NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC:

I will TG Hamptonshire right after I finish this post...


Threads which build up to this:

General Macabee Mobilization (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=367307&highlight=Macabees)

Macabee Mobilization in Italy (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=373916&highlight=Macabees)

OOC: Links to my tech; if you plan on being part of this I would check up on this; this is all part of my W@W NS game..so don't mind the "Spanish" in their..that's just the nation I play in W@W. A lot of tech isn't posted - I lost most of it and I have to rewrite it.

Macabee Ground Technology (http://s6.invisionfree.com/theworldatwar/index.php?showtopic=357)

Macabee Aerial Technology (http://s6.invisionfree.com/theworldatwar/index.php?showtopic=356)

Macabee Naval Technology (http://s6.invisionfree.com/theworldatwar/index.php?showtopic=355)

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Although full preperations in Italy, specifically the new underground bunker airfields being completed, were nowhere near their finishing stages it was generally agreed that the ripe time to invade Spain was now. For weeks, and months, upon months, the Macabee Empire had built up its military for this strike. It had been all Macabee emperor's dream to own Spain, the birthplace of the first of the emperors. Each man knew Spain like the back of his hand; that's how close the Macabee Empire was morally to Spain. Now, with the small peninsula defaced, occupied by three hostile camps, eighteen thousand Hamptonshire troops in the northeast, and a similar number of RWC men in Portugal, and the same amount of NWO men elsewhere, it proved an ample target for Macabee imperial lust. With the RWC supporting the Macabees in this war, even adding their own support into it if needed, and the Empire in the NWO alliance, it seemed that the only thing in the way of this dream was NATO; and after reassurances of some third parties that most large NATO nations would not enter the fray, just because of Macabee ties with the NWO, the Empire was even more persuaded to complete this divine task of taking the Iberian Peninsula for the Empire (yes, both Portugal and Spain). Already, RWC fleets, made up of two task forces which were conjured by SafeHaven2, as well as forces in Southern Italy had blocked the straits between the boot of Italy, and Tunisia, defending Macabee military assets from belligerents to the east. Proper action would have to be taken to make sure the Straits of Gibraltar were successfully bottled up, but this would be reserved for later.

The Parma air base had been completed quite successfully, with the aid of thousands upon thousands of foreign workers under pay by the Empire. The Macabees had spent billions and billions of sheckels to complete this massive deployment, and they would not merely waste it; it was time to use it to their advantage. A red alarm resounded off the concrete walls of the living quarters, now in use by Macabee bomber crews, bunk and bunk lining the grey walls which made up this dismal airbase. All men who had ears woke up at the sound of this shrieking system, and threw their covers off, jumping themselves awake. Only wearing their boxers they had about five minutes to suit up for flights. They had been well briefed on the eventuallity of this exercise, and they were warned that this was not just training - this was actual war. Of consequence, they were quite ready to complete their duties. A sweet French female voice, sweet talking over the intercom, directed the air base that morning, relieving certain stresses from the pilots before entering their first combat missions against NATO. The size of this war would depend on NATO's willingness to expand it. The Macabees had ample support from the RWC to also put more troops into the fray - however, if all went to plan this wouldn't be needed.

Ten by ten the large MMA-C1 Albatross Heavy Bombers taxied to their respected runways, which sloped upwards in a slight grade, leading to an already open steel gate which cast a glim light, as if from the gods. The red and orange tint of the morning sun provided no reassurances for the bomber crews. A tension of fear was most vividly in the air. Ten by ten the heavy bombers stumbled into the red skies of Northern Italy, and soon enough a whole batch of one hundred MMA-C1 bombers were in the air. Seperating Spain and Italy were some four hundred kilometers of Mediterranean Sea, meaning NATO forced were some five hundred to six hundred kilometers from the current position of the heavy bombers. Each bomber was loaded with thirty Legionatus II long distance cruise missiles - the Legionatus II was based off the Soviet Koala, except enhanced with certain features. The coordinates programmed into the Legionatus II came from joint RWC and NWO sattelites, as Macabee sattelites had not scoured the area just yet, although the first pass was expected to come within thirty minutes to analyze the damage done to Hamptonshire's men in North East Spain. The Legionatus IIs were enhanced with a short range LIDAR seeker, which worked within some one hundred meters to analyze distance (using normal LIDAR), and vectoring and velocity (using Doppler LIDAR)*. As all knew that AS-19 Koala, thus the Legionatus II, had a maximum range of some four thousand kilometers, and as a consequence, the Macabee bombers needn't move from their current positions to strike on Hamptonshire's troops in North East Spain. So, as quick as they hit the air they turned west, moving some two kilometers to straighten out their firing formation, and opened fire on Hamptonshire's occupational troops in North East Spain, sending a grand total of three thousand Legionatus IIs towards this most respected enemy (thirty per bomber, one hundred bombers = three thousand). Of major targetting efforts were Hamptonshire's, SAM positions, RADAR, and large ground bases/concentrations (I made myself not target missile silos since realistically I know not where they are, even with the help of sattelites - since you most likely have them covered). The reddish orange skies soon had the occasional streak of blue as all the missiles raged towards Hamptonshire's men in North Eastern Spain - they didn't use RADAR so there was little chance that they would target each other upon launch, instead guided by sattelite coordinates supplied by the RWC and NWO to Macabee military intelligence. The Legionatus II hit Mach 4.8, making sure that the turbines did not overheat by coating the turbines/engine with THYMONEL 8, a NiFe superalloy**.

