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An official release from the Colonial Government of New Hamptonshire
From: Robert Frey, Leader of the Freedom Party and Sir Henry Harbruk, Leader of the Hamptonshire Unity Party.
To: Nations of the Commonwealth and the Unforgiven

The People of the Colony of New Hamptonshire have been closely following the situation in Terra and Neo Pacifica. We all feel that New Hamptonshire is now in a crucial period. Some factions wish that New Hamptonshire declare its independence from the Hamptonian League. However, both sides have agreed that it must not come to war. We ask that a large security force be deployed to our island. Only with such a large force respected by both sides of the mainstream will insure a fair vote on independence. There are fringe groups that wish violence, We ask for peace.

We thank you.


OCC: The Hamptonian League is Union of Interdependent Republics consisting of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, the Incorporated States of Ryanapolis, the Empire of Zoidbergistan, the Colony of New Hamptonshire, and the Holy Republic of New Petersonia. It is a union committed to mutual defense and free trade.

I'm you understand how we cannot commit to a large number of forces to oversee your referedum, but in the interests of true democracy and to make sure your people carry out your indepedence the peaceful way, even though we're not a strong believer in seperatists and believe in national unity we will deploy about 500 hundred peacekeepers to the island in the interests of peace.

Seeing as how Fluffywuffy has ceased from its aggressive ways, we see no need to remain in Terra Pacifica any longer. We have recieved word from the Colony of New Hamptonshire and have made a ruling on their decision to vote on independence.

We recognise that all nations or colonies should have there rightful say in the world. The Defense Forces are enroute to the colony to observe the elections as a neutral nation. Majesto takes no sides on the independence vote, but will ensure that the democratic process flows smoothly. Any attempts to slow or stop this process will be delt with harshly. I am sure that my allies in the Unforgiven and the Commonwealth will agree with me as well.

We are asking all parites in this matter to recognise our neutrality and observer status. I would also like to make it clear that our troops will have no qualms about acting in self defense or in upholding the democratic process. I thank you for your time, and I do not forsee any problems in this.

Prime Minster Daniel of Majesto

EDIT: http://www.freewebs.com/majesto to see a list of the Defense Forces

An official release from the government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire
From: Prime Minister Louis Cessar and Minister of Health and Domestic Security Christopher Gurnsbac
To: Nations of the Commonwealth and the Colony of New Hamptonshire

The Government of the Grand Duchy is both heartened and shocked by the events in New Hamptonshire. We are glad that all mainstream sides have decided to pursue a peaceful and democratic course instead of war. We are shocked because we did not think intra Hamptonian League relations were so poor.

This Government has decided to endorce the idea of a vote. However, we ask that it be a multi-proposal ballot. Instead of an independence or dependence vote, the people should decide exactly what kind of relationship they want to have with the Grand Duchy.

While we are not comfortable with foreign troops acting as security agents, we do not see an alternative. The 12,000 Royal Army, Royal Marine, and Royal Airforce personnel stationed in New Hamptonshire have been ordered to remain on base until further notice. The Royal Navy has been ordered to move all warships into international waters. However, if New Hamptonshire becomes violent and destructive toward property or personnel of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, this government will be forced to act.

For the Glory of Hamptonshire.

The People of New Hamptonshire thank those nations that have pledged troops. We intend to have an election to decide our relationship with the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire.

Options:
A) Total Independence and leave the Hamptonian League
B) Status Quo (Colony of Hamptonshire)
C) Free Association Commonwealth
D) Protectorate
E) Independence but remain in the Hamptonian League

In the meantime, the Colonial Government of New Hamptonshire is calling up the Colonial Guard, 75,000 troops, to provide security and the polling places.

The People of New Hamptonshire also demand the removal of Governor-General Thomas Dirsken. His threats of use of police force to break up peaceful pro-Independence rallies are intolerable.

"Unity through Peace."

An official release from the government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire

The Government of the Grand Duchy hereby consents to demands for a referendum on the status of New Hamptonshire. It is our hope that the people of New Hamptonshire see the wisdom in remaining closely affiliated to the Grand Duchy.

If the majority of the people of New Hamptonshire vote for independence, we will be forced to respect that position. However, if the majority vote for continued dependence on Hamptonshire, We will devote ourselves to that endeavor.

"Victory is Life."

Official Release from the Presidential Office of The Democratic Republic of Shang-Ti

As we have witnessed, and are working towards peaceful solutions to, the Terra Pacifica/Neo Pacifica conflict, we are greatly pleased with the stance our diplomatic ally Hamptonshire has elected to take. The government of Shang-Ti believes in the sanctity of freedom – personal, civic, political, and economic. We believe the idea of separation, or seceding, from a republic is a serious thing, and should be a last resort. We implore the Colonial officials to work with the government of Hamptonshire in order to resolve any socio-political issues prior to convening an election.

However, if there is no choice but to proceed with elections on this matter, The Democratic Republic of Shang-Ti supports the peaceful process that has been outlined by New Hamptonshire.

Dr. Kim Zhuo, PhD.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Democratic Republic of Shang-Ti

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“The Unnamable Is Part Of All”

OOC Information on Shang-Ti may be found HERE. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137829)

Click HERE for Diplomatic Exchange Information. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131970&highlight=)

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To: New Hamptonshire
From: Majesto

I am asking that you please have your Colonial Guard stand down. Security at the polling places will be handled by myself and Terra Pacifica. Hamptonshire asked his army to stand down, and, in the interests of democracy, I am asking that your Guard return to their base as not to cause any conflicts.

Furthermore, if any of my security force see that members of your army or police force are being unfairly harsh on your people, we will step in at the defense of your people. I hope that you agree with these requests. Thank you for your time. [/code:1:678dec8ea4]

This is the Colonial News Corporation-
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Protests in Paradise City

As all our viewers know, the Colony of New Hamptonshire is scheduled to have a referendum on independence within months. Today, the first large scale protests and marches took place in Paradise City, seat of the Colonial Government. Both the pro and anti independence camps demonstrated in the streets and markets of the capital.

Robert Frey, Leader of the Freedom Party, was present at the main pro-Independence rally and addressed the crowd:

"Fellow Citizens of New Hamptonshire, we are at a crossroads. No longer will we have to answer to a government thousands of miles away. No longer will we have to sware loyality to the Grand Duke. When New Hamptonshire goes to the polls, we will gain our independence. We will be our own nation, free and democratic.

For New Hamptonshire. For the Future!"
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Robert Frey, Leader of the Freedom Party

The pro-Independence marches took place on the eastside of Paradise. Protestors were peaceful and the Capital Police gently escorted the protesters from the Eastside Market Plaza to the steps of the Governor-General's Residence.

Pictures of the pro-Independence Rallies:
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Protester escorted by Capital Police

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Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters gather outside the Governor-General's Residence

Activity on the westside of Paradise, was not as fortunate and nor as serene.

Sir Henry Harbruk, Leader of the Hamptonshire Unity Party, started to address the anti-Independence crowd but before he could finish his speech, he was hit by rotten fruit and stones. Before the crowd could subdue the malcontents, Sir Henry was knock unconscious by a stone's blow to the head.

A transcript of the speech:

"People of New Hamptonshire, listen to me and listen to your hearts. We are all Hamptonians. Our forefathers came to this island in order to form a new place where the ideals and spirit of Hamptonian democracy would live on. This place is it. I ask you- What evil has Hamptonshire done to us? What malicious laws have been forced upon us? How many New Hamptonian residents have been imprisoned without consent or due process? The answer to all of those question is none.

When you go to the polls you don't have to choose keeping New Hamptonshire as a Colony. We can become a Protectorate, we can become a Commonwealth, we can even become a principality. I ask that we all recognize that we are an inseparable part of Hamptonshire. Perhaps, some day, New Hamptonshire will be ready to stand on its own. Now is not the time, we have neither the ability nor the wish, we have..."
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Sir Henry Harbruk, Leader of the Hamptonshire Unity Party moments before being attacked by pro-Independence protesters

The anti-Independence protesters did not fair much better than Sir Henry. On their way toward the Colonial Government Headquarters, Colonial Guard Policemen strictly controlled the crowd. The Commandant of the Colonial Guard issued an order calling for the cessation of the march on grounds of the absence of a protest permit. Upon refusal to immediately disperse, the Colonial Guard Police started to arrest anti-Independence protesters.

Images of the anti-Independence March:

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Colonial Guard Police begin to arrest anti-Independence protesters

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Colonial Guard Police Officer ordering a protester to get off the street

Police indicate 12,000 protesters were arrested. Reports indicate 114 injured and 4 deaths.

Robert Frey has denounced the unfortunate violence but stated that the protesters willing disobeyed a lawful order from the Colonial Guard.

The Hamptonshire Unity Party has called for an immediate investigation, however due to the hospitalization of Sir Henry and the arrest of most of the top leadership of the Party, the anti-Independence factions are divided upon the actions to be taken. Protests are expected to continue until Referendum Day.

We'll have more for you as soon as we have it.

Now for sports...

OOC: So then the protests are over now?

OCC: No, that was just one day of protests. Protests are continuing all the way until the voting day.

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10 days later...

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We have just received word from the Prime Minister's office that he is going to address the nation concerning the current violence in the Colony of New Hamptonshire.

Prime Minister Cessar is stepping toward to podium now, let's watch-

"Ladies and gentlemen of the Grand Duchy and our allies, I come to you in troubling times. The Colony of New Hamptonshire will in 6 months hold a referendum to decide their independence.

This Government has supported that idea from the moment the Colonial Government of New Hamptonshire announced it.

This Government even allowed outside nations to act as a police force in the hope of a fair and democratic election.

Ladies and gentlemen, our hopes are collapsing before our eyes. The continuing violence against anti-Independence supporters has taken New Hamptonshire like a storm. What started as an isoloted event in Paradise City has spread across much of New Hamptonshire. The leaders of the Hamptonshire Unity Party have been arrested, imprisoned, or killed by attackers. The Governor-General's Residence is under siege, and the Colonial Guard is acting as a political army.

It is the intention of this Government that the future referendum be free and democratic at all costs. The current situation in New Hamptonshire will not allow a free and democratic vote to take place. If the Freedom Party does not bring the rampaging forces under control and does not recall the Colonial Guard, We will be forced to act. While we hope that the nations that have sent security forces to New Hamptonshire will reestablish order, we are not ruling out the deployment of Hamptonian armed forces.

Thank you and may God bless the Grand Duchy."

That speech is very close to what our political analysts thought he would say. It has been indicated, by unnamed sources, that Prime Minister Cessar has taken the lead on the crisis in New Hamptonshire. The Grand Duke is thought to support the establishment of a Free Association Commonwealth, but He has kept quiet on the New Hamptonshire question in public.

We should perhaps remind our viewers that Prime Minister Cessar used to be a Field Marshal. He commanded the 5th Army Group and is counted by most experts as a master in the field of military tactics and urban warfare.

Stay with us for up to the minute updates...

The tiny Majestoian peacekeeping force of 4,500 was scattered all around Paradise City quelling riots and dispersing crowds. Everyone could feel tension brewing all around the city.

In one incident on the west side, Sir Henry Harbruk, Leader of the Hamptonshire Unity Party, was viciously attacked while delievring a speech. After this, the Colonial Guard began to disperse and arrest anti-independence marchers. The meeting was one of the most violent protests ever seen on the isand, 4 were killed and over 100 were injured.

There was little that the Majestoians could do, as it seemed like the Colonial Guard was refusing to work with them. There were even some minor skirmishes on the south end of the city between peacekeepers and the guardsmen, but no injuries were reported. The squads downtown reported a large pro-independance march around the Governor-General's residence. That march was by far peaceful.

Sadly though, as night fell upon the city, a state of lawlessness ensured. The peaceful march downtown, when asked by Colonial Police to disperse, turned violent and attempted to storm the Governor-General's mansion. The Colonial Guard is becoming more and more gestapo like, breaking up peaceful vigils and raiding the houses of key Unity Party mebers. There were reports of widespread looting all around the city.

The Majestoian Army began to regroup in the north end of the city and was waiting for daybreak so they could go downtown and attempt to free the Governor-General from siege. Because of the sheer number of protesters and the increaing number of violent protests, the Majestoian commander asked for an additional Brigade of 2,500 men to assist in regaining control of the city before the lawlesness could envelope the island.

Breaking News from the CNC
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Greeting Fellow Citizens of New Hamptonshire. The most honorable Robert Frey, Leader of the Freedom Party has announced that he will release a statement right now:

"The People of New Hamptonshire will not allow any foreign power to dictate terms to us or to interfere in our internal affairs. As Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature, I do hereby activate all units of the Colonial Guard. Paradise City must not again full under the authority of a foreign nation!

My fellow citizens, the allies of Hamptonshire have turned against us. They do not seek democracy as the Freedom Party does. They are intent on keeping us a subserviant colony of Hamptonshire.

If Majesto agrees to withdraw from Paradise City, we will not be forced to evict them from our Capital City. If they leave, they will be welcome to provide security for Referendum Day.

If we have to fight off Majesto with force, by God we will.

We will fight all of those that would see us returned to dependence.

Never give up, never surrender!"

What a glorious speech from such a great man.

In other news, the Colonial Guard Police have continued to arrest anti-Colonial Government activists. Commandant Greely of the CGP stated that "All indications show that the treasonist Unity Party leaders will all be arrested an imprison by the end of the month. Then the Referendum will be free and democratic."

New Hamptonshire patriots have been reported encircling Ft. Sheridan, the base where 12,000 Hamptonian troops have barricaded themselves.

That's all for now.

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New Hamptonshire Forces:

Colonial Guard- 95,000 troops (Think of National Guard Troops)
Capital Police- 13,000 Officers (Standard Police officers)
Colonial Guard Police- 65,000 Officers (Think of the State Police)

The Police forces are only equiped with HDC .50 cal hand guns, light kevlar armor, smoke grenades, some M-16s, some urban assault vehicles. (Basically whatever a modern well equiped police department/SWAT team would have.)

The Colonial Guard- The have a few dozen A-10 Warthogs, a couple helicopters, 200 T-90 tanks, 200 ZLTs, Z50 rifles, M-16s, a few APCs, and other assorted hardware.

-"Sir, I must report sentries are observing a group of Colonial Guard tanks approach the fort. Your orders?
-"Move what tanks and anti-armor units we have to guard the Fort's main entrance."
-"Yes, sir."
-"No matter what, they must not take Hanger 3-C."
-"Understood, Colonel."

The commander of Ft. Sheridan, Colonel Elizabeth Bernard, attempts to keep the 12,000 Hamptonian troops calm and secure without having to resort to violence.

The 12,000 Royal Army, Marines, and Airforce personnel trapped in Ft. Sheridan are far from the fearsome warriors of the regular Hamptonian military. The Hamptonian troops stationed in New Hamptonshire were primarily green and freshly trained troops, engineers, and reservists serving 2 month tours of duty.

Before the order was issued to retreat to Ft. Sheridan Colonel Bernard could only get a handful of light tanks, towed artillery units, light arms, 4 helicopters, and 12 jets. What couldn't be moved to Ft. Sheridan was transferred to the Zoidbergistan Central Military Base. Now they were left in a secluded part of the countryside, under-armed and out manned.

Perhaps most disturbingly was what was located in Hanger 3-C...

Ft. Sheridan was designed as a military research center. Before the current crisis Hanger 3-C was used for research in nuclear fission/fusion warheads. Unfortunately, while most of the warheads were evacuated before the currently situation turned sour, two warheads were not tranfered because of size limitations. Two 2.5 megaton active thermonuclear warheads are located in Hanger 3-C, less than 1000 meters from the perimeter of the Fort.

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The Republic of Austar Union >> Anatoba >> Capital Hill
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In the Presidential Office, President Richard Hoffman was sitting back in his chair, reading the newspaper. In the headlines, it detailed the events unfolding in New Hamptonshire.

Richard frowned, and picked up the telephone. Pressing the Speed dial button, he began to call James Madison, his foriegn minister.

Two Hours Later.....

James Madison and Richard Hoffman were sitting in the Presidential Office, discussing the events in New Hamptonshire.

"Sir, our policy has always been to not intervene in the civil affairs of a nation,", protested James.
Richard looked over the newspaper, "Ah yes, but as you can see, violence is coming against both sides of the conflict. James, these are our allies. We cant just allow this to break out into open conflict."
James was disatisfied, "So, what do you we suggest we do?"
The President smiled, "We can enter a presense into New Hamptonshire as a neutral force. Not helping either side, but working to prevent violence."
"With the Hamptonshirian's consent of course?", questioned James
"Yes, of course. Look, I am all for referendums. I am pleased that our Hamptonshirian counterparts have chosen to go the democratic way. But the people still fight against them. I think they need our help, the last thing they need, we need, the last thing Concordia needs, is open civil war in a major member-nation.", replied the President.
"Very well," replied James, "I will draft a telegram to the government in Hamptonshire immediatly..."

James stood to his feet, nodded to the President in respect, and turned to leave the room.

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To: The Commonwealth of Hamptonshire
Subject: Violence in New Hamptonshire

Dear Sirs,

Our administration in Anatoba has noticed the growing situation in New Hamptonshire. We are pleased that your government has chosen the peaceful, and democratic course of action, yet we still fear that due to recent events, that the situation may break out into open conflict. Therefore, we ask that we are able to send a peacekeeper force into New Hamptonshire, ten or twenty thousand, until such time is requested for them to be removed.

We hope that you choose the best course of action, and we are more than happy to provide these forces in New Hamptonshire.

Your friend and ally,

James Madison
Austarian Foriegn Minister

Back in Majesto, once this latest ultimatum hit the morning news, the government was in an uproar. In a resounding speech on the steps of his mansion, the Most Supreme Dictator For Life said,

"As many of you know by now, we are a neutral peacekeeping force on the island of Hamptonshire, which I would like to remind everyone, is still a colony of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, wheather they like it or not. Our force's neutrality was recognised by both sides.

The actions of the past few days have forced me to come to the realization that the island is no longer in the hands of the Governor-General, the rightful leader of New Hamptonshire. The island is slowly becoming a rouge state, the Colonial Guard is becoming a gestapo, and the outlook is becoming bleeker and bleeker. As I adress the world at this very moment, a force of Colonial Guardsmen is encircling Fort Sheridan, which is filled with 12,000 troops of the Grand Duchy, who may I remind you, has declared that there army remain in their base throughout the duration of the referendum. This rouge government, led by Robert Frey, the Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature, is eliminating his enemys and taking control. I will not tolerate this terrorism under the ideals of freedom and independance.

I would like to state that the government of this island is closely allied with the Grand Duchy. Even though our forces are currently neutral, we are ready, willing, and able to stand in the defense of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and the Governor-General of Hamptonshire. Mr. Frey, if your army maliciously fires upon either the troops of the Grand Duchy, or the peacekeepers sent by Majesto, I will have no choice but to interpret that as an act of war on myself and my allies. Although I hope that you don't needlessly escalate the situation, I will not back down in the face of fear

He posed for pictures, wave to the crowd, turned and walked back into his mansion. "I will not be intimidated by terrorists. If Frey really wants a war, a war he'll have." He said under his breath. As he was about to close the door to his mansion, he yelled out, "WE WILL NOT STAND DOWN MISTER FRAY," so that the whole crowd and that all of the cameras could pick that up. He had planned on that being one a newspaper headline all around the world. As he was walking down the corridor, back to his offices, he called over his War Minister, who was standing behind him throught the speech, and told him to mobalize the 4th Army Corps for Deployment.

Official Release from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire
To: The Republic of Austar Union
From: Prime Minister Louis Cessar

To whom it may concern,

This Government welcomes the contributions of our Great and Honorable Concordia ally, Austar Union. The situation in the Colony of New Hamptonshire has detiorated to such an extent that near total anarchy has broken out. The pro-Independence minority has seized most of the island and has surrounded not only the Governor-General but Our forces in Fort Sheridan.

We would welcome any contributions that could help end this situation so the people of New Hamptonshire may hold their referendum. However, I must stress that the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire has lost almost all control over New Hamptonshire. We cannot know for certain what the Colonial Government's response to your forces will be.

Thank you.

Official Release from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire
To: The Republic of Austar Union
From: Prime Minister Louis Cessar

To whom it may concern,

This Government welcomes the contributions of our Great and Honorable Concordia ally, Austar Union. The situation in the Colony of New Hamptonshire has detiorated to such an extent that near total anarchy has broken out. The pro-Independence minority has seized most of the island and has surrounded not only the Governor-General but Our forces in Fort Sheridan.

We would welcome any contributions that could help end this situation so the people of New Hamptonshire may hold their referendum. However, I must stress that the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire has lost almost all control over New Hamptonshire. We cannot know for certain what the Colonial Government's response to your forces will be.

Thank you.

Official Release from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire
To: The Republic of Austar Union
From: Prime Minister Louis Cessar

To whom it may concern,

This Government welcomes the contributions of our Great and Honorable Concordia ally, Austar Union. The situation in the Colony of New Hamptonshire has detiorated to such an extent that near total anarchy has broken out. The pro-Independence minority has seized most of the island and has surrounded not only the Governor-General but Our forces in Fort Sheridan.

We would welcome any contributions that could help end this situation so the people of New Hamptonshire may hold their referendum. However, I must stress that the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire has lost almost all control over New Hamptonshire. We cannot know for certain what the Colonial Government's response to your forces will be.

Thank you.

