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Today, the Allanean Arms corporation has officially opened it's first ultra-deep water drill rig in Haven Straights.

The corporation has fired six of it's environmental advisors yesterday, in a move some critics find connected to the opening of the oil rig. The rig will have weapon mounts for two AA sistems and an armoury, due to threats of eco-terrorist attacks on the rigs.

The official response of Allan Briggs, CEO of Allanean Arms, to GreenPeace protesters gather in front of the Allanean Arms main office, was: "F**k you, a**holes".

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The oil rig

Could you please show us on a map where exactly this oil rig is?

Could you please show us on a map where exactly this oil rig is?


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We don't recall Haven or UnAPS ever giving permission for any Allanean corporation to open an oil rig in Haven waters. We also don't recall any Allanean corporation asking our regional delegate permission.

Feline protestors have surrounded the oil rig. Due to recent tensions, they are being protected by the equivilent of a Coast Guard vessel.

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"There's no oil in Haven waters... this has to be something else..." said the head of the DOECO, Feline's intel service.

Liom feels that the envio freaks should vacate the vicinity of the oil rig as in time of energy shortage this oil could be very useful.

How many barrels can you produce a day?

LNS,Lassic, Ilek-Vaad

Oil in Haven Straights?

An Allanean drilling company has claimed to have found oil reserves in Haven Straights. The Minister of Economics commented briefly

"Surveys have shown that there are no signifigant deposits of oil in the Haven Straights, none big enough to justify building an oil drilling rig, much less one armed with anti-aircraft missles, I ask you what eco-terrorists fly fighter jets?"

The Minister of Defence also commented

"Allanea has no claim to any part of the Haven straights and as far as we are aware no Allanea company has permission to do ANYTHING in Haven Straights. I am recommending that this iste be removed , if Allanea Arms cannot produce proof that the Haven nation that has territorial rights to that patch of the straights has in fact given Allanea permission to drill there. 24 hours, consider yourself warned!"

Geological expert Dr. Daniel Franklin , Professor Emeritus at King's Park University in Coventry stated

"The Haven Straights are caused by a geological rift. Magma is constantly being pushed upwards in the middle of the straights, giving rise to the many islands and slowly pushing the two Haven landmasses apart. The chances of oil being found in the area is incrediblly remote. Oil is usually found in old strata that has masses of decomposed organic materials that create oil, the strata under Haven Straights is geologically 'new' strata."

It was reported that the Supreme Republican Commander was dispatching the Battlegroup Emperor Ehecatl to monitor the drilling station.

LNS, Haven News

The Allanean Academy of Sciences has granted the State Science award to the Allanean Arms staff geologist, Andrew Simon, for finding oil where it was believed to be impossible to do so.

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A helicopter appears above the plant. As it lands, a man walks out of it, holding a megaphone!

"Listen up, you primitive, tree-hugging, pacifist screw-heads!" - he barks out, talking to the protestors - "These are international waters! Nobody, and I mean nobody can tell Allanean Arms to stop drilling here! Ever heard of international law?

Now listen up!

I am Michael Kellerman, Allanean Army Colonel, Retired.
I am the Security officer for this plant. I owe my livelihood to this Corporation, and I will fight to defend the plant and everybody on it.
I can hit a human target with my rifle at five hundred yards, iron sights. Anybody trying to attack or sabotage the plan should consider himself warned."

The Allanean Academy of Sciences has granted the State Science award to the Allanean Arms staff geologist, Andrew Simon, for finding oil where it was believed to be impossible to do so.

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A helicopter appears above the plant. As it lands, a man walks out of it, holding a megaphone!

"Listen up, you primitive, tree-hugging, pacifist screw-heads!" - he barks out, talking to the protestors - "These are international waters! Nobody, and I mean nobody can tell Allanean Arms to stop drilling here! Ever heard of international law?

Now listen up!

