NationStates Jolt Archive

Three military marked SUV's pull up outside the A.I.S Building in Lorkhan's capital. Four freedom fighters dressed in military outfits step out of each SUV and are checked by a set of guards at the door. The guards smile and nod letting the fighters inside. They too are loyal to the crown of House Akarthia, and have been imbeded within the Republican Armed Forces, waiting for their chance to strike.

As soon as the Akarthian freedom fighters enter the building a security guard looks in suspicion. The sympathizer to the oppressive regime of Lorkhan prepares to stop the freedom fighters, but a nervous young fighter guns the officer down before he can stop the liberators. The ringleader of the Akarthian wastes no time with scolding the shooter. He orders his men to open fire on any troops within the building and take the rest hostage.

A fire fight breaks out between the traitors of the Republican Armed Forces and those still loyal to the royal house. Those loyal to the cause stationed within the building turn on the treasonus infidels and kill them outright. The remaining freedom fighters secure the building and lock it down from within so that none may enter or escape the building. Three freedom fighters re-wire the security mainframe, taking over all automated turrets and defense units. Anyone trying to break into the building by force would now have to deal with the lethal building security.

All thirty hostages within the building are rounded up by a wall and patted down for security measures. They are bound by the wrists and blindfolded, then kicked into a large boiler room within the basement. One of the hostages attempts to take off the blindfold, and run. He manages to remove the cloth around his eyes and spots C-4 and dynomite laid out within the boiler room. Before he can alert the other prisoners and escape, he is knocked down and beheaded by a freedom fighter weilding an axe.

Back upstairs in the main foyer, the leader of this branch of Akarthian Knights stands before a camera. He is being broadcast to all the stations in Lorkhan live, and behind him stands two other Knights and an infidel bound and blinded.

"For too long, we the noble Knights of Akarthia, have seen the atrocities commited by the infidel Erik Kain and the opressers of Lorkhan. They have raped the land, monopolized the buisness world with their puppet corporation Lo-Tech. We have seen the foul taint of the A.I.S stain our lands as well as many other outsiders who claim to help make our nation prosper. And just last week, I saw my brothers die in an unjust biological attack that was later blamed on us! Today, we have our revenge. We hold thirty fools from all over A.I.S and Lorkhan captive. Our demands are simple. We demand the withdrawel of all outsider corporations, and the foul traitor Erik Kain to commit Kumrah (Slightly like Seppuku, only a lot more painful...uhh...it's an anchient Lorkhan tradition) publicly. For every hour that our demands are not met, a hostage will die. If any offensive intervention is commited, all of them will die." The masked leader shouts into the camera.

The leader approaches the female hostage held by the two other Knights.

"Who are you?" The leader shouts.

"My name is Petrova Miles. I'm here working as a diplomat from the nation of MMI. I'm...I'm a mother of three and a wife! Please don't hurt..."

The woman is silenced by the thundering sound of a 38. calibur hand gun. She falls dead to the ground in a pool of blood forming from the wound in her temple.

"This is to prove that we play no games. We would also let you know that our Knights have also occupied a building on the outskirts of the city where twenty are being held. The where abouts of the location shall not be released, but video footage shall be to prove our claims. Remember our demands, and the price you pay if they are not met!"

"Perfect."

"What did you say sir?"

"Perfect. I want a team of 30 Reptilicus Stealth in the area. Use the Skycat zepplin to airlift them in. Say we are bringing in negotiators. But put them in there to." Because the soldier, like all Green Moon military men, wore a mask. But The Commander could sense a smile come across the soldiers face.

"Shall I ask them to board...Reptilicus Parasite?"

"Yessssss...Put him IN the negotiator..." The Commander suddnly came to his senses. "Are there any Green Moon citizens there?"

"I don't know sir." The soldier reapeated again "I just don't know..."

Nikitov is rushed from his home, and driven to an undisclosed location. He sits in the situation room and speaks with his cabinet. "How bad is it?" Gen. Yochenkov speaks,"sir, Akarthian terrorists have taken hostages inside the AIS building in Lorkhan. Out of fifty, twenty-three are CP Nationals." Nikitov becomes deadly silent, then raises from his chair. "The death of a single national will not go unheeded. Def Con 2, I want all Military personnel briefed and ready." The generals and admirals all quietly walked into their warplanner rooms. Quickly phonecalls we sent out. All troops were ordered to end leave, and report to duty assignments. All Naval Battlegroups loaded up and set sail for the east pacific. 60 Divisions of Replicants were prepared and assigned units. Air Air Wings were fueled, and laiden with ammo. Fighter Wings took to the air, and bomber wings prepared to launch. Grey Eagle and the Youth Corps were called up to Homeland Defense. All non-conventional weapons were prepared. Nikitov goes on Live Broadcast. "Today the Terrorist Nation of Akarthia took hostages in Lorkhan, out of fifty almost half are cp nationals. If they terrorists do not surrender, full conventional war will be declared. If one national is hurt or killed, the use of chemical, bilogical and nuclear weapons has been authorized. God Bless!"

"Sir we have...startling news..." The commander looked up from the planning board and stared directly into the Soldier's eyes.

"What?"

"Well it seems I forgot to mention something...The first hostage that was killed...was...was...."

"OUT WITH IT!"

"She was a mother of three sir!" The Commanders eyes went wild. His breathing became heavier. The soldier looked down at the Commander's hands. They had been holding a laptop. Now the only thing left of the laptop were shattered pices on the floor.

"This..." The Commander said in shallow breaths, "is the reason...we created Reptilicus. Now...is our chance...TO WIPE THOSE BASTARDS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!

The soldier saw something in The Commanders eyes that he had never seen before. Anger, anguish...but something else. Something more..savage. Yes he could clearly see it now. It reminded him of when he went hunting. He had accidently shot a fawn. He could see the buck standing in disbelief...and rage. His thoughts were interrupeted by The Commanders voice.

"Alright mobilize the troops! I want 5 Stratofortress' ready to move! 2,000 Banshee-class fighters and bombers must be ready to attack the terroist nation if I give the word! I want 2 skycats ready to Drop off all 23,800 Vektor SS-77 infantry on the capital of this heathen nation!"

"Roger roger."


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The sky cat landed near the capital. Already the Stealth Reptilicus' were near the building. No one could see them. They laid in the trees waiting for the right moment. But the two "Negotiators"were already at the building's doors. They both had a little gift for the terrorists inside thier stomachs. But no one knew about it save The Commander and them.

"Alright!" one of them yelled, "We are here to negotiate!"

A group of Republic Military SUV's much like the ones used by the Akarthian terrorists pulled up to the front of the large building where the hostages were being held. The A.I.S building was supposed to be made as a symbol for peace and the progress of Lorkhan as a nation, but now it was a tool for war.

"Damn those Akarthian bastards!" Colonel Wraith shouted as he slammed his fist on his command vehicle he rode in on.

"Colonel sir! We got other A.I.S military here on the other side of the building. We're awaiting your orders to contact them sir." a young soldier said as he stepped out of his vehicle.

"Contact them. I want them to know that I'm the one running the show here. This is our city, our country, and no one has as much experiance dealing with the bastards in there as we do! Let them know that. I don't want any gung-ho bullshit! There are hostages in that building, and for all we know this is a trap! We're gonna play their card to start this off while Red Hand units gather intelligence from inside. I don't want any guns going off until I say so! Got that private!?"

"Yes sir!" The youth shouted as he started to radio in. The private knew that for Wraith this mission was personal. His wife was inside that building, and there was no way she was going to die on him. Not by Akarthian scum!

"Negotiate?" The leader of the Knights asked his second in command. "The A.I.S want to negotiate? Yashim, show these men how we negotiate."

Yashim carried the dead body of the women that was shot earlier and dragged her up four flights of stairs to the top floor of the A.I.S building. Two men positioned by the window overlooking the Green Moon operatives below already had the home made acidic grenade prepared. They strapped the grenade to the corpse and launched her out the window. Her body fell to the ground beside the negotiators outside. The impact was followed by the detonation of the device. Acid and hot fragments of metal blew up in every direction tearing through the Green Moon operatives outside. Anyone that was still alive was severly wounded.

Captian Bazel of the Knights of Akarthia laughed sadisticly at the site from the safety of the security room. He flipped the outside intercom so he could come into contact with the Green Moon commander outside.

"Foolish outsider. Your ignorance has lost the lives of your men. We are Akarthia. We do not negotiate, our demands have already been given. For your insolence another hostage will die. Leave this country now or everyone in this building shall be consumed by our wrath!"

Bazel flipped another switch in the security room activating the turrets. They were slightly damaged by the blast, but were still active due to their concealment under the ground. The turrets opened fire on the negotiators killing anyone that was still alive, then withdrew back into the ground at Bazel's command. Back in the basement, two knights executed another hostage, sawing his head off with an axe.

"The negotiators dead? Oh well." The commander looked out of the corner of his eyes. Yes some of the Active Camoflauge units had been killed. Hopefully the terrorists hadn't known they were there. How could they? Thier specific genetic structure alowed them to turn invisible. As long as they stood still they shouldn't be noticed. The Commander whispered into a secrect microphone "Move the bodies out of there now. Tell Stealth team to move agaisnt the wall."

"Roger roger" said a scratchy voice coming from the microphone. The Commander went back to his thoughts. So the Reptilicus parasite had been killed along with the delagates. Worse yet innocent blood was on his hands. His nation had not been with the AIS for a long time. They would alienate Green Moon if he failed here...which he wouldn't allow.

"Sir! Lorkhan officials have told us not to do anything until they say so. He wants no guns going off unless he says so." The commander smiled. The reptilicus units didn't use guns. They used thier sharp teeth and thier vicious claws to kill.

"Yes of course. No Green Moon weapon will be fired."

"Transmission sent. Sir we have found a city that is allied with the Akarthian scum. Sky cats are hovering above them as we speak."

The Commander, at a safe distance, grabbed a mega-phone
"Listen here! If you kill anymore hostages we will destroy your people! How you like that eh? I will bathe in thier blood, rip out thier organs through thier mouths, have my men rape every women, and feed you children to the DOGS if you do not stop." He suddnly realized more hostages would die becuase of what he said, but it gave his units a chance to move.

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Bleeding heavly. Must run. The thoughts echoed in the beasts mind. Suddnly another voice came into his mind

"Move agaisnt the wall. Creep quietly. When you reach the wall stay still"

He obeyed without question. The 3 remaining units crept towards the wall, moving away from the trees. For 3 seconds they would be on open ground. Thier bodies would shimmer a little but for the most part they would be invisable. He didn't know it but his reptile regeneration was already closing up his wounds. The boy with the mask was vocalizing to the building. Where the prey was. The Prey's attention was on him. Silently the crept till the were right on the wall. The stood there, unmoving. Waiting for the next command...

Akarthia you have one nationstates day to release the CP nationals from your control or face war within your own borders.

Prime Minister Nikitov.

OOC: I need a complete list of cities, military bases, and military units, as well as a map if you have one.

::Off the coast of Akarthia 25 Naval Battle Groups swarm the region. Air units fly overhead providing air cover, while Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Subs target Akarthian cities and military bases. All Minuteman III, Titan II, and Peacekeeper silos have opened and aquired targets. The Invasion force of 3 Armored Divisions, 10 Light Armored Divisions, 25 Mechanized Infantry Divisions, 22 Light Mech Infantry Divisions, 1 armored Cav. reg, 1mech airborne reg, and 1 airmobile reg. are prepared to storm Akarthia from all directions, sea, air, and land. 70 air wings are within strike range of the homeland of Akarthia. This includes 27 Bomber Wings, 27 fighter Wings, 6 air refueling wings, 4 air mobility wings, 2 command and control wings, 2 air command wings, and 2 stealth strike wings. ::

Nikitov speaks, "if they do not relase our people within 24 hours, commence with the attacks. We will give them every chance to reverse their fate".

OCC:I thought Akarthia was a rebelious sector of Lorkhan?? Oh well.

President Steven Duran sat at the head of the large oval table. Surrounded by him were his generals, and staff(cabinet). Before him is a 10 page briefing on the current situation in Lorkhan. He was debating what actions he should take with his staff. A SpecOps incursion would risk the lives of the hostages, and the numbers, and positions of the terrorists are sketchy.
Pres:"So...What do you gentlemen propose we do? We have an number of terrorist fanatics inside a AIS building with nearly 50 hostages, most of them Conservative Patriot citizens. So what can we do."
Just then a Young Secretary comes bursting in the office. He's slightly out of breath, and looks like he has important news.
Secretary:"Sir, Conservative Patriots has mobilized a large task force, and is currently preparing an attack on Akarthia.
The President quickly grabbs the report from the secretary's hand.
Pres:Thank you Gregg.
The President takes a quick glance. And hands it off to his generals.
Pres:"Looks like a pretty big mobilization. How can we help?"
General Issac Tarc looks up.
Tarc:"We could mobilize 1st Marine, 2nd Mech, and 1st Armored. These units are our most combat ready."
The President nods.
Pres:"Make it happen. Put the military on Level 2 Ready."
The general nods and quickly goes off to telegram to the divisional hQ.
General:Sir, may I also suggest we mobilize 8 Air Wings, and prepping 3 B-2 to engage targets. Also we can put the Longbow carrier battle fleet to move inside Akarthian waters. They are already deployed and should arrive shorty."
Pres:"Right. Approved, get as many fighter bombers in the air."
He nods and runs off. The rest of the generals, and officer scurry off to order all the prepartions.

Official Statement
The Democratic Republic Of teh Ninjas has officially deployed 3 Divisions, 8 Air Wings, and 1 Carrier Battle Fleet, to engage targets inside Akarthia. These forces will support our AIS brother Conservative Patriots in the destruction of all hostile forces. All Divisions are to be ready in 72 hours(NS) All hostile actions against AIS soldiers shall be met will swift, and deadly force.

1st Marine
15,000 OICW;LAW
200 AAVP7A1
2,000 HMMWV(350TOW;250Stinger;400 M2, 1,000 support)
200 RNI-A27 AFV (105; Extra Armor;Rough Water Kit)
170 RNI-A27(104APC;17ACV;12RRV;7MDV;15ARV;15AOC)
100 Dodge 215 Medevac
100 M1A2
200 RNI-Buford LBT
50 T-90MBT
200 Patriot Missile Systems
100 Raytheon Mom 23 Hawk
200 MK-48 LVS

2nd Mech
20,000 OICW;CarlGustav
350 M3 Bradley
150 Merkava 4 MBT
200 Challenger 2 MBT
100 BMP-3
50 T-90 MBT
2,000 HMMWV(350TOW;250Stinger;400M2, 1000 Support)
100 MIM-72/M48
50 Patriot Missile Systems
20 Vickers AS90
20 Vought MRLS
40 Warrior APC
20 Scorpion Recce
60 Marksman SpAAgs
10 Chieftan AVLB
10 Engineer Tractors
20 Spartan AT
10 Mortar Carriers
2 Sultan Command
200 MK-48 LSV

1st Armored
18,000 XM-8;LAW
210 M3 Bradley
180 BMP-3
270 Crusaders
320 Type-99
210 Type-90MBT
60 Challenger MBT
30 T-90MBT
50 M1A1
100 M1A2
2,000 HMMWV(250Stinger;350TOW;400M2, 1000 Support)
100 M6 Bradley's
100 Raytheon Mom23 Hawk
50 Patriot Missile Systems
150 Tiger LBT
100 RNI-Buford LBT
200 MK-48 LSV

Each Wing(8) consists of:
5 F-16 Falcons
10 F-18 Hornet
10 MIG-27
2 KC130 Tankers

Rotary Wing(4):
10 AH-64 Apaches
5 Hind Transports
10 CH-47 Chinooks

"GOD DAMNIT!" Wraith shouted.

Now more people were dead and it was on his hands. The poor woman that deserved to at least go back to her home country whole was now going to go back in pieces. Negotiators that had no clue what they were going up against were dead. Wraith promised he was going to find every last Akarthian scum and bury them alive in their own pile of crap.

"Do we got intel yet private!? I told you to get it yesterday!" Wraith shouted.

"Yes sir! The Ministry of Defense has dispatched one unit to infiltrate from an old tunnel that connects to the building. According to inside information, there are about twenty terrorists in all. Apperently a group of them drove up and were let in by traitors. They've had sleeper agents right here in this building for god knows how long. They've got complete control over building security including the titanium blast doors and auto-mated turrets, however if we can find a way to penetrate the blast doors leading into the security room we'll be able to eliminate that problem. We believe the hostages are being held somewhere in the basement. Orders sir?"

Wraith picked up a small com unit and called over to the commander of the Green Moon forces.

"To the commander of Green Moon forces. I'm sorry you had to learn the hard way how these bastards operate. We're getting ready to send in our special forces task force to clean these bastards up. Your team can take the east wing while ours take the west. We'll meet up in the central foyer and head into the basement where we believe the hostages are being held. Now listen, the terrorists have control over building secruity. This means they've got blast doors and auto-mated turrets under their control. We can take over by getting into the main security room, unfourtinetly that requires us getting through one of those blast doors. The security station is on our side, so we'll settle that problem. Also, we've got an agent inside relaying intel. He's been ordered to give you a special code word in case of the highly unlikely chance of an encounter. The code word is Imabum. I don't want any more hostages killed, so lets do this!"

As soon as Wraith set down the com unit a large red and black APC pulled up. Eight men, all dressed in red combat clothing and armed with hi-tech assault rifles jumped out. The Red Hand was the elite of the elite, and had been trained for the specific purpose of un-conventional battle.

"You have your orders gentlemen. Move in, secure the security station, and save those hostages. Unless they're Akarthian, nobody gets hurt!"

(OOC: All information on Akarthia can be found within the A.I.S board. Or at least all information relevant to the current situation. As i previously mentioned, Akarthia is a terrorist organization operating in the far northern sector of Lorkhan which is bassicly all mountains and barren waste. Look at Akarthia as Al-Quaida, only better equipped (they've got tanks, choppers, and military training) and not nearly as international...oh, and they're not religious zealots.)

Nikitov speaks to his ministry, "I have asked permission to send our troops into Lorkhan, for they are not large enough to handle this domestic dispute. 60 divisions are crossing their borders as we speak. All men between the ages of 12-68 are being held by our SPU. All will be questioned with Lorkhan interrogators present to make sure we dont do anything they object to. 70 Air Wings will be housed at Lorkhan airbases, but no personnel other than CP replicants will be allowed within 10 miles of our equipment for fear that akarthian troops have melted into all armed forces units. All naval forces will hold positions off their coast to supply close air support. Make it happen!"

"So they finally recongnize us. Send them this message. We are glad you are now working with us. But be warned. We have 'special' troops that are going in. Tell your troops to wear green or otherwise they will be attacked."

"Message sent sir."
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They had been givin the order to scale the wall. Thier claws ripped into the wall as they climbed straight up the vertical surface. The reached into the window and stood perfectly still. They were on floor two. Now they just had to wait.

Muktar suggests you detonate the building the terrorists are holding the hostages in and napalm their territory. Terrorists don't stop pushing until you push back.

"Wear green?"

Wraith was a bit confused, but he didn't want any friendly fire casulities. He ordered his men to wear green flak jackets over their red combat uniforms. They looked more like Christmas ornaments now than elite soldiers, but looks were very decieving.

The sqaud rushed towards the building, first tossing a chaff grenade to disrupt the auto-mated security system. They had twenty seconds to hack into the building security and open the door. The units applied an av-jack to the door control panel and immidetly started punching in codes. The seconds were counting down, and the auto-mated turrets would be back up again.

"5 seconds...4 seconds...3....we're in!"

The door opened automaticly and the elite troops rushed in. One Akarthian standing by guard duty noticed the troops, but was taken out before he even had a chance to alert his comrades. The Red Hand units picked up the body and disposed of it in a concealed area, then headed for the security station.

Government Order: 2938-0012*

To all field officers:

Subject: Rules of Engagement.

1) Any males between the ages of 12-67 to be held for questioning by SPU.

2) Curfew enabled between 6pm and 6am.

3) Any person(s) out during curfew will be seen as hostile and arrested.

4) Any person(s) within desgnated hot zone of military installation to be nuetralized.

5) Use of techniques seen as torture must be ok'd by field CO.

6) No abuse will be tolerated.

7) Do not fire unless fire upon.

8) Gatherings are prohibited by general public.

9) Any person(s) who hide weapons, Enemy personnel, or other items viewed as hostile to the coalition will be imprisoned, and their home destroyed.

10) Should any town or village become an enemy stronghold, use of strategic bombing has been authorized.

Government Order: 2938-0012*

To all field officers:

Subject: Rules of Engagement.

1) Any males between the ages of 12-67 to be held for questioning by SPU.

2) Curfew enabled between 6pm and 6am.

3) Any person(s) out during curfew will be seen as hostile and arrested.

4) Any person(s) within desgnated hot zone of military installation to be nuetralized.

5) Use of techniques seen as torture must be ok'd by field CO.

6) No abuse will be tolerated.

7) Do not fire unless fire upon.

8) Gatherings are prohibited by general public.

9) Any person(s) who hide weapons, Enemy personnel, or other items viewed as hostile to the coalition will be imprisoned, and their home destroyed.

10) Should any town or village become an enemy stronghold, use of strategic bombing has been authorized.

"Sir, the first reports are in", Gen Petrovich told Nikitov. "Excellent, let me see." He reads over the summary.

Current events:

3 Detention centers built. 6x8 cell. toilet, matress, 2 meals a day. No interaction with other detainee's allowed. cells are soundproof. No names have been released of who is detained.

28 enemy combatants have been killed, 24 injured.

289 males being held.
13 have been released.

8 replicants dead:
#31245
#31246
#31249
#48765
#98465
#86759
#12543
#99876

3 homes destroyed, 2 buildings destroyed, unspecified amount of weapons and ammo found.

The 3 stealth units moved quickly through the second story. They sniffed the air. Yes, new life-lights were in the area. Maybe new prey. They tasted the air around them. Fear. They tasted fear, the area was rank with it. The moved towards the stairs. They knew they would be noticed if they walked it so they climbed the walls. They moved slowly, at a crawls pace, to maintain invisibilty. With a bellow to low to be heard by human ears, the leader signaled the remaining members of the pack that prey was near by. 5 Akarthian guards. They dropped on them and feasted on thier flesh. As they continued to the basements they saw more food. Eight of them. But they wore green. No they were not prey. They silently moved on, invisable. They continued on to the basement, knowing a feast waited for them..

Three Mi-24 Hind helicopters come thundering through the quiet valley, onaboard a 1st Armored Division Platoon of 21 soldiers monitor the landscape below. They're leaving the desiganted "green" zone and are nearing the "red" zone region. As the 1st hour passes them come across small arms fire from below. The helicopter maunuvers to provide the MG with a shot. Green tracers come shooting out of a hillside. The MG let's loose, not stopping until he was almost sure his target was dead. Soon enough after the small engagement the soldiers spot a small village. The helicopter pilot switches the radio to the HQ channel.

Pilot:"HQ, this is Echo Bravo, we have come up across a small native village, await orders."
HQ:Roger that Echo Bravo, unload payload and search the village. Destroy any weapons found. Out.
The Pilot motions to the LT in the back that they're going to search the town, and destroy any weapons found.
Pilot:"Echo Bravo, this is leader, find a suitable LZ, and drop off payload. Let's move"
The Hinds move down close to the ground, landing 200m away from the town. They land without resistance, and the soldiers quickly move out.
Pilot:"Echo Bravo, provide cover fire for operation. Engage any visible hostiles."
The soldiers quickly move out behind their LT. They move within 50m quietly enough. LT Burren motions his soldiers to gather around.
LT:"Ok, theirs a couple of guys already outside unarmed. Looks like they're cooking or something. Be on your toes, and spread out. Follow standard Rules of Engagement."

The LT unshoulders his XM-8 and moves out. He crouches slightly and walks quickly toward the town. He can see the men looking at him. They motion to someone inside on of the tents. Fearing the worst, he aims his rifle towards the tent. He continues walking, still aiming at the tent. Once he is is within 20M of the men bullets fly out of the tent. He sprays the tent with automatic fire, his soldiers follow suite. Then a man from another tent, 30M away comes out and aims his rifle at the LT. Before he could respond a bullet tear through his shoulder knocking him down. He to continue to fire his rifle, until one of his soldiers dragged him out of battle. The medic arrives to treat his wounds.
Medic:"Don't worry sir it's not that bad."
LT:"Yea well it hurts like a b---h. "
He slightly smiles and bandages his wound.
Medic:"You stay here sir. Don't move"
The medic turns and returns to battle. By now the Hinds were on their first run. Bullet tear through the tents turning it into Swiss Cheese. The largest building, which seemed to be made out of clay, still stood, and fighters stood at the doorway firing. A Sergeant calls out to a nearby Private.
Sarge:"Take it out with the LAW. I'll cover you."

The Private nods and begins to take his LAW from his rucksack. He folds it out and aims. The rocket goes inside the doorway and kills any fighters inside the doorway. Then the building crumbles to the ground. The Hinds make their second run, and tumble any standing building.
Sarge:"Cease fire, Cease fire. 1st Squad come up through the left, 2nd Squad up through the right. Fireteam secure this postition. "
They all nod and quickly scan the remaining buildings. Nothing is left, standing or alive. Seven fighter's remains are found. A cache of RPG's, grenades, rifles, and ammuntion are quickly destroyed. The Hinds are given the OK to land in the town to evac all personel. The LT is hasten up onto the helicopter assisted by two soldiers. The soldiers check their weapons and settle down. The mission was a success, and they were to return to base for de-briefing.

The headphones squeek then the pilot comes on the radio, "30 seconds to Touch down!" Cpt Nimirov yells to first squad, "Cock and Lock!" As the first wave of eight Black Hawks land First platoon runs off to secure the Barn. They quietly sneak up to the door, and pop a flash grenade inside. The bright hot light errupts. Cpl. Krushev is the first man in, he sweeps left to right and pops two in the chest one in the head of the guard in the loft. Two men then run in and pop two guards in the head. The sniper(God) climbs the grain silo to provide recon and cover fire. The rest of first platoon enter the barn and set up. The machine gunner sets up shop in the loft, and three men dawn the enemy BDU's. Meanwhile the Demo man rigs the Cache of weapons and the two T-72's with high explosive c4.
The remainder hide among the three dead corpses in the horse and cow stalls.

Second Platoon runs up to the farm house. In one shot GOD takes out the guard on the roof. The point man pops a flash in the room and enters, he is followed by cpt. nimirov. Nimirov pops one enemy soldier in the head while in the bathroom. the point man takes out the two in the kitchen. Fireteam Alpha secures the bottom floor, while nimirov and fireteam bravo secure the top floor. Nimirov walks into the main bedroom, shoots the woman in the chest and hits the man in the temple with the butt of his rifle. "Gag 'em and Bag 'em!", he barks.

First platoon is bogged down by a squad coming to relive the dead enemy soldiers. They enter the barn only to be slaughtered by the waiting first platoon. First platoon falls back onto the farmhouse, but meets resistance. One replicant is destroyed, but just then GOD takes out the sniper.

Cpt. Nimirov, "Heaven this is Michael, Damien is in tow." "I repeat, Damien is in tow".
"Roger that Michael, All is go!"
Cpt Nimirov tells his squad leaders, "column in 5 minutes".

The armored convoy approaches the entrance to the farm. The lead tank puts a shell in the impromptu guard house, which is nothing more than a kid's tree fort. The convoy picks up the two platoons, and loads the unidentified target onto an apc. GOD repells down the tower and runs to the convoy. The convoy disembarks back from green zone.

To PM Nikitov

Subject: Classified

Operation Lion's Den Accomplished. Arrival in 37 minutes.

Cpt. Nimirov

To the leader of Lorkhan:

Subject: Classified

<html><body><code>High ranking member of Akarthian leadership believed to be captured. please send interrogation team to help with de-briefing.</code></body></html>

Grand General Kefka-

Lord Erik Kain condems the destruction of homes by the Conservative Patriots. On the other hand we congratulate you on the sucess you've had thus far. We shall send a group of intelligence officers to interrogate your prisoners immidetly. We would also like to applaud all those who have come to our aid in this war. Soon Akarthia shall be nothing more than a bad memory.

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The Red Hand team worked with precision in stealth unmatched by anything the Akarthian terrorists had ever seen. Already five Akarthians had been neutralized without the Red Hand being spotted. They had made it successfuly to the blast door that would allow entrance to the security station. Automated turrets were also guarding the area, but the Red Hand units made sure to stay clear out of their range. Using a chaff grenade, the Red Hand commandoes disrupted the auto-mated turret. Using a blow torch, the troops began to cut through the blast door. The super-heated flame cut through the thick layer of metal with ease. It would take one minute for the commandoes to breach the door. By that time the automated turret would be rendered completly ineffective by a small charge of c-4.

60 seconds had passed and the team of torchers had melted a hole in the door large enough to fit through. As they had expected, as soon as the door opened an Akarthian began to open fire, foolishly giving away his position. A single flashbang was tossed into the hallway taking out the terrorist. The commandoes rushed in and detained the Akarthian. The commandos rushed into the security station and without even putting up a fight the leader had dropped his weapons.

"You may think you have won the day traitors, but soon the fires of revenge will consume us all!" he shouted. "There's a bomb in the building. We need to find it!" The lead commando shouted. He had enough experiance with these scum to know what lay behind their riddles.

"Green Moon, we've got a problem. We have reason to believe a bomb has been activated. We'll do what we can to find it via the secruity station, but keep a look out." the commander shouted into his com unit.

The forces then split up, leaving a team behind to observe the facility to help effectivly take out the terrorist forces. Within a few seconds, all security turrets and defense controls were back in the hands of Lorkhan. The front doors ushered open and auto-mated turrets began to open fire on any Akarthians in range. Using the cameras, they had succesfully pin-pointed the location of the hostages.

"Boiler room!" the commander shouted loud enough for Green Moon to hear over the radio. "Hostages are in the boiler room. Let's get em."
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OOC: I may not be able to participate as much as I hope. I'm having a problem accessing these boards, and it gets pretty frustrating. On another note, I think I'm going to open up another thread specificly for the War on Akarthia.

OOC: This is the link I'm going to use for the war on Akarthia http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3254041#3254041

Communique from the MMI State Department

MMI State Department officials announce the closure of the MMI Consulate office and embassy to The Republic of Lorkhan. Given the recent violence of terrorist groups, The MMI State Department hereby issues a travel warning and urges all MMI citizens to leave the country of Lorkhan as soon as possible. The MMI State Department also hereby encourages all MMI citizens to defer travel to the country of Lorkhan until issued otherwise.

Heat. Yes, more prey where the heat was. A voice talked into thier heads "Kill all but these people..." Pictures flashed in thier heads. They know knew who not to kill. All others would be eaten. They slid through door nice and quiet. They moved slow to remain invisable. The each got behind the guards closest to the hostages, as to put them between the prey and the non-prey. They each had thier jaws ready to snap as soon as the physic command was givin. The leader of the pack signaled them. Blood sprayed everywhere. 3 were down. 4 more were in the room. Blood was splashed everywhere so they could now be seen. they moved quickly. One of the pack went down, his green blood spoiling the floor. The Arkathians failed to notice his blood was higly acidic. After some quick slices only 2 were left. As one of the pack rushed at the Arkathian he fired directly into his chest. True his kin did go down, but not before his blood sprayed all over his face. The hostages ran out of the room in sheer terror. There was a bomb. Had to find it, but where? Where?

Heat. Yes, more prey where the heat was. A voice talked into thier heads "Kill all but these people..." Pictures flashed in thier heads. They know knew who not to kill. All others would be eaten. They slid through door nice and quiet. They moved slow to remain invisable. The each got behind the guards closest to the hostages, as to put them between the prey and the non-prey. They each had thier jaws ready to snap as soon as the physic command was givin. The leader of the pack signaled them. Blood sprayed everywhere. 3 were down. 4 more were in the room. Blood was splashed everywhere so they could now be seen. they moved quickly. One of the pack went down, his green blood spoiling the floor. The Arkathians failed to notice his blood was higly acidic. After some quick slices only 2 were left. As one of the pack rushed at the Arkathian he fired directly into his chest. True his kin did go down, but not before his blood sprayed all over his face. The hostages ran out of the room in sheer terror. There was a bomb. Had to find it, but where? Where?

Communique from the MMI Office of the Emperor

The MMI State Department and the Office of the Emperor hereby announces its extreme sadness and anger at the recent murder of one of our envoy's, Mrs. Petrova Miles at the hands of vile Akarthian terrorists in the country of Lorkhan. Mrs. Miles was a dedicated employee of MMI and a caring and loving mother of three children. Moreover, Miles was of family relation (second removed) from the most esteemed MMI Emperor himself. The Emperor is personally angered at the shear brutality regarding the circumstances of her death. Such behavior can and will not be tolerated.

MMI highly emplores the country of Lorkham to end this standoff and do whatever it can to ensure the safety of all the hostages. We commend the Lorkham governments, as well as other governments involved in the hostage rescue operations. At the Emperor's request and Lorkham's approval, the MMI DoD has notified the commandant of MMI BlackOps ( http://home.comcast.net/~mmiempire/sf.html ) to contribute to operations designed to help quell the terrorist activities in the northern territories.

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Captain Ellensmore looked out to his left observing the ladnscape. Just a week ago he was deployed in Kiwilander. Now he was in some desolate place in Lorkhan, without the comfort of Apaches 30 miles away, or 50 tanks 2 miles away. He only had the comfort of his well trained, well-disciplined soldiers watching his back. He takes quick glances at his men. Every Special Recon Group soldier was trained heavily in close quaters battle, covert operations, and anti-armor operations. A hand touched the Captain on the shoulder and he turned. The pilot mouthed off "ETA, 2 mintues" He signals off to his men. They locked, and loaded their TM-93A's. Before he knew it the Pavehawk was hovering 80ft over the ground. He signaled his men to being descent. The 11 soldiers quickly went down the rope. Each made it safely to the ground. Once all men were unloaded the PaveHawk went off back to base. This operation was far to risky for them to stay and provide cover fire. A stocky

Sergeant walks up to the Captain.
Sarge:"Sir, all 110 men accounted for. 1st Platoon is positioning westward of the town. They should be their any minute."
Cpt:"Well done Sergeant. Inform all soldiers to advance once 1st Platoon is set. Let's be careful on this one."
Sarge:"Yes sir."
The Sergeant moves out within the ranks of soldiers. Once 1st Platoon reported the Company began closing in the city. Once they were within 200m of the town, enemy soldiers began engaging them. The automatic fire was somewhat disorienting, but the aiming was inaccurate. One of the captains soldiers silenced the poorly trained fighter. The Captain knew that the enemy would be waiting inside the buildings. They wanted to turn each building entree into a bloody battle. That's something the Captain did not wish. They were now within 50m of the meduim sized town. Fighters from rooftops appeared wielding RPG's.

Soldier:"RPG up high."
The soldiers begin firing tearing up the fighter into pieces. Soldiers from doorway appear shooting toward the Company's direction.
Captain:"Marksman target rooftops. Automatic Riflemen provide cover fire at doorways. All advance!"
The company began to advance quicker. The covering fire allowed them time to come near the first building in the town. A Private First Class sticks his head out of a corner. A rumble can be heard, and soon a deafing sound of a armored vehicale could be heard. A T-62, and a BMP come strolling down the center dirt road in the city. Several soldiers begin bringing out their LAW anti-armour launches out.
Sergeant:"Target the tracks on the T-62. Aim just below the turret on the BMP. Fire!"

Three missiles come rocketing through into the 2 targets. The T-62's tracks are completely blown off. The BMP's turret goes flying into the air. The Captain motions to his radio operator.
Cpt:"1st Platoon move in engage any hostiles. Shoot to kill."
Speratic gunfire could be heard, followed by various explosions. The Company moves in. Throwing in Fragmentation Grenades before entering. The deafening sound, and the explosion clears anything within 15m of the doorway. Within an hour every building was searched, and destroyed. The only building left was what seemed to be the town meeting center. The building met on a dirt fork road, and was covered with about a dozen windows where gunman could rain down fire on any approaching soldiers. The Captain takes a quick glance at the building around the corner. He motions his LAW soldiers up, and orders them to aim for the windows, and any weak spot in the building. 31 soldiers waiting in a single file line to lay waste to the meeting place. Each took their turn aiming at the building and destroying it into rubble. After the first 3 LAW hits, machine gun fire came from various windows. The enemy obviously knew that that building will be nothing other than a pile of clay in a few minutes.

Capt:"Sergeant Taylor, provide cover fire with SAW. Order your fireteam to target windows and the doorway."
The MGs position themselves were they could get a definite field of fire. After the 12th volley of LAWs the building crumbled on it's foundation, and came stumbling down.
Cpt:"Cease LAW fire. 2nd, 3rd Platoon search rubble, for OP4, and any entrances. 1st Platoon secure area."
The soldiers move out to search the rubble, and clear as much as they could. After about an hour of searching a Corporal calls out.
Cpl:"Sarge, we got something you might wanna see."
The Sergeant jogs off to the corporal. Below him is an entrance. He walks inside with his rifle drawn. After going through the first curtain covered door, he came upon dozens of RPGs, SAMs, and various ammuntion, and rifles. The Captain comes in and takes a look.
Cpt:"Good find Corporal. Four rooms, full of weapons. Set it up with C-4 and blow it to hell."
2nd platoon fills up the rooms with numerous amounts of C-4. Soon enough the Company was away from the rubble, and about to blow the stockpile. The Captain calls out.
Capt:"Detonate C-4...Now"

A thundering sound could be heard as the C-4 detonated. The ground caved in a little bit, and the entrance was sealed up.
Capt:"Radio man, contact HQ. Get us our transport."
CPL:"yes sir. "
The Pavehawks come thundering toward the now destroyed town. The Captain thought that his boys did a wonderful job. None wounded or KIA'd, and he destroyed enemy armour, and a large stockpile. Soon enough the Pavehawks arrived, to ferry the tiresome soldiers away. The Captain waits for all his soldiers to board their aircraft, before he goes in. He slouches inside, and take a couple of deep breathes.
Pilot:"HQ, Hotel Lima, we have cargo and are on our way."

OCC:Double post

Cornelius Thade, in response to the attack on Lorkhan, has released to the Commander of the Lorkhan Armed Forces the following military forces... 2 Divisions of RDF( the Mira and Zirus ) , 2 Mech Div.( the Baboon and Silverback), 200 JAS-39 Silverbacks, B-1,B-2(32), FB-111(50). 2 E-3A AWACS, 1 EA-4B NAOC(for use by Lorkhan Commanders), 5 A-10 Attack Wings ( 23rd,33rd,44th,69th, and 100th AW) , Naval Forces include 5 Coenelius Thade class BBG's, with comparable escorts( the 9th,35th,88th,19th, and the 125th Fleets). Also included is 50 Crusader 155mm SP Guns with Napalm and Advance Nerve Gas Shells,supported by 50 T-7 Gilgamesh,500 Eagle MBT's, and 200 Patriot PA3 Surface/Air Missiles.

Defense Minister, U WannaKick Booty has issued this response,,, To anyone who attacks a AIS member, be prepared to defend yourself, USLUG will not standby and watch a Alliance member be attacked.. if so,be prepared to have your A** Gorrila smacked!!

LONG LIVE THE ALLIANCE!!!

The elite Red Hand units had rushed into the basement without much conflict. They had only encountered a single Akarthian, and as well trained as the former Republican soldier was, he was no match for the elite Hand.

Deep into the basement of the building screams could be heard followed by gunshots. The remaining Akarthian's knew that this was the end and now they were executing hostages. The Red Hand blew open the boiler room door using a charge, and then ran into the room taking out the remaining terrorists without much of a fight. Out of the thirty hostages that were reported kidnapped, at least ten were confirmed dead, and several others injured, possibly even a rape victem.

"The Akarthian's have been neutralized Col. Wraith." the lead commando stated over his com unit. "We've still got the bomb as a threat however. Requesting to work with Green Moon operatives to find it while support brings out the hostages and prisoners."

"Request granted. I'm sending guys in now. Have you seen my wife sargent?"

It was just then that the sargent had realized the woman whose throat had been slit by his side. She matched the description perfectly, and upon over-looking her blood stained blouse he made out the name "Wraith" on her name tag. His wife was dead.

"We found her sir...we'll get her out to you as soon as we can." With that the radio transmission was ended, and the hunt for the bomb began.