maintaining a 150km distance from the DUD units. Would that allow for visual contact?]

As part of the newly-formed Teporary Integrated International Command Structure (TIICS) , the KNS Ostendt is deploying alongside the DUD fleet, and has come to geneneral quarters. Kilean Naval Aviation bombers are constantly feeding targeting information to the KNS Ostendt. The battlegroup as a whole is holding back at long range- the escort ships ready to defend the Ostendt and her batteries of powerful SS-N-19 missiles. The Enkranoplan squadron has worked up a battleplan with the KAF antishipping squadrons that calls for a co-ordinated missile attack on the POJ ships in the event of any hostilities. All that is needed is air cover from DUD or AC aircraft for the attack to seriously hurt the POJ fleet.

The director-general* of the foreign office has made several strongly-worded statements calling for the POJ ships to reverse their course.

Coded message from commander, KNS Ostendt battlegroup, to all TIICS members:

It should be noted that all the POJ commanding officers are on ONE ship.


<OOC>*the director-general is simply the head of the foreign office, not head of state, although they do have a great amount of say in foreign affairs<OOC>

As part of the newly-formed Teporary Integrated International Command Structure (TIICS) , the KNS Ostendt is deploying alongside the DUD fleet, and has come to geneneral quarters. Kilean Naval Aviation bombers are constantly feeding targeting information to the KNS Ostendt. The battlegroup as a whole is holding back at long range- the escort ships ready to defend the Ostendt and her batteries of powerful SS-N-19 missiles. The Enkranoplan squadron has worked up a battleplan with the KAF antishipping squadrons that calls for a co-ordinated missile attack on the POJ ships in the event of any hostilities. All that is needed is air cover from DUD or AC aircraft for the attack to seriously hurt the POJ fleet.

The director-general* of the foreign office has made several strongly-worded statements calling for the POJ ships to reverse their course.

Coded message from commander, KNS Ostendt battlegroup, to all TIICS members:

It should be noted that all the POJ commanding officers are on ONE ship.


<OOC>*the director-general is simply the head of the foreign office, not head of state, although they do have a great amount of say in foreign affairs<OOC>

ANN Newsflash: Police Arrest 370 For Computer Crime

ANDULOS - Today, at a high-profile press event, Police Coordinator Alric Gavon announced that the Andulos Police Department, in collaboration with the military Network Defense Division (NDD) and the Division of Internal Security (DIS), successfully conducted a quadrant-wide raid on digital crime.

"It's a very worrying thing, you know. Here we are, trying to maintain peace with other nations, and at times it's a very fragile peace - and then you get these vigilantes trying to mete out their own digital justice. They get traced to Anhierarch, and whaddaya get? A full-blown diplomatic incident.", was the opinion of Coordinator Gavon.

This publication understands that the 370 individuals were arrested in connection to the recent digital war being waged by hacker clans across the nation, with one of the more prominent targets being the African Commonwealth. Recently, the Office of International Affairs, headed by Coordinator Paine, released a statement unequivocally condemning these actions as "detrimental to the process of diplomacy in preserving peace."

Coordinator Gavon has hinted at the possibility of future raids, citing intelligence that still indicates a tremendous number of digital assaults on the African Commonwealth. At present, the 370 are in the custody of the NDD, awaiting trial.

In full broadcast from the DUD fleets flagship, "the land sturm":

Again, POJ has decided to twist the facts to fit their twisted ideals. We are moving into DEFENSIVE positions, and as is stated by the widely broadcasted message, we will bring no aggression to the antagonist force of POJ. Your over confidence in a military situation is amusing. I must say to think you could take out our entire allied naval forces, and then take the commonwealth is wishfull thinking if ive ever heard it. You have no purpose in this region other than to cause trouble, and spread you failied ideals.
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encoded message to Kilean:

We have very nearly five hundred support aircraft we can lend for air cover. Our fleet can launch a massive (none-nuclear) missle strike if needed. The Land Sturm can defense the fleet, and possibly yours, from missle strike. Her 12 16" guns will keep any enemy vessels far away, so we should have a good warning of air attack. Long range sonar has indicated multiple submarine groups. Our force of strike planes, naval vessel torpedoes, and depth charges should defense us fairly well, however I will try to have AC help with submarine defense by putting some of their new submarine technologies on the front line. Let us hope it doesnt come to all out attack, this conflict doesnt require it, however the POJs leadership are just biting at the bit to launch an offensive attack.

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encoded message to AC:

As I said earlier, the situation is not good, POJ is not backing down. What our your plans for the new submarine deployment? The line is well defensed, and very powerful, however more submarine strength would be appreciated.

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Aboard the Land Sturm:

"the Promise of Joshua is trying to fight this war with false propoganda? What a laugh! Perhaps they will back down, only time will tell. Keep all defensive measures at their highest levels. that is all." The Reichsfuherer taps out his pipe in the ashtry on his desk, thinking again on the possibilities of the present situation. "If I need, I suppose I could rally the support of my region, however that would be overkill for now. We'll sit and wait first."

The POJ broadcast's mention of Roycelandian, "weapons of mass destruction" caused pandemonium in Lusakan military command. The stakes seemed to have been massively and inexplicably raised.

At once the sence of urgency was greatly increased, while Igomo's policy of non-confrontation seemed all the more prudent. What on earth was a United African Republic to do?

President Igomo was caught by press while on his way to one Secretary's office or another. Distracted and under some pressure he asked, "Why are any of you still in Southern Africa? What business do you think that your militaries have here?[i/]" when pressed to comment on DUD, Kilean, Roycelandian, and other nations' continued presence in the region and [i]on Lusakan soil.

"Honestly." He muttered while slowly turning away from the cameras and hobbling inside, "I don't know why we haven't got the UN to come and drag your arses out of our continent."

Defence Secretary Colin Olongwe, while one of his juniors announced the cut-rate import of eight-hundred ex-Russian-service T-62s bringing Lusaka's tank-tally to over two-thousand, was to be found seeking to restart low-rate import of Olifant L2 MBTs from the Commonwealth, perhaps at just a couple of units per month.

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

"Where the F**K did accusations of WMD construction come from???" Commander Savage thundered at the assembled group of Military Advisors in his command bunker.

"No idea, Sir. Any idiot can see that we don't have the facilites to make Atomic Weapons here anyway."

"Obviously the POJ can't. Ideas, gentlemen?"

"What about announcing Crystal Rose? That might take some of the PR heat off us."

"No can do. His Majesty wants it kept quiet until they can grow some specimens back home. Until then, we have to sit tight. News on the Tigers?"

"Hunters from all over Africa have arrived seeking the bounty on them."

"Excellent. Make sure that PINN runs a story about how there is no radiation increase, and arrange an independent scientific report that confirms our views."

"It shall be done."

"One more thing... observers will have noticed all the defences that are online. You've noticed that we haven't activated at least half of our defences, as part of Operational Security. We all know the surprises that await anyone silly enough to try and get us to leave."

"Indeed, Sir. By the way, we have completed the Agent Orange mortar shells, and set up the hyrdoponic defence system at the Crystal Rose farm."

"Excellent. Keep the fighters on 24 hour overwatch, and let me know if there are any developments..."

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ENCRYPTED COMMUNIQUE TO AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH, DAS UBER DEUTSCHLAND, OLD BRITTANIA

Imperial Intelligence Services report the increased presence of Lusakan Troops in the area bordering the African Commonwealth.

Further intelligence reports indicate the possibility of Lusakan Chemical Weapons in the area, some of which we beleive may be aimed at strategic targets in the AC.

In the event of a military strike by any party in the area upon anyone else, our analysts beleive it would be a very simple matter to "accidentally" launch these weapons and then either blame a third party for the events, or else claim a weapons malfunction.

The Empire of Roycelandia does not operate or maintain any chemical weapons, and strenously denies accusations that we are manufacturing Weapons of Mass Destruction in Port Imperial.

Of course, there may be nothing in our Intelligence, but we share it with our Allies nonetheless...

[signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau

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[ooc: Our units continue coasting merrily along, maintaining a 150km distance from the DUD units. Would that allow for visual contact?]

ooc: Probably so consider honors rendered before the battlestations call. FYI - Of course the COs returned to their ships after the battlestations call went public. More later

*the commanders fly back to their ships, now that things had been "settled" there was little else they were required for, the empire had flexed its muscles to begin with, but had soon caught on to the trend*

*in all their glory 5 Guardian jets roar over the fleet and over the landscape heading for port imperial, their journey will be short, and if fired upon, their payload deadly*

OOC: Hi, i got you invitation, but it says it was sent 6 days ago. Sorry but ive been away, does that mean its too late to get involved, if not please can someone post an accurate and coprehensive summary?

encoded Message To Lusaka:

I understand that you have been almost swept away by all the goings on recently, however, it is time we heard your views on the situation, both diplomaticly and militarily. I will admit, however, that I am dissapointed in your reaction to our military presence in this region. I also dont understand why you hold ill will towards the treaty signed. The third ammendment in that treaty is to protect the disputed territory from imperialistic nations. I have pulled back all of my troops from within the disputed territory. This conflict is about an axis of communist nations trying to get a foot hold in your region. AC would only be the first. They would move on to your nation, and take your culture, government, and people by force of arms. You must stand together with us and push them out. Communism is a scurge, do not allow it to take over your great nation. I would hope that you now see my goals, and would be willing to sign the treaty to defend your people, country, and region.

with great respect, SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart

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Region wide broadcast from the "Land Sturm", recorded and sent to all allied and none allied nations:

It is time for all nations in support of the defeat of ruthless conquerers to unite. Our antagonists have been aggressive, and we have been infanately patient. They have shown their poor standing amongst the human race by broadcasting false propoganda. They wish to take the culture, wealth, and sovereignity from the people of this great region. The allied nations cannot allow this to happen, especialy by cut-throat communists and psychotic radicals. As is a popular saying in Das Uber-Deutschland, "together we stand, divided we fall", stands true here. Are alliance as of now is strong, however it can be made stronger. Das Uber Deutschland has a strong alliance with her region. They are already willing to send in forces to help the allied alliance. I have turned down their offer for now in good will towards diplomacy, and in respct towards the African Commonwealth and Lusaka. But let it be known, the allied alliance will not allow the communist invaders to take over peacefull nations. Communism is a scurge to all. It leads only to poverty and destruction. Das Uber-Deutschland will call to her sister and brother nations for support if the situation proves too bloody, and the infedels trully show they wish to wage a pointless war. We have armed our nuclear weapons as a show of strength and resolute standing. We hold DEFENSIVE positions only. We, as the whole of the alliance, have showed no aggression towards our aggressors. We will turn our cheeks no more. Unite under one banner of defiance towards the would be conquerers! Arm yourselves in defence!

Kilean Naval Aviation bombers are constantly feeding targeting information to the KNS Ostendt. The Enkranoplan squadron has worked up a battleplan with the KAF antishipping squadrons that calls for a co-ordinated missile attack on the POJ ships in the event of any hostilities. All that is needed is air cover from DUD or AC aircraft for the attack to seriously hurt the POJ fleet.



ooc question: are you saying that your bombers are close enough to target my ships with their onboard computers and weapons systems? If so, are you saying that your aircraft have "locked" onto my ships? If so, my ic answer will not be a warning.

OOC: Hi, i got you invitation, but it says it was sent 6 days ago. Sorry but ive been away, does that mean its too late to get involved, if not please can someone post an accurate and coprehensive summary?

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The bombers are Bear-F maritime patrol planes. They tracking and maintaining contact with the POJ ships.

The reason I mentioned that they were feeding targeting data is beacuse the KNS Ostendt is a Kirov-class crusier armed with SS-N-19 missiles. The SS-N-19 requires positional info from a satillite, aircraft or other source to fire at its intended long range. The SS-N-19 has a range of some 300km, and the battlegroup is currently some 200km away from the POJ fleet (a long enough range so that the Kirov's missiles are the ONLY weapon they could currently employ against the POJ fleet).

This means that while the battlegroup is in missile range of the POJ ships, the Ostendt battlegroup cannot directly target the POJ ships, and they are currently too far to use the Ostendt's helicopters for this task.

So, the Kilean Naval Aviation Bear bombers are not targeting the POJ battlegroup per se. They are simply keeping contact with it, and sending positional info back to the KNS Ostendt. This information, however, can be used as targeting data by the SS-N-19 battery.

Although the Bear-F's can be armed with antiship missiles, they currently carry none- being instead loaded with extra fuel and sonobouy's.

To summarize, the KNS Ostendt battlegroup consists of the Kirov-class Ostendt, three krivak ASW ships, and three Sovremnyy(sp?) clas surface-warfare ships. In addition, the 8 Kilean diesel-electric Type 209 subs are in a wide antisub perimiter around the battlegroup. Although the battlegroup is on alert status, it is currently in defensive posture at long range.

I hope this answers your question.

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Joshua City. Presidential Cabinet High council Chambers

The DUD's own words and transmissions convict them in the eyes of the world. On the one hand they speak of peace and on the other they speak of involving yet more nations militarily to "defend" Lusaka from "communism" and admit that the DUD has already armed military weapons. Our socialist comrades in Lusaka must be completely confused by now, but I think the world understands that the facist imperialistic nation of DUD is dedicated to colonialism and will stop at nothing, up to and including nuclear armegeddon to achieve that end. Can you convince our press to run that as "talking points"on every news show for at least the next several days?

Of course Mr. President.

Very well then. Admiral Chamberlain(Minister of Defense), you will proceed in my personal transport to the nation Anhierach and extend every courtesy to any representatives willing to meet to discuss this situation towards finding a constructive solution. You will remain after the meeting as I also have another message for you.

Instruct Bishop Christonsion to extend the same courtesies to the Lusakians. We must also send Ministry of State representatives to the DUD, AC, Kilean, Roycelandia, Britannia, and Chikwana inviting them in person to this meeting. Let it not be said that we were afraid to send peace emissaries to all involved nations regardless of current tensions.

How far away is the CVN Simeon battlegroup?

No more than one more day. They are traveling at full speed and their fleet support ships have been left behind with escort to catch up. The will cross the back of the Task Force Peiper and proceed south coming in between the DUD and the open sea within 48 hours. We will then have the DUD, Brittania, and AC fleets in a box comprised of the AC shoreline on one side, Task Force Peiper, the Anhierachians, and our attached subs on another, Task Force Simeon with 8 carriers and numerous subs following on another, and the Moses and SSBN Benjamin on the seemingly "open" southern route down the coast. The Moses and Benjamin could engage under the range of land based Lusakan aircover should that be needed Mr President.

Our fighters on the carriers are the F14ds correct?

Yes, their Pheonix missile systems outrange anything our opponents can put in the air on their fighters by no less than 50km and then only those aircraft equipped with the AA-9 Amos as the MIG31 would be able to engage. After that the range differential goes to 80km or more Mr. President.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/aim-54.htm

That is why we've never concerned ourselves with numbers. Our fighters are still good for 5-6 kills each before the enemy is even in range to fire back.

Very Good Gentlemen. Our position is sound. I hope Roycelandia sees the disadvantages of remaining on the African Continent before any more lives are lost.


ooc: now you know why the US still uses the 70's era F14 as the mainline fighter on carriers and why the F14 has never been exported.

ooc answer to Kilean: it does. I'm glad I didn't jump to conclusions :D

I consider the same thing to be going on with our E-2C Hawkeye AWACS aircraft and our AEGIS ships with Tomahawks and Harpoons, but didn't post it.

Thanks again.

Somewhere outside Port Imperial, Southern Africa

An Imperial Motors Deuce and a Half Truck trundled along the road, a white flag of truce clearly visible from the radio antenna.

The truck approached to within a safe but respectful distance of a Lusakan Roadblock, and one of the Imperial Guard climbed out of the passenger's side (OOC: Roycelandia's vehicles are Right Hand Drive- so the driver is on the Right, and the Passenger on the left. It's worth noting that we generally drive on the left hand side of the road, as well...).

He was not carrying the standard-issue SMLE Mk III, although he did have a .357 magnum revolver in a holster.

"Ahoy there!" he called to one of the Lusakan troops. "We bring you a goodwill offering!"

Two more Imperial Guard, also without rifles, clambered down from the back of the truck with a large Cooler (esky/chilly bin) slung between them.

"Look, we know how hot it is out here, and how incredibly bored you must all be. We have bought you several ice-cold cases of Elephant Lager, some chocolate, coffee, playing cards, cold soft drinks, and, of course, some magazines for you. No strings attached, we just want you to understand that we have nothing against you and that we're really nice people."

The soldiers step back from the Cooler and keep their hands where they can be clearly seen, awaiting a response from the Lusakans.

OOC: There gifts haven't been "spiked" in any way- the soldiers in question just feel like being generous, especially on the grounds that they'd really prefer to avoid a shooting war if they can help it...

Rhodesia & Nyasaland: The ultra edited highlights are that Communist Rebels were operating in the AC and Lusaka. Various other Nations arrived to deal with the Communists, and having done so, are now somewhat reluctant to leave.

The area's main military base has ended up as a Roycelandian Colony (named Port Imperial), located in territory that is technically Lusakan, but Roycelandia refuses to give it back anyway for a variety of reasons, including scientific research, security, and unsettled scores with Lusaka.

The Allied Nations, so to speak are: African Commonwealth, Roycelandia, Das Uber Deutschland, and Old Brittania (aplogies if I've missed anyone). The Non-Allied Nations are Lusaka, Promise of Joshua, and there is one other whose name has escaped me. Anyone else is neutral, or I just haven't been paying attention 8)...

AC's former El Presidente has retired, having been replaced by General Ndelebe, which has changed the dynamics of the area in important ways, and Promise of Joshua are being extremely unstable... the whole situation is very Cold War, if that helps.

If I've missed anything, feel free to correct me or add stuff in to this...

Regarding aircraft armaments, most of you are aware the the IAe Spitfire carries a variety of cannon, guns, and missiles. I've always assumed the missiles to be roughly equivalent to an AIM-54, but I should also mention that using missiles to take out IAe Spitfires doesn't make good economic sense- the missile would cost more than the Spitfire! :lol:

"sir, intellignece reports enemy forces moving into position to attack. What is there to do now? We have no futher abilities to compormise, im afraid I must council direct attack. They have not launched fighters yet, however, it seems they will no matter what we do to try to revert the situatation." finishes a trully worried fieldmarschall. "I know the situation soldier. They seriously underestimate our air power if they think they can outrange us. Premtive strike is what they think they will have. No more. they have shown aggression for the last time. They will now pay for thier attacks on AC. Im going to pound them into the dirt! send an emergency message to Kilean, AC, old Brittania, and Recyclopedia!"
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heavily encoded message to AC, Kilean, old Brittania, and Recyclopedia:

The end has come, POJ has show thier absolute desire for war. They think their equipment is superior, however they will see that they are very wrong. I now call on my fellow allies to follow thier part in the signed treaty. Das Uber-Duetschland is launching its entire cruise missle battery (well over 550 tubes). Das Uber-Deutschland is launching its battery now in the case that this message is intercepted. Now is the time to end the threat to AC. POJ has shown thier aggression for the last time. Our intellignece shows them moving into position to block us in. They will not succede. After the attack, I will send more messages to give word on what comes after the firestorm......

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"The time has come, launch all cruise missile systems at the POJ fleet captain schlecht. Commence immiediately." Instructs SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart. "Yes sir! By your command."
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SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart, as New Lusaka City sees the situation the base of our stance is in the old border dispute. It appeared that the African Commonwealth, an old Lusakan ally, had chosen to continue its expansion, usually seen as a positive influence, into Lusakan soil. Not just any Lusakan soil, but resource rich land important to our mining industry and vital to our fluctuating African economy.

As such our nations moved close to war. At the same time communist guerrillas happened to take up arms in AC. As would any nation in our position, we viewed these as legitimate freedom fighters resisting perceived imperialist aggression. Other nations such as your own apparently took a different stance, and moved to crush the rebels. Surely you can see how this looked to us -since many rebels were based in Lusakan lands recently annexed by the Commonwealth- like an attack on our resistance to our neighbour's expansionism?

Following intervention of nations such as your own many other states sympathetic to the rebels came to their aid, and Lusaka was bound to see these states as a means to the end of liberating our lost soil.

Since then, the Commonwealth has graciously recanted its claims to our soil, and Lusaka's grudge against its neighbour is likewise erased. New Lusaka City now fully supports Ndelebe's government. However, despite the resolution of our despute, we find that the Lusakan land briefly disputed by AC is still not in our hands, and our people still fail to benefit from its natural wealth.

Lusaka, you can see, has no interest in the wider political one-upmanship between communist and capitalist, merely the integrity of its violated borders and welfare of its people and neighbours. We have long been allied with far left states -Hrstrovokia and Soviet Haaregrad have full diplomatic representation here, and military bases too. They have for many years, and without ever threatening our right to self rule. Lusaka has nothing to fear from communist nations, we are confident. Our socialist friends stand by us and vice versa.

All that Lusaka seeks now is the removal of foreign influence from the former disputed zone, now recognised Lusakan territory. As you may note, we are attempting to revitalise normal healthy trade relations with the Commonwealth, and as your nation too is surely a Commonwealth trade partner you must agree that a healthy Commonwealth is best for all concerned, and quite strong enough to defend itself now that a new government has been able to take control.



The Lusakan media would express similar sentiment and understanding of the situation before the world, in the hopes that involved nations would see that really there is nothing left to fight for. The Commonwealth is stable, and Lusaka stands with its neighbour.

In truth (and private) President Igomo is more concerned about the potentially unfriendly regime regaining vitality to his south..

(ooc:Oh, Rhodesia.., I forget what you do and don't know exactly, but it has been agreed that Roycelandia is the former colonial power that once dominated Lusaka.. as such she used to be your neighbour, and is to Lusaka as Britain presumably to you. Just noting that the two of you (/your nations) ought to get on :)
(To anyone interested who hasn't yet seen; the life and times of Derek Igomo, including reference to Roycelandia's stake in Lusakahttp://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107437&highlight= ))

my good lord
*the captain of the HMD Churchill screams as he reads the transmission from the fleet of Das Uber deutchland*
a war has broken out under our feet,

Sir sir, Das uber deutchland speaks the truth, sattelite navigation and tracking does show increased movement towards this srea by POJ shipping

*the phones in westminsister londinium were buzzing, the imperial war offices were full of talk of orbital weapons attacks and air strikes on POJ homeland*

*a statement was issue'd by the brittanic naval command to any and all allied and potential enemy shipping in the area*
Brittanic fleet at full strengh, any and all enemy attacks will be met with huge brittanic firepower, our economy can sustain it and our population is ready to bear the blood, we will show once and for all
BRITTANIA RULES THE WAVES*

*HMS churchill put under imeadiate red alert, the rest of the fleet follows suit*

ooc POJ old brittania has over 1 billion population, you dont, we also have a frightening economy, so i am afraid to say, were millitary is concerned, we are bigger and better, if you attempt to come out on top in this it will be a frightfull case of god-moding and will be treated as such by myself and hopefully the other nations who are willing to be realistic enough to make role play here fair, otherwise were going to end up blastign the hell out of each others fleets and nations with nuclear weapons and such.

ooc: D.U.D. sure you don't want to rethink that? You aren't the only one with cruise missiles in town, neither one of us is invincible, and now you become the aggressor and put paid on all of my so called "propoganda". :D

BTW, since you are now the "aggressor", doesn't that relieve AC, Kilean, Old Britannia and the other signatories from getting involved? Your treaty was one of mutual defense should someone be attacked which hasn't happened.

I have posted numerous offers of mediation and meetings for discussion of the issues and no one other than Lusaka and Anhierach has taken me up on yet you paint me as the bad guy here. I think there is enough bad guy paint to go around on this one, wouldn't you agree? I've also repeatedly posted one request that would eliminate the tensions and that is for Roycelandia to start withdrawal. Are you ready to go to war over nothing more than the Roycelandians "right" to sit on their asses in territory they (and everyone else here) acknowledges is not their own?

Edit:If you really want this, post your launch specfics(by number, type and target(although I'm guessing task force Peiper is the target here))so I can report losses and we will do this.

ic Aboard the Solomon

Commodore Peiper, the DUD fleet is manuvering to launch

we will reply in kind. scramble all aircraft and send the execute commands to our forces. Confine your launches to ordinance targeted on the DUD first and so instruct our pilots. We will retarget the rest onto the DUD should the others not involve themselves

EDIT: As the orchastrated pandemonium of the battlestations claxon broke out around him and with the claxons sound ringing in his ears; Commodore Peiper immediately went out to the flying bridge and sat down. Shifting his tea glass to his left hand he allowed his right tunic sleeve to fall over his right hand. The crew would see him sitting casually in his elevated and exposed position on the open wing of the bridge watching the activity of the flight deck below him and the movements of the other ships in the task force and maybe draw some courage.

Little do they know he thought. People sometimes wondered why the sleeves of his Commodore's bridgecoat were too long and why he never had them altered. As his now empty right hand started shaking beneath the sleeve covering it he gripped his leg tighter. So far it was just his right hand which could be managed. I've probably asked too much this time again to himself as he looked out at the 20 odd ships of his task force. He knew he was outnumbered 6 carrier decks to 2 and by the same percentages in the air. The submarine force will probably survive but his surface ships will probably be on the bottom by day's end. The Simeon battle group with the Reuben, Midian and other carriers may very well be in range by now, but not in position. His task force would take the full brunt of the initial volley and there was nothing to do now but wait as others executed orders given. That reassurance didn't seem to be helping his hand stop its shaking he noted as he looked behind him and saw the Fleet Marine Lt. who had again placed himself in the doorway between the Commodore and the bridge interior. As least the casual observer's view would be blocked and there would be less chance of noticing, but the Marine Lt. knew and had known for a couple of years about the nervous reaction of his commander. What was the Lt's name, Stryker? something like that. His father was a Marine enlisted and was now some high up in the civilian end of the Defense Dept wasn't he??

Aboard the Oscar II SSGN "Dina"

Capt Zuriach, your missile keys sir.

Thank you sound battlestations missile and prepare launch packages per our order set

6 Oscar IIs begin rising to launch depth on the east coast of the continent.

North of Port Imperial

Lt Li we need the entire team in position. Signal our readiness for the original plan

a cpl reached for a Sat Phone handset as various equipment bundles not yet used were opened for the first time.

ooc I will post more including the other two carrier groups I have in the area plus various the submarine groups once I have something more concrete to go on in regards to weapons fired by the DUD. :(

*the phones in westminsister londinium were buzzing, the imperial war offices were full of talk of orbital weapons attacks and air strikes on POJ homeland*



do that and you will draw HBF, Quinntonia, Raysia and few others from The United Peoples of Abraham into this who, btw, are larger than you.

Proud Member Nation:
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ooc POJ old brittania has over 1 billion population, you dont, we also have a frightening economy, so i am afraid to say, were millitary is concerned, we are bigger and better, if you attempt to come out on top in this it will be a frightfull case of god-moding and will be treated as such by myself and hopefully the other nations who are willing to be realistic enough to make role play here fair, otherwise were going to end up blastign the hell out of each others fleets and nations with nuclear weapons and such.

ooc I'm not going to start with you unless you start with me first. My only focus is forces rped in this theatre. The rest is pretty much a non issue unless you become really interested in escalating this outside the AC theatre. BTW, I seriously doubt you are bound by your treaty as the DUD is the one firing first. Again, how much value do you place on the Roycelandians ability to sit in territory not their own? That is was this boils down to when the vaneer of BS comes away.

RAC, RCAF and CND central HQ, fortified complex under Kinshasa

General Ndelebe stood still, his face still albeit sweating... If not for the beads running down his head and staining his RAC uniform, he would look like one of the traditional Irem figures adorning the nation above him. A nation that would now be in serious trouble if he did not act quickly. For his inner eye, he already saw Mbandaka... Banan... Kinshasa.. In flames. This must not be allowed to happen. He quickly ordered out a string of ultra-express communiqués.

Kilean, Old Britannia, Roycelandia, Lusaka

I am sure you already are aware of proceedings. The POJ naval movements recently intercepted has been interpreted by the Uber-Deutchland as an act of war. The Deutch fleet has armed it's IC range ballistic missiles, and delivered all it's missiles to the nearby POJ fleet. As I do not need to inform you, this spells disaster for the fragile peace on this continent. The International Itegrated Command Structure we had been initiating has not had the effect we hoped, and the Commonwealth urges all allied nations to keep the treaties of non-agression against Promise and Anhierach, withdrawing naval assets from the theatre of combat if necessary.

Das Uber-Deutchland(heavily encrypted)

Von Stuttgart, have you lost your accursed mind!? The Joshuans had a mind to withdraw from African waters entirely, and leave us be once the border dispute was fully settled. The II Command Structure was there for a reason, that a single hothead could not go ahead and attack the enemy of his own accord, like the Joshuan vessel attempted recently.

Now, they can and might bring their entire naval might to bear on allied forces, and maybe even Commonwealth civilians! Do you have any contemplation of what your rash military actions might have of consequences?

My ire aside, we must act quickly. I have suggested to all allied forces that they do not aid your fleet in attacking - I am sorry that I am not willing to commit forces to this, but you must realize that it is still possible to salvage this situation by negotiation. With no small amount of goodwill, the Anhierachi and Joshuan fleets might hold AC and other allies to the original pacts of non-agression, and then we can some day get back to a complete cease-fire.

We have one small asset we can offer you. Our SSN Barracuda prototype does not give off AC radio signatures, and are not painted in any colours either. It is not fully functional, and does hold experimental weapon systems, but we are fully confident in it's ability to wreak havoc on POJ ships with it's ballistic munitions(currently 5 Harpoons and 5 domestic T-130 cruise missiles), provided it can attack from surprise. I have ordered it closer to POJ naval assets as we speak.

To the Land Sturm

Inform the Commonwealth envoy, Colonel Tomé and his retinue, that we want them back to the mainland post-haste.

To the SSN Barracuda

Advance within ballistic missile range of the POJ navy at their default coordinates. We have a deep six. Repeat, this is not a drill, it is a deep six. Ready BGM-119 and T-130 systems for launch.

To the AC Britannica AEGIS cruisers in the allied navy

Withdraw to port at once. We won't have any of this fight. Leave Britannica 9 and 10 in the fleet, to aid the uber Deutch intercept missiles and torpedos on their vessels.

To the Promise of Joshuan theocratic government

We are sorry for recent developments. Defying our integrated command structure, the DOD fleet has stepped out of bounds. We are trying to maintain contact with Reichsfuhrer von Stuttgart at the moment, and earnestly pray that a ceasefire can be negotiated - We never intended this.

Sincere regards to all in these troubled times,
General Ndelebe,
President of the Secular Republic of the African Commonwealth,
Supreme Commandor of the RAC, RCAF and CND.
For the Commonwealth.

[ooc: Well, this is unexpected. And, as PoJ says, it's irrelevant to boast of your population or economy in a conflict like this.... unless you really, really want to escalate it - which I trust no real national leader would.

If the cruise missile attack is confirmed, the following occurs:

If the situation is somehow resolved within three hours disregard the hackers.]

An Abandoned Factory
Terende, Anhierarch
2234 local time

"F-cking fascists!"

The young man stands up at his heavily modified computer console, brows furrowed and fists clenched. His eyes hidden behind a head-mounted VDU, he taps the somewhat rusted earpiece. His voice, reedy but strong, rings out across the warehouse's basement, crowded with hackers and crackers - homebase of Clan Alahos.

"Oi! Clanners! Lis'n up!"

Momentarily, the assembled people - mostly teenagers - perks up, their hands withdrawing from their keyboards. The speaker, known as Wolfbyte, signals to a friend to open up the vidfeed to allied clans.

"This just f-cking in, brothers and sisters! The f-ckin' fascists have damn well decided to start a war! Now, we all know our government might not like this, but are they gonna act?! Not f-ckin' likely, Clanners. They're f-ckin well tied up with diplomacy and sweet f-ckin' talk. But we ain't!"

A ragged cheer rises in the smoky room.

"F-ck yeah! Now what are we gonna do? We ain't gonna sit on our fat f-ckin' asses and do nothing while those b-stards fight their imperialistic wars. No f-ckin' way, man! We're gonna teach those scum-suckin' fascists in Das Uber Deutschland a lesson! A mother-f-ckin lesson that their missiles and their guns aren't gonna save 'em from Clan Alahos!"

The cheer rises into a roaring crescendo. With hasty hand movements, Wolfbyte reduces the din to merely earsplitting, shouting above the noise.

"Alright! Let's do it!"

Across the great megacities of Anhierarch, the hacker clans quickly negotiate a ragged alliance, dragooning perhaps a quarter of the entire underground comittee in the creation of massive, coordinated digital assaults. Within three hours of the cruise missile attack, no less than twenty five thousand coordinated individuals concentrate their attacks on Das Uber Deutschland. To begin with, they will attempt to shut down the nationwide telecommunications infrastructure.

Several hours after that, Das Uber Deutschland's government would recieve the following message, from the government of Anhierarch.

Have confirmed reports of coordinated digital warfare upon your nation. Please note individual citizens are perpetrating these acts - against the laws of this nation. Rest assured our law-enforcement agencies will be working tirelessly to cease this illegal action against your nation.

ANF Solidarity
International waters

"Fools! Damned fools - this could have been solved with words - but no, they choose missiles."

The Commodore scowls. The fleet from the Promise of Joshua was perhaps a hundred and fifty kilometers distant. After several moments of thought, he calls to his second in command.

"Send out the order to the entire battlegroup - increase crew readiness to red alert. Not a drill, obviously - all of a sudden we're in very unfriendly seas. Highest alertness. Any crewman found slacking off will be duly disciplined, and I mean it. Order the captains to assume defensive formation."

Obviously, the commdore of battlegroup Delta takes similar precautions.

[ooc: PoJ, your Minister of Defence will be arriving shortly, yes?]

In Anhierarch, a brief statement is issued, stating in no uncertain terms the present neutrality adopted by Anhierarch.

Bishop Christonsion's transport aircraft is diverted in midair from Anhierach and heads towards Kinshasa. The military escort planes turn back and the Bishop's plane approaches the AC civilian airfield in Kinshasa unescorted.


Joshua City

Preident Richard von Joshua picks up the "red" phone in his office and requests a link with President General Ndelebe.
I am diverting my Minister of State; Bishop Christonsion to your capital to begin discussions at whatever level your government deems appropriate. I place my Minister on your soil without escort as a sign of the Promise of Joshua's commitment to not let this matter spread to your soil and/or disrupt the peace process. Any actions we deem necessary will only be implemented against those who have fired upon us. The only exception, and I state this forthrightly and in advance, may be the reduction of Port Imperial by non-nuclear means. We are in a position to accomplish that with no further force infusion into this theatre.

We regret all loss of life up to this point and beyond. I congratulate you in your statesmenlike handling of this difficult situation that you were handed before you even took office. May we work together to restore Lusakan soil to the Lusakans and keep the AC sovereign territory free from death and destruction.

ooc I'm waiting for DUDs response to my edited post on page 4. Its kind of hard to report losses based on his original(which had a "i launc all my sh.t at u and blo u away" flavor) and I want to give him a chance to pull back his launch post.

edit for more info ooc: based on this site and the info DUD posted on his force structure on page 2 this thread.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ship.htm

He has 7 frigates and 4 destroyers with 4 seawolf subs plus the landsturm and 4 carriers. Total cruise missile tubes might only be the 250 on the Landsturm as none of the destroyers or frigates listed have cruise missile capabilities(I couldn't find the "hayley" class frigate at all but if its based on the OH Perry class than add 4 harpoons per ship to your total tubes which makes 266). The exocets on the Brandenburgs are not cruise missiles and their range is 76km max (ie: about 47 miles) and the Sachsens are air defence frigates with sea sparrow SAM missiles as primary armament. In fact the only cruise missile tubes in DUD's entire force over than the landsturm would be any carried by the Seawolfs. the Seawolf does not have vls capabilities so if you were planning on each seawolf giving you the 50 Tomahawks listed in their armaments then a> you give away their position by launching and b> they don't have room for torpedoes. See below the language of tomahawks or harpoons or torpedoes.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ssn-21-specs.htm


and the Enterprise CVNs don't have cruise missile tubes either.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cvn-65-specs.htm

By contrast; the 6 Ticonderoga CGs and 8 Arleigh Burke DDGs and the Spruance class DD I posted for Task Force Peiper could put 40-45 Tomahawks and 8 Harpoons each in the air
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cg-47-specs.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ddg-51.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-963-specs.htm

The 5 OH Perry class frigates I posted can each contribute 4 harpoons.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ffg-7.htm

That is before the 4 SSN(i) class with 12 VLS tomahawk tubes each plus the 2 Oscar IIs that each have 24 SS-N-19s.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ssn-688-specs.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/949.htm

None of that counts the subs I have sailing with the Anhierachans (yes, vls tubes already fired) the 12 Kilo diesels or the approaching Simeon Carrier group(8 carriers total plus escorts and subs) which is what I gather got this started in the first place.

This is the most important part of this post. I put up the above information because I believe that when we get to specifics, the idea of trading cruise missile salvos suddenly becomes less appetizing. I was made to find this info out the hard way early on in my involvement with NS by a veteran player so I just started keeping track of what I posted for my military and what it could do. I found out that this helps prevent a lot of wars which is what I am hoping will happen here.

based on what I saw on this thread before the DUD launch post, the one player I absolutely didn't want to f... with was Kilean because his posts show he understands his force structure, capabilities, and how to use them. I still don't want anything to do with the SS-N-19s and other nasty shit his force has a couple of boatloads of(pun intended). :D

Kinshasa, presidential mansion

The phone is picked up, and the General listens calmly to Von Joshua. "We are in agreement. I trust I do not need to promise that Christonsion will be safe for his entire stay in Kinshasa. We also hope that hostilities might cease before they escalate, and no men or vessels of the Commonwealth Naval Defense will attack Joshuan assets if not fired upon. I await proceedings. Yes. Take care, Von Joshua." *click*

The temperate waters of the African west coast, 800 metres below the surface of the sea.

The SSN Barracuda swept silently through the deep, it's sleek teardrop-shaped hull advancing on it's tactical target with unerring determination..

OOC:

Can I be in this?

OOC:

Can I be in this?

ooc I, for one, would really like to have you in on this as we would both be supporting Lusaka; but its ACs call.

OOC:

Can I be in this?

ooc I, for one, would really like to have you in on this as we would both be supporting Lusaka; but its ACs call.

Onboard the KNS Ostendt:

"my god" uttered Admiral Stotten "he's firing on the POJ ships?"

"that appears to be the case, sir" reported the flag captain.

"this is insane. We are NOT supposed to be the agressors here. what the hell happened to 'do not fire unless fired upon?' we can't allow this. its nutcases like this who give fascisim a bad name!" the admiral ran his fingers through his hair.

"change course- we're breaking out of the POJ encirclement and heading into the open ocean. I want the battlegroup at general quarters, but right now, we are neutral, and I want us to be screaming that on every radio frequency. Hell, I want midshipmen out there yelling it at the seagulls!"

The admiral paused. "this...this is fucked up, right here."

The Kilean diesel subs surface and all begin to fly massive Kilean national flags.


Onboard the "Land Sturm"

The foreign office director-general looked over the shoulder of the SS guard in the passageway. Outside, his helicopter was ready to take off, as the next volley of cruise missiles roared off.

"I do NOT want to be on this ship when the POJ fleet shoots back!" he yelled. He was getting the hell out of here.

Anticipating the coming air battle, the 6 Bear-F maritime bombers that had been shadowing the POJ fleet break off, their IFF beacons blaring Kilean ID codes. The rest of the regiment stands at the ready in the AC, half armed with massive antiship missiles, half with extensive antisub armament. They do remain in the area, albiet at LONG range, watching the battle with their massive radars. The 2 antishipping squadrons land-based in the AC stand loaded and ready at the end of their runways, awaiting the orders of the AC military. The Enkranoplan squadron takes all men aboard and begins warming their many jet engines.

They don't know who their targets will be, but they are ready to pounce at a moments notice.


Coded message to President General Ndelebe:

We are taking no action reguarding the DUD strike. Our forces are here to defend the AC, and we will take NO offensive action that you do not call for. We are, however, drawing up plans to warn/force the DUD fleet away from AC waters. Agression doesn't always wear red stars. The KNS Ostendt is moving to the open ocean. This will, of course, cause us to pass by the POJ fleet, but that can't be avoided. When you act, we act with you. To this end I request some sort of air cover for our fleet- we currently have only the shipboard SAM's.

The Ostendt battlegroup, 7th and 9th KAF strike squadrons, 1st Ground-effect craft squadron, and 2nd Maritime patrol/bomber regiment await your orders.

We honestly hope we never have to use them.


Open channel broadcast to the DUD forces:

Beacuse of your reckless behavior, you may consider all treaties or agreements you had with kilean null and void. We will now treat you like we would any other agressor. We are here to defend the African Commonwealth, not drag it into a naval war. Consider this a warning.

double post. sorry.

"Bang, and off the missiles go! Very good gentlemen, a well practiced and executed drill! I can smell their angst from here! Very good indeed! Communique to all nations involved please. perhaps this demonstration of our capabilities in a short period of time has immpressed upon our enemys that they need to keep their craft out of the war, and out of the African space.

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To: all nations involved in this struggle

We have conducted our most aggressive of drills, a drill where only the top commanders know its a drill. This must have been scary, I understand, however I wanted to press upon you all how serious this is, and that we cannot allow this to happen. The Cuban missile crisis has much bearing on this, and we must understand that rash activity is dangerous to the extreme. Certain nations should see this, and heed this ultimate of warnings.
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To: African Commonwealth

Ease yourself my friend! Just a drill of the utmost importance to our standing and capability in this region as a defensive power. POJs fleet has domonstrated many of these meaneuvers, and id like him to see what its like to be at the recieving end.
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To: Old Brittania

Stand down my friend! I thought youd all think im mad! Very good loyalty to the situation however.

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(ooc: two things, as you can see, I wrote that post late at night. I was drunk. Second of all, since I was drunk, I misread your post POJ. Im sorry for the stupidity in that post. Ive tried to salvage what happened into a missile crisis sort of drill if you will. In the end, a little tension never hurt anyone! I still say some communist navies are moving in a quite aggressive manor, especialy since POJ lauched its missiles against AC and allied vessels were in the area prior to the arrival of communist forces. As I said, please accept my apology and dont lose your faith in me as an Rper.....I promise I wont get drunk again :twisted: . Just goes to show, dont drink, it turns you into a raving maniac.....)

<OOC>: I.....wow. That was very, VERY Yeltsin-like behavior DUD.<OOC>

In light of this "drill" the KNS Ostendt battlegroup resumes its regular position and force posture. However, we do reccomend that Das Uber-Deutschland be expelled from the TIICS. We do not reckless (and perhaps sometimes drunk) leaders like the Reichsfuhrer mucking up the situation.

At a Kilean National Areospace Agency site, western desert:

The rocket thundered into the night sky, its boosters falling away after launch as it headed to low earth orbit. Its payload, nestled in protective shields, consists of three "tacit angle" kinetic-kill ASAT's. In sequence they seperate from the rocket, at dispersed orbits. One will cross over the AC every 30 minutes. KNAA ground-based radar begins to regularly track POJ spysats as they pass over kilean in their orbits.

<OOC>: 'tacit angle' is a not-all-that-crude ASAT system loosely based on the 'brilliant pebble' idea and a lot of work that was done in the former USSR. They are somewhat manuverable, and have been able to take out spy satillites in low orbit by ramming. Kilean isn't TOTALLY a mid-tech nation :wink:

Also: this may explain what the hell this 'enkranoplan squadron' i keep mentioning is. six of these things-

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/903.htm

They move *very* fast-aircraft speed, but too low for ship-mounted SAM's to take down, and carry 6 SS-N-22 Sunburn antiship missiles. Their weaknesses? massive turning radius (these things can make maybe 1 attack run) and a vulnerability to air attack. <OOC>

[[ooc: PoJ, your Minister of Defence will be arriving shortly, yes?]

In Anhierarch, a brief statement is issued, stating in no uncertain terms the present neutrality adopted by Anhierarch.

Admiral Chamberlains(Minister of Defense) plane touches down in Terende Anhierach slightly behind schedule. He meets with Anhierach representatives present and leaves with them bringing only his aide along.

I have only just now received the news that the DUD alarm was nothing more than a simulation. I'm told that since no missiles were actually put into the air that apparently none were from our side either. We've also had an opportunity to test just how quickly our new Raysian RF11d Archangels could get into the air. We tested a full squadron of these aircraft on loan from the HBF aboard the PJS Joshua on the eastern coast in Lusakan waters. The tests proved more than satisfactory and our high command ordered enough to reequip our naval and air force units. Task Force Peiper and the Joshua and Caleb deployed off Lusaka are the only carriers not yet equipped with these aircraft. I'm told that the Simeon battle group got 60 RF-11D aircraft airborne before we realized that this was a DUD drill. Very good performance and we highly recommend these multi role aircraft.

I am here to share other information as well Hands over a packet of frequencies, codes, and IFF information being used in theatre.

I also would like to hear your viewpoints on ways to bring this conflict to a peaceful conclusion and/or ways to increased our combined effectiveness in the event of actual, non-drill hostilities.

ooc more later on the developments

don't double posts suck :?:

(ooc:Oh, Rhodesia.., I forget what you do and don't know exactly, but it has been agreed that Roycelandia is the former colonial power that once dominated Lusaka.. as such she used to be your neighbour, and is to Lusaka as Britain presumably to you. Just noting that the two of you (/your nations) ought to get on :)
(To anyone interested who hasn't yet seen; the life and times of Derek Igomo, including reference to Roycelandia's stake in Lusakahttp://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107437&highlight= ))[/quote]


I know nothing about whats going on here :(
Please tell me :P

I know nothing about whats going on here :(
Please tell me :P

ooc there is a decent summary at the bottom of page 4 that I think Royceland wrote. Of course it has a bias to it that mine would not :D

edit ic: Submarine Capt. Zuriach's force (off the eastern coast north of Lusakan waters) and the ground team stand down.

aboard the CVN Solomon

COMMODORE!!!!!!!!!

Jochen Peiper almost ran over his Marine security Lt. getting back unto the bridge where a white faced, but smiling, crewmen told him of the DUD launch status being only a drill

THANK GOD!

Commodore Peiper walked back out onto the flying bridge wing and sat down. Again he had to grab the chair arm as his hand started shaking again. Lt. Stryker, summon my staff. I should like to meet with them out here.

Yes Sir! The Marine saluted and walked back onto the bridge proper to relay the Comodore's instructions as the F18s that scrambled began landing on the deck.

we launched 12 planes before we found out it was a drill. Two full capapult sequences would have put 16 planes in the air and we had time for that... and not much else the Commodore mused to himself on the still empty bridge wing. The missiles would have been hitting home or being hit by SAM fire about the time we found out this was only a drill. Just be thankful that for once you didn't immediately counterlaunch without waiting for confirmation. he thought to himself. He gave a brief chuckle as his staff began to assemble.

Meanwhile Aboard the CVN Judah (one of 8 CVNs in the Simeon Battle Group

The COD transport aircraft touched down after circling for awhile waiting on the Archangels that scrambled to land again. The sight of the first figure off the plane made just about everyone in sight snap to attention as a Flight operations Senior Chief made his way to the figure and saluted.

Welcome aboard the PJS Judah Fleet Admiral Rauss. It is an honor to have you aboard.

Thank you and let us dispense with any other formalities Senior Chief. I need to inform the Battle Group commander that I am taking command here.

As they made their way to CIC the Admiral issued several instructions to aides as they raced to catch and keep up

Change the IFF indicators on Kilean from hostile to friendly forces and distribute to all ships in theatre.

Also we will be passing Kilean ships originally coming North as they reverse course to resume station. Prepare to render full honors to their colors as their vessels come close aboard to port.

Following that evolution, change our course to South by SW. I want the "box" we've formed with Task Group Peiper, our submarines and the AC coastline to become a rectangle with openings out for the Kilean ships and any others who may choose to vacate. I also do not want us in missile range of the DUD or Britannia fleets. Is that understood.

yes sir!

Further....No nothing else at this time.

(ooc: heres some more development of what just happened. Kudos to POJ for playing off of my mistake without losing his gord, very good. This sort of thing really has happened in the world, and is quite possible in a tense situation such as this. It did get the response I was hoping for though :twisted: !)
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Aboard the Land Sturm:

"Sir, this is becoming a foreign relations disastor, Kilean has asked that we be expelled from the treaty that was signed on our own flagship! No word from AC yet, however Im sure they found it no less amusing. Im wondering if you went over the line this time sir, you may have made enemys on both sides....." splutters a white faced Fieldmarschall Freidrich. "I am aware of Kileans response, however I think they are overeacting. How many drills has POJ heald without letting anyone know? They could have been launching an attack at any moment! Old Brittania has seen that, and they are willing to back the side that is right! Most importantly, it has given us what weve wanted for some time, and thats breathing room, and an enemy that has stoped moving towards us. I will let the "firestorm" *chuckle* cool down and our allies will see that what happend was for their bennefit. I want a communique with POJ immiediatley." Complets a cool, even frisky, Riechsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart.
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From the personal thoughts of the Reichsfuherer:

Some leaders had probobly nearly had a coronary. This was the way Helmut liked to work the situation. Keeping both your enemies and allies on thier toes allowed to have power in a situation. That is how he formed Uber-Deutschland from week, democratic people and ideals. Strength was in force of will and intimidation. Both had been imployed, and both had succeded. Allied nations would not expell Das Uber-Deutschland from thier numbers. It would weeken them greatly, and give a chance for the wolves to pounce and rip out thier throat. It was wispered that some Kriegsmarine commanders were complaining about the near "catastrophic" decision; loudly. Perhaps they will need to be replaced, or possibly, if needed, they may run into an accident onboard. The security force was firmly devoted to their fuherer. Being carefull is important. A rash decision had been made, another must wait a time....
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To: Promise of Joshua

Das Uber-Deutschland greatly appreciates your wisdome in allowing us naval "breathing space". I hope this situation has guided us all towards a final peacefull resolution. This meneuver allowed us to see the reactions of all involved. A great intelligence boost, I will admit. I will also admit the meneuver was "barbaric", however I felt things were going in the wrong direction. I bielive things have been knocked back into perspective. We have space now, without the ability of launching any immiediate attack towards eachother. Das Uber-Deutschland is more than willing to attend any kind of peace treaty summit. I have shown my position amongst allied nations with the signing of the allied nations treaty aboard my flagship. I bielive you are correct to lead a peace treaty summit, as is only fair since our alliance is in action against you. I bielive we will be at better terms for a treaty if we are out of military range of eachother. This signal is open, please respond.
with respect even in difference, Helmut Von Stutgart
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TO: African Commonwealth, Kilean, Old Brittania, and Recyclopedia:

I have done what has needed to be done for some time. With my action, I have given us room to settle and take a deep breath to reavaluate the situation. I have heard that cetain nations wish to drop our recently signed treaty. I would say you are overeacting. POJ has made us arm battle stations continuasly for the last week in fear of attack. They even fired upon AC earlier in the conflict, destroying naval assets! I wished only to put things into perspective for all, and make us realise the importance of this situation. Please, rethink your actions against the allied nations. Now is not the time to break up because of a strategic decison. As a compromise, I will swear not to command another "red alert drill" again, without notifying both enemies and allies.
With great respect, Helmut Von Stutgart

Open Communiqué to DUD

The Commonwealth congratulate you on the recent successful drill. May such fervour never become required on the high seas.

To all allied nations

Thankfully, relations are still stable. No state of open hostilities exist in African Waters after all. Keep up the good work. We propose that all signing nations stay true to our treaty, that we may see this through without actual hostilities - The II Command structure must remain, so that we can present an united front against our nominal opponents in this stalemate!

Gl. Ndelebe.

OOC>>

Yeah, straight up with the phat Yeltsin stunt, DUD ;)

Kilean, are those Enkranoplan capable of packing AS-29 "Kiwi" AS/AL missiles? The Commonwealth has a big surplus of those, some even with original 1kT nuclear warheads. If they do, you've guessed what I'm thinking - One of those could seriously frag up a fleet in a close formation ;)

POJ, are you also getting your fleet out of range of AC mainland-fired missiles? If so, you better take off to the other side of the globe - My ICBMs can reach 11.000 kilometers..

Alright. The Temporary Integrated International Command structure has, up until this point, existed only on paper.

This has been a mistake, and a severe one. The Kilean navy was NOT happy to turn tail and flee from a massive battle we *thought* was breaking out simply beacuse of a missile drill from one of our allies that we should have been informed of.

I submit, therefore, that the Temporary Integrated International Command Structure be put into place as an actual military reality. It need not be any sort of in-depth organization. I propose it work like this:

1)General Ndelebe is to be supreme commander of the TIICS

2) All major military operations, or any moves that could be construed as agressive, or any firing of weapons not in IMMEDIATE self-defence, must be cleared through the commander of TIICS. ( TG TIICS members if you wish to preserve secrecy)

3) although subject to said restrictions, if a unit of the TIICS is fired upon, TIICS forces may return fire at the enemy units that fired. Let this be stressed: the enemy units that FIRED. Not all enemy units of that nationality, but the specific ones that fired. This should allow self-defence measures to be taken while keeping tensions low.

4)TIICS forces will remain under national command.

5) TIICS sounds silly. Therefore, the Temporary Integrated International Command Structure shall now be known as the Multinational African Commonwealth Force (TMACF)


I hope this is an organized structure that can suit all of us. Although DUD has behaved agressively in the past, it would seem (to Kilean at least) that, due to the fact that it was "only" a missile drill, they should be allowed into the TMACF, provided they clear any and all further actions with Gen. Ndelebe.


In addition, Kilean has not interfered much in the game of diplomacy currently taking place, but the Foreign Office will make these observations:

1) The occupation of "Port Imperial" is doing FAR more harm than good, and the region as a whole would be at no disadvantage to see it returned to it's former owners. The Kilean I corps (AC) could act as a third-party force to supervise the return of port imperial.

2) Nations that assisted the late insurgency in the African Commonwealth- a rebellion in which many, including several hundred kileans died- are currently getting away without any pushishment or condmenation for their gross violation of AC soveriegnty, and for their inciting and prolonging of the rebellion. Kilean has found ample evidence of Anhierarch involvement in the late geurilla war, and calls for international sanctions, pending a fuller investigation, and possibly reperations from Anhierarch to the AC.

<OOC: the enkranoplans could, with some modification, accept the AC missiles<OOC>

To: Promise of Joshua

Das Uber-Deutschland greatly appreciates your wisdome in allowing us naval "breathing space". I hope this situation has guided us all towards a final peacefull resolution. This meneuver allowed us to see the reactions of all involved. A great intelligence boost, I will admit. I will also admit the meneuver was "barbaric", however I felt things were going in the wrong direction. I bielive things have been knocked back into perspective. We have space now, without the ability of launching any immiediate attack towards eachother. Das Uber-Deutschland is more than willing to attend any kind of peace treaty summit. I have shown my position amongst allied nations with the signing of the allied nations treaty aboard my flagship. I bielive you are correct to lead a peace treaty summit, as is only fair since our alliance is in action against you. I bielive we will be at better terms for a treaty if we are out of military range of eachother. This signal is open, please respond.
with respect even in difference, Helmut Von Stutgart


In Kinshasa; Open comminique to the Reichsfurher Helmut von Stutgart

This is the Bishop Gary Christonsion; Minister of State for the Promise of Joshua and personal representative of President Richard von Joshua. I am currently in Kinshasa without escort but perfectly safe as the guest of General Ndelebe and the people of the African Commonwealth. I invite you or your designate to join me here for face-to-face discussions with General Ndelebe and the represtatives of any other involved governments allowed to by the African Commonwealth and/or willing to attend.
I am told by Fleet Admiral Rauss that Task Force Peiper has had to reverse course to land previously launched aircraft. This reversal will take Task Group Peiper back North out of missile range of your vessels. I informed the Fleet Admiral that this was acceptable if not preferred by the parties involved. I look forward to our meetings.

ooc: AC, we both have ICBMs. Mine are just 800 feet or more under water. There is an SSBN traveling behind the Simeon battle group(the force containing the Judah; now the fleet flagship for Fleet Admiral Rauss). I will post the details of the carrier group in my next post.

(OOC: AC, I was heavily involved in the other thread. I assume I have the right to be here)

ooc: this is a detail of Carrier Group Simeon where Admiral Rauss currently has command from the CVN Judah. This is an FYI post to detail what everyone already knows.

8 CVNs: Simeon, Reuben, Midian, Judah, Jericho, Asher, Elijah, Elisha(divided into 4 groups of 2 carriers each somewhat seperated from each other)
24 Ticonderoga CGs
28 Arleigh Burke DDGs
4 Spruance DDs
4 LA(i) class SSNs


Support Group originally left behind for the flank speed run to get here. Now slightly behind the main force
2 MH-51 Minesweepers
4 AOE Fleet Support ships
3 As-39 Sub Tenders
1 LHA Wasp Class Assault ship
2 LPDs - 1 Austin and 1 San Antonio Class
1 Watson Class transport ship
(the LHA, LPDs, ad the Watson are carrying a Seabee Regiment of 3,00 men plus equipment and a 3,000 man POJ Marine MEU)
2 Ticonderoga CGs
4 Arleigh Burke DDGs
6 OH Perry Class FFGs

3 Submarine Groups

2 Groups of 6 LA(i) SSNs moving between the Carrier Groups and the DUD fleet.

1 Submarine Group behind the Carrier Groups

1 OHIO class SSBN
8 Oscar II SSGNs
3 LA Class SSNs

<OOC> christ I can't match that.....well, I can match a *part* of that :D....can anybody say "defeat in detail?" uuh, hypothetically, of course<OOC>


"Attention!" shouted the petty officer. The Kilean sailors snapped into position, all along the rails of the KNS Ostendt, their dark blue uniforms a glaring contrast against the light grey hull. Out there, at sea, the low shapes of the Joshuan fleet passed by, decks similarly lined in a display of seemingly archaric old-world chivalry.