I am Michael Kellerman, Allanean Army Colonel, Retired.
I am the Security officer for this plant. I owe my livelihood to this Corporation, and I will fight to defend the plant and everybody on it.
I can hit a human target with my rifle at five hundred yards, iron sights. Anybody trying to attack or sabotage the plan should consider himself warned."

OOC: I would like to point out that the Haven Straights are legally NOT international waters. Nations can claim water rights up to 100 miles ( and in some cases more, IRL Island Nations like Japan often claim up to 300-500 miles to ensure fishing and whaling rights.) from their coast lines. With The Island states and other nations on either side of the straights this leave NO area of the Haven Straights as international, SOME nation has to be giving Allanea permission, depending on where this rig is.

[Actually, given the scale map, the middle of the Haven Straits is international waters. However, he'd have to violate TIS' or my territorial integrety to get to it. As it is, there are no laws governing water territorial limits in NS, so if we say you can't drill there, you can't drill there.]

OOC: either way, when the Emperor Ehecatl shows up, it WILL be gone ;)

http://www.angelfire.com/ns2/allaneaoil/oil.PNG

OOC: That is the map Allanea sent me on IRC.. as you can see, it is definatly not in international waters.. Either way, that is exactly where the Doujin Fleet is heading.. and the Assault Fleet Invasis should be getting there within 5 hours.. :P

Billy Etherton, the Foriegn Minister of the Austar Union only had the following statement to make;

"I have reveiwed the case involving Allenea's claim to a space of sea in Haven, and I would like to state that Allenea's claim should be void. Haven is not particlarly a huge region, and so the area Allenea has appeared to have claimed is already a part of a soverign nation, which can be identified as soon as Allenea tell us the exact location of the rig. Therefore, we ackowlege the nation in question's right to exersise their statement of soverignty against the Allenea's breach of international law, and we recognise that the nation also has right to consider the move as an active step towards an invasion of their nation."

..::Official Statement from Diplomatic Services::..

Soveignty over the two isles which the oil rig are near needs to be reviewed, but it is obvious that such soveignty belongs to either northern Imperium. I cannot speak for our frieds in Edolia, but if it should be decided that stewardship goes to Emperor Alexander I Larsen, then we will sieze the rig and return the crews to Allanea unharmed.

[Austar, my country's the size of China, so yes Haven is large.]

OOC: Oh ____. Sorry folks. I OOC didn't know it was national waters. Can we OOC redraw that map with an "internationally" positioned oil rig?

[Even if it was, you'd have to violate Edolia's or my territorial waters, which considering the fact that we're at war and the rig is armed means that we can either sieze it or destroy it. So how about you appologize IC and shut the rig down?]

OOC: Well, since Doujin is already heading there we'll leave it up to them. We already have naval forces very near that area let us know if you need any help, and yes, that is most certainly NOT international waters.

The Empire of Indon is prepared to fight along side Allanea militarily or with negotioations to make the waters international for oil trading rights.

The Empire of Indon is prepared to fight along side Allanea militarily or with negotioations to make the waters international for oil trading rights.

Rather pre-mature of you to immediatly take up defense of Allanea who (at the moment, might not be later) is violating another nations Waters? I am a representative from the Organization of Maritime Powers, and one of our goals is to keep the seas free for commerece.. international waters.. that is.. Not territorial waters. And by a summary judgement, I say that this Rig shouldn't be there.

CEO Inte Anoit - Prime Minister, Doujin
UnAPS
Organization of Maritime Powers (http://s6.invisionfree.com/orgmp/index.php?act=idx)
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Doujin Factbook (http://www.geocities.com/doujincorp/about.html)

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We find it absurd that the Empire of Indon would offer to fight alongside Allanea to help them BREAK international law. We would also like to point out to Indon that Allanea has declared war on the UnAPS (most UnAPS member states are in Haven) and that this is an addidtional attempt by Allanea to provoke hostlities. I would further like to say that we will gladly 'internationalize' our national waters, if Allanea and Indon do the same. We would like nothing better than to have it internationally accepatble to move our warships within a mile of Allanea's coasts!

Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

We find it absurd that the Empire of Indon would offer to fight alongside Allanea to help them BREAK international law. We would also like to point out to Indon that Allanea has declared war on the UnAPS (most UnAPS member states are in Haven) and that this is an addidtional attempt by Allanea to provoke hostlities. I would further like to say that we will gladly 'internationalize' our national waters, if Allanea and Indon do the same. We would like nothing better than to have it internationally accepatble to move our warships within a mile of Allanea's coasts!

Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

OOC: :lol: :lol: No kidding ;)

OOC: If indeed territorial waters extend 500 miles from the shore (often less), then most of Haven is not, under international law, territorial.
I don't OOC know where the plan is, but it's in some international portion of Haven.

OOC: according to the map, the rig looks as though it may be in Edolian waters (once again depending on how much water Edolia claims), if you made an IC mistake in where the rig is, then you need to fix it IC. It is also internationally acceptable for nations to claim waters that are inbetween their sovereign territories, and while I can't speak for all of the UnAPS I have always asumed that the Haven Straights, falls under UNAPS jurisdiction, not under international jurisdiction. It is after wall bounded on all sides by sovereign UnAPS nations and a legal case can easily be made to claim jurisdiction over it on behalf of the Alliance.

OOC: Not to mention the fact that there are outposts and islands that belong to nations of Haven and UnAPS within the straight itself.

OOC: according to the map, the rig looks as though it may be in Edolian waters (once again depending on how much water Edolia claims) if you made an IC mistake in where the rig is, then you need to fix it IC.

OOC: 1.It', like, over 700 miles away from Edolian coast!
2.OOC, not IC error.

IC: "We suggest that both Allanea and it's neighbours declare international all waters father than 10 miles from their coasts.

OOC: You know if I put a Battleship 10 miles from your coast I could take out.. a bunch? :roll: Niave move on your part, sorry..

OOC: according to the map, the rig looks as though it may be in Edolian waters (once again depending on how much water Edolia claims), if you made an IC mistake in where the rig is, then you need to fix it IC. It is also internationally acceptable for nations to claim waters that are inbetween their sovereign territories, and while I can't speak for all of the UnAPS I have always asumed that the Haven Straights, falls under UNAPS jurisdiction, not under international jurisdiction. It is after wall bounded on all sides by sovereign UnAPS nations and a legal case can easily be made to claim jurisdiction over it on behalf of the Alliance.

[Which is what I've always assumed. The only way you can get into the region anyway is if you're a UnAPS member.

Allanes: Have you noticed those little black dots that are all over the northern Haven Straits, around where you put your dock? Those are islands, and they have to be claimed by somebody within the region.]

While not an official of Haven or the UnAPS, we would like to state that in NationStates, all territory within a region is owned by those in the region by long-standing precedent. Two naval patrol boats are being moved adjacent to the rig, and protestors are being evacuated.

Either you lie and there is no oil, as we suspect, and this is a military staging base, or you are about to damage the ecosystem of Haven, something we cannot allow.

OOC: Tell us OOC what this actually is.

Emirate News Network

Story Excerpts

"...The Royal Trinidad Oil corporation today expressed interest in the apparent discovery of Oil in the region of Haven. Although, the controversy over the unilateral movements of Allanean Arms Corporation have concerned RTO official. Who stated that the move was entirely uncondisderate of national claims in the Haven Straights...."

"...Drakonian government officials did not comment on their position. Other than to say that they consider the allanean corporation's actions a violation of national rights. No further statements were offered and Drakonian has taken no action...."

OOC: For those interested, I looked up in the CIA World Factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/) Japan's Maritime Claims and they only claim 200 NM as an exclusive economic zone.

