NationStates Jolt Archive

<<OOC: This is a spin-off thread from Anti-Gay Terrorist Groups Take Action (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=124210&highlight=) and only nations involved in that thread or allies of those involved should get involved in this thread. Keep the RP good and the OOC arguments to a minimum.

Background: After the government of Murphdawggia enacted laws allowing homosexuals legal marriage, terrorist groups from within the nation began attacking homosexuals and government officials. A number of nations, including Croniun sent covert operations forces to assist the terrorists. After a suitcase nuke was used by Croniun to assassinate the President of Murphdawggia during a meeting of the two leaders, war was declared on Croniun by a number of nations, including Edolia.

Let the war begin!>>


Public Announcement:
After a vote of 421-16 with 63 abstentions in the Edolian Parlaiment and with the support of the Imperator, the Socialist Imperium has declared a state of war upon Croniun following its nuclear assassination of the President of Murphdawggia. We ask Edolia’s friends and allies to give us their support during this difficult time. Many will die on both sides and the plight of the people of Croniun will be great, but nothing will stop the people of Edolia from enacting vengeance upon these enemies of peace.

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The following fleet is being immediately deployed 800 kilometers off the coast of Croniun:

10 Imperium class Aircraft Carriers
(250 YT/A-2 Hellion fighter/interceptors
350 YT/A-3 Hellion fighter/bombers)

24 Himelburg class Mini Aircraft Carriers
(144 YT/P-2 Hellion VTOL unmanned fighter/interceptors
144 YT/P-3 Hellion VTOL unmanned fighter/bombers)

14 Imperatrix class Missile Boat Carriers
(175 AXD-1 Surface-to-Surface Missile Boats
175 AXD-2 Surface-to-Air Missile Boats
175 AXD-3 Anti-Submarine Patrol Boats
175 AXD-4 Fleet Defense Missile Boats)

12 Blatterschplitt class Arsenal Ships
24 Gerburg class Arsenal Ships
22 Pythonia-SSD
22 Pythonia-SAD
22 Pythonia-ASD
22 Pythonia-SBD
40 Landia Long-Range Missile/Patrol Boats
48 Lavernia Nuclear Attack Submarines
38 Nanaki Nuclear Missile Submarines

The massive fleet will be followed up by a large deployment of ground forces:

I, II, III, IV and V General Infantry Legions (5 in total)
Each legion consists of:
40,000 Regular Infantry
10,000 Elite Imperial Guard Infantry
600 P-15 Pillbug Armored Personnel Carriers
700 J2/A Jackalope All-Terrain Vehicles
400 J2/B Jackalope Combat All-Terrain Vehicles
350 MD-3 Manticore Main Battle Tanks
380 B-1 Imperium Remote Main Battle Tanks

XIII "Rabid Gerbil" Elite Legion
24,000 Elite “Rabid Gerbil” Combat Specialists

XVI, XV, XVI and XVII Mobile Strike Legions (4 in total)
Each legion consists of:
15,000 Mechanized Regular Infantry
360 P-15 Pillbug Armored Personnel Carriers
640 J2/A Jackalope All-Terrain Vehicles
500 J2/B Jackalope Combat All-Terrain Vehicles
120 MD-3 Manticore Main Battle Tanks
120 B-1 Imperium Remote Main Battle Tanks

XXII, XXIII, XXIV and XXV Urban Legions (4 in total)
Each legion consists of:
25,000 Urban Combat Specialists
800 P-15 Pillbug Armored Personnel Carriers
340 MD-3 Manticore Main Battle Tanks

XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXIV Amphibious Assault Legions (3 in total)
Each legion consists of:
30,000 Marines
250 B-1/C Imperium Remote Amphibious Assault Tanks

Five Helicopter Air Wings are also being deployed, each consisting of:
256 GR-3 Remote, Unmanned Helicopter Gunships

Some 3,500 indirect-fire artillary and MLRS systems along with 2,600 EC-5 Mobile SAM Batteries.

This brings the total number of ground forces in the fleet to:
434,000 infantry
6,720 main battle tanks
A host of ground transports
1,280 helicopter gunships
3,500 indirect-fire systems
2,600 mobile SAM batteries

Needless to say, the invasion fleet will maintain their distance, well away from enemy fire.

<<OOC: Some notes about the Edolian military: We play 2004-2014 tech though we can not use the more advanced stuff (low-orbit, high altitude bombers, SCRAMjets, etc) if you play modern. It would also be good for you to know about Edolian infantry. Though a country of nearly two billion people, we keep a small army -just over a million soldiers. Nevertheless, we have trained these soldiers to a level of perfection unmatched in other militaries and most of them began their training after being selected by military scouts at the age of four. This allows relatively small forces to destroy armies many times their size.>>

[tag, I'm too tired to write an RP, so I'll join when I wake up later...]

Telliria will send 500,000 troops to aid Croniun. We will also send our 3rd and 4th Fleet in and some aircraft to protect the skies.

A total of 25,000 troops, acting as a vanguard, para-drop to the place where the enemy is expected to land. From hear they create bunkers, set barbed wire, and plant mines in the water so that landing boats will have a harder time landing.

The other 475,000 will arrive in around 1 day (10 RT minutes). Here are their stats:

200,000 Assault Troops
150,000 Defenders
10,000 Enginneers
10,000 Air and Armor Defenders
10,000 Medical
95,000 Hvy. Assualt Troops

The ships are also carrying:

200 Tellirian Bradely Tanks
700 Long Range Artillery
200 Short Range Artillery
10,000 APCs
400 Combat All-Terrain Vehicles

The Fleet, not including the extra ships that where carrying troops, tanks, ect.

12 AirCraft Carriers
7 Agies Cruisers
24 Iowa Class Battleships
20 Tiger Subs
20 Missle Boats

Reinforcements will be arriving via air from Planith just a couple hours before the fleet. They will arrive with an additional 25,000 Planith Special Forces. Also arriving a couple hours after the fleet will be an additional Planith fleet, doubling the indicated numbers above.

When the mainforce arrives on the beach they will build medical stations, begin evacuation of civilians, set up artillery, build anti-missle stations, and begin aid in the construction of what was started above.

<<OOC: You shouldn't make the RL time so short. It doesn't give time for us to prepare. I generally don't give RT ETAs... They arrive at a reasonable time in the RP.>>

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After the announcement by the government of Telliria that they will be aiding the desectators of freedom in Croniun, the Imperator of Edolia has asked Parlaiment for a declaration of war. It was granted by a vote of 411-26 with 63 abstentions.

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950 kilometers off the coast of Croniun Grand Admiral Li Chengxi was meeting with his advisors...
"Sir, we have reports of the Tellirian fleet approaching our position. Estimated time of arrival is one day." The officer handed Admiral Li the report.
"That leaves us in a dangerous predicament. They've got themselves a large fleet there -nearly as large as ours... Combined with Croniun naval assets, we could be trapped..."
"Set a course for the Tellirian fleet. We'll hit them before the Croniuns can do anything about it and before their second fleet arrives to back them up."

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The Edolian fleet, commanded by Grand Admiral Li Chengxi immediately changed course, headed directly for the approaching Tellirian fleet. The two fleets are expected to come into contact with each other in open waters, thousands of kilometers from any coastline.

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In preparation for the meeting, Edolia's 86 submarines (48 attack subs, 38 missile subs) are to form the first line. They will remain at great depth to avoid enemy missile fire until such a time as they can begin striking at the enemy fleet. The "line" will consist of our 22 Pythonia-class anti-submarine destroyers as well as the 40 Landia-class missile boats and the 175 AXD-3 anti-submarine patrol boats. The 12 Blatterschplitt class arsenal ships and 24 Gerburg class arsenal ships will also make up this second line. Finally will come the remainder of the Edolian fleet with carriers placed in positions of defense. Gryphon-S2 destroyer-launched anti-submarine helicopters and YT/A-3 Hellions launched from the Imperium Aircraft Carriers will provide additional anti-submarine support...

All ships are operating under near radio silence, which along with their sleek, stealh hulls and jamming systems will keep the widely-spread fleet difficult to find -until they begin firing.

In the meantime, the Edolian transport fleet is holding off its advance and staying in safe waters -not wanting to risk an assault by the Croniun fleet.

An additional Edolian fleet is being deployed from home. It consists of:

6 Imperium class Aircraft Carriers
(180 YT/A-2 Hellion fighter/intercepts
180 YT/A-3 Hellion fighter/bombers)

12 Himelburg class Mini-Aircraft Carriers Aircraft Carriers
(72 YT/P-2 Hellion VTOL fighter/interceptors
72 YT/P-3 Hellion VTOL fighter/bombers)

10 Imperatrix class Missile Boat Carriers
(125 AXD-1 Surface-to-Surface Missile Boats
125 AXD-2 Surface-to-Air Missile Boats
125 AXD-3 Anti-Submarine Patrol Boats
125 AXD-4 Fleet Defense Missile Boats)

12 Blatterschplitt class Arsenal Ships
16 Gerburg class Arsenal Ships
18 Pythonia-SSD
18 Pythonia-SAD
18 Pythonia-ASD
12 Pythonia-SBD
60 Landia Long-Range Missile/Patrol Boats

This fleet will make its way and take up the position previously occupied by the original Edolian fleet. ETA: One week.

We have set up thousands of bunkers along our beaches and our borders along with a total of 500,000 men guarding the bunkers and arming the machine guns.

We already have 2,000,000 infantry troops mobilized because of other conflicts and we are currently mobilizing another 1,000,000 infantry troops.

We also have mobilized:

10,000 F-16s
400 B-52 Bombers
1,000 Leopard tanks
2,000 M1A2 Abrams tanks
3,500 M1A1 Abrams tanks
1,500 Hummers
1,000 Self-propelled guns

OCC: Well, it looks like you are gonna replay the Invasion of Normandy. Cool.

IC:
[code:1:25b94fcd80]TO CRONIUN
Although the Czar disapproves of your methods, he congradulates you in disrupting the government. Just don't do it again -- for your sake. I have developed something you might find useful, if you need assistance.

General Aerostalvich
CINCAIRSPA[/code:1:25b94fcd80]

We have set up thousands of bunkers along our beaches and our borders along with a total of 500,000 men guarding the bunkers and arming the machine guns.

We already have 2,000,000 infantry troops mobilized because of other conflicts and we are currently mobilizing another 1,000,000 infantry troops.

We also have mobilized:

10,000 F-16s
400 B-52 Bombers
1,000 Leopard tanks
2,000 M1A2 Abrams tanks
3,500 M1A1 Abrams tanks
1,500 Hummers
1,000 Self-propelled guns

<<OOC: 10,000 F-16s? Is that a typo? I ask because it's disproportionately a lot of planes (compared with your other equipment) and because a nation of your size would have difficulty supporting so much along with all the other stuff you have.>>

The Holy Empire of Crossman will not participate in this action because we just got done leveling Croniun to dust the other day.

TO CRONIUN: Think of this as a gift from us.

-Emperor Crossman, ruler of the Holy Empire of Crossman and sovereign of Crossman Prime

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[Iuthian Press Release, Iuthia Declares War!]

Welcome esteemed members of the the Iuthian press, please settle down, I'll answer your questions after my statement.


Thanks... now lets begin.


First off I would like to condemn all nations that would support Cronium at this time, they must be completely without morals to be able to support a nation which using nuclear weapons as a method of assination, killing much more then their intended target, doing damage to that area for thousands of years to come... the death toll will be in the thousands to see the least. Some of which will die horrible horrible deaths. Most of them will not even know why, most of them were not even homosexuals...

I would say that they are lucky that there is even a nation left to defend, as nuclear weapons from around the world are now pointing at this small nation, wondering if they will have to press the button to stop what is clearing a insane nations.


None the less, Iuthia will be declaring war against this nation, assisting our Edolian bothers with any forces they should require. We are currently mobilising a task force in which to take this nations and replace their government with a stable one, for the better of the world and the safety of Murphdawggia.

So we ask that any and all nations drop their support for this nations, less you want to be labelled as an "insane leadership"... afterall, supporting a nation which is willing to use Nuclear Weapons to assasinate one man has to be one of the worse cases I've ever seen of terrorism commited by a naiton. They will be brought to justice.

Thankyou, I will now be answering questions...


[Screen skips back to news report, covering the nations opinions of the situation...]

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/iuthia.jpg

Lord General deGritz, leader of the Iuthian people.
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Recent News in Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83886&highlight=)
OOC Information on Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109898&highlight=)


OOC: Please will everyone be realistic about moving huge armies in one day... it's beyond stupid. It took America several months to move all their troops near Iraq for the preparations... and that was only 200'000 troops.

As for your Navies... damn, no one needs 24 battleships, most nations wouldn't think of having that many...

Be realistic or I'll follow suit with the way you guys make your navies... which would result in a unholy amount of shuge vessals I don't need.

Cronium, do you have a map or do we have to rely on description.

Telliria, we haven't even stated where we are going to land, so how would you know where we are going?

<<OOC: In terms of the battleships, it is unrealistic, but I don't think it's much of a big deal. Arsenal ships and advanced subs would cut through battleships like a hot knife through butter (something about such a massive target for precision missiles makes battleships very vulnerable).

I agree about the deployment. The only reason that Edolia was able to get the forces out so fast is that these troops were about to return home to Edolia. They're slightly understrength but casualties were very light and the enemy surrendered quickly so they still have most of their ammo (which can be quickly replentished anyway).>>

Official message from the Hattian People's Congress

The Hattian People's Congress has voted unanimously to uphold our end of our Mutual Defense Pact, and our duty as a fellow member of UNAPS, to come to the aid of our ally, Edolia. Hattia is now officially at war with Cronium, and their alles. While we can not deploy many troops as we would like to at this time, we have mobilized our 1st Hat Guard Commando division, and our 14th Heavy Infantry Division. Along with our 6th and 7th fleets, who will soon leave port to meet up with our Edolian comrades.

<<OOC: In terms of the battleships, it is unrealistic, but I don't think it's much of a big deal. Arsenal ships and advanced subs would cut through battleships like a hot knife through butter (something about such a massive target for precision missiles makes battleships very vulnerable).>>

OOC: Thats why I didn't use the word GODMOD... it's unrealistic but it's possible.

Several transports with cannisters with an unknown substance (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=125206) arrived in Iuthia. Along with them came several nerdish men and women. Some of the top defence-researchers the nation posessed. The entire operation was classified as top-secret.

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"The Knootian government expresses its moral support for the Edolian/Iuthian cause. We hope our UnAPS allies will achieve victory, and we hope that the casualties will be light.
However we have not been asked to join the fight and thusly we will not do so. We ask that all parties respect that Knootoss' involvement in this matter will only be non-military"
~Foreign Affairs ministry press statement.

OOC: basically, I'm not sending troops but I do send Iuthia some of my "gay spray" weapons along with launchers if they do not posess them. Iuthia has permission to RP them himself, but I am willing to assist/help should there be problems.
Have a fun RP.

The Dictatrship of Rickinstine, sends over 1,000 observation troops to the troubled reagon, to observe combat.

The Dictatrship of Rickinstine, sends over 1,000 observation troops to the troubled reagon, to observe combat.

OOC: sheesh thats just insane. *RUNS back to NationStates where such insanity is much, much less prevalent.*
I mean... you imagine being let in in the first place? and to OBSERVE combat?! :shock:
EDIT: Sorry for the rant. Please don't reply here but TG me.

The Dictatrship of Rickinstine, sends over 1,000 observation troops to the troubled reagon, to observe combat.

OOC: sheesh thats just insane. *RUNS back to NationStates where such insanity is much, much less prevalent.*
I mean... you imagine being let in in the first place? and to OBSERVE combat?! :shock:
EDIT: Sorry for the rant. Please don't reply here but TG me.
occ: as i have sayed BEFOR that is my way of saying TAG
just ignore them, they will pull out after the fighting is done.

Transmission to the World

<Transmission to the world>
<Diplomatic Corp>
{Encryption 3857}

Garrison II will provide military aid in weapons, medical supplies, and operatives that are trained in guerilla tactics. The ships Emperor's Will, Valiant, and Thor's Hammer will be sent to observe.

{Transmission Over}

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Lady Taylor
Lady of Garrison II
House of David
Lady of York

<<OOC: I assume you will be assisting Croniun, G2?>>

OOC: Our goverment is much more focused on war than America. Troops are ready to move at all time.

I hope you weren't talking to me about the landing, I just said what was the expected landing spot.

Also the RT times are short because every real day is one year, meaning that if we were going off of that 1 day would be really short.

IC:

"Sir, we may have a problem."

"Whats that?"

"It seems that a part of the fleet has broken off and dissapeared."

"Well we would be the most likely target, unless they are preparing an ambush against the Planith fleet, but that would just be dumb."

"Yes sir, It might not be a good idea to risk 400,000 troops!"

"Yes, give the signal for Tactic: 221."

"221 entered, fleet is falling back!"

The Tellirian Fleet turns around and pulls back full speed. Meanwhile the subs prepare to ambush anyone that comes through, more or less likely a suicide mission. Meanwhile sirens go off in Airbases, the siren for troops and pilots to scramble into their stations. After a few hours 45,000 troops and some supplies are in the air and heading to same place as the last para-troopers. 45,000 more are expected to leave today, and 45,000 for the next 3 days. The planes will fly using various routes, and will try to avoid the enemy by going through allied countries. The planes will be escorted by 200 F-16s as front guard and 150 F-22's as flank and rear guard.

Back home troops rush to defend locations along the coast and begin roadblocks at the few places that lead up to the plateau. Meanwhile the Emperor begins his tour to Allied countries to ask for some naval supplies against what might be an imagined threat.

The Planith Fleet meets up with the Tellirian Fleet at home, or at least sets a course to.

Overall the troops should be the same proportionatly as the 400,000, and all the equipment is the same, except for the 10,000 APCs, whcih will be lowered to 450.

Back on shore the troops scramble around behind the shore, doing something, but as what is unknown to enemy troops (preparing ambush sites in case of a successful landing.).

The Tellirian Emperor sent this via. fax to the nations involved about prisoners, asking each to sign the agreement.

1. All prisoners will be treated well, at least 2 healthy meals a day, and 8 hours of sleep.

2. Prisoners will not be used for forced labor.

3. Soldiers who surrender will not be executed.

4. Prisoners will recieve proper medical treatment.

Those who sign this document will be held to word, and will be tried at a International court held by the nations in this war for war crimes.

Signed:

Vahn Winfield I;Emperor of Telliria;Grand Lord of Planith

<<OOC: I assume you will be assisting Croniun, G2?>>

Probably with money and supplies but thats all.

Fleet Admiral Ustinov paced around on the bridge of his flagship, the HNS Hammer of the Proletariat. "Comrade Admiral, I have spotted the Edolian fleet on the radar!" said the radar operator. "Good." Ustinov walked over to the radio...

Message to the Edolian Grand Admiral

"Greetings from Hattia, this is Fleet Admiral Ustinov speaking. Anything in the area that we should be aware of?"

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The Tellirian Emperor sent this via. fax to the nations involved about prisoners, asking each to sign the agreement.

1. All prisoners will be treated well, at least 2 healthy meals a day, and 8 hours of sleep.

2. Prisoners will not be used for forced labor.

3. Soldiers who surrender will not be executed.

4. Prisoners will recieve proper medical treatment.

Those who sign this document will be held to word, and will be tried at a International court held by the nations in this war for war crimes.

Signed:

Vahn Winfield I;Emperor of Telliria;Grand Lord of Planith

Hattia agrees to follow these guidelines...

The Tellirian Emperor sent this via. fax to the nations involved about prisoners, asking each to sign the agreement.

1. All prisoners will be treated well, at least 2 healthy meals a day, and 8 hours of sleep.

2. Prisoners will not be used for forced labor.

3. Soldiers who surrender will not be executed.

4. Prisoners will recieve proper medical treatment.

Those who sign this document will be held to word, and will be tried at a International court held by the nations in this war for war crimes.

Signed:

Vahn Winfield I;Emperor of Telliria;Grand Lord of Planith

Iuthia agree's to these terms, though we would be interested if some form of argeement could be made on nuclear arms... we wouldn't want this to go Nuclear now would we?

Lord General deGritz, leader of the Iuthian people.
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OOC Information on Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109898&highlight=)


OOC: Techniqually Iuthia concentrates further on soldiers then you do according to our nations profile... you "juggle" the issues of defence and so on... where as Iuthia is damn near run by the military... it's a society thing.

Just remember though, time is fluid meaning that it isn't set to 1 day = 1 NS year.

Just because you can post more often doesn't mean you can do more things.

TAG: I'll wait for updates before i'll make any moves.

i'll send:

Northern Offences

Middle Offences

Southern Offences

Queen Victorian Regement

Sverige Army

Svea Paratroopers

Lappland Regement

Ångermanland Regement

Uppsala Regement

Karlskrona Regement

Stockholms Marine division

Eack Regement Consist of:

5 000 Basic infantary
2 000 Specially Trained Personel. e.g Medics, Engineers ect.
500 Stridsvagn 121 - Leopard 2A4
250 Stridsvagn 122 - Leopard 2A5 Improved S
700 Stridsfordon 90 / Combat Vehicle 90 APC
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<<OOC: Please, I said in the first post that this should be a small war. Unless you're a close ally of someone involved, don't send troops!>>

"We refuse to sign any agreement. All is fair in love and war. However, I can give you my assurances that we will do what is in the interests of our forces. We don't want our troops being executed and we shall therefore refrain from killing too many of your surrendering forces."
Thomas von Leifric
Minister of War

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Communique to the Hattian Hammer of the Proletariat:
"Comrades,
We have a hostile Tellirian fleet currently retreating from the might of the Scarlet Armada. They shall be chased down and destroyed. Victory to the People!"

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As the Tellirian fleet begins retreating, the Edolian fleet continues its charge forward, the powerful engines and tight, trimaran hulls propelling the ships forward with a speed that few navies can match. But the real power of the Scarlet Armada is not in the ships...

The roar was deafening... hundreds of sleek, gray planes roared overhead, their powerful scramjet engines sucking in air, igniting it and propelling them forward at speed unmatched by conventional engines...

In the meantime, a small contingent of VTOL squadrons are moving along with the submarines, flying low to the water in an effort to find and destroy any enemy submarine forces that could be lying in wait...

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<<OOC: I'll post more later. I have to finish my Latin homework.>>

HNS Hammer of the Proletariat

The Admiral listened to the message from the Edolians. He then walked over to the radio, "All ships, full speed ahead. Battle stations!" He then looked out over the fleet, "We aren't going to let our comrades have all the fun!"

As the massive air armada of over 750 fighters smashes through the sound barrier, the computers on board arm their missiles. XED-400 long-range air to air missiles and FDX-12 air to ship missiles ready to fire, the swarm prepares for battle...

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On board the SNS Erik von Blatterschplitt...
"We have confirmation that the Hattians are moving to engage the enemy, Admiral."
"Excellent. Glad to know that we've got friends... Hoist the battle flag of the UnAPS up next to our own. Let's show our solidarity."
"Yes sir!"

OOC: Actually, 400 B-52s is as unusually high a figure as 10,000 F-16s. Now, a small word on time. Time in an RP should move as fast as necessary; for most RPs, day=year is far too fast. For battles, sometimes a RL day boils down to a single hour at times. As noted in the other thread:

Tahar Joblis offers its condolences to Murphdawggia and condemns the following nations for associating within the brotherhood of terror responsible for this attack:

Seversky
Telliria
Croniun
Lord Vek
Yusef
Lake Blackal
Derscon
(OOC: My apologies to those of you listed twice, but you shouldn't be using puppets to drum up support for yourself.)

All trade with these nations is to cease. In addition, Croniun and any nations found continuing to support the terrorists in Murphdawggia are hereby declared to be pirate nations, as described in 2344:334:29:BQ:3:A of the Tahar Joblissan legal code. This means that the apprehension, capture, or destruction of vessels registered under these nations is legal by Tahar Joblissan ships or any ship in Tahar Joblissan waters.

"This is Eagle Strike Force!! We have inbound bombers! Requesting immediate aid!!!"

Tellirian Harriers fly up to meet the oncomming enemy. They are outnumbered signifcantly (350 Harriers), however they have made significant headway, and will be entering Tellirian waters shortly.

"Eagle Strike Force, this is Tellirian Headquarters. Planith Fleet has launched fighters, Tellirian Fleet 12 is moving to meet you att he border, and we have launched a massive effort to rescue you and your men from that oncomming threat!"

"Thank you HQ! All tactics will be in use in 5 minutes!!"

450 F-16s
500 F-22s

all scramble up to meet the enemy. They will arrive in 20 minutes or so (not real time). The 12th fleet is actually all the ships in the area, equalling out to:

20 Tiger Subs
15 Iowa Battleships
12 Agies Cruisers
9 Aircraft Carriers
45 Missle Boats

They will meet in around 45 minutes.

Planith planes (numbering 300 Harriers) will arrive in 30 minutes.

Agies Cruisers open fire on the planes comming at them, AA missles soar against enemy forces. The Fleet spreads out so that the troop carriers will take less casualites.

Back at Croniun:

Tellirian commanders are requesting the Croniun goverment to authorize an attack agianst the enemy fleet while part of it is away. By hitting them now we could take control of the ocean, and crush them here and now with one blow.

OOC: Sorry about the timing, I was supposed to complete this earlier but it's a bitch to make a realistic force which doesn't just post the numbers of battleships and crap like that.

I may add more later depending on my mood and how well the war is going. This is the basic list, meaning the information is limited until I need to post it.

Currently Mobilised forces:

6 Carrier Battle Groups

4 Amphibious Ready Groups

10 seperate "Guided Missile Submarines" (SSGN)

Nuberous Divisions of the Iuthian Infantry*

One Division of Iuthian Black Viper Specialists*

* Due to awkward intel available on precise numbers I will not post the overall figure of these due to the fact they will not actually be transported into Cronium until we've secured land and a port to deploy them.


Each Carrier Battle Group:

1 Carriers (CVN) -- Strike warfare
1 Battleship (BB) -- Surface warfare...
2 Cruisers (CG) -- Air warfare (TBMD)
3 Destroyers/Frigates (DD(G)/FFG) -- Surface and undersea warfare
2 Attack submarines (SSN) -- Surface and undersea warfare
2 Fast Combat Support (AOE) -- Replenishment

Carrier holds:

36 F/A-18 -- Strike/Fighter
14 F-14 -- Fighter/Strike
4 EA-6B -- SEAD/Jamming
4 E-2C -- Airborne warning & control
8 S-3B -- Surface Warfare/Tanker
6 SH/HH-60 -- Undersea/Logistics/CSAR
2 C-2 -- Carrier onboard delivery


Each Amphibious Ready Group:

1 Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD)

Each:
42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
5 AV-8B Harrier attack planes
6 ASW helicopters
1702 Marines (Regiment)


2 Cruisers (CG) -- Air warfare (TBMD)
3 Destroyers/Frigates (DD(G)/FFG) -- Surface and undersea warfare


Note that all of the above is OOC

Edit: Woo... beware my 8'000 Marines... *cough* sorry if these figures are small, but I'm trying to be realistic without going too small... I wouldn't of bothered with Battleships were it not for the silly amount that are being thrown around at great cost.

The Iuthian fleet is some distance behind that of the Edolian fleet due to the longer Distance the Iuthians had to travel... but slowly and surely the fleet slowly made its way towards the waters of Cronium...

Currently the 6 Carrier Battlegroups were only travelling at 20 knots due to the low speed of the Amphibious Ready Groups...

Overall it wasn't hard to miss the groups... with so many ships moving in formation it wasn't going to be cheap for the Iuthian's to fund so many ships.

None the less they advanced, ever vigilant.

The Principality of Arkanta is warning Edolia and others that if they step foot on Adolfian soil, all nation's will mobilize our units. With Adolfia being an Archipelago, an attack on Adolfian soil is considered an attack on all of our nations. If they wish to escalate this conflict, so be it. Be warned-We will use terrorist tactics to keep your navy out of our waters, and your armies off of our land.

The Principality of Arkanta is mobilizing to Patrol Adolfia's borders:
670 Mjollnir Self Defense Systems
700 Patriot Anti-Aircraft Systems
500 Toxotes(One of our elite Sniper divisions)
350 Panzerfausts
1,000 Spartans(Carrying specially equipped M50's, M4 carbines, and .450 Dakota's with acidiary shells)

Should attacks with tanks occur, we will destroy them on site. Should our forces see any infantry not bearing an Adolfian flag, they will be executed. All planes will be shot down, prisoner's will be held.

Though a relatively small force, they are well trained in guerilla warfare. Mines(An undisclosed number) are currently being set up off of Adolfia's waters, but not in the inner Archipelago's waters, so we can carry on trade.

Remember, we don't want total war. We also don't want invader's in our homeland. The rest of our forces are mobilized, but only will patrol Arkanta's borders.

The Principality of Arkanta is warning Edolia and others that if they step foot on Adolfian soil, all nation's will mobilize our units. With Adolfia being an Archipelago, an attack on Adolfian soil is considered an attack on all of our nations. If they wish to escalate this conflict, so be it. Be warned-We will use terrorist tactics to keep your navy out of our waters, and your armies off of our land.

The Principality of Arkanta is mobilizing to Patrol Adolfia's borders:
670 Mjollnir Self Defense Systems
700 Patriot Anti-Aircraft Systems
500 Toxotes(One of our elite Sniper divisions)
350 Panzerfausts
1,000 Spartans(Carrying specially equipped M50's, M4 carbines, and .450 Dakota's with acidiary shells)

Should attacks with tanks occur, we will destroy them on site. Should our forces see any infantry not bearing an Adolfian flag, they will be executed. All planes will be shot down, prisoner's will be held.

Though a relatively small force, they are well trained in guerilla warfare. Mines(An undisclosed number) are currently being set up off of Adolfia's waters, but not in the inner Archipelago's waters, so we can carry on trade.

Remember, we don't want total war. We also don't want invader's in our homeland. The rest of our forces are mobilized, but only will patrol Arkanta's borders.

"You will stay out of this if you know what is good for you. Don't make us squash you like the bugs you are."
Thomas von Leifric
Minister of War

<<OOC: A couple of points.

One, Telliria: Is Planith an ally or a puppet? If he's a puppet, you can't use him. If he's an ally, he has to post that he's sending forces -otherwise it's against RPing rules. Because they're just harriers (which are really not good air-to-air fighters at all) I'll let it slide for this battle. But in the future, you'll need him to post.

Two, Iuthia: Here's how I see the battle situation: We've got the main Edolian fleet, along with some Hattians, in the middle of the ocean chasing the Tellirians, a fighter battle beginning near the Tellirian fleet and the new Iuthian and secondary Edolian fleets (along with Edolian transports) off the coast of Croniun. Does that sound about right?>>

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"Sir, we've got bandits, coming in fast... Over 300 harriers sir..."
"No problem. Order the bombers to keep moving -release countermeasures and maneuvers if need be. The interceptors can deal with the planes..."
"Sir! We've got another large force of planes arriving soon. If we don't want to take heavy casualties, we'll have to make this fast."
"No problem. In and out..."

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The flotilla of unmanned fighters continue their flight towards the Tellirian fleet. As approximately half the fighters -some 350 YT/A and P-2 Hellions interceptors- break off from the main fleet, making a direct path towards the harriers. At 400 kilometers, each fires a single XED-400 long-range missile. With great range but little maneuverability, these missiles are almost useless against advanced fighters such as the F-15 or F-22 but are extremely potent against unmaneuverable fighters -such as harriers. As they continue to close, XED-200s are armed and prepared...

At the same time, the fighter/bombers are only six hundred kilometers from the enemy fleet and begin arming their large and powerful FDX-12 heavy anti-ship missiles. Each fighter only carriers one of these heavy missiles but also has a case of four FOX-2 light air to surface missiles.

The battle is underway...

<<OOC: Because I use fighters of my own design, I should explain their basic premise. The YT/A-2 and A-3 Hellions are unmanned fighters controlled from bunkers in Edolia via robust-data links from satellites, relay-points and if necessary, signal-transfer planes. Because it's much easier to make fast, maneuverable and stealthy planes if you don't have to worry about the pilot, these fighters are extremely powerful. One of their main disadvantages, though, is that they are small and so don't carry very many missiles. Also, pilots back home tend to be more reckless with them, since they don't have to worry about being killed themselves. Just some background, in case you needed it...>>

A Tahar Joblissan battle group is rumored to be heading towards Adolfia.

Tahar Joblis has asked that the region of Adolfia cooperate with Edolian justice officials.

The Nation of Crossroads Inc has been asked to put forth a Battle group from its forces by an Ally. Before doing so however it would like to make a list of all forces involved. As such we ask the Pro Croniun and Anti Croniun nations to list themselves (will also make it easier for new comers to this battlethread)

We welcome the Tahar Joblis into this battle and thank them for their support.

The Nation of Crossroads Inc has been asked to put forth a Battle group from its forces by an Ally. Before doing so however it would like to make a list of all forces involved. As such we ask the Pro Croniun and Anti Croniun nations to list themselves (will also make it easier for new comers to this battlethread)

Croniun and Allies:
Croniun
Arkanta
Telliria

Coalition
Edolia
Iuthia
Hattia
Tahar Joblis

<<OOC: But I really think we ought to limit the number of people joining the thread. Unless they're specifically allied with one of the combatants...>>

The fact that Croniun Itself has seemed to drop out of open activity from this Battle makes me seem my interevention right now may be uneeded, I the battle gorws however I will put my forces in to support the Invasion.

my army will come with 1,000,000 soiders 100 mig-29 , 400 tanks and nuclear tanks all soiders wiil have AK-47's
the best genrals in my nation. :twisted:



all prisoners will not get killed and will be qustion if they are officers and taken care of like one of are soiders but they can't run away and they will die!!!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: 8) 8)

my army will come with 1,000,000 soiders 100 mig-29 , 400 tanks and nuclear tanks all soiders wiil have AK-47's
the best genrals in my nation. :twisted:



all prisoners will not get killed and will be qustion if they are officers and taken care of like one of are soiders but they can't run away and they will die!!!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: 8) 8)

Please read what I say in the beginning. From now on, I'm going to enforce the closed RP status.

my army will come with 1,000,000 soiders 100 mig-29 , 400 tanks and nuclear tanks all soiders wiil have AK-47's
the best genrals in my nation.

OOC: Hm... ignored due to RL Russia being bigger then you with a smaller army. Go away, you don't even know what this is about.

Two, Iuthia: Here's how I see the battle situation: We've got the main Edolian fleet, along with some Hattians, in the middle of the ocean chasing the Tellirians, a fighter battle beginning near the Tellirian fleet and the new Iuthian and secondary Edolian fleets (along with Edolian transports) off the coast of Croniun. Does that sound about right?>>

OOC: Sounds about right... I have a breaching force of about 8'000 should it be required (seeing as I brought along nice realistic breaching ships to do so)... I won't have the bulk of my army set off until we've captured a port.

Additional: So are you saying at we're near the coast, should we wait for Cronium/Allies to respond to our proximity...

The Principality of Arkanta is warning Edolia and others that if they step foot on Adolfian soil, all nation's will mobilize our units. With Adolfia being an Archipelago, an attack on Adolfian soil is considered an attack on all of our nations. If they wish to escalate this conflict, so be it. Be warned-We will use terrorist tactics to keep your navy out of our waters, and your armies off of our land.

Ah... nice to be able to list another nation wth possible links to terrorism I guess, I know some nations that would be very interested in such knowledge...

But lets not get ahead of ourselves, shall we? Firstly I would like to point out that we are invading Cronium due to their terrible act of terror against another nation. They used diplomatic channels to smuggle a nuclear device into said nation and then used the device to assination their leader during a political meeting between the two.

Not only is the use of a nuclear weapon as a assination device incredably immoral and wrong, but they did it through diplomatic channels. As such we must invade this nation to stop such attacks from ever happening again.

If you are not against these actions and still deploy forces then we will be in a state of war... and trust me on this, we have the training to route out gorilla warfare.

I would suggest to step down and leave this alone for your own safety. These people do no deserve your assistance, not for their crimes.

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Lord General deGritz, leader of the Iuthian people.
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[Iuthia Press Release, Demands.]


Seeing as all wars are conducted for a perpose, we the nation of Iuthia are setting the level of conditions that must be met by Croniun and Allies if we are to accept a surrender.

I would prefer not to have to kill thousands of your peoples changing the regime in Cronium, but if they do not surrender we will be forced to invade and change the nation for the better*.

So here are the Iuthian conditions for surrender:

Non-negotiable conditions:

> All forces (Cronium and Allied) are to stand down.

> The Cronium leadership will have to step down from power to be replaced by a democratically elected leadership. Then a court hearing would take place to find those responable for the assination so they may be brought to justice.

> All suit-case Nuclear Weapons are to be abandoned for conventional Nuclear Weapons. Suit-case Nuclear Weapons are blatent terrorist devices which must be removed.

> Stop supporting terrorism.

> Payment for damages cuase in Assination.


Negotiable conditions:

> Colition Embassies to be built to observe new leadership.

> Payment for all damages caused to Colition Forces.


Should Cronium surrender to these conditions we will halt our invasion of their nation without any further losses to their people. Should the allies of Cronium surrender we will not pursue their reasons for assisting, but simply assume they meant well...

Should these conditions be rejected we will be forced to commence our invasion upon your nation and allied forces, be warned that the current forces are only a fraction of that we have in reserve, these crimes are so bad that we will push this invasion for as long as it takes. So a surrender is in the best interest of all involved.

Thankyou, we can only hope you are willing to listen.


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Lord General deGritz, leader of the Iuthian people.
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* OOC: In the likely case that invasion is sucessful the regime would be changed into democratically elected one with the colition giving compulsory orders to them... so the nation wouldn't be dead, just RPed by Cronium still under the colitions guide... chances are we will do it for a week then leave them alone with the condition to not do this sort of thing again.


This is the best option you have for this war to end and for a more peaceful RP to start... it will also mean your nation doesn't get forced into too much.

We also encourage Cronium's allies to surrender according to Iuthia's terms.

All ships in the fleet hoisted the UnAPS flag under the Hattian flag. "All ships, commence volley fire on my mark! 3, 2, FIRE!"

The guns of the 4 battleships were unleashed simeltaniously (sp?). While missile crusiers in the fleet began launching their anti-ship missiles.

"Sir, we've detected enemy aircraft!" shouted the radarman over the roar of the guns. "Launch the fighters!"

The nimble HASC-2Ks taxied down the decks of the 2 aircraft carriers. The much larger Mig-31ks followed them...

"Bail Out!"

This was the general call as Harrier after Harrier was hit or was in line to be hit. However the most elite pilots broke through and began their desperate attack against the radio planes.

"Sir here is the information on the enemy planes. It appears they are radio controled, meaning that we might be able to take them out or confuse them if we block radio transmitions are clog the channels. Of course we will have to search for the frequencies, however its all we have right now."

"Try it!"

"Yes sir!"

Officer runs off to carry out task.

"Sir, we have incomming attacks..it appears to be a volley of artillery and anti-shipping missles from the Hattia fleet."

"Intercept the missles with missles from the Agies Cruisers, and return fire with some our own. Target the enemy AirCraft Carriers! Pick up speed to dodge the enemy artillery. Use ours to hit the AirCraft Carriers!"

"Sir we have allies!!!"

"This is Blue Moon leader to Eagle Strike Force, we have arrived to aid you in the evacuation of your troops."

"Roger that Blue Moon, your arrival is welcomed!"

The 50 Harriers left fly hard and fast against the enemy, being a little reckless to try and destroy the enemy. Several are hit by missles as they make this attack, while other fire missles and use bullets. With the arrival of allied planes they pull down, dangerously close to the water and head to the enemy fleet to divert the attention of the fighters. However there are now 30 fighters left.

Out of the 950 fighters expected, only 300 fighters have arrived, however the rest will be arriving soon.

100 F-16s
200 F-22s

Back on the beach, Tellirian troops begin doing stuff on shore (placing explosives and mines). Reinforcements will be arriving in around 30 minutes.

Losses:
320 Harriers (175 pilots bailed)

OOC: Planith was a diplomatic takeover. A union between the Emperors Uncle and their last Grand Lords daughter. With the death of the last Grand Lord, Tellirian declared itself the rightfull rulers of the country since the Grand Lords only heir, the daughter, died, and she left no heirs. Since the Uncle was no longer living, Vahn was granted rulership over the country. We recieved the password and now we rule over it.

So its not really a puppet, however isn't exactly an ally, more like our lands.

OOC: Before I start my part of this RP, I'm hoping to get some information.

Firstly, could we have a map (doesn't have to be a good one) showing current enemy fleet postions (not including subs, those can stay hidden) along with beaches marked out.

This will save alot of trouble in the long run.

The Emperor is displeased, to say the least, with Cronium for its disgusting assasination techniques and Cronium's allies for their support of such tactics. At this time we will not insinuate ourselves into a sitation that is clearly in the competant hands of our allies, but if this war gets out of hand we will step in and secure total victory ourselves. Moreover, further use of nuclear weapons on the part of Cronium or its allies will be met with a measured nuclear response. Consider this your first, last, and only warning, we will not bother with talk beyond this point.

Asiya Saleh
Director of Diplomatic Services

<<OOC: Iuthia: I imagine my second fleet to be about 800-1,000 km off the Croniun coast. In other words, he probably wouldn't be able to hit us with much of anything unless he sent out a fleet.>>

"Sir... The Tellirians seem to be trying to block the signals to the Hellions. I estimate they'll get the right frequency within a matter of twenty minutes. They're making excellent time."
"Damn. Let's get home command informed. I want the standard procedure. Break radio frequncies -one per squadron [note: a squadron in the Edolian Air Force is twelve planes]. And keep shifting frequencies. Just in case they get lucky, I want the back-up AI programs loaded and waiting. The planes should be able to continue their missions -though with a great deal less effectiveness- if the radio is knocked out."
"Yes sir. It looks like we've got another couple hundred fighters moving in. F-16s and 22s..."
"Hmmm... We want to keep casualties light. How far from the enemy fleet are the YT/A-3s?"
"350 kilometers sir..."
"Good... At 300, they'll launch their missiles. They should be there in just a few minutes. Once they're launched, turn them back. Likewise the interceptors, but have them dish out as much as possible to the Tellirians before turning back."
"Yes sir."

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As the interceptor wing continues its sweep, casualties are relatively light since most of the fighting had been done at ranges beyong the capabilities of the harriers. But the F-22s and F-16s with their longer-range missiles could prove to be more of a fight. Long streams of fire shoot through the sky as nearly three hundred XED-200 long-range missiles streak out. More agile than the XED-400s, they would do some damage to the enemies before they closed into a range into full-missile-exchange distance. XED-80s and -40s were armed but the possibily that they woudl run out of missiles was great...

The fighter/bombers flew lower and lower as they moved, their precision fly-by-wire technology allowing them to almost skim the water, causing massive streams of foam to stream off to all sides. 10... 9... 8... They were closing within range of the enemy fleet... 7... 6... 5... Missiles streaked around them as enemy F-22s and F-16s sent their ordnance out, attempting to shoot down as many as possible... 4... 3... 2... 1... Over 250 FDX-12 rockets left the launch chambers of the Hellions; as the missiles speeded towards their targets, they began releasing flares and chaff, firing off antiradar pulses in all directions to confuse enemy radar... Enemy battleships and carriers especially are targetted though each ship in the fleet is targetted by at least one missile.

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Meanwhile...
"This naval battle could be tougher than expected... How long until we're in range of the enemy fleet?"
"We could pick up the speed and move into range very quickly... but we'd run the risk of getting hit by submarines... As it is, it will probably be about a day before we can start shooting at them -by then they'll already be in Tellirian waters..."
"Alright. We have orders to keep casualties light. The Imperator's willing to spend money, not rebuild the navy. I want the submarines scanning the ocean though... Let's take out the Tellirian fleet. Then we'll be free to deal with Croniun. And radio the Iuthians... If their fleet begins shore bombardment, the Edolians are ready for the invasion."
"Yes sir."

<<OOC: Alright... I'll accept Planith. Most people wouldn't though; just warning you. In my opinion, the best RP way of dealing with nations you aquire IC is to RP them at the population they were when you acquired them. Otherwise, your "Empire's" population goes up twice as fast as most nation's... not quite fair... I used to play with two other nations that I had conquered but I let them die off after I realized just how fast the Edolian Empire was growing. Anyway... just food for thought...

I'm not having my fighters turn around immediately now because you should be able to RP the response from the F-22s and F-16s (as well as perhaps some very long-range SAM missiles). However, just keep in mind that my fighters are turning around immediately after firing off the anti-ship missiles.>>

*High atop the Crossroads Central Control tower, in the Capital city of Otokeshounen, an employee bursts into the Office of the Lord High CEO*

"Your Lordship, your Lordship! The forces are ready, the 3rd 4th and 7th Naval armadas are read to put out from prt Telgar, We have 500,000 troops mobilized awaiting your orders to begin the assualt" *The Lord High CEO leans back in his large chari, turned around, looking out the window over the captial city.*

"No... Not this time, I have been watching the forces, and things seem to be progressing nicly, theres really no reason to get involved" *The Employee pauses, looking stuned*

"B..But your CEOness, the forces, everything! We have prepared for this, it woas going to be the first time you have led our nation into War!" *The CEO turns around slaping down some papers*

"I am fully aware of that, But going in at this point would simply complicate an already crowded battlefield, Im not going to needless harm my forces for a poltical show of force. Besides." *he says, sitting back in his chair and smirking* "It will be far more fun Watching the forces of Cronium and its allies be thurmped from here, now go get some popcorn and rootbeer! Im inviting up some Veeps from level 47!"

"Yes your Lord CEOness!"

OCC: Ha HA! I'm glad I didn't get involved! Going Democratic wouldn't look good for my GDODAD application.

"Inbound missles."

"I see 'em..break up! Wing One, try and outrun the missles and distract those fighters, the rest of us will swoop down and stry and hit those bombers."

"Wing One rogers, defensive measures being activated..."

The first wing breaks off in a series of chaotic moves, with each fighter doing something to tryn and dodge the missles, while at the same time attracting more. This tricky fighting causes the loss of several fighters and a few pilots, however is buying time for wing 2,3,and 4.

"GET THOSE BOMBERS!!!!!"

The pilots are now desperate, firing without achieving locks, and letting everything go on manual. Huge sparys of water shoot up in front of a few bombers, destroying a couple, however most of the time the spray isn't powerful enough to do much of anything.

"Sir, it looks like we won't be able to stop the bombers..orders?"

"Get Naval Defenders to their stations, prepare all crew for immediate evacuation, and standby for impact. Have the rear ships group up to protect the troop carrying ships, tell all ships to keep going on this course and to NOT stray no matter what..."

"Sir, we've lost radar..."

"DAMN HERE THEY COME!!!"

The missles slam into hull after hull. Thanks to the incomplete efforts of the rear fleet several ships don't recieve as many blows, however these ships begin an immediate sinking process.

Losses:

50 F-16s
21 F-22s

7 Battleships are sinking, four at a very rapid pace, and the other three at a slower pace. 4 more are severly damged, and one more is crippled.

No Aircraft Carriers are sinking, however 2 have been severly damaged, and 1 has been crippled.

4 Agies Cruisers are sinking, two at a fast pace. 3 more are severly damaged.

3 Troop Carriers were blown to oblivion, and 10 more are slowly sinking. 20 more were damaged.

2,345 sailors died in the attack
750 are in seriously wounded
6,000 troops died in the attack
12,000 more are injured

The planes ruthlessly hound the enemy planes, attempting to avenge the deaths of their comrades.

The Tellirian goverment immediatly starts OPERATION: CAPTAIN HOOK, a reprisal raid against all enemy fleets, including the ones that attacked our ships.

200 B-2s with 150 F-22 escorts set out against the nearest enemy ships. They will arrive in 25 minutes.

700 B-2s with 400 F-22 escorts and 700 F-16 escorts set out to bomb the enemy main fleet.

All planes have been given anti-shipping missles and bombs, however the escorts have only 2.

[Aboard the Battleship Natols]

"Sir, it looks like the Edolian side is doing well. They are reporting heavy damages on the enemy fleet." The young officer reported to General Howards. The General was a lean man with a rough face, in truth he wasn't too far beyond 40, but a life in the military did alot to a man.

"Very well Jenkins, how far away are we from Cronium waters?" The General inquired.

"We should be within range with a day or so Sir, the LHD's are slowing us down due to their limited speed. However we're only 500 miles away or so now."

"Good, inform all units to be vigilant and on the watch for enemy vessals, they may try and intercept us. Have the tacticians chosen a beach yet?"

"No sir, but they are narrowing down the options now, they should have made a choice before tomorrow Sir."

"Very well, I had best go talk to the lads, help with moral and what not. Keep an eye on the situation and inform me of any developments."

"Will do Sir."


In preparation for the invasion all vessals are preforming their duties and keeping an eye on various inteligence for possible intercepts. Currently all Carrier groups are keeping a couple E-2C Hawkeye's in the air on various shifts to watch for movements where as most of the submarines are keeping watch on the seas for possible submarinal movement... as are the surface ships, most importantly the destroyers and frigates.


OOC: Not sure if your planes are heading my way, seeing as I'm not heading towards your nation. However, if you are going to attack I should be able to launch a defence pretty fast due to the sheer number of dection devices being run. All I'm asking as that we get an approach situation first before action.

<<OOC: I think that your ETA time for the bombers is way too fast. B-2s can't travel more than mach1 and your fleet (which is nearly in your waters) is about 1,500 kilometers ahead of mine. So from launch, it would take your bombers about an hour and half to prepare. Since you only talked about launching them after the bombing, my fighters will have lots of time to re-arm and regroup.>>

Casualties so far:
28 YT/A-2 Hellions
39 YT/A-3 Hellions

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"Sir! We've got a massive enemy counterattack! Hundreds of bombers taking off from Telliria. ETA 90 minutes!"
"Put the anti-air destroyers, and missile boats in the front line, we'll strafe them with missiles before they can get to the carriers. Have arsenal ships and subs move North towards Telliria... and spread the fleet out. We're not going to make ourselves easy targets... How many fighters do we still have here?"
"Only a couple squadrons... They wont be able to intercept them and do much, especially since they're outfitted mostly for anti-submarine duty."
"Seems they caught us with our pants down. This could be bloody. No matter. If we can knock down a significant portion of that force, they'll be completely crippled. 900 B-2s has to be most of their air force and we can get our Hellion force back here pronto..."
"They only have about two missiles per plane left though, sir."
"That should be enough if they're used sparingly. Let's put enough of a dent in those bombers that they are forced to retreat. They'll have to go through a gauntlet of advanced long-range SAMs before hitting our carriers. Combined with a concentrated fighter defense, we could have ourselves a real fight..."
"Yes sir."

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As the Edolian battle fleet begins spreading out, the following ships are being moved towards the fore of the fleet:
175 AXD-2 Surface-to-Air Missile Boats
22 Pythonia-SAD
40 Landia Long-Range Missile/Patrol Boats

These ships are all extremely effective anti-air vessels and are armed -especially the Pythonias- with heavy long-range, high-altitude missiles.

Anti-missile countermeasures are being armed aboard all ships.

At the same time, the massive air flotilla nearing the Tellirian fleet suddenly changes direction, back towards the Edolian fleet, moving to prepare a defense and re-arm, mostly with XED-X250 high-altitude strike missiles...

The rumored Tahar Joblissan fleet has begun to come in. A motley collection of poorly armed vessels hove into the region, spread out over a massive perimeter, with several light aircraft carriers and battleships - yes, battleships, several of them, with large gun turrets dominating their decks, as if stuck in the midst of the ancient era of WWII - hovering around the rear of the fleet. Large patches of mismatched paint visible from afar and large swatches of burlap dominate the scene.

There were, however, a great number of them. One could assume them to carry quite a few troops, possibly.

Tahar Joblissan TJS-1A Zephyrs began floating overhead at high altitude, scouting the area as the ships began to close in on the island chain from the open ocean.

Beneath the waves, another Tahar Joblissan fleet was advancing with all due deliberation, looking to pinpoint the locations of ships and mines...

The Mig-29ks and HASC-2ks formed up, the HASC-2ks mission was to attack the enemy fighters while the Mig's job was to torpedo enemy ships...

Beep... beep... beep... beep... The sound of the radar droned on, an accompaniment to the red flashing of the warning lights and the yelling of officers in the command room. "Sir, early-warning planes and satellites have been able to pick up a good number of those B-2s. We've been able to find about a third of them... ETA: 30 minutes."
"Excellent job leftenant. I want to see the entire air force in the air by the time they arrive. Earlier in fact. I want twenty-four squadrons flying hit-and-run missions against them while they get there. Can that be done?"
"Yes sir. 288 Hellions can probably fire off a missile or two each before they get here. After that, it will be bloody and no doubt we'll take heavy casualties, but our XAL-A-250s should have little trouble cleaning up. We've got our Pythonia surface-to-air destroyers patrolling the waters around the area along with missile boats. They'll have to go through a hail of missiles if they plan on hitting us. And our fighters are a lot faster than their bombers. I'm guessing we can chase them back to Telliria with almost total losses. After the loss of that bomber fleet, the Tellirians will have to capitulate. This isn't their war, after all."
"No doubt. Let it be done."

<<OOC: I'm wondering if we could possibly pick up the speed? There are other things that I'd like Edolia to be engaging in that I can't do until we stop being at war (various peaceful projects that are major enough that they would be put on hold during wartime). I'm going to TG Croniun and ask him if he's still around...>>

OOC: I won't post until Croniun does..whats the point otherwise?

OOC: I won't post until Croniun does..whats the point otherwise?

Alright. I haven't gotten back a response from him and he's been on... I don't know if he just doesn't have the time or if he's running away... If the latter, I guess there's nothing we can do and we can just ignore all of this...

Alright. I haven't gotten back a response from him and he's been on... I don't know if he just doesn't have the time or if he's running away... If the latter, I guess there's nothing we can do and we can just ignore all of this...

Fair enough, you guys want to disband this then?

Alright. I haven't gotten back a response from him and he's been on... I don't know if he just doesn't have the time or if he's running away... If the latter, I guess there's nothing we can do and we can just ignore all of this...

Fair enough, you guys want to disband this then?

Might as well. Too bad. Bloody annoying though.

Bah... I'm having too much fun throwing punching from the sidelines... it's a talent.

Ya..It dosn't make much sense for me to support a nation in a war when he's not even here. Oh well...good luck to all of you in the future...

Too bad the guy bugged out. Well, the topic had a good run, at least.

Just repair your nation, stop the rebels and get on with your nations life... like you said, we got a good run but I think it's all over now.