This is a CNC Special Update-

And now we join the most honorable Robert Frey, Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature:

"Fellow patriots of New Hamptonshire, now is the time to fight for home and country. The treasonous leaders of the Unity Party have all been arrested, Governor-General Jacob Gustav is surrounded in his very home, and Ft. Sheridan is under siege by patriots of New Hamptonshire. Our goal of independence is almost upon us.

However, my fellow patriots, the Grand Duchy and it's Imperialist allies seek to alter the Referendum in order to subjegate us and rule over our land!

The Republic of Majesto, who supposedly wanted to act as a neutral force, is fighting and killing Our fellow Patriots. Yet, they are not intent on that alone. Now they are sending in thousands of troops to restore us to our previous underling position. They are merely doing the dirty work of Hamptonshire.

The Republic of Austar Union is also getting itself involved in our fight for independence. In an intercepted communique, Austar Union asked Hamptonshire for authorization to send in 20,000 thousand troops. They did not ask us if we wanted 20,000 foreign troops on our soil! They continue to ask our colonial masters. I say NO MORE!

Twenty minutes ago, the Colonial Government Legislature held a special session. By a vote of 116-39 the Colonial Government Legislature voted to Declare Our Independence from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and establish the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. I, after much hesitation, accepted the position of Chancellor of Our new government.

I issue this ultimatium to all of those who seek to attack us:
We will not back down, we will fight against all people, foreign or domestic, that seek to subvert the people of New Hamptonshire.

As my first act as Chancellor of the newly proclaimed Confederacy, I have issued arrest warrants for Sir Henry Harbruk and Governor-General Jacob Gustav. Both of those men seek to destory everything that freedom loving New Hamptonian hold dearest to their hearts: independence. They will be arrested and held in the Paradise Central Military Prison until such a time as the Confederate Government can hold a trial.

I also issue this proclaimation: To all foreign nations with soliders on New Hamptonshire soil-- You have 48 hours to evacuate before you are forceable evicted from our land.

By proclaimation of the Congress of the Confederacy, the Colonial Guard Reserve has been activated and all Hamptonshire military hardware outside Ft. Sheridan has been appropriated by the new Patriot Army.

Now I must address those New Hamptonians who have yet to embrace our cause: in time you will come to see the wisdom of joining us.

Thank you and God Bless the Confederacy!

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[i]Robert Frey, Chancellor of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire

This is a CNC Special Update-

And now we join the most honorable Robert Frey, Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature:

"Fellow patriots of New Hamptonshire, now is the time to fight for home and country. The treasonous leaders of the Unity Party have all been arrested, Governor-General Jacob Gustav is surrounded in his very home, and Ft. Sheridan is under siege by patriots of New Hamptonshire. Our goal of independence is almost upon us.

However, my fellow patriots, the Grand Duchy and it's Imperialist allies seek to alter the Referendum in order to subjegate us and rule over our land!

The Republic of Majesto, who supposedly wanted to act as a neutral force, is fighting and killing Our fellow Patriots. Yet, they are not intent on that alone. Now they are sending in thousands of troops to restore us to our previous underling position. They are merely doing the dirty work of Hamptonshire.

The Republic of Austar Union is also getting itself involved in our fight for independence. In an intercepted communique, Austar Union asked Hamptonshire for authorization to send in 20,000 thousand troops. They did not ask us if we wanted 20,000 foreign troops on our soil! They continue to ask our colonial masters. I say NO MORE!

Twenty minutes ago, the Colonial Government Legislature held a special session. By a vote of 116-39 the Colonial Government Legislature voted to Declare Our Independence from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and establish the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. I, after much hesitation, accepted the position of Chancellor of Our new government.

I issue this ultimatium to all of those who seek to attack us:
We will not back down, we will fight against all people, foreign or domestic, that seek to subvert the people of New Hamptonshire.

As my first act as Chancellor of the newly proclaimed Confederacy, I have issued arrest warrants for Sir Henry Harbruk and Governor-General Jacob Gustav. Both of those men seek to destory everything that freedom loving New Hamptonian hold dearest to their hearts: independence. They will be arrested and held in the Paradise Central Military Prison until such a time as the Confederate Government can hold a trial.

I also issue this proclaimation: To all foreign nations with soliders on New Hamptonshire soil-- You have 48 hours to evacuate before you are forceable evicted from our land.

By proclaimation of the Congress of the Confederacy, the Colonial Guard Reserve has been activated and all Hamptonshire military hardware outside Ft. Sheridan has been appropriated by the new Patriot Army.

Now I must address those New Hamptonians who have yet to embrace our cause: in time you will come to see the wisdom of joining us.

Thank you and God Bless the Confederacy!

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[i]Robert Frey, Chancellor of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire

This is a CNC Special Update-

And now we join the most honorable Robert Frey, Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature:

"Fellow patriots of New Hamptonshire, now is the time to fight for home and country. The treasonous leaders of the Unity Party have all been arrested, Governor-General Jacob Gustav is surrounded in his very home, and Ft. Sheridan is under siege by patriots of New Hamptonshire. Our goal of independence is almost upon us.

However, my fellow patriots, the Grand Duchy and it's Imperialist allies seek to alter the Referendum in order to subjegate us and rule over our land!

The Republic of Majesto, who supposedly wanted to act as a neutral force, is fighting and killing Our fellow Patriots. Yet, they are not intent on that alone. Now they are sending in thousands of troops to restore us to our previous underling position. They are merely doing the dirty work of Hamptonshire.

The Republic of Austar Union is also getting itself involved in our fight for independence. In an intercepted communique, Austar Union asked Hamptonshire for authorization to send in 20,000 thousand troops. They did not ask us if we wanted 20,000 foreign troops on our soil! They continue to ask our colonial masters. I say NO MORE!

Twenty minutes ago, the Colonial Government Legislature held a special session. By a vote of 116-39 the Colonial Government Legislature voted to Declare Our Independence from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and establish the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. I, after much hesitation, accepted the position of Chancellor of Our new government.

I issue this ultimatium to all of those who seek to attack us:
We will not back down, we will fight against all people, foreign or domestic, that seek to subvert the people of New Hamptonshire.

As my first act as Chancellor of the newly proclaimed Confederacy, I have issued arrest warrants for Sir Henry Harbruk and Governor-General Jacob Gustav. Both of those men seek to destory everything that freedom loving New Hamptonian hold dearest to their hearts: independence. They will be arrested and held in the Paradise Central Military Prison until such a time as the Confederate Government can hold a trial.

I also issue this proclaimation: To all foreign nations with soliders on New Hamptonshire soil-- You have 48 hours to evacuate before you are forceable evicted from our land.

By proclaimation of the Congress of the Confederacy, the Colonial Guard Reserve has been activated and all Hamptonshire military hardware outside Ft. Sheridan has been appropriated by the new Patriot Army.

Now I must address those New Hamptonians who have yet to embrace our cause: in time you will come to see the wisdom of joining us.

Thank you and God Bless the Confederacy!

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Robert Frey, Chancellor of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire

The Republic of Kaufmanstad
City of Kaufmansburg

Presidential Proclamation
The Republic of Kaufmanstad formally recognizes the independence of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. Nicholas Brummel has been dispatched to your capital as Minister Plenipotentiary to New Hamptonshire. The Congress of Kaufmanstad has voted a loan of 4,000,000 Marks to New Hamptonshire's government and awaits its ambassador to Kaufmanstad

President James Flaggenmead

Later that evening, a small news ticker flew across the bottom of every TV screen in Majesto, and possibly every TV in the world. It said, "At 4:34, the Colonial Government in New Hamponshire has declared independence and is forming a new Confederacy." The Defense Command and the national government was bustling with activity. They had recieved an ultimatum from the new government, which is led by Robert Frey, that gives Command 48 hours to withdraw off of their soil.

The next morning, the Most Supreme Dictator held a news conference promply at 7:03, so he was sure that every house in the world would hear his words live on the morning shows. The conference was held in the Rotunda, a pompus oak desk stood at the foot of the hall. As the Dictator walked down the hallway twoards the desk, the room lit up with camera flashes. He sat down as he pulled his chair in.

"Good Morning," he needed to pause for camera flashes. "Yesterday evening, the island of New Hamptonshire declared their indepedence from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. We," he had to pause a second time for the camera flashes, "We were asked to act as a neutral security force for the Colony of New Hamptonshire and Governor-General Jacob Gustav. If any member of this new "government" should attempt to remove him from power, we will have no choice but to act on our promise to Governor-General Jacob Gustav and the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and restore Governor-General Jacob Gustav to power and restore order to the colony." He lent in twoard the camera, as if he was having a face to face conversation. "Mr. Frey, perhaps you didn't understand me last time, perhaps you don't care about what I have to say. Either way I don't care. My" (he drew a deep breath) "peacekeeping force will not leave the island of the (he placed a special emphasis again) Colony of New Hamptonshire. If any harm should come to the Governor-General or any Grand Duchy troops this nation will need to onto a war footing against the Colony of New Hamptonshire and enforce law and order on the island. If you attack any of my forces, I will declare war on your Rouge State and come after you for war crimes against my peacekeepers. If I need to bring allies, I will not give it a second thought.". He finally lent back in his chair and said in a calm, cool voice, "As I am addressing the world, my nation's 4th Army Corps, affectionatly known as "Capital Chaos" is preparing for war. I am issuing you an ultimatum Mr. Frey, you must step down from your "Chancellor" post and send yourself into exile, or else I will need to restore a sense of order to the island. The choice rests on your shoulders, you are the only one who will decide the fate of the island." The Most Supreme Dictator rose up from his chair and concluded his speech with, "I thank the world for there time at this early hour of the day. Mr. Frey, please choose wisely." At this he smiled for pictures, turned, and walked off down the hall.

Although the speech was very short, the Dictator believed that it was to the point. Either Robert Frey wanted peace, or he wanted war. The dictator, at this point in time, didn't care either way. He was only postponing the inevitable


A Message to The Republic of Kaufmanstad from the Most Supreme Dictator of Majesto.
[code:1:2d880ef069]We ask that you withdraw your contribution twoards the Colony of New Hamptonshire. We do not wish to take action against your nation for helping this warmongering dictator who was not rightfully elected by the people. Any envoys sent towards the island will be turned away by my forces and any money intercepted will be turned away. I thank you for your time.[/code:1:2d880ef069]

The National News Network
Bewassenburg, Kaufmanstad

And now, an emergency message from his excellency, President James Flaggenmead.

"Yesterday, the Colony of New Hamptonshire became the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. This event was brought about by a vast movement of the people in that nation. At 5:00 I proclaimed Kaufmanstad's intention to recognize their independence from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and ordered Foreign Secretary Fishtickler to send Nicholas Brummel as our Minister Plenipotentiary to New Hamptonshire. That same day, Congress authorized a loan of 4,000,000 Marks to the new republic, and this government recieved a startling message from the Most Supreme Dictator of Majesto.
He has threatened action against our nation for our goodwill toward the people of New Hamptonshire. In response, I have this to say, we are not intimidated. I stand by my proclamation, and I will carry out the order of Congress and send the 4,000,000 Marks and Minister Brummel to New Hamptonshire.
However, in the name of peace, this government is suggesting that the forces of New Hamtonshire back down and avoid conflict with any foreign troops, except, of course, if they act in an aggressive manner first.
Finally, I warn the Most Supreme Dictator of Majesto that if Minister Brummel does not arrive in Paradise City safely, he will be responsible for any ensuing bloodshed.
Good night, and God Bless the Republic."

That was his excellency, President James Flaggenmead.
And now, with commentary on the President's address is...

That afternoon, the Most Supreme Dictator held another press conference, this one was directed twoards The Republic of Kaufmanstad. As the door to his mansion opened up, the Most Supreme Dictator walked out and moved down onto one of the lower steps, just so that he could be seen by the crowd that had gathered to listen to another one of his powerful speeches.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I come to you once again on this fine day to discuss, this time, the situation of President Flaggenmead and Kaufmanstad. You see, they are sending a diplomatic envoy and a large monetary donation to the "Confederacy" of New Hamptonshire. They have also recognised the sovergnity of the colony. This causes a discrepancy, how can this president recognise a government that was not elected by the people and that is sending the rightful leaders off to jail as if they had done something wrong? As far as this nation is concerned, the colony is under the control of a rouge dictator who has his opponents in jail and is not in charge of the colony. As far as this nation is concerned, the colony is still under the banner of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and is not a soverign nation.

Thus, this "diplomatic envoy" needs the explicit permission of the Grand Duchy to enter into one of her colonies. Again, as far as I'm concerned, this envoy is not welcomed into the colony if he does not have the permission of the Grand Duchy and if I am not contacted by a ruler of the Duchy, your envoy will subsequently be turned away. Although I do not wish any harm to come to this envoy, the Majestoian forces will turn back Minister Brummel at all costs. I am asking that the President reconcider the course of action that he is taking, as it may be a long and dangerous one for his nation. I wish to thank everyone here for coming out to listen to me for a second time today. Thank you." With a big cheerful wave, the dictator waved and smiled to his people, turned around and walked back into his mansion.

Minister Brummel waved to a crowd as he stepped onto the plane. He smiled as best he could, but could not help but worry. He had instructions from the President to continue to Paradise City no matter the cost.
The plane taxied out and took off, headed for the troubled country of New Hamptonshire. Brummel dabbed the sweat off his forehead with a tissue.
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Special Message to Chancellor Frey:
It is the opinion of this department that you should not arrest the Governor-General, nor the leaders of the Unity Party. Instead, let them flee into exile. Avoid confrontation with foreign military, for the sake of peace, avoid confrontation. Let your enemies make the first move.

Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Fishtickler

A short while after the Dictator finished his speech, he really wanted to sit and relax. After a few minutes of channel surfing, he came across Tom & Jerry. Only a few moments into the cartoon, the picture broke off to a news report. It was live from Kaufmanstad. In between the commentary, there was a live picture of a plane taking off. Seconds later, the War Minister was sprinting down the hall, "Mr. Dictator! We have a situation on our hands!" He told the Dictator that Minister Brummel was on that plane heading twoards New Hamptonshire. The war minister radioed the small air force contingent in New Hamptonshire, 7) F-17 Cobras and told three of them to take off and patrol the skies for any non-allied aircraft.

After he got off with the fighter pilots, he called air traffic control and told them to direct the following message to the plane in question, "Minister Brummel, your plane is soon to be in the direct violation of New Hamptonshire airspace. If you cross into the airspace, you will be escorted out by 3 fighter jets. If you resist the fighters, you will be shot down. I repeat, your plane will be shot down. Do not cross into New Hamptonshire airspace or you will face the consequences. This is a message by the Majestoian Minister of War."

Fear, then anger crossed Brummel's face. He screamed into the radio.

"How dare you threaten an unarmed plane carrying a diplomat! You shoot me down, you will be condemned by the world. You will have the blood of innocents on your hands. I will continue on to New Hamptonshire airspace and my new embassy at Paradise City!"

Brummel ordered the plane to continue, to Paradise City, and destiny.

It was only three days later when the skies above New Hamptonshire filled with the sound of aircraft. In the countryside, farmers were watching the sky. Above them, paratroopers littered the sky. The Austarians had arrived....

Two Hours Later

It was dusk, and already, some 10 000 troops had been landed in New Hamptonshire. Units were not afraid of the people there, blatently walking down the countryside road. They had simple orders. Only fire if fired upon. If fired upon, fire back...

In the meantime, leaflets were being dropped throughout the New Hamptonshire cities, making sure the citizens in the colony knew the Austarians came in peace...

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Official Communication from the Republic of Austar Union
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To: Rebels in New Hamptonshire
Subject: Austarian Presense in New Hamptonshire

This is a message to announce that the Austarian Forces have come to New Hamptonshire to prevent the further outbreak of violence throughout the colony. I am sure you are interested in the welfare of your citizens, and you will greet the Austarian presense with welcoming arms. We do not recognise your people as seperate from Hamptonshire, however we do recognise your right to referendum. Therefore, Austarian Forces will act as purely a neutral force to prevent the outbreak of conflict between your own forces, and Hamptonshirian Forces.

Yours Truly,

James Madison
Foriegn Minister

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URGENT Communication to Majesto
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This Message has URGENT priority. We suggest that you do not shoot the President's plane down. This will only lead to escalated conflict in the region, something which my forces cannot handle at the moment.

The Minister of War was back taken at Minister Brummel's comment, but was surprised at his courage. He barked back into the radio, directly this time, at the minister. If your plane enters the New Hamptonshire airspace, it will be delt with one way or another. If you do not turn back, you will be escorted by the three fighter jets to the airport at Pardise City, where you and all members on board the plane will be taken into custody by our forces and sent back. If you attempt to evade our escort, you are risking being shot down. Your fate rests in your hands Mr. Brummel."

A Message to Austar Union From the Most Supreme Dictator of Majesto
[code:1:a2192b90d6]We welcome you to Paridise. I hope that you enjoy your stay! The Minister has been forwarned that he is not welcome in New Hamptonsire. His president was warned of the possibility that the plane may be shot down. He is not welcomed in the colony nor are his efforts support the rouge government. We will not shoot unless he attempts to evade my air force. He has been given plenty of opportunities to turn back. [/code:1:a2192b90d6]

EDIT: It is the envoy's plane and not the presidents, just to clarify.

2x Post, Sorry!

"I've told them all I want to tell them. We don't need their 'escort' and I don't want to see my embassy arrested. Avoid them, and don't reply to them."

With that, Brummel sat down, and stared out the window, then authorized any unnecessary personnel to parachute out.

OOC: You are going to have to land soon, you do understand that right?

IC:

The jet was fast approaching New Hamptonshire airspace and the three fighter jets began to approach the jet from the two sides and the top. In effect, the jet would be boxed in by the jets in a few moments. The fighter pilots saw three people parachute out. The decsion was made to alert the ground forces to their arrival and hope that they'd be able to intercept them in time. They were after the plane, and it was the plane that they would get.

Seconds later, the jet crossed into the New Hamptonshire airspace and the three fighters gave some extra throttle. They were closing in on the plane quickly. "This is Lieutenant Casey of the Majesto Air Force. We will be closing in on your jet. This is your last opportunity to turn back. I repeat, your last chance."

This is the Hamptonshire Emergency Broadcast System

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Coat of Arms of Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I

(Grand Duke appears ready to address the world)

"Citizens of Hamptonshire, citizens of the world We are at a crossroads. Rogue elements in the Colony of New Hamptonshire have illegally declared independence. The Freedom Party, through the arrest, capture, and killings, of Unity Party leaders and members, has hijacked the democratic process in New Hamptonshire.

Robert Frey, Speaker of the Colonial Government Legislature, has declared himself Chancellor of this "Confederacy". In the eyes of the Grand Duchy, such a government not only does not exist, but those that have created it are criminals.

The so-called Patriot Army has confiscated military property that is rightfully the property of the Hamptonshire Royal Armed Forces. They have surrounded 12,000 troops in Ft. Sheridan, have arrested the Governor-General and the leader of the opposition Unity Party. Robert Frey and his thugs did this in the name of freedom and independence. I ask how such monsterous actions could be justified with those righteous terms.

Furthermore, it has been proven that the majority of New Hamptonshire citizens are not in favor of Independence. The loud and vocal minority have taken the rest of the population hostage. How can this be freedom and independence.

It is the position of This Government that New Hamptonshire is still a Colony of the Grand Duchy. To this extent we are insituting a Naval Quarentine of New Hamptonshire. No naval vessels except those from our Commonwealth and Concordia allies will be allowed within 125 miles of New Hamptonshire. I have also ordered the the 12th Army to ready itself in case such an action is warranted.

The 12,000 Royal Army and Royal Marines located in Ft. Sheridan have been ordered only to open fire if fire upon. They will not be used to attack the "Patriot Army". However, since there are two 2.5 megaton nuclear warheads located in Hanger 3-C, they have been ordered to defend the fort to the last man.

I personnaly implore Majesto and Austar Union to act with all restraint. While your services are beyond measure, remember that tens of millions of New Hamptonians do not support the "Confederate Government" or Robert Frey.

If the "Patriot Army" and the "Confederate Government" immediately disband themselves and surrender to Majestoian or Austar Union forces, I am willing to grant full pardons to all but Robert Frey and the leaders of this violent movement.

Thank you and may God bless Hamptonshire and New Hamptonshire."

Official Statement from the Confederate Government of New Hamptonshire

Majesto and Austar Union, we will not back down. You are an invading force and unless you both leave within 24 hours we will force you to leave.

The Patriot Army will defend the Sacred Soil of New Hamptonshire. We will fight you with every man we have, if the Patriot Army is reduced to throwing rocks at your invading tanks, so be it.

The facility known as "Ft. Sheridan" will be confiscated in 24 hours as it is sovereign property of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. Anyone still in our facility in 24 hours will be shot and killed. This government sees the so-called "Naval Quarentine" as a Imperialist trick used to subvert our nationial authority. If the Blockade is not removed in 24 hours, we will see it as an Act of War.

While this government may not yet have the support of the majority of New Hamptonian, in time all People of New Hamptonshire will come to see the Confederate Government as the only legitimate power in this great country.

The traitor Henry Harbruk and the criminal Jacob Gustav are in the custody of the Patriot Army Police and are being held in the Paradise City Military Prison. Once the Confederate Government has established itself, we will bring those two most heineous of characters to the trial the most certainly deserve.

Kaufmanstad and all nations that support us, We Thank You! While we will gladly except diplomatic and monetary aid, we will not, at this time, allow any troops onto New Hamptonshire soil. We are fighting to rid ourselves of foreign influence, if we were to allow you in now, the Confederate Government would be no better than the previous Colonial Government. However, if the Imperialist Hamptonshire and its allies declare open war on us, we may rethink offers of foreign assistance.

For the Glory of New Hamptonshire,

Robert Frey
Chancellor of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire

OOC: Ok, I'm going to try and land the Minister now

After recieving the final warning from the jet fighters, Minister Brummel's plane took evasive maneuvers and began to approach the airfield. The remaining people on board strapped on their seatbelts and prepared for a bumpy ride. The plane sent a message to the New Hamptonshire forces.

"This is Minister Brummel's plane, we are asking for permission to land, and furthermore, help to get to the Minister's embassy. We are being persued and need all the help we can get."

OOC: Oops, double post

As the Minister's plane prepared to land, the two fighter pilots began to glide underneath the plane to prevent it from landing while the third flew in the approach path, blocking it. A small platoon of Majestoian forces could be seen in the distance, the fighters needed to stall the plane for aout five minutes to give them the chance to get into formation.

The three fighter pilots didn't wish to shoot down an innocent envoy's plane. However, they had no qualmls about shooting the plane in self-defense if they were threatened by the jet. They would not let this jet land until they were ready. Meanwhile, the lieutenant got back on the radio, "Minister Brummel, when we are ready, you will land the plane. When you land the plane, all members on board the plane will be arrested by the ground forces. They will not shoot unless shot at first. It would be ill advised to resist. All items on board the plane, and the plane itself will be confiscated by the ground forces. Over and out."

OOC: What kind of jet are you flying in?

The Dictator went to bed early, very early, around eight o' clock, and had ordered everyone to keep quiet. He'd die if he didn't get some sleep. When he woke up the next morning, the War Minister was waiting for him in the hallway. He said that he had some urgent information. Fifteen minutes later, after a quick shower and a change of clothes, the Dictator sat down to some Corn Pops and got his news brief. The dictator said that he wanted another press conference in the Rotunda in an hour. He also told the War Minister to ready the Marine Expeditionary Corps.

Again for the second time that week, the Most Supreme Dictator walked down the hall into the Rotunda and sat down at his large oak desk and prepared to address the world. He loved all of the new found publicity he was getting throughout the world, but the price he was paying was too much for some front page news.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the world. As many of you know, the situation in New Hamptonshire has escalated. The new leader of the island has imprisoned the Governor-General, a direct violation of the terms that I set out yesterday. As a result, I am bypassing the 4th Army Corps and am sending in the Marine Expeditionary Corps. Mr. Frey, my nation will not sit by and watch as you take this colony by force without regards for the people. The time for peace and negotiations has passed, the time for action is now. This nation does not yield to terrorists, we are not about to start now.

In one day, 200,000 highly trained Marines, 30 tank collums, and 75 attack helicopters are going to storm in Paradise City to recapture the island in the name of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and the Governor-General of the Colony of New Hamptonshire. To the people of the island, we have no hard feelings against you. The mission of the Marine Expeditionary Corps is simple, restore the Governor-General to power and restore a sense of lawlessness to the island. Do not fear my men, they will be your liberators and friends, not your enemys. If you are a combatant, lay down your weapon and go home, my men will have no business with you. This is the only warning you will get. Again, the time for peace is over, and the time for action is now. I thank you for your time, and may God bless the brave men who will uphold the democratic process in New Hamptonshire." This time, there was no wave, no smile, just a simple nod of the head at the cameras and he turned and walked out.

OOC: The Minister's plane is a small, private jet, like the ones you might see business men ride in.

The pilot of the Minister's plane hestiated. A furious Minister grumbled.
"They have no right to arrest us." He then oredered the pilot to land the plane regardless of the fighters. Brummel and the remaining personnel then proceeded to shred all documents on the plane.

-In a bunker deep underneath the Chancellory (former residence of the Governor-General)-

Chancellor Robert Frey, his cabinet, and Commandant Greely C-in-C of the Patriot Army are gathered around a table showing a map of New Hamptonshire.

Commandant Greely addressed the Chancellor, "Well, the Patriot Army has managed to capture over a hundred tanks, hundreds of artillery pieces, APCs, fighter jets, and warehouses full of heavy arms.

The men have been working around the night to mine all entrances to Paradise City. We're also ready to strike Ft. Sheridan with overwhelming force when the deadline passes in 12 hours."

Chancellor Frey gazes at the huge map and points are several areas on it. "Gentlemen, this is where Majesto will be concentrating its forces. I want the Patriot Army to give them a welcome they will be hardpressed to forget."

"So they can use the Magistrates?" asked Greely.
"Of course they can but do we have W-3 or WT-2 shells?" asked Frey.
"Not enough to be effective."
"Well, how many do we have?"
"Two W-3s and a WT-2. I intend to use them as a last resort."
"Very good, Commandant. We have to be opportunistic."

Just then a Patriot Army Airforce lieutenant runs into the room.

"Commandant Greely, I have news on Kaufmanstad's minister." the lieutenant said and then presented the Commandant with a note.

Taking the note, the Commandant read it and then passed it on to the Chancellor. The Commandant, Chancellor, and the cabinet then huddled together and talked quietly. Then the Commandant broke from the group and walked back towards the lieutenant.

"Lieutenant," Commandant Greely spoke, "send the following message to the Minister's Airplane:

The Confederacy of New Hamptonshire welcomes Minister Brummel. We cannot at this time give you fighter escort.

We are giving you permission to land at the Paradise City International Airport. When you land there you will be taken by armored convoy to the Chancellory Bunker since Kaufmanstad does not have a physical embassy complex in our country.

Once you get the Minister on the ground we will guarntee his safety.

Now go!"

"Yes, sir" the lieutenant says as he salutes and clicks together his heels.

"Can we get back to my previous proposition?" the Director of War asked. "I want the Patriot Army to immediately begin planning a sustained guerrilla campaign."

The Chancellor spoke up: "Don't you have faith in the Patriot Army."

"Without a doubt Chancellor, however we are going to the fighting against very long odds. We have to plan for all contingencies."

"I agree. I'll begin planning if so ordered." Commandant Greely interjected.

"Alright. As soon as we're done with this meeting you can begin planning."

The Chancellor, his cabinet, and Commandant Greely all return to the map table and resume their discussions for the defense of New Hamptonshire.

Brummel's plane set down on the runway.
"Everyone out of the plane, Now!" commanded the Minister.
Brummel gathered his remaining documents and led the way out of the plane. Brummel couldn't believe his pilot had avoided the fighters. Minister Brummel looked about for some form of New Hamtonshire authority. Dust was rising in the distance.

OOC: How did you get around three fighters blocking the flight path?

IC:

EDITED VERSION: My apologies!

As the ground troops approached the airport, they saw some heavy New Hamptonshire resistance, there was some light armor blocking the road. They radioed in that they would be unable to reach their destination at the airport, and that the fighters would need to handle things.

"Major, we're almost there. I've just received the signal, the Minister and his party have landed." the driver of the Stryker told Major Murphy.
"This is Murphy to all units. Prepare for pick and return to the Chancellory Bunker."

A convoy of 3 Humvees, 5 ZLT tanks, 2 M1A1s, 1 M2A2, and 4 Styker Infantry Carriers rolls up along side Minister Brummel and his party. The convoy stops and 20 heavily armed Patriot Army troops come rushing out to guard the guests of New Hamptonshire. Major Murphy comes out of one of the Stykers.

"Minister Brummel, we have been ordered to get you safely to the Chancellory Bunker. Your staff has to board the Strykers now. Minister Brummel, you come with me." the Major yelled over the sounds of the loud engines.

"Alright. Everybody onboard." Minister Brummel yelled to his staff.

The Kaufmanstad embassy team is rushed into 3 different Strykers. Major Murphy and Minister Brummel run to the center Stryker and step inside.

"Lets go."
"Yes, Major. All units go."
With that the armored convoy turns around and leaves the airport at top speed for the Chancellory Bunker, 25 miles away. Luckily the Patriot Army has cleared all traffic from all street leading from the Airport to the Chancellor.

"Minister Brommel, we'll get you to the Bunker in 27 minutes." Major Murphy told the Minister as he passed a headset over to him.

"Isn't this Stryker a little "thin skinned"? What if we are attacked?" the minister broadcast over the headset.

"Don't worry the ZLTs and the Bradley have all be modified for ground and air-defense. As for this Stryker, the crew compartment is reinforced with two inches of armor plating and kevlar. It's all thanks to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire." Major Murphy says with a laugh.

"Very good. I hope that I get to see Chancellor Frey soon, we have important business to..."

As Minister Brummel and Major Murphy talk the convoy reaches top speed, racing to the safety of the Chancellory.

OOC: So you just ignored my jets AND the ground troops completely? What was to stop me from shooting the Minister when he started to run away?

OCC: I was posting at this same time you were. It took me awhile to get in on the board.

EDITED CONTINUATION:

The Minister's plane landed safely on the ground dispite fierce resistance from the fighter pilots. When the pilots looked around, they could not see the friendly soldiers. Then they recieved the radio message from the forces. The fighters would need to do the best they could.

The shifted their efforts to the approaching New Hamptonshire convoy. They saw some light tanks and a few APCs. Then they saw some Humvees. They three jets decided on taking out the 3 APCs. Systematically, they spewed bullets out from their chain gun as fast as they could fire. The lieutenant's plane rattled off one of his rockets. Since they couldn't arrest the Minister, they would try and take out his rides.

The other two jets fired more chain gun shots off at the tanks and launched off some more rockets at the APCs. They prayed that they would be able to inflict some casualties on the convoy.

OCC: I actually think you should fix your post. The Patriot Army has secured Paradise City for now so the lines to the airport is secure until you have launched your attack. Remember 12 hours remain until the deadline passes.

As for the map of New Hamptonshire:

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Map of New Hamptonshire.

As you notice it is a Map of Sweden. Paradise City is the same exactly as Stockholm, so if you find map of Stockholm you've got a map of Paradise City, the Chancellory is where the RL Riksdag is located.

I haven't found a good map yet of Stockholm yet, so until I do you'll have to find your own. I'm also still working on the Map so it will be changed and updated.

"How much farther to the bunker?" Asked Minister Brummel as he was jostled around inside the stryker.
"I realise I'm very safe, but I can't help but not be uneasy."

"Minister we've got another 15 minutes until we get you to your new temporary home." Major Murphy tell the Minister.

"This is Echo Pappa 6 to Echo Leader. We have unfriendly air units inbound." the commander of ZLTs reports over the headset.

"Echo Leader to Echo Pappa 6, you are authorized to fire if on all hostile fighters."

The minister interjects: "Should I be worried, Major?"

"Yes and no. We've already lost 2 Humvees, a Stryker, and a ZLT. They may destroy a few more units but the center of Paradise City come complete with Patriot Air Defense Batteries. Not enought to hold back an armada but more than enough to deal with a few fighters."

The convoy continues to speed as fast as possible toward the center of Paradise City.

The fighter jets realize that they are running low on ammo and missiles, and that they're heading into the city center, which could be too risky - so the three team up and give everything that they've got at the remaining Strykers before the fly back to base and away from combat.

Each jet fires off more than a thouand chain gun rounds, three TOW missiles, and then flies back to the remote airstrip so they can gear up for the upcoming invasion. However, on the way out of the combat zone, the right wing man was clipped by a ZLT's fire and was forced to parachute out of the jet, where he landed safely in the woods. The jet however, fell into the woods and burst into flames.

triple post

"This is Echo Leader to all units :The convoy is hit under attack, repeat the convoy is..."

The signal is interrupted. The three jets hovering over them fired three TOW missiles and thousands of rounds into the convoy. One Styker was hit and torn apart by the blasts that consumed it. A third missile missed another Styker but hit and destroyed a ZLT traveling directly behind it.

The Stryker carrying the Minister and Major Murphy was hit with dozens of rounds of ammunition. While the armor was punctured and several people were killied in the Styker, the reinforced hull provided an increased measure of protection. But, just as that the were being hit by the chain guns a TOW missile just missed the Stryker and exploded to the left. The Styker flipped over from the force of the blast.

The ZLTs fired what anti-air missiles they had at the retreating fighters. The Bradley, commanded by Lieutenant Kertssen, pulled up behind the flipped Stryker.

Kertssen and a team of medics jumped out of the Bradley.

"Open it up and get the Minister out of there!"

The medics, with some heavy struggling, managed to get the hatch open. They climbed in. They found the dead and dying bodies of a half dozen men. The serach frantically for Minister Brummel. They find him slightly hurt but unconscious under the dead body of Major Murphy. They pull him out.

"This is Lieutenant Kertssen, I want an Abrahms at my position ASAP.

I want one medic to take Minister Brummel, place him in an Abrahams, and take him to the Chancellory Bunker. There's a hospital down there."

"Yes, sir." answered a medic.

The massive tank came to a stop and opened its hatch. After being informed of the situation two of the tank's crew members got out to make room for the minister and the medic.

As the tank, the remaining Stryker, and their escorts sped off, the medics tried to find other surviors of the attack.

There were none.

"This is Echo Leader to all units: The convoy is hit under attack, repeat the convoy is..."

The signal is interrupted. The three jets hovering over them fired three TOW missiles and thousands of rounds into the convoy. One Styker was hit and torn apart by the blasts that consumed it. A third missile missed another Styker but hit and destroyed a ZLT traveling directly behind it.

The Stryker carrying the Minister and Major Murphy was hit with dozens of rounds of ammunition. While the armor was punctured and several people were killied in the Styker, the reinforced hull provided an increased measure of protection. But, just as that the were being hit by the chain guns a TOW missile just missed the Stryker and exploded to the left. The Styker flipped over from the force of the blast.

The ZLTs fired what anti-air missiles they had at the retreating fighters. The Bradley, commanded by Lieutenant Kertssen, pulled up behind the flipped Stryker.

Kertssen and a team of medics jumped out of the Bradley.

"Open it up and get the Minister out of there!"

The medics, with some heavy struggling, managed to get the hatch open. They climbed in. They found the dead and dying bodies of a half dozen men. The serach frantically for Minister Brummel. They find him slightly hurt but unconscious under the dead body of Major Murphy. They pull him out.

"This is Lieutenant Kertssen, I want an Abrahms at my position ASAP.

I want one medic to take Minister Brummel, place him in an Abrahams, and take him to the Chancellory Bunker. There's a hospital down there."

"Yes, sir." answered a medic.

The massive tank came to a stop and opened its hatch. After being informed of the situation two of the tank's crew members got out to make room for the minister and the medic.

As the tank, the remaining Stryker, and their escorts sped off, the medics tried to find other surviors of the attack.

There were none.

"Where am I? My people, is my staff alright?"
Brummel felt as if the world had come down on him as he awoke, he wasn't quite sure where he was. He looked around, his vision was blury, his glasses had been broken, there must have been an accident.
"Who's in charge here? Am I in the Chancellory?"

Minister Brummel, laying on a hosptial bed in the Chancellory Bunker, wakes up. He beings asking "Where am I? My people, is my staff alright?" and "Who's in charge here? Am I in the Chancellory?".

Chancellor Frey steps forward and places his hand on the shoulder of the minister.

"It's all alright now. You're safe. You are over a thousand feet underground in the Chancellor Bunker." Frey responds coolly.

"Where are my people. I want to know. How is in charge here!" the minister repeats.

"I am in charge. Chancellor Robert Frey of the Confederate Government at your service. As for your people I have some good and bad news. Of the 10 people that were with you, 6 were killed. The other 4 are being treated for light wounds. You will be able to see them shortly. I ask that you now rest. You can come to the Command Center as soon as the doctors clear you."

With that Chancellor Frey removes his hand, turns around, and leaves the room leaving the minister with a team of military doctors.

National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

This just in, Minister Plenipotentiary to New Hamptonshire, Nicholas Brummel has arrived at the Chacellory of New Hamptonshire. Unfortunately, Brummel has not arrived safely. Six are dead in a Majesto attack on a convoy escorting Minister Brummel to Paradise City. Minister Brummel himself is wounded and is recovering. Already, the dead on Brummel's staff have been deemed martyrs of peace, these New Hamptonshire Six.
The dead are:
Arthur Fishtickler, son of Kaufmanstad's Foreign Minister
Michelle Nixon, personal secretary to Minister Brummel
Walter van Zink, secretary
1st Lt. Hans Zimmerman, Kaufmanstad Military Attache
Andrea Johnson, Intelligence Agency Representative
Augustus Howard, secretary
Funeral services for these unfortunate citizens are to be held...

When the word of the deaths reached Majesto, the attitude twoards the war shifted. The people began to wonder, why are we fighting someone elses war? This isn't peacekeeping. If the Grand Duchy wanted their colony, they would have gotten it back. The people began to grow resentful of the people of Hamptonshire. In a few hours, "our boys" are going to storm ashore. The people wondered, why?

The Most Supreme Dictator knew how the people were feeling, and he was begining to resent the current situation himself. However, after a full two hour meeting with his Advisory Council and another half hour in deep medetation, he called an emergency press conference to address the people of the nation.

A half an hour later, the Dictator walked out the front door and stood on the steps of his mansion. However, the people could see that he was not himself, he came out wearing a pair of Dockers and a blue shirt with no tie. He began his speech by saying, "Good afternoon fellow countrymen. I have no doubt in my mind that you people are asking why. Why are brave men and women setting off to storm Paradise City? Why are people dieing? Why?...Why are we fighting a war for the people of New Hamptonshire?

The people of this great nation are prosperous. The people of this great nation are free to live any life that they may choose. You, and me, should be lucky that we are so well off. The people of New Hamptonshire wanted a vote indepedence. No one in this nation had any problems with our boys going over there and keeping peace. I was honored to help the people of a nation less fortunate than this one, so that one more island in the world can be able to live the life they choose. However, situations have changed. Robert Frey has taken the control of the island, the people are held hostage by this man. Anyone who speaks out faces imprisonment and possible execution. He has ordered his army to encircle Fort Sheridan and attack the troops of Hamptonshire, who have done nothing to anyone on that island. This, my friends is not the will of the people in New Hamptonshire. This nation took on the duties of peacekeepers. There is no peace on that island, and it is our duty, as peacekeepers, to ensure that peace is restored.

A few hours ago, fighter jets engaged a private jet from the Republic of Kaufmanstad. Six Kaufmanstadians died, and one Defense Command pilot is missing. The president of this nation sent a donation of four million marks and a diplomatic liason to the island. Are we to prepare to invade a country while someone else gives them donations of money? I think not. Although death is a terrible thing, I stand behind the actions of my troops. They have preformed this country well. Kaufmanstand as a nation, and the Minister himself was given plenty of chances to turn the plane around and let things go. Am I to sit idly by as another nation helps a rouge, tyrannical dictator? I think not. Alhough I am sorry for the loss of citizens of your nation, you were given plenty of warnings to back down.

In a few hours, the Marine Expeditionary Corps is going to storm ashore in New Hamptonshire. I am going to go ahead with my plans to free the people of New Hamptonshire and restore Governor-General Gustav to power. I will not settle for less. No person should need to be jailed for voiceing their freedom of speech. Friends, war is a terrible thing. I make no secret of that. Death is a terrible thing. I make no secret of that. However, when this nation agrees to something, in this case, keeping peace in New Hamptonshire, we will not stop until our goal is achieved. If we need to use force to back up our promises, so be it. I ask all of the people of this great nation to stand behing the Marine Expeditionary Corps in their attempts at liberation. Thank you and may God bless you all." The people were moved by the honesty of the speech. They would stand behing him in any way possible.

When news reached Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I that some Majestoians are questioning why Hamptonshire is not actively getting in the fight, he knew he had to speak.

He called a press conference to address the world. He would deliver the speech in front of the Royal Senate in the Royal Congression Complex.

Two hours later....

"Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, distinguished guests, my fellow Hamptonians thank you for steadfast devotion to peace, democracy, and independence. I come to you all now to address the concerns about the crisis in New Hamptonshire.

Some have questioned our devotion to the cause of reestablishing our control over New Hamptonshire. Perhaps they think that we lack resolve. I say to those people to look where I am standing right now. Not long ago this building was completely destroyed in a terrorist attack. Virtually the entire Hamptonian government was killed in that attack.

Did we waver, did we relent, did we cower?

No. We rebuilt and we punished the nation of Soigacas, the country that attack us. The Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire will never cease in its devotion to democracy and freedom.

People have asked why the Grand Duchy has not sent ground forces into New Hamptonshire to quell the revolt or why we have not ordered the 12,000 troops in Fort Sheridan to attack the Patriot Army. I have an answer: history.

History shows us that if we were to forceable end the rebellion only more ill feeling and pro-independence thought would occur. That's why we are currently leaving the fighting to Majesto and Austar Union while we blockade the island.

However, make no mistake; if the violence escalates in New Hamptonshire We will send in our armed forces. We will send them in to remove the oppressive "government" of Robert Frey. Never forget that not all New Hamptonians desire independence, only a violent and vocal minority.

Yet again I issue this offer- if the "Patriot Army" and "Confederate Government" disband themselves and surrender to the peacekeeping forces in New Hamptonshire I will issue everyone but the highest levels of their leadership full pardons.

Thank you and may God bless us all."

"Three, two, one...FIRE!" Colonel Nibesli screams.

Dozens of anti-infantry and high explosive rockets are launched toward the Hamptonian troops in Ft. Sheridan. What MLRS units the Patriot Army capatured all opened fire on the defenders.

"Artillery fire. Tanks fire and advance. Infantry-- charge!"