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM; between 3 NM and 12 NM in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait

Further research showed that most (if not all) nations (including the US) claim 200 NM as an exclusive economic zone.

Of course, NS has no limits on Maritime claims, so....

OOC: What about those islands on the coast of China that Japan claims? They can't possibly be with 200nm? I'll have too look into that but thank you Drakonian.

Aboard the two naval patrol boats (the protestors were evacuated on their boats, and escorted away by the coast guard patrol boat), the weapons came online, and popped out of the stealth hull.

A speaker also came out. In perfect sound quality, the captain said through the speaker "Attention Allaneans aboard the so-called oil rig. Stand down your weapons and allow yourself to be boarded by Elite Commandos from the Feline Army. Failure to comply will result in forceful disarmament of the platform and forced boarding. You have sixty seconds to transmit your response."

(OOC: In other words, the very next post you make in this thread.)

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The Democratic Arcologies claims out to 400 kilometers or where it hits another nation's claims from all its territory, including the edge of the Sea of Feline and the Northern Islands.

IC: "We suggest that both Allanea and it's neighbours declare international all waters father than 10 miles from their coasts.

Ilek-Vaad will maintain exclusive territorial rights to all waters within 100 miles of our coasts. We will also assert the right of the UnAPS as a whole to claim jurisdiction over the Haven Straights. Allanean Arms MUST abandon it's oil rig in 24 hours, or Ilek-Vaad will act to remove it. It is a territorial invasion by Allanea, which has already declared war on the UnAPS, and will be seen as an act of aggression and I will order the Naval Guard to remove it.

I have ordered the Battlegroup Emperor Ehecatl to resume it's course to within 100 miles of the ILLEGAL oil rig.

Once again, Allanea has declared war on the UnAPS, Allanea has violated UnAPS territorial integrity, and Allanean Arms has 24 hours to evacuate it's illegal oil rig.

This is final notice and warning. Allanean aggression will not be tolerated. We will back the Republic of Feline's action in this matter and see to it that this issue is resolved.

Supreme Republican Commander Vaikov, One Hundredman of the Retliatory Guard

We maintain that any water within two hundred miles of Imperium coastline is territorial waters. We also claim the water between the mainland territorial waters and Black Sands Isles territorial waters so as to mantain a continuous water border.

I've started an OOC thread momentarily on the Allanean-UnAPS situation with maps so we can get the location ironed out without cluttering the thread.

OOC Thread (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137941)

I'll also set up a forum on my regional boards (http://s3.invisionfree.com/DU_Region) to facilitate picture uploads - feel free to upload your pictures there.

This has been an OOC post.

Attention Allaneans aboard the so-called oil rig. Stand down your weapons and allow yourself to be boarded by Elite Commandos from the Feline Army. Failure to comply will result in forceful disarmament of the platform and forced boarding. You have sixty seconds to transmit your response.

The security officer walks out to the edge of the platform he is standing on. He stands there like a bronze statue of an Allanean hero of old, exposed to wind and enemy bullets:

"Am I to be guaranteed the safety of the civilians under my protections?
And will I be guaranteed that the rig will not be damaged or confiscated until this is peacefully resolved?"

OOC: This is an oil rig, true and proper.

OOC: This is an oil rig, true and proper.

OOC: with an armoury and anti-aircraft capabilities ;)

OOC: Indeed. Rifles for all the workers and 2 Buk-1 clones.

Beneath the Feline naval gunboats, a sleek form glides through the water. The Bloodlust, a Nanaki class attack submarine waited for orders.

"The Allaneans have been given a warning by the Feline government. We demand that the oil rig be allowed to be searched without conditions. If Feline commandos are not allowed to board the rig, Edolia is quite prepared to destroy it. There will be no more warnings."
Thomas von Leifric
Minister of War

"You may board"

As the Feline commandos board the vessels, they are greeted by the employees standing in firm rows with unloaded rifles in a miliitary salute.