Well, thought Admiral Stotten, if this was out-of-date, it was a crying shame.

"look at it, captian" whispered the Admiral to his flag captain. "yesterday, we were drawing up attack plans on them- hell, tomorrow we'll probably draw up new ones- but right now, here we are. passing each other with honors." almost in synch with the Admiral's words the Joshuan sailors saluted.

"It's a damn shame the world doesn't see more of this" He turned to the flag captain. "I want all Joshuan and Das Uber Deutschland ships now displayed as "neutral" on the tactical plot." The captian looks suprised.

"now, now- just let me finish. this is pending the DUD descision to join the TMACF, and pending.....just whatever the hell the Joshuans are gonna do in the next 24 hours. They seem to be less hostile to us than ever, and we're sending the Director-General of the Foreign Office to Kinshasa to try to hammer out some sort of deal. Until then, the air regiment and the battlegroup as a whole is going on stand-down. we've been at general quarters too long. We're going to make a port call in the AC, let the diplomats do their jabbering, and then get back on-station."

"yes, sir- I think a lot of the men expected busty african women when we set out on this cruise and not...." the captian simply waved to the expanse of sea.

Admiral Stotten chuckled. "just make sure they come back from shore leave, alright?"


<OOC: could I have some more stats on the "kiwi" missiles? the "shipwreck" are very good antiship missiles as-is, and I wonder of the "kiwi" is superior? Also: the SS-N-19's have a 300 nautical mile range, not 300 km. Their metric range is 550Km<OOC>

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

The Air Raid Sirens began to trail off as news filtered back that the "Attacks" were, in fact, a Red Alert Drill.

Slowly, Port Imperials' defences went from High Alert to Standard Defence, and the Imperial Guard returned to their posts.

All over the Colony, civilians emerged from Air Raid Shelters.

Underground, however, in Port Imperial's Command Bunker, the atmosphere had not been releived.

"Goddamit, that was too close!" Commander Savage announced to the small group of advisors. The Ghost stood in the corner, smoking a cigarette and watching the proceedings with interest.

"We're going to have to face the possibility that we're really not welcome here" one of the junior aides said, and immediately wished he hadn't.

"Don't you think I know that?!?!?" Savage yelled, thumping his fist on the table. "This Territory was rightfully Roycelandia's, until that weak-willed, indecisive coward of a previous King gave it to these spear-throwing savages! Gaah! Why must these hippies constantly pester us with their anti-imperial slogans? Can't they see the benefits that our enlightened rule brings to their pathetic geographical allotment?"

The Ghost stepped in at this point, raising his hands in a manner of appeasement and called for quiet.

"What Commander Sword is trying to say, in his own, unique way, is that anyone who tries to take Port Imperial by force will be very, very sorry they even speculated upon the merest contemplation of thinking of such an act."

"Would you be so kind as to enlighten us?"

"I'm only allowed to say two words. Glowing Sands."

A hush fell over the room. "Gentlemen, I beleive the less said on this matter the better. Is there any other business?"

An older Colonel from the other end of the table spoke up.

"I say, there's still that ghastly business of those two accursed Tigers eating all the natives, what? Haven't we caught them yet? We can't have a brace of cranky felines eating all the locals- it's just not right!"

"Colonel Spottington, let me personally assure you that we have the Tiger situation well under control. We have top men on it as we speak. Now, if there is no further business, I must prepare my daily Communique to HQ."

"Actually Sir, there is one more thing. We caught some rather suspicious Europeans in the Jungles outside Port Imperial. We think they may be Joshuan spies."

"Spies, eh? Hmmm. Well, executing them would be a PR nightmare, and imprisoning them might give the Joshuans crazy ideas... Are there any aircraft leaving soon?"

A woman in her late 20s straightened her uniform and pulled out a PDA. "One of the Sunderlands is flying out for Port Royal via Coral Palm Island in about 30 minutes" she announced.

Commander Savage smiled. "Make sure they've been disarmed, and put them on the plane to Coral Palm Island. Treat them as you would any other passengers, and once they're on Coral Palm Island, arrange seaborne transportation back to Joshua for them. Have they found anything that could be, ah, awkward for us if it was made public?"

"No, Sir. They were in the jungles with binoculars, camouflage gear, and weapons, as well as a radio transmitter."

"Very well. If anyone asks, they are being repatriated owing to the high security risk in the area. That will counter any cover story they might come up with."

Port Royal, Roycelandia

Commander Sword picked up some more darts from the top of his desk and threw them at a copy of Derek Igomo's Official Portrait. None of them scored a bullseye, but the effect was pleasing nonetheless.

Also on Sword's desk was an old photo, showing himself with a woman in her early 20's and young son, maybe 5 years old. He looked at the photo, picked up another dart, and threw it at Igomo's picture. It stuck fast right between the Lusakan's eyes. Sword smiled. Those accursed Revolutionaries had done a lot to make his life complicated, but now it was his turn. And those accursed Joshuans, sticking their Bible-Bashing noses in where they didn't belong! Well, he had plans for both of them.

Opening a Dossier in his top drawer, Sword looked over images of 24 people- 12 African, 12 European. All had the highest possible loyalty to the Roycelandian Empire, their integrity beyond reproach, and their military Covert Ops training at least of the level of the ISAS.

He pressed a button on his Intercom. "Miss Moneypenny? These people will be perfect. Initiate Operation Live & Let Die."

"Right away, Jack..." Moneypenny's voice crackled over the intercom.

Within 24 hours, 12 African CovertOps troops (8 male, 4 female) were quietly slipping into Lusaka, miles from Port Imperial or the nearest Lusakan troops or villages.

Similarly, on the other side of the world, a Roycelandian Submarine surfaced just outside Joshuan Territorial Waters, and 12 European CovertOps troops came ashore in a small dinghy with a silent outboard.

They landed in a small, unremarkable cove miles from any towns, military bases, or people.

Operation Live & Let Die had begun...

Lusaka breathed a collective sigh of relief as news of all-out war's aversion filtered through the republic.

With this news Igomo felt greater freedom to at once seek return of "Port Imperial" and to pursue his wider goals of African unity and independence.

As supply trains rolled out towards beseiged Gabon the President invited the Roycelandian goverment to explain to all Lusaka, to all Africa, to all nations on hand, and to all the world exactly when they planned to return the occupied Lusakan lands under them.

TO: ALL NATIONS INVOLVED IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
FROM: ROYCELANDIA

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I has received and contemplated your concerns regarding Port Imperial's continuing presence in the area formally referred to as the Disputed Zone.

After much consideration, His Majesty has decided to issue a more complete disclosure to all concerned nations regarding Port Imperial's status within the area.

As you are no doubt aware, Port Imperial was initially founded as an airstrip and military depot. Over the course of the first African Conflict, the resources required to maintain and run such an operation expanded, and as such it was soon felt prudent to classify Port Imperial as a Colony, for funding and classification purposes.

Obviously, certain parties objected to the establishment of a "Colony" on African Soil, which has led, in part, to the present state of affairs.

His Majesty respectfully reminds all anti-colonial parties in this current matter that the land Lusaka now occupies was Roycelandian originally, until the revolution of late 1970s. Prior to Roycelandia's arrival in the area in the late 1500s, the area Port Imperial now occupies was uninhabited. Any development in the former Roycelandian East Africa was funded in whole or in part by the Roycelandian Colonial Bureau, and as such, we feel that we have rather significant investment in the area which we would hate to see wasted.

Furthermore, the area's internal security has, on numerous occaisons, been proven to be considerably below par, and we feel that the recent Communist Uprising in the area is further proof of this.

Additionally, Port Imperial is a vital stop-over and refuelling point for Imperial Airway's long-haul flights. The Lake and River offer ideal landing places for our IAe Sunderland Flying Boats. The trade benefits of having a major AirHarbour in the area should not be lost on our neighbours and allies, nor should the defence ramifications.

Lastly, Port Imperial's climate is such that it is ideally suited for scientific research, especially in the pharmaceutical and bio-engineering fields.

We do maintain a nuclear power plant in Port Imperial, and as a sign of good faith we have discontinued Uranium Mining, as we have all the fuel we need for the Reactor.

There are also NO long-range ICBMs or Chemical Weapons in Port Imperial, as we do not feel that the use of Chemical Weapons would be sporting or gentlemanly in any way, and ICBMs would provide no strategic advantage to us at this point in time.

His Majesty is willing to discuss mutually acceptable options regarding Port Imperial, including trade concessions, Port Imperial being made into an open city, or the possibility of a Berlin-style Committee of Nations governing the colony.

Once again, we respectfully remind our neighbours and allies that Roycelandia's Foreign Policy is NOT open to interpretation by third parties.

Please direct any enquiries or concerns you may have to the Imperial Defence Bureau, Port Royal, Roycelandia- Commander Sword and His Majesty value your opinions on this matter.

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Kinshasha, African Commonwealth

Dr. Clerque stood nervously outside the gates to James Nwabudike's private villa. Imperial High Command had despatched him from Port Royal with a very small sample of the new medicine made using the Crystal Rose. Lab trials and limited trials in hospitals had been an amazing success. Remission rates from cancer were up 110%, recovery from "terminal" illnesses had reached a previously unseen level. Side-effects were zero, yet the plant still would not grow in Roycelandia. Imperial Botanists and scientists were frustrated, and it was decided that more politically useful patient should receive a treatment.

Dr. Clerque pressed the buzzer. "Uh, hello there... I'm Dr. Clerque- I beleive Mr. Nwabudike is expecting me. I have a gift for him which will benefit your entire nation..."

The Peoples of Abraham are pleased to see this situation being resolved without a war that drags in other nations from our region.

From Ndelebe's desk, to all allied nations

I fully support Kilean's draft of the TMACF command structure. Under my supervision we can present an integral defense against every nation that would spite us with an attack.

To Das Uber-Deutchland

Christonsion has a number of prudent views which both the Commonwealth and Uber-Deutchland would benefit from, should he share them. Von Stuttgart, consider this an invitation. We will take care of the naval theatre in the meantime.

To Roycelandia

Much as we respect Roycelandia's efforts to aid us in this struggle, the African Commonwealth can NOT accept references to a time when the disputed soil belonged to your empire. Painful memories of the time when both Zaire and Lusaka toiled in the yoke of Western colonial lords and ladies still burn deep, and we will not see any part of Africa relive them. We hold by our claim that Roycelandia must abandon the colony once this conflict is over.

On a related note, former president Nwabudike James sends his thanks and blessings for the gift you have given him. He is administering the drug as we speak, and I believe I speak for all of the Commonwealth when I say I am grateful.

To Anhierarch

The foreign office of the PR of Kilean holds definite truth. We have yet to receive an explanation for Anhierarch's proven stakes in the communist insurgency that left over a million dead in the African Commonwealth. The Commonwealth's patience is running thin, gentlemen.


OOC:

Dealie on the "Kiwis" - Range - 180-220 kilometers, 3,500 kilogram warhead, can carry conventional HE or 1 Megaton(not kT, my bad) of nuclear goodness. That's the info I got, although that might be outdated, as is sometimes the case with soviet equipment.

ooc this is most outrageous, i would like to make a complaint to the GM of this thread, AC, POJ is now threatening ME with bringing in other nations from his region, becuase he himself has realised he cannot deal with me alone, now it was to my understanding this was an invite only RP, i was invited as i expect POJ was, owever i do not remember an invite being issue'd to POJ's allies, i am not threatening to go get my allies form europe in on this am i...which i could quite easily do, and yes POJ they are much bigger than me therefor infinately bigger than you, i beleive bringing in friends is a disgrace and shouldnt be allowed, or else this will turn into a blood bath and we will lose the good rp we have going, as for strikes on POJ homeland, that was what was being talked about, perhaps if people took a bit more time reading....

IC
*communication to Land sturm commander*
your tests sir are a mockery to the good name of brittania, we did not sign your treaty and shant, before bringing us all into a state of war, we ask that you consider your actions a bit more carefully.

*communication to AC*
brittanic fleet called for re-inforcements, Hydra, Defendable and Rock battle groups are on their way from the falklands conflict, one of our aircraft carriers HMS ArchAngel requests permission from you to dock at one of your ports, do we have permission

Port Imperial, Southern Africa

Similarly, on the other side of the world, a Roycelandian Submarine surfaced just outside Joshuan Territorial Waters, and 12 European CovertOps troops came ashore in a small dinghy with a silent outboard.

They landed in a small, unremarkable cove miles from any towns, military bases, or people.

Operation Live & Let Die had begun...

"Miles from any people, towns, or bases" means it probably hasn't been throughly cleaned up either.

Translation= welcome to the "glowing lands" The lands of radiation, typhus, ebola, small pox, and the plague(and probably some malformed creatures who "evolved" to survive as well as a few pockets of serin or vx gas in small caves and valleys if it kept its toxicity) The land of man made nuclear, biological, and chemical destruction. Enjoy your stay :twisted:

Hope your people got their shots before the trip :D :twisted:
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Aboard the Judah; Admiral's Morning Conference

Admiral Rauss, thank you sir for ordering the pass in review and rendering of honor with the Kileans yesterday! Many of our new sailors say they have never seen such a thing done and also that they have not been felt as honored to be a part of our navy as they are now. The percentage of reenlistments for sailors due to complete their military service has jumped by 50% since the ceremony sir!

Perhaps us old sailors do know a thing or two that bears passing along then Commander? Maybe the old ways have continued for as long as they have for good reason?

Yes Sir!!

Very good then. I will be contacting Commodore Peiper myself after this meeting. His people have been at sea for far too long and we have new planes for his carriers. I will be advising the Commodore to continue on a course for home once his "plane recovery" is complete. I will also be issuing instructions for the submarines deployed with the Anhierachians to rotate home along with the diesel force attached to Task Force Peiper. the diesel boats must be at the end of their deployment endurance as it is.

We will have the nuclear submarines with task Force Peiper remain in place....quietly...with no shooting. Understood.

yes Sir.

Kinshasa; quarters of Bishop Christonsion

Reviewing recent events with his aide(expecting that the room is somehow monitored)

I will be contacting President Igomo about the possibility of joining us or sending Secretary Myanda (sp) to join us should that be acceptable to our hosts.

The primary question, as I see it, is the Port Imperial occupation. Once Reichsfurher Stutgart arrives, we can maybe together with President General Ndelebe and President Igomo press the Roycelandians on the issue. I believe I heard something about a "Dr. Clerque" or other from Roycelandia being in town. I thought their contact would be Commander Sword, but I may have heard incorrectly. I can offer a 100% POJ withdrawal from the region should the Roycelandians actually evacuate Port Imperial. The reality is that we are just as much visitors here as they are. The difference being that we know our position here. They seem to still be discovering the current realities of theirs while trying to live in days gone by.

The military alliance that seems to draw a distinction between capitalist and socialist states may prove to be a hinderance over time, but right now it seems to help the African Commonwealth mindset on things. If asked, I will inquire about the possibility of an alliance between the nations on the continent and for the rest of us to serve as signatories agreeing to respect and support the alliance with no distinctions being made on forms of government.

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On a Roycelandian floatplane (?)

Cpl Walters could only imagine what awaited him back home once he and his team were out of Roycelandian custody. He was certain the Roycelandians were treating him better now than he could expect once he and his people were returned to the POJ. It just didn't bear thinking about right now.

North of Port Imperial

We are splitting up. SGT Chang is taking another team of 4 out of here towards the east coast. You will be picked up once you have established a clear pickup point closer to the water. You will make certain to leave signs of your withdrawal from this location and have occasional lapses in covering your tracks. The Roycelandians may be hot on your trail once they discover this place which is only a matter of time with Cpl Walters team being discovered. Make certain they realize that they are following "Red Bamboo" infantry.

Lt. Li and I will take the rest of the team west around the perimeter of Port Imperial. We have have to arrange for a surprise or two to perplex the fine Roycelandian minds in Port Imperial.

ooc this is most outrageous, i would like to make a complaint to the GM of this thread, AC, POJ is now threatening ME with bringing in other nations from his region, becuase he himself has realised he cannot deal with me alone, now it was to my understanding this was an invite only RP, i was invited as i expect POJ was, owever i do not remember an invite being issue'd to POJ's allies, i am not threatening to go get my allies form europe in on this am i...which i could quite easily do, and yes POJ they are much bigger than me therefor infinately bigger than you, i beleive bringing in friends is a disgrace and shouldnt be allowed, or else this will turn into a blood bath and we will lose the good rp we have going, as for strikes on POJ homeland, that was what was being talked about, perhaps if people took a bit more time reading....


ooc Follow your own advice on careful reading and get a grip.

I mentioned allies from my region only after you mentioned hitting my homeland which you conviently admit to in this post :roll:

The thing is, you knew that already because I quoted you in the post you refer to. I think what this is really all about is you don't like having your bluster called instead of people backing off. :idea:

ooc edit: the post you refer to is at the bottom of page 4. Read my next post on the top of page 5 and the one following by Anhierach concerning your assertions about economy and population differences. There really was, and is, no reason for the theatrics :roll:

[ooc: Just so you know, economic sanctions are... somewhat useless. We've been members of a closed trade autarchy for a long time now - over 200 days RL.

Oh, and since the missile incident ended within three hours, hacker post retconned.]

Coded communique to the African Commonwealth

We request that proof be presented regarding alleged financial or material aid provided by the Socialist Commonwealth of Anhierarch to the insurgents present in the African Commonwealth - such proof will not arise, because such proof does not exist. Why? Because not a single bullet, not a single unit of currency has been transferred to these 'insurgents' on the order of any Anhierarchi government agency. Indeed, we welcome this call for a full and thorough investigation - let the truth come to light.

As of the present moment, we are willing to dispatch a delegation to discuss matters, to come to a peaceful resolution to this situation.

Elsewhere

In international waters west of the African continent, the two battlegroups stand down from their alert status, seamen and officers alike grumbling good-naturedly. As battlegroup Angel resumes its southward course, the commodore Ratskillen sits quietly in his cabin, scribbling in a battered journal - mostly pondering the mental state of Das Uber Deutschland commanders.... while grudgingly conceding their apparent effectiveness.

A stick of incense burns in a corner, slow and luxuriant.

Anhierarch

[ooc: PoJ, Terende is a smallish (thirty million, maybe) city next to a desert and wholly unimportant. I think he should have landed in Andulos, the capital.]

Meeting Admiral Chamberlains is the Coordinator of the Office of Military Security, a middle-aged man by the name of Wassily Petrov. Dressed in a greatcoat of darkest black, he cuts quite the impressive figure.

Wassily nods soberly as Admiral Chamberlains elaborates on the Joshuan perspective of the situation.

"Yes indeed.... damned brinkmanship tactics that could have very well plunged all our nations into full scale war - this is a delicate situation, and I just wish our present antagonists... well, one in particular - would bear that in mind. It would have been most upsetting for diplomatic efforts to have come to naught."

They continue walking down a pleasantly laid-out pathway to the awaiting motorcade. Four of the Black Robe pace in formation around the dignitaries, their watchful eyes hidden behind ceremonial faceplates - plain white, with no ornamentation whatsoever. Their robes, of course, are black - each bears a ceremonial pike.

"Absolutely commendable performance on the part of your soldiers - though of course we hope such a performance will not actually be neccesary."

As Admiral Chamberlains hands over the packet of data, the Coordinator smiles pleasantly.

"I am most grateful for this - a similar package awaits you at our destination, where we may discuss matters in a more conducive environment."

The packet is handed to a trailing aide.

"As one man to another, I must get something off my chest - the nations of Kilean and the African Commonwealth are accusing Anhierarch of aiding and abetting rebel soldiers - quite a baseless accusation, I can assure you. I suspect they will turn down our request for an open investigation, as the fact of the matter is not a cent or a bullet has been transferred to the rebels on the orders of my government. Mark my words, they will use this angle to their advantage while steadfastly refusing to provide concrete proof."

The door of the sleek, functional car is opened by one of the Guard, silent and vaguely menacing.

"As for the further discussions, why don't we do it back at the Tower?"

Double post.

Official statements, Kinshasa

The delegates from DUD, Lusaka(?), Kilean and Anhierach are heartily welcomed to Kinshasa, where they can rely on a safe stay while proceedings are discussed.

As for Anhierach's willingness to cooperate, we are grateful. A full investigation into the matter of "possible insurgency funding or political support" by Manus Nigra officers is now underway in the Kinshasa state prison, where Maoist rebels guilty of war crimes are held.

By my hand,
General Ndelebe.
For the Commonwealth.

OOC>>

Anhierach, would it be possible through extreme interrogation to reveal a communication link between Anhierach and the maoist insurgents? They did talk over a satelitte phone or some such at one point, I seem to recall.

Old Britannia>> Stay cool. The only nations allowed to take anything other than an advisory role here are nations heavily involved in the last thread, and nations native to Southern Africa.

After recently gaining a second succesive term , now with a larger mandate Prime Minister Sir Charles Howard-Fraser wishes to affirm his support for Roycelandia and the Port Imperial enclave. Our nation indeed will offer assitance should this be required to maintain the balance of power in the Southern Africa and prevent native african socialist countries from dominating our region while destroying what we have taken centuries to accomplish.

To: Kilean

I support your integrated command ammendments, as long as personal rights for opinion are not taken away.

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encoded message to: the African Commonwealth

We accept your invitation, however, we are first attending a summit in POJ concerning possible imperialistic actions by Roycelandia. We hope to end this conflict by removing involved froeign nations, one at a time. POJ will end their part in this struggle if Roycelandia leaves port imperial. I am hoping to hammer out a plan to get them out, QUICKLY. Their "occupation" has done more harm than is acceptable. There are whispers that they are unwilling to leave. We will get a plan together, and give them a chance to act upon it. We will know their intentions then.

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To: Old Brittania

Your words are those of imperialists. I do hope you understand this situation does NOT call for such intrusion.

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"I will be leaving for POJ immiediatley Friedrich, you know what to do in my stead. You are my most trusted officer, and you know what my interests are here.....perhaps we can get POJ out of here. Weve already broken up the communist military threat for the most part. If they leave, the others will most likely vacate as well. Our interests here are to keep AC from being thrown over by communists. We have achieved that goal. Now we need to get Communist threats out of the area, for good. I could trully care less about the disputed territory or what happens to it, as long as communist nations are with military presence are gone from this region. You will do well Friedrich, just hold your nations ideals at heart, and remember our ideologies, however do not allow them to make you make a rash decision. Heathen peoples do not always understand our greater ways, but what matters is they are not turned to socialist ways.

Now that I'm back from holidays, I can RP the Isochron presence in the area.

Some of our troops are in Port Imperial, defending our Roycelandian allies, while the others are involved in a small area of land, around 5 sq km, which is to be the site of an Isochron Advanced Research Facility. At the moment Port Imperial and the coast is the only gateway to the outside world, however we are in the process of constructing a high grade port to move equipment in and out very easily.

Roycelandia would like to issue a public statement of thanks to our valuable allies Isochronous and Rhodesia & Nyasaland for their very reasonable, learned, enlightened, and understanding stance on Port Imperial.

It is our fervent hope that other nations in the area will soon come to understand that our mission is one of peace and prosperity, not war and suffering.

For the record, Commander Sword has been unavoidably detained in Port Royal and has delegated responsibilities to Foreign Minister Jeff Lebowski, who should have arrived in Kinshasha by the time you receive this.

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Encoded Message to African Commonwealth

Roycelandia respects your views regarding the Port Imperial Situation, but feels that the situation in the area is not sufficiently suitable for us to abandon our interests in the area.

Message to POJ

The Government of Roycelandis wishes to enquire precisely as to the nature of your opposition towards Port Imperial. Until you entered this conflict, our two nations had very limited dealings and as such, I can find no reason for your nation to object to our presence in land that was ours once anyway.

OOC: Yes, the L&LD Operatives have had their shots... but it's going to take them a lot longer to reach their target objectives now, armed with that information...

Message to Rhodesia & Nyasaland

The Imperial Government is most grateful for your pro-Roycelandian views and would like to offer a trade deal and alliance with your nation, to better preserve regional security and ensure peace and prosperity for our nations. Your troops and citizens are always welcome in Port Imperial, and we look forward to an Official Visit by Prime Minister Sir Charles Howard-Fraser in the near future, and we trust that our nations shall enjoy a long, peaceful and profitable relationship.

Encoded Communique to Isochronous

All Isochronous troops in the area are always welcome in Port Imperial, and we will do the best to assist our allies in any way we can. At this stage, we cannot officially assist your research facility construction, but we can arrange for some useful materiel to be "accidentally" left lying around where Isochronous Engineers can find and "Borrow" it.

We look forward to a long and prosperous period of mutual co-operation and understanding with our Isochronian friends, and suggest a co-operative research treaty at some point in the future when the region's security has been established more satisfactorially...

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OOC: The balance of power has shifted subtly once again... this is great RP, BTW! Nice to see it hasn't degenerated into "1 n00k ur @$$!!1!" :lol:

Although I will be interested to see what surprises everyone has up their sleeves- no doubt the map of Southern Africa will change dramatically before this RP is over... 8)

It would be in the interests of all parties to identify the issues at hand, and the clear-cut demands of each side. As Kilean forces and our entire presence here are simply to assist the AC, I have asked General Ndelebe to compile a list of African Commonwealth demands for the region.

Kilean has our own viewpoints (we want punsihment for those that sponsored the rebellion, and the return of all borders to pre-war status), but we do not feel it is our place to demand anything of any nation at this time.

However, if Roycelandia, The African Commonwealth, and Lusaka would all present a list of demands (it is, after all, their land) it could get the ball rolling on some sort of discussion on a resolution to this crisis.

Kilean, DUD, and Promise of Joshua should also be able to sit in on negotiations, but should not initially make demands. Although several officials are in Kinshasa currently, Kilean suggests a move to a more neutral location.

The past sites of such meetings- such as the massive warship Land Sturm- were hardly politically neutral.

The Allied States of Etronia, although a nominal Kilean ally, is not involved in this crisis, and, being a democratic socialist nation, is without bias one way or the other. The Etronian navy has volunteered the use of a Carrier battlegroup as the site for negotiations. The carrier group will be in international waters far from any involved fleet, and will maintain a 500km exclusion zone around itself for all military activity by any involved nation.

Etronia need not be invited to the thread- all the EN Exeter battlegroup will simply sit in international waters, and although Etronia will provide for the well-being of the diplomats, they will have no involvement in the negotiations.

Furthermore, we propose that in 48 hours, a freeze take place on all movement of military units. The duration of this freeze should be determined at any negotiations that take place.

(I know the AC is trying to set up a similar scenario, but Kilean simply wants ALL negotiations, about all issues, moved to one neutral location)

[ooc: To AC Communications would be fine, being fairly standard procedure. Beyond that, only the most preliminary of inquiries, asking the rebels about their goals, requesting copies of their manifesto, asking about their proposed economic structures and political process. After this basic survey there have been instances of a refusal of assistance, if I recall.

I've gone through both threads, though. No IC or OOC notes of communications. Wrangling about whether inquiries like those warrant some form of recompense should be interesting, though.

After this point communications cease - possibly due to the tide of battle surging against the rebels. Which is why the commodore of BG Xymox faces internal investigation upon his return.

Which reminds me. I seem to have forgotten something important.]

Battlegroup Rendevous Point (International Waters)
1800 Hours local time

Commodore peers intently at the horizon, set aflame by the waning embers of the setting sun. All a metaphor, of course, but he did feel they added a bit of colour to life.

An aide approaches, bearing a thin, portable touchscreen, which was gradually replacing paper in many areas of both civil and military life. He raises an eyebrow, questioning.

The aide salutes.

"Communique from Commodore Ratskillen, sir. Eyes only."

That said, he scurries off. Something told him it was bad news...

It was.

Bad news, my friend. Orders from the top, you've been temporarily relieved of duty. You're to get onto one of your destroyers and return to Command, escorted by one of my own destroyers. I'm sure you'll be found innocent in the inquest - for the time being, I'll be assuming overall command of the remaining craft in your battlegroup as well.

Oh, and in case you haven't heard, we're finally getting the electronics-suite upgrade we've been waiting for.

Yours in duty
~Ratskillen

PS: Another niggling bit of procedure, I'm afraid. Some of my men will be coming over to escort you. Sorry to put you through all this, but it's orders.

Just then, he wishes it was a printout.... then, he could have crumpled it in frustration.

Ah well, technology marches on.

Calmly, he sets down the screen and walks to his wardrobe. Stiffly, he begins to dress in his parade uniform.

ooc clarification: The meeting referenced by the DUD Reichsfurher is going on in Kinshasa in the AC. The diversion happened during the latest "drill"

ic.

Joshua City

Mr. President I am told to expect the DUD Reichsfurher. He is traveling here to discuss the Roycelandia occupation of Lusakan soil.

We will extend every courtesy and I will meet him personally at the airfield. If we can come to agreement; perhaps we can travel together to sell the Roycelandians and the others in Kinshasa. Inform Bishop Christonsion in Kinshasa of this development.

At once

Official Statement on the disputed areas

The Secular Party has formulated a new stance on the areas of the Roycelandian colony Port Imperial(henceforth disputed facility I), and the Isochron advanced research facility(henceforth disputed facility II), both being nominally accepted for as long as POJ and Anhierachi forces remain in African waters.

However, they are both imposing on Commonwealth and Lusakan soil in ways that are not wholly satisfactory. The Secular Party and the Commonwealth brings following demands to light:

I. Regardless of what Roycelandia thinks "the situation demands", they can NOT keep disputed facility I after hostile nations have called a full truce and withdrawn their navies from the theatre.

II. Uranium extraction in disputed facility I must cease as soon as possible. RAC engineers stand ready to hook up the facility to the AC power grid within a day.

III. Disputed facility II fulfills a tactically important role, and can aid both Isochronous and the Commonwealth with it's findings. We will allow it's presence on Commonwealth soil provided we receive a sworn testimony that the holy empire of Isochronous will not attempt to claim the land it is on, for themselves.

IV. To the parties owning disputed facility I and II: We deeply regret that we have to restrict your foreign political decisions in this matter, but we will take any steps necessary to see to that neither the Commonwealth or Lusaka regresses to the terrible days of living under colonial imperialism.

These demands are subject to negotiation, although we will not veer from demand I and III. At all.

Regards,
the Secular Party
and his benevolence,
General Ndelebe.


OOC:

Analysts might inform the reading head of state that the Secular Party might not be as diplomatic as they here suggest. Ndelebe himself, along with most of party leadership, are wanted for political and/or war crimes that they cannot be prosecuted for inside the Commonwealth.

It is no small possibility that the Commonwealth might enforce these demands themselves with their superior military presence, should compliance take too long...

this is a damned outrage, *the long mostached elderly gentleman marched up and down his office in a most angry mannor*

really, do they honestly beleive we will let them dominate the sea?, is that what they think?
*the general lets a huge "BAH" escape from somewhere deep in his soul in anger*

weve got more of a navy, our super destroyers are completed, what are we waiting for?
Secratery
*the elderly man roars as his secratery cowars down in her seat more*
take this down will you

to Admiral Sir Anthony Melforth
Sir, the day grows late, the conflict in the continent in africa is becoming a frightful problem to our interests in this region, I, Lord James De-vorn autherise the imeadiate use of the 5th and 7th carrier fleets,
you are to set sail imeadiately and continue to shadow POJ forces in the area, you are to rondevouz with the current brittanic shipping in the area,
good luck
Lord James De-vorn
first Lord of the admiralty

*onboard the flagship in the region (HMS Churchill) the radio's are buzzing with action, messages to all concerned nations were being issue'd with interest the empire viewed the heavily encrypted secret transmission to the african commonwealth leadership*
we await your answer on our offer of wealth for properties (earlier disclosed), as i said, there will be no sustianed brittanic millitary presnece on your land, only civilian movements, the money is awating transferral after your decision is reached, we are no transmitting the locations which we are interested in, please advise as to your imeadiate aproval

To POJ forces in the area
please relive all POJ forces from tracking brittanic millitary movements it has come to our attension through many sources the actions you are taking and it worries us that there may be problems regarding our ships safety, we do not like being boxed in wether or not you have intensions of not firing, we do not recognise you as the water police force, and shall treat you as we treat any other hostile movement agaisnt us, be advised

Das uber deutchland
you have made yourself look a ridicule, your "tests" were brash, disconcerting and show your weakness to govern your state with any efficiency, we do not wish for you to consider us an ally, and do not consider you an ally, your un-aproptriate visage of think later or never and shoot first will get the brittanic empire no where, we will not of course open hostilities aimed at you, and expect that we shall be treated with the same level of respect,
thankyou for your co-operation


to roycelandia
please standby for brittanic millitary arival, current ground forces numbering a force of 12,000 is en-route and are heading for african commonwealth, we will await african commonwealth leaders acceptance of these forces intot heir lands, and then we are ready to assist your position in port imperial and its surrounding area, please advise us as to your ammunition food or other requirments and we will be sure to equip our forces with the necesary provisions.

*NEWSFLASH OBBC*
from Port Loyal this morning in the south of brittania several ships were seen leaving, they are reportedly travelling for the conflict in south africa, rumours from whitehall suggest that both the 5th AND 7th carrier groups will move into the battle theatre,
so far we can report that only the new 5 super destroyers and 2 1982 built frigates are involved, we will be able to provide more information as we get it.

President Igomo has strongly voiced his objections to confrontational Old Brittanian plans for escalation of military muscle in the region. The African Commonwealth's civil disorder has passed, says Igomo, and the border dispute between the Commonwealth and Lusaka has been officially settled.

Secretary Livingstone Miyanda is reported to have left New Lusaka City this morning aboard a civilian jet bound for Kinshasa. The Secretary means to pursue the return of Port Imperial to its Lusakan residents and their kinsmen. Miyanda will probably press Ndelebe to refuse the Brittanian forces entry at this juncture. He also has orders to request restriction of foreign access to Port Imperial, as it is Lusakan soil with a border that Lusaka can not maintain on the Commonwealth side, due to Roycelandian administration of the area. The Lusakan side has been all but locked down, and foreign commerce is not being allowed to flow into the region. New Lusaka City has not described this as an embargo as such, since the government does not accept that Port Imperial is anything more than a temporary facility.

Inspite of official tightening of security around Port Imperial regular soldiers on had maintain a casual air. At the Lusakan army checkpoint approached recently by gift-bearing Roycelandians the few men not too stoned rose to meet the foreigners without much pageantry, though with rifles at hand. From the temporary command post -a hastily erected wood and corrugated iron shack with sandbagging as foundation- Voodoo Child could be heard blasting into the small hours.

Though it was difficult to ignore the somewhat mocking gleam in his eyes one of the soldiers went so far as to invite the Roycelandians in for a smoke, and to see the skin of the tiger the platoon claimed to have shot that morning.

In distant New Lusaka City meanwhile, Hrstrovokia Street's broad highway crawled with armour and military manpower as the Lusakan Revolutionary Alliance Corps displayed a large sample of the United African Republic's two-thousand plus tanks. Included were some of eight-hundred recently acquired T-62s, countless T-56(L) medium tanks, and a handful of the republic's pride, the powerful Olifant L-2 MBT.

Zil-131 trucks hauled 130mm artillery pieces while APCs and ICVs flanked by rows of infantry displayed the vastness of the republic's human pool. ZSUs and mobile SA-3 and SA-4 SAMs finished off the parade, which was over-flown by Mi-24 and Mi-28 gunships, F5-G Tiger interceptors, a pair of AV-8B Harriers, and the nation's C5 Galaxy, flanked by two B-47 Stratojets, all painted the brilliant green of the Lusakan military. President Igomo made an appearance for the crowds before jetting off to Zanzibar island to watch a smaller parade put-on by the primarily Arab regiment based on the island, and to inspect one of the coast guard's Haaregrad-built corvettes.

All of this was meant to reassure the population of their protection, and at once to show scavenging foreign states that the republic was no push-over while convincing friendly nations that Lusaka could protect herself and was not a mere leech on their defence budgets.

Anhierach

Admiral Chamberlain explains the POJ position regarding the current charges being leveled at the Anhierachan govt to Director Petrov

We will not join in any charges condemning your nation nor support any charges brought by others. We believe that enough basis exists for charges to be leveled at all parties for one reason or other. The is almost never a completely innocent party in these situations.

Further I feel that we can agree that continuing to pursue such charges would be a counterproductive waste of everyone's time that is best spent resolving the primarly issues of the now Disputed area I and disputed area II. Our minister of state stands ready to offer 100% withdrawal
from the area concurrent with the beginning of withdrawals from Disputed Areas I and II.

Unfortunately, I am told that Brittania continues to muster forces and our satellites have confirmation of what appears to be troop transports bound for this area with what their news is describing as their 5th and 7th carrier fleets. I have ordered Task Force Peiper to again change course and meet the British in the open sea before the two Brittania naval forces can link. It will appear that he is outnumbered, but we believe we already know the outcome should shooting erupt. I can't say more at this point




To POJ forces in the area
please relive all POJ forces from tracking brittanic millitary movements it has come to our attension through many sources the actions you are taking and it worries us that there may be problems regarding our ships safety, we do not like being boxed in wether or not you have intensions of not firing, we do not recognise you as the water police force, and shall treat you as we treat any other hostile movement agaisnt us, be advised

*NEWSFLASH OBBC*
from Port Loyal this morning in the south of brittania several ships were seen leaving, they are reportedly travelling for the conflict in south africa, rumours from whitehall suggest that both the 5th AND 7th carrier groups will move into the battle theatre,
so far we can report that only the new 5 super destroyers and 2 1982 built frigates are involved, we will be able to provide more information as we get it.

Aboard the Judah

Admiral's bridge wing(a seperate facility near the ship's bridge for task force or fleet commanders to meet, conduct strategy and combat operations when needed plus stay current on force deployments and status. A very complete communications and command and control center seperate from the ship operations assets and personnel of the flagship.

Fleet Admiral Rauss reviews the text of the Brittania transmission.

Send my regards to the British commander. Explain that I was not aware that I was on the payroll of the govt of Old Brittania. Also offer their staff the use of a compass, sextant, and chart should they continue to find themselves unable to navigate themselves out of the "box". We have left multiple openings. Perhaps if we offer to mark a chart and send it over; it would prove valuable and keep their blood pressure at a manageable level.

Also send my regards to Commodore Peiper. He has his orders. His diesel subs will be the first to encounter the oncoming British. Remind Commodore Peiper that once the Brittania ships close with his vessels(indicates a spot already marked on a map between OB and the AC that has one red and three blue arrows pointing at it.) that he has absolute command descretion to protect the ships and personnel that come under his command at the scene. Do you understand my meaning?

Perfectly sir!!

Off the coast of Lusaka Eastern side of the continent

The PJS Joshua and Caleb abruptely change course and head south at flank speed with the escorts of their battle group.

They LHA Assault ship Shiloh remains in place with 1 Arleigh Burke DDG and 2 OH Perry FFGs.

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We are live at the naval base in Netanya where the Battistic Missile Submarine Armeggeddon has already left port. We are not being told when she set sail; only that her services were needed. This is only the 2nd time in our nations history that this submarine has apparently left POJ home waters and with her silent drive, could be heading almost anywhere. When asked if this bore any relation to the AC tensions we thought we easing, President Richard von Joshua assured us that

this development has absolutely nothing to do with the African Commonwealth nation.

When pressed as to the Roycelandan question the President answered

The soil the Roycelandians now occupy, according to every nation involved, is sovereign to the nation of Lusaka. Lusaka is a nation that we have come to regard as a valuable economic trading partner, ally, and friend. To my knowledge, we have no concern with the Roycelandians other than this. After all, its not like they are catholic vampires or ulstemen

Kinshasa

edited: Promise of Joshua Minister of State Bishop Chritonsion supports the African Commonwealth Declaration and has again issued a statement that all POJ military forces will depart the Southern Africa region once Roycelandan forces began same.

Aboard the Benjamin

Capt. Gerhard Prien commanding.

Capt. I hold a surface contact to our north moving towards the African Commonwealth coastline. This contact is an aircraft carrier. I believe it to be an Old Britannia vessel sir!

Verify and mark its course. Then plot firing solution. Do not, say again do not, arm torpedoes or flood tubes. Use this opportunity as a test(pushing stopwatch) Inform me when we have a firing solution.

yes sir as bridge crew and weapons team begin this simulated target acquisition

New Lusaka City

A flight of 2 POJ AF E767 AWACS aircraft with 4 K-135R Stratotankers request permission to land and refuel. The pilots offer to not even debark the planes and pay the civilian per gallon rate if that will help keep tensions to a minimum. Their flight plan calls for them to leave immediately upon refueling, destination is outside the Southern Africa region.

The POJ aircraft are granted permission to land at Hrstrovokia Airport (built of course with grant money from that nation) as if they were any other commercial flights across the nation.

(I'm probably not the only one having trouble with the forums, but if I don't post again assume I screamed in frustration and went to bed for the first time in a couple of days (I'm not counting people's floors as bed!))

"Fieldmarschall Freidrich sir, Riechsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart has landed in POJ as expected." reports Sturmbanfuherer Strauff. "Thats is good to hear. Unfortunately, it would seem Old Brittania is moving in further naval assets. This is unfortunate, they are becoming quite aggressive in their speech and actions. I will admit no worse than us, however, that is irrelevant. If they actully launch an attack against POJ, we could have war on are hands. On the positive side, this war would not affect us, it would allow two "aggressive" nations to rip eachother apart and efectively get rid of two nations we dont want in the region. Port imperial is another matter. Getting port imperial out of Roycelandian hands would difuse the situation and allow the African region to deal with thier own problems concerning thier own territory issues. Intelligence is whispering of Roycelandian allies moving to possibly send military equipment into port imperial for a future defense of port imperial by Roycelandian. I have a plan to thwart this, that is if things go as I plan.....
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heavily encoded message to African Commonwealth:

It has come to our attention that there is a possiblity that Roycelandian allies are planning to send in military supplies for Roycelandian military forces in port imperial, through the African Commonwealth; perhaps to support a defense of their position there. As a way of stoping these shipments, at least through your borders, we ask that you allow us to redeploy our now dormant forces stationed outside of the disputed zone as a security force, in conjunction with your own of course. I would also suggest you make the disputed border a no fly zone for any aircraft. I will suggest the same to Lusaka. This will force the Roycelandians to support their own operations in port imperial by ship. This way, we will know if they are supporting military forces by whats coming in or out of the port. Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart, as well as I, have suspicions that Roycelandia will not relinquish control of Port Imperial peacefully. We can end this whole situation if Roycelandian occupation of port imperial ends. No amount of "discussian" will solve this problem if imperial forces do not leave port imperial. The time has come to move forward in this struggle. We must push Roycelandia to leave if we want the communists and bilble bangers to leave.
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heavily encoded message to Lusaka:

With the arrival of new intelligence, it has become a possiblilty that Roycelandia is preparing to defense their position in Port Imperial. I suggest you create a no fly zone over the disputed territory border and keep shipments from land from entering port imperial. If we want this struggle to end, port imperial must be vacated by Roycelandian peoples and forces. This is the first step to getting rid of all foreing forces in your region.
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Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart disembarks from his transport in the nation of POJ with his closest body gaurds and intelligence officer. The man and his companions are in full black SS military dress. "Its funny you know, just 48 hours ago we were withing moments of all out naval war. Now we are having a summit on how to deal with Port Imperial. Its amazing how this world works these days. A little strength goes a long way......" Reichsfuherer Helmut finishes as he walks towards the POJ delegates who were awaiting his arrival.
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(ooc: things are changing once again, it looks like there is a possibility that nations may switch places in the Antagonist role.....good stuff.)

Following approval by the TMACF, Kilean will move the I Korps (AC)- already in-country for some time- into position on the commonwealth/Port Imperial border. The Kilean troops will replace the weary AC border guards and bolster African Commonwealth security on this high-tension border.

The Kilean I Corps (African Commonwealth) consists of:

1st Infantry division- some 25,000 men
4th Cavalry Division (airmobile)- 15,000 men, 400 helicopters
Falcon Brigade (super-overstregnth)- 9,000 men w/an armored battalion.

Kilean doesn't want to appear to escalate the situation by sending more units to the AC, but the different circumstances mean that the original deployment of I corps in a "light" peacekeeping capacity no longer exist. Therefore, Oberkommand daan Landsheer has decided to instead bring I korps up to full TO&E stregnth.

This includes more motor-transport and logistic units, as well as the arrival of four rocket artillery regiments, as well as two theatre missile brigades (the Kilean army is big on massive, corps-level arty units)

Also, the Kilean Army Air Forces 5th Tactical Air Brigade has been attached to I corps.

Kilean I corps, comprised of two elite divisions and a battle-hardened brigade is not there to present a latent threat, but to make the African Commonwealth border an unwise one to violate. Although Kilean does not see exactly eye-to-eye with the African Commonwealth on the issue of port imperial, we stand by them faithfully as part of the TMACF.

The KNS Ostendt battlegroup, at sea for months, finally puts into an African Commonwealth port. Although air-defence systems remain online, most of the crews go on well-deserved shore leave. The battlegroup is scheduled to go back to sea in a week, but events could push this date forwards.


To both Roycelandia and Old Brittania:

Your conduct through this crisis, as well as most of your diplomatic statments, have been exceedingly arrogant. We ignored this, beacuse we opposed a common threat, but as time goes on without either of you willing to step down or concede in the least, we grow impatient. Your respective high-handed attitutes have only lended credibility to communist propaganda, and has delayed the resolution of this conflict. We suggest you act with modesty if you want to get anywhere.

Release by the Lusakan foreign office on the Port Imperial issue-

Lusaka is as mentioned restricting travel to Port Imperial through our access routes because we do not see why Roycelandia should want to move anything else in as they are, so far as we are concerned, leaving.

This is merely an affair of practicality and safety. Since Roycelandia has no need to bring in anything or anyone further we must suspect, given the political climate, that anyone attempting to enter the region may have underhanded intentions. Lusaka has after all recently received a serious terrorist threat related to its Hrstrovokian alliance.

Of course there are certain restrictions over the airspace already standing- Port Imperial is entirely surrounded by Lusaka and the Commonwealth, and as such has no access of any means without the consent of at least one of those nations.

The notion of Port Imperial's supply by the port itself is really not a different issue from the main- the waters of Lake Tanganyika are patrolled to the east by Lusakan boats and aircraft. Even where Roycelandia may claim some authority near the Port Imperial coast it remains true that further north all access is still cut off by Lusaka. Ships can not pass, and aircraft likewise can not fly in without leaving designated civil flight-paths and being treated as invaders to Lusakan territory.

The only access to Port Imperial is by the Commonwealth side on land, lake, or wing. The lake itself is entirely surrounded by Lusaka and AC, and so any and all shipping on the lake is there by permission of those nations, and most probably belongs to the two. Now we see that access is by A)Commonwealth land, or B)Commonwealth airspace direct into Port Imperial or on to the western half of the lake by flying boat.

Secretary Miyanda is attempting to attain Kinshasa's assistance in upholding the integrity of Lusakan borders either by policing them as we would were Roycelandian forces not in the way, or by allowing our forces limited access to their waters and soil so that we may protect the border of the former disputed zone as we see fit.

(ooc:Sorry if that's longwinded and dull, I'm just trying to explain that there's no access by *sea*, and that there's no foreign shipping on the lake besides Lusakan and Commonwealth.. no danger of anyone driving ships in across Lusaka to supply PI by the lake. Lusaka wants to put limited border guards just barely inside the Commonwealth so that we can treat the disputed zone border as we would have before the dispute began, and decide who does and does not get to pass. As Miyanda will be explaining, these would only be border guards.. light mechanised infantry with defensive armaments. They could stop transports but pose no offensive threat and wouldn't stand up to an imperialist army.. of course attacking them, no matter how certain their defeat, would be an unprovoked act of war against Lusaka, commited on Commonwealth soil, leading to the complete screwing of the culprit ;) )

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Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart disembarks from his transport in the nation of POJ with his closest body gaurds and intelligence officer. The man and his companions are in full black SS military dress. "Its funny you know, just 48 hours ago we were withing moments of all out naval war. Now we are having a summit on how to deal with Port Imperial. Its amazing how this world works these days. A little strength goes a long way......" Reichsfuherer Helmut finishes as he walks towards the POJ delegates who were awaiting his arrival.
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President Richard von Joshua is the first to step forward

Herr Reichfurher, welcome to the Promise of Joshua! It is a pleasure to meet you in person(The President is of average, but stocky, height and build. He wears a tailored business suit, but his face bears the scars of what had to be the results of hand-to-hand combat or a back ally knife fight. His limp is noticable, but offset by the use of an ornate cane topped with a Roman Eagle and the insignia of the POJ Fleet Marine Force. The two leaders walk down a red carpet with their aides and escorts a short distance back as the tunes of the POJ anthem played followed by the battle march of SS candidate school at Bad Tolz(yes I know my German and WWII history)

The motorcade is impressive and sizable. The use of SUVs and stretch limos allows the two national leaders to ride together in the same vehicle with their most immediate aides and escorts while still being able to talk.

I believe we see eye-to-eye on the Roycelandian affair and we have an idea (the noise of passing over a bridge makes it hard to hear except for the two leaders ie:ck your t-grams) I think that would be best implemented before any formal action is sought to forceable liberate Port Imperial with ground troops. Of course, the Lusakans would be involved and already know of this option. We would merely need to coordinate in order to execute effectively. We have a wing of our executive office that we have reserved for your use while here. It has all the convienences plus a helipad should you need someone brought in from the airport or need to send a courier. The facility originally existed for us to use immediately following the terror wars here and the death of my son in the nuclear destruction of Jericho far to our southwest in the abandoned zone. New Jericho is thriving and a brand new city that I enjoy visiting. It is much closer than the old city and has a memorial and musium. I find peace walking the grounds of the memorial. Perhaps time will allow us to visit together under less stressful curcumstances. Do you think we need to travel to Kinshasa to speak in person with President Gerneral Ndelebe?

On a C141 transport plane with a redone interior heading towards the airport at New Lusaka City

The Director of Defense; WMD and Counterrorism, Retired Marine MSGT John Stryker reviews his dossiers on the people he will meet.

have to be up on my stuff with the people I'm going to meet.

His big concern was the national news station sending a broadcast team with him. His recent appearances had resulted in no small amount of popularity and he had become something of idol figure to the nations youth. fan clubs were already starting.

funny if they new. They probably never will

He hoped Ambassador Daniels had everything ready for him in New Lusaka City. Details just sucked. He really thoght it important to pay attention to the Lusakans and he wanted to have his broadcast crew spend time with their military people. The spotlight sure couldn't hurt and he was impressed with what he saw of the Lusakans on the last broadcast of their Presidents tour and the force review. More of that was important to emphasize that this was still Africa and we happened would have to be lived with by people other than the POJ and the rest for a long time.

Statement to AC and Lusakan Governments

The Roycelandian Government is disappointed in your views regarding Port Imperial.

However, owing to the important nature of Roycelandia's research at Port Imperial, we are prepared to concede some demands.

Accordingly, Foreign Minister Jeff Lebowski is authorised to discuss some different options for Port Imperial, including:

Renunciation of Roycelandian claims to the land that Port Imperal sits upon and the payment of an annual "Rent" to Lusaka and the AC for the use of the land, along with the withdrawl of most Military Assests from the area by Roycelandia- leaving a Security Defence Force in place to protect our research facilities and flying boat refuelling port.

OOC: The Hong Kong/Macau Solution. Everything stays as it is, the military clear off, and from time to time we have a "Lusaka/AC wants Port Imperial back" RP. It goes without saying we'd only have defence forces in the colony, which, by the way, can be assumed to be funneling Western Investment into your nations- who I beleive are badly in need of said investment. :lol:

Relocation of Port Imperial to another area of Southern Africa, preferably lands not in effective AC or Lusakan control

OOC: Note that this could include Lusakan Borderlands that are listed on the regional map as being "In Warlord Hands". More likely though, it would be somewhere probably near Gabon or Rhodesia, since Rhodesia is Pro-Imperial and Gabon really couldn't stop us, even if they wanted to... 8)

This option would allow Roycelandia to maintain a presence in Southern Africa, which seems to be full of RP oppurtunities, and it would keep the Political wheels turning. Besides, I like RPing with you guys...

The Establishment of an Governing Council to administer Port Imperial as a Multi-National City

OOC: The Berlin Option. Basically, we'd each have a chunk of Port Imperial as our own, and could use the resulting bit for RP oppurtunities- much like Cold War Berlin. Depending on how you wanted to do it, we could all establish a "puppet"- ie Roycelandian Port Imperial, Lusakan Port Imperial, AC Port Imperial, Old Brittanic Port Imperial, and so on- or we could just RP the fact that the city is under mixed control (I'd keep the current nation though... :wink:).

We stay here in perpetuity, and if anyone tries to force us to leave we fight to the last man and the last bullet. And when the men are all killed and the ammo runs out, the women and children will mount bayonets or use the empty guns as clubs. It won't be pretty.

OOC: The Zulu! Option. Not my favourite, as I don't think that's the direction the RP should be heading, but an option that could very well happen nonetheless. And there will be survivors, who will no doubt pop up somewhere else in the area, with grudges to settle... :twisted:

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Communique to Kilean

The Roycelandian Government laughs heartily at your accusations of "arrogance" on our part. It is behaviour from nations such as yourselves that has led to our involvement here in the first place, and we cite the increased military presence by your troops in the area near Port Imperial as further evidence of this.

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Lusaka: The Power, Telephone and Telegraph lines in remote areas near the Disputed Zone all seem to suffer a mysterious series of accidents, involving trees falling on the lines, power surges, and wildlife damaging them. There's a few too many "accidents" to be coincidence, but not enough to suggest deliberate sabotage. More importantly, none of the "accidents" is anywhere near a strategic facility or military outpost...

Gifts from Imperial Guard soldiers have also become a fortnightly occurence, but are they just being generous or are they acting under orders? (DUN DUN DAAAA!)

Communique to Promise of Joshua

The Roycelandian Government notes your continued opposition towards Port Imperial, and th catch-22 in which we find ourselves. We respectfully suggest that you focus your diplomatic and martial energies elsewhere, and leave this situation in Africa well alone.

[signed] Foreign Minister Jeff Lebowski

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Port Imperial, Southern Africa

Commander Savage read the tersely worded communique from the Lusakans and threw it into the "Read" pile.

"There's a very simple way around this" he said. "Effective immediately, the Imperial Roycelandian Maritime Air Service and the Imperial Air Force will no longer handle our supplies. Everything will come in and out via Imperial Airways Sunderland and cross-border smuggling. The Sunderlands have to land here anyway to refuel, so they can bring in all the supplies we need that way. And, as an added bonus, they're sticking to Civilian Air Routes anyway."

Savage's aide nodded. "Of course! If the Lusakans shoot down a civilian airliner, regardless of any suspicions they may have about it's cargo, that would create an unbeleivable International Incident. And we're pretty much self-sufficient anyway..."

"Exactly. And with the Compulsory Arms Possession Act passed, the entire colony now, by law, has a loaded gun on or about them at all times. If the Savages and the Bible-Bashers really want to make this a bloodbath, we'll make bloody sure we take as many of them with us as we can."

"Err... whatever you say, Sir."

Savage picked up the next item in is "In" pile. "Ah, excellent. Our Allies the Old Brittanians are sending re-inforcements to help us during these difficulties. Contact HQ and suggest we let them in on the Crystal Rose trials. Same for Rhodesia & Nyasaland. We need all the support we can get at the moment."

"Right away, Sir."

OOC: My PC is currently in the repair shop- it's due back tomorrow, but if they don't get it done then it will be Monday before I see it again, which means a combination of work, real life, and no PC will leave me without Net access over the weekend, most likey.

Hope this isn't too much of an inconvenience to you all, and I look forward to some more quality RPing when I get the PC back! 8)

Perhaps some geography on the ARF (Advanced Research Facility)?

The location of the construction works is a small wedge between Port Imperial and the coastline, thus allowing supplies via ship to come in which is why we are building a port. There is also a heavy-grade airport in Port Imperial so we will only be building ourselves a small airfield. The area for the ARF is to be called "Fosamax".

There would be collective scientific and economic benefits for Isochronous, Roycelandia, and the African Commonwealth. I would assume that there'd be some co-operative research treaty and we would be willing to give a share of any profits made by new pharmaceuticals discovered at the ARF to AC. Since we would also be importing heavily from AC that alone is more economic benefit.

*Communication to Roycelandia*
The empire of old brittania places the "Genesis" regiment under your command, for security reasons we cannot at this time release their capabilities or numbers, they are not large but are as specified beforehand, the brittanic ambasador in Port royal will give brittania's combined statement, be advised however, our political support at home is faltering, a cheif of naval activity last night made a daring move and has commited the 5th and 7th carrier flets to this area, the priminister will later today order a retraction, if at all possible brittania looks to end this peacefully

*onboard HMS Archangel*(aircraft carrier joshuan sub is watching)
*the Archangel awaits by the coast, its hopes are that the secular party withint he commonwealth let her in to dock, already they had asked for this priveledge and no reply had been given for a long time, the men onboard the archangel were in low morale and the government had not much longer, a decision would have to be taken*

to Kilean
the empire has read with much interest your article on our activities, it has been noted by our supreme command and we thank you for a valid interest in british movement, however at this time we are unable to release these troops from the area, becuase our allies Roycelandia are heavily outnumbered by an aggressive lusakan force, however much truth you hold in this statement we cannot say, we hope that you will forgive our arrogant outlook and rash decisions as the later days of a once great imperial force

to POJ
between the nations of the promice of joshua and old brittania there has been much talk of agression, is strikes me now, as a man of the church how a nation whose religeous beleifs warrant the use of peace only, can declare brittania as an aggressor, i would very much like to talk to a high member of the joshuan church, we may discuss god, i am instructed to take to promice of joshua, a decleration of peace, between two holy nations, it is the decision of the joshuan chuirch and government wether they will have me or not
Arch-bishop Rowan Atkinson (snigger snigger)

En Route to Kinshasa

The sleek, modest and deliberately understated jet cruises easily, high above the clouds. As Overseer Bjornsson peers out of the thick window, she idly forms pictures in the clouds - here, a particularly intractable diplomat; there, the likeness of her cat Jojo, rendered in water vapor.

She sighs, the purr-like whine of the engines lulling her into a restful state. Her decision to go had raised the ire of some of her colleagues. They'd raised concerns that individuals that did not understand the power structures of Anhierarch would see her (incorrectly) as the second most powerful person in Anhierarch, and thus exploit her as some form of a bargaining chip.

A risk compounded by the lack of weaponry mounted on the plane, the lack of any form of fighter escort, and the lack of weaponry on herself and her aides. She'd insisted on it.

True, all but one of her aides happened to be disconcertingly effective fighters with their bare hands, but a rife-toting conscript at thirty yards would be able to kill any one of them.

The pilots voice comes over the intercom, crisp and clear.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now approaching African Commonwealth airspace. Requesting permission to enter and land in Kinshasa."

Anhierarch

As the modest motorcade moves off, steadily accelerating, the Director rambles on, sitting a little stiffly on the other side of the passenger compartment.

"Now, where was I? Oh, yes. The ride should only take a few minutes - only other things on the roads are buses."

He glances out the window, and back to Admiral Chamberlain.

"We're very appreciative of your assurance that your nation will not join in the accusations, and the condemnation that is sure to follow... mark you, if this goes public it won't be five minutes before some nation we've never had dealings with soundly denounces us, without bothering to hear our side of things.

I am inclined to agree that right now, the investigation should be a secondary matter. What's far more important is resolving, as you say, Disputed Areas I and II. However, as we have only recently become involved in the overall situation, we would greatly appreciate your input on the history and situation of these areas. Broadly, though, we are opposed to these vestiges of colonialism."

The Director sighs.

"It is most distressing to hear of these additional Brittanic troop movements - my analysts and strategists will probably want to hold a meeting afterwards. At present, though, we've decided to maintain an observational presence - but should the Brittanic fleet open fire on Joshuan ships, words of denounciation should only be the beginning of our response."

Some time later, they arrive at the Commonwealth Tower. Despite the dizzying heights of the nearby offices and apartment complexes, the first thing one would notice is that it happens to be well in excess of 1 kilometer in height.

The Seas

Spy satellites would reveal that shortly after the rendevous between the two battlegroups, two destroyers begin to travel northwest - higher definition satellites would notice the transfer of personnel.

ooc:Again I feel it worth noting that Port Imperial and any related facilities such as Isochronous' ARF have no access by water to anything they don't have access to over land. Lake Tanganyika is entirely surrounded by Lusaka and the Commonwealth, so if you can get supplies in over water it must be through the AC side of the lake, in which case you can get the supplies in over his land without having to spend tens of millions of pounds on a port. Still, 's your money to squander.. [considers gradually draining Tanganyika onto the fields a la Aral]
Wait a minute.. on closer inspection of the map.. only the north of the lake is AC territory.. while all water access to the former disputed zone is.. Lusakan.

Ech, quick, someone tell me why Igomo isn't enacting alliances and drawing the UN in to forcibly remove the imperialists..
I don't like the Zulu idea in so much as ..I'd loose, heh. But there are many oportunities for great lines (coughmottoahem).
And gosh, if we Hong Kong it how do I know you'll ever have a Thatcher to offend my Beijing and end up forcing you to give it all up?

...you ever get the feeling that you're thinking about a thing in too much depth? Heh.


"Damn the levies, man! Bunch of cowardly blacks!"
"Cowardly blacks? They died on your side, didn't they? And who do you think's coming to wipe out your little command, the Grenadier Guards?"

..See now it's tempting [sharpens assegai] ;)



(Eh, just consider this post a hopeless attempt to keep me awake past the 48 hr mark.. I don't want Lusaka to commit to anything more IC until a few other parties have had their say. 'scuse the spam, I shan't do it again. Probably.)

I was going to get invoilved, but hell this is too complicated :shock:

between the nations of the promice of joshua and old brittania there has been much talk of agression, is strikes me now, as a man of the church how a nation whose religeous beleifs warrant the use of peace only, can declare brittania as an aggressor, i would very much like to talk to a high member of the joshuan church, we may discuss god, i am instructed to take to promice of joshua, a decleration of peace, between two holy nations, it is the decision of the joshuan chuirch and government wether they will have me or not
Arch-bishop Rowan Atkinson (snigger snigger)

Kinshasa Bishop Gary Christonsion; POJ Minister of State just shakes his head as he reviews the Brittania transmission.

Are they really that learning impaired????????????

sounds a voice from within the Bishop's group of advisors.

The Bishop composes the following reply:

Arch Bishop Atkinson. I have been in Kinshasa in direct meetings with President General Ndelebe of the African Commonwealth and representatives of other nations for the last several days. To my knowledge, you have no ambassador or representative here. I shall look forward to meeting that person face-to-face should they arrive.

Bishop Gary Christonsion
Minister of State
Personal Envoy of the President
Promise of Joshua

As he toys with the message in his hands, he finds himself wondering if maybe he should go down to the docks and see if the Archangel has been allowed in port yet. Maybe hand deliver the message; wouldn't that be fun!

He found himself folding the message into a paper airplane and wondered how the Brits would react to the message being delivered onboard the Archangel by POJ Mrk I paper airplane :D

which of course give rise to the joke: how many Brits does it take to land a paper airplane on one of their carriers?

He would have to work on the punchline and see what the President General thought of it at dinner.

Anhierach; The Commonwealth Tower

very impressive. Very impressive indeed!! I sincerely hope that my counterpart in Kinshasa makes progress so this becomes mute. After a brief summary of the Port Imperial situation from the POJ point of view; Admiral Chamberlain suggests that while the lead in the solution will most likely be taken from the reactions of the AC and Lusakans, who now seem to see eye-to-eye on this, we must be ready to support their move. At this point, our intelligence services see the Brits as more inclined to peaceful resolution than the Roycelandians, which I find astounding.

Further, should some foolish no nothing attempt to jump in as regards sanctions or allegations against you, they can easily be told be multiple parties to excuse themselves from that in which they have no part.

New Lusaka City

Ambassador Daniels and the newly arrived Director Styker confer at the embassy

I have put the news teams in touch with the Lusakian military liason. They have several of my pre-recorded intros for the major Lusakian news broadcasters and journalists based on their bios that I read coming over. I want to meet with these people, but this will give them an intro to the viewers of our news services.

Ever since that last piece we ran with the Lusakian President and the force review, we have been bombarded with requests for current information on our new allies and friends, the Lusakans. Having my intro leading into a popular native Lusakan journalist broadcasting live with one of our news teams on whatever the Lusakans feel is important, especially about their military and national history, is going to hopefully give them a tremendous amount of positive exposure outside the African region.

I want to take the time to do a live broadcast with their people once our business is closer to resolution. Meanwhile, I got the latest Roycelandian response. My suggestion is that we forward it to the Lusakans and the AC and tell the Roycelandians thats what we are doing. We are advocating on behalf of the Lusakans, but having President General Ndelebe step up the way he has in the international arena means its best if we now seem to vacate the stage as it were; and let Roycelandians know that we are following the lead of our allies whose territory the Roycelandian are squatting on.

Well said. Can you let the Lusakan jounalists take the lead in the PR side because I may need you available for some questions that have come up?

Sure.

I was going to get invoilved, but hell this is too complicated :shock:

ooc: just post that mass demonstrations in your nation involving hundreds of thousands of people have adopted as their rallying cry

1 2 3 4 show the Roycelandians the f...ing door


:D

Communiqué to Roycelandia and Old Britannia

Glorious empires!

In the spirit of negotiations that will hopefully lead to the withdrawal of all POJ and Anhierachi naval forces, I have agreed with Lusaka's official Miyanda to demilitarize the disputed areas. Both DF I and DF II will maintain their respective garrisons, but no Old Britannian forces can enter the perimeter of DF I, Port Imperial. Likewise, no Roycelandian military personnel may enter the perimeter of the DF II. While I trust you will comply with this initiative, this communiqué will be enforced by Commonwealth RAC and militia forces.

We will also call the highest-ranking governmental officials you can spare to Kinshasa to discuss a complete demilitarization of DF I(Port Imperial), and the subsequent downsizing of the facility to any extent Lusaka deems necessary - While this might seem like a grave loss to the great Roycelandian empire, this very act might be the key to complete and lasting peace in our region - Both the Promise of Joshua and Anhierachis will leave for good if these discussions turn out well.


By my hand,
Mshebe Ndelebe,
5-star general and president of
the African Commonwealth.

encoaded message to African Commonwealth:

I am very happy to see that you have kept the target of our struggle here in vision even after all that has happened. Do not fear, Das Uber-Deutschland is still fighting for the stability of your region. Our great Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart is in POJ having discussians on what to do about getting rid of the Roycelandians in port imperial. To get POJ and her allies out of the region, we must get Roycelandia out. This will grant final stability to the region, as your wise government sees fit to return port imperial to the Lusakans. We also will assure you that if our forces can complete this "objective" peacefully, we will.
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Open message broadcasted to Roycelandian occupied port imperial:

Das Uber Deutschland is very happy to hear that Roycelandia is prepared to remove most military power within Port Imperial as a measure to end tension in the region. This, however, may not be enough for Lusaka, as it is seen by most as their land, and not Roycelandians to "dictate". Das Uber-Deutschland supports the de-militerisation of roycelandrian peoples in port imperial, however, we bielive "stability" in the region will only be gotten through complete evacuation of all Roycelandian assets in port imperial.
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Aboard the "Land Sturm", where Fieldmarschall Freidrich is in temperary command of operations:

"Our Reichsfuherer has cantacted me with some very "classified" information concerning port imperial. I will contact POJ immiediately on our most secure line." (POJ, check Telegrams) finishes Fieldmarschall Friedrich, the commander of all operations in the abscense of Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart. "Fieldmarschall sir, we have reports that Old Brittania is still involved and unwilling to back down. what of that?"

"They will find out, soldier, if or when they step over the line"
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In base camp "gelb", just outside of the disputed zone:

"Sir, I have got a communique here giving us the command for alert status, do you have any idea whats going on?" Questions a minor officer,

"No, I dont know whats going on. But that is irrelevant soldier, we will do what we are told and as fast and effieciently as we can; Get on it!" orders commander in ground force operations, Fieldmarschall Farenheight.
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(ooc: it looks like Roycelandia is on the way out, one way or the other. Which way is the question, who knows?)

ooc:Again I feel it worth noting that Port Imperial and any related facilities such as Isochronous' ARF have no access by water to anything they don't have access to over land. Lake Tanganyika is entirely surrounded by Lusaka and the Commonwealth, so if you can get supplies in over water it must be through the AC side of the lake, in which case you can get the supplies in over his land without having to spend tens of millions of pounds on a port. Still, 's your money to squander.. [considers gradually draining Tanganyika onto the fields a la Aral]
Wait a minute.. on closer inspection of the map.. only the north of the lake is AC territory.. while all water access to the former disputed zone is.. Lusakan.

Yes, as I said, the ARF has water access.

While a new port may not be necessary we feel it would be in the interests of local trade and the economy of AC and Lusaka for a good port to be nearby.

Message to AC, Lusaka, and DUD

The Roycelandian Government welcomes the AC and Lusakan decision to De-militarise the area that Port Imperial currently occupies. We shall respect your request that military forces be kept to a minimum, and we hope that this will ease tensions in the area.

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OOC: Looking at the map of Southern Africa, I'm seeing quite a lot of empty space for Roycelandia to continue their Imperialist ambitions WITHOUT "naturalising" territory that belongs to anti-imperialist nations with potentially unstable leaders... :lol:

Anyway, at this stage I was looking at moving the Port Imperial Colony (ie everything except the "research facility" and defence forces to another area of the map, at this stage either Kenya and Sudan (giving us the lake we need for the Flying Boat Harbour and mutual borders with AC and Lusaka, keeping the RP elements intact). In this case, the nation would be Roycelandian East Africa, with Port Imperial the capital city (not the same as the research facility, which would be renamed).

Failing that, I was planning on moving the colony to South Africa, renaming it Roycelandian South Africa, and again having the capital called Port Imperial. This would keep Roycelandia in the area, but out of the way of AC and Lusaka...

(In case you hadn't noticed, Port Imperial's population is something insane like 137 million people, all allegedly squeezed into an area the size of Hong Kong... it would be considerably more realistic and practical to locate the colony elsewhere in Southern Africa...)

Hopefully I'll have my PC back by Monday, so I can devote more time to this RP and maybe write a proper bio for Commander Sword, and Port Imperial and/or Roycelandian East/South Africa.

Anyway, let me know what you think...

Isochronous is currently also establishing a colony on Madagascar called "Ellavale". We're also looking into establish a colony at Tanzania.

ooc: Before this becomes a tide that fills up the region of Southern Africa with puppets (by which I mean colonies- I do have other nations besides Lusaka, but they have nothing to do with Lusaka) it should be noted that a tide of imperialism won't go unresisted, just in case people are thinking of rolling tanks in to hapless little white map spots. Those little tanks will have to contend with hundreds of Lusakan tanks and helicopter gunships, given Igomo's established "African Crusader" type image ;)
Of course I have no objection to good role players joining the region! Its just that I want to make clear ahead of time my reservations. *Colonies of existing states* I think should be kept small, like Port Imperial, or trade centres like Singapore. Stop me if I sound absurd. Probably Lusaka will assist any African nation under attack even by someone looking to take just one city, but that doesn't mean we always have to win. We're loosing in Gabon by the looks of things.

IC:

Miyanda and Igomo spoke often while the former was in Kinshasa. Igomo insisted that if the Commonwealth told them the line was secure then they had to show trust for their neighbour's new leadership. Miyanda often spoke of his reservations on that fact, but that he dared to perhaps suggested that Igomo had convinced him some way.

Igomo seemed concerned about how far Lusaka could push. They had completely won-out in the border dispute with AC and hadn't given an inch in gaining all of the disputed land. Of course they could be expected to do well -AC was at the time facing revolution, and Lusaka had no such problems. None the less, if Lusaka continued to push and push over Roycelandia as they had the Commonwealth the republic was going to alienate herself. They simply couldn't afford to do this if they hoped to help smaller African states resist the tide of renewed imperialism.

New Lusaka City attempted to stem the imagined bleeding of sympathy by co-operating heavily with POJ's and other sympathetic medias. The government appointed community leaders to invite papers, magazines, radio, and documentary film makers on tours of the nation's many sites of natural beauty, the massive multi-national co-operative mining facilities around the edge of the former disputed zone, and to New Lusaka City herself, surely the finest city in the third world, improved vastly thanks to the help of Lusakan socialist allies. Cameras too were invited to Mzuzu's military training grounds, where local historians and enthusiasts explained how many exceptional and inspirational soldiers destined for the Lusakan Revolutionary Alliance Corps 17th Division Vultures, as well as foreign elite soldiers such as those of Free Burkina Faso were trained here.

These measures the President saw as treatment rather than cure for the still uncomfortable situation. Seeing that the exploding colonial population of Port Imperial could not be sustained on his borders without unfailing threat of expansion, Igomo began to feel-out the governments of near by states. Would any of the more sparsely populated nations be willing to grant Roycelandia a long-term lease of part of their undeveloped territory, under favourable terms negotiated with Igomo's close observation?

OOC: I'm all good with moving PI to another place, then both AC and Lusaka would be all happy. Just remember: Tanzania is not tanzania. It's eaten by the Commonwealth during the creation of the republic, where James annexed a series of nations bordering Zaire through negotiations and promises of economic growth under his supreme leadership. Parts of Tanzania belongs to Lusaka, I believe, but don't quote me on it ;)

Roycelandia, I don't think you should pay too much attention to NS population numbers. At some point we simply have too many inhabitants to realistically populate anything short of a huge-ass continent.

I'll do an IC writeup later, just keeping myself tagged.

ooc:Eh, most of Tanzania *is* Lusaka. Tanzania and Zambia are the only nations occupied to any significant degree by Lusaka, though the west of Zambia and the south east of Tanzania are listed as independent at the moment..We may cover a couple of square miles of Malawi, but 90-odd% is (unsurprisingly) part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Burundi and Rwanda are recorded as having been swallowed by the Commonwealth as that seemed to be the way on the AC map once posted.. the anarchic warlord lands north of Lusaka are IRL part of Tanzania bordering Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, so I could alter the map to have those too Commonwealth land, as heck, the Hutu and such rebels Igomo's been skirmishing with up there couldn't really stop Ndelebe/James depending on whether we consider it to have happened in the past or now. Tanzania lands covered by AC were also covered by Lusaka, thus the border crisis, since resolved.

If AC had been around when I founded Lusaka I suppose I would have moved Lusaka east somewhat, giving us the free Tanzanian land east and handing the entire Great Rift area to AC, but.. oh well. I did feel a bit guilty when creating the regional map on seeing that the so called Commonwealth actually only involved three complete nations, two of which are tiny little things, but then I didn't know Lusaka would win out in the border dispute, and hey, AC was still the biggest nation in the region in terms of geographical area.

I don't know.. should I colour the remaining part of Tanzania Commonwealth dark-green? It wouldn't actually be bordering the Commonwealth, mind.. hey, you could always take it out on Congo, Uganda, or Zambia instead.

Kinshasa

Bishop Gary Chritonsion speaking with President General Ndelebe and Secretary Miyanda on the subject of Roycelandia and Old Brittania involvement.

you realize that the only way to be sure that neither Old Brittania nor Roycelandia will take advantage for their own imperialistic aims is for Roycelandia to completely evacuate the Disputed Area?

<OOC>

I think moving Port Imperial will have the best effect for future RP's

plus, a larger colony will mean a more land-centered RP....

and Kilean gives priority to it's army :lol:

aside from all that, though, as long as port imperial returns to Lusaka, alls well. Although kilean will want to maintain a "tripwire" force in the AC as a guarantee of kilean assistance in the case of agression against the AC<OOC>


In lighter news...

The blockbuster hit of the season in Kilean (and much of onabana) is the brand-new film "Falcon-61", which tells the tale of the ambush of Falcon Brigade troops in the African Commonwealth insurrection, in which 18 kilean soldiers died. The film, although patriotic, is a world apart from most Kilean propaganda films. "Falcon-61" takes time to contemplate the horrors of war, the brutality of civil war, and the dubious morality of some of Kilean's allies who fought against "foriegn agression" while engaging in colonial pursuits.

The film itself is a masterwork, its action scenes a special effects marvel- the scene where the Kilean Hind helicopter is shot down by an RPG is a must-see!

Some of the characters are quite engaging, others are shallow, but most can agree that the Counter Insurgency Regiment characters are all total badasses.

(I just love Black Hawk Down too much NOT to fit it into this RP somehow)

OOC: Right, Lusaka, thanks for the heads-up. It's no big worry, I just forget where my borders went - Still use my pre-dispute map sometimes(d'oh!).

IC:

At the dinner salon, presidential mansion, Kinshasa

Turning to Christonsion, General Ndelebe explains with elaborate courtesy that while he is aware of such risks, it must ultimately come down to Lusaka's wishes on the matter, and that the role of the Commonwealth is to pressure Roycelandia into embracing what ever Lusaka wishes to do with the colony, including abandoning or moving it completely. "For it is indeed", as he remarks, "the only thing that will get the hounds off our back.".

Internal Security Bulletin(confidential IC)

Excellent news, president General! Another two Barracudas have seen the light of day, and are ready for operational and combat tests. The Goshawk project requires further tests in the field before we have a satisfying model.

the spiriti sancti I, II and IV Armour plants are operational again, and new T-90-ADI49 should be ready within few weeks to boost our armour reserves.

Regards,
Mmedi Izairi,
Council of Defense.

Port Imperial Research Facility, Southern Africa

Commander Savage watched as another load of Colonists boarded the Flying Boats for the relocation trip to their new home in Roycelandian East Africa, to the northeast of their current location.

OOC: Roycelandian East Africa comprises the RL nations of Kenya, Uganda, and The Sudan- the Capital is called Port Imperial and is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, vaguely near where Entebbe is in RL. There are other cities and towns in the Colony, which I'll get around to naming whilst I'm at work tomorrow...

IC:

"I'm not sure if this counts as either a victory or a defeat, Thompson."
Savage wondered aloud as he watched the people and equipment depart for their new home.

"Well, Sir, had we tried to develop Port Imperial in it's present location, there would have been much unpleasantness. I even heard that some of the International Community were looking at intervening, at at least one nation was seriously considering the use of Atomic Weapons upon the colony."

"Bastards. Make sure they get an unpleasant surprise from our boys at the Imperial Security Intelligence Organisation."

"Right away, Sir."

"And Thompson?"

"Sir?"

"Keep the research projects and the garrison here until further notice. We aren't giving up that easily."

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Message to all Nations involved in the Current Situation

Owing to International Pressure, Security Concerns, Economic Issues, and the wish to remain on good terms with out neighbours in Southern Africa, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I has decreed that the Disputed Facility in Southern Africa shall no longer be an Imperial Colony. Henceforth, all Colonists and non-essential buildings, facilities, and equipment shall be re-located to the newly re-established colony of Roycelandian East Africa. The Capital of the Colony will be known as Port Imperial, and is to be sited on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Imperial Airways Services to the area will resume by the end of the week, and it is hoped that the re-location of the Colony will ease tensions in the area and produce a secure, prosperous, and forward-thinking Africa.

A Research Facility and Military Base will remain on the site of the previous Port Imperial to ensure regional stability and scientific progress.

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Port Royal, Roycelandia

Commander Sword smiled as he read the Message issued by His Majesty. Roycelandia was back in Africa, and the first phase of his plan was complete. With Roycelandian East Africa bordering both the African Commonwealth and Lusaka, there would be plenty of oppurtunities to keep the Savages on their toes and ensure that Roycelandia regained all of their former power and glory.

For a moment, he thought about cancelling operation Live & Let Die, but he decided against it. He still had some scores to settle...

"Sir, the Roycelandians are moving people and equipment out of port imperial, however it seems they are leaving a military garrison and the research facility intact." reports a minor intellignece officer.

"I see. I know they have imperialistic ambitions whichever way you turn it. I will bide my time before getting into any unpleasentries. I know the signal for action......" States Fieldmarschall Friedrich.
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Basecamp "Gelb", outside of the disputed territory; in officers briefing quarters:

"Soldier, I want those tanks and fighting vehicles parked in combat formation, is that understood?!!!"

"Yes Sir!"

"Good! I also want reconnaisance missions moving out farther than they have before, I want intellignece on any personel movements, whether theyre farmers or soldiers, understood?!!!"

"Yes Sir!"
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Things were happening as they should, the men and equipment were prepared to move. Roycelandia wasnt the only nation with tricks up thier sleeves......

Kinshasa

Bishop Gary Christonsion to reporters concerning recent developments

While it is appropriate that the Roycelandians relocate, Commander Sword has also stated that the military garrison shall remain in place. We believe that the garrison and facilities should be the sole responsbility of the Lusakian forces and encourage the Roycelandians to completely evacuate the sovereign soil of Lusaka.

As a gesture of goodwill and to keep a promise by our government, I am told that the Task Force Rauss (8 carriers) currently off the African Commonwealth is moving briefly toward the west before turning south to circle back around the horn to the Lusakian coastline and a defensive posture preparatory to a move home.

We commend the Roycelandians for their timely movements thus far, wish them well on their new ventures, and encourage them to complete the removal of forces from Lusakian soil.

[ooc:

-cough- AC, may my statesperson land at Kinshasa?]

Anhierarch
At the foot of the Commonwealth Tower

The diplomatic party is led into the North Gate of the mile-high edifice of human labor, positively gleaming in the warm sunlight. The gates themselves are aesthetically restrained, constructed simply out of hardened glass and steel latticework.

Passing through the North lobby, they make their way to Conference Room 53-121. Along the way, one might make note of the combination of minimalist aesthetic with elements of naturalistic grace. Potted plants are anathema, and the staff prefer to visit the several garden levels. Despite the apparently arcadian, peaceful state of the building, security patrols are essentially constant, unblinking electronic eyes watching from discreet corners.

Along their way, the conversation continues:

"The situation is shaping up quite interestingly, no? I feel our military presence there is becoming increasingly unneccesary. And it now appears that the Roycelandians have vacated one of the disputed locales."

Conference Room 53-121 features a pleasant view of the city, where less than 5% of the buildings are below 150m in height. The windows lie at the far end of the room, which is dominated by an elegantly carved oak table.

As they enter the room, an intelligence aide bows formally, a bespectacled young man in a immaculate black suit and a small attache case. It contains the Anhierarchi equivalent of all information presented by the Joshuans, and is formally presented to Admiral Chamberlain.

Sitting down at the long table, another black-suited aide enters wordlessly, proferring a manila folder to the Coordinator while whispering in his ear. The aide then leaves.

Wassily shifts easily in his seat, undoing the string on the folder.

"Now, this room is absolutely secure - one may speak with absolute freedom here. Those windows, for instance, are only transparent from our point of view and entirely soundproof."

He slides the folders contents to Admiral Chamberlain. They show the most recent Das Uber Deutschland troop movements in the disputed area, from the point of view of an orbiting, watchful satellite.

ooc:How're you going about the relocation, Roycelandia? I mean, are Uganda and Kenya et cetera being invaded, or are we assuming they are old and still existing colonies now being infused with new settlers?

Either way- ic: In Lusaka a documentary was airing on the struggles Lusaka faced in the late 80s and early 90s during the bush war with Rhodesia, when both sides were hit with UN sanctions, and Lusaka's Soviet backer collapsed resulting in Salisbury re-taking briefly liberated Nyasaland.

The broadcast was interrputed by a state news announcement. Reportedly, Hutu extremists had crossed the Lusakan border once again and attacked a police station near Biharamulo.

In response the LRAC in concert with the Air Force was launching a massive counter-insurgency operation deep into tribal lands towards the Ugandan border.

A speech by Defence Secretary Colin Olongwe asserted that instability only brought suffering and major conflict, as shown to the west, and that Lusakans would not be endangered by warlords playing off ethnic tensions.

Cameras showed well trained LRAC mechanised infantry racing north as an Mi-28 Havoc clattered overhead.

They did not show the scene in Bukoba as four B-47 Stratojets flying at 36,000 feet loosed more than eighty-thousand pounds of high explosives on the lawless city. Soon the south west of Lake Victoria was crawling with Lusakan T-56(L) and T-62 tanks laying waste to unsuspecting militia stations and suspicious-looking villages. APCs and infantry stormed north with all haste, largely ignoring the reported tribal warlord threat..

Heavily encoded message to Lusaka:

The current situation is not what Ive been hoping for. I have expressed my gratitude openly, however there will be no stability in the region unless Roycelandria gets out of port imperial, AND Africa immiediatley. I bielive you see things as I do. I encourage you to release a statement that lets Roycelandria know they are not welcome in any portion of the region. You have my backing if it comes to military pressure thats needed. As you probobly know, I have millitary forces prepared to move at a moments notice. I can secure port imperial from its southern border, and you from the northern border. I will have help in the matter if other imperials become a problem, however I will leave them unamed.

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"Sir, Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart is on his return journey to the Land Sturm."

"That is for the best. Things are happening quickly and unexpectadly. I need to have discussian with him on some matters."

"Sir, I have heard whispers that hes cracked, or cracking. Are you not worried? What are we doing here worrying about dark skinned savages? We have already lost aryan lives......"

"Thats enugh soldier! You dare question the man who brought our Aryan brothers together! Without him youd probobly be ruled by these savages you so easily dismiss! We are here to stop the scurge of communism from spreading. That is our buisness! That goal has been achieved, now it is time return stability in the region, and part of that is making sure that AC is THE power here! Yes Reichsfuherer Helmut can be......rash, however he sees things with wisdom that we do not posses, as he has information that we do not posses. He will lead us to victory, I know it. On his return, I will be leaving for AC to let our postion be known there in person."

"Im sorry sir, I am ashamed of my reservations for our great leaders abilities. Please forgive my haste in making them known....."

"Do not be sorry soldier, show your national pride and strength by serving your Fuherer well.

"Very well sir. I have reports that some nations are curious as to our movement of forces outside of the disputed territory."

"I care not if they're curious. The matter is confidential, for most anyway. Keep base camp "Gelb" in said alert status."
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Message to AC:

Expect myself, SS Fieldmarschall Friedrich, to be landing in the African Commonwealth in 48 hours. I will be here in the stead of SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart, as he is returning from long negotiations in POJ. I will make our position known, and think carefully on others' positions.
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Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Cote D'Ivorie
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Benin

Expanding from the main colony at Ivory Coast, settlers from all around the Holy Isochronous Empire are heading to the above areas. All seized by the Empire around 170 years ago, the settlements pretty much died out as Government were in a process of centralising things and cutting costs. The latest move of settlers is due to a big find of silver in an undisclosed location.

This isn't relevant to the AC so I'm just stating it to assure you that the Isochron ARF is nothing more than an ARF.

Aboard the Judah

Sir, we are on station off the Lusakan coast. Col. Rogers reports his marines ready to move should the Lusakans request our ground troops. Capt. Wittmann is in his new location and prepared for orders. His fire team sent toward the coast and Lusakan border were evac'd in a covert operation during the recent fireworks ashore.

Any word from Commodore Peiper?

None sir. No word on the Brits.

That is of concern.

Fleet Admiral Rauss paced the command center contemplating a set of orders he was not yet ready to issue. They had to know the status of the Brits first.

Conference Room 53-121 The Commonwealth Tower; Anhierach

Admiral Chamberlain graciously accepts the attache case and looks carefully over the contents of the manilla folder before speaking.

I agree with your conclusions concerning the lack of need for Anhierachian military firepower in the region. I hope that the time will present itself when our forces can fully withdraw. Our government's position on total Roycelandian withdrawal has been deliberately understated to maintain the constructive nature of the talks in Kinshasa. We feel that the recent outbreak of violence in the area is just one more reason why Roycelandia needs to contemplate full withdrawal from the region. The Roycelandians will be blamed for this with some justification.

New Lusaka City

Director Stryker was pleased with the progress made in the Lusakan media exposure and made certain that every major broadcast was carried concurrently with the POJ news services. The recent documentary would have been popular even without the rather dramatic interruption. He made certain that the focus of his news teams was on the instability caused by the warlord threat to Lusakan national sovereignty. Where his Lusakan sources had dug up the contact he had no idea, but the part about the possibility of Roycelandian involvement in supplying the warlords got top billing. The true extent of the Lusakan advance was completely left out of the piece

OOC: For the purposes of this RP, I was assuming that the area that is now Roycelandian East Africa was a part of the former colony of the same name that had been abandoned when Roycelandia left in the 70s. Since then, it had fallen into lawlessness and hadn't been assimilated into AC or Lusaka, and as such there would be a base of Pro-Roycelandian former Colonials who would be only too happy to see the former Colonial Power return.

I intend to fully RP more of the difficulties Roycelandia will face in the area later on...

IC:

Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa

Reports of Warlord Activites in Lusaka proved, at least to Commander Sword back in Roycelandia, that Roycelandia was justified in maintaining the military base at the re-named Congo River Research Facility.

The re-settlement in Roycelandian East Africa had gone relatively smoothly, although some of ther Dervishers in the Sudan had been less than impressed with Roycelandia's arrival in the area, and the Xambutu Tribe in Kenya had yet to be subdued, there were still over a milion whites who had hung on in the lawless areas, waiting over 25 years for the Empire to return. As such, they had been rewarded, and re-establishment of Colonial Rule had been relatively trouble-free. Thus far...

Flying Boats operating off Lake Victoria reported being fired up by unidentified people in the Jungles with small arms, but no serious damage had been inflicted as yet.

Congo River Research Facility

Commander Savage heard the sound of gunfire from off in the jungle, and ordered the defences set to Stage I readiness.

"I don't fully trust anyone in this area besides Isochronous and Old Brittania" he confided to his aide. "We are going to get shot in the ass by someone on this, and I feel it's Deutschland that's going to do it. We had a few problems with them back in the '40s, well before your time.
They claim to be against our presence here, but their Fuhrer has plans of his own, and the Africans are about to find out the hard way that Roycelandia is not the only Imperialist nation out there."

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Heavily Encrypted Communique to African Commonwealth and Lusaka

All Civilians, non-essential personnel, facilites, equipment, and supplies have been evacuated from the former Port Imperial colony to the colony of Roycelandian East Africa.

The former Colony in the Disputed Zone has been re-named Congo River Research Facility, and, as you are aware, is no longer an Imperial Colony.

We are maintaining a small military garrison there for self-defence purposes, especially with the recent outbreak of Warlord activity in the area. Roycelandia shall not involve our troops beyond any level except as required for self-defence, and as a sign of good faith, we have cleared the airspace over Lake Victoria as being suitable for Anti-insurgent operations by AC and Lusakan aircraft.

Please bear in mind that Imperial Airways flying boats and Imperial Trading Company Steam vessels are still operating in the area, but are clearly marked as such and we ask that you exercise caution when engaging targets in the Lake Victoria area.

On a different note, we are concerned at the activities of Das Uber Deutschland of late. They may be against our presence in Africa, but we assure you that they have Imperialist ambitions of their own that make our colonial efforts in Roycelandian East Africa seem positively miniscule by comparison. Their Fuhrer is not too keen on "non-aryan" races, which, sadly, would include the peoples of your fine and upstanding countries.

We have pulled out of the territory now recognised as belonging to Lusaka as a sign of good faith, but as yet DUD has not provided any good faith gestures of her own.

Roycelandia has no wish to become involved in a full-scale war. Imperialist we may be, but that does not make us bloodthirsty.

Keep an eye on the Deutschlanders, and do not trust them any further than you could throw them- for your own sakes and the sakes of your people.

[signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau

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Top Secret Encrypted Communique to Isochronous and Old Brittania

We are extremely concerned at the behaviour of Das Uber Deutschland and are strongly of the opinion that they intend to remove all Imperialist powers from the Region, purely so that they can establish themselves as the Regional Superpower, with ill effects that I'm sure you can all appreciate and wish to avoid.

Accordingly, we wish to invite representatives of your esteemed nations to Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa to discuss a solution to the Anti-Imperialist problem, as well as the establishment of a Colonial Defence Treaty, so that our interests in the area might better be protected, and that the Africans can be protected from themselves.

[signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau

Kilean applauds the action of Roycelandia. They have taken the high road and defused many tensions in the area. If there is any way Kilean can be of assistance in the relocation of Port Imperial civilians, we would be glad to help, no strings attatched. Kilean is the friend of any nation that seeks peace.

If this seems idealistic, it is only part of the picture. There are many crucial raw materials in southern africa that Kilean depends on. Any move that helps the African Commonwealth, and the region, exist to in peace is a favorable economic move for Kilean.

To this end, Kilean asks if Lusaka is in need of any help with the warlord troubles it has been having. This region has seen too much blood and death. We want it to end. We need not send ground troops. The Kilean Army Air Force has units near the former Port Imperial, and even the Bear-F maratime bombers could be used for their original purpose- i.e. dropping lots of high explosive on things.

The time for anarchy, rebellions, para-states and coups has ended.
Seeing how Roycelandia is evacuating Port Imperial, Kilean is ordering I corps to move back from the border.

There is, however, one loose end that the People of Kilean cannot let hang unresolved. During the rebellion in the African Commonwealth, hundreds of Kileans gave their lives. These were the brave men of the Falcon brigade, who fought and died for a nation that was not theirs. Beacuse they officially resigned their positions in the Kilean army before joining the Falcon Brigade, their families go without pensions or death compensation. Although legislation is being passed to re-instate these brave men, this point of the matter is unchanged.

It has come to the attention of Kilean that several nations backed the communist insurgency when it was active. Kilean has, in the past, advocated economic sanctions, blockade, or even military action against Anhierarch for it's role in supporting the communist rebellion, we are ready to put that behind us.

In the spirit of peace, Kilean no longer seeks to blame Anhierarch or any other nation for deaths suffered in the insurrection. Instead, we ask only that Anhierarch pay compensation to the families of Kilean soldiers that died fighting the rebellion.

In the game of nations, such sums would be a pittance in terms of national treasuries, but would be of value beyond compare in establishing a spirit of goodwill and peace among the nations that have been affected by regional events. Most importantly, to the families of the soldiers, the money would make life without a husband or father easier.

This would not be an acceptace or admittance of guilt by Anhierarch, and Kilean would not accept this as such. We still feel that Anhierarch did support the rebellion, and that we could prove this, but that is a war of the past, and now this region should move on.

Encrypted Communique to the Roycelandian Empire

Due to security reasons, an Isochron envoy is being sent from the South Sandwich Islands so nobody else will know of the visit. ETA is 3 hours IRL. His name is Colonel Chris McKenna, and he will talk to your representatives at Port Imperial about the situation.

We would also like to remind you of the Isochron naval presence in the area which has remained since the war against the communist rebels. They will protect us against any attack by Das-uber Deutschland.

Hon. M.E. Waugh
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Presario, Isochronous.

heavily encrypted message commander jack sword port royal
Our home affairs, namely the death of her royal brittanic majesty Victoria II has cuased us many fluctuations and problems with our imperial front, however, the government and prince regent are doing their best to secure these problems, we will send our finest negociators and representatives of both the strateegic millitary defence and the Pro imperialist parties to aide within the problem, we are prepared to use force against das uber deutchland in order to force them from the region and our combined forces ar strong enough to do such a thing,

The presidential mansion, Kinshasa

the President, general Ndelebe, makes one of his first worthwhile public appearances. He is flanked by Manus Nigra officers, holding ceremonial scrolls and daggers that if anything make them seem more eerie than they already are. "My people!" He exclaims. "It has been a long and hard diplomatic process, but I believe a full transition to a stable and lasting peace is at hand!". The mandatory applauses rain down over the man, but he takes no time to slow down and appreciate them. "Even now, servicemen and women from foreign lands are all over the Commonwealth. Some scoff at this. Other fear for their safety. Both may be right on some points, but they have been needed to defend our nation from even graver threats. Soon they will be gone, God willing. The Commonwealth be blessed!". This time, he stays for several rounds of applause, and then leaves for his mansion, and the waiting visitor... Later on, AN(state tv) announces, among other things, the removal of the crucial colony Port Imperial to other quarterss, and the arrival of the Anhierachi delegate.

Missive for Kilean

We were not aware of the legit implications of serving in the Eagle brigade. As such, we are prepared to offer compensation for casualty families, of 200.000 common credits(roughly 120.000 USD) each. More might be discussed later on, but this is all the Commonwealth can spare.

Military Communiqué to all allied nations(Lusaka included)

We ask all implicated forces to ease on the military posturing. Lusaka is, as far as we can understand, launching a valid campaign against extremist insurgents in their own lands - Nothing to be excited over, and if our weary servicemen can but keep their heads cool for a while longer, we may all yet see this through.

Regards,
RCAF General Skie Malenka.

Western Lusaka

Across the edge of the former disputed zone some few trenches begin to fall into disrepair as troops slowly filter out. Some mechanised infantry squads are rolled forwards, making official the liberation of Lusakan soil and contacting locals to make sure of their survival and health under Roycelandian occupation.

All seems well as less heavily armed checkpoints are established around the Roycelandian research facility while New Lusaka City tries to decide exactly how to proceed on the issue. It looks likely that Igomo may seek to negotiate lease of the small territory, subject to some degree of periodic Lusakan or 3rd party -possibly Commonwealth- inspection. This seemed all the more likely as the infamously unstable Lusakan economy went into renewed recession after its longest period of growth since the end of the colonial era. This time Igomo was struggling to hide the fact of its cause being his military ambition.

(ooc:That whole ..glowing sands thing.. what's the status of that now that Lusakan forces are crawling over much of the former colony and the evacuation is in action? I mean, we're not going to trip over a nuclear bomb or something are we? 'cause that's going on the head of a Nodong-1 if we do ;) )

Near Lake Victoria, northern Lusaka

Crack LRAC mechanised units had arrived on the Roycelandian East African border, their original destination. They quickly set to establishing a more visible border, rolling out wire fencing and setting up a few scattered machinegun nests. Engineers would arrive in force later, once the infantry and armour fighting behind had secured enough land, then trenches, guard-towers, mortar pits, SAMs, and minefields would appear to make certain the southern extent of Roycelandian East Africa.

That fighting just south of them was going well enough over all, but the irony of the most stubborn areas was that their militias were firing back with Lusakan-made weapons. Igomo was far too prone to policy changes for the liking of some soldiers, as they dove for cover before an RPG attack.

Still further to the south, just inside Lusaka-proper, a few local policemen were being interviewed by both military men and TV stations interested in the attack that caused the incursion into the lawless lands. Sgt.Thorne and constable Ehiogu seemed shaken by the recent bandit attack. Shaken enough that they were getting officer rank and re-stationing to the big city out on Zanzibar, not that they mentioned this on camera.

(ooc:So Lusaka has occupied the land marked as lawless on the regional map, just to its north. I intend to keep hold of this for so long as Lusaka can, though most of it will continue to be pretty troublesome, and only the border and a main road to the border will continue to receive much attention from the authorities. It doesn't look like anyone's in a position or mood to stop us, anyway ;) Igomo just didn't want Roycelandia moving in.)

Near the Congo River research facility

Capt. Wittmann and his team split up to join news crews from certain POJ news services traveling between broadcast points and interviews and are quickly convered as "security" or "observers". They are on COD planes headed offshore to the carrier task force within 36 hours and will transport back to the Shiloh(LHA Tarawa class assault ship) by helocopter from there.

ooc: with the lines changing and the influx of Lusakan soliders nearer the facility it was probably only a matter of time before they got busted. the Lusakans traveling with the POJ news teams could blow the whistle if they wanted. I posted what would happen if they didn't.

ic: Off the coast of what is now "Port Imperial" or "east Roycelandia"(?. Kenya on the map. I think that is where you went right Roycelandia?) If not, the subs are still off the Kenyan/Ugandan portion of the coast as thats where they have been since page 1.

The Oscar II missile sub Dina

Incoming flash traffic sir.

Very well. Have sonar report all contacts and raise the VLF antenna when the board is clear.

Capt. Zuriach really hoped this was a recall order. he was almost out of cigarettes and his force had been in this sector for quite some time.

Kilean I corps begins the pull-back from the Port Imperial border to the ports. Although the Falcon Brigade will stay for a while longer, the bulk of Kilean land forces is leaving the AC.

The two antishipping strike squadrons are seen by foreign intelligence observers to be making preperations for the long ferry flight home.

At port in the AC, the KNS Ostendt battlegroup is making preperations to put to sea. Although not to leave the region. The enkranoplan squadron, however, will be transferring back to Kilean. In addition to this, the Bomber Regiment will be cut to 1/2 stregnth, with half of them going home.

A fleet of cargo ships sets sail from Kilean ports, heading for Roycelandian east africa. There, they will deposit a cargo of construction materials, road-building equipment, and other industrial goods. The Kilean Foriegn office has decided that the Roycelandian move should be encouraged, and aid should be given to them to allow the transfer to be easier. After unloading their cargo, the ships will proceed to the African Commonwealth, and take the 1st infantry and 4th cav divisions home.

Open Sea NW of AC and the African Continent; the spot marked on several POJ maps where at least 4 groups of naval vessels should converge, all but one being POJ

The bridge wing of the Solomon

Commodore Peiper paced as he waited for the contact report that would never apparently come. He had 4 carriers and three different groups of submarines ready for the Brits and they never showed up. The Joshua and Caleb were just south of his position and out in front of his task force were the diesel subs, the SSNs that normally traveled with his task force and the Armeggeddon traveling by itself. He had other assets he could call on, but no point now. Turning to an aide trying to remain calm in the Commodore's presence.

Instruct the Caleb's Capt. to turn for home with the standard escort force. The Caleb is to take the HBF squadrons aboard and allow them to fly home. Instruct the Joshua and the remaining task group to join us. Once that is accomplished.......we will not retrace our steps back to the AC coast..... no, we will do the following....... (as he walked indoors to the chart table in his command center on the Solomon)

The CV Caleb (a Kitty Hawk class carrier) heads straight west with 3 crusiers and 4 destroyers.

The reformed Task Force Peiper now consists of

3 CVNs Solomon, Joshua, Levi
9 Ticonderoga Crusers
14 Arleigh Burke Destroyers
6 OHPClass Frigates
3 AS-39 Sub Tenders
2 AOE Fleet Supply Ships
1 MHC-51 Minesweeper
4 LA Class SSNs
4 LA(i) Class SSNs detached forward
12 Kilo Class Diesel Attack Subs - detached forward
2 Oscar II Class SSGNs
1 Modified Typhoon II Class SSBN - The Armeggeddon - detached and distant.

ooc *except for the Kilos which have been caught on the surface by satellites, the subs presence may be expected but not known precisely*

Aboard the PJS Moses South of the Old Brittania fleet off AC coastline

flash traffic for you sir. the communications officer handed Admiral Sosabowski the folded sheet

After reading the sheet and furrowing his brow

Signal the Benjamin by underwater phone to conform to our movements. Helm, make your course 175. head south and plot course back around the horn. make your depth 1250 feet as soon as you complete your turn and make revolutions for 25 knots once depth is achieved

turning to the surprised communications officer

it seems our passengers may be needed elsewhere

Construction is now complete of the Isochron Ridgeway Advanced Research Facility. Top scientists from all around the Holy Empire have come to fit out the world class facility and are currently in the process of beginning a study on the microbe Bacillis recti-nova.

Only 2,500 troops remain in the former Port Imperial, the rest have gone to Isochron West Africa.

A televised broadcast from SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgarts conference room:

It has come to my attention that, after my return from long negotiations with POJ, some nations are accusing my great nation of imperialistic actions. This is rediculous and an outrage. I have done nothing but defend against imperialistic nations from the start. Perhaps they are issuing propoganda to try to cover up thier own imperialistic actions. My troops are not acting in any kind of agitating manner. They are merely prepared to defend this region against nations bent on imperial colonisation. Roycelandria will not stop their imperialistic ways, they will continue to antagonise and spread if nothing is done to stop them. I warn all free peoples of this region, imperials are at your doorstep. If you are unwilling to defend what is yours, they will take it without remorse.
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Aboard the "Land Sturm", just after SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgarts return journey from POJ:

"It looks as if things have gone fairly smooth since my departure, is everything in order?" asks the recently arrived Reichsfuherer.

"Yes, things are going as expected, for the most part, however there are some certain points that I wish to discuss with you sir. One of them being the Lusakans. They have not reacted to these imperials as we had hoped they would. It is not known whether or not they will act in a military manner." States Fieldmarschall Freidrich.

"Well, only time will tell, and there are always other ways of coming out with a victory in the end."

"Sir, I bielive I should be leaving for Kinsha in AC very soon, perhaps right after our discussian?"

"Very well soldier. Oh, and one more thing, pull back the Falschirmjagers on the disputed territory border. They seem to be attracting a lot of attention by foreign propoganda. Get them back to base, and have them resupplied."
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Inside military camp "Gelb":

"Were moving out boys, Get going! Get your gear and saddle up, were going home!"

A collective chear went up. Even the most battle hardened soldier loved his homeland, family, and fellow Deutschlander. It was time to go home, however, these soldiers were always prepared to give their lives for the fatherland.

On the borderlands between occupied warlord territory and the AC.

Private Nmayi of the 22nd Mechanized Infantry scouting division debarked the APC he had previously been lounging in. As he set up the long-distance scope array, he wondered what had gotten them out here. He hoped no warbands would descend from the hills around him. Even if the 22nd had vastly superior equipment, they might not be enough to stop such an onslaught.

Half an hour later, the Lusakan troop movements inside the area had been noted, and just as they packed up and, the hidden warlord forces hit. While the RPG did not exactly hit the APC, the grazing hit shook Nmayi severely. He is currently undergoing trauma therapy in Kinshasa.

*heavily encrypted and coded message to african commonwealth*
wealth transfer complete in bank accounts for the use of AC officials, personal and official, please advice*

*the civillian ship Queen Margeret begins to leave Port humble, bound for the coasts of AC*

The Open Sea NW of the AC coastline and the various fleets posted there.

Many submarines begin to slow down and clear baffles at various intervels while deploying towed sonar arrays and moving at no more than 3-5 knots.

Sonar, report all contacts.

None but the distant surface contacts to our SE. Sir I'm convinced those ships are at great distance still nearer the AC coastline than to us. The signals we are receiving are thermal layer bounce.

Very well. Continue our patrol sweep of this sector. I'm told that any vessels we encounter here will probably be hostile.

Yes Sir!

The falcon brigade men were somehwat bitter. I corps had pulled back a week ago, and they still sat on the border, in the middle of nowhere. At night, they could hear the crackle of small arms from the warlord troops, firing at the lusakans, each other, or just into the air in drunken celebration.

Word had it that some of the perimiter LP's had come under fire in the last few nights....


To Lusaka: These warlords constitute a source of instability. We beg you to accept Kilean assistance in crushing them. Although we recognize that you are perfectly capable of doing so on your own, if you accept aid in the form of Kilean airstrikes, this entire situation can be resolved sooner, and Lusaka will be able to restore order.

I think it's probably been a while since I showed the map, so here it is..
http://groups.msn.com/NSRalishohan/maps.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=40
As you can see it hasn't been updated during the course of this thread, but I will do that once everything is settled. As you can see the warlord/lawless territory is far from the Congo research facility and the Isochronous facility. Most of the disputed zone is now Lusakan again, except for those two little facilities.. the Uganda-Sudan-Kenya area is Roycelandian East Africa, and the warlord lands are being occupied by the Lusakan military, entirely so that the Roycelandians won't do it.
Of course this is likely to displace Hutu and other militias into the Commonwealth and Roycelandian East Africa, which being in some degree of upheaval already might have a bit of a problem with them.. many of these fighters of course may be linked to the massive genocides in Rwanda and there about before the Commonwealth absorbed their nation/s.. and now some of them carry Lusakan arms (though not highly modern ones).

Sorry that was a bit long-winded and ooc, I'll be back, hopefully, if these damn forums keep working.

OOC: I hear ya, those forums can be a pain... May the force be with you!

IC:

on African News Network

In other news, the Secular Party has formally requested an extensive explanation from the Lusakan government with regards to troop movements in its eastern and northern territories. Noted system critic and anarchist Morban Ndeki voiced concern in Kinshasa today that the party is still angry with the loss of disputed lands to the UAR Lusaka, and seeks to drive the LRAC away from the areas of unrest to perhaps annex it for themselves. The party cooly refuted these claims and had Ndeki jailed for treason.

Kinshasa

Bishop Christonsion lauds the wise decision of the AC secular party in jailing those who would drive a wedge between the forces of unity that have been forged in recent weeks and days. He went further to say:

It is my sincere hope that the Roycelandians continue their withdrawal from Lusakian territory. It is incumbent upon all parties to support the AC and Lusakan initiatives that restore Lusakan territory and promote sovereign rule by the nations who truely call the African Continent home. The Promise of Joshua has fulfilled its promise to commence withdrawal of forces and we ask Old Britannia to follow suite as others have already done.

New Lusaka City

Director Stryker is working with his Lusakan media counterparts to hold an awards ceremony for reported acts of valor among the Lusakan soldiers who risked all to liberate sovereign Lusakan territory. Said ceremony would be carried live on all major POJ and Lusakan networks and rebroadcast to allow for time zone differences. Director Stryker asked to share the announcing duties with a Lusakan reporter as a show of unity.

OOC: The colony still hasn't been totally abandoned... there are still soldiers there, along with scientists etc.

As for the Glowing Sands project, it is an Atomic Bomb. I haven't decided whether or not it too has been relocated to Roycelandian East Africa, or whether it's still in the former colony. Or maybe it's gone missing? :twisted:

IC: Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa

The Imperial Airways bi-weekly Mail plane bobbed at it's moorings on Lake Victoria, as mail, passengers, and other bits and pieces were loaded on board.

"Engines on.... Port One and Two!"

"Contact!" The engines spluttered into life.

"Engines On... Starboard One and Two!"

"Contact!"

The starboard engines started, and the Sunderland cast off from the moorings and taxiied out onto the lake.

"Imperial Airways Flight IA552requesting take-off clearance for Waterway 9."

"Roger that, IA552 you are cleared for Waterway 9. Port Imperial Out."

The Sunderland rose gracefully into the air over Lake Victoria, and headed for AC airspace, with the intention of continuing on to Coral Palm Island and from there back to Port Royal.

Somewhere over the Warlord Territory occupied by Lusaka, however, something went horribly wrong.

"Port Imperial, This is IA552... We are being fired upon by unidentified individuals in jungles on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria... The fuel lines have been hit... Mayday, Mayday! Losing altitude fast... more gunfire... We are attempting to make an emergency landing near.... >transmission cuts out<"

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Message to African Commonwealth, Lusaka, Old Brittania, Isochronous, and Kilean

Imperial Airways Flight IA552 has disappeared somewhere near the area currently experiencing difficulties with Warlords, on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria.
Their last radio transmission, received at 3:42PM, indicates that they were being fired upon by "an unidentified group of individuals", and it would seem at this stage that the aircraft has been shot down.

Roycelandia is requesting all nations with Armed Forces in the area to keep an eye out for either the wreckage of the Sunderland or any signs of the crew, passengers, or cargo. A Roycelandian Search Party will be despatched to the area shortly, weather permitting.

[signed] William M'Boko, Chief Minister, Colonial Transportation and Administration Bureau, Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa.

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Port Royal, Roycelandia

Commander Sword was not pleased with the disappearance of flight IA552.

"We've had enough problems there without Savages shooting at our aircraft. You don't see us randomly shooting at their fishing boats, do you? Ingrateful bloody natives. Ideas, Johnson?"

"Well, we can't intervene militarily at this, ah, delicate point in the area's geopolitical realignment, Sir".

"In English, Johnson!" Sword snapped

"We can't just bomb the hell out the are and shoot any non-Europeans we find, Sir. If we do, the Lusakans will get very pissed off and we'll be right back where we were before, on the brink of Atomic War."

"Hmmph. Speaking of Atomics, where are The Device and The Ghost?"

"At this stage, we beleive they're still in the Congo River Research Facility, but I'm not sure on that. One of the Imperial Maritime Air Service crews think they delivered them both to Port Imperial a few days ago."

"Let me know when you track them down. We don't want a Nuke loose in the area the moment."

"Of course, Sir."

The following video broadcast is seen, shortly after the earlier Kilean statement.

Official Statement of the Commonwealth

Arbiter Dastra steps up to a elegantly restrained podium, greeted by a flurry of photo-flashes. Dressed immaculately in a high collared grey robe, the middle-aged man clears his throat. He speaks in a stentorian baritone, powerful and commanding.

"Now, many of you have heard of the recent statements made by the government of Kilean regarding the involvment of our Commonwealth in the events within and around the African Commonwealth. Specifically, the alleged assistance provided by us to the Maoist insurgents within the nation of the African Commonwealth - unfounded and untrue allegations, I must stress. Any objective investigation will show that.

The nation of Kilean now seeks reparations, for the deaths of men who acted of their own will by the hands of insurgents who were not in any way supported by the Synod or any of our agencies. We do not recognize this act as a gesture towards reconcilliation, and unless presented with a compelling reason we will not pay these so-called reparations. But do not think that Anhierarch is a nation to forgo the path of diplomacy - we are still open to talks, as always. If Kilean would accept it, we will dispatch one of our diplomatic corps to discuss matters.

As I speak now before you, a high-ranking officer of the Anhierarchi navy returns to Andulos to face an investigation, on charges of exceeding his authority in ordering a missile strike on the nation of the African Commonwealth. Upon completion of this investigation, recompense to the African Commonwealth for the damages caused to their assets will be favorably considered - the Synod must ratify such a decision, of course, but I do not see any obstacle to this.

That is all. I bid you good day."

African News Network, evening broadcast.

Today, president Ndelebe adressed several pressing matters before the Secular Party. The mandatory debate was suprisingly short, and our news agency have received the following press messages:

Ndelebe states that Anhierach is a just nation for implying that they might grant compensation for the severe damage to Port Banan's defensive and manufacturing facilities - This message has been sent to Anhierach, and the Party is expected to apply further pressure to get the compensation in the future.

Regarding the downed Roycelandian mail plane, the Party has forthright ordered an investigation, and has allegedly ordered the Rural Operations Company of the M'Gharne special forces ready to extract the Roycelandian airmen once their exact location(and, perhaps, knowledge of who shot them down) can be specified.

In related news, Ndelebe has formally asked Old Britannia to reduce naval and ground military presence in southern Africa, now that, quote "the most critical phase", unquote, is over.

International waters, west of the African Continent

The following order is recieved and decrypted by the commodore temporarily in charge of almost two battlegroups worth of naval firepower:



Commodore Ratskillen: On the recommendation of the diplomatic corps you are hereby ordered to cease your present observation mission. Consider Order O-191543A null. Your new orders are to return to Port Veliya, along with the forces currently under your command. Take all neccesary precautions to avoid an escalation of the situation within the bounds of your authority. As before, you or your subordinates are not to fire unless fired upon.

For your record of conduct during your present tour of active duty, your battlegroup will recieve a refit and upgrade shortly after your return, six months ahead of schedule.

~Admiral Nohan

West of Lake Victoria

The area now being referred to as Bukoba Province was the scene of a major search by LRAC units. While the regular army moved in to secure the borders of the province -officially to protect Roycelandian East Africa and the African Commonwealth from infiltration by fleeing Hutu rebels- New Lusaka City sought to extract from Roycelandian authorities the last known position of their aircraft.

Igomo wanted the plane or its crew found before pressure to send in foreign forces compromised Lusaka's local authority.

Back in the capital the Lusakan media worked to establish the ceremony with POJ media sources, while President Igomo released over US$1.2 million equivalent funds towards the foundation of a new youth media experience centre in the capital. This centre would offer some employment positions to ex POJ media figures as well as Lusakans, with the hopes of promoting a new generation of internationally-minded Lusakan journalists. In light of the important level of POJ co-operation with the press around the centre's conception the facility was to be preliminarily named The Promise Youth Media Centre.

A cynic might think this sucking-up to the foreign press in light of Igomo's frequent manipulation of his access to same over the war in Gabon.

(Don't you ----ing well crash again, forum! You hear me? I head the largest army in Southern Africa, and I'll make you pay! I.. bah..)

Port Royal, Roycelandia

Commander Sword stood back from the wall and appraised the crossed Assegais and Shield that he had mounted, "Souvenirs" from Africa.

As pleased as he was with the latest acquisition for his Office, reports from Roycelandian East Africa had been disquietening... POJ were obviously forming some sort of Alliance with Lusaka, a dangerous alliance that could have repercussions for the entire area if left unchecked.


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Encoded Communique to Old Brittania and other Potential Imperial African Co-Operation Treaty Signatories

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I is deeply saddened by the passing of your great Monarch and wishes to personally attend her State Funeral, providing our Allies in Old Brittania have no ojections.

On Regional Defence Matters, however, Roycelandia is glad of your support. The DUD menace cannot be underestimated, nor can the possible alliance of Lusaka and POJ.

As such, we are proposing the following issues for an Imperial African Co-Operation Treaty.

*An military and diplomatic alliance against all forms of Anti-Imperialism

*Intelligence Sharing to prevent subterfuge and espionage by African Nations

*Abolition of Trade Tarriffs between IACT signatories

*Steps to curb the growth of African Nationalism

*The Removal or Control of "Undesirable" Imperialist Nations

*A "Goals of Imperialism" Statement, outlining each Nation's Imperialist Ambitions and Aims

*Any Other Issues that the delegates consider worthy of discussion

[signed]Foreign Minister Jeff Lebowski, Port Royal

Sir, our personel have been fully evacuated from the disputed territory. Reports an intellignece officer close to the high command.

Very good, hopefully this will shut the mouths of those who were watching too carefully. In the end it doesnt harm our capability in the region. What they dont know is that are departure will not realy effect our military readiness. In anyway. SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart finishes. We would never leave ourselves without capability when so many nations are just waiting for the right moment to launch their imperial attacks.
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*******************Promise News Network****************

We now have confirmation that John Stryker; retired Marine MSGT and Director of Civil Defense; Counter-terror and WMD has resigned his position to take a role with the Promise Youth Media Center in Lusaka. He will also be accepting a position with this station as a foreign correspondent and military consultant. We wish him well.

We can also report that our Minister of State, who is still in Kinshasa, has authorized 1.2mil in matching funds to be set aside for the Center should any unanticipated needs arise.


Aboard the PJS Moses; off the East Africian Coast

4 rubber boats pop to the surface and enflate among several divers who

pile into the boats and begin moving quietly towards shore in the middle of the quiet night.

Aboard the LHA Shiloh some distance South

A helocopter marked "UN"(similar to the one that inserted Wittmanns team much much earlier) lifts off the deck and heads towards the old Lusakan/Port Imperial dividing lines.

The Army AIT and Airborne Training Facility outside new Jericho City

With the obvious success of the recently completed combat readiness exercise; Major General Otto Schornzky smiled knowing his men had been very well prepared. His unorthodoxy training methods had been called brutal in the past, but here was the proof that his methods worked for the country's elite.

In light of raised tensions in the area, the withdrawl of I corps is postponed. Instead, 1st infantry division will be rotated home in favor of the 18th light division, a unit better suited to the situation in the AC.

To Anhierarch:

The African Commonwealth has agreed to pay any compensation to Kilean citizens who died in the uprising, apparently in an effort to forestall any future crises. We respect their efforts, and what they have done. Although we do feel you are responsible in some way for what happened, so long as that behavior is not repeated, we have no more quarrel with you.


On the AC-Bukoba border:

Subleutnant Strasser gripped his Stg-74 in sweaty hands as his platoon crept through the jungle. The threat of major conflict was gone from the papers, yeah, but that didn't make him any safer. From everything he'd heard, the LRAC was doing a hell of a job sweeping away those bandits....

...but in an attempt to flee the Lusakan military, many of the warlord troops had crossed the (admittedly) porus border. There were LRAC forces guarding that now, but the Falcon Brigade was mopping up the few left in the AC.

Strasser heard a rustling of leaves. A moment passed where all eyes scanned franctically. It was a short moment. In an instant, the jungle around them erupted with weapons fire.

Strasser threw himself to ground and flung a grenade in the direction of the firing. He had orders to give now, and more pressing problems.

"bring up that '87!- first squad rush them with grenades, 3rd squad- base of fire center!"

Peace, at least for Subleutnant Strasser, was not something that happened when the politico's said it did.

Sir, the falschirmjagers have landed and are resuplying, what of our operation plans? Inquires Fieldmarschall Freidrich over an encoded line from AC, Kinosha.

We have pulled back the Falschirmjagers, however the panzers and fighting vehicles are still there with thier crews. The Falschirmjagers may be needed later. However if we want this to work as planned, we will need more equipment and personel. The disputed territory has a makeshift landing strip that can land our C130s. I will mobalize the 5th panzer division and land them as fast as possible. I realise the logistics of landing heavy equipment, but we did it once, we can do it again. Our supply routes are open in AC, so it shouldnt be a problem to keep them supplied. I will keep it as quiet as possible. The eightyfirst SS assault should be perfect as armored support. I will contact you when this operation is completed. Do not answere any questions as to this operation if it is found out about, I repeat, do not answere any questions! You are our diplomat in this region, as far as theyre concerned, you know nothing of current military operations! Completed SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart over a high security line from the Land Sturm.
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ooc: in case theres any misunderstanding, I have pulled back my Falschirmjager division home, and are in the process of deploying the 5th panzer division into the disputed territory to reinforce the 7th panzer division just outside of the disputed territory that has been there. Worry not however, I will not instigate any firing, I just have it mind to......well youll see :wink: .

The downed Roycelandian Mail plane

Colonel Denis Napthine, on the ground at the Isochron Ridgeway Advanced Research Facility, orders Delta 1 Company to patrol woods near the Lake to try and find out as much as possible about the rogue forces who shot down the plane. This is a surveillance mission and they will not fire upon anybody unless absolutely necessary.

The IAe Sunderland crash site is on the South-Western Shore of Lake Victoria, half beached, half-crashed. Its in a pretty bad way, and most of the crew are dead- but several are missing. The plane is riddled with bulletholes, and many of the trees on the lakeshore have been felled by the impact.

Near the R.E.A./Bukoba Border

"Fire in the distance, Sarge" Corporal Wallis said as he bought his Binoculars to bear. "Looks like a Campfire of some sort. I'd guess that would be those Hutu Rebels we've been having trouble with."

"Hmmm. It's possible. Sparks, get on the Radio and let HQ know what we've found. Twombe, you know this area well. What are your thoughts?"

Twombe listened for a moment and smelt the air. "Possibly Rebels, but mebbe not. Could be poachers or hunters... mebbe we should look first before calling for the Air Force."

The Sergeant nodded. "Righty-ho then, on we go..."

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Posters Displayed in Every Post Office, Police Station, and Government Building in Roycelandian East Africa

REWARD

With the occupation of Bukoba Province by Lusaka, many Rebels previously operating in that area have fled into Roycelandian Territory, hoping to continue their terrorist activities.

HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY EMPEROR ROYCE I

Has decreed an Amnesty for all Rebels, as a show of Mercy. Any Rebel who surrenders to Imperial or Colonial Troops will be treated in accordance with the Wolfish Convention on POW Rights, and be subject to repatriation or relocation once the Difficulties in Bukoba are resolved

$50,000 IMPERIAL WIBBLES REWARD

Will be paid to any person (not being a Rebel themselves) who presents a Captured, LIVE Rebel (not being a Rebel voluntarily surrendering to Imperial Authorities) to the Commander or Senior Officer of an Imperial or Colonial Military Outpost. Upon confirmation of the Captive's status as a Rebel, payment of $50,000 Imperial Wibbles in either Cash or Gold Bullion, as they see fit to receive, shall be made to the person presenting the Captured Rebel to the Imperial or Colonial Authorities.

$5,000 IMPERIAL WIBBLES DISCRETIONARY REWARD

May be paid by the Commander or Senior Officer of an Imperial or Colonial Military Outpost to any person (not being a Rebel themselves) for the non-mutilated body of a person confirmed as a Rebel by Imperial or Colonial Military Authorities. This Reward is available only in cash, and is at the discretion of the Commander or Senior Officer of the Outpost where the body is presented.

ALL ENQUIRIES

Should be directed to: Colonial Security Office, Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa

[Signed and Authorised by Governor-General Philip J. Fry, Port Imperial, R.E.A. ]

(ooc:Isochronous, where is your research facility? I'm confused now.. the old disputed zone near Tanganyika, which is now recognised Lusakan territory, and where everyone was before, is nowhere near the downed plane, after all..
And to Das Uber Deutschland I'd add that there really isn't any disputed territory anymore, as I say -it's Lusakan. Wherever people withdraw Lusakan forces flood in. The 7th just outside the former disputed zone are presumably in AC, right? The 5th are pretty much going to have to declare war to get back into the, "disputed zone".)

The shores of Lake Victoria

The thunder of 12.7mm machinegun fire rolled off into the distance as the BTR-152 APC crept forwards on to the beach, driving over spent shellcases and felled trees as it went. The crew couldn't help thinking that their long wheeled vehicle was more effort than it was worth in this environment, but they were glad of the heavy machinegun if nothing else. The Hutu militiamen hadn't stuck around for long after that cannon spoke its disapproval.

Quite what they'd been knocking down trees for though was something of a mystery until a foot scout pointed out the downed aircraft ahead. The LRAC soldiers had disturbed the militiamen mid-looting, it seemed.

Cpl.Ltongwe drew his South African Vektor CP-1 automatic without thought to his nation's negation to withdraw the weapon after it was proven likely to discharge accidentally and headed towards the Roycelandian plane. Snatching an Uzi from the APC's rack a young infantryman hurried on behind him.

Ltongwe didn't seem to be expecting to find survivors, but noticing his young comrade's apprehension he smiled and discharged a heavily accented, "Hello?" at the top of his lungs as he drew near.

ooc question: are we now saying that the disputed areas (I and II) are, in essence, surrounded by the Lusakan forces that moved in?

OOC>

POJ>> I don't think so. Isn't this happening in Warlord Land(tm)? Disputed area I is garrisoned by a score of Roycelandians and the AC forces around them on observation duty.

Disputed area II is deep inside AC and protected by 30.000 men of the 3rd Republican Mech. Corps - no Lusakans there.

IC>

Open missives to Roycelandia and Isochronous

While the Secular Party heartily appreciate the assistance the glorious empires of Roycelandia, Old Britannia and Isochronous has lent to the AC in it's time of need, we must state that we ARE staunchly ANTI-imperialists. We respect your foreign policies, but we must forcefully reject any imperialistic initiatives in southern Africa, along with any treaties strengthening such motives.

While we are allies, and we can NOT state enough how grateful we are for our british assistance, we must also state that relations with the Commonwealth will rapidly detetoriate should you sign treaties and actions towards colonizing our continent.

Regards,
the Party.
Signed,
President and General,
Mshone Ndelebe.

Kinshasa

In a broadcast of the message on Promise News Networks of President General Ndelebe to Roycelandia and the other imperialists, Bishop Christonion is shown with the entire POJ delegation on their feet applauding the President General's remarks.

ooc:I think we may have some clashes of nomenclature, and should make sure everyone knows where everyone is and what everything is called.

The area formerly called the disputed zone or disputed territory between Lusaka and the Commonwealth lies near the south of Lake Tanganyika.. within this area is Roycelandia's Congo River Research Facility with a tiny garrison.. the land is now recognised as Lusakan and our next step is to negotiate with Roycelandia exactly what they will be allowed to maintain there and ..what it will cost them.
As I understand it Isochronous also has a facility there near the Roycelandian one? This is of course on Lusakan soil without permission from anyone with jurisdiction.
The whole area described there is also referred to as Disputed area I?

I'm a little confused as to exactly what Disputed area II is since AC apparently gave up its claims to the disputed zone during the massive communist uprising. Surely that area behind the disputed zone is just AC soil and not disputed by anyone? And that is where the likes of DUD forces are able to station.

As I see it the Roycelandian facility in the marked disputed zone is surrounded by Lusakan forces since Roycelandia evacuated most of the former Port Imperial territory. If Isochronous' facility is near the old Port Imperial then it too is surrounded.. i don't know if it borders the Roycelandian Congo River facility.

Roycelandian East Africa is in Kenya and Uganda, bordering Lusaka to the north, and AC to the north east. The rebel lands are between all three nations, and have long been manipulted by Igomo in a number of manners. Rebels were allowed to flourish there so Lusaka had a threat to justify Igomo's military spending, but one weak enough as not to pose a real threat to his control. It was also used for all manner of espionage and smuggling that we won't go into :) Lusakan forces have skirmished into it many times in the past. This time they've raced across it in overwhelming force and secured the AC and Roycelandian East African borders in light of Roycelandian build-up. A Roycelandian plane is down in that territory (Lusaka is calling it Bukoba Province after the largest town there).
Some rebels fled into AC and Roycelandian East Africa when the LRAC arrived, but since then the border is being tightly controlled by Lusaka.. and probably by the other nations by now.

I think that covers it?

Essentially we've to negotiate the future of Roycelandia's Congo River Research Facility and the withdrawl of Isochronous' facility.. there's a lot of foreign forces left in AC and I personally don't know what they're up to.. then there's just the rebel land.. essentially Lusaka has conquered anarchic lands populated by displaced tribal communities probably there since AC annexed Rwanda and Burundi whenever that was. I don't know what the international community thinks of this.

Is there anything Lusaka should be replying to or addressing before Igomo starts negotiating with Roycelandia and Isochronous?

OOC: That all seems correct so far- although Roycelandian East Africa also extends into The Sudan on the map, for the record.

The Garrison at the Congo River Facility numbers no more than 5,000 troops, a Flying Boat, and two C-47 transports.

Incidentally the Airstrip is part of the facility, and it does have AA defences- primarily a few Ack-Ack guns and a missile battery.

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Message to Lusaka

The Roycelandian Government recognises your claim to Warlord-held territory on the Southwestern shores of Lake Victoria, known as Bukoba Province.

We have concerns over the number of Rebels fleeing the area into R.E.A. but feel we can handle the situation from our side of the border, and again thank you for your assistance regarding the lost Flight IA552.

[signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau, Port Royal

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Crash Site

There are no survivors at the crash site. The Sunderland is lying half-crashed, half beached on the shore, and it's fairly obvious that the local Rebels have been looting the plane for anything of value.

There about maybe 10 bodies in and around the wreck, mainly passengers and some of the crew, but the Pilot, Co-Pilot, and Flight Engineer are missing.

The Weapons Cabinet in the cockpit has been opened (Presumably with a key, judging from the lack of forced entry marks), and 3 handguns, a Jungle Carbine, and a Signal gun are missing.

Somewhere near the Bukoba/REA border

The soldiers closed in on the encampment, silently moving through the trees.

Twombe looked through his binoculars. "They be armed. Automatic Weapons, RPGs, and grenades. No Hunters. Mebbe Rebels. Orders?"

The group of men- maybe 15 in total- were jabbering in a regional dialect known to be used in Bukoba.

"Sparks, get a location fix for us..."

"Sir, we are 5 clicks from the Bukoba Border. Definitely in REA."

"Right. Twombe, hail them in Swahili and order them to identify themselves."

Twombe climbed up a tree and began to speak:

"Attention! You have entered Roycelandian East Africa illegally, and you are requested to identify yourselves in the name of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I."

A burst of gunfire was Twombe's answer.

The Sergeant's options were now limited. "Right lads, Weapons Free. Kill them all, unless they surrender. Remember that bounty."

The jungles began to reverberate with the sound of gunfire...

OOC>>

It's semantics really. I posted an official document with the words "Disputed Facility I" and "Disputed Facility II" being used, referring to Port Imperial and an Isochron research facility deep inside AC.

No areas are disputed anymore, perhaps save the warlord lands, and disputed facility I(Port Imperial) has been resolved, and disputed facility II is being tolerated by the AC government thus far.

ooc:ahh, so the Isochro facility is in AC and the potential dispute is between Iso and AC. That makes more sense to me now, cheers.

New Lusaka City

President Igomo, without his trusty right-hand Miyanda who was away to Salisbury, considered the latest Roycelandian communiqué as something of a relief.

That was it though. He'd probably pushed Lusaka's luck about as far as it would be pushed without an opposite reaction. He was already defying physical laws here! The non-contention by Roycelandia of his annexation of Bukoba Province would have to be met with some concession near Tanganyika. Entirely removing the research facility now would almost certainly become messy, and the economy was playing its favourite game again- the reptillian side of snakes & ladders.

Igomo sent privatelly to the Roycelandian ambassador of his understanding on Roycelandia's wish to, "establish a long-term lease on an area of outstanding natural beauty within the borders of the United African Republic of Lusaka", and of the nation's preparedness to negotiate such.

With the present situation as it stands, and with the current low level of international tension in the region, and the African Commonwealth deciding to compensate the families of dead Kilean soldiers- Kilean no longer belives that our military presence is needed here.

Our major goals in this dark and turbulent part of the African Commonwealth's history- peace in southern africa, the territorial integrity and political stability of the AC- are all seen as no longer under threat. While we realize there are still problems in the region, and tensions do still exist, there is no need for military force to be brandished about any longer.

Although Kilean will continue it's training of African Commonwealth police, and continue to support the AC military with contributions of hardware and supplies, Kilean will no longer maintain it's forces in the African Commonwealth.

The KNS Ostendt battlegroup will sail for home, along with the transports that will withdraw I corps. All air and naval units will leave the AC.

What remains will be the approx. 80 officers of the Kilean military mission to the AC, along with the ISD counterinsurgency regiment (which will help secure any porus borders) and the Falcon Brigade (which is technically a part of the AC army).

Kilean extends it's gratitude to the African Commonwealth, and to the leaders of all nations who displayed level-headed thinking and restraint, and avoided yet more bloodshed.

<OOC: i'm still going to keep track of this RP, and post in it in a diplomatic fashion, but, in general, Kilean's direct role in shaping events in this RP is over. As a personal aside, I want to say that this entire RP has been really awesome, and far above anything else i've done in nationstates. I know it ain't over yet, and if things heat up, Kilean may return, however.<OOC>

Port Banan, the east coast

Kilean military units are given an exemplary goodby, with president general Ndelebe himself making a short appearance to thank 1st Corps in person. The African Commonwealth makes an open telegram in which it thanks the government of Kilean for it's selfless assistance in Africa's time of need.

OOC>>

Good to hear it, you're welcome back anytime. Now, supressing a ~democratic~ revolution may not be the nicest thing we did together, but hey, Ndelebe and the Dictator-general writes the history books around here ;)

Port Banan, the east coast

Kilean military units are given an exemplary goodbye, with president general Ndelebe himself making a short appearance to thank 1st Corps in person. The African Commonwealth makes an open telegram in which it thanks the government of Kilean for it's selfless assistance in Africa's time of need.

OOC>>

Good to hear it, you're welcome back anytime. Now, supressing a ~democratic~ revolution may not be the nicest thing we did together, but hey, Ndelebe and the Dictator-general writes the history books around here ;)

Port Banan, the east coast

Kilean military units are given an exemplary goodbye, with president general Ndelebe himself making a short appearance to thank 1st Corps in person. The African Commonwealth makes an open telegram in which it thanks the government of Kilean for it's selfless assistance in Africa's time of need.

OOC>>

Good to hear it, you're welcome back anytime. Now, supressing a ~democratic~ revolution may not be the nicest thing we did together, but hey, Ndelebe and the Dictator-general writes the history books around here ;)

(ooc: alright, I wasnt aware Lusakans had retaken the disputed territory. That changes things, possibly for the better in that I can get closer to Rocelandian east Africa..... :wink: )
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Communique from AC Kinasha to the "Land Sturm":

"Sir, If we land forces in Lusaka, we will be effectively declaring war. It would seem they have already sorounded the what was the disputed territory with military divisions." reports Fieldmarschall Friedrich.

"Youve got to be joking! Those people are more like vermin than I thought, they infest with speed I cant bielive! Anyhow, that changes things immensley. As long as Rocelandia has no real power there, I could care less. Rocelandian east Africa, however, is another story. They are bent on reaquiring their territory in its full. I havent worked it all out yet, but I my idea is to get the 7th into the warlord controlled areas, and talk AC into allowing us to land the 5th. I bielive you can do that Friedrich. I will do my part in gathering "support". The imperials will be out, one way or the other." States SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart.
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Kinasha AC, a foreign relations office:

"I am in need of a private conversation with your superem commander, we have some.......dealings to discuss." (ooc: chech your telegrams AC)

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Grosse Berlin, capital of Das Uber-Deutschland:

"We have orders from the Fuherer to mobalize the fifth and have them prepared to depart by 157th naval landing fleet. We also have orders to bring the 10th into standby as well as the 190th mobile howitzer.......just in, also prepare the 2nd Kriegsmarine fleet and logistics." Reports a young officer in a somwhat overzealos manner.

"Very well, relay the proper orders and prove your worth." States an elderley Fieldmarschall general.

"Yes sir! With pride sir!" Splutters the excited officer as he dashes off to his duties.

"Jumpy young man I must say, but a damned good officer. Too young to remember the civil war I dare say. Perhaps he doesnt yet realise the realities of war." mumbles the fieldmarschall to himself.
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(ooc: one other note, im having some computer trouble, so if you dont hear from me, im either fighting with my computer, or fighting with the forums..... :( )

Encoded Communique to Lusaka

The Roycelandian Government is prepared to offer Lusakan Scientists access to our research findings from the Congo River Facility, and and annual rent of 1,000,000 Imperial Wibbles per annum.

We would need to maintain a small security detachment (not more than 7,500 soldiers, 4 Boats, and 6 Spitfire aircraft, as well as the usual Civilian Transport aircraft), and can assure you they will only be authorised to defend the facility.

Also, Roycelandia would like to discuss the possibility of a Trade Deal to assist the Lusakan economy. Having ended the Tensions in the area, we would like to assist our neighbours in any way we can.

Furthermore, our Security & Intelligence Bureau has received some very disturbing reports regarding Das Uber Deutchsland and their involvement in Southern Africa. We are firmly of the opinion that they are not nearly as "Pro-African" as they would seem, and advise extreme caution in all dealings with them.

[signed] His Imperial Majesty Emperor Royce I, Port Royal

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Above Top Secret Encoded Message to The African Commonwealth

The Roycelandian Government wishes to apologise for the misunderstanding regarding a potention Imperial African Co-Operation Treaty.

It is not our intention to further Colonise Africa- quite the opposite.

Roycelandia is firmly of the opinion that the situation in Gabon could have unpleasant after-effects for the entire Southern African, with further Imperialist Powers invading the region- Imperialist powers not nearly as civilised, enlightened, and benevolent as Roycelandia and our Allies have proven ourselves to be.

It is the intent of the Treaty to prevent further Imperialism within the area, and it is with some regret that once again we must warn you of our suspicions regarding Das Uber Deutschland.

They claim to be Anti-Imperialist, but it is plainly obvious that they intend to set themselves up as the pre-eminent Colonial Power in Africa. We assure you that they will NOT treat the Africans with any kind of respect, kindness, or equality. Deutschland has a very, ah, "Pure" Racial Philosophy, one unlikely to be compatible or even acceptable to Africans anywhere.

Further evidence of this can be seen in the fact that Roycelandia has fully integrated Native Africans into all areas of society, from the Military to the Colonial Administration, and each and every person in Roycelandian East Africa is given the same rights, universal suffrage, social welfare entitlements, and citizenship, regardless of race, sex, reigious beliefs (or lack thereof), or political affiliations (or lack thereof).

We urge you with the utmost caution to avoid any treaties, deals, "understandings", or concessions to DUD. We beleive that Roycelandia has been more than fair in our previous dealings with the AC, and ask you to pay serious attention to our warning- We stand by the integrity of our Security & Intelligence Networks.

[signed] Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau, Port Royal

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Heavily Encoded Messages to Rhodeisia & Nyasaland, Isochronous and Old Brittania

The Colonial Defence Forces have received word that Das Uber Deutschland is up to some foul play in the Region. We know they are plotting against Roycelandia and wish to force us out of the region. Having made numerous concessions to AC, Lusaka, and POJ during the Disupted Facility Crisis, we do not particularly feel inclined to make "Deals" with other, non-African Colonial Imperialist Powers with VERY suspicious motives and frankly frightening ideas regarding Racial Purity and how to treat the Native Africans. Suffice it to say they will NOT be treating the Natives with any kind of respect, equality, or fairness.

His Majesty and I are firmly of the belief that DUD would be quite happy too see a purely White Africa, and we have the difficult task of convincing the Africans that DUD is NOT their friend, despite what "Der Fuhrer" might say to the contrary. Regardless of your Nation's views on Native status within your Colonies or Territory, it should be plainly obvious that DUD's racial views would only cause chaos, disharmony, revolution, or worse, should they become too firmly established in the region.

The Situation in Gabon is also of concern to us, as there are several Imperialist Powers in the country, some of whom may decide not to leave after the conflict is over. Whilst we have all behaved ourselves in the recent AC/Lusaka Conflict, and done our best to further our own goals in the area, the time is upon us where we must accept that other Nations may not share our benevolent goals.

Troops have been mobilised for Border Defence in Roycelandian East Africa, and the Colonial Aircraft Factory in Nairobi has started construction of Spitfires, Kookaburras, and Tigershark Fighters and Ground Attack Aircraft.

We are only in a state of readiness, but we hope that our Allies will not abandon us should the shooting start on the shores of Lake Victoria or Lake Tanganyika...

[signed]Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau, Port Royal

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OOC: I'd really prefer to keep this diplomatic if that's possible- having just finished the AC/Lusaka Main Conflict, I don't want to launch straight into another one with a nation that has no real involvement in the region anyway, so to speak. I dont mind Guerrilla type combat, but Legions of Panzers rolling into Roycelandian East Africa is just going to get them turned into scrap metal and get a great many Colonial Guard killed. It might be a Roycelandian Colony, but every person in the colony is armed, and the Colonial Defence Forces are pretty impressive nonetheless...

Open missives from SecParty HQ, Kinshasa

DUD>> We are aware of your concerns, ally! However, the president-general considers it more prudent for Das Uber Deutchland to reduce its forces in Africa. While it is not exactly a decision that will improve security, it does show a measure of goodwill towards to beleagured inhabitants of the United African Republic of Lusaka.

Roycelandia>> It is all well and good that you recognize Igomo's claim to COMMONWEALTH land, but we sure as the virgin Mary do not. It would be prudent to retract your support, good Roycelandians. That being said, your observations are sharp, and we have formally requested that Das UB retract their forces from Africa.

Lusaka>> Over a month ago, the party requested a formal explanation for your occupation of lands formerly Lusakan AND Commonwealth. We do not suspect the UAR of underhanded advances under the guise of fighting Hutu and Tutsi rebels, but parts of the warlord lands are already claimed by the Commonwealth - Our Irem forces stand ready to rout the warlord forces and repopulate the area!

Igomo drafted his reply to the Roycelandians. He was glad of some access for Lusakan scientists to research at the facility, and the size of the rent didn't matter much- it was never going to be enough to seriously influence the national economy and beyond that he didn't much care. These points would receive positive feedback from the President then.

He was open to improving trade, too. That might improve the national economy. He was afraid of loosing trade with several regional neighbours in light of current struggles.

The size of the proposed garrison was something of a worry though. Did Roycelandia distrust the UAR, he asked. Perhaps the distrusted the Commonwealth? Nobody else was in a position to threaten the facility. Igomo insisted that the essentially divisional size ground-force be stripped right down. He didn't know why the Spitfires had to be there either, but frankly he wasn't exactly scared of them so didn't bring it up.

All was agreeable but the size of the military force. Lusakan troops could be assigned to the perimiter if Roycelandia wished.

Igomo finished reading the Roycelandian communiqué. From the great white king himself laughed Derek. Impressive. I don't disagree with him either. Would've invaded that lot myself in the 80s if they were only closer, not hiding off in Germania or wherever the hell. Still, Lusaka's policy on DUD is our own affair, and I won't be discussing it with his Royce.

The President reluctantly turned his attention to the latest Commonwealth inquiry. He couldn't remember getting the first, but it was probably on a desk somewhere, marked "Do not want to think about".

He decided to fob Kinshasa off with vague talk of securing ..ah..security..and protecting native borders until Roycelandia to the north can be trusted.

He'd think of something better later, hopefully..

Roycelandian East Africa

the 4 small boats were effectively buried and the team moved inland into the heavy jungle and unexplored terrain with a speed that suggested familiarity with the area.

Outside Congo Research Facility; Near the front, but behind Lusakan Lines

The "UN" marked helocopter touched down and the men wearing "Promise News Network" jackets emerged on one side handing over hefty packages to the area field commander and his aides while 3 BDU clad people resembling Dra-pol got out the other side with four crates whose contents were distributed among 12 hand picked Lusakan infantrymen and the group moved into the brush towards the facility. Each Lusakan now seemed to have his own weapon and an extra scope of some sort for it in addition to special forces gear and false id that could only be described as "imported".

New Joshua City

It seemed the "catastrophic event" TV drills that caused the major networks to go off the air were getting longer and longer. They were still very few and far between, but the down time seemed to have doubled and that offended people because the only thing on during these drills was govt. information about the drill and elevator music.

ooc edit: Lusaka. If this is over the top with your guys; please say so.

OOC: If you're up to what I think you're up to, bear in mind that the "Facility" is still in a state of Alert, there are a LOT of soldiers there (about 7,500), and there may or may not be other defences there (even the Garrison aren't entirely sure what was dismantled and taken to Roycelandian East Africa...) 8)

Not to mention, nearby at the IRARF, there are 8,000 Isochron soldiers with mobile SAMs and some good defensive structures.

Not to mention, nearby at the IRARF, there are 8,000 Isochron soldiers with mobile SAMs and some good defensive structures.

ooc I thought your facility was deep in the AC. Nowhere close to the Congo River research facility.

OOC>> Isochronous and Roycelandia: Does that mean you pretty much ignored and lied about complying with Commonwealth demands to demilitarize? I'm afraid Ndelebe can and will crack down upon the Isochron facility - the former Port Imperial is Igomo's headache now :)

IC>>

Ultimate missive for Lusaka

We hear a lot of talk but nothing of substance, old ally... What has become of working together with the Commonwealth? Unfortunately, some of the warlord lands have once been Commonwealth, and even from an objective standpoint one could say we have given enough territorial concessions to Lusaka under Nwabudike James' leadership. That is why I now offer Lusaka another chance to explain their occupation of warlord lands, and if found lacking an explanation, to withdraw ALL LRAC units from the disputed warlord territories.

His benevolence,
President-General Mshone Ndelebe

Internal Security Bulletin(very secret IC)

In light of potential conflict, CNF navies are ordered moving towards rounding the cape, and militia as well as professional RAC units are undergoing increased training and mobilization.

ooc:Yeah, Iso's facility can't get involved militarily with events at Roycelandia's without crossing the fortified Lusakan border and.. well, a few thousand Isochron troops outnumbered tens to one against entrenched defenders on home soil with as much artillery and airsupport as they care to ask for..Plus it looks like Ndelebe's going to be less than co-operative with them ;)

New Lusaka City

Igomo was increasingly sure- he didn't like this Ndelebe. The new regime in the Commonwealth wasn't good for Africa, but what was there to be done? The President confided in his old friend Olongwe that while he was sure that the UARL was essentially safe in the long-run he was concerned about the region's future outside the republic. Lusaka needed access through the sprawling Commonwealth to west African states such as struggling Gabon, and with Roycelandian East Africa north Igomo felt in danger of being cut off from all of north and west Africa.

"We haven't any local allies these days." Igomo would say, lamenting the disagreeable recent conditions of government to the west and north, and the collapse of Lumbosa.

He didn't have any choice. Giving ground to the obviously morally-awry Ndelebe pained Igomo no end, but Lusaka would have to let the Commonwealth in on Bukoba Province. He sent to Kinshasa that the LRAC was acting to curtail the resurgence of Roycelandian East Africa to the north, something that was not entirely in the best interests of any true native African nation. With the northern border secured, Igomo said, it would be possible to open-up the western border, as Lusaka saw it, or eastern from the Commonwealth perspective.

Perhaps Bukoba Province could become, from a lawless rogue land, a crossroads for African unity and co-operation. A vast international city, why not? Derek almost felt inspired again, had he hit upon a new project? A pan-African metropolis, a becon of black-African revival? And right on the Roycelandian border, too!

He hoped that Ndelebe would be open to long-term co-operation above short term conflict and an equal chance of all or nothing.

None the less, New Lusaka City didn't trust anyone much these days, and air force patrols were again on the increase near all major borders.

Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa

Governor General Philp J. Fry was most pleased to have Commander Sword personally in town. The two had spent a very pleasant evening dining at the Colonial Club on King Street, and Fry had won $300 Imperial Wibbles off Sword at Poker that evening.

The disturbing news, however, was that The Ghost had not been seen since the evacuation of the Congo River Research Facility. Well, not reliably, anyway. Some said he was still in the facility, others said he was in Port Imperial, and others swore he had been seen in New Lusaka City.

Putting the issue out of his mind, Governor-General Fry decided to meet with his secretary for a few evening drinks, and maybe a bit more... After all, it was such a nice evening, and Commander Sword was in one of the local Dancing Clubs.

OOC>> Roycelandia> You should probably decide where that nuke really is by now ;) I mean, it can either be no problem(if it's shipped within Roycelandia), or a big problem(if it ends up with Burkina Faso or something like that).

IC>>

ANN news: Tensions, local and abroad!

Today, several large Commonwealth cities, Kikwit and Mbuyi-Mayi, suffered civil unrest as the RAC mechanized divisions stationed there mobilized to move east by train, their goal to eventually secure the eastern and north eastern borders - Several protestors veiled themselves and told the press that they had had enough of military posturing and inter-african murders. The police marshall went on ANN earlier today and made a speech to the Commonwealth people that there is nothing to be afraid of, and that it is nigh-improbable that the RAC units will see any combat at all, and that there presence is mere provisional.

While a few clashes with the KPF(Kikwit Police Force) happened in Kikwit, the militias helped stop the unrest, and only two citizens were injured.

In other news, the parliament building of Kilean was burnt down today through the use of a firebomb, thrown by a student - the event is suspected to be planned and aided by radical socialists, who, among other things, strongly condemn Kilean's close ties to the African Commonwealth. The secular party has started a preliminary series of tests to see if Kilean citizens inside the Commonwealth(there are not many, but they exist) harbour any sympathy for the young man's party, in which case they will be detained for questioning. Just before this broadcast, about 15 minutes ago, the president general sent an official condemnation of the act, and the government of any nation that could have been supporting it. Goodnight, this is ANN news.

Task force Peiper has turned away from the theatre headed for home. the task force increased to full speed upon leaving the waters of the region. this movement is related to the Kilean firebombing thread in which I am a participant.

ooc: AC, if your ships round the horn you might want to post types as they will have almost immediate company.

ooc clarification: Task Force Peiper is the 3 carrier group. I still have the larger force off the Northern Lusakian coastline(close to E African waters)

IC clarification>>

Off the Chinkawan coastline

Once the Lusakan government complied with the secular partys rather crude ultimatum, the cruisers, submarines and AEGIS ships headed for the Lusakan coast received orders to turn back, which they obeyed. All in utmost secrecy - Couldn't have a little potential naval strike blown up in public, now could we?

Port Imperial, Roycelandian East Africa

Commander Sword had enjoyed his stay in Africa immensely. He still had a couple of weeks left, until they sorted out the Gabon situation, anyway.

His mood was further cheered by the announcement that The Ghost and The Device had turned up in Nairobi, of all places. The story of how he got there would probably turn into a Major Motion Picture, but good luck to him.

Things seemed to be settling down in the region now- A Railway line now linked Port Imperial, Nairobi, and Port Enfield on the coast, talks on the new Spirit of Africa Project were coming along VERY nicely, and all that was left to deal with was Gabon and the "unrest" in The Sudan.

"It can wait till tomorrow" Sword thought as he poured himself another drink and waited for his Secretary to get back from her errands.

"I bielive I should go at this at a different angle. It would seem everyone is just as pleased as could be at the goings on. If I cant get them out, Ill join them. Even a supreme Aryan can compromise on occasion. Even I would not enjoy conducting my "der mord" troops (ooc: you can figure that one out :wink: ). Chemical warfare is a horrible thing indeed." Finishes a self-titalated Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart.
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Encoded message to Rocelandria:

You well know that I have my reservations as to your reasons for occupying East Africa, however it would seem these nations lack the backbone to get you out. I will admit I respect your Imperial presistance. Therefor I am making a proposal. You seem to be worried about me making trouble in a military manner. I will end all unpleasentries and pull out all remaining forces in AC indefinately if you do one simple thing. That is allow me a military port somwhere along the East African coast. By doing this I can promise you security and creat a mediatory stance between POJ if they become involved again. Just to reiterate, if you allow me a port, I will support you cause in anyway I can, that would include monetary donations to your research facility. I proudly wear the colors of imperial germany, you know very well I could care less who rules Africa. My only concern is with the stability of AC. I will not allow communists to throw over Africa. Perhaps we have gotten off on the wrong foot in the past, but now is the present. Perhaps we can both come out ahead, it all depends on your wisdom.

In respect, SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart
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(ooc: Finaly got my computer fixed. My keyboard went tits-up (I have a laptop) and I finaly got if fixed. As for Rocelandria, you wanted it diplomatic, there you go, the ball is in your park now :D !)

Encoded Message to DUD

The Roycelandian Government will consider your request for access to a Port in the most favourable way.

At this stage, the town of Mombasa, on the SE Kenyan coast, would be a suitable Port- however, the town would remain Roycelandian in every way- we would just be leasing you access to the Port and its facilities.

We shall give your offer further consideration and prepare a reply at our earliest convenience.

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Commander Sword put down his pen and re-read the Communique. He still didn't trust the Germanics, but at least this way they'd be down near Lusaka and out of everyone's way. He would confer with the others in the morning, the thought, and had the Communique despatched via Diplomatic Courier.

Aboard the PJS SSBN Moses

make your depth 1400 feet and come about to 045. Make revolutions for 30+ knots or better once we are below the layer.

Rear Admiral Sosabowski almost grimaced as he left the bridge to the midnight watchstanders.

it would seem we have become the favorite mode of transport for certain types of people

he said almost to himself as he headed down the hatch to the level where his quarters were.

Aboard the PJS SSBN Moses

make your depth 1400 feet and come about to 045. Make revolutions for 30+ knots or better once we are below the layer.

Rear Admiral Sosabowski almost grimaced as he left the bridge to the midnight watchstanders.

it would seem we have become the favorite mode of transport for certain types of people

he said almost to himself as he headed down the hatch to the level where his quarters were.

ooc this is in response to actions on the Kilean bombing thread.

"Very good, they are considering. I bielive they will find the offer quite reasonable."
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encoded message to Roycelandria:

I am glad to hear of your consideration. I can promise you there will be no Uber-Deutsch colonists, only military personel and equipment. The town will be left to its buisness in everway and its people will be treated with the respect I demand of my troops in times of peace.
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Encoded Communique to DUD

The Roycelandian Government accepts your offer, but on the condition that the military forces are kept relatively small and do not interfere with, harass, or annoy our African neighbours. We trust Mombasa will be a suitable port for your requirements...

[signed]Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau[/b]

Encoded Communique to DUD

The Roycelandian Government accepts your offer, but on the condition that the military forces are kept relatively small and do not interfere with, harass, or annoy our African neighbours. We trust Mombasa will be a suitable port for your requirements...

[signed]Commander Jack Sword, Imperial Defence Bureau[/b]

"Excellant! I now have a perfect way to keep an eye on those Rocelandians. I will have a communique with them immiediatley. Send word to the fatherland, tell them to send the 5th and other mobalized divisions to Mombasa port city. Also have them mobalize construction crews and engineers so that we can have this port operational as soon as possible. I will give further instructions when the time comes." completes Riechsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart.
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Message to Rocelandria:

We are most pleased by your wisdom. I have mobalized equipment to make the port usable by my naval equipment. I will keep the landed ground forces to no more than a division of panzers and infantry. I would assume this is acceptable? As I stated, my troops will conduct themselves as supreme white men should. There are harsh punishments for actions of violence during times of peace.

Interestingly, the top three movies in Roycelandian East Africa this week are:

From Lusaka With Love

The Second Instalment in the Trent Scott Spy Series, in which agent 357 is tasked with the retrieval of a missing Roycelandian IFF decoder, which could reveal the Roycelandian IFF frequencies if it fell into the wrong hands... Plenty of sex, violence, gadgets, expensive stuff, and witty one-liners mean this one will be number one for quite a while...

Kenya Johnson And The Golden Idol of Xambutu

Roycelandia's most famous Adventure Treasure and Big Game Hunter hacks his way through the Jungles of Southern Africa in search of the Golden Idol of the vicious and dreaded Xambutu Tribe. Thwarting his plans are Promise of Joshuan Missionaries, determined to destroy the Golden Idol and convert the Natives to Christianity at any cost...

The Spectre & The Insufficient Light

"Based on a True Story", this critically acclaimed and hugely popular film charts the progress of two Hunters, attempting to capture Tigers known by the Natives as "The Spectre & The Insufficient Light." In the process, they meet a lot of interesting people, shoot some Tigers, and, at the end, get caught up in the largest battle sequence ever filmed in Roycelandia or her Colonies- 50,000 Imperial Troops and Native Warriors squaring off on the plains of Roycelandian East Africa...

The Government of Roycelandia wishes it to be known that the views and sentiments expressed in these films are that of the director and film studios, and should not be seen as official endorsement by the Imperial Government.

Das Uber-Deutschland, the fatherland:

People celebrate "a great victory against the communist scurge" in the streets after a well recieved, if somewhat misleading, speech by the poeples Fuherer, Helmut Von Stutgart. Stated as a great military victory of nationalist pride, the government further enacted the peoples hatred for communism. Radicals marched in the streets burning pictures of Karl Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. Furthermore there was a military parade of the 1st SS Grosse Berlin home gaurd. The victory was also slated as a victory for the great fuherer in diplomacy. This was realy pushed in the media, as the fuherer and his generals wanted to place a seperation between the war mongering charges placed on the Fuherer before his assent to power after the civil war.
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Command and operations headquarters, Grosse Berlin:

"We have recieved our orders, it seems our Fuherer has secured us a port in Africa. All previously mobalised divisions are here by ordered to take to sea." Completes Fieldmarschall Schlecht.
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Mombasa, Rocelandian East Africa:

"Africa, this place is inhospitable. A good place for a military port when communism is knocking on the door, however, I must admit I wont enjoy my stay. The people here are white, but the savages seem to be waiting behind every corner, ready to murder the first white they see. I have been given command over this ports operations, and the first order of buisness is to secure our operations here. I need men to immiediatley get contracts with the locals for barriers, walls, and fortifications. I want this port to be a true seperation between our forces and Rocelandia. I also need our best security officials shiped over here. It wont do to have Rocelandia watching our every move." Finishes General Fieldmarschall Manstein to his subordinate officers.

As it happens, the top films in Lusaka this week are a documentary about the Olifants, a tacky hair-band popular in some circles; Titanic, much to the President's annoyance; and Confused Nazis, a low budget comedy (of a sort) supposedly about the lunatic ravings of certain foreign figureheads.

Radio is still more popular in Lusaka, as no one is ever sure enough of economic prosperity to splash out on regular trips to the cinema.

Meanwhile just up the coast from Tanga LRAC artillery pieces joined the regular army 130mm-guns and rocket artillery pieces already in place, while long established agents and sympathisers just across the border charted this, radio-reported news of that, and laser-designated the rest..

Tv in the AC is state propaganda and bad US series. Just like last week.

ooc: in rl my schedule just went into the sh*tter so I will not be posting as often as I have been. I will be checking in to see what needs to happen with what i've committed to but I won't be trying to take this in any new direction.

Breaking News!

Citizens commonwealth-wide rejoiced in the streets today as the Secular Party announced what might be it's end: open elections. While critics still express strong dissatisfaction with what might still turn out to be totally-rigged elections(and are subsequently jailed swiftly and sometimes even tortured for it), many are optimists. General Ndelebe has proven a good leader in times of crisis, and enjoys an even greater level of public support(that is, unoficially. Everyone still has to love the head honcho, but few does in earnest.) than Nwabudike James himself, and if he makes a party for himself, he might even be elected for being the man who broke the infamous Secular Partys back - Even though he is himself a member.

Communist, neo-nazist and certain radical parties are still barred from running and existing, however. While there are still few to nil political liberties, it is hoped that the president-general will also allow public oration and rallies for the opposition parties that is forming at this moment. Many people who have been thought dead or lost for tens of years are now surfacing to retake control of such once-outlawed parties as African Democratic Union, African People's Front and others. More on developments as they proceed.

This is African Network News, I'm Mma Django. Thank you for watching.

Telegrams from Kinshasa

Das Uber Deutchland>> The Secular Party notes extensive dissatisfaction from several other African nations with your continued military presence in the form of a port. While we condone your presence at this military port as long as NO acts of racism take place(we're all black, after all.), we formally suggest that you further demilitarize it, and only keep a guard force - There are no threat of war at the moment, and should there be you can always return in case your own nation is threatened.

Lusaka>> We suggest a slight decrease in armed tension on borders. Das Uber-Deutchland hopefully has no intention of staying long, now that conflict is over. We hope you have received the answer to your request regarding Gabon to your satisfaction.


Regards,
The Secular Party....

((....but not for much longer. ;) ))

President Igomo was pleased with the progression of UARL/AC relations of late. Elections were good, even if the Secular Party won at least it suggested some softening on their part, some modification at least. Militarisation over most of the border was still higher than many other world borders tended to see, but no major Lusakan assets were concentrated anywhere close to the border but near Bukoba, the questionably named Congo River Research Facility many miles east of said river, and in the north related to the Gabonaise deployment.

Compared to the Roycelandian East African border that was a rather sparse arrangement.

(ooc:I'm trying to telegram you now, AC, but searching for the required address is a problem since the forum keeps crashing on me)

Open communication to all African Nations involved:

Das Uber-Deutschland would like to let it be known that our aquired military port will be used mainly as a shipyard in the construction of naval vessels. Immeidiate troop movements are merely to secure the port and help prepare its construction. We also, again, would like to reiderate our promise that no harm will come to any people of Africa. We do not bielive in senseless torture or murdering of anyone or any race. The Aryan people, as a principle, are above those kind of actions. We also feel responsible for the security of the region, we will not allow instability to strangle Africa. If at any time any African nation is in need of security or humanitarian forces, let it be known that we will be first to answere the call.

In respect, SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart

"The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasland condones the actions of the secular party in calling free elections in the African Commonwealth, and this will improve relations between two of Southern Africa's largest nations. Although our administration will remain neutral, we still hope for a government that allows religous, political and economic freedoms for the nation. However we are yet to be convinced that these elections will be fair and balanced."

-Personal Spokesman of the Prime Minister, speaking at a daily press conference .

Kilean backs the AC in its decision to hold free elections. Although many nations have problems with the electons not holding to "their" kind of freedom, it should be reminded that a system that represents the popular interest and the will of the people can exist, while at the same time keeping the state as a whole safe from the efforts of rabble-rousing political "leaders" who use mob politics for their own gain.

As long as the people of the African Commonwealth are allowed a voice, Kilean does not see how other nations are able to complain about these elections.

Kilean also calls for the total pull-out of all foriegn troops from southern africa. DUD's set-up of military facilities (shipyards) and the deployment of 2 divisions is an uneeded act of pseudo-colonialisim, and only serves to bring more implements of war into a region that, above all, needs to heal.

To back up our words with deeds, Kilean announces the TOTAL withdrawl of all of our forces. The remaining ISD troops, their police training program a success, will leave the AC. In addition, the volunteers of the Falcon brigade, here since the beginning of the insurrection, will resign from the AC military and head home.

<OOC: Kilean happens to be engaged in total mobilization at home, but that doesn't have ANYTHING to do with this, nosir<OOC>

DUD needs to totally pull out of Africa. With free elections in the AC, the withdrawl of foriegn fleets, the evacuation of port imperial, the crushing of the marxist insurrection, and the pacification of the warlord lands, there is no longer any need for any outside power to maintain troops in africa.

In todays press conference, the Secular Party expressed its thanks again to the brave people of Kilean for aiding Africa, and in a surprising turn of events joined the pressure to remove DUD's port and presence.

In an official statement to DUD the initiative is mentioned:

"We appreciate all the mighty nation of Das Uber-Deutchland has aided the Commonwealth with, but we ask the empire to stand down and demolish it's port, to respect African republics' wish to see less colonialism - Extending our wishes for peace and goodwill, we also ask if we may aid Uber-Deutchland in any way in exchange for removing the port? We have many lucrative trading offers in the fields of recreation and gambling - A society as militant as yours might also be interested in discounts on AC's cutting-edge domestic weapons, in the fields of ASW warfare and IR/ICBM models?"

Later, Rhodesia and Nyasaland was commended for their support(They who yield, agree.), and the party stated that it was open for democratic reforms. Critics are less certain of the secular party's good intentions, but the statement seemed earnest.

(ooc: I hope everyone realises that my port is within Roycelandian East Africa, we agreed to a pact: if I removed my forces from AC (which is in the process of happening) than Roycelandia would allow me the use of a port within Roycelandian East Africa. My port would have no bearing on you unless you wished to get Roycelandia out.)
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"Rediculous! They want me out? By dictating my removal, they may as well dictate Roycelandias romval, which I had already brought up earlier in the conflict! It doesnt matter anyhow, they wouldnt dare invade Roycelandia East Africa to get me out at the risk of open war over a single naval shipyard. I need a foreign construction yard to produce naval equipment while I prepare for the "anexation" of Austria. It will work out in the end anyway, economic incentives will always turn the tide....." Completes SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart.
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encoded communique to the African Commonwealth:

I will ignore the beginning of your last communique because it was clearly written without the proper information. The economic benefits of my port can be passed on to your nation. I will purchase all materials possible from your nation. This economic stimulus should look very good for the secular party. I can even offer large sums of money to the secular party in the event that certain other political "groups" attain popularity. You are in power now, and I can help you retain your power in any number of ways......free elections or no. I hope you can see the possible future progress within your grast.

In respect, SS Reichsfuherer Helmut Von Stutgart
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encoded communique to Kilean:

Ignorance is bliss to the weak of heart and will. Go question the nation who gave me rights to a port within his territory if you want, but I dont think hell be any more willing to move out than will I. False propoganda such as colonisation will not be tolerated, I am doing no such thing. You have no reason or rigth to poke your nose in my buisness.....

President Derek Igomo's feelings on the DUD/Roycelandian agreement were quite evident, and had been since the deployment of major artillery corps and air force assets to the north east.

As such New Lusaka City was quick to join the multi-national petition for DUD withdrawl from Africa.

Port Imperial has issued a statement to the effect that the DUD presence in Mombasa is limited quite strongly, and the DUD forces there are being watched for misbehaviour.

We request that the Reichsfuhrer composes himself. While the Secular Party is well aware of the strategic and economic gains for the Commonwealth, African unity and stability has always been an issue for us. Your port threatens such stability. Is there no concessions or beneificial trade we can give DUD in exchange for demilitarizing and perhaps removing the port?

Secular party FR secretary,
Martin Ndone.

Message to AfricanCommowealth:

I am quite composed my friend, however I am suprised that you would be afraid that my naval construction yard could hurt international stability. Perhaps you would be satisfied to hear my Kriegsmarine fleet, including the Landsturm, is scheduled to return to the fatherland in one weeks time? My Falschirmjagers and armored division is clear of Africa. My only presence lies in Mombasa, East Roycelandia. I assure you I am cooking up no schemes there. To back my word I would most willingly allow you to inspect my operations there. I do not deny your right to know whats happening within striking distance of your nation and people. I will even admit my image with others was blemished by my strategic missile drills. They fail to realise it ended the threat from POJ, however my arguments go unheard. My military pesence in Mombasa is merely an aid to construction of the ports facilities. As I said, I have nothing to hide in my operation in Africa, if you and your respective neighbors wish to inspect my operations, you are free to do so. I hope this will diffuse your agitation with my presence in Mombasa?
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Encoded message to Mombasa from Reichsfuhrer Helmut Von Stutgart:

Commander, be prepared for "foreign" visitors, you know what that entails. Show them all respect and courtesy due.

We should hope it does. While the secular party would be happiest with a complete DUD withdrawal, we genuinely believe that your offer will relieve tensions. We now encourage Roycelandia, POJ, Isochron, Rhodesia & NS and Lusaka to visit the port and reduce tensions in regards to the benevolent Aryan Empire of Das Uber-Deutchland.

(ooc: I just thought Id mention that Ive got a thread concerning my homeland going right now and if your tired of me getting under your skin you can have a chance of getting under mine. Just search under my nation name and youll find one that basicly saise "Das Uber-Deutschland exportation of foreigners". If your interested, make yourself known on the thread! :) )

Bukoba province

The 22nd Engineer core arrived, along with their equipment. Citing authorization, they left the somewhat puzzled infanterists protecting them as they began building the first of 6 large bunkers...

International developments

Roycelandia and Rhodesia will discover that the Secular Party has approved a permanent garrison in Bukoba province for as yet unknown reasons.

Lusakan troops in the area will without at shade of doubt witness the extensive fortification that CAF engineers are currently building, but the Commonwealth foreign and military departments is curiously quiet on the matter.

The Colonial Guard troops responsible for "Reconnaisance" and "Border Security" duties in the province were somewhat startled to see the bunkers being constructed. Deciding against directly asking the construction teams, a Kookaburra recon plane was summoned from the nearest airfield, and photographs were taken and electronically relayed to Port Imperial for processing.

A polite but firm communique was despatched to Kinshasha requesting an explanation, and more Colonial Guard Troops were despatched into the Province on an extended "Border Security" operation, designed to weed out Rebels, Guerrillas, Warlords, Bandits, and more importantly, establish a Forward Operating Base with either a small airstrip or helipad.

A small contingent of Engineers was with them, along with several Deuce-and-half trucks and some Cheetah Armoured Scout Cars.

returned missive

Being unusually blasé, the Secular Party returned a communique informing Port Imperial that CAF presence needed to be consolidated, lest rebel forces or "foreign interests" take power on what is, formally, Commonwealth grounds. A note is also included that further militarization might take place, and that colonial forces must refrain from further surveillance.

Internal Security Bulletin(secret IC)

Reserve readiness code up to 2.

Combined divisions II and X moved towards Shedondego province(right behind Bukoba, inside Commonwealth).

Imperial Guard suddenly start to appear in larger numbers in the town of Tranter, near the Bukova Border.

Meanwhile, Kookaburra Recon Aircraft have continued mapping the areas affected, and Port Imperial has enquired as to who these "Foreign Interests" might be, pointing out that Roycelandia also has legitimate claims to Bukova Province...

(OOC: Amazing rping keep the good work going)