NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: Because this game needs a few good, strong villains that can come up with creative ways of being evil rather than just non-intelligent ones (ie commiting genocide on one's own populous so that the do-gooders jump to the rescue).

IC:
The nation of Wishik had spent the last five hundred years in relative isolation, despite the advances of technology that brought things such as telephones and the internet. Wishik slowly grew in population, but kept to its seafaring ways. Much of the population is employed in some sea-related industry and the majority of the nation's military is naval forces.

Sadly, however, this calm bliss was not meant to last. In an election held only one month ago the populous chose a dark horse candidate to replace their former Prime Minister and now things appear to have taken a drastic turn. The new PM, John Ghrey, has taken the nation in a radically new direction, abandoning all isolationist policies and ordering the Navy to commit acts of piracy.

All Wishikian Naval vessels have been ordered to seize and/or destroy all foreign ships they encounter. Currently seven foreign flag ships have been plundered and sunk. The crews of four of the ships were left to drown while those of the other three have been pressed into service (an act known as impressment) in menial jobs throughout Wishik and Wishik's fleet.

These acts will continue to take place, regardless of outside opinions and pressure. As Prime Minister Ghrey recently stated in a news conference, "It is time for Wishik to gain the fortune it so rightly deserves! Other nations do not have the right to withold treasure aboard their ships when Wishik could put it to such better use!"

OOC: An interesting policy and a good idea (purely for fun value) but I doubt it'll last too long...lots of nations will take exception to such acts. Which is a shame, since within reason it could provide some fun RPing. Anyway, do you have any particular preference on happenings?

Official Statement from The Proletariat Commonwealth of The Island of Rose:

Unless you want free porn, you'll find nothing in our ships. And of course standard "we will destroy j00 if you mess with our routes" crap. I swear, too many baddies and not enough goodies. Anyway, good pirating and things. I good sir, have better things to do.
-Minister of Commerce: Nikolai Geoff

((OOC: Original :D ))

OOC: An interesting policy and a good idea (purely for fun value) but I doubt it'll last too long...lots of nations will take exception to such acts.

Yes it is just for fun value, but I want plenty of nations to be angered by such acts. I want to be the villain that people oppose (or attempt to). I aim to win at least a few wars before I go under, that way NS might be a bit more interesting. Perhaps I'll even get a few 2003 nations as allies to better strengthen by position.

Official Statement from The Proletariat Commonwealth of The Island of Rose:

Unless you want free porn, you'll find nothing in our ships. And of course standard "we will destroy j00 if you mess with our routes" crap. I swear, too many baddies and not enough goodies. Anyway, good pirating and things. I good sir, have better things to do.
-Minister of Commerce: Nikolai Geoff

((OOC: Original :D ))

OOC: My view is that there are too many goodies and not enough talented baddies. Hence this course of action...

IC:
Be that as it may, if any of our ships come across a TIOR vessel, it will be plundered and relieved of its erotic cargo.

Official Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Piracy Office

OOC: Meh, you've got a point :D

IC: Any plundering will see you be blown to very small bits, we will guard the freedom of the seas, et cetera...now let me go back to my magazine!

- Foreign Minister A.Schützer

OOC: My view is that there are too many goodies and not enough talented baddies. Hence this course of action...

IC:
Be that as it may, if any of our ships come across a TIOR vessel, it will be plundered and relieved of its erotic cargo.

Official Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Piracy Office

Official Statement from The Proletariat Commonwealth of The Island of Rose:

You sick bastard.
-Minister of Commerce: Nikolai Geoff

((OOC: Nikolai's the pervert of the Government ;) ))

OOC: I would like to RP a bit with you in the future. I have a few other ideas going right now. BUt if once Ive passed the events that will occur when I pass 1 Billion, I am willing to RP with you. Perhaps a few pirate raids, as my nation is A) very naval orientated in defence terms B) spread accross 6 islands.

Maybe your fleets would be anonymous. That way I can bring a lot of force down on your pirates (after a while) and not have to kill you. Could be fun. My navy is both advanced and large, but youd be able to manage a few raids before you met significant force. Maybe a few patrol corvettes and gunboats, but you would be able to have some fun being evil before I mobilized any ships of significant size.


Anyway Tg me if you are interested. Either do quickly and we can use your raids as part of the catalyst for my next big RP idea, or as do so in a while and we can do it in a couple of weeks when Ive finished my idea.

TIOR: I have to say that response made me laugh out loud, literally.

IC:
A further twelve ships have been reported sunk. The Wishikian government has ordered the construction of additional fast transport ships to transport the goods taken from plundered ships from the sea to the Wishik mainland. Additional destroyers and pocket aircraft carriers are also undergoing construction to escort the transport ships.

At this time all Wishik naval military vessels are operating within battle groups, under heavy air cover. All non-military naval assets are being escorted by destroyers, submarines, and/or aircraft carriers. Marine contingents have been dispatched to all battle groups and have begun even further training in ship-to-ship boarding and in securing vessels against enemy crews.

This looks pretty interesting. Having antagonism by piracy might generate some good RP.

Well Caldaron uses Airships for cargo, our only floaters are Soviet Navy warships. Good luck taking one of them down. :)

The CSCG (Coast Guard) has been alerted, but will only react to Wishik pirates, not hunt them. The CSN (Navy) will sink them on sight rather than risk messing up their paintjobs (Ravana Battleships are expensive to paint).

Well Caldaron uses Airships for cargo, our only floaters are Soviet Navy warships. Good luck taking one of them down. :)

The CSCG (Coast Guard) has been alerted, but will only react to Wishik pirates, not hunt them. The CSN (Navy) will sink them on sight rather than risk messing up their paintjobs (Ravana Battleships are expensive to paint).

If by Soviet Navy you mean RL Soviet Union tech then they can be taken down just as Western tech can. If you mean battleships designed on NS by a nation named Soviet Navy then know that I ignore super battleships (anything too much larger than an Iowa) and so your ships, should the be uberbattleships, are not at risk.

Wishik, do you want to plan some pirating raids off one of my islands [i'm about to design]. It could turn into a full scale battle for the island. Have you MSN or anything?

Wishik, do you want to plan some pirating raids off one of my islands [i'm about to design]. It could turn into a full scale battle for the island. Have you MSN or anything?

Sure, sounds fun. I've got MSN and AIM, but my MSN has been screwing up lately.

AIM: ForsakenAngel64
MSN: TheMaddHatter00

If by Soviet Navy you mean RL Soviet Union tech then they can be taken down just as Western tech can. If you mean battleships designed on NS by a nation named Soviet Navy then know that I ignore super battleships (anything too much larger than an Iowa) and so your ships, should the be uberbattleships, are not at risk.

If kilometer long monstrocities are superbattleships, then yes. All of our ships are designed with war in mind, even or civilian ones. But pleasure craft tend to have their deck cannons removed to put in Disco Balls...don't ask.

LoL, fair enough Caldaron; I won't ask.

((OOC: Yeah, I'd like a raid on my constantly patrolled nation =X))

"Sir.." An aide attempted to gain the attention of Admiral Jack Harrington, "we've lost contact with the supply ship Glennis Twain, she was returning from the delivery of system components to the PIW shipyards."

The admiral looked up from reading a report, "Where did we lose contact, was there an accident?"

"No sir, the captain reported clear seas and unknown ships approaching." The aide hesitated, "We have also heard rumors that there are some sort of pirates operating in that area. The validity of these rumors hasn't been proven, but since we have another transport leaving on that route later today, we should probably act on them."

"Hmm, what ships are currently ready to participate in unscheduled escort duties? Most of the fleet is laid up getting the new fleet defense system installations."

"I'm afraid that the only ships ready to depart right away would be several large cutters." The aide looked at computer, "All of the fleet's tin cans and cruisers are in the hands of the yard dogs, or else already deployed. We do have a squadron of submarines that were about to be deployed to island defense positions, we could change their orders."

Nodding, the admiral put some plans in motion, "Very well, cut orders for the captains of that sub squadron as well as four of the cutters and have them ready to depart by the time that transport leaves. They are to escort it all the way to its destinations, if any hostile forces attempt to board or sink it, they are to deny them. Also tell this to the captain of the transport, those components are classified top secret, if capture is imminent, he is ordered to scuttle the ship."

“Now, where are the latest estimates on the FDS installations? Have they managed to free up any slips to start upgrading capitol ships? Also …”

/ooc want to rp an engagement?

Official Communiqué

The Commonwealth of Granzi will be keeping close watch over this self-made declaration. We do not look kindly upon piracy, in any shape or form. Be warned that any attack made on a Granzian commercial trader will result in active ascension of hostilities against the nation of Wishik. Privateers and hostile vessels will be sunk if encountered by GN warships.

Good day,

Nathanial Sun
Minister of Foreign Affairs


Granzian National Tribune

GRANZI CITY- In response to recent piratical acts taken by the nation of Wishik, the government has enacted the Maritime Armed Commerce Act. The act, which allows merchant vessels to arm themselves with standard anti-shipping missiles and deck guns, has been interpreted by many to be an open challenge against piracy. Patrols by Navy ships have also been stepped up.

OOC: Wishik, do you want to RP an attack on a Granzian trader?

OOC: This thread has me cooking up some ideas......I'd like to do an RP.

OOC - As an island nation I would like to become invovled, however I am small, my navy is antiquated and poor so really I stand no chance. Maybe I should wait until I am older with a better armed forces.

official government responce

Any attacks on the CR coast or on any CR ships will be met with an air bombardment of your ports and factories. Also, will be met by air and sub attack on your ships, then the surface fleet wil destroy all ships in our way and capture the rest.

IDF strongly protests this policy. Given the relative state of peace in the world, Admiral Jacobson has been authorized to free up Naval assets to go within 1,500 miles of Wishik.

Jacobson will send a fleet containing these ships, he will command from the bridge of the new Netanyahu class battleship ISS NETANYAHU
3 De Gaulle CVNs
1 Netanyahu BBN (flagship)
2 Arizona BBN
5 Kirovs CGN
2 Cherokee arsenal ship
2 Imperator arsenal ship
14 Ticonderoga CGs
7 Farragat DDGs
9 Arleigh Burke DDGs
5 Ilan Ramon DDGs
11 Chicago FFGs
5 Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs
14 replenishment and oiler ships
2 sub tenders
1 Halibut SSN
2 Galaxy SSNs
2 Seawolf SSNs
3 688i SSNs

These ships are now in transit and are going to help keep the peace and act if any acts of piracy are reported.

A broadcast to the world is going out to announce that if any ships are in danger they can call us for assistance.

We ask Wiskit to please back off of this policy before many unnecesary casualties occur. If an IDF ship is attacked, we will send the full might of the Navy instead of a fraction of it. Freedom of the Seas can not be interrupted by pirates.

OOC: Shaping up just as I'd hoped...

Ranudon:
The Glennis Twain had barely rested on the bottom of the sea before the transport ship, under heavy escort, began toting its load back to the Wishik mainland. The rest of the battle group continued patrolling the Indian Ocean, awaiting more unsuspecting prey to follow along the major shipping route. The aircraft carriers (2 of them) were located at the center of the formation, with AEGIS ships and ASW ships arrayed around in order to provide outer defences.

Cherry Ridge:
Official Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Piracy Office:
You'd do well not to make such empty threats against a nation of nearly three billion people and a comparable military that has not been depleted by extraneous wars.

Apollina:
While I won't say you should avoid this RP, it might be better if you waited until you had an updated Navy before taking on larger nations. It is your choice, however.

IDF:
Official Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Aggressive Foreign Actions Office:
A large naval force only 1500 miles off the coast of Wishik is seen as an aggressive act and a threat of attack and invasion; we will respond accordingly should you go through with your plan. The Wishikian Navy will not permit such a force with hostile intent to remain within striking distance of the Wishik mainland. If you wish to cease piratical activities then you should do so where they take place, not in an entirely irrelevant location.
OOC: I do not wish for this to become a large war; this is designed to give NS a "bad guy" and I'd prefer to not have to fight several nations in all-out war all at once. I might go down, but I'd take at least one or two of my opponents with me and none of us want that to happen, so let's just let this stay as it was intended: a series of relatively small-scale pirate attacks and the responses to them.

OOC: I've a special request: could we a one-on-one battleship battle? I've wanted a big-gun combat like the old ones for so long it makes me weep. Really. :P Anyway, yeah, big gun battle. Might be interesting.

OOC: I've a special request: could we a one-on-one battleship battle? I've wanted a big-gun combat like the old ones for so long it makes me weep. Really. :P Anyway, yeah, big gun battle. Might be interesting.

Sure, my knowledge lies primarily in modern missile-based warfare, but we can RP one if you so desire.

Woot! I'd be most appreciative. Anyways, I'll probably send a trader winging your way soon to get things livened up. :) it's just a pity we don't have more kinda slightly nutty (but not rabidly racist/genocidal) villain types about.

Oh, don't go under. You can lose wars, and such, but I don't think even getting crushed utterly can deprive you of the right to roleplay with this nation, particularly if you're a good roleplayer.

And you seem good - so even if you get defeated...do stay around.

(supposed to have been posted by 'The Zoogie People,' by the way)

Oh, don't go under. You can lose wars, and such, but I don't think even getting crushed utterly can deprive you of the right to roleplay with this nation, particularly if you're a good roleplayer.

And you seem good - so even if you get defeated...do stay around.

(supposed to have been posted by 'The Zoogie People,' by the way)

Technically you can stay around, but many times other countries wish for you to "stay in character" and roleplay as a utterly crushed nation (which isn't much fun, hehehe). But I plan on staying around; being evil is a lot more fun than being good.

DontPissUsOff, send a trader to the Indian Ocean and I'll engage it then you can seek revenge and catch one of my upgraded Iowas off by itself.

OOC: Will do. I abbreviate to DPUO btw - God knows why I made up this name, but I'm stuck with it. Can I get a spec on the upgraded Iowas?

OOC: I'm no shipbuilder so some of these upgrades probably aren't possible, but they aren't godmodding either so we can just let it slide...

Length: 1000ft
Beam: 110ft
Power Plant: Nuclear Reactor
Armament:
10 Armored Tomahawk Missile Box Launchers
5 quad cell Harpoon ASM launchers
4 Torpedo Launchers (on deck)
9 16-inch 50. guns
12 5-inch 38. guns
4 Phalanx CIWS
Max Speed: 40
Armor: Standard Iowa class armor reinforced on interior and increased on the exterior by an additional 1/2 inch of titanium.

IDF:
Official Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Aggressive Foreign Actions Office:
A large naval force only 1500 miles off the coast of Wishik is seen as an aggressive act and a threat of attack and invasion; we will respond accordingly should you go through with your plan. The Wishikian Navy will not permit such a force with hostile intent to remain within striking distance of the Wishik mainland. If you wish to cease piratical activities then you should do so where they take place, not in an entirely irrelevant location.
OOC: I do not wish for this to become a large war; this is designed to give NS a "bad guy" and I'd prefer to not have to fight several nations in all-out war all at once. I might go down, but I'd take at least one or two of my opponents with me and none of us want that to happen, so let's just let this stay as it was intended: a series of relatively small-scale pirate attacks and the responses to them.

OOC: Why don't you RP an attack on an IDF cruise liner.

OOC: Why don't you RP an attack on an IDF cruise liner.

Why would I RP such an attack when you are moving an entire battle group off my shores? Wouldn't it make more sense to engage the warships first?

OOC: I would like to get into this, so why not RP sinking a Xenizen ship?

Why would I RP such an attack when you are moving an entire battle group off my shores? Wouldn't it make more sense to engage the warships first?

OOC: I'm moving the fleet, but they are still weeks away. Why don't you RP an attack on a destroyer group about 2,200 miles off your coast. It is the 3rd destroyer taskforce of the 2nd fleet. Captain 1st rank Matt Flemming is commanding. The group contains the Ticonderoga CG ISS SPARROW, the Arleigh Burke DDGs ISS ANNAPOLIS and ISS BALTIC. In addition to them is the Perry class frigate ISS INMAN and the replenishment ship ISS DIMSON.

When this group is attacked, I'll move my fleet in. The destroyer group is just showing the flag, what better way to announce your presence and that you are serious than by killing warships and an up and rising star in the IDF Navy.

A Virginia Class SSN glided silently under the dark water; its only vision coming from a pale green screen filled with dots. One such dot was a large vessel, non-military by its sonar signature. Few civilian vessels were this large and so it was fairly obvious to the submarine's skipper just what it was.

"Load torpedo tubes 1 and 3; match bearings to contact echo and prepare to fire on my mark," Captain Ramsey said calmly as seamen rushed to comply to his orders. Both tubes were loaded, flooded, and the doors were opened. All that remained to do now was press the "fire" button.

Ramsey let the sub close in just a bit more so that he was sure he was within the twin Mk 50's attack radius and then he told the crew to fire the two munitions. The sub shuddered ever so slightly as both torpedos sped towards the unsuspecting ship. Another torpedo was loaded, this time a Mk 48, and also fired at the vessel.

The point of this piracy was not to loot, but simply to fulfill some of the crew's bloodlust and to send a message to the IDF government. The target was a large cruise liner, Xenizen in origin and carrying a large number of IDF citizens back from vacations in Upper Xen. Some of the passengers would undoubtedly survive the sinking, but that was why he had a cache of MP5's.

OOC: good attack. Should I RP the sinking or should Xen as it is his ship? oh well

IC: There was mass panic on the giant cruise ship. The IDF passengers were not experience seamen and thought that there had been a gas fire in the engine room. There was smoke billowing up to the upper decks. There was an obvious 10 degree starboard list along with the downward agle from the water flooding in.

Lifeboats were filled as many IDF passengers ran in a panic for them. There was a scramble for the boats. A woman carrying her two children was pushed over into the frigid water by the mob of people. She and her kids drowned there in the water. When the lifeboats were filled they were lowered. Crewmen aboard took the boats about 1,000 yards away from the sinking liner to avoid the dreaded suction that was sure to occur. Only 265 of the 724 IDF passengers made it to the boats.

OOC: I'll wait for Xen to post a reply before I carry on.