"Welcome," says the Security Officer, "You see, to the obvious danger of eco-terrorism and Edolian aggression, all employees here are those with skill at arms - and even military experience. But don't worry. We have no war with Feline. You may inspect the rig peacefully. Peacefully."

The man holds a small remote-control device in one hand.

Any inspection of the rig will prove that it is, indeed, an oil rig, and one of an innovative and efficient design at that.

Eight sleek but massive hull forms slip over the horizon from the oil rig, their formation a simple convoy line until they gain sight of the rig. Once they do see the rig they form into an abreast formation parallel to the oil rig cum AA platform and expose their full boradside, which in reality puts them at an off angle to allow the trimaran ships the ability to fire all of their guns at once.

The biggest of the ships, a Leviathan class superdreadnaught, launched all four ASW helos to form a perimeter against enemy subs. They simply... waited.

As night descended 2 giant ominous forms appeared about 100 nautical miles from the oil rig. The Battleships Emperor Ehecatl, and the newl re-furbished Revenge had arrived, ahead of the rest of their Battlegroup as usual. The ships melted into the background as their pixellated active camoflage skins adjusted to the increasing dark.

Alarms sounded as both ships opened ballast tanks and lowred their draft to stabilize fior the firing of their massive 36in. high velocity naval guns, which were now swinging ominously towards the oil rig.

Supreme Naval Commander Itxaad sat in Ehecatl Fire Control, he touched a button , activating his com, and activating the UnAPS encrypted channel

"Commander of the Feline ships, this is the Emperor Ehecatl. We are in close range to the oil rig and have you covered. I am sure you are aware that our Supreme Republican Commander has ordered me to demolish this rig in 12 hours.. I would suggest you arrest the men on board and evacuate them. Unless I am ordered otherwise, I will open fire in exactly 12 hours. It will take only a single volley from the Emperor to utterly destroy it. Itxaad out."

He relaxed and watched on the giant plasma screens as the satellites lit up the rig in a bright scarlet and locked the guns on target.

Deep below them, the fast Wolfhound submarines of the Battlegroup caught up and fanned out.

Itxaad paused and saw the Scandavian States ships arriving on screen, he opened his com again and hailed

"This is Supreme Naval Commander Itxaad, aboard the Flagship Emperor Ehecatl, good to see you gentlemen."

A flight of F/A-18s appears on the long-range radar of the ships present. They bear the IFF signal of The Island States (which recently declared war on Allanea), and are detected circling back. Two carrier groups have been redeployed away from the Southern Straights and are enroute to the Oil Rig.

OOC: I think that I will stay out of this now, it's already getting crowded as is.. my Fleet pulling up wouldn't exactly make it less so :P

Commodore Harringting promptly answered the hail, "And it's good to see you too, Supreme Commander. Now let us see how anxious they are to shoot down innocent helos."

2 Bombardier* class Cruisers along with 2 Mi-24 helicopters that were based at the Hattian base in Haven arrived in the general area. Seeing the allied ships in the area, Captain Suslov sent out a hail to the others. "Greetings comrades, if we are gonna blow it up, can I try out my new ships on it?" while the Mi-24s began to hover nearby the rig.

*Bombardier classes are the MLRSs of the navy. They multiple large missile racks all over the ship, along with a helicopter landing pad in the back.

Meanwhile...across the globe in Drakonia.

"My, my, my...and I thought Klatch was bad," the Praetor commented flipping through the newspaper. "These folks are pulling out full-scale armadas against an oil rig, a heavily armed one, but an oil rig nonetheless."

"Just goes to show that our world is full of militaristic war machines," was his wife's comment as she ate her breakfast; scrabbled eggs and hash browns.

"And Drakonia is one of them," the Praetor quipped back, prompting a stern look from his wife.

OOC: I do not believe that our armadas are necessarily for the oil rig, but a possible war with Allanea since he has "declared" war.

