NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC to Belem: I'll assume that the papers presented to the crew (RPed below) are ok and the ship passes. If not, tell me and I'll change it... Secondly, here I only post how they enter, I'll continue if its fine.

Harbor Checks - Ships are stopped by PT boats at 10-20 miles out (depending on how busy the city is). Crews on the boats do a basic scan of the ship with Geiger counters and will go through some of the shipping crates. At the customs office crew members will be given Belem I.D. cards. If the ship is transporting explosives legally the captain is supposed to inform the inspection crew. If they find some explosives and weren't informed they will check the shipping invoice and have HQ call the company that crate is supposed to go to and ask them if they ordered explosive material. If they did they will fine the captain for not informing them. If its illegal they will arrest the crew and have an explosives recovery team sent to the ship.

15 miles away from Belem City's harbor.
The large, white ship sailed slower and slower untill it almost stopped completely, and a few men of the Belem coast guard boarded it.
They were seen coming on board with Geiger-counters and other equipment, and they asked the captain for the location of the ship's cargo. The captain showed them a small paper with authorization to carry explosives for a construction company with an office in Belem. The paper was made by a top DSRO specialist, and he hoped it would satisfy the inspection crew on board.
Among the passengers on board the ship, sailing from Ness Ziona's biggest harbor of Byre-Shyfe, were 50 young men, in their 20's and 30's. They were all active DSRO members, but yet unknown to authorities around the world. It was their first mission.
They were nervous when they saw the inspection crew walking around, but they've learned how to hide their fear well.
"How many did we send?" one of these men asked his friend quietly. The answer he got was about 45.
45 crates of equipment, out of 150 crates in total - Almost a third of the crates...
The inspection crew looked carefully, read the papers, and talked between themselfs, but after a few nervous minutes for the activists, they gave the papers back to the captain, and ordered him which pier to dock.
The ship slowly started sailing again, and the activists were glad to see their plan is still underway.

Airport - Overseas Belem flights perform basic security for bombs, nuclear ordinance and weapons. Once the flight arrives in Belem customs performs a lighter sweep on luggage and passengers. Passengers are given Belem I.D. Cards. They are also advised if they are staying in Belem for over a month that is reccomended to take up residence in the cities foreign quarter.

Belem City International Airport.
John Lehrer, a tall, strong man in his 30's, was a newly recruited DSRO member of Ness Ziona (many Nessies are supporters, you can ask NZ for the reasons), and he was in the last flight for friday from Ness Ziona City. He made the long way from the DSRO camps in the southern Kelares-Islands, through the checkpoints into the Nessic territory of the islands, and with a jet plane to the heart of Ness Ziona itself, as an ordinary citizen.
But he was just the leader. With him, 25 other DSRO members arrived.
They went alone, not together, like they don't know each other.
Some of them came from Ness Ziona City like John did, others came from other cities in Ness Ziona, it was planned well.
They didn't carry anything unusual. They didn't have bombs, explosives, guns... nothing. They came with their own stuff, clothes and others.
John and the others got Belem I.D. cards. They all had 'Country of origin: Ness Ziona' listed in their cards, and they came for about 6 months (some for 5, some for 7).
They all accepted the reccomendation for residence in the foreign quarter, and got there later that day.

The crew of the boat is directed to the proper pier and told that everyone who is leaving the ship for leave has to report to Customs for I.D.

Belem City, 2 months later

John Lehrer had the names of all team members, their code names, and their locations, listed in one of his files (not a computer one).
In these past 2 months, he toured the city, checking every place and every corner, sometimes he took photographs, sometimes he just wrote the details in a small notebook he had. Every few days, he went to the warehouse near the city, where the explosives were left, in big crates. Each crate of the 45 they had, was about 200kg of TNT, meaning they had 9,000kg of TNT in that warehouse, ready to use...

John was in his small apartment in the foreign quarter when he decided to begin the operations. He called one of the members - 37 year old Frank Ostman, who was the team’s bomb-maker. They called him "The Engineer", because he was one of the best in his field.
Frank Ostman worked with the explosive for about a month. He divided the 9,000kg to smaller amounts of about 500kg to 1,000kg, connected the wires, and programmed the remote-control devices. In one month, he built all the bombs, and made sure every member will know how to use them when the time comes.

"Hello Frankie, This is John..."

"Oh yes! I knew you'd call today or so... I've got everything ready"

"Uhmm... Good, good... I don't know what about the others..."

"They know everything about these charges. All you need to do is tell them where to go and when. They'll do it great, I tell you"

"Ok I'll contact them. Good day"

"Alright. Good day"

John contacted 8 men out of a 75-men team. These 8 were to execute the first operation. They called it "Operation Wedding".
It was a beautiful Sunday morning that day, and many Belemian (Belemic? Belemite?) citizens were expected to fill the city's churches. But, the plan wasn't to explode the church when all the people are in it, not at all.

The large white truck, bought by one of the members, was parked very close to one of the bigger churches, at dawn, before everybody arrive. The 2 men in the truck made sure every wire was ok before they left the van and headed out of the city.
The other 6 men watched the area for a few hours, and 5 minutes after the 2 left the van, one of them triggered the 500kg of TNT.
They didn't expect many casualties, because it was dawn, but that was just the first part of the plan...

ooc:Belemian is the proper term. Belemite is more for just the people from Belem city but that term isnt used generally because Belem Citys official name is The Imperial city or Imperial Center.
ooc2: Im assuming your guys bought the truck used so its easier to avoid showing a national I.D. card.

IC: The bomb detonates flipping over nearyby parked cars and searing off the front of St. Ignatius Cathedral sending stainglass and chunks of marble and stone flying into the street. The buildings across the street have there windows blown in from the shockwave as the gardens in front of the church get set ablaze. The front wall of the church is basically destroyed only areas by the corners and very top are unscathed, the pews inside are flipped over and broken from the blast.

People on the block rush out of there houses to see what happened.

Within 4 minutes the first police and firefighters arrive on the scene and start putting out the blaze and searching for anyone hurt and controlling the crowd that has gathered.

That is when the second part of Operation Wedding began...

"This is groom. Bride can enter the chapel."

"Affirmative. Bride is moving in."

2 out of the remaining 6 men, entered a second truck which was parked near the area, but not too close. Unlike the first truck, this truck was carrying 1,000kg of TNT.
The 2 drove it until they got to a point where the crowd was right in front of them, about 50 meters ahead. They kept driving, faster and faster, and about 20 meters before the van hit the crowd, they jumped out of it and ran to the side of the street.
The remaining 4 triggered the van-bomb 5 seconds after it smashed into the crowd and the rescue teams on the site.

After making sure the bomb went off as it should have, they left the site and headed back to the foreign quarter. For them, the operation was a success.

The truck plows into a parked policecar before detonating the explosion rip threw the crowd killing 75 and wounding another 100. Portions of the street collapse from the force of the 1 ton bomb destroying watermains and powerlines for the portions of the grid(a grid is about 4 blocks.)

More police, ambulances and firefighters arrive on the scene. As soon as an area is clear of bodies or flames detectives move in and start looking for clues. Inquisitors begin filtering in over the next two hours since they have jurisdiction over terrorist acts and crimes commited against the church(rarely enforced only in major crimes.) Detectives and Inquisitors interview witnesses and people in the neighborhood for descriptions of either the bombers or the trucks used.

OOC: since the time you purchased the trucks did you make any changes from what would of been on the registration i.e. changing the paint color, removing noticable marks like make or model logo.

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BNN-Belem News Network Special Report (about 2 hours after the bombing)

We have more information on the bomb of St. Ignatius church. Inquisitors have recovered a camera phone with a video of the attack.

*screen cuts to a grainy video(typica of the cameras on cellphones) of the burning church, screams can be heard the person turns to the right with the phone the truck can be scene hitting the car, the camera falls to the ground and screams are heard in the background.*

The Emperor currently on Holiday in Trinsic has released the following statement.

*screen switches to Imperial address of Emperor Vincent VI*

"My heart goes to out to the victims and the families who were hurt in this barbariac attack against Mother Church and the Empire. It is my pledge that the barbarians shall be hunted down and sent to there eternal damnation. The Empire has never failed in the past to bring terrorists to justice and will not sully that record."

*screen goes back to newrooms*

An aide to the Emperor has announced the vacation in Trinsic has been cancelled and the Emperor is returing to Imperial Center later tonight.

We would also like to remind our viewers that the Inquisition has announced a million dollar reward for anyone with information leading to the capture of these terrrorists.