The small artillery batteries all fire in unison raining down shells on the defending forces, the tanks fire while advancing toward the walled fort. In the distance a dozen A-10 Warthogs are seen, readying to add their heft to the fight on the side of the Patriot Army.

30,000 infantrymen from the Patriot Army rise from their positions and advance toward the surrounded Fort. The garrisoned troops in side return fire with what they have, but it is not enought.

"All units onward, we must take the fort by midday! Leave nothing left alive. We must capture the Fort before their allies can assist them. FOR THE GLORY OF THE CONFEDERACY!!!"

Excerpt from an PBSKS interview with Prime Minister Lin Pak (L) on joining Concordia...

REPORTER: And what do you think of the war in Hamptonshire and it's brother country?

PM LIN PAK: It is my hope that those countries could cease their hostilities and hopefully stand down. Negotiations can occur settling such hositilies. Yet it is only by their initiatives that such bloodshed can be avoided. All other nations whom are involved should not be entangled in such a mess if justification cannot be proven. Peace is the only way out- else our world will be a sea of squabbling siblings always wanting that extra piece of meat in the pot.

"We're under attack!!!" a private screams.

"All units, all units return fire. Armored units forward. Artillery fire. Concentrate all weapons on the advancing units!" Major Turnsdale orders.

"Lieutenant, deploy perimeter defense system."

With that, 5 modified Phalanx CIWS units rise from the Perimeter Defense Wall and lock their sights on the advancing troops. The two Phalanx units in range of the advancing Patriot Army forces begin firing hundreds of rounds into the still advancing formations.

Three dozen large explosions rock the base. 36 300mm rockets explode over the base throwing thousands of anti-personnel cluster bombs into the Fort instantly killing over 400 defenders. Then the artillery shells start falling. The Perimeter Defense Wall is hit by dozens of shells at a time and begins to simply shatter. Advancing Patriot Army tanks manage to destroy one of the firing Phalanx units.

"Where's the Colonel?" Major Turnsdale broadcasts over the static filled headset.

"She's dead, along with the entire command staff. Looks like you are in charge." a random voice responds.

As Major Turnsdale looks forward she sees tens of thousand of troops approaching from all sides. As hundreds of explosions and countless bullets rock and riddle the Fort Major Turnsdale decides to give the only order possible.

"To all units, this is Major Turnsdale. We cannot hold the fort. All armored units are ordered to charge the advancing enemy formations. All artillery units fire at will. All infantry pull back to Hanger 3-C. We must not allow it to fall. It must be held at all costs."

As he finishes broadcasting his message 4 A-10 Warthogs strafe the defenders position and hit the base.

Current casualty estimates:
Killed- 820
Injured- 1,600
Missing- 400

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OCC:Kay Son, Hamptonshire did not initiate this conflict. The self-proclaimed Confederacy of New Hamptonshire attacked Fort Sheridan. This entire thread shows the deevolution of New Hamptonshire from a peaceful colony to a disorderly quagmire.

National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

Today Hostilities were initiated in New Hamptonshire. This message was recieved by the Kaufmanstad Foreign Affairs department from Minister Brummel inside Paradise City.
"It is my opinion that the current unrest in New Hamptonshire was started by fear and suspicion in the population. The people of New Hamptonshire, who desired freedom, felt they could not trust the government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire to help them achieve independence as a republic.
I doubt that the Grand Duchy meant to impede the referendum.'
This just in, President Flaggenmead is now making an address to the nation.
"To avoid the further effusion of bloodshed in New Hamptonshire and to avoid the possibility of full scale anarchy, this government proposes a negotiation conference between the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. Delegates from each side are welcomed to come to our Temporary capital at Kaufmansburg. Good day to you all and God save the Republic."

National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

Today Hostilities were initiated in New Hamptonshire. This message was recieved by the Kaufmanstad Foreign Affairs department from Minister Brummel inside Paradise City.
"It is my opinion that the current unrest in New Hamptonshire was started by fear and suspicion in the population. The people of New Hamptonshire, who desired freedom, felt they could not trust the government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire to help them achieve independence as a republic.
I doubt that the Grand Duchy meant to impede the referendum.'
This just in, President Flaggenmead is now making an address to the nation.
"To avoid the further effusion of bloodshed in New Hamptonshire and to avoid the possibility of full scale anarchy, this government proposes a negotiation conference between the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. Delegates from each side are welcomed to come to our Temporary capital at Kaufmansburg. Good day to you all and God save the Republic."

HNN Breaking News-

We have just received breaking news from High Command.

Fort Sheridan has fallen, repeat Fort Sheridan has fallen.

At 02:00 hours this morning Patriot Army rebels overwhelmed the 12,000 defenders of Fort Sheridan. Reports indicate that the Patriot Army took no prisonners. Repeat, High Command now believes that all 12,000 defenders have been killed.

Shockingly, High Command revealed that the Patriot Army may have captured two 2.5 megaton nuclear weapons that were being tested at Fort Sheridan.

"We are fairly certain that they [Patriot Army] managed to secure two 2.5 megaton nuclear warheads that were being tested in Hanger 3-C in Fort Sheridan. We cannot confirm that they have been stolen, but all indications point to that being so."
-Field Marhsal Maxwell Pimberton, Chairman of the Joint High Command Council

The Royal Navy has been ordered to begin missile bombardment of Patriot Army installations. Sources reveal that the Royal Navy has also been ferrying loyal New Hamptonians out of New Hamptonshire by LCAC, landing craft, cargo ship, and airplane.

The Grand Duke is expected to address the nation and the world later today.

Excerpt from an interview of "NewsHour" program [PBSKS] with Prime Minister Lin Pak (L) on her 3rd year of office...

REPORTER: And what do you think of the takeover of Fort Sheridan in Hamptonshire?

PM LIN PAK: It is my hope that the New Hamptonshire authorities can negotiate a peace with their fellow countrymen.

REPORTER: But what say you on the allegations of them slaughtering the defenders and capturing weapons of mass destruction?

PM LIN PAK: I hope that they do not use it for aggressive means. If they do- and come within Kay Son's shores- well-

REPORTER: Wouldn't that destablize the peace that the republic has gained through the Treaty?

PM LIN PAK: The Treaty does bind on domestic matters but not international ones. The PRKS has not gotten been engaged in a full operational war in recent memory.

REPORTER: But what about the Aztec National League?

PM LIN PAK: Humanitarian efforts, and a hand to our allies.

This is HNN -From the Front Lines-

I'm here aboard the carrier HNS Vulpine 100 miles off the southern coast of New Hamptonshire. For the several hours now airplanes have been launching off from this and the other 6 Royal Navy carriers in the region. I've also been witnessing the firing of literally hundreds of cruise missiles.

I've also counted at least two dozen large and small boats, ships, yatchs, and every other sea worthy vessel imageable. After the refugee boats are quickly searched, they are being escorted to the cities of Portshire and Port Easton in the Hamptonshire.

From what I've heard, the 2nd Marine Expedition Force is expected to enter the scene in the next 3 days.

There isn't much more I can report, I've been informed that Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen has ordered a press blackout until the invasion hits the ground.

In the Chancellory Bunker

Chancellor Robert Frey and Commandant Greely are in the War Room discussing the current state of affairs while a dozen military aids run around transmitting orders to the Patriot Army field commanders.

Chancellor Robery Frey: "So, we've got Fort Sheridan. What were our losses".

Commandant Greely: "4,950 killed, 13,200 wounded, and 800 missing. We killed all but 8 of the defenders."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "I thought the plan was to kill every last one of them. WHAT HAPPENED!"

Commandant Greely: "Chancellor the 8 people we left alive were engineers working with the two nuclear devices, which we captured."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "Yes, our prize. Our goal. I trust the Package A is on its way and Package B is stored away."

Commandant Greely: "Package A is being position for its final delivery as we speak. The other Package is safely hidden."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "What of Majesto's and Austar Union's troops?"

Commandant Greely: "We have begun the attacks. I've sent 20,000 troops to hit the Majestoian outside of Paradise, and another 20,000 to harass the troops Austar Union has in the countryside."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "What about for defensive operations?"

Commandant Greely: "100,000 to defend Paradise City and 75,000 to defend the possible landing areas. I've also sent the proper equipment along with them."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "What are we doing about the missiles and Royal Navy fighters bombing us, eh?"

Commandant Greely: "What fighter we have a scrambling to fight back. I also ordered what air defense systems we have to full activity. I must note that currently the Royal Navy is concentrating only on Patrtio Army targets."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "For now they are. They will switch target later, and you know as well as I do we can't hold them back. Now, what about all the escaping New Hamptonian traitors?"

Commandant Greely: "They are taking all the ships they can. We have been able to sink a few ships, but they only total 8,000 refugees total killed."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "That is not enough. We have to kill every person that tries to escape. If people leave then we will have lost this war."

Commandant Greely: "I'll order the men to double their efforts, but I must mention that hundreds of thousands are trying to escape. Already 20,000 refugees have set sail."

Chancellor Robery Frey: "Make sure it's not 20,001."

The men then return to the task of running the war.

To: The Governments of Hamptonshire,New Hamptonshire and all other interested parties,

The Community of Mafikeng wishes to express its concern over the descent into civil war in Hamptonshire. While we recognise the movement for independence in New Hamptonshire,we feel the manner in which it is being brought about is needlessly violent. Should the Government of Hamptonshire,our ally in Concordia, consent,we will transport peacekeeping troops to the country and,should the Government of New Hamptonshire consent to a ceasefire,we will move them into place in the afflicted colony. We very much wish to see an end to this conflict. The peacekeepers would also be on hand to protect the peace during the independence referendum and,should New Hamptonshire secede,would be glad to remain to stabilise the new state.

The Community requests that ALL parties involved in this war bring into force a ceasefire. We offer the capital of the Community,Port Mafikeng,as a venue for peace talks.

We wish to add that we do not recognise the current Government of New Hamptonshire as being legitimate,but we do recognise the aim of independence that you fight for. Please consider our offer of negotiation. No one,surely,wishes this ordeal to continue.

sincerely

Rt.Hon.Babbington Hipwell M.P
Secretary of External Affairs.

"How could he order the deaths of all the defenders?" Brummel told one of his remaining advisors, Joe Rosemont. "This isn't war, this is murder!"
Brummel felt he had made a mistake in advising his president to immediately recognize New Hamptonshire. "I don't know what inspires the people of New Hamptonshire, democracy or a willingness to kill? I need to talk to Chancellor Frey, I should be asking him these questions!"

Official Statement by Chancellor Robert Frey

We will not agree to a cease fire. As I speak there are over 10,000 foreign troops located in New Hamptonshire. We will not rest until they are all removed, one way or another.

We will not accept peacekeepers of anykind. We do not consent to any deployments and do not recognize the authority of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire nor the Concordia.

The Patriot Army will continue to fight until every single one of us is dead or until New Hamptonshire is independent.

There is no room for compromise.

Official Statement by Chancellor Robert Frey

We will not agree to a cease fire. As I speak there are over 10,000 foreign troops located in New Hamptonshire. We will not rest until they are all removed, one way or another.

We will not accept peacekeepers of anykind. We do not consent to any deployments and do not recognize the authority of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire nor the Concordia.

The Patriot Army will continue to fight until every single one of us is dead or until New Hamptonshire is independent.

There is no room for compromise.

Final Ultimatium From the Government of the Confederation of New Hamptonshire

Unless all foreign troops immediately leave New Hamptonshire we will resort to using all weapons at our disposal.

We will rain down destruction if you do not remove yourselves.

There will be death in the utopian paradise of our oppressers.

You have 12 hours to comply.

"Chancellor, I have a few things I'd like to say." began Minister Brummel.
"My government will cease sending you monetary aid if you continue these brutal tactics. Killing every single defender in Fort Sheridan is not the way to endear the world to your cause. By not taking prisoners, you force your opposition to vilify you as evil, and are more steadfast in their aggression toward you. My government recognized New Hamptonshire on the assumption that New Hamptonians were truly oppressed and didn't have a chance against a fair referrendum. This issue has been eclipsed by your disregard for human rights. By this I mean your massacre of Hamptonian troops in Fort Sheridan and the destruction of refugee boats.
I will sum up with this point: if your policy of disregarding of human rights continues, Kaufmanstad will cease payment of the 4,000,000 marks will cease and my government will retract its recognition of the Confederacy and issue a formal apology to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire for interfering in its affairs. As I speak, the Kaufmanstader frigate St. Swithens waits in international waters to escort what remains of my team out of New Hamptonshire should the situation here deteriorate further. That is all I have to say."

OOC: Sorry about the delay, I was writing a 10 page global studies paper for the past few days, so I've been unable to get on NS too much. I was up till 12 last night, so I'm beat. I PROMISE that tomorrow I will post a full reply to this whole thing.

My troops are (obviously) on their way. Again, I apologize for my sporadic appearences, but I can assure you that the gates of hell will open tomorrow in New Hamptonshire. Ok, Kaufmanstad, I told you they were no good. 8) . Till tomorrow.

OCC: No kidding they were bad news! Well, I got myself into this, I'll get myself out. That, and I'm having fun doing this! :D

Official Statements from the Government of the Confederacy

To Kaufmanstad:

You may keep your money, the 4 million marks you donated is but a fraction of our treasury reserves. However, we will not allow your ambassdor to leave our country at this time.

To Majesto:

If you land troops, they will be met with the full furry of the Patriot Army.

We have captured 100 Majestoian and Austar Union troops. If any foreign nation lands troops on our soil, they will immediately be executed.

To All Nations Considering the Use of Force:

We have attained two 2.5 megaton nuclear devices from our former overlords, the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. If any foreign nation lands combat forces in Our Great Nation, we will detonate one of the devices.

Destruction will rain on utopia.

It's your choice, not ours.

Presidential Proclamation
Stuville, Kaufmanstad

This government formally revokes its recognition of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. Chancellor Robert Frey has shown himself to be an enemy to Human Rights and to True and Fair Democracy. All relations with the entity calling itself the "Confederacy of New Hamptonshire" is hereby dissolved.

This government formally offers its sincerest apology to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire for Kaufmanstad's interference in its Colony of New Hamptonshire. The Kaufmanstad navy is more than willing to offer its services as Coast guard around the Colony of New Hamptonshire. The Kaufmanstad Congress offers the use of its capital, Stuville, as a place to organize a coallition whose goal it will be is to see that democracy and order is brought back to New Hamptonshire, and that our diplomats are brought out of Paradise City alive.

Finally, this government asks for an apology from the Dictatorship of Majesto for the death of six diplomatic workers in our short lived embassy in New Hamptonshire. Your wisdom in calling New Hamptonshire a rouge nation was correct, but your attack on the imunity of diplomats is inexcusable.

God Save the Republic
President James Flaggenmead

Release from the Office of the Prime Minister

The Government of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire does hereby accept the apology of Kaufmanstad in the matter of the Colony of New Hamptonshire. However, we will not at this time include Kaufmanstad in our reconquest plans. Kaufmanstad currently is considered not to be a trustworthy nation. While we will work with all haste to secure your ambassador, this Government advises you not to send in combat troops.

We hope that you can understand our position on this matter.

Official Release from the DR Of Terra Pacifica:

Due to the rising tensions between the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and the ' Colony' New Hamptonshire whom we do not recgonize as a soveriegn nation due to the brutal takeover of an democratically elected government and a systematic assault on foreign troops, we have elected to reevaluate our position on our armed forces in the international deployments and at this time will pull out our initial 500 Peacekeepers currently deployed defending our consulate back into international waters where we have the RNS Kyushu (Joint Support/Command Ship) deployed 150 Miles southeast from your waters. Mind you this is a refusal to supporting our ally Hamptonshire in a time of civil war but a reevaluation of our deployed armed forces (Soraigus, Neo Pacifica etc.) to assess the amount of support we could give out.

Regards,

President Alan Ryo Takashi
DR of Terra Pacifica

[code:1:5ec0fd0335]To: Terra Pacifican Peacekeepers
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet
Subject: Pull out.

I have been advised by High Command to provide airlift to move your men out of Paradise City. Upon your approval we will use our rotor winged assests to bring your Peacekeepers safely aboard the carriers HNS Endeavour and HNS Intrepid. Once your Peacekeepers have safely arrived on the carriers, you may move them wherever you so chose.

It is best that you allow us to move your men out of New Hamptonshire. The Royal Navy is actively destroying all hostile or unidentified airplanes.

Thank you.[/code:1:5ec0fd0335]

[code:1:39d165e96f]To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet
From:Terra Pacifica Joint Command, Peacekeeping Operations HQ
SubjectRE: Pull out.

We warmly welcome any assistance the Royal Navy will offer and have began marking rallying points and established open secure LZs for emergency evac, we anticipate that it will take approximately 2 hours to securely evacuate all troops, diplomatic personnel and Terra Pacifica civilians who are advised to leave the chaos which is looming over New Hamptonshire. Again we deeply regret us declining to send a military prescene at the moment on behalf of our government, as the civil body believes our forces are too thinly spread and would take away from Homeland Security Forces.

Regards,

Colonel Walker Chigi
Commanding Officer, 1st Peacekeeping Battalion[/code:1:39d165e96f]

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To the Leader(s) of Hamptonshire
From: PM Lin Pak, People's Republic of Kay Son

Are you open for a 'lease' of 3 squadron's worth of warplanes as well as some tanks in aiding your struggle? They will come with advisors on to guide such a plane, due to it being Harriers.

[code:1:91b5188fff]
From: Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I and Prime Minister Louis Cessar
To: PM Lin Pak, PRKS

Depends on the conditions and the terms. We must state that we already have enough military personnel and hardware on had to deal with the situation currently at hand.

The 28th Army has been activated for deployment. In addition the entire 6th Army Group has been put on active reserve for possible deployment.[/code:1:91b5188fff]

OCC:
Go to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire website (http://www.freewebs.com/hamptonshire/) to find out how many people are in an Army and an Army Group as well as for government information.

Code 2:

To: Grand Duke Reginald Leopold 1, PM Louis Cessar
From: PM Lin Pak, PRKS

The Conditions would be:
2 squadrons outfitted with acute military hardware that is adapted for covert operations due to it being an experiment of our Intelligence Services in the goal of counter-terrorism. The advisors are in fact, reserve Intelligence agents, who are quite adept in utitlizing these planes for covert means. They would be on lease for you pending the end of this war

[code:1:6331b334a9]To: PM Lin Pak, PRKS
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

I have been informed of your intention to "lease" two squadrons of Harriers for the duration of this war. If your planes arrive in the area before we can secure an airfield on land, you are welcome to station yourself on the numerous carriers and amphibous carriers that we have in the area.

Before you being operations, I advise that you familarize yourself with our military protocols and operating procedures.[/code:1:6331b334a9]

Code 3

To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet
From: Lt. Col. Rune Book, CO of Wespark/Norpark Squadrons, Norplain Group, RAF Intel Division, SecForce

I have been commmanded by the Prime Minister Lin Pak to handover the Wespark & Norpark Reserve Squadrons in your care under the duration of your war. We are currently mapping out our course to your land and wish to receive the co-ordinates so that the planes could be delivered. The invitation of being stationed at sea is accepted- although within the vicinity of New Hamptonshire. Please wire the co-ordinates as well as the data about procedures in relating to the Hamptonshire Navy.

[code:1:39e673fc16]
To: Lt. Col. Rune Book
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

Until we have launched our ground invasion, please deploy yourselves to the carriers HNS Catherine Sophia, HNS Duke of Hampton, and HNS Unity as well as the Amphibious Assault Carriers HNS Southern Watch, HNS Operation Torch, and HNS Barbarossa.

I would like to receive data on the size and capablities of the two squadrons.

Co-ordinates- 125 miles west of Paradise City.

Exact co-ordinates and operative procedures are being transmitted after this message.[/code:1:39e673fc16]

Official Statements from the Government of the Confederacy

To Kaufmanstad:

You may keep your money, the 4 million marks you donated is but a fraction of our treasury reserves. However, we will not allow your ambassdor to leave our country at this time.

To Majesto:

If you land troops, they will be met with the full furry of the Patriot Army.

We have captured 100 Majestoian and Austar Union troops. If any foreign nation lands troops on our soil, they will immediately be executed.

To All Nations Considering the Use of Force:

We have attained two 2.5 megaton nuclear devices from our former overlords, the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. If any foreign nation lands combat forces in Our Great Nation, we will detonate one of the devices.

Destruction will rain on utopia.

It's your choice, not ours.

Following the absolute refusal on the part of New Hamptonshire either to particiapte in negotiations or to recognise the basic rules of law,the Community of Mafikeng declares itself on behalf of Hamptonshire. We are ready to commit troops to the conflict to restore order in the unruly COLONY.

Furthermore,should New Hamptonshire use nuclear weapons against any of the other belligerants,we will view the COLONY as a threat to the national security of Mafikeng and will deal with the acting government of the aforementioned colony as we would with any other warmongering nation. We will declare war and will prosecute the war seperate to the aims of Hamptonshire.

sincerely,

Rt.Hon.Bbbington Hipwell M.P
Secretary for External Affairs.

National New Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

..and that's the weather, back to you!
Good Morning, we are now going live to an address by President Flaggenmead.

"My governement cannot express apologys any deeper to the Grand Duchy. However, the offer of Kaufmanstad is still on the table, should we be truly forgiven by the international community. I felt Chancellor Frey was a man to be trusted, he was not.
To the Grand Duchy, our frigate, the St. Swithens will remain in international waters to escort our team out of the area should you be able to rescue them.
God Save the Republic."

The late events in New Hamptonshire have done nothing to help the president, particularly in election polls. Socialist candidate Jacob von Halver has been making speeches denoucning the President's bad track record as well as corrupt dealings.

Code 1

From: Lt. Col. Rune Book
To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

We will do so. To speak of the capabilities of the planes in this message would be risky due to the risk of the code being broken. Let us state, then, that the harriers that we are lending you are akin to to FA2 with much of it's plating replaced with what one would see on a spy plane as well as the missle load reduced so that it only carries two specific missles/bombs that aid in it's covert missions. That is about the limit that one can say over this code- more will be revealed when the squadrons land on the HNS Unity/Duke of Hampton.

Double Post!

National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

Election day in Kaufmanstad is May 1st, and President Flaggenmead's prospects do not look good. The President faces opposition not only from Jacob von Halver's Socialist Party, but from within his own Liberty Party.
Von Halver has called Flaggenmead's intervention in "an attempt to cover up and misdirect the public from his own corrupt dealings with the corporate sector of Southland City." Mr. von Halver, is of course speaking of the Oxidus Suit, where the President is accused of taking bribes to secure rainforest for Uranium mining.
President Flaggenmead's second source of opposition comes from Representative Boudinot in Congress. "President Flaggenmead has disgraced the name of Kaufmanstad and of the Liberty Party for the last time. I am running for President, and I intend to bring a Fair deal to the Kaufmanstad people! This nation will stand up as the beacon of true and fair democracy that it is, and we will no longer deal with madmen that claim to support liberty."
Polls show President Flaggenmead trailing far behind the Von Halver and Boudinot. The President is not expected to win the race on May 1.

[code:1:43d6d918d1]To: All Allied Commanders
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

I have given the orders to begin pre-Invasion bombardments of the coastal landing zones as well as strikes against where we think the Patriot Army has hidden the two nuclear devices.

The ships of the 2nd Fleet have been ordered to fire over 10,000 missiles to soften up enemy defenses while 400 Royal Navy fighter/bombers simultaneously strike.

I suggest that all Allied Forces begin their assaults as soon as possible. Perhaps, if we are lucky, Chancellor Frey will not have the time or the ability to detonate the nuclear devices.

As for the 100 Majestoian and Austar Union hostages, the Royal Special Operations 39th Battalion will be responsible for trying to save those brave men and women and will also be responsible for the evacuation of Terra Pacifican and Kaufmanstad nationals in Paradise City.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:43d6d918d1]

Code 2


TO: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet
FROM: Lt. Col. : Lt. Col. Rune Book

We have heard your telegram: unfortunately we are only 2/3rds of the way to your ships. Can we take a rest on the designated ship before doing a run to illustrate the virtues of our aircrafts?

[code:1:4cfaeeb94e]To: Lt. Col. Rune Book
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

Your aircraft may land on the HNS Unity and the HNS Duke of Hampton. Once they have been refueled and their crews rested and briefed, they will be allowed to join the fight.

We are but a few hours from landing our troops in New Hamptonshire.[/code:1:4cfaeeb94e]

Code 3


From: Lt. Col. Rune Book
To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

We have recieved your message and are currently two hours away from landing on the HNS Unity and the HNS Duke of Hampton. Please reserve several pilots to accompany us on our raid so that they may learn the controls of the plane. On the second run, they will take over for us.

Three of our Los Angeles attack subs are en route to New Hamptonshire in advance of the fleet. They will be in a postion to begin nissilie bombardment of military targets int he colony shortly.

We are transporting upwards of 30,000 men plus equipment from Mafikeng and a further 10,000 from our base in Camewot. We hope to land these troops in Hamptonshire prior to an invasion of New Hamptonshire. On hand will be our Navy's f-15 tomcats to engage in aerial bombardment and we will be placing two Blackbird aircraft in theatre for reconaissance.

Captain Charles Gallagher stood on the bridge of the St. Swithens for the night watch. He thought about the recent events happening only 18 miles away on the shores of New Hamptonshire. Around the St. Swithens there had been a lot of activity. Gallagher would have loved to direct his crew to help, after Flaggenmead's humiliation and Frey's cold-bloodedness. But, he was not. Gallagher sighed. Military planes flew overhead and the sea seemed as if all Hamptonshire was afloat.

The roar of the sea was especially loud, the Patriot Army harbor boat captain thought.

As he paced along his small boat late at night the roar became louder and louder. He looked around but couldn't see anything, then...*BAM*. The boat is blow apart by an air-to-surface missile.

A huge armada of amphibious warships from the Royal Navy swarm in to the bay. Thousands of cruise missiles fly over the heads of the Royal Marines huddled in the hundreds of LCACs.

The Royal Marines are comforted in the knowledge that they will not be alone. Over 500 fighter/bombers from the Royal Navy are covering their approach and 500,000 men are waiting to land right behind the Royal Marines.

Aboard the HNS Vulpine Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen stands on the flight deck watching the jets take off to strike the Patriot Army. There is but one thing on his mind-- "What will those damned people do with the nukes they have."

OOC: The planes have already landed on the ship

Code 2


From: Lt. Col. Rune Book
To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

Would you like us to assist in the general assualt?

[code:1:7cde1cbafa]From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen
To: Lt. Col. Rune Book

If your squadrons wish to take themselves into the eye of the storm, so be it. However, if your men and machines need to rest we completely understand.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:7cde1cbafa]

"Men up! Marines-- HIT THE BEACH!" a colonel screamed over the fleetwide comm. system.

250 LCACs carrying thousands of Royal Marines and dozens of armored units onto the beach 30 miles north of Paradise City. 400 armored amphibious personnel carriers carry their human occupants toward the beach.

Over a hundred attack helicopters from the off-shore amphibious assault carriers appear over the horizon and begin to attack the defensive positions of the Patriot Army.

The F-35s from the carriers have been ordered to hit everything that moves in order to protect the landing Royal Marines.

Ospreys launched from the Fleet carriers carry Special Operations troopers inland. Their mission is to secure the Pacifican and Kaufmanstad delegations that have been trapped in New Hamptonshire. The Special Ops troopers have also been ordered to find the stolen nuclear devices.

Code


From: Lt. Col. Rune Book
To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commander of the Royal Navy 2nd Fleet

Very well. Call us if you need us. We will be preparing the planes.

100km South of Paradise City >> Austarian Troop Positions

As the Austarian Troops began to disassemble their camp, a man came running up to the Colonel.

"Sir, sir, I have something to tell you...", reported the man hurridly.

"Well private, what is it?"[i/i], replied the Colonel.

The man doubled over, coughing. He appeared to have been running, and had puffed himself out, [i]"Sir, 12 men......Captured.....Peeing in the woods"

The Colonel lowered his brow, "Pull yourself together private! Tell me what the hell is going on...!"

The man raised himself up, holding it together just long enough to deliver the message, "Sir, twelve men were captured. They were going for their morning pee sir!"

The Colonel looked up to the sky as his reinforcements were parachuting down, "Goddamn that Patriot Army!"

Within half an hour, there were some 15 000 Troops mobilizing fast towards Paradise City. They would reach the city within the hour...

OOC: Sorry for my lack of involvement. I have been having a vbit of trouble getting to all my RPs (been a bit busy) ;)

Our three subs, CMS Victory, CMS Michael Collins, CMS George Winterton, have arrived in New Hamptonshire watrs and have begun bombarding the military bases of the rebel government in Paradis City
(New Hamptonshire,please supply any casualty list)

The subs are firing Tomahawk Cruie Missiles with a 1,000lb high explosive payload.

Our fleet is being diverted to New Hamptonshire to support the beach head already set up by our allies.

Fleet:

2 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers, CMS Dependable, CMS Mafikeng
5 Whale Class Troop Carriers, CMS Gary Robins,CMS Michael Jackson, CMS Lollypop,CMS Titan,CMS Gordon England (Each with c.6,000 Troops plus equipment aboard.)
Support Vessels, Battleships etc.

They should arrive within two to three RL days.

Code
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To: Grand Duke Reginald Leopold 1, PM Louis Cessar
From: PM Lin Pak, PRKS

Would you like further assistance? Say two more squadrons although Mi-29?

Code

To: Grand Duke Reginald Leopold 1, PM Louis Cessar
From: PM Lin Pak, PRKS

Would you like further assistance? Say two more squadrons although Mi-29?

National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

Elections are being held early this year, declared President Flaggenmead. It is not known what the President's intentions are, but even with this move toward proving that he favors the people's rights, Flaggenmead lags in the polls. Elections opened today at 12:00 pm.
In the polls, the leaders are:
Thomas Boudinot - 45% Anti-Flaggenmead Liberty Party
Jacob von Halver - 27% Socialist Party
President James Flaggenmead - 14% Liberty Party
Heinrich Aldrich - 4 % National Socialist Party
Undecided - 10%

Deep underground in the Chancellory Bunker Chancellor Robert Frey, Commandant Greely, and the Cabinet are gather running the current war effort.

"What's the status of the beach head openned up by Hamptonshire?" the Chancellor asked Greely.

"Sir," Greely replied,"we've taken 18,000 casualties as well as the loss of all of our heavy equipment. The Royal Marines have advanced 10 km inland. The bombardment of the past days has killed and wounded another 53,000 Patriot Army Volunteers. In addition we've lost 60% of heavy and armored assets."

"Greely, I want all the hostages killed. Now." Frey yells.

"Yes, sir. They'll be killed within the..." Greely is cut off.
"You don't understand me. I want them killed right now. I want all 100 killed NOW. Line them up in front of a camera, turn the camera on, and kill them all. I want to see it done!" Frey empassionately yells.

"Yes, sir." Greely replies. Greely then turns to an aide to have what needs to be done done.

"Now, Chancellor for our defenses...We've got 200,000 Patriot Army Volunteers in the Paradise City area. We've also heavily mined and booby-trapped all paths leading to the Capital. If Austar or Hamptonshire advances within 30 km of Paradise, they'll be hit with nuclear artillery shells."

"Excellent," the Chancellor exclaims,"I assume that we have the Guerrilla Plan in action. The 300,000 Patriot Army volunteers and equipment in the forests and mountains."

"Yes, sir." Greely replies. A lieutenant walks up to Greely and whispers in his ear.

"Chancellor, we've got the video feed on montior #7."

Chancellor Frey, Commandant Greely, and everyone in the room looks at Monitor #7. 100 Majestoian and Austar Union prisoners are lined up in 5 rows of 20 men each. 10 Patriot Army officers dressed only in black walk into the room and and pull out their heavy machine guns. The officers open fire and spray the room with hundreds of .50 cal bullets. After almost a minute of firing then men stop. The floor is covered in bullet riddled bodies, blood, and brain matter ankle deep.

After the scene everyone is quite for a moment. Then Frey begins to talk again.

"Greely. Package A. I want it blown up now."

"Yes, sir. It is confirmed that Package A is in the area of Portshire hidden aboard a refugee ship. I'll set the countdown for 2 minutes...then 2.5 megatons of explosive delight." Greely responds.

"They were warned. They are the ones that are forcing us to do this." Frey quietly says to himself.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2 minutes later-

A cargo ship carrying 1,100 New Hamptonian refugees sits 30 miles offshore of Portshire in a group of islands forming a protected bay around the city.

The ship is carrying something that has been overlooked and passed over since it left New Hamptonshire. A 2.5 megaton bomb.

On a beautiful and clear day when families are enjoying all that the city has to offer, a 2.5 megaton nuclear warhead detonates. There is a flash followed by hell itself.

OCC: Hamptonshire Map/City Info (http://www.freewebs.com/hamptonshire/mapofhamptonshire.htm)

All across the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire, Attack Sirens wail and police clear the streets.

What was a beautiful and perfect day turned into a nightmare.

This is the Hamptonshire Emergency Broadcast System

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/lancashire_handbook/images/coat_of_arms.jpg
Coat of Arms of Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I

(The Grand Duke is standing at the War Table in the Emergency Command Room in a bunker over 2.25 miles below Hamptonshire City)

"Citizens of Hamptonshire, citizens of the world-- we have been attacked. This morning at 10:32 am Hamptonshire Standard Time, a 2.5 megaton cobalt nuclear warhead detonated 18.5 miles offshore of Portshire. The device used has been confirmed as one of the two nuclear devices that were stolen by the Patriot Army of New Hamptonshire.

We do not yet have solid casualty numbers, but the Ministry of Health and Domestic Security has developed the following estimates. I would like to say again, these are estimates.

It is estimated that:
-Upwards of 300,000 people died instantly in the blast.
-An additional 600,000 will die from radiation exposure within the next weeks and months.
-2 million to 3.5 million people will die over the next decade as a result of radiation.
-Up to 5 million people will suffer from long term health problems.

I must inform you, my fellow Hamptonians, that the Patriot Army still has in its possession one more of these devices. That is why I am ordering the implementation of Project Dunkirk. While it is not a full capacity, it can currently provide housing and protection for 30 million people for total of up to a decade if need be. The Government of the Grand Duchy has currently relocated itself to the Emergency Command Bunker 2.25 miles beneath Hamptonshire City. Those people that live in areas classified as Priority Alpha Sites, will be moved into the Bunker network.

I have ordered the Royal Armed Forces of Hamptonshire to destroy the Patriot Army and to capture the leaders of that criminal movement. I have authorized the deployment of Army Groups 3 and 6 to New Hamptonshire. It is the sole focus of this Government to find and punish those that have killed so many innocent people.

I ask that all people every where pray for those who died today in Portshire.

Thank-you.

OOC: Was the Kaufmanstad Embassy killed by Frey's men?

Inside the President's House, Stuville, Kaufmanstad
"My God." President Flaggenmead was in a state of panic. A major port in Hamptonshire had been wiped off the face of the earth and his administration was crumbling from beneath his feet. Corruption, bribes, and that cold-hearted Frey had all slapped him in the face. Flaggenmead was already distrusted at home and abroad. This might be the coup de grace. Flaggenmead's Foreign Affairs Secretary sat in the President's office while Flaggenmead paced. "We're already associated with that killer Frey. Who knows what they might associate this administration...this nation with tomorrow!"
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National News Network
Bewassernburg, Kaufmanstad

Today, the people of Kaufmanstad stood up against corruption and elected as their new President, Thomas Boudinot, former Representative in Congress. However, the Socialist Party now controls a majority in the Senate of Congress.
In this film, one can see Flaggenmead leaving the President's House.
Now to President Boudinot's inaugaral speech.
"People of Kaufmanstad, I thank you for choosing real government over corruption and graft. My first act as President is to call an emergency session of Congress as to how to deal with events overseas. Secondly, I would like to lend a hand to the people of Hamptonshire. This new government is devoted to True and Fair Democracy, not tin-pot dictators.
Finally, I am dispatching our Republic's new Foreign Secretary, Christopher Muhlenburg to Hamptonshire so as to negotiate an end of the tensions that rose during the corrupt and inept leadership of President Flaggenmead.
Good Evening to all, and MAY LIBERTY AND HONESTY RULE FOREVER!!!"

Statement as broadcasted by the Public Broadcasting Station of Kay Son

PM Lin Pak appears at a desk, flanked by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, with the Kay Son flag as a backdrop

Citizens, Denziens, and Dwellers of Kay Son-

An hour ago a nuclear explosion shook the area of Portshire in Hamptonshire. It has been estimated that the casulty list goes into the tens of thousands. The criminal behind such dastardly behavior is none other than the wayward colony of New Hamptonshire, a former provence now taken over by a man by the name of Chancellor Robert Fey.

This is not the first aggresive action that Chancellor Robert Fey has done to his kin. He has approved the slaughter of prisoners of war with any reservation of kindness nor fairness for these poor individuals. He has also approved the wholesale murder of thousand refugees from the colony, down to the last woman and child.

This cannot go on unhindered. Therefore, I charge the Parliment to approve unlateral support and aid to our fellow nation state. It is only right that we help them for this disaster cannot be repeated, especially on other people who have no hand in such a conflict. This must be stopped. These rebels must be shown what reprocussions that their actions have.

I thank you for your time and patience,
Glory to the All Father,
Glory to the Prophet Uda,
Glory to All
Amen.

1337 National News:
Today 133733 Mc 1337 1337 has sent 10,000 chemical clean up personell to the nation of Hamptonshire to help nulify the effects of the nuclear radiation from the recent 2.5 megaton bomb going off aproximatley 30 miles offshore of Portshire, Hamptonshire with millions dead or dying. Also sent were 5,000 medical personell to help with the effects of radiation poisioning and some aircraft to move people to secure areas so an epidemic is less likely to ensue (more than already happening) it is said that the nation of 133733 Mc 1337 has sent 60 billion dollars in foreign aid but no official information has been given. more information as it arrives

OOC: Sorry about the delay, the paper took longer than I thgough! Thank God it's Friday (now Saturday, but...) :)

IC:

The dictator decided to stay away from the camera for a few days and let things unfold and see if diplomacy would work from the international community. It did not.

After the nuclear detonation in Portshire, Majesto knew that they would need to act before any more nuclear bombs exploded. The situation was going out of control, someone needed to act now.

The citizens of Majesto knew that the possibility that a bomb would head their way was not out of the question. The dictator immediatly took precautions to ensure the safety of the government. He moved himself, his advisors, and military commanders into a bunker underneath CENSORED (You didn't think I'd tell you, right?) He quickly re-mobalized the 4th Army Corps for an attack so they could relieve the Marines, which were moments away from a landing. He mobalized the 1st Army Corps for capital area security. This could not go on any longer, there was no more time for postponment, this needed to happen now. Robert Frey would not hold the world hostage any longer.

The Majestoians knew that a direct assault on Paradise or on Fort Sheridan would be bloody murder. However, they knew that they needed to retake hanger 3-C and regain control of the nuclear device before it could be aimed at invading forces. To stage a distraction, two naval strike fleets began to fire missiles at the chancellory and the Paradise shores. Meanwhile, four more strike fleets that looked as if they were going to assist down in Paridise, doubled back and began to clear the shoreline for the Marines, which began to plow full speed twoards Fort Sheridan. They hoped that they would take the defenders off guard so they could quickly retake the hanger.

Excerpt from "NewsHour", broadcasted by the Kay Son Public Broadcasting Station [a sister station to the PBSKS which airs on a different frequency]

Logan: ...And Daisy you have a report of Bill 108?

Daisy: Yes Logan [camera focuses on a young attractive Chinese girl wearing a 'power' suit] Bill 108 has been passed within the House of Commons by a slight majority with several amendments added to it so that the Hamptonshireans can deal with the atomic affects.

Logan: But what the exact numbers of ships and planes that are being assigned to it? Has Hamptonshire accepted such proposal?

Daisy: Well Logan, that is currently being discussed by the Ministry of Defense as well as the entire Cabinet itself. There is some rumor that a 'battlegroup' will be formed in order to account for the numbers but there is also the fact of what specific plane that they are sending over there. A source within the Ministry of the Interior has stated to me that they will be sending some of our top helicopters in order to account for air assult. Another rumor has it that the acutal planes will be sent- one of the gifts that we got from the Kanabians.

Logan: Interesting- but no confirmed fact?

Daisy: There has been no statement so far from any ministries.

Logan: interesting. What about the medical contingent?

Daisy: Well...

[excerpt ends due to static]

[code:1:58fc219802]To: All Allied Commanders
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Army Group

This encoded transmission is to announce:

A) I have replaced Vice Admiral Kirksen as commanding officer of the Hamptonian forces in the area.

B) The 6th Army Group and 3rd Army Group are deploying to invade New Hamptonshire. The 3rd and 6th Army Groups have slightly more than 1.8 million Royal Army personnel and Royal Marines combined.

C) The Royal Marines have established a beach head that extends 50 miles inland. The city of Uppsala has been captured. The advancing forces are 50 miles from Paradise City.

D) We expect that the Patriot Army has hidden the remaining nuclear device somewhere in the New Hamptonshire.

E) MOST IMPORTANTLY--- I have received a confirmed message. The people of the cities of Jarstoor and Melbis have successfully repelled the Patriot Army. Those two cities, and the peninsula they are located on, are the most loyal to the Freedom Party and to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. The Governor of Jarstoor-Melbis State has asked that Allied troops be deployed there. I intend to deploy several Corps in that area.

That is all for now.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:58fc219802]

OCC:
Map of New Hamptonshire-
http://img37.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/svezia.jpg

[code:1:b5fe19ce4c]To the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire:

The Democratic Republic Of Terra Pacifica mourns in great sorrow for the thousands (maybe millions) of lives lost in Portshire in this senseless act of aggression, evil and destruction. We now see the threat that New Hamptonshire poses against the stablity of this region and the general safety of all humanity, that is why I have decided with immediate action to give unconditonal support to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and wholeheartly support your campaign to overthrow this tyrant who now brings our region into the brink of Nuclear War.

We have taken this time to bring our military armed forces at full alert bringing all ballastic missile sites on immediate standby for retalitorial strike if warranted against the DR of Terra Pacifica. Right now I have ordered that the 1st Peacekeeping Force (500 Light Infantry) currently aboard one of your carriers into full combat action. This government will also begin mobilizing a large land force of two marine divisions and and 4 army regiments massing to a total of 50,000 troops. We will also divert the 4th Carrier Battle Group into the region adding another 10,000 Naval and Air Personnel into the fight, with another 300,000 regular force personnel on immediately standby pending your requests for reinforcements.

This government will do anything in it's power to destroy any threat against the DR of Terra Pacifica and it's allies. We will not allow the New Hamptonshirans to degrade us back into the third world with the threat of Nuclear War.

President Alan Ryo Takashi,
DR Of Terra Pacifica
[/code:1:b5fe19ce4c]

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/terra_pacifica.jpg
"Dileus Gu Brath, Du Securita Oceania"

[code:1:a0732f7b42]To: Terra Pacifica and All Allied Nations
From: Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I

Do not use any nuclear weapons against New Hamptonshire. The Patriot Army lacks the missiles needed to launch the remaining warhead. The only way the warhead could have left New Hamptonshire would be aboard one of the refugee ships and all of those vessels are currently in, enroute, or anchored off of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire.

We also believe that the Patriot Army may be in possess of two nuclear and one thermonuclear artillery shell. We are trying to neutralize all Magistrate cannons, but be warned that we cannot guarntee safety.

It is with great sorrow that I must inform you that your diplomatic staff and peacekeepers that were in Paradise City are either dead or missing. What few men we could land in the city confirmed the decoded messages sent by the Patriot Army. Again, you have our condolences.

We suggest that you land your troops in the Jarstoor-Melbis area and that you move north from there.

Thank you.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:a0732f7b42]

Presidential Proclamation
Stuville, Kaufmanstad

It is the intention of this new governement to regain the faith and trust of the international community.
I am dispatching three more frigates to the international waters near New Hamptonshire for the use of the allied forces there. These ships, the Kaufmansburg, Liberty, and the Corsair are all armed and ready for action and will follow the orders of the Allied Commander.
Congress has voted for a day of mourning in respect for those innocents cold-bloodedly killed in Portshire.

President Thomas Boudinot

Excerpt from Bill 108, Aid to Assist Hamptonshire

...Whereas the government of Chancellor Fey has demonstrated the lack of humanitarian efforts to the dwellers of New Hamptonshire, committed henious murder of refugees seeking a new life elsewhere, and has committed treason against his very kindred, the Parliment of the People's Republic of Kay Son does decree that unilateral military aid and medical assistance will be sent to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire in this time of need. Although this declaration does violate several clauses within the Kanabian Treaty in which our fair republic is bound to, we the Parliment do see it fit that such action is required provided that the Grand Duchy is both our ally and brethern nation within the Concordian Pact, and that this action does not fully consitute any hostile means towards our ally.

By this edict, therefore, these numbers shall be sent towards the Grand Duchy in the hopes of healing those wounded from the blast: the RSS Hope, the RSS Healing Hand, assisted by the 4th Lancer Regiment [med] as well as the 5th Lancer Regiment as a guard to such an envoy.

As for military assistance, a 'battle group' has been created to deal with such massive amounts of aid.

Battlegroup 1
RNS Catapult
RNS Slingshot
RNS Canton
RNS Ling Bai Bo
RNS Cay Suhnm [Nimitz class carriers]
RSS Torpedo
RSS Mine
RSS Cantun
RSS Smithery [Crusader Class Escort Frigates]
RNS Shark
RNS Ling Bai
RNS Ying Sat Sun
RNS Asalon
[Piranha-class attack submarines]
RNS Iowa [Iowa Class Carrier]
RNS Inydona
RNS Sun Sing [Type-23 Frigate]
RSS Epoc
RSS T'sin T'sin [Portos Class Catamarans]
the Norplain Group [Harriers]
the Norwestfort Group [LSSH-01 Crows]
the Canton Group [Mi-29]
the Green Marks Wing [R-Me 262, LSAI-12]
1st Assault Infantry Division
4th Reserve Division
3rd [Air] Cavalry Division (Heavy)


->Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li will be commanding and will work with the Hamptonshire authorities

The Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire welcomes the aid from the PRKS.

(At a Forward Command Center 40 miles north of Paradise City)

Major General Karlssen: We are trying to hold back the advancing Royal Marine, but it's a fight we can't win. There are over 50,000 advancing Royal Marines backed up by hundreds of jets and helicopters.

Commandant Greely (over a secure phone line): You have to at least slow them down. We are being hit from both sides. Jarstoor-Melbis State has defected and we project that hundreds of thousands of enemy troops will be landing there within weeks. If the Patriot Army could hold off both the northern and southern advances long enough, we can escape to the moutains and forests in the center of the country.

Major General Karlssen: Aye, sir. I'll give the order to slow them down as much as possible. I must state, however, that my forces have suffered 70% casualties. I'm down to only 80,000 volunteers.

Commandant Greely (over a secure phone line): It's okay. If the Royal Marines get to the 30 mile mark I've ordered the firing of one nuclear artillery shells. That will slow them down.

Major General Karlssen: It certainly will. May I ask about the advancing Austar Union forces?

Commandant Greely (over a secure phone line): They've managed to neutralize the city of Vasteras. There aren't any large scale Patriot Army units that can stop them until the reach the Paradise City Defensive Perimeter. I've also given the order that if they reach the 30 mile mark that nuclear artillery is to be trainned upon their positions.

Major General Karlssen: I'll tell my men they fight for the very survival of their families.

Commandant Greely (over a secure phone line): Do what you need to do. It looks like we are going to lose most if not all of the southern cities. Our survival will depend upon the moutains of the north. You must delay them. Greely out.

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To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Army Group
From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

It is my honour to be charged with such duty in aiding your country. With that aside, my subordinates have put forth several suggestions on what we can accomplish in defeating these rebels. The representatives from the RAF section have suggested that we move in to aid the defected cities and therein move from there. The representatives from the PLA disagree in the idea of attacking from where our 'leased' aircraft are positioned. As for the Navy, we would welcome any idea of landing in someplace less fortified and easy to control. What is your suggestion of action?

Ah yes- and we are approximately 4 days travel from your country, provided that the storm in the Trinity Sea still holds.

[code:1:407f88b791]To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Army Group

To address your concerns about the defected cities of Jarsoor and Melbis I must direct you to my first coded message:

"MOST IMPORTANTLY--- I have received a confirmed message. The people of the cities of Jarstoor and Melbis have successfully repelled the Patriot Army. Those two cities, and the peninsula they are located on, are the most loyal to the Freedom Party and to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. The Governor of Jarstoor-Melbis State has asked that Allied troops be deployed there. I intend to deploy several Corps in that area."

The 6th Army Group is scheduled to arrive in the area for operations within the next couple days. It is my opinon that your forces should be stationed there. Not only is it an easy to control area but it is also the spring board from which we will be able to control the south of New Hamptonshire. If you station your naval, air, and land forces in that area you will be able to help us advance toward the cities of Jonkoping and Boras.

I will be awaiting your response and eventual arrival.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:407f88b791]

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From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Army Group

A meeting of minds has been held and upon your advice did we decide. We will be changing our course accordingly. Our current position reads that we are approximately 2 days away from the southern area of New Hamptonshire, although much of our fuel reserves will be halved due to the lack of current from the Trinity Sea. We ask you to please prepare a fuel depot within that region as well as a temporary headquarters for our troops.

[code:1:6f74bc688e]To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commanding Officer of Royal Navy 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fleets

I have been ordered by Field Marhsal von Gersten to make Supply and Support Task Force 116 available to your Battlegroup.

Supply and Support Task Force 116 will rendeavous with your Battlegroup in 48 hours when you are to arrive on station 10 miles offshore of Melbis. They have been ordered to provide you with all the supplies and material that you need.

Supply and Support Task Force 116-
HNSS Kaiser (Mercy Class Hospital Ship)
HNSS Exxon (Replenisher Class Oiler)
HNSS Standard (Replenisher Class Oiler)
HNSS Mobile Bay (Replenisher Class Oiler)
HNSS Mulburry (Johnston Class Combat Logistics Ship)
HNSS Quartermaster (Johnston Class Combat Logistics Ship)
HNSS Interior Lines (Johnston Class Combat Logistics Ship)
HNSS Alexander (Johnston Class Combat Logistics Ship)
HNS DD 46 (Spruance class DD)
HNS FFG 661 (Cronus Class FFG)
HNS FFG 683 (Cronus Class FFG)

As for a temporary command center, the 6th Army Group is setting up a Command Center 20 miles north of Melbis. Once that is operational you are welcome to set up there. Unfortunately, it will be atleast 4 days before the Command Center is completed.

Until that time your troops can land and station themselves at the Temporary Foward Command Base in Jarstoor. Your fleet command officers are welcomed to come aboard the HNS Fortitude, an Endeavour Class CVL. The HNS Fortitude is the Flagship for our vessels operating in Southern New Hamptonshire waters. Once aboard the HNS Fortitude you will be able to securely video conference with myself and Field Marshal von Gersten.

If you have any other requests or concerns, please contact us.

Thank you.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:6f74bc688e]

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From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commanding Officer of Royal Navy 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fleets

We thank you for your service. We have currently spotted your fleet on radar and are currently 10 hours from your position. However, due to the amount of speed that we have placed on our vessels, several pipes have been broken with several wounded overwhelming our sickbay capacities. Please send co-ordinates so that our 'copters can carry our wounded to your hospital ship. The ships in question are the RSS Mine and Cantun, which are being towed by the RNS Ling Bai Bo/Sun Sing/ & Epoc

[code:1:6ff512e7a2]From: Commodore Howard Frantier, CO of Supply and Support Task Force 116
To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

We are currently 200 miles South-South East of Melbis heading 15 knots in a northernly direction. You are cleared to send in helicopters to the HNSS Kaiser. We suggest that you slow down your speed, we will increase our speed to 20 knots.

Thank you.[/code:1:6ff512e7a2]

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To: Commodore Howard Frantier, CO of Supply and Support Task Force 116
From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

The 10th Wing has been dispatched to ferry the wounded to the ship. We have decreased our speed in accordance to your request. We look forward in meeting you.


To: From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Army Group, Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen, Commanding Officer of Royal Navy 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fleets
From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

It appears that the Parliment has mis-written the listings of the components of the Battlegroup. The Green Marks Wing is part of the Canton Group and not a seperate unit by itself. Instead, the 3rd Wing of the Chiang Tso Group has been assigned to our group, providing support with 10 AH-64A/D Apache Attack Helicopters/10 Harriers. I regret the mistake that my collegues have made.

[code:1:39f72cd3ba]To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in New Hamptonshire

No need to apologize for the mistake. Trust me, I know what Parliaments and Congresses can do...

It is my hope to meet you face to face as soon as time dictates.[/code:1:39f72cd3ba]

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From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in New Hamptonshire

By your title it seems that you have already made a landing within the rebel colony. Am I to assume that the casulties were minimal? How were the SecForce Harriers?

[code:1:8e558d8bff]To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in New Hamptonshire

We have been in New Hamptonshire for some time. Royal Marines and Royal Army units have captured Uppsala and are only 40 miles from Paradise City. The 6th Army Group is slowly moving itself into Jarstoor-Melbis State and the 3rd Army Group is being readied to move into New Hamptonshire within the week.

We have taken over 5,000 casualties. The SecForce Harriers have been used to target Patriot Army forces in the Forests and Mountains of Central and Northern New Hamptonshire.

I have been appointed Supreme Commander of Hamptonain Forces in New Hamptonshire due to the imminent arrival of Fleet Admiral Lord Rosecrans. Such a measure was taken to avoid possible conflict.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:8e558d8bff]

OCC: I also gave him that title so you know who is in overall command of all my forces, army/naval/marine/airforce, in the area.

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From: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in New Hamptonshire

May Mercurius, the God of Fortune, shine upon your efforts. Fellow members of the Cantun Wing were worried about their fellow brethern. It is good news to hear that they are still alive.

On another note, we have made contact although much of the business now is supplying the fleet with fuel. New Hamptonshire is a blessing on the eyes for us who were cooped on a ship for a week. I look forward in actually seeing with landlegs.

[code:1:1af671b09e]To: Fleet Admiral Barch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

We suggest that your ground troops be deployed to the Temporary Foward Command Base in Jarstoor in preparation of deployment.

I also request that you and your senior command staff participate in a Council of War aboard the [i]HNS Vulpine[/i]. I am also extending this offer to the commanders of the Austar Union and Majestoian forces currently enroute or fighting in New Hamptonshire. We must coordinate our efforts so that we may bring a quick end to the fighting.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:1af671b09e]

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To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

We ask you to give us more time in transporting our troops to Jarstoor. Much of the carriers have been refueled with the exception of the frigates. We also have yet to dock our ships within the Jarstoor Harbor. We shall attend such a meeting only after this task is done. There is also the concern about the security around the HNS Vulpine. The Rebels have shown that they excell at subterfuge and with such a council formed, a prime target would be unveiled to their bloodthirsty eyes. Perhaps it could be relocated to a more secure location.

[code:1:99a8dc64b9]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

I would not even think of asking you to come until your troops and ships are properly taken care of. Also, remember that Supply and Support Task Force 116 is still at your disposal. The Council of War is scheduled to take place in 3 days.

As for the matter of security aboard the HNS Vulpine. The HNS Vulpine and its Carrier Battle Group of 20 warships is more than 200 miles from any point of land in New Hamptonshire. Not only does the HNS Vulpine possess formidible defensive capablities by herself but the Carrier Task Force assigned to her is also very heavily armed.

In addition, the HNS Vulpine is located behind the Main Defensive Perimeter that the Royal Navy has created around Eastern New Hamptonshire. Any rebel forces would have to go through over a hundred warships and submarines and slip past over 1,000 naval fighter/bombers.

The HNS Vulpine is the most secure place within a thousand miles of New Hamptonshire.

Please respond with concerns and comments.

Thank you.

Victory if Life.[/code:1:99a8dc64b9]

[code:1:823a4b18c1]To Hamptonshirian Command Staff:
From: Major General Aoi Mikani, Commanding General

Our Military forces are almost ready for deployment, I've been told by my government to list our size and strength to the Hamptonshiran Command Structure and let be aware of our intentions to set off shop for our forces in Melbis (MASH, Command Base, Firebase, Defences etc.) the first expeditionary forces will consisting of the following...

NAVAL
TRNS Alan Ryo Takashi (Trimarian Infusion Class Carrier)
TRNS Jokiani (AEGIS Air Destoyer)
TRNS Bronze Shield (AEGIS)
TRNS Courageous (Viking Class Destroyer)
TRNS Viking (Viking)
TRNS Rising Sun (Viking)
TRNS Hammer (Invincible Class Battlecruiser)
TRNS Supply Alpha (Combat Logistics)
TRNS Supply Echo (Combat Logisitics)
TRNS Lifeline (Hospital Ship)
TRNS Midnight (Oiler)
TRNS Devine Wind (Joint Support Ship)

ARMY
Republican Guard (Special Forces Detachment)
1st Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
16th Air Calvary Division
87th Republican Airborne Regiment
25th Field Ambulance
2138 MASH
11th Field Engineers
1st Supply Battalion

AIR
1st Air Carrier Group (TRNS Alan Ryo Takashi)
2nd Air Group
3rd Air Group
213th Support Air Calvary
12th SOAR (Special Operations Avionics Regiment)
43rd SAR (Search and Rescue)
23th Air Logisitics Support

With this we hope we can make a dent of contribution into this war to ensure that this is ended quickly and brings back peace into this region. This battlegroup will be deployed within the week and will arrive in Melbis where our advance party will have completed our logistics and command support elements, they will be commanded by a temporary command base on the Joint Support Ship Devine Wind.

Regards,
Major General Aoi Mikani
Commanding General
1st Expeditionary Force[/code:1:823a4b18c1]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

[code:1:34e3290165]To: Major General Aoi Mikani, Commanding General of TP forces
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in the New Hamptonshire Theatre

We ask that once your troops set themself up that you move north to capture and secure the cities of Southern New Hamptonshire.

I also invite you to the Council of War that will take place aboard the HNS Vulpine.[/code:1:34e3290165]

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[color=red] To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

Thank you for clearing that up. Several things:

1) Will the operation mainly be naval or land based?
2) If land based, then where will the navy strike?
3) Is there a blockade in the plans?
4) if naval based, then were is the theater of operations?
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To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

Thank you for clearing that up. Several things:

1) Will the operation mainly be naval or land based?
2) If land based, then where will the navy strike?
3) Is there a blockade in the plans?
4) if naval based, then were is the theater of operations?

[code:1:efe763a09c]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Answers to you questions point by point:

1) Operation will be joint naval/land.
2) Navy will strike the cities of Boras and Jonkoping
3) There is a de facto blockade in place.
4) Area of operations for your ships- the southwestern coast line.[/code:1:efe763a09c]

OCC:Talk about logistics and planning...

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From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Field Marshal von Gersten

Very well. Do we have the honor of naming the airfield at the base after you?

[code:1:1df95559f4]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Yes, I do believe you can have that honor.[/code:1:1df95559f4]

OCC: Just a point of reference and because it took me a while to make it-
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Royal Army and Royal Navy Officer Rank Insignia Chart

The Republic of Austar Union >> Anatoba

The President was shocked, "I take my family camping, and a Hamptonshire city gets nuked by New Hamptonshire forces, and 12 of my men get excecuted? Dear god..."

Mark Ellenberg, the AU's Secretary of State chuckled, "The events of a day..."

Richard turned more serious, [i]"I have drafted this letter to the New Hamptonshire forces, send it immediatly:


To whom it may concern;

I am appauled sirs at your lack of regard for the rules of war, and I am hereby giving you the following message.

My troops are now some 50km south of Patriot City. If Austarian Forces are fired upon by nuclear, or thermonuclear weapons, I will automatically boost my commitment to one million troops. I am sure you cannot handle such a dreadnaught. We will not back down from the likes of you...

Yours in Battle,

Richard Hoffman
President of the Republic of Austar Union

In the meantime, some 50km south of Patriot City, the Austarians tredge on, having encountered little resistance so far...

The Republic of Austar Union >> Anatoba

The President was shocked, "I take my family camping, and a Hamptonshire city gets nuked by New Hamptonshire forces, and 12 of my men get excecuted? Dear god..."

Mark Ellenberg, the AU's Secretary of State chuckled, "The events of a day..."

Richard turned more serious, [i]"I have drafted this letter to the New Hamptonshire forces, send it immediatly:


To whom it may concern;

I am appauled sirs at your lack of regard for the rules of war, and I am hereby giving you the following message.

My troops are now some 50km south of Patriot City. If Austarian Forces are fired upon by nuclear, or thermonuclear weapons, I will automatically boost my commitment to one million troops. I am sure you cannot handle such a dreadnaught. We will not back down from the likes of you...

Yours in Battle,

Richard Hoffman
President of the Republic of Austar Union

In the meantime, some 50km south of Patriot City, the Austarians tredge on, having encountered little resistance so far...

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To: Allied Naval Fleet Commander
From: Commodore Edward Pickney, Kaufmanstad Navy

My force lies in international waters off of New Hamptonshire and awaits any orders you may be willing to give. Our new President, Thomas Boudinot, would like to, for lack of better words, "kick Chancellor Frey's ass." Our small fleet is comprised of the following:

KNS Stuville (Command & Air Defense Destroyer)
KNS Liberty (Same)
KNS Corsair (Air Defense Frigate)
KNS St. Swithens (Standard Frigate)
KNS Siegel (Transport with 500 marines)[/code:1:8c704136a8]

From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1
To: Field Marshal von Gersten

Have eliminated a rebel thrust 50 klicks N of Jarstoor- both aerial and land. Some of the rebel army surrendered once surrounded by the PLA contingent. Query about spoils- can we take them since much of our weapondry is AK's?

[code:1:31a3bbc1ec]From: Major General Aoi Mikani, Commanding General of TP forces
To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Supreme Commander of Hamptonian Forces in the New Hamptonshire Theatre

To your invitation for the Council Of War meeting, we would be honoured to be able to participate in this very important meeting and discuss new strategies against our common foe aboard the HNS Vulpine. I am also here to tell the Hamptonshire Command Staff that the 1st Expeditionary Force is just positioned south east of New Hamptonshire and our estimate time of arrival should be in 10 Hours. We hereby request that we recieve some logistics support from the Allies to help bring the forces into the fight as soon as possible.

Regards,
Major General Aoi Mikani
Commanding Officer,
Flag Officer of TP Forces[/code:1:31a3bbc1ec]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

Broadcast Over All Major Civilian Communications Channels

(AUDIO ONLY)

"This is Chancellor Robert Frey broadcasting to the People of New Hamptonshire and the Invading Imperialist Forces.

We will not cease our fight. As I have stated before, once the Invading Forces closed to 30 miles we would use nuclear artillery. An hour ago Austar Union Forces crossed that line, when they did so Patriot Army field commanders fired an 17 kiloton nuclear artillery shell at the main body of their troops. We do not know what the casualties are, but the Austarian Forces have halted their advance.

To the north almost a hundred thousand Hamptonian Royal Marines and Royal Army troops are storming toward Paradise City. They are expected to cross the 30 mile mark sometime within the next 48 hours. Once they do so, they will receive the same welcome that we gave to the Austarian Forces.

Some of you may have heard that Jarstoor-Melbis State has defected- I say to all of you loyal Patriots THAT IS A LIE. The Imperialist Invaders stormed into State and killed millions of women and children. FIGHT TO AVENGE THEIR DEATHS!

Ask we speak hundreds of thousands of Patriot Army Volunteers are moving toward the mountains and forest of the North. If the evil Imperialist Invaders manage to slaughter us in the cities of the South, We will continue the fight in the North for a hundred years.

The Patriot Army has completed the erradication of all foreign nationals in Paradise City. The only foreign national left alive is the Kaufmanstad ambassador. He will be killed if Kaufmanstad participates in any attacks upon New Hamptonshire. The traitors Henry Harburk and Jacob Gustav are awaiting their final punishment in the Paradise City Military Prison. We will provide justice to all of the wicked.

If the Imperialist Invaders get into Paradise City, they will not live to regret their mistake. That is a promise.

LONG LIVE THE CONFEDERACY!"

(Transmission ends)

OCC: There are only about 40,000 Patriot Army Volunteers in Southern New Hamptonshire, not including forces in Paradise City.

Broadcast on New Hamptonshire Channels

Hey Chancellor- I'm sitting in Jarstoor as we speak. It's nice out here. Funny you should mention it being a lie because half the population here are civilians with the rest soldiers. A good percentage of them are imperalists, to borrow from your delicious speech. Though I might say- you guys got great weapons. I took this one rifle from a dead voluteneer that couldn't accept the fact that his column got shot up, bombed to bits, and finally surrounded by us. It shoots real good. Tell you what- why don't you send more of your guys over so that we can get new ones.

Your friend in PRKS!

[end transmission]

[code:1:01e8ca50a3]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1; Major General Aoi Mikani; Commanding Officers of Austarian and Majestoian Forces
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Flt. Adm. Li, your forces may keep all of their spoils of war. It is interesting that you found AK's. None of the weapons that were stolen from our warehouses were AKs nor did we know of any AK shipments before this crisis started. I will have to forward this onto Royal Intelligence. I ask that you allow us to have several unit for our investigation.

Mj. General Mikani, glad to hear you can come to the Council of War meeting. As for logistical support, we have a dozen Texarkana Class LSVs in that area, you are welcomed to them.

Fight onward and fight true.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:01e8ca50a3]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Major General Aoi Mikani

We are deeply concerned by the threat of open nuclear combat between the Allies and New Hamptonshire. We cannot exaggerate the seriousness of these threats against our troops as we cannot protect them if this continues to occur, we simply don't have the manpower or equipment to combat the radiation effects should they begin firing nuclear artillery at forward troop positions.

Do not take this as a sign that my forces are not willing to go on the fighting, but I still believe we should be building up strategic ballastic sites aimed at New Hamptonshire as a detterance towards New Hamptonshire from firing nukes. We should also place a halt on all offensive units and move on to a more open ended search and destroy mission from our Navy and Air Force to remove the nuclear sites. With this airborne coordination and intelligence we can remove the Nuclear threat and resume and protect ground operations.

Regards,

Major General Aoi Mikani
Commanding Officer,
DRTP 1st Exp. Force

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

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From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1;
To: Field Marshal von Gersten

Correction: our troops carry AK's. My men have yet to determine what type of model their new spoils are- M-16's or a derivitive of that model. I myself tend to carry a revolver- issued pre-Revolution and complete with a tasseled cutlass. Oh- and some members aboard the subs have managed to get their hands on some radios we confiscated and are having fun replying to Chancellor Rey's announcements. If you hear them replying with 'Friends in PRKS' it's them. I'm allowing to do such a manner due to it helping moral.

Combat: Encountered another base trying to establish AA guns about 10 klicks away from the previous site of the thrust. They were taken care of as well as finding information of the N. Hamptonshirean activity within the region. I have sent the Iowa to do a volley within the region and we have managed to gain some victories- although there is nothing left after it. So I have commissioned raids within the areas that have rebel activity.

[code:1:e41f8a4afe]To: Major General Aoi Mikani
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

The Patriot Army only possess two or three more nuclear artillery shells. They are both thought to be located in Paradise City. The cannons that fire them only have a range of 30 miles. You are far beyond their range. Terra Pacfician Forces are safe. We have over 10,000 Special Ops personnel searching the Paradise City Defensive Perimeter for the devices.

Rest assured, if we cannot find the artillery batteries with nuclear capablity, it will be Hamptonian Troops that will enter the area first. We will not ask our Allies to risk themselves to take back our Colony. It would not be right.


To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Thank you for clearifying the AK issue. It sounds like your men are having a jolly good time, I'll inform my field commanders to broadcast the "Friends in PRKS" messages to the men...they could use some laughter.

As for the combat, your forces are doing a bang up good job. I congratulate you. I should also point out that our intelligence leads us to believe that Southern New Hamptonshire (Where all the cities are located) only has about 50,000 Patriot Army fighters. You should not have too much trouble. The 6th Army Group will be joining the fight in the South very soon.

Be thankful that you aren't around Paradise City, we're looking at 250,000 very angry rebels with tactical nuclear devices...that's not pretty.


Victory is Life.[/code:1:e41f8a4afe]

From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
To: Field Marshal von Gersten

I shall never get used to your cities. They all seem the same design to them- blocks and cubes cut up by roads. When you reconstruct this colony, please send for architects from Frenchfor Quarter. At least that way, you know which city is which.

Combat: Rebel elements were encountered in the city of Boras and Jonkoping, destroyed, and eradicated. We took approximately 140 POW's and no casulties due to the intelligence that your supply group gave us. Please give them a metal for helping us in those raids. I hear that the boys in the 4th Reserve Division have managed to identify the rifles as M-16's- although they're not really adjusted to the different...alterations to it. Could you please identify what model the rebels were using?

Broadcast on New Hamptonshire Channels

...So Paul, what do you have for us today?

....Ah well Long- I have here a N'hampsonshire rifle, cleaned, and warmed from the last guy who had it?

....And where'd you get it?

....I got it at Rey's Arm's- specializin' in whacked out arms and soilders that follow you'r every lead...

...I see. So how much did it cost you?

...'bout several belts above m' head an' a "kindly good man- put down the gun"

....Interesting. Is that all you got?

.....Naw- I got m'self a motar, funky helmet, woolen jacket, and new boots...all for sale I might add...

...Interesting. You've heard it boys- Want to loose your arms and clothes? Come to Rey's Arms- where your loss is our gain...

[end transmission]

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To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

The cities of New Hamptonshire are boring to say the least, if you want to see a city that is a true gem of architecture and planning you have to see Hamptonshire City. The gleaming white buildings of marble and polished limestone, the Grand Ducal Obelisk- a 700 foot tall obelisk with a polished black obsidian exterior, the silver helmeted Royal Palace Guards on every street corner in the Government District. A sight to behold.

Back to the war at hand...
Good to hear about Boras and Jonkoping. You are advancing quickly. The 6th Army Group is dispatching the 11th Army and the 43rd Grand Division, 750,000 troops, to come to your aid. Field General McNamara will be in charge of the advancing forces.

As for the M-16s, most of what they use are Police Issue M-16s along with a few M-16As.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:8d32fbf7e3]

Presidential Proclamation
Stuville, Kaufmanstad

Should Minister Brummel be murdered, the Flotilla currently located in international waters near New Hamptonshire will shell Paradise City. Do not kill Minister Brummel.

President Thomas Boudinot

[code:1:8941398528]
To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Commodore Charles Pickney

May we have the honor of heaving a few shells at targets in Paradise City? Frey has threatened to kill our Minister.[/code:1:8941398528]

Double Post

[code:1:054b8abbae]To: Commodore Charles Pickney
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

You are hereby given permission to fire a limited barage at Paradise City.

However, if you so much as cause a member of the Royal Armed Forces of Hamptonshire to get a cold, I will personally order all of your ships to be blown into the next century.

The Government and Grand Duke may have forgiven you for aiding the rebels, but I have not.

Tread softly.[/code:1:054b8abbae]

[code:1:1b71344d30]
To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Commodore Charles Pickney

Thank you for your permission. Our fleet will be within range to fire on Paradise City in one hour.
Our mission is to destroy any warehouse facilities and any vessels being used by rebel forces.
We will also attempt to throw a few missiles into Frey's Chancellory. We don't trust Frey anymore. Our Minister could quite possibly be dead already.

May Liberty and Honesty Rule Forever.[/code:1:1b71344d30]

The KNS Stuville slowly crept into Paradise City under the cover of night, carefully silencing pilot and patrol boats that came near it. Once the destroyer was within range of the city, a single surface to surface missile was fired at the city. Four minutes later, the missile crashed into a warehouse next to the inner harbor, instantly destroying it, and igniting an inferno.

Commodore Pickney then spoke into the radio on a New Hamptonshire frequency.
"This is the Kaufmanstad Navy Ship Stuville, All rebel forces are asked to surrender unconditionally in one hour. Should you choose to surrender, Kaufmanstader Marines will be sent in to secure the city, and protect its citizens and no further damage will be done to the city. Should the hour expire without an answer, or without a satisfactory answer, all buildings lining Paradise City Harbor will be destroyed, and all ships in the harbor will be sent to the bottom. Four other Kaufmanstad vessels wait outside the harbor. This has been Commodore Charles Pickney of the Kaufmanstad Navy. The choice is yours."

Double Post

Broadcast Over Broad Spectrum Radio

"This is Commandant Greely, Supreme Commander of the Patriot Army. We are hereby refusing Commodore Charles Pickney's so called terms. If Kaufmanstader Marines or any other missiles are fired into Paradise City there will be extreme consequences.

I should say at this point that Minister Brummel is still alive, however he is short one arm. For every missile that is fired into Paradise City we will cut off a body part of Minister Brummel. We will then strap the removed body part to an artillery shell and fire it at your ships in the harbor. After all, you did ask us to return him.

If you do not leave within 1 hours time your ships will be destroyed.

How do you ask? Simple, with the Mk 60 CAPTOR mines appropriated from the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. They are quite deadly, and quite hard to detect. Go ahead and ask the Imperialist Invader Field Marshal von Gersten, he will confirm what I have said.

If you, or any Imperialist, enters Paradise City you will not leave alive. We will fight you on every street corner and every building, we will fight you in the sewers and in attics. We will haunt you to your dying days.

You cannot win."

OOC: Sorry about the delay, the paper took longer than I thgough! Thank God it's Friday (now Saturday, but...) :)

IC:

The dictator decided to stay away from the camera for a few days and let things unfold and see if diplomacy would work from the international community. It did not.

After the nuclear detonation in Portshire, Majesto knew that they would need to act before any more nuclear bombs exploded. The situation was going out of control, someone needed to act now.

The citizens of Majesto knew that the possibility that a bomb would head their way was not out of the question. The dictator immediatly took precautions to ensure the safety of the government. He moved himself, his advisors, and military commanders into a bunker underneath CENSORED (You didn't think I'd tell you, right?) He quickly re-mobalized the 4th Army Corps for an attack so they could relieve the Marines, which were moments away from a landing. He mobalized the 1st Army Corps for capital area security. This could not go on any longer, there was no more time for postponment, this needed to happen now. Robert Frey would not hold the world hostage any longer.

The Majestoians knew that a direct assault on Paradise or on Fort Sheridan would be bloody murder. However, they knew that they needed to retake hanger 3-C and regain control of the nuclear device before it could be aimed at invading forces. To stage a distraction, two naval strike fleets began to fire missiles at the chancellory and the Paradise shores. Meanwhile, four more strike fleets that looked as if they were going to assist down in Paridise, doubled back and began to clear the shoreline for the Marines, which began to plow full speed twoards Fort Sheridan. They hoped that they would take the defenders off guard so they could quickly retake the hanger.

OOC: New Hamptonshire, I don't know if you saw this...

OCC: We saw this. The other warhead is not in Fort Sheridan and once our troops took the fort and killed the defenders, they left for the moutains and forest of New Hamptonshire.

I've just assumed that your men are just resting and readying for a future attack.

Commodore Pickney listened to the dispatch from New Hamptonshire.
The Commodore tightened his face and cooly responded.
"The Confederacy is nothing but a pack of murderers and sadists. May God have mercy on your souls. You bastards."
With that, the Commodore ordered the conclusion of the raid. The Stuville launched 20 more missiles into warehouses lining the harbor and fired the 20 mm guns into surrounding ships. The destruction caused several fires to spread into the city. 17 warehouses were now burning and 27 ships now decorated the bottom of Paradise City Harbor.
The Commodore then ordered the Stuville to join the flotilla waiting at sea outside the harbor.

[code:1:d963570c3e]
To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Commodore Charles Pickney

The waterfront of Paradise City is a wreck thanks to the crew of the KNS Stuville. It is my personal opinion that our Minister, Nicholas Brummel is now dead and was tortured before he died. If I had my way, I would level that infernal city.

May Liberty and Honesty Rule Forever.[/code:1:d963570c3e]

[code:1:e78336d1a1]To: All Allied Nations
From: Major General Aoi Mikani
Subject: Terra Pacifican Armed Forces have landed in Melbis

It comes with great pleasure to tell the allied nations that the first wave of my forces have officially landed in Melbis National Airport and Melbis Port. Our forces as we speak are now unloading equipment, personnel. Already I have the 1st Marine Division at the ready and is moving up north to meet up with Hamptonian Forces as we prepare for a massive offensive to finally take 'Paradise City', also as of 2230 Hours I have deployed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Airgroup to destory targets of oppurtunity (searching for nuclear artillery) in Paradise City and the 1st Republican Special Guard to destroy anti personnel and anti air installation. We've also launched a large naval ballastic (non nuclear) barrage against military strongholds in the city. Estimated results are predicted to be devastating letting our infantry and calvary units to liberate paradise city and to move on phase with this war.

To the liberation of Paradise City we're proposing an amphibious invasion due east of Paradise and an airborne drop north of the city to cut off reinforcements and effectively flank 'Patriot' Forces with our main force from the south-west surrounding them in three different directions. Please give me any comments or suggestions to this plan offensive.

Regards,

Major General Aoi Mikani
DRTP Armed Forces[/code:1:e78336d1a1]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

[code:1:7bbf68b7f3]To: Major General Aoi Mikani
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Be advised that Melbis is over 400 miles south of Paradise City.

It should also be noted that Austar Union has moved in 20,000 troops and is advancing from the south toward Paradise City. Last reports place them 20 miles from Paradise City. To the north the Royal Marine Expeditionary Force, 50,000 men, from Hamptonshire are fighting their way south. The Hamptonian forces are 32 miles from Paradise City. Hamptonian forces have also managed to capure Uppsala.

The 6th Army Group, 1.5 million men, have landed in Jarstoor-Melbis State and has dispatched the 11th Army and the 43rd Grand Division, 750,000 troops, to come to the aid and assistance of Kay Son's 50,000 troops in taking the cities of Jonkoping, Linkoping, Norrkoping, and Orebro.

The 3rd Army Group, 400,000 highly trained and specialized soldiers, is waiting in reserve on the coast to the north of Uppsala.

I suggest that Terra Pacifican troops rest in Melbis and then redeploy along the northern coast of New Hamptonshire.

Victory is Life.



To: Commodore Charles Pickney
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

You have exacted your revenge. I ask that you now leave. Your presence in this war is causing a lot of disturbance among the Hamptonian soliders. Until I have received orders to the contrary, please remove your ships from the area.

If you do not comply within 24 hours I will send in a Task Force to help your ships find their way out of New Hamptonian waters.

Perhaps one day we can be friends and partners on the world stage, however today is not that day.[/code:1:7bbf68b7f3]

[code:1:91ef5bb313]
To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Commodore Charles Pickney

It is agreed. My flotilla will now turn home. There is no need to threaten us to do so. If you find Minister Brummel's body, please send it home to Kaufmanstad.
Good luck in reconstructing New Hamptonshire.[/code:1:91ef5bb313]

[code:1:4961e55626]To: Commodore Charles Pickney
From: Vice Admiral Geoff Kirksen

It was a pleasure to have your flotilla serve alongside the Royal Navy. I hope your voyage home is safe and uneventful.

If Minister Brummel is found, whether dead or alive, he will be returned to Kaufmanstad with all haste.

I hope you can understand the feelings that many Hamptonians have toward your government. Your government involved itself in an internal affair, gave monetary aid to rebels, and provided moral and political support. If not for the voices of moderation in the Royal Senate and House of Representatives our two nations would be at war this very instant.

Peace on your journeys.[/code:1:4961e55626]

[code:1:bcfffd2814]To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Major General Aoi Mikani

Be that as it may, my forces are ready to fight. We shall reassess our force's position as the 1st Marine Division continues to redezvous with your forces to help reinforce your lines. As for the rest of my forces, we will continue our heavy aerial sorties bombardments over Paradise City as we seek to destroy and cripple her infrastructure that supports the rebels.

As for the actual taking of Paradise City we hope you seriously adopt our plan and like it stated prepare for an airborne drop in the north, amphibious assault from the east and allied troops marching from the southwest. The first marine division will move as quickly as it can to see if it could make any difference into the coming battle.

As for your request for our ground forces to establish a second front in the north, we've decided to take your suggesion and rest our troops from their long journey after which we will begin combat manuvuers and deploy by sea to the north with new refreshed troops into the Lapponia region. This assault will be lead by the 2nd Marine Division and the 1st Republican Airborne.

When this second front opens, we hope to make a difference and exert New Hamptonian Resources. Again we would like you to serious adopt our plan of attack on Paradise for full efficienticy and to close this war quickly.

Regards,

Major General Aoi Mikani
DRTP Armed Forces[/code:1:bcfffd2814]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

Code

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battle Group 1

We are currently having trouble with the cities of Jonkoping & Linkoping. Due to our lack of infantry artillery, we are currently being pinned on the outside perimeter of those cities. There are no AA guns within the city: that much has been taken care of. However, it is those rebel tendencies of inhabiting tunnels within the city that are bothering us. We have suffered 230 casulties with twice that in wounded. The cities, in response to this have been slagged to the ground with those rebel encampments within that area have also been reduced to rubble. We have pulled support from the troops you have aided us and are currently flushing whatever troops are within that area. We need artillery and our navy is currently limited due to the distance and sighted rebel movement along the coastline of Jarstoor. Help is needed.

[code:1:c4e2fdf271]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field General McNamara

I am diverting 100 attack helicopters to the needed areas.

I am also moving up the 117th Mechanized Corps to strike Jonkoping and the 93rd Armored Corps to strike Linkoping. The 43rd Grand Division- 250,000 troops, will move to engage the Jonkoping rebels. The 51st Grand Division will strike Linkoping with the 40th Grand Division to act as a reserve force while pursuing the rebels outside of the two cities.

Aircraft from three Carrier Groups are being diverted to the Jonkoping-Linkoping area.

In a few hours you'll have half a million men, 5,000 armored vehicles, 400 Attack helicopters, and 200 jets at your side.

Hold firm until we arrive.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:c4e2fdf271]

[code:1:03b9016fb4]To: Major General Aoi Mikani
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

If you notice Paradise City is being approached from the north by Hamptonian Forces and from the South by Austarian Forces. All major routes out of Paradise City are blocked by the advancing Allied Forces. Hamptonian Royal Marines and Royal Army soldiers are advancing from the North and North East while Austarian forces are advancing from the Southwest.

Your forces in that will deployed in the North are advised to coordinate with my own 3rd Army Group, currently located in the Mid-Eastern coast of New Hamptonshire

Victory is Life.[/code:1:03b9016fb4]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battle Group 1

I shall. In the mean time- the southern coast has been cleared up with those of the rebel bases around the two cities cleared out. We think the rebels have some type of a tunnel stemming to the two cities but unforunately have proven elusive to track. What air wings that we have set aside for 'free' have attempted to see if Melbis was 'liberated' but were detained by movements by the rebels. We are trying to hold out the best we can.

[code:1:8d936026bd]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Major General Aoi Mikani

The 1st Marine Division is detouring to your sector of resisitance and is scheduled to arrive within 4 hours, please attempt to hold your lines, this is crucial to the stablity of this offensive. Right now i'm deverting the 1st Air Logisitics Group to begin dropping ammunition and medical supplies until proper treatment can be given to your casaulties. In which i've also deployed elements of 213rd MED EVAC to bring them to 2138 MASH for proper treatment. The large med evac helo convoy should arrive within the hour.

Keep on fighting!

Major General Aoi Mikani
DRTP Armed Forces[/code:1:8d936026bd]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

[code:1:f04d01427f]Battle Message
To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal Rospen, 6th Army Group Commander

I think you are mistaken, Admiral Li.

Melbis and Jarstoor are defended by over 750,000 men of the Royal Army and Royal Marines as well as by 20,000 men of the Jarstoor-Melbis State Guard. This area, as well as the Uppsala region are fully reconqured zones of New Hamptonshire.

I have ordered Field General McNamara to rush his 3 Grand Divisions to your locations as soon as possible. He assures me that in 4 hours time the first reinforcements from the Royal Army will be at your side.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:f04d01427f]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten, Major General Aoi Mikani
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battle Group 1

I should mention that I was never good at city names. I apologize for such inadequecies.

The Green Marks Wing has located a rebel base about 300 klicks N. of the two cities but it was rather small compared to the introduction of massed numbers within Jonkoping that seem to grow. Our numbers have increased to 400 with much of the reinforcements taken out of the supply and the ships. The spoils are coming in quite handy although I'm afraid that there won't be Jonkoping to visit once we are done. I am told that the city resembles more of a slag heap of various construction material and corpses. Recent reports have placed the outer perimeter as controlled ground with the interior a hotbed of successfull and failed thrusts from the rebel base. As for Linkoping, I am told that half the city has been recaptured thanks to your supply unit with ....prisoners accidently meeting their deaths a little too soon for intel workers to do their work. I have ordered my men to restrain themselves although their anger seems justified due to the combat as seen within that city.

The hunt for these rebels continue...

General Allenberg's face looked grave, it had been assumed that the entire Austarian Force in New Hamptonshire had been wiped out by the nuclear shell, "We gave them a warning, I want one million troops in New Hamptonshire as soon as possible. Im sticking by the President's Word. Teachem not to f*ck with the Austar Union."

His advisor only nodded, "Using what transportation method sir?"

The General's forehead crinkled, "I want to test run the fleet of our new Transtar F-2's. That will get one million troops into New Hamptonshire 4 hours from command. I want them dropped right into Patriot City, and to the area of the south."

His advisor cracked a smile, "Nothing like Austarian Subtleness ey?"

General Allensberg laughed, "Nothing like it..."

Four Hours Later...

Above Patriot City, the sky was clear blue. Suddenly, a huge boom came from above as something entered the atmosphere. In the sky, a white streak was being formed. Without warning, it was joined by dozens of others. Continuing on for a few hours, it was apparent that hundreds of thousands of paratroopers were dropping in, right into the center of Patriot City. As the troops landed, citizens would scatter. Troops uncliping themselves, and organising themselves into Platoons. Once organised, they ran towards particular areas on the map, where the New Hamptonshire forces and government were being commanded from... Their orders were simple. Fire if fired Upon, and sieze the capital of New Hamptonshire...

Chancellor Frey and his his most senior cabinet advisors were moving into their new command station in the heart of the New Hamptonshire Forest when a squad of Patriot Army guards rushed to the Chancellor and escorted him to the main conference trailer.

On the screen was Commandant Greely, still in Paradise City, he was still in the Chancellory Bunker. As the Chancellor watched the screen he could see the room shake, dust fall, and fires begin to burn in the War Room. The screen would at time be consumed by static but luckily the technician was able to clear up the image.

On the screen the Chancellor saw some woman tap Greely on the shoulder. He turned around and began to speak: "Looks like we got you out just in time Chancellor. The nuclear attack that allowed you and the Cabinet to escape the city caused the damn Austarians to hit us harder than we thought."

Frey steped forward and spoke into a microphone, "Greely, how many men are we talking about? And how did they get into Paradise?!?"

"Chancellor, they came from the air. We didn't have a chance to shoot them down. From what we can tell the Austarians have managed to get almost a million troops into Paradise City. The Patriot Army is fighting back, but we don't have a chance. What is destroyed by the Austarians from the ground is either bombed or shelled by the damned Hamptonian Royal Marines and Royal Navy. I expect that Paradise City will fall in 16 hours."

"Are you sure Greely? Is Paradise City lost?"

"Without a doubt Chancellor. The Patriot Army has also almost been forced completely out of all the cities of the South."

"Greely, now the fight will be decided here in the mountains and forests then. How far is the Royal Marine and Royal Army from Paradise City? I think you understand what I am saying."

"Yes, Chancellor. The Hamptonians will catch the tail end of the blast. Please give me the final order to detonate the bomb."

Frey dropped the mic from his mouth and thought quietly for a moment. On the screen he could see the bunker move and shake from the force of bombs hitting the ground above it. He picked the microphone back up, and said "Greely, you are so ordered."

With that Greely salutes Frey and turns around. Greely picks up a keypad, enters in the code sequence "001*666" and walks out of the camera's view. The technician turns off the screen.

Everyone present in the forest command command center was silent and still. They all knew that in one minute Paradise City would be a memory. The lives of 4 million New Hamptonshire citizens and over a million troops on both sides of the conflict would end this day, and for a moment even Robert Frey shed a tear.

OCC: To be clear about it, what was detonated was the second 2.5 megaton cobalt jacketed thermonuclear bomb.

[code:1:709f6efcc7]URGENT MESSAGE
To: All Alllied Commanders
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Paradise City has been destroyed, repeat Paradise City has been destroyed. Our data indicates that the second stolen nuclear device was detonated. It is assumed that all persons located within 30 km of Paradise City are dead or dying. All Allied Commanders are suggested to delay their advances until we can get casualty figures and risk assessments.[/code:1:709f6efcc7]

The President watched the events unfold live at home before his eyes. As he watched the bomb explode, he broke down, crying. Some 300 000 Austarians had died in that very instant. As he watched, his wife rushed in to comfort him. Shaking, the President told of what had just happened, "The New Hamptonshirians.....bomb.......300 000....dead...."

His wife, shed a tear, but held back for her beloved husband, "There are still 700 000 troops in the south...remember, you dropped them into the city, AND to the south. Id say a further 300 000 were killed in the 30km radius. That still leaves 400 000 in the south, safe from harm."

"THATS NOT THE POINT!", cryed out the President, "Heather, thats 600 000 of Austarian's own killed. Thats an operation 10 times as deadly as Vietnam dammit!"

As he began to gather himself, he picked up the telephone. He had recently recieved intelligence that the New Hamptonshirians had retreated into the forests. His order was quick, and he as soon as he barked it out, he hung up the phone, "Burn the forests..."

Within a matter of hours, a large ring of fire could be seen from space, followed by a massive cloud of smoke. The ring of fire was already fast moving towards the center, where the Chancellor had been presumed to be hiding....

Grand Duke Reginald Leopold I sat in the War Room deep underneath Hamptonshire City watching the carnage. He sat at a large table surrounded by his Cabinet and leading members of the Royal Congress.

"Gentlemen" Prime Minister Cessar said while pounding the table,"this cannot stand. I say that we give Field Marshal von Gersten full authority and full command to do as he sees fit."

Sir Walter Melville rose and grabbed Cessar's shoulder, "I agree, as Defense Minister I say that Field Marshal von Gersten should be given the authority to bomb all of New Hamptonshire if need be..."

"Absolutely not!" Foreign Minister Lord Easton replied, "the New Hamptonians are Citizens of the Hamptonian League and New Hamptonshire is Hamptonian soil. While Austar Union can attack the forest and other centers, we must restrict our attacks. I believe the Grand Duke stands with me on this."

With that the two dozen men and women in the room break out into loud disagreement. They point to maps and quote international law to each other. The Grand Duke, however, is quitely sitting in his chair and looks at a screen showing casualty figures. He picks up a notebook and slams it on the table. Everyone quiets and turns toward the Grand Duke.

"Debate is pointless. I already gave the order to bomb the forest and the mountains. As I speak high-level stealth 'Bruntik' and 'Jorachi' bombers and hitting the forests with precisions munitions. Behind them are C-71s and AN-225s carrying hundreds of MOABs. In 2 hours there will be no more forests, there will be no more mountains. Now leave, all of you. We have a war to finish and two cities to rebuild."

Everyone in the room stays still for a moment, then everyone leaves the room to finish the jobs that they need to do.

Broadcasted on all New Hamptonshire Channels, radio and television

Chancellor Rey, I would like to inform you the last vestiges of your southern front has been eliminated. All those whom have survived are now prisoners or corpses.

But that is not the point. The point is your action of what you did at Paradise City.

To commit the last defense is honorabe. This has been replicated witin our code of honor from the first day when the T'sing T'sau's settled on Kay Son soil.

But to pull an atomic bomb on both the liberators and your own men is dispicable. It fully violates every code of honor that I have known from my infancy. Therefore, I will charge my air force contingent to do the following:

1) To kill any resisting force from your services
2) To find your headquarters within the forest you dwell in and slag anything moving within that area
3) To measure what crimes each survivor has done, convene a trial, and if found guilty, rehabilitation through hard labor with no chance of parole.

Sincerely, Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battle Group 1

[code:1:d79608850e]To: All Allied Commanders
From: Major General Aoi Mikani, Commanding General (DRTP)

We are just shocked and sickened by the massive loss of military and civilian lives in which the Austarians have taken the blunt of the attack. The Terra Pacifica Expeditionary Forces will mourn your losses but will also honour them by continuing the fight. These fanatics must be crushed and it's leaders punished for war crimes for these cowardly acts and for violating the rules of war.

These nuclear attacks cannot go unwarranted, we ask that the Hamptonian Command Structure authorize the use of small yield nuclear weapons against the New Hamptonian holdout in the northern mountains and forests and against military targets only. We must strike back with full force and decapitate the New Hamptonian Command Structure bringing them to their knees and ending this war.

Right now our ground forces are just 100 Kms away from the Northern Mountain Penisula. We are holding our advance under heavy air and naval cover from engaging New Hamptonian Forces. With your approval we can begin firing small yield nuclear weapons against the mountains and wipe out their forces, like it not we are now in a Nuclear War and we must not be afraid to strike back at the heart of the enemy.[/code:1:d79608850e]

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"Dileus Gu Brath Du Securita Oceania"

[code:1:237139f2f0]PRIORITY MESSAGE
To: Major General Aoi Mikani, Commanding General (DRTP)
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Do you use any nuclear weapons, repeat- DO NOT use nuclear weapons. The Austarians and Hamptonian Royal Airforce have been using high yield and ground penetrating bombs. Do not use nuclear weapons. The forests of New Hamptonshire are home to hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.

Repeat, DO NOT USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.[/code:1:237139f2f0]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

I have heard you assigned battle strikes in the forest. DO you approve of the trials? How much of forest is gone?

[code:1:a27f62f053]To: Fleet Admiral Li
From: FM von Gersten

The Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire supports the trial of any Patriot Army leader over the rank of Colonel and any member of the Confederate Government. The trials will take place in Melbis under the jursidiction of the Royal Armed Forces of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. While we have not set up the exact details, there will be a council of 6 Judges that will hear the evidence and decide upon a verdict. Each participating nation in this conflict (Hamptonshire, Austar Union, Terra Pacifica, and Kay Son) will be represented by one military judge. In addition one military judge will come from the Loyal New Hamptonshire Government of Jarstoor-Melbis State. The 6th Judge will be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire. I should mention that Hamptonshire does have a death sentence and such sentences are still carried out.

As for the strikes on the forest, I have ordered massive strikes against supposed Patriot Army sites in the Mountains and Forests of Central and North Hamptonshire. After such a strike is carried out a brigade of soldiers is dispatched to the site to ensure complete destruction and to take prisioners. So far 15% of the forests have been destroyed.[/code:1:a27f62f053]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

I see. Do you need help with the bombing? What to do with the soldiers below Col.? What are their fates?

Overhead the forests, as the fires begin to burn and bomb runs begin to be made, Austarian Planes were fifing overhead.

Inside the cargo hold, three men were busy readying for the drops. Quickly they opened up the hatches and pushed one bomb out. As it fell, it hit the ground, yet no explosion occured. Within seconds, smoke began to pour out from the site where the bomb was dropped. If they were going to burn the forests, they would at least try to smoke the Patriot Forces out of the forests first.

In the meantime, Judge Maknannen had been chosen to help in the trials after the war.

[code:1:e0b2a41b62]To: Fleet Admiral Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

We advise that all soldiers below the rank of Colonel be released after a reasonable amount of time. All former Patriot Army soldiers that will sware an Oath of Loyalty to the Provisional Government of New Hamptonshire and to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire will be released, however they will be under survellience.

As for help with the bombing it would be appreciated, however I request that your forces act as a Peacekeeping and Security force for Southern New Hamptonshire. Order must be restored, however at this time both Austar and Our forces are occupied to the north. To that extent, I am placing the 6th Army Group and its 1.5 million men and women under your field command, if you accept.

Thank you.[/code:1:e0b2a41b62]

From: Field Marshal von Gersten
To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li, Battlegroup 1

I accept your charge. However in order to accomodate such responsibilities, I would have to build several bases in order to house the prisoners as well as my troops within this sector. Do I have your permission in establishing such bases? Do I also have your permission in arranging one of these base to be temporary PRKS soil in order to accomdate possible shipments and trips back home for supplies?

"It's smoke!" a lieutenant screamed "They're trying to smoke us out."

"God damn it. They've found us!" Chancellor Frey said aloud while running to the cave openning. "Can we escape lieutenant?"

"Chancellor, unless you can somehow sprout wings from your ass we aren't getting out of this one. I say in 5 minutes we are going to be hit with weapons of extreme magnitude."

Chancellor Frey, his Cabinet, and the surviving leadership of the Patriot Army all huddled together and discussed among themselves something very quietly.

"Sir," Defense Director Olsten whispered, "you know how these attacks work. Austar or Hamptonshire drops these sort of bombs while Special Forces troopers are waiting close by. If we leave, we'll be shot."

"I don't want to die, gentlemen. We'll send out all of the soliders here with guns blazing. After all of the weapons fire stops we will all leave. If our troops managed to kill the enemy we will escape, if not we surrender. Either way we won't die." Frey said quietly to the group.

"Lieutenant, gather all the men and charge out. I want you all to fire at will at any target that moves. Don't stop your attack until everything is secure."

"Yes, Chancellor."

The lieutenant and 3 dozen Patriot Army soliders gather their weapons and run out of the cave into thick smoke. Chancellor Frey and the others begin to hear gun shots. After about 2 minutes of intense firing, it becomes silent.

Frey, his Cabinet, and the surviving leadership of the Patriot Army gather together. They grab a white table cloth to use as a white flag, a megaphone, and a radio. If they need to surrender they want to be heard.

They all stop and take a breath. Either their guards slayed the enemy Imperialists or now they would be prisoners of the Invading Imperialist forces.

[code:1:3cb2af8389]To: Fleet Admiral Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

How many troops do you have in Southern New Hamptonshire?

You have permission to establish POW camps and several temporary field bases.

Regarding your request to "arrange one of these bases to be temporary PRKS soil in order to accomdate possible shipments and trips back home for supplies" I must ask you to reconsider this request. While I have no objection to this request you must understand the feelings of the people of Melbis-Jarstoor State and of the Citizens of the Grand Duchy. We have been fighting to reestabish control over New Hamptonshire, if you are allowed to temporarily section off a piece of New Hamptonshire, however small, the populace may not like it.

If you agree to drop your request you may dedicate one of the temporary bases solely for the support and transport of your men and supplies.

Thank you.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:3cb2af8389]

As Frey and his ministers exit the cave, a plane flys overhead. Onboard, the two Pilots are watching.

"Is that what I just saw?", exclaimed one of the Pilots

"I think it is, and it looks like they're surrendering!", replied the second.

"Quickly, come back around, and make another drop, of Package S this time...", said the first Pilot.

The plane banked around, and as they passed slowly overhead Frey and his ministers, they released a huge amount of leafets over the area..



Attention! We order you to surrender immediatly to coalition forces. If you do not, we will be forced to kill you and your men. Please wave frantically seven times to surrender, and we will arrange to collect you. We mean you no harm if you surrender!


The plane began to circle as they radioed in thier position. In the meantime, a Rescue Helicoptor was being sent to the area to collect Frey should he surrender.

Chancellor Frey and his advisors picked up the leaflets. A tense few seconds passed. With a nod all of the men began to wave their hands frantically seven times.

Chancellor Frey picked up the radio and while his compatriots continued to wave he broadcast the following message:

"This is Chancellor Robert Frey of the Confederacy of New Hamptonshire. The Cabinet, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and I are willing to surrender to Austarian Forces with the understanding that we will not be turned over to Hamptonshire. Repeat, we surrender."

As all this was occuring, a chopper came up overhgead, blowing the trees around heavily. The chopper hovered over the area, and lowered. From the side, a man began to lower himself down to the men. When he was at ground level, he explained what was to happen, "Here I have five ropes. You will each put on this brace ASAP, and then I will attach the ropes. You will each be pulled up in individual order. Understand?"

The man went to work immediatly, helping the men put the braces on.

Chancellor Frey and his compatriots all complied with the orders of their captors. They boarded in the following order:

Defense Director Direk Olsten
Director of Foreign Relations Gustav Kilsieg
Director of Intelligence Jacob Olsen
Director-General of Security Alexandr Pyotr
Commandant Howard Tievssen, Supreme Commander of the Patriot Army
Finance Director Allison Jolssen
General Michel Hinterlien
General Herman Nicolas, Director of Special Operations
Director of Information Nicolas Koign
Vice Chancellor Jeffory Kepps
Confederate Congress President Patrick Unterbeck
Secretary-General of the Freedom Party Kyle Foch
Chancellor Robert Frey
General Barbra Riegnar, Patriot Army Police Commandant

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li

A lot. By approximate guess, there are about enough to staff a small city.

I agree to drop the request.

OOC: I'ma thinking around 2000?2250?*- somewhere around that range. About 2/3rd of that is mainly support units with the rest combat.

*-300 of course.

[code:1:6958c21ab2]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Thank you.[/code:1:6958c21ab2]

OCC: You only have 2300 men. I guess my 1.5 million outnumber you ;)

OOC: :( [-300...so that makes 2000, not including casulties...]

As the heavily overloaded chopper struggles back to a temporary base in the south, the pilot radios into HQ about the surrender.

Within Minutes, the Austarian Generals were broadcasting the victory message throughout New Hamptonshire:



"Greetings Friends;

This is a message to announce the capture of Chancellor Frey and several of his senior ministers! The WAR IS OVER! Victory comes to the coalition, good has prevailed over evil. The Prisoners are currently en-route to an military base in the far south of New Hamptonshire, where they will be transfered to nearby Exolus Island, an Austarian Controlled Facility.

We will release more details as we find them out.

Yours Truly

General Iridan"

[code:1:af54a8eb57]To: General Iridan
From: Field Marshal von Gernsten

Praise be!

While the capture of Chancellor Frey and his minions is crucial, we still have to make sure all units of the Patriot Army disarm.

As for the prisoners; We request that once you process them you turn them over to us so that we may being the tribunal in Melbis as soon as possible.

Victory is Life[/code:1:af54a8eb57]

To: Field Marshal von Gersten
From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li

To whom do I turn over the prisoners- the supply unit or your troops? Will the supply troops be under your command now?

[code:1:9ec0b4d447]To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

The prisoners will be kept at the POW camps that we agreed upon before. As was stated before the 6th Army Group will be under your field command until peace and order is restored in Southern New Hamptonshire.

As for the supply group, since it is part of the Royal Navy it will revert back under the command of Vice Admiral Kirksen.

Victory is Life.[/code:1:9ec0b4d447]

To: Field Marshal von Gernsten

We will gladly transfer the prisoners to Hamptonshire forces. They have been informed, and they will be sent to Melbis overnight.

We have enjoyed working with the Hamptonshirians, and will commence withdrawal, as we feel that the job can be handled now by your forces easily. We look forward to the trial of Chancellor Frey and his ministers.

___________________________________

In the meantime, at the location Chancellor Frey was being held, he had been tied down by two soldiers, and was being beaten badly, apparently for the Austarian deaths.

To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Very well. We ask permission in the departure of our submarines so our dead can they rest in Kay Son soil.

The trial of Chancellor Frey and the rest of the prisoners will begin within hours of the arrival of Mr. Frey.

We thank the Austarian Forces and their contribution toward final victory. The Grand Duke is considering knighthoods for General Allenberg, General Iridan, and President Richard Hoffman for their service and contributions to the Grand Duchy.

We would like to say that once Frey arrives in Melbis our doctors will examine him so that any injuries he may have sustained during the "battle" will be treated.

Kay Son,
Your submarines, ships, and men may come and go as you so please.

To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

Thank you. By all currest approximation what say you of the ills on this colony being cured?

To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

The rebuilding of Paradise City will take decades and billions of dollars. The rest of the colony will require a large troop presense for the next few years. Once New Hamptonshire has been stablizied we will hold a referendum on its future

To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

I see. May I send a delegate to follow the trial's preccedings?

To: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
From: Field Marshal von Gersten

As you may remember Kay Son is invited to supply a judge to be a part of the 6 Judge Panel of the War Crime Tribunal in Melbis.

From: Fleet Admiral Baruch Ren Li
To: Field Marshal von Gersten

I will send Commodore Steven Chung as the judge for that trial.

[code:1:96fa7dc84e]From: Major General Aoi Mikani
To: Hamptonian Command Structure

We have decided to send Brigadier General Fox Hattori, commanding officer of the 1st Marine Division as we believe he will have a good perspective on the attrocities and crimes commited for by the New Hamptonian Patriot Army. We also like to give congrats to the Allied Coalition, and will look foward to stay in New Hamptonshire for the long haul as we work to rebuild what was lost and restore peace into our islands region. Right now i've have requested that my government begin troop rotations from forward units to newly refreshed and speciailized peacekeepers. We will also pull back our submarine fleet and a chunk of our air prescene in order to give off the image that we're not here as occupyers but as peacemakers in order to work with the population.

Regards,[/code:1:96fa7dc84e]

[code:1:f3b9a586cd]To: Major General Aoi Mikani
From: Field Marshal von Gersten, interm Governor-General of the Colony of New Hamptonshire and Harrold Vernssen, President of the Provisional Colonial Government

We are rejoiced to hear that Our great friends Terra Pacifica have decided to stay as Peackeepers. The people of northern New Hamptonshire luckily have not been as heavily effected by the recent war. Your job should not be too difficult. As for the Tribunal, it will still be a few days before we can arrange everything needed for a trial of such magnitude.[/code:1:f3b9a586cd]

As we said earlier, Judge Maknannen will be sent to represent the Austar Union. He is specialized in warcrimes in particular, and has presided over many cases including war, fraud, theft (of the highest degree), and murder (in the first).

Presidential Proclamation
Stuville, Kaufmanstad

I would like to congradulate the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire and its Allies in its victory over the Rebels of New Hamptonshire. Commodore Charles Pickney is willing to travel to Hamptonshire to testify as a War Crimes Trial witness against Robert Frey.

President Thomas Boudinot

From the Office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Grand Duchy

Your Commodore Pickney will be allowed to testify at the tribunal. Rest assured that I will not tolerate any antics in the courtroom. As Chief Justice I take all judicial matters very seriously.

Once the tribunal starts I will inform my fellow judges as well as defendants on the protocols of a Hamptonian War Crime Tribunal.

Chief Justice Lord Chesterton, Duke of Terryton