OOC: LOL! It looks as if there's a whole navy surrounding the rig! I wont send ships, considering the area is probably clogged up completly, but I will be watching nevertheless with my spy sattelites...

Several armadas from different nations appeared on the sattelite feed video screen, surrounding the oil rig. The oil rig itself began to pale from the number of ships and naval aircraft surrounding it. The video screen quickly changed to view the Doujinshi fleet, southwest from the Iuthian outpost. The gigantic Doujin class battleship spearheading the fleet, being both the flagship and the highest chain of command on the field.

Then, a young man asked, "Why is there sudden interest in throwing entire armadas to this region lately?"

A soldier, older than the man, saluted him and said, "Sir, it appears that the oil rig is supposively violating territorial waters, as such all fleets within the area must either be of the UnAPS or Allanea and it's allies. The fleet southwest of the Iuthian outpost is of the Doujinishi, there isn't any information as to why they are sending their entire fleet though."

"Doujin." The young man held his chin and thought deeply. "Continue surveying both situations, begin coordinating with the Iuthian outpost, they're the closest source of intelligence we have in the area."

North Wind - Nimrod MRA4
Haven Straits, Low Altitude Intelligence Gathering
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As the aircraft approached its target, the Allanean Oil Rig, it began to relay information about the surrounding fleets. With a Maritime presence nearby the Agrigentian High Command could complement its RORSATs with Realtime data. Immediately it began to pick up multiple signals on the surface, as well as several aircraft. Most interesting of course was the lack of an Allanean military presence.

"Sir, doesn't it seem a bit odd?"

"How so?"

"I mean, we are at a state of war, and they suddenly set-up an oil rig completely unprotected, surrounded by enemies..."

"Well, considering that there is no oil in these waters, I think the whole damn thing is a little odd"

ooc: In local news, 2 Marine Divisions were mobilized when the President's wife reportedly found a rat inside her pantry.

OOC: To be honest Zvarinograd, I'm not getting involved with this one but you will notice that the Iuthian Outpost has called all soliders off from leave, so it's a bit more busier then usual.

If you really want you can get some basic intel from my Outpost, but nothing like confidential communications and ship positions as they are clearly the kind of information I can't be sending.

OOC:
I have other, private, plans than directly getting either you or I involved in this. All I need is whatever intelligence you can give from the outpost.

"Yes, we carry weapons that can be non-lethal if set that way, and our only wish is to cease the operation of this oil rig. Allow us to board."

"You may board"

As the Feline commandos board the vessels, they are greeted by the employees standing in firm rows with unloaded rifles in a miliitary salute.

"Welcome," says the Security Officer, "You see, to the obvious danger of eco-terrorism and Edolian aggression, all employees here are those with skill at arms - and even military experience. But don't worry. We have no war with Feline. You may inspect the rig peacefully. Peacefully."

The man holds a small remote-control device in one hand.

Any inspection of the rig will prove that it is, indeed, an oil rig, and one of an innovative and efficient design at that.

"You may board"

As the Feline commandos board the vessels, they are greeted by the employees standing in firm rows with unloaded rifles in a miliitary salute.

"Welcome," says the Security Officer, "You see, to the obvious danger of eco-terrorism and Edolian aggression, all employees here are those with skill at arms - and even military experience. But don't worry. We have no war with Feline. You may inspect the rig peacefully. Peacefully."

The man holds a small remote-control device in one hand.

Any inspection of the rig will prove that it is, indeed, an oil rig, and one of an innovative and efficient design at that.

"Alright. We will inspect it, and if it proves to be an oil rig, we will be forced to shut it down until this crisis is resolved."

The troops moved through the oil rig, discovering that it is, in fact, an oil rig. They went up to the control room, and deactivated the pumps.

OOC: Feline, move your guys off the ship or blow it up yourselves.. because it's going to be destroyed :twisted: