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Cargo Vessel sinks in the Gulf of Mexico-(AP)
Reports yesterday from the Federal Trade Commission have announced that the cargo vessel Bayside sunk in the Gulf of Mexico under unknown circumstances. The transport was carrying a cargo of cars from Federal Auto Works down to markets in South America. So far no reports of rescued crews have been announced. In response to the incident, the Navy has announced its intentions on deploying the salvage vessel Corso to investigate the case of the accident in question. Unnamed soures within the defense department are laying the human error and possible age of the cargo vessel itself.

It was a small blog in the back of most newspapers. Not note worthy of much, a simple car carrier sinking didnt amount to much of a news story. But what would be implicated in the future, would be all the news back in New York and Jersey. From Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico a salvage vessel was deployed. the ATS-03 York. The mission was routine. They were to investigate and send divers along with equipment down to investigate the wreckage and determine what was responsible for the action. On standby in the Caribbean were a pair of Forrestal class Carriers and their respective Battlegroups. Both groups were deployed from Roosevelt Roads Naval Station on exercises, but had been secretly put on alert.

Across the country, things at military bases were different. The Strategic Air Command(S.A.C.) had been ordered to place its bomber wings on alert. This was a prelude to something massive indeed. The cost it took to place as many bombers as the S.A.C. had on alert was a strain on the economy for any prolonged period of time, unless total war was declared. The army wasnt so much on alert as it was told to prepare its fleet of ships for deployment. Yes the Federal Army had dozens of large roll-on/roll-off transports for the deployment of assests strategically. The Marine Corps was the only branch which had been given orders which resembled war time orders.

The air force had only been told one thing. "Prepare your fighters to protect the S.A.C." Vague and unclear, commanders waited. What for? A small salvage vessel leaving the tropical island of Puerto Rico, with a crew of 55 sailors and 10 navy deep sea divers. What the ATS-03 would discover would be the basis for a war.

A week would roll past before the ATS-03 returned to port with its report.

Cargo Vessel Sunk by Torpedo-(AP)

The Cargo Vessel Bayside was sunk more than a week ago by a torpedo to her port side, a report released by the Defense Department announced late yesterday. The cause of the attack remains under investigation. With the conditions of Bayside sinking known, the Defense Department has announced that the 4th and 5th Battlegroups lead by the Carriers Leyte Gulf and Jesery Sound are moving toward the Gulf of Mexico to ensure the protection of Cargo Vessels traveling in the Gulf of Mexcio.

The Roycelandian Government is concerned about the lack of security in the Mexican Gulf and shall consider deploying a Dreadnought or two to the area, in order to ensure the security of our trading vessels...

Huntington Strategic Air Command Complex:
It was a massive bomber base. The biggest in the territories, housing not just a bomber squadron but a pair of bomber wings. The crews had been on alert for sometime now, and they were just recieving the orders to man their bombers for operational duty. AGM-88 CALCMs were loaded onto the heavy B-52Hs while an assortment of CBUs and GBUs were loaded onto everything else. Except for the B-36Ms which had a special present for the new supposed foe. The Peacemakers would be carrying dual T-12 Cloudmaker bombs, 42.000 lbs conventional bombs, which would be used against select industrial targets inside of Communist Louisiana.

As the time ticked away bombers launched from dozens of bases around the country dedicated solely for the deployment of the S.A.C. Smaller bases which housed the actual Air Force deployed escorting interceptors, tankers and AWACs aircraft to support the openning strike. Although the openning strike wasnt nearly as large as what could be produced. One hundred and forty four B-52H Stratofortress Bombers would launch first, carrying 5 AGM-88C air launched cruise missiles they were destined to strike at multiple air defense targets within the nation of Communist Louisianna. Most of the targeted AD sites were radar installations in operation and even a few SAM sites. Anything which might hamper future operations. Behind the B-52s, smaller and faster B-58M Convair Hustlers,288 in all, with their ability to dash in over a combat zone at high speed and bug out at similar high speed were armed with GBU-12 bombs. They were going to hit airfields. Not hangars in general but airstrips, and control towers. Keep the planes grounded and an airforce isnt of much use even if the planes exist. The final wave would come from the massive lumber B-36Ms, 48 in all, aimming for CLs largest cities. They'd bomb the industrial sectors.

At sea the 4th and 5th Battlegroups using information obtained from passing KH-11 Keyhole satellites launched its own strikes against military ports across Communist Louisanna. 5 Ticonderoga class AEGIS Cruisers let loose their payloads of 5 Tomahawk Anti Ship Missiles each, and another 6 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles toward various naval port and shipping targets. Thus the openning round of violence began...an air and sea assault against multiple wide ranging targets.

An explination had to of course be made for the pre-emptive strike, the offical reason came from S.A.C. commander General Henry A. Arnold.

"Fellow citizens, I come before you tonight to explain the actions of our government. Just two days ago we found that a transport full of citizens from our nation was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. We sent a salvage vessel to investigate and found that foul play had sunk this transport, killing its crew entirely without remorse. We have come to the conclusion that the Communist nation of Louisiana has begun to attack the shipping of Capitalist vessels in order to propigate their ideas upon those who do not wish to conform. We have seen this kind of naked aggression from communist countries many times in the past, and we can not, and will not allow it to stand. With permission of King Gregory de los Santos, we have authorized the use of the military until Louisianna submits to terms which have yet to be decided."

On the street people were treating the situation as another Communist Ohio scenario. People just werent sure what to think, but the deaths of NYNJ citizens did coincide with the violent tendencies of multiple communist nations. So far, the govenrment had the complete backing of the people.

The ANL patrols parts of the Gulf, and we are shocked to hear about this. Although currently our naval forces are somewhat thin, we still have routine patrols that extend 10 miles from our coast. Can you please tell us where the incedent occured.

Western Asian officials in Cienfuegos, Cuba watch the developing situation to the north with dread and great concern. All IDF vessels not involved in Operation: Safe Gate in Panama or the defense of Cuba are ordered to return to Cienfuegos during the tensions.

SIGINT ships, however, stay a bit closer to the gulf states area with a few escort ships...continuously gathering and sifting through the bits of information that fill the airwaves.

The Imperial Roycelandian Government has ordered that the Dreadnoughts IRNS Gauntlet and IRNS Bacardi be deployed to the Gulf of Mexico to protect Roycelandian shipping, and prevent further piracy...

To: New York and Jersey Officials
From: Central Command, Iuthia Prima, Iuthia
Subject: Piracy
Message:

NYNJ Officials,

We have recently taken notice of your actions against the nation Communist Liousiana over a small incident of suspected piracy near or around waters of the mexican gulf. While we do not favor aggression of this nature, neither on your own side nor the possible raid from the Communists we are still curious as to the specifics of this case.

Iuthia currently still has Communist Liousiana on a trade embargo due to previous agression from the nation, so this case does not entirely shock us, though it seems a little forward for the nations normal bullying... none the less with this incident and the recent shift in Doujin regime we are now finding we will have to take greater caution on the sea to assure our trade is not damaged.

In this case we would like some of your findings in which you determined Communist Liousiana's guilt over the affair so that our own analysts may interpret the date for themselves, independantly. However, we understand that our nation isn't entirely trusted by yourselves so if this is not acceptable we would like some other nation to at least have a chance to verify your findings...

Eitherway we will remain neutral no matter the findings... it would only determine our own relations with Communist Louisiana as they still remain strained over previous affairs.

Thanks,

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Foriegn Minister Mick Lakely, Iuthian Diplomatic Corps
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OOC:Post to come upon reply of CL. In the meantime bump

OCC: I dont entirly understand this whole ordeal... Am I being blammed for a carrier sinking in the Gulf of Mexico? Anyways, you wouldnt reach inside of CL if you were to try to bomb us for what reason I do not completely know. If a bombing campaign is began, we will use nuclear weapons.

OOC:Your being blamed for a cargo vessel sinking. Not carrier. And how do you figure that my bombers wont reach? You realize the range on an air launch cruise missile is several hundred miles right? As for retaliating with nukes, you go ahead and try that...look at my pop, look at yours...look at my economic strength, compare it yours..and realize who'd have a better chance at surviving a nuclear salvo? DPRK.

OCC: ok, I think I understand now. Your saying I sunk a ship with a torpedo.

Communist Louisiana has nothing to do with the sinking of the cargo carrier last week in the Gulf. All actions were being tooken south of Barbados where we were in pursuit of an TBD submarine. Submarines have been accounted for and tarpedos have been counted. We have also checked with the S-3B Viking's. Even though they were on patrol around the Florida Keys, they did not launch any kind of attack north of Barbados. We have thousands of sailors with eye witness accounts saying that all torpedoes that were dropped exploded. We have ran this by with the number of torpedoes that each Viking was armed. All reports and numbers have been matched.

While it is a tragedy that you have lost this ship, no carriers, ships, or any armed Louisianaian craft was north of Hati either.

OCC: ok, I think I understand now. Your saying I sunk a ship with a torpedo.

Communist Louisiana has nothing to do with the sinking of the cargo carrier last week in the Gulf. All actions were being tooken south of Barbados where we were in pursuit of an TBD submarine. Submarines have been accounted for and tarpedos have been counted. We have also checked with the S-3B Viking's. Even though they were on patrol around the Florida Keys, they did not launch any kind of attack north of Barbados. We have thousands of sailors with eye witness accounts saying that all torpedoes that were dropped exploded. We have ran this by with the number of torpedoes that each Viking was armed. All reports and numbers have been matched.

While it is a tragedy that you have lost this ship, no carriers, ships, or any armed Louisianaian craft was north of Hati either.

We can support this statement. all CL naval vessels are in joint deployment with the Dakaran navy, and we were, and currently are south of barbados fighting TBD. any dakaran sailor or officer can testify to this.

General Henry A Arnold was quick to respond to the statement at large, "Right we're suppose to believe that you didnt commit such an action simply because you say you did? I dont trust you as far as I could lob a T-12 cloudmaker..the nation of Iuthia wishes for evidence of the event and we are going to provide them fully with such evidence we have gathered from the sight. The evidence however is mostly video footage and diver testimony as to damage done to the cargo carrier and suspected weapon used on the Bayside. We will provide further evidence when it becomes available however we do not believe the enemy will be forecoming and honest about its intentions."

At bases around the country military commanders were just openning up the orders from the War Department. The Army which had placed its strategic mobility assests on standby were just beginning to load them up now with tanks and troops. The first of the army divisions were just starting to load up at bases along the North Eastern Seaboard. Down in Puerto Rico the Marine 3rd Division was beginning to load up onto its Amphibious Assault vessels. They were going to do the work they always did...land on a beach, secure, and wait for the Army to catch up with them. Communist Louisiana did not realize the weight and the power of the Federal Military, but they were sure about to find out.

im ignoring you. I have darkara, Dontpissusoff, IDF, me, and most likely the nation I am having conflicts with TBD will say that all units were around Barbados. The fact that you just want to start krap with me to do a land grab is immiture and very unethical.

I.G.N.O.R.E. Cannon fired.

posting that a nation has done something is a godmod.


orbital IGNORE cannons blasted NY&J out of existence.

The Pirate Empire of Doujin had a vessel in the area, and witnessed a submarine bearing the flag of Communist Louisiana launch a torpedo at the said cargo vessel.

Captain Kevin Godin of the Doujin Pirate Fleet, "Exodus", reported a contact one nautical mile to the north. Using the advanced radar systems aboard the Doujin ships in the area, a telescoping mast appeared for a total of 20 seconds out of the water. The Doujin ships, at the time not running their engines, watched as the ship cried out for help. Naval protocol stated that we were not to intervene, and as such the Doujin ships in the area stayed at a safe distance.

The submarine surfaced, and a some crew members exited the ship (at which point we saw the flag of Communist Louisiana), and shot the surviving men, women, and children that were in the water.

and pirates are surely trustworthy...

im ignoring you. I have darkara, Dontpissusoff, IDF, me, and most likely the nation I am having conflicts with TBD will say that all units were around Barbados. The fact that you just want to start krap with me to do a land grab is immiture and very unethical.

I.G.N.O.R.E. Cannon fired.


OOC:
1)Its called being framed..of course you didnt do it. I'm blaming you for it anyway.
2)You can get as many people you want ICly to say your stuff was around whatever it was..doesnt change the fact that your being BLAMED.
3)This isnt a land grab, its a smackdown. Big difference.
4)Crap and immature. Learn how to spell the words before you use them.

OOC: He's not posting that you did the attack, he's claiming you did however. That in itself is not ignoreable. You two need to learn better RP etiqeutte. New York and Jersey is one million times the better RP'er than all your 'allies' combined, Communist Louisiana. You ignore New York and Jersey and you are just setting yourself up for problems. Quit ignoring things just because it would be convenient for you, if this happened IRL you couldn't just "ignore" it.

OOC: Yeah, my units are near or in Jamaica. That's where we're gunna land. THIS HAS BEEN A VALUABLE OOC INTELLIGENCE TIDBIT BY THE BURNSIAN DESERT. Don't you wish it was IC?

Yea you can believe pirates if you want to. Frankly i dont give a damn.

Doujin, how is your whole communist problum going, obviously, they havent killed enough of your people to shut you up.

This is not our battle, but if any warring nations wish to settle their differences peacefully, the nation of Nova Ushuaia is more then willing to host a peace negotation summit in order to resolve these problems.

OOC: He's not posting that you did the attack, he's claiming you did however. That in itself is not ignoreable.

OOC: actually it is. you can't force someone to RP somethign they don't want to.

OOC:
Oy, CL, post before the thread goes off the page... :wink:

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147236&start=200

OOC: He's not posting that you did the attack, he's claiming you did however. That in itself is not ignoreable.

OOC: actually it is. you can't force someone to RP somethign they don't want to.

OOC: Actually, with his reply post saying he did not commit the action, he's accepting the RP itself. To up and ignore it all in another post is bad form.

OOC: You can't force a nation to take losses, or to force them to move forces anywhere. However, he is blaming Communist Louisiana for the ship being sunk. That is not ignoreable, and if you do not believe me, then send a telegram off to TJHairball, the guy who moderates this forum for godmodding.

TJHairball (Telegram) (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=TJHairball)

OOC: CL, you need to go to Role Play 101. NYNJ is not godmodding at all, it's called ACCUSATIONS. People get accused of shit they don't do all the time.

OOC: you have the right to RP or not RP whatever you want. CL has that same right, just grow up and let it go.

OOC: He can not RP, but he would also lose any respect that he has. Showing that he is a weakling, and cannot take any significant losses.

http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Zvarinograd/communistlouisiana.jpg

ROFL.
Can't help myself.

OOC: He can not RP, but he would also lose any respect that he has. Showing that he is a weakling, and cannot take any significant losses.



OOC: Haha...funny pic. Can you draw me one of Damien smiting a n00b? TM me if you can. :)

OCC: No doubt I can be an A-hole at times and what not. But, I know damn well if I was to go against New Jersey and New York I would be destroyed. Plus with all the other older A-holes like you starting stuff, no wonder you stick together.

You might want to take off the I nook you. I have never nuked a person yet. Also I am not Chinese, I dont have one of those hats although I do have on of those fury ones from russia with a red star on it. Other than that I really cant read your hand writting. Maybe you should work on that.

OOC: what does that say on the left side?

OOC: Oh god, I didn't draw that :D

http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Zvarinograd/doujin.jpg

OCC: Plus with all the other older A-holes like you starting stuff, no wonder you stick together.

OOC: I pray you weren't refering to me.

OCC: Anyways, why am I the one being targeted? Is it b/c you fill me a threat to the NOT SO-great balance of older morons and newer nations? Is it b/c I am everywhere and since I came on NS there are strangely more communist/socialist nations that could over throw your governments. Dont hate comrade, appreciate.

OOC: It says crosseyes.

OOC:
Courtesy of NationStates Kindergarten, copyrighted to Ren Myler (Zvarinograd), or at least I want it to be copyrighted anyway.

OOC: It says crosseyes.

OOC:why does it have an O after it??

-Edit- on closer inspection it says crosseys0.... what is that???

OCC: Out of person here, why do all the older nations fill the need to pick on newer nations. Of course I understand with nations like FWS and what not, but I have tried to be helpful to new nations. It has helped alot and made me very popular with them.. I think that scares you, a new guy being more popular than an older person.. OH GOD NO!! IT CANT BE OH NO AHHHHH I HIDE BEHIND THIS BIG EGO B/C I HAVE NO PERSONAL LIFE.... OH NO!!!

Just answer me this... Do any of you older guys have a personal life or a life at all when you get off. I am going to go look at the stars right now even though it is kind of cloudy here. You know, the bright things at night and even your sun which I doubt you have seen for four years.

OOC:
It's 'crosseyed', only written in a rush and got blurred by the dodge tool.

OCC: Out of person here, why do all the older nations fill the need to pick on newer nations. Of course I understand with nations like FWS and what not, but I have tried to be helpful to new nations. It has helped alot and made me very popular with them.. I think that scares you, a new guy being more popular than an older person.. OH GOD NO!! IT CANT BE OH NO AHHHHH I HIDE BEHIND THIS BIG EGO B/C I HAVE NO PERSONAL LIFE.... OH NO!!!

OOC: Why do you feel the need to flip out because an "older" nation starts an RP that revolves around you? Too attached to your nation to see it hurt?

Just answer me this... Do any of you older guys have a personal life or a life at all when you get off. I am going to go look at the stars right now even though it is kind of cloudy here. You know, the bright things at night and even your sun which I doubt you have seen for four years.

Alot of us do, hence why people like Melkor and Pantera are hardly on. If you'd like to hear about my hectic RL, feel free to TM me, I'll tell you all about it. But please keep the "OMFG J00 H4V3 N0 L1F3 CUZ J00 P0ST 4L0T!!!!1111" crap to yourself.

OCC: Out of person here, why do all the older nations fill the need to pick on newer nations. Of course I understand with nations like FWS and what not, but I have tried to be helpful to new nations. It has helped alot and made me very popular with them.. I think that scares you, a new guy being more popular than an older person.. OH GOD NO!! IT CANT BE OH NO AHHHHH I HIDE BEHIND THIS BIG EGO B/C I HAVE NO PERSONAL LIFE.... OH NO!!!

Just answer me this... Do any of you older guys have a personal life or a life at all when you get off. I am going to go look at the stars right now even though it is kind of cloudy here. You know, the bright things at night and even your sun which I doubt you have seen for four years.

OOC:

I have a personal life child. And a job, and girlfriend, and am in the process of finishing off high school to go to college..now you were targeted for several reasons. ICly, NYNJ doesnt like communist countries. And having one in the former US is something completely unacceptable. Socalists sure, commies no. OOCly, someone dared to call you one of the 10 most powerful countries in NS. I took some offense to that. There being far more worthy countries than you. That being said, give me a break and go cry to someone who cares if you feel your being picked on. The US fought both North Korea and North Vietnam and neither one of them complained about being picked on when the bombs were falling. Probably because they both started it..but anyway...your communist, and I'm capitalist..to the umpteenth degree, hence potentional for conflict.

Do you have a link to that crap that said I am a powerful nation?

Anyways, I live in Louisiana today. Not only have I seen Bush screew up things for the U.S. and drag my home state down, I have seen Louisiana get made fun of and what not and I am tired of it. Thats why I choose Louisiana. By the way, screew the United States, Louisiana and her territories were apart of the French Empire first, not the United States.

North Korea was about stopping Communist from taking the South. The states feared the communist. Vietnam was about money and trying to stop communism. I do fill bad that citizens of the U.S were killed their, but I feel great knowing that the Via Cong and the communist took over and kicked the U.S. out.

OOC: What is your point? The French stupidly sold their claim to the US and thus makes Louisianna part of the US. Heck a civil war was fought to keep it part of the US. Thus it remains whether you like it or not. Furthermore your a fool. The Viet Cong ceased to exist after the Tet offensive as an effective fighting force. This is proven fact on both sides. The only reason the US withdrew was because morons protested a war without attempting to see the effects of what might happen in the region. Pol Pot comes to mind in nearby Cambodia who for the most part was supported by the same people you just championed for kicking the US out of South East Asia. Make no mistake, that was North Vietnam did was exactly what North Korea did. Only the tactics were much different.


Now are you going to continue to accept it or what? Frankly your second post to this thread had you accepting what was going on, only to turn around and say no wait I ignore j00 all. Make up your mind.