OOC: I'll wait for Xen to post a reply before I carry on.
OOC: wise idea, I'm off until tomorrow afternoon. That is when my government will figure stuff out and if you want, you can attack the destroyer squadron. For some reason I want to RP the loss of some ships of mine.

There is a single convoy passing within 1,200 miles of the recent mysterious losses. This worries the Artitsan Navy, as it is rumoured there are pirating actions in those area's of the oceans. With 6 50,000t+ cargo vessels, it would not be wise to have these go unescorted. 1 Asia Cruiser, and 3 Galway class Destroyers left Arklow Harbour, to meet with the cargo ships. It would take three days at cruising speed to reach the vessels.

However, there are two SSN-994's in the area, and currently recieving burst transmissions as to their role... they would be providing prolimenary escort.

It is unknown who is targeting international vessels, but Artitsa would not suffer from such pirating.

[*tag* Love to get involved...]

[*tag* Love to get involved...]

Excellent...I'm sure the survivors of the cruise ship could use some rescuing....although said rescue ship might need its own rescue shortly thereafter...

Admiral Mai Nomura was, quite simply, distressed at the news.

"So wait....we a cruise liner, and you blame the losses on pirates!? I thought they were contained a long time ago on our shores. You better be joking."

The adjutant said simply "Ma'am, I don't make the reports, I just send them."

"Fine." Nomura said. "Go back to your business."

As the adjutant left, she looked at the ominous stack of papers in front of her. The reports said that the ship, the S.S. Doryu Maru, had appearently been lost sometime around 3 days ago, their last coordinates 250km due west of Honolulu. The last radio reports from the ships before they were lost seemed to have been written by a third-rate counter-terroism novelwriter; as they went repeatedly:

"Mayday....mayday....we are under attack. We have been torpedoed! We are sinking. Request support!!!."

Then they stopped. Now, the owners of the ships, the powerful Zhang-Sakura Consortium, were demanding action. Mai sighed, and looked at the papers some more.

Those crewmen and passengers that had managed to escape (only 230 out of 500 survived, along with only 630 Xenizen passengers out of a total of 1,500 Xenizen and IDF passengers) had testifed in an interrogation session that they had been torpedoed-corroborating the story in the radio reports.

She then remembered that the Wishikites had declared a policy of piracy, to be targeted against all...

She smiled then, and remarked "Time to go to work." She called the presidents office and said: "Mr. President, are you-"

The President responded "Yes. I am. That's a brazen act of war if I've ever seen one. Now, let's mobilize the subs, and fight back."

Admiral Nomura said "Amen to that. Let's kick these mofos in the balls. I think that the Sasebo Naval Base's 10 Seawolves and the 25 LA Class Subs there can be mobilized."

President Gordon Lew then went: "That's nice, but I want revenge. Get every f**king naval base in Japan, China, and Hawaii to deploy their subs and ASW units NOW!!!"

Nomura sighed again. "I'll see what I can do. The Sendai Naval base has 6 Seawolves available, but we'll have to see.."

In the meanwhile, President Lew rushed off to his office to write a press release. He thought, continuing the cliched energies in the room: "If they want a war-they've got one."

OOC: How's that?

OOC: You might want to give Isselmere a chance to RP a rescue boat if he/she wants it. Also, I was planning on killing all of the survivors, but that isn't absolutely necessary.

The four Hamilton class cutters were in tight formation around the freighter. Their charge was many times their size, they looked like terriers nipping at a bull.
Far beneath them, 6 Conqueror class submarines spread out ahead and to either side of the slow transport.

"Sir, we've picked up a distress call." The young ensign reported to Captain McDougall, "It sounds like a Xenizen passenger liner was attacked in international waters about fifty miles west of here. That's very close to where the Glennis Twain was last reported. According to the Mayday, they were torpedoed."

Captain McDougall nodded grimly, "This does not bode well for our mission. We are obligated to answer that call for help, but to do so will obviously bring the Glennis Marie into harms way." He shook his head, "There's nothing else we can do though, those civilian passengers are already freezing in the water, we have to help them."

Turning to the radio operator he gave him orders to pass to the rest of the tiny flotilla. "Have all ships come to action stations and set a course for that ship in distress, prepare for rescue operations and to take on survivors. Also launch our helicopter and have the other cutters launch theirs too. I want two of them to give us a warning in case of an enemy submarine and I want the other two to head for the survivors." He paused for a second, "send a message back to Fleet Command, let them know what's going on."

MCDougall sat back and watched as the ships came about and headed into what was surely a dangerous situation. He would give anything at that moment to have some of the bigger fleet elements at his back, if for nothing else than to have better sensors than he had, but the bigger guns would help too. He grinned, "At least if we die, we'll know we died doing the right thing."

OOC: You might want to give Isselmere a chance to RP a rescue boat if he/she wants it. Also, I was planning on killing all of the survivors, but that isn't absolutely necessary.

[OOC: Unfortunately I'm a bit out of the local area (my nation's North Atlantic), and can only e-mail at work, which has been picking up, but I'll certainly see if I can get over there soon (no superships, I promise!).]

OOC: This sounds like fun. I would enjoy doing an RP involving a P3X1299 flagged "freighter" (actually, a Q-ship). :p

OOC:
perhaps tiem for the CNS. Ilovecraftcheese to ride the waves again

i'll volunteer a coupel of ships in the indian oceon, i woudl say the atlantic but that would make thigns far far too easy for me...

OOC: Aye, point. I'm a Pacific nation, so Indian Ocean's fairly within reach of my forces...ah well, we'll ignore that.

IC: Plying the waters of the warm Indian Ocean, the merchantman Black Star, a VLCC of 292,000 tonnes and carrier of more than 200 million gallons of crude oil, slowls cruised at twelve knots to her destination in Sudan, her navigation radars sweeping the ether.

OOC: BTW, 40 knots is probably too high a speed but the rest of it looks fine. I say 40kt is too high because it'd need an immensely powerful set of reactors - and because no battleship of mine can do more than 36, heh.

/ooc I agree with DontPissUsOff, P3X1299... 40kts seems extremely fast for a freighter, even a Q-ship one. Most standard warships are in the low 30's and only hyrdofoils and very fast small craft can hit the mid 40's

/ooc *edit* My nation is also located in the Pacific, so distance is not a problem.

OOC: Unfortunately I'm a bit out of the local area (my nation's North Atlantic), and can only e-mail at work, which has been picking up, but I'll certainly see if I can get over there soon (no superships, I promise!).]

/ooc drat, I was hoping to rely on the presence of two nation's ships at the rescue site to help my little group to survive, lol

/ic Launching rescue boats to assist the helicopters, the cutters moved in to help save the cold survivors. The Glennis Marie remained close and their submarine escort surrounded them in a picket line.

/ooc drat, I was hoping to rely on the presence of two nation's ships at the rescue site to help my little group to survive, lol

[OOC: I'll say I have one of my escort groups (same as in the RSIN package *wink*) in the area on ASW training then, and have picked-up on the mayday and am coming to assist... We should be able to fling a little back before we either have to leave or get sunk (depending on what Wishik throws at us). I can't promise speedy replies, though... This will also make it more difficult to send my big ships in the area for a short while. I'll try to post the full fleet numbers (just one fleet, nothing larger than a Bastion-class (with standard rather than ETC guns, for ca. 50 km. range [correct me if I'm wrong, please]) later tonight]

Official Communiqué from the 24th Escort Group in the Indian Ocean
The HINMS Barnsley received word of an attack on civilian shipping and is moving to investigate with its escort group. More news as it comes available...

HINMS Barnsley, Walmsley-class CVS
"Ranudon vessel, this is HINMS Barnsley, coming to assist, over," Commander Zhang called over the radio. "Still no word, sir," she relayed to Commodore Greeley, the escort group commander. He grumbled a short string of oaths before turning to his flight group leader.

"Commander Doyle," Greeley calmly ordered, "keep at least five helos aloft, two Harriers on CAP, and two on stand-by. Get in touch with the escorts and tell them to maximise their ASW and anti-air coverage as well. I want nothing getting through."

Doyle nodded and got to work...

HINMS Barnsley, Walmsley-class CVS
"Ranudon vessel, this is HINMS Barnsley, coming to assist, over,"
/ooc Actually the stricken vessel is from Upper Xen (Xenizen?) my own small group of ships that are escorting a cargo vessel are moving in to assist them. I was just hoping for your bigger guns to be there. *wink* All I have on site are some cutters and a sub squadron, nothing compared to the Wishik forces roaming around. Glad you decided to RP along.

/ooc Actually the stricken vessel is from Upper Xen (Xenizen?) my own small group of ships that are escorting a cargo vessel are moving in to assist them. I was just hoping for your bigger guns to be there. *wink* All I have on site are some cutters and a sub squadron, nothing compared to the Wishik forces roaming around. Glad you decided to RP along.

[OOC: Ranudon: Sorry, meant to indicate I was intending to assist your rescue efforts rather than the rescue itself. I'll be clearer next time. :) ]

[OOC: Wishik: I'll pretend as if I don't have drones beyond general fire-direction types for the purposes of RP to keep things simple.]

"Ranudon vessel, Barnsley. Please state position of attack. We will arrive ASAP. Am contacting Fleet for further orders. Keep wary."

Two Harrier II+ sat at the ready position at the end of the flight deck bristling with air-to-air weaponry while another two loaded with ASMs stood ready to replace them. The Merlins dropped sonobuoy curtains before the group and scanned the horizon for sub periscopes, ships, and aircraft with their search radars. Even the Space Defence Force was trying to wrangle a few recce satellites over the area to assist in finding the attacker [I'm assuming it would take a lot of time to do this and make it work, and couldn't offer 100% coverage over the area even when it is implemented.]

/ooc hmm, Wishik didn't give us an exact area that this is occurring in other than mentioning the Indian Ocean. Upper Xen on the other hand mentioned their ship being attack 250km west of Honolulu. Does anyone mind if we compromise and say there was a zero or so to make that 2500+ km and place the action in between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. How about the Tasman Sea, 160E by 40S. That's southeast of Australia, near New Zealand.

/ic "Sir, we are picking up a transmission from the HINMS Barnsley, a captain Zhang. He's stating his intention to come and assist with the rescue effort and requests information."

Captain McDougall grinned, "Things are looking up, we can definately use some help here. Send our location and also tell them that we have not yet determined the cause of the attack, nor the identity of the attacker. All we have been able to determine so far was that it appears to have been a set of torpedos that sunk the Doryu Maru. Relay this as well, HINMS vessels, your assistance is greatly appreciated."

/ooc I agree with DontPissUsOff, P3X1299... 40kts seems extremely fast for a freighter, even a Q-ship one. Most standard warships are in the low 30's and only hyrdofoils and very fast small craft can hit the mid 40's

Well, during WWII, some of the later U.S. Destroyers could get up to 38 knots. ;)

Anyway, I fixed it now. :) I'm curious how it looks.

Well, during WWII, some of the later U.S. Destroyers could get up to 38 knots.

Anyway, I fixed it now. I'm curious how it looks.
/ooc Those numbers look much better, at least to me. Standard cargo vessels can run anywhere from 12-25kts or so and military grade ships are often in the 24-30+ kts range, depending on the size and load.

Situation room, Presidential Palace, Jerusalem, IDF

"Good morning," began a red eyed and tired President Kenny Williams. "Most of you are aware that hundreds of IDF citizens have been killed by a sinking cruise liner. Mossad Chief Avi ben Jacob will be giving the briefing on the latest info."

"Thank you Mr. President," began the head of Mossad. "We have come across startling news lately. It appears that this was an act of piracy by a foreign power. Many of you are aware that the nation of Wiskit threatened piracy on the open seas and then threatened us. It appears that they have struck. Radio messages from the sinking ship have confirmed that she was attacked. That is all I have to say for now."

"Thank you Avi," said Williams. He knew what was to be said. The others in the room hadn't and had eyes wide in shock with the news. "Now we need to figure out how to stop this. Any ideas Admira?"

Admiral Joseph Jacobson was communicating via video link. He was back on his command ship, the giant Guillen class Dreadnought ISS OZZIE GUILLEN. He was currently on maneuvers with the Southern fleet in the Indian Ocean. "Well," he began. "The Southern fleet mainly operates in the Indian Ocean so any actions will be easy logistically. I can have ships out of our base in Kerguellen along with our fleet in Eliat. They are ready and can act. I'll move some ships from the Med into the Red Sea to help with security on the canal."

"Good Admiral," began Defense Secretary Jerry Angelo. "Now we just want a Naval force, no invasion forces Admiral."

"I understand Sir," said Jacobson.

"You are clear to act as you wish Admiral," said Williams. "If you see a Wiskit ship, fire on it as it is likely a pirate ship. Do not fire on neutrals, is that clear?"

"Yes sir," said Jacobson. "Now if you excuse me I'll be on my way."

The meeting ended with the briefing going onto routine national security matters like terrorism and of course a report on world military excercises.

Indian Ocean

The 3rd Destroyer squadron was already 2,000 miles from Wiskit. Captain Flemming was on the bridge of his Ticonderoga class cruiser. He was leading the squadron of his Tico, 2 Burkes, a Perry, and a logistical ship. He couldn't be happier with his position in the Navy. He had received word earlier in the week that in the next few months the Knesset would authorize his promotion to Rear-Admiral.

Flemming now had orders to take his group within 1,400 miles of Wiskit shores to monitor the situation and make sure IDF ships and other merchantman were safe. He felt naked here without aircover, but that was days away. He would be on his own until then. He had a chill down his spine as he visualized the destruction of his ships. He had had that dream the night before. He kept his thoughts secret not letting his crews know his true feelings. He had to be and would be brave to lead them.

ISS OZZIE GUILLEN
Admiral Jacobson had finally finished his deployment orders for the Indian Sea, a good number of ships would be send.

He would send the bulk of the Southern fleet. (They won't arrive at once as some of these ships need a week to get ready for sea before they can leave.)

TOTAL SHIPS
2 Tribe CVN
4 Yorktown CVN
2 Nimitz CVN
5 Charles de Gaulle CVN
1 Guillen BDN
5 Netanyahu BDNL
7 Arizona BBN
3 Iowa II BBN
14 Kirov CGN
24 Ticonderoga CG
19 Farragat DDG
31 Arleigh Burke DDG
14 Ilan Ramon DDG
47 Chicago FFG
12 Perry FFG
51 supply ships
11 Halibut SSN-841 class
17 Galaxy SSN-762 class
31 Seawolf SSN-21 class
18 Los Angeles SSN-688(i) class
12 Canopus class sub tenders (known jokingly as Cano-O'-Piss in the the IDF sub force)

OOC: these ships will remain 2,000 miles off your coast in most cases. I'm not planning an invasion and these ships aren't ones that carry marines or troops outside of a shipboard guard force. If you want you can sink the 3rd destroyer squadron that is already there.

The U.S.S. has removed civilian merchant traffic from this area, unwilling to put Shalrirorchian merchantmen in the middle of a fight. Particularly if the IDF is going to be involved. ;)

OOC: Here's the battleship the Iowa'll be up against, by the way; this particular vessel will be called Slava. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=345086)

/ooc hmm, Wishik didn't give us an exact area that this is occurring in other than mentioning the Indian Ocean. Upper Xen on the other hand mentioned their ship being attack 250km west of Honolulu. Does anyone mind if we compromise and say there was a zero or so to make that 2500+ km and place the action in between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. How about the Tasman Sea, 160E by 40S. That's southeast of Australia, near New Zealand.


OOC: Fine by me.....

IC: Captain Shirow was frantically working the emergency radio. "Damn You! Work! Some of us want to live...."

One of the seamen, a Xonxt Gl'uansh, went "Easy there, Captain. No need to scream at the radio. At least a good portion of the people here are okay...for now."

Captain Shirow went, angrily: "Easy for you to say. We've only a month's survival rations, water and food! We've got babies and nursing mothers, plus small children in this motley bunch! And, we have foreign nationals! You know all those IDF tourists!? What about them!? That's why I'm sceaming at this radio! The company is going to kill me. Damn Whiskites. No respect for life."

With another hard crank, the radio whizzed to life. A slight sputtering and static whirring was heard, as the shortwave reciever began to pick up signals.

Then, Captain Shirow began an emergency broadcast on all channels:
"Mayday...Mayday. This is Captain Shirow Tomoyasu of the SS Doryu Maru. Have been sunk by a submarine of unknown origin, possibly Wishikite. Believe the enemy may still be nearby. Have foreign nationals, women and children. Requesting immediate assistance. Repeat, requesting immediate assistance."

He hung up the reciever. He was bouyed slightly by the spike in radio traffic, most of which seemed to come from other nations' ships. Would they would provide rescue?

He sat and waited for a response.

"SS Doryu Maru, HINMS Barnsley. Am coming to assist. Can you give time of attack [that is, how long ago was the attack made against you], over," Cdr Zhang radioed from the anti-submarine carrier's group command centre. "We will be arriving shortly, please hold on."

"Doryu Maru, this is the RRN vessel Pride Falls, we are approaching your location. Captain Tomoyasu, could you please try and give us an estimate of how many survivors there are and whether or not whoever attacked you is still around?" Captain McDougall waited for a response while his officers and men prepared to launch small boats once they got close enough.

Commodore Vasily Vezhnekov hated this post. His Destroyer group had been assigned to protect Hogsweatian interests in trading and the like in the southern hemisphere - constant patrols kept him away from his beloved family. Just as he thought this was the most boring place in the whole entire earth, there was a crackle on the radio.

"Mayday...Mayday. This is Captain Shirow Tomoyasu of the SS Doryu Maru. Have been sunk by a submarine of unknown origin, possibly Wishikite. Believe the enemy may still be nearby. Have foreign nationals, women and children. Requesting immediate assistance. Repeat, requesting immediate assistance.

Vezhnekov went into action.
"Ensign, patch me through to Captain Tomoyasu"
"Copy Commodore"
++Captain Shirow Tomoyasu, we have received your Mayday signal and are moving to assist. Current location: Kuala Lumpur. Over.++

Destroyer Group Southern
3x Type 32 Destroyer
1x Swiftsure Class Submarine
1x Type 44 Frigate
1x Sandown Class Mine Clearer

OOC- What Earth are we using? Are we inventing our own for this piracy RP?

"This is Doryu Maru," Captain Shirow said. "Submarine that torpedoed us still in area. Has made threatening manuevers on surface. At last count, we've 265 IDF survivors and 400 Xenizen civlian and 250 Xenizen crew survivors. This out of total of 1,500 passengers. Was attacked about 0145 Zulu time, on October the 25th. Over."

OOC: Couldn't get an exact time stamp, so I used the GMT time of when Wishik's attack post was made, and used the "two days ago" ref on my initial post.

Okay, a little time mix up....but let's say i had hyper engines =p

++Doryu Maru, we are approaching your area. What is status of enemy craft?++

Captain Shirow peered at the submarine again and said: "The submarine seems to be holding its position. I think they might be calling for help, or something-I can't tell. You better double-time it-I don't like the looks of this. "

++Copy that++

The swiftsure submarine accellerated to full speeds, doing a circle of the Doryu Mayu. On board, Captain Melesovskayov ordered crews to load torpedo bays. The main destroyer fleet also accelerated, primed depth charges, and circled the Doryu Mayu.

PNV Ukalatask, the Sandown Class MineClearing Cruiser let its lifeboats down to pick up survivors from the Doryu Mayu, as did the other destroyers.

Captain Shirow responded, as he stepped aboard the PNV Ukalatask : "Thanks. I owe you a lot." He then turned to aid with the recovery of the lifeboats.

"No problem. Anything to help out a fellow sailor. You mind if we bring you boys back to Kuala Lumpur? I'm sure our embassy there will sort out plane tickets for everyone here."

"This is Doryu Maru," Captain Shirow said. "Submarine that torpedoed us still in area. Has made threatening manuevers on surface. At last count, we've 265 IDF survivors and 400 Xenizen civlian and 250 Xenizen crew survivors. This out of total of 1,500 passengers. Was attacked about 0145 Zulu time, on October the 25th. Over."

OOC: Couldn't get an exact time stamp, so I used the GMT time of when Wishik's attack post was made, and used the "two days ago" ref on my initial post.

[OOC: I'm really seeming to mix people up here -- I ought to have written "say a half-hour to a few hours ago..."--I'll just keep quiet and go away now...]

"Sure. That's not a problem," said Captain Shirow. "I think everybody here would appreciate that."

OOC:In the meantime....

Back in Xonxtopolis, President Gordon Lew called a press conference.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of Upper Xen, it is my sad duty to in form you that at 1:41 am Greenwich Mean Time, 9:41 am Xenizen Standard Time, that a cruise liner, the SS Doryu Maru, was attacked by forces, possibly of the nation of Wishik. This will be construed as an act of war, and a particularly violent and brazen one at that.

The nation of Wishik has acted beyond all acceptable bounds of international conduct. Its declaration of piracy represents a threat to the freedom of the seas, as all nations should have the right to ply seagoing trade without fear of being torpedoed or be able to send passenger ships to other nations without fear of violence done to them. And now that this barbaric and uncivilized policy has affected one of our ships, we have only this to say: The buck stops here. If you're going to sink one of our ships, be prepared to pay the price."

Effective immediately, a state of war now exists between our two nations, and a policy of unrestricted submarine and naval warfare shall be conducted on Wishikite naval vessels in retaliation for this crime. May God have mercy on Wishik-We Won't."

"Any Questions?"

A news reporter said: 'Kelly Takeda, Asahi Shimbun. What is the status on the Doryu Maru?"

President Lew responded: "At this moment, the nation of Hogsweat has graciously volunteered to aid in the rescue of the surviving passengers. We are very grateful for this, and this will not be forgotten in the future."

"Another Question?"

Admiral Nelson McCloud, the man in charge of all the naval forces of P3X1299 raged at the map on which the tokens representing the ships of P3X1299’s navy were arrayed. Early in his stint as the commanding officer of the navy, he had found that he preferred the archaic type of map to the newer electronic versions that performed the same function. He was mad because he had nothing in place down there and radio intercepts seemed to indicate some type of major confrontation brewing in that area. The much-filtered information that he had received seemed to indicate something involving an accident between a submarine and some type of passenger liner. The admiral knew that he should have pressed Samantha Russell, the director of P3X1299’s Directorate of Foreign Intelligence for further information, but he hadn’t.

McCloud studied the area near the Tasman Sea. He didn’t immediately notice any military ships within several hours of the area that Russell had guessed the signals had come from, other than it was somewhere within the Tasman Sea.

The only military asset that he had in that area was a Q-ship, a converted tramp freighter, designed to lure in pirates and sink them. He didn’t even need to consult CEO-Premier Carter for this one. Carter had given standing orders that ships at all times, had to do all within their power to aid foreign vessels in times of distress. Dispatching that Q-ship was within his power so…

**Somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean**

Aboard the converted freighter, Old 97, Captain Harry Blake paced the roomy bridge of the ship under his command restlessly, as the ship slid through the swells of the ocean. The intelligence that he had been given to work with had been somewhat sketchy at best. Apparently, some type of collision had occurred between a submarine and some type of civilian vessel.

He ordered his ship to the maximum recommended cruising speed of 22 knots. If he pushed his ship, he might be able to make it to where intelligence had guessed the extremely garbled radio transmission had originated from within about 36 hours. Hopefully, he would be able to find some survivors.

Captain McDougall looked through his binoculars at the Hogsweatian vessels that swept in, picked up the survivors and disappeared as suddenly as they arrived.
"Well, that's taken care of then. General order to all ships, 'Stand down from rescue posts, resume original heading and return to standard formation."

OOC: Man, go away for a day and the thread doubles in size... Alright, since evidently a few NS days have passed since the sub attacked, just go with what's in my post...

The Virginia class attack sub that had destroyed the cruise liner was watching the Hogsweat ships on its sonar closely. The sub had retreated some and then gone completely silent and still. Following typical procedure, the sub's weapons officers had firing solutions for all of the rescue vessels as well as a few small fishing ships to the south. The Wishikian sub had sent a short transmission about a day ago calling for backup and it should have been arriving at any moment. While they waited, all of the torpedo tubes were loaded and flooded, prepared to fire at a moment's notice.

Five minutes later a series of dots appeared on the FF (Friendly Forces) monitor in the CIC, indicating the stealthy approach of four additional attack subs and a rather large surface group further behind them. Orders were burst-transmitted to the new subs and they fanned out in separate directions, preparing firing solutions while they went at less than 5 knots. All of the subs had their towed-array sonars deployed and so quite a bit of noise was picked up, but computers filtered much of it out, leaving only the larger targets. The surface group had hoped to reach the wreckage site before rescue forces could get there so that they could capture the stranded passengers and impress them; unfortunately things had not worked out that well...at least not yet.

The five submarines arranged themselves in a semi-circle pattern around the rescue forces and each chose specific targets. While the surface group was still a ways off the order was given and the submarines opened fire. Each sub fired four torpedos at the rescue ships, resulting in a total of twenty zooming in towards the wreckage site. The submarines then dove and raced back towards the incoming surface ship for cover. The group was an augmented battle group full of ASW and AA ships as well as three Nimitz class aircraft carriers and two Charles De Gaulle pocket aircraft carriers. Once it got within striking distance they'd be able to hold their own against just about anything. Particularly since further reinforcements were scheduled to arrive within another day. Apparently this would be the location of the most fighting and so a few separate battle groups were being deployed to this particular sea.

OOC II: This isn't all that detailed, but there's a lot going on and so its kinda hard to keep up with. At this point I won't be attacking any more civilian craft unless they belong to one of the nations who I'm already scuffling with.

Captain Tsujimoto Kenji, captain of the UXS Gordon Freeman, frantically paced about the map on the bridge. He had recieved the order to leave Sasebo Naval Base and to locate the Doryu Maru. He was then to hunt down any submairnes nearby, and to quote the President's order: "Give them Hell....all nine levels, and one more."

Rhetoric aside, he was puzzled. He couldn't find them anywhere. Had he made a mistake? Was there something that high command had missed. The thought both made him laugh, and wince: A Seawolf class SSN, losing track of an enemy that was probably using inferior equipment. He steeled himself at the thought: "Relax...this is how it works. This is what the dogfaces call a 'meeting engagement.' You bump into each other, and fight."

Just then, a helmsman said: "Captain, I've got something on sonar. It's a submarine-possibly Virginia-class 250 km off the starboard bow."

"Holy crapola," Tsujimoto went. "Virginias? Hm....this is gonna be a toughie. We've got the UXS Sekigahara, Meiji, Xonxt the Great, Tenn Fog'helq, and the General Chaing. We also have the ASW copters based off the frigate Barnabas Calhoun, and the Carrier Saigo Takamori. Meanwhile, they've probably got surface support, and the Gordon Freeman Group is an hour away. They're not stupid."

The helmsman then screamed: "Captain! We're picking up torpedo hits on the rescue ships-"

Tsujimoto then said: "I've heard enough. Call the Gordon Freeman Battle Group. Tell them the rescue ships have been attacked."

He turned to the communications unit on the bridge, picked it up, and said: "This is your Captain speaking. Report to Battle Stations! This is the real thing!"

The crewmen aboard the sub rushed to their stations. Tsujimoto then said: "I'm not gonna say anything fancy, so let's get to work. Helmsman, turn to starboard, and proceed at two-thirds speed. Its time for some of the old ultraviolence."

Black Star, too far off to assist in the search-and-resuce effort, maintained her course, increasing speed to 15 knots and reporting the happenings to any ships in the range of her powerful radios.

One such ship was the Slava, a Soyuz-class battleship. Slava was the sixth of her class of ships, and was due in for refit; she had been heading homewards for this to take place, having been relieved as flasgship of the Sudan Squadron by her sist, the Krasnoyarsk, four days earlier.


On the bridge of the Slava

The Chief W/O listened as the morse code message repeated itself a third time, He had already memorised it and written it down on the sheet of paper beside his left hand. He placed it in the box marked "Deliver to Captain" and relayed the message on with the battleship's own radio sets, simultaneously transmitting the report to the Admiralty in Krasniy Novgorod via secure satellite transmitter.

++This is a message to all ships operating within Anti-Piracy orders near my location. We have rescued personell on board and need assistance. Reconnaissance aircraft spot additional pirates in area. Repeat, need assistance now. I'm not sure if my force can hold its own against these vessels. We are on a direct course to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Assistance is grateful. Over.++

"Ensign, keep us on a straight course."
"copy that Commodore"
"Comrade, arm all anti-shipping weapons A through Z"
"Aye aye Comrade Commodore!"
"Comrade, get me a line to the other escorts"
There was a crackle and some voices came through.
"All ships, arm anti-submarine weapons and anti-shipping weapons. We MAY be in for a fight. Sucwe, accelerate to full speed and set a course for Kuala Lumpur. Go, and may god be with you"
The Sucwe, a Sandown Class Mine Clearer had most of the civilians on board. It sped off at full speed towards Kuala Lumpur.
Vasily prayed that someone had heard his message.

Bump for people

OOC: Could it be any better for the people on that liner? An all expenses 2 week vacation in Kuala Lumpur? AND a flight home?

sorta OOC: Does anyone mind if I start engaging in piracy here?

++This is a message to all ships operating within Anti-Piracy orders near my location. We have rescued personell on board and need assistance. Reconnaissance aircraft spot additional pirates in area. Repeat, need assistance now. I'm not sure if my force can hold its own against these vessels. We are on a direct course to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Assistance is grateful. Over.++

"Ensign, keep us on a straight course."
"copy that Commodore"
"Comrade, arm all anti-shipping weapons A through Z"
"Aye aye Comrade Commodore!"
"Comrade, get me a line to the other escorts"
There was a crackle and some voices came through.
"All ships, arm anti-submarine weapons and anti-shipping weapons. We MAY be in for a fight. Sucwe, accelerate to full speed and set a course for Kuala Lumpur. Go, and may god be with you"
The Sucwe, a Sandown Class Mine Clearer had most of the civilians on board. It sped off at full speed towards Kuala Lumpur.
Vasily prayed that someone had heard his message.


The UXS Gordon Freeman's commander, Captain Tsujimoto, responded:

"This is the Gordon Freeman. We have brought some friends-several Seawolf-class subs ready to protect the Sucwe. We will protect you. Over."