After launch the bombers didn't stay and hover around. They rapidly turned around, turned on their afterburners for the short ride, circumnavigating the air fields to position themselves correctly, and soon enough, ten by ten, they would start landing (the reason I didn't just land them was just in case you had an idea on how to counter them...I don't feel like getting ignored here). In Northern Spain hell would soon break loose.

The task force sent to Italy (numbers are in the second thread I linked to) the task force began to assemble in the Ligurian Sea. The massive force kept an active ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) perimeter two hundred kilometers around the fleet, using their mighty destroyers, and small SONAR submergibles, as well as independent nuclear attack submarines (SSNs). One hundred kilometers in perimeter of the ASW, meaning three hundred kilometers in perimeter of the main section of the fleet, an active AWACs was kept, using some thirty MMD-D1 Gull Reconaissance Aircraft, and some two hundred MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft (which have the MRT-2 RADAR system on them, and are actively fed by the fleet's MRT-1 RADAR system, and MLT-1 LIDAR system, as well as the MRT-4 sea-skimming focusing RADAR system). The Macabees would make sure that any strikes against their fleet were successfully parried, with little or no loss of life - the Macabees were sure that their modern technology could cope with this boast; the Empire used some of the most advanced ordance known to man, except maybe New Empire.

The stage was set, it was war all over again...

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To: Huzen Hagen
From: Macabee Command Center - Italy MCCI

The time has come. Hit with the fervor you can muster! You provide the hammer, I provide the anvil.

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* LIDAR stands for light detection and ranging. Although not in use currently by the military, it has gone testing with NASA, and it's success confirmed. It fires multiple lasers in all directions to analyze range. Doppler LIDAR analyzes velocity. Finally, yes, even chemical composition can be detected using DIAL..however, I do not use DIAL on my warheads - I see no point in using it.

** THYMONEL 8 is a nickel based iron formula superalloy designed by the United States to protect engines against HEE (Hydrongen Embrittlement) and overheating..I use it in several pieces of my ordnance.


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OOC: Hamptonshire, this is not a universal strike agaisnt all your colonies in the world, in case you're worrying. This is just an attempt to gain Spain. Any actions on any other colonies of yours around the world may be related to this, as in nations might see you as weak, but they were not coordinated by myself.

All others: this RP is open, however, it could get messy if too many nations come in and start firing at each other.

I also want to say that all my technology is modern, not surpassing 2010 technology...some people have problems with it, because I use it to argue low casualties..however, those links I provide should fill you in on the technology I use.

OCC: Just to Clarify everything NWO is not Involved in this War, and will not Get Involved unless Requested for Aid, Thank you.

OCC: Just to Clarify everything NWO is not Involved in this War, and will not Get Involved unless Requested for Aid, Thank you.
OOC: ViZion must press this. This is a non-NWO war.

OOC: sorry for the crappy post, but I have to go to sleep soon and have a calculus test tomorrow.

IC: President Williams was furious upon learning this news. The Macabees had begun a war. Many of his ships and planes were tied up in HLF, but only 40,000 ground troops were there and they could quickly be pulled out and would be immediatly,

The order was given and the Ch-53 choppers came in to take all the IDF troops out of HLF for the time being. All ships and planes made a move for the Mediterrenean to await further orders.

OOC:

Alright, looks like I have some corrections for you:

1) Hamptonshire has only 2,500 troops in Spain. They are peacekeepers and are all from reserve units of the Royal Police.

2) As per the agreement that put them there, to attack Spain or Portugal would be to declare war on Hamptonshire, Chellis, and Dr_Twist.

3) Chellis holds Gibraltar and the land around it.

4) As per the agreement that put the Peacekeepers on the ground, there are no permanent military facilities in Spain/Portugal except for the military facilities of the Spanish and Portugese militaries.

5) You fight in Spain and Portugal, you're going to have to come up toe to toe with the locals. They've been trained and armed with the best the HDC has to offer. Tech that can keep pace with yours. They also have more then there fair share of nuclear devices.

6) You obviously haven't been keeping track with internal Hamptonian politics. The Nationalist Union isn't going to waste perfectly good Royal Army soldiers to fight a war against a RWC nation. Isn't even worth the Reserve Corps. Of course, the NU will use this as diplomatic ammo.

7) There are no RWC troops in Spain or Portugal.

So, if you want to get all the facts straight and repost you can do so or you can double check your information with me.

AIM: twoodrowwilson
MSN: aardman1@gmail.com

OOC:

1. According to Huzen Hagen he has an armored fist around Porto, Portugal.

2. Well then, my intelligence was off, it still doesn't stop the fact that I fired three thousand Legionatus II missiles into Spain. Do you want to respond to that, or do I just role play the Spanish locals which got pelted?

3. If you don't want to waste men fighting the RWC what do you want to do then? Leave Northern Spain, or fight?

4. Dr. Twist is an ally, and has authorized this war. Chellis told Dr. Twist he wasn't going to get involved.

5.

OOC:

1. According to Huzen Hagen he has an armored fist around Porto, Portugal.

2. Well then, my intelligence was off, it still doesn't stop the fact that I fired three thousand Legionatus II missiles into Spain. Do you want to respond to that, or do I just role play the Spanish locals which got pelted?

3. If you don't want to waste men fighting the RWC what do you want to do then? Leave Northern Spain, or fight?

4. Dr. Twist is an ally, and has authorized this war. Chellis told Dr. Twist he wasn't going to get involved.

5.

OCC: Yes there is a Chellis Controlled Part of Spain that is Technically Chellis Lands that you Must Stay Clear of.

OOC:

Well, Chellis owns the Gibraltar, so I'll stay clear of that.

OOC: :sigh:

I really wish we in NATO could just have some peace. Plan on having this squashed quickly not only by myself, but by some very large and pissed off friends of mine who wouldn't mind doing me a favor.

Attacks on NATO on a weekly basis is going to stop, some of us have better things to do than constantly be at war.

OOC: :sigh:

I really wish we in NATO could just have some peace. Plan on having this squashed quickly not only by myself, but by some very large and pissed off friends of mine who wouldn't mind doing me a favor.

Attacks on NATO on a weekly basis is going to stop, some of us have better things to do than constantly be at war.

OOC: Actually, according to Hamptonshire the only thing there are 2,500 of his peacekeepers sprawled around the country, and that all my missiles hit were some Spaniards... thus, meaning, this technically wasn't an attack on NATO, and I made no official decleration of war against NATO... so, I see no point for NATO to be pissed.

OOC: Actually, according to Hamptonshire the only thing there are 2,500 of his peacekeepers sprawled around the country, and that all my missiles hit were some Spaniards... thus, meaning, this technically wasn't an attack on NATO, and I made no official decleration of war against NATO... so, I see no point for NATO to be pissed.


OOC: Then.....kindly remove 'ATTN: NATO' from your thread title.

OOC: Actually, according to Hamptonshire the only thing there are 2,500 of his peacekeepers sprawled around the country, and that all my missiles hit were some Spaniards... thus, meaning, this technically wasn't an attack on NATO, and I made no official decleration of war against NATO... so, I see no point for NATO to be pissed.

An attack on Spain is a declaration of war aganist Hamptonshire, a Declaration of War against Hamptonshire is a Declaration of War against all NATO members.

OOC: Well, it would be an interest to NATO...and Hamptonshire; I guess you're correct...well, more fighting for me...I don't care.

OOC: Well lets get this party on a roll...Hamptonshire, are you going to role play the Spaniards? I don't want this to wait for three days before I get a response, giving ample time for all of NATO to jam into Spain, when realistically I should have the time to lunge into Spain and after a brief campaign capture Madrid, and then go on to Lisbon..even though I would feel insurgencies to the rear and such.

OOC: Well lets get this party on a roll...Hamptonshire, are you going to role play the Spaniards? I don't want this to wait for three days before I get a response, giving ample time for all of NATO to jam into Spain, when realistically I should have the time to lunge into Spain and after a brief campaign capture Madrid, and then go on to Lisbon..even though I would feel insurgencies to the rear and such.

OOC: That statement alone is laughable. First look at a map of Spain, then read about Spanish history...*points at Macabees* he thinks he can invade Spain quickly...how cute

In response to the attack upon our NATO ally, the Armed Forces of Sigma Octavus are deploying the 1st Assault to Hamptonshire controlled areas in the area under siege.

The 1st Assault had been mobilized a while ago in case something happened in Europe that needed fast response. The force is based out of Scotland airbases.

The planes that were allocated to them were quickly loaded up and the each taxied off, headed in the direction of Spain.

Sigma Octavus 1st Assault:

11,000 SOMI (Sigma Octavus Mobile Infantry *the regulars*)
3,000 SOHAI (Sigma Octavus Heavy Assault Infantry *the big guns*)
3,000 SOET (Special Operations and Exterminations Team *silent death*)

65 SOBT-1A "Immortal" Heavy Battle Tank
140 SOMBT-2C "Sidewinder" Main Battle Tank
34 SOLRA-3A "Trebuchet" Long Range Self Propelled Artillery
200 Assorted Anti-Air and support vehicles

More forces are being prepared should they be needed.

(Sorry about post condition. Tired.)

OOC: *reads official program, then sits back to watch M get squashed*

OOC:

Which Earth is this?

<Official Royal Statement>
Re: Macabees Conflict

Should any nation attack the Macabees homeland, then McLeodian forces will be deployed to said homeland under the defence clause of the NWO agreement. Any forces deployed will act purely defensively to protect our ally, not assist them in their campaign.


OOC: In other words, I'll help if you attack him, but I'm not aiding in his invasion. Yet.

OOC: Yep, knew it would become a dogpile.

As a member of NATO, and as I'm sick of these constant invasions of Spain, I'm moving four Rapid Reaction Fleets and a Littoral Defence Fleet into the area. Furthermore, as I'm quite local (North Atlantic), it shouldn't take me too long to get to Spain at full speed (20-28 kts taking into account the amphibious and logistics elements). Also, the satellites are watching and long range missiles are targetting...

Numbers to be posted soon.

OOC: Yep, knew it would become a dogpile.

OCC: Of course it will become a dogpile u will see more and more and more Nations Mobilize if this keeps going because the Scale we are looking at here is going to me MASSIVE!

Tag, expect support military support from me soon M, although not in spain. :)

NWO/NATO Peace Proposal- Spain and Portugal (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=374481)

tag...two pages but only 1 IC post, come on guys.

OOC: I count four.

OOC: Well, I am a Spaniard - I know Spanish history very well, and after so many wars in Spain I can expect that the local population is sick and tired of fighting. And had you read my OOC post more carefully I stated that the advance to Madrid would be quick and easy... the occupation would be a bit more difficult...

IC post coming soon.

In response to the attack upon our NATO ally, the Armed Forces of Sigma Octavus are deploying the 1st Assault to Hamptonshire controlled areas in the area under siege.

The 1st Assault had been mobilized a while ago in case something happened in Europe that needed fast response. The force is based out of Scotland airbases.

The planes that were allocated to them were quickly loaded up and the each taxied off, headed in the direction of Spain.

Sigma Octavus 1st Assault:

11,000 SOMI (Sigma Octavus Mobile Infantry *the regulars*)
3,000 SOHAI (Sigma Octavus Heavy Assault Infantry *the big guns*)
3,000 SOET (Special Operations and Exterminations Team *silent death*)

65 SOBT-1A "Immortal" Heavy Battle Tank
140 SOMBT-2C "Sidewinder" Main Battle Tank
34 SOLRA-3A "Trebuchet" Long Range Self Propelled Artillery
200 Assorted Anti-Air and support vehicles

More forces are being prepared should they be needed.

(Sorry about post condition. Tired.)


OOC: From the look of the post you're airlifting these guys correct? And don't give me crap about air support, because you posted none.

IC:

As stated before, Macabee satellites were making regular passes over Spain, and that meant over the Bay of Biscay, and the general area of the old United Kingdom, as well as most of France,(I'm also fed by NWO sattelites and RWC sattelites) so Sigmus Octavius' airlift would be fair game to Macabee aircraft. However, by the time they were caught in the air they were well south of Scotland, and somewhere near the west of the English Channel; so anything scrambled by the Macabees to destroy this force had to come fast.

That screaming alarm which had woken up the Parma bomber airbase created the same air of urgency in the San Remo airbase, which housed both type of fighter aircraft, the MMA-A1 Kondor Low Altitude Fighters, and the MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft. Instead of five minutes to suit up, they had thirty seconds, and instead of a sweet French female voice, they were met by a stern Texan accented voice, pushing them to do their jobs faster. If they were to intercept these Sigmus Octavian aircraft, they had to be fast. The outer steel gates to the underground bunker airfield were opening as quicly as possible and pilots were jumping into their navigator seats and pilot seats, and as soon as they were in they rapidly ignited the engines and waited for the tower to give them a green light to take off. All in all some two hundred MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft would be used for this air raid on the incoming troops. It was time to wipe the grin of NATOs faces and show them that this was no idiot commanding the Macabee war effort.

The Hawks had a rounder frame, it looked as if it had come out of a sci-fi movie, allowing it to reach greater velocities, because air friction would even out along the frame. Each Hawk was armed with twenty MTAAM-2 Predator Air to Air missiles and they were soon to show their power. Raging across the Mediterranean skies at Mach 3.1, the frame of the aircraft barely being able to handle such an intense speed, they were briefed through radio chatter about the mission, and they were told the positions of the incoming transports. It was soon to turn into a very high tech turkey shoot. Sigmus Octavius would have to be a little bit more careful next time. Flying over Barcelona they hit just a little under the maximum altitude of the Hawk, sixty seven thousand feet, and began to make their pass over Pamplona soon enough, then reaching Bilbao, and finally turning north into the Bay of Biscay where the Sigmus Octavius aircraft had made progress. From some one hundred and fifty kilometers distance the Hawks fired five hundred Predators at the Sigmus Octavius airfleet and then continued to close the distance, to shoot down any survivors.

The MTAAM-2 Predator was top of the line for the day. It used an active LIDAR seeker on the warhead, and its RADAR was based off the MRT-2 the Hawk employed, meaning that friendlies and enemies were filtered, disallowing the Predators to engange themselves, and making their trip much safer for the missiles. It had a THYMONEL 8 coating on the SCRAMjet engine, which gave it that immense range. THYOMONEL 8 was a Nickel based Iron Formula superalloy which, again, protected from Hydrogen Embrittlement (HEE) and over heating, giving the missile a longer life span with SCRAMjet. The only missile that outranged the Predator was the New Empire advanced long range missile; something that the Macabee had to get their hands on soon.

As a consequence Sigmus Octavian aircraft would soon feel the pain of Macabee technological power, and it would force them to rethink their strategy to get troops to Spain, as the Macabees knew that they had tight control of the airways, and they would soon have tight control of the water ways. This wouldn't be as easy as NATO thought it would.

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Out of Naples fifty Toledo class SSNs left the area, heading southwards at a rate of ten knots, at a depth of one thousand feet, sleek black figure ripping through the warm Mediterranean waters. Ten would place themselves on the Western Side of the Strait of Gibraltar, and the other forty would be on independent hunts on the western coast of Spain, knowing that NATO ships would soon infest these waters. The Macabees did not think they would allow NATO to have an easy ride to Spain, and the submarines would make sure of that. Once they got into the Atlantic the subs would split up, and begin their happy hunting.

OOC: Each sub is loaded with twenty-five MT-3s, six Principe IIIs, and four MAT-1s.


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[The Battle for Barcelona]
Out of several small ports in Northern Italy several transport ships began to head towards the sacred Spanish city of Barcelona. A total of sixty thousand infantry, two thousand Panzerkampfwaggen IX Sargon Ausf. B MBTs, five hundred Panzerwerfer MSLR systems, some five hundred mobile SAMs, one hundred mobile MetalStorms, and some two thousand 155mm guns would make their landing six kilometers south of Barcelona, where they would prepare for their blitz around Barcelona, and the final capture of the city, which they could use as a base of operations into the rest of Spain and Portugal. This large transport convoy was protected by an ASW perimeter of twenty Manstein class Destroyers, and an active AWACs of some fifty Hawks, based off a Model class Carier that stuck with the transport.

As I can see...you attacked Barcelona, which is not only a Jarridian Base, but is also Jarridian soil. Not good my friend, not good.

I will post something later on.

As I can see...you attacked Barcelona, which is not only a Jarridian Base, but is also Jarridian soil. Not good my friend, not good.

I will post something later on.

OOC: You specifically told me before you had no men in Spain just yet... consequently, I doubt Barcelona is a base for you.... not only that, but I haven't attacked Barcelona just yet...I'm preparing to land six kilometers south of Barcelona soon enough.

It was given to me as a gift from Matich. So...hah

It was given to me as a gift from Matich. So...hah

OOC: Well, then, I guess I'm going to have to wrestle Barcelona from you.

-tag-

I think I speak for NATO when I say:

LEAVE US ALONE! We want peace dammit.... you know what peace is right? It's this thing where there's no war and there's love and everyone takes care of each other! It's the greatest thing the world! You should try it sometime!

How? It's easy!

Put away your guns, go back to your borders, and leave us ALONE.

(Goes into insane laughter)

Got that outta my system. I'll join when it goes outta hand.

OOC: I'm not on a personal crusade against NATO.... I'm just on a personal crusade to have Spain (except the Gibraltar)..I can care less about Portugal..Jarridia can have that.

OOC: I'm not on a personal crusade against NATO.... I'm just on a personal crusade to have Spain (except the Gibraltar)..I can care less about Portugal..Jarridia can have that.

((OOC: Oh sorry... I'm a bit traumatized after the last incident. My last post'll be IC now >_> <_<))

OOC: I'm not on a personal crusade against NATO.... I'm just on a personal crusade to have Spain (except the Gibraltar)..I can care less about Portugal..Jarridia can have that.

OoC: Hell yeah, if we where on a personal crusade against NATO I could surely think up a bucketload of better targets.

*glares at TIOR*

"Nice country you got there...."

*glares at TIOR*

"Nice country you got there...."

*points to his uber Navy, Cane of Ignoring (TM), and his Rosktai Force*

"You too"

OOC: Why would you ignore him?

OOC: Why would you ignore him?

((OOC: I won't but do you know how hard it is to be hit on the head with the Cane?))

OOC: True enough... I have an anti-cane cane though.

*points to his uber Navy, Cane of Ignoring (TM), and his Rosktai Force*

"You too"

OoC: *point at own, rather larger navy, his BGM squad and the DSS division standing outside.*

You wana compare something else too? ;)

Secret IC:

The DRN high command has transferd the Quick Reaction Force to Spain at all possible haste and is relieving command to Macabee armed forces command. All units are painted in the universal colours and markings of the RWC and all men are wearing standard RWC uniforms. They would wait with landing the two mechanised divisions untill the Macabees high command had given clearance once they arrived.

OoC: Yaddie yaddie yadda, RWC QRF is en-route and is orderd around by The Macabees while I still RP them.

The Austian force newly arrived in the coloneys in Baliaris and on the it's terratroy base on Crete have gone to red alert, in preperation for any assult on there base. Also Austian naval units have be spotted of the coast of Sardinia.

OOC: From the look of the post you're airlifting these guys correct? And don't give me crap about air support, because you posted none.

IC:

As stated before, Macabee satellites were making regular passes over Spain, and that meant over the Bay of Biscay, and the general area of the old United Kingdom, as well as most of France,(I'm also fed by NWO sattelites and RWC sattelites) so Sigmus Octavius' airlift would be fair game to Macabee aircraft. However, by the time they were caught in the air they were well south of Scotland, and somewhere near the west of the English Channel; so anything scrambled by the Macabees to destroy this force had to come fast.

That screaming alarm which had woken up the Parma bomber airbase created the same air of urgency in the San Remo airbase, which housed both type of fighter aircraft, the MMA-A1 Kondor Low Altitude Fighters, and the MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft. Instead of five minutes to suit up, they had thirty seconds, and instead of a sweet French female voice, they were met by a stern Texan accented voice, pushing them to do their jobs faster. If they were to intercept these Sigmus Octavian aircraft, they had to be fast. The outer steel gates to the underground bunker airfield were opening as quicly as possible and pilots were jumping into their navigator seats and pilot seats, and as soon as they were in they rapidly ignited the engines and waited for the tower to give them a green light to take off. All in all some two hundred MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft would be used for this air raid on the incoming troops. It was time to wipe the grin of NATOs faces and show them that this was no idiot commanding the Macabee war effort.

The Hawks had a rounder frame, it looked as if it had come out of a sci-fi movie, allowing it to reach greater velocities, because air friction would even out along the frame. Each Hawk was armed with twenty MTAAM-2 Predator Air to Air missiles and they were soon to show their power. Raging across the Mediterranean skies at Mach 3.1, the frame of the aircraft barely being able to handle such an intense speed, they were briefed through radio chatter about the mission, and they were told the positions of the incoming transports. It was soon to turn into a very high tech turkey shoot. Sigmus Octavius would have to be a little bit more careful next time. Flying over Barcelona they hit just a little under the maximum altitude of the Hawk, sixty seven thousand feet, and began to make their pass over Pamplona soon enough, then reaching Bilbao, and finally turning north into the Bay of Biscay where the Sigmus Octavius aircraft had made progress. From some one hundred and fifty kilometers distance the Hawks fired five hundred Predators at the Sigmus Octavius airfleet and then continued to close the distance, to shoot down any survivors.

The MTAAM-2 Predator was top of the line for the day. It used an active LIDAR seeker on the warhead, and its RADAR was based off the MRT-2 the Hawk employed, meaning that friendlies and enemies were filtered, disallowing the Predators to engange themselves, and making their trip much safer for the missiles. It had a THYMONEL 8 coating on the SCRAMjet engine, which gave it that immense range. THYOMONEL 8 was a Nickel based Iron Formula superalloy which, again, protected from Hydrogen Embrittlement (HEE) and over heating, giving the missile a longer life span with SCRAMjet. The only missile that outranged the Predator was the New Empire advanced long range missile; something that the Macabee had to get their hands on soon.

As a consequence Sigmus Octavian aircraft would soon feel the pain of Macabee technological power, and it would force them to rethink their strategy to get troops to Spain, as the Macabees knew that they had tight control of the airways, and they would soon have tight control of the water ways. This wouldn't be as easy as NATO thought it would.

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[Sub Actions]
Out of Naples fifty Toledo class SSNs left the area, heading southwards at a rate of ten knots, at a depth of one thousand feet, sleek black figure ripping through the warm Mediterranean waters. Ten would place themselves on the Western Side of the Strait of Gibraltar, and the other forty would be on independent hunts on the western coast of Spain, knowing that NATO ships would soon infest these waters. The Macabees did not think they would allow NATO to have an easy ride to Spain, and the submarines would make sure of that. Once they got into the Atlantic the subs would split up, and begin their happy hunting.

OOC: Each sub is loaded with twenty-five MT-3s, six Principe IIIs, and four MAT-1s.


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[The Battle for Barcelona]
Out of several small ports in Northern Italy several transport ships began to head towards the sacred Spanish city of Barcelona. A total of sixty thousand infantry, two thousand Panzerkampfwaggen IX Sargon Ausf. B MBTs, five hundred Panzerwerfer MSLR systems, some five hundred mobile SAMs, one hundred mobile MetalStorms, and some two thousand 155mm guns would make their landing six kilometers south of Barcelona, where they would prepare for their blitz around Barcelona, and the final capture of the city, which they could use as a base of operations into the rest of Spain and Portugal. This large transport convoy was protected by an ASW perimeter of twenty Manstein class Destroyers, and an active AWACs of some fifty Hawks, based off a Model class Carier that stuck with the transport.

[OOC: So, your satellites are overflying my sovereign territory, i.e. the North Atlantic area. Expect a few to be wiped out of the sky with anti-satellite weapons. Specifically those overflying Europe. Manned military spacecraft will take out the others. No godmodding, just chemical rockets and kinetic energy weapons, with a couple of low-powered X-ray lasers. Other NWO satellites will be avoided (i.e. left unhindered).]

The Royal Isselmere-Nieland Space Force, being placed on high alert, set to engage the Maccabee satellites and other space-based vessels (by the means stated above). As the five RINN fleets advanced towards Spain, passing Ireland and the UK, CAPs continued to fly, with fighters on standby, AEW aircraft aloft and anti-submarine helicopters dropping curtains of sonobuoys in front of the advancing ships.

At Headquarters, there was the vain hope that the Maccabees would see reason, but apparently that was unlikely.

[OOC: So, your satellites are overflying my sovereign territory, i.e. the North Atlantic area. Expect a few to be wiped out of the sky with anti-satellite weapons. Specifically those overflying Europe. Manned military spacecraft will take out the others. No godmodding, just chemical rockets and kinetic energy weapons, with a couple of low-powered X-ray lasers. Other NWO satellites will be avoided (i.e. left unhindered).]

The Royal Isselmere-Nieland Space Force, being placed on high alert, set to engage the Maccabee satellites and other space-based vessels (by the means stated above). As the five RINN fleets advanced towards Spain, passing Ireland and the UK, CAPs continued to fly, with fighters on standby, AEW aircraft aloft and anti-submarine helicopters dropping curtains of sonobuoys in front of the advancing ships.

At Headquarters, there was the vain hope that the Maccabees would see reason, but apparently that was unlikely.

OoC: Thats not gona do you any good you know? There are thousands of satelite's in orbit currently and lets say I'm letting the Macabees use my spy satelite's. I'd like to see you blow those out of the sky...;)

OoC: Thats not gona do you any good you know? There are thousands of satelite's in orbit currently and lets say I'm letting the Macabees use my spy satelite's. I'd like to see you blow those out of the sky...;)

[OOC: If I am attacked by you, I shall be greatly pleased to do so, using simple DF techniques. The lads need some target practice. Besides, thousands of satellites over a single plot of Earth is similarly unlikely, so in point of fact, my job would be made hellishly easier by just mulling about and sniping them from orbit...:)]

The Austian force newly arrived in the coloneys in Baliaris and on the it's terratroy base on Crete have gone to red alert, in preperation for any assult on there base. Also Austian naval units have be spotted of the coast of Sardinia.


The USIH see's this action as an attempt to raise hostilities when they are already at a high level.

We would ask the nation of Aust to rethink its current position and perhaps think about military stand-downs in the area, if not a military withdrawal from the current hot-spots.

[OOC: If I am attacked by you, I shall be greatly pleased to do so, using simple DF techniques. The lads need some target practice. Besides, thousands of satellites over a single plot of Earth is similarly unlikely, so in point of fact, my job would be made hellishly easier by just mulling about and sniping them from orbit...:)]

OoC: Oh I have more then enough experience blowing Tungest rod carriers to hell so a recon sattelite won't hurt.

That and DNS uses a commercial one to film battlefields to increase ratings on their programs, so your not only getting trouble with me but the rest of the world too.

PS: If you hadn't noticed, I'm on my new medication. :D

OOC: From the look of the post you're airlifting these guys correct? And don't give me crap about air support, because you posted none.

IC:

As stated before, Macabee satellites were making regular passes over Spain, and that meant over the Bay of Biscay, and the general area of the old United Kingdom, as well as most of France,(I'm also fed by NWO sattelites and RWC sattelites) so Sigmus Octavius' airlift would be fair game to Macabee aircraft. However, by the time they were caught in the air they were well south of Scotland, and somewhere near the west of the English Channel; so anything scrambled by the Macabees to destroy this force had to come fast.

That screaming alarm which had woken up the Parma bomber airbase created the same air of urgency in the San Remo airbase, which housed both type of fighter aircraft, the MMA-A1 Kondor Low Altitude Fighters, and the MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft. Instead of five minutes to suit up, they had thirty seconds, and instead of a sweet French female voice, they were met by a stern Texan accented voice, pushing them to do their jobs faster. If they were to intercept these Sigmus Octavian aircraft, they had to be fast. The outer steel gates to the underground bunker airfield were opening as quicly as possible and pilots were jumping into their navigator seats and pilot seats, and as soon as they were in they rapidly ignited the engines and waited for the tower to give them a green light to take off. All in all some two hundred MMA-A2 Hawk Air Superiority Aircraft would be used for this air raid on the incoming troops. It was time to wipe the grin of NATOs faces and show them that this was no idiot commanding the Macabee war effort.

The Hawks had a rounder frame, it looked as if it had come out of a sci-fi movie, allowing it to reach greater velocities, because air friction would even out along the frame. Each Hawk was armed with twenty MTAAM-2 Predator Air to Air missiles and they were soon to show their power. Raging across the Mediterranean skies at Mach 3.1, the frame of the aircraft barely being able to handle such an intense speed, they were briefed through radio chatter about the mission, and they were told the positions of the incoming transports. It was soon to turn into a very high tech turkey shoot. Sigmus Octavius would have to be a little bit more careful next time. Flying over Barcelona they hit just a little under the maximum altitude of the Hawk, sixty seven thousand feet, and began to make their pass over Pamplona soon enough, then reaching Bilbao, and finally turning north into the Bay of Biscay where the Sigmus Octavius aircraft had made progress. From some one hundred and fifty kilometers distance the Hawks fired five hundred Predators at the Sigmus Octavius airfleet and then continued to close the distance, to shoot down any survivors.

The MTAAM-2 Predator was top of the line for the day. It used an active LIDAR seeker on the warhead, and its RADAR was based off the MRT-2 the Hawk employed, meaning that friendlies and enemies were filtered, disallowing the Predators to engange themselves, and making their trip much safer for the missiles. It had a THYMONEL 8 coating on the SCRAMjet engine, which gave it that immense range. THYOMONEL 8 was a Nickel based Iron Formula superalloy which, again, protected from Hydrogen Embrittlement (HEE) and over heating, giving the missile a longer life span with SCRAMjet. The only missile that outranged the Predator was the New Empire advanced long range missile; something that the Macabee had to get their hands on soon.

As a consequence Sigmus Octavian aircraft would soon feel the pain of Macabee technological power, and it would force them to rethink their strategy to get troops to Spain, as the Macabees knew that they had tight control of the airways, and they would soon have tight control of the water ways. This wouldn't be as easy as NATO thought it would.

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[Sub Actions]
Out of Naples fifty Toledo class SSNs left the area, heading southwards at a rate of ten knots, at a depth of one thousand feet, sleek black figure ripping through the warm Mediterranean waters. Ten would place themselves on the Western Side of the Strait of Gibraltar, and the other forty would be on independent hunts on the western coast of Spain, knowing that NATO ships would soon infest these waters. The Macabees did not think they would allow NATO to have an easy ride to Spain, and the submarines would make sure of that. Once they got into the Atlantic the subs would split up, and begin their happy hunting.

OOC: Each sub is loaded with twenty-five MT-3s, six Principe IIIs, and four MAT-1s.


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[The Battle for Barcelona]
Out of several small ports in Northern Italy several transport ships began to head towards the sacred Spanish city of Barcelona. A total of sixty thousand infantry, two thousand Panzerkampfwaggen IX Sargon Ausf. B MBTs, five hundred Panzerwerfer MSLR systems, some five hundred mobile SAMs, one hundred mobile MetalStorms, and some two thousand 155mm guns would make their landing six kilometers south of Barcelona, where they would prepare for their blitz around Barcelona, and the final capture of the city, which they could use as a base of operations into the rest of Spain and Portugal. This large transport convoy was protected by an ASW perimeter of twenty Manstein class Destroyers, and an active AWACs of some fifty Hawks, based off a Model class Carier that stuck with the transport.

OOC: Just noticed this off-hand. For the future, I do shoot satelites over my land down, only ones over france directly. However, fly-overs are allowed, as long as the satelite submits to a parasite satelite being attacked as it crosses the border. The parasite satelite shuts off its systems while attached, and it jumps off when the satelite crosses out of chellian territory.

As a member of NWO and NATO, I strongly encourage the Macabees to step down from this attack. There has been too much tension/war/rumors of war within the continent of Europe and we ask that a cease fire be signed immediately, so that the death of many innocent people can be avoided. You seek to gain Spain for no logical reason at all, by attacking multiple sovereign nations, such as Jarridia and Hamptonshire, which happen to be good allies of mine. Euroslavia will get involved in the event that Hamptonshire, Jarridia, or any of our NATO allies are directly attacked, however, we will seek diplomatic means to end this conflict, first and foremost.

We ask ViZion, as a respectful nation of NWO, as well as an ally of Jarridia, to help diffuse this situation, which is starting to get out of hand.

OOC: Well the sattelite isn't passing over France; it's passing over the Irish Sea, North Atlantic, Spain and Bay of Biscay... a sattelite's arch of view is, however, very large, meaning that my sattelite can view Western France, Western England, and Western Scotland.

OoC: Oh I have more then enough experience blowing Tungest rod carriers to hell so a recon sattelite won't hurt.

That and DNS uses a commercial one to film battlefields to increase ratings on their programs, so your not only getting trouble with me but the rest of the world too.

PS: If you hadn't noticed, I'm on my new medication. :D

[OOC: It's not helping...

Tungsten rod carriers would only be part of your problem. I've a wide assortment of vehicles up there, and have for several RL months... (I'll see if I can find the thread)

Second, enemy satellites, military or otherwise, are fair game. Any opposition satellites overflying my territory or forces shall be engaged. Any other enemy vehicle shall be likewise to the best of my ability.]

OOC: Well the sattelite isn't passing over France; it's passing over the Irish Sea, North Atlantic, Spain and Bay of Biscay... a sattelite's arch of view is, however, very large, meaning that my sattelite can view Western France, Western England, and Western Scotland.

OOC: Thats fine. As long as you arent parking a satelite right next to western france, I have no IC qualms with that. I only have problems with someone visibly, obviously trying to use satelites to get info on me. A look now and then never hurt anyone :P

The Macabees has always been there for Zarbia in times of need, and we feel it is time to repay the debt.

Two hundred thousand (200,000) soldiers of the Zarbian Egypt Corpo are being mobilized as we speak to the western Mediterranean.

As well, a total of two hundred ZF-22 fighters are being prepared to lift off from the Alexandria airfield to provide aerial support for our naval forces.

Further military actions may be necessary.

-held for once I figure something out....hold on-

The Havenite fleets were sitting in the middle of the Med near Tunisia, basically blocking off the West from the East. So far Safehaven was at peace with everyone so they weren't in danger although they were on extremly high alert. That would be key to the succes of their mission, the fact that they were currently non-combatants, untouchable basically. The subs attached to the fleet had been kept busy dropping off some special toys by the hundreds over the past fews days In front and behind the fleet.

OOC: two things first off this IS NOT an anti-NATO war this is a war to get Spain. Second off can someone PLEASE make an OOC thread to clear the BS.

Heres the OOC thread for this thread, USE IT. This thread is an IC thread but so far in 4 pages I can count the IC posts with my fingers.

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7506520#post7506520

The Havenite fleets were sitting in the middle of the Med near Tunisia, basically blocking off the West from the East. So far Safehaven was at peace with everyone so they weren't in danger although they were on extremly high alert. That would be key to the succes of their mission, the fact that they were currently non-combatants, untouchable basically. The subs attached to the fleet had been kept busy dropping off some special toys by the hundreds over the past fews days In front and behind the fleet.

OOC: two things first off this IS NOT an anti-NATO war this is a war to get Spain. Second off can someone PLEASE make an OOC thread to clear the BS.

Though someone could travel through Chellian Algerian/Tunisian/Libyan waters and bypass you

OOC: No, his specific mission is to block the sea from the boot of Italy to Tunisia, so that way anything coming from the Eastern Mediterranean couldn't come in and threaten me. His fleet is doing nothing concerning entrace through the Straits of Gibraltar.

OOC: No, his specific mission is to block the sea from the boot of Italy to Tunisia, so that way anything coming from the Eastern Mediterranean couldn't come in and threaten me. His fleet is doing nothing concerning entrace through the Straits of Gibraltar.

OOC: But I control Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. I can let people through my own lands, and their territorial waters. If he is in my waters and blocking it, he damn well better mention it, so I can get rid of the problem.

OOC: They would still have to either airlift to Lybia, or go by sea, which would make them a ripe target for SafeHaven aircraft based off carriers.

OOC: They would still have to either airlift to Lybia, or go by sea, which would make them a ripe target for SafeHaven aircraft based off carriers.

OOC: I assumed he was blocking the med, not just trying to attack enemies.

Communication to Chellis
My main surface fleet is now exiting the Suez Canal. I have ships and subs ahead of them of course. I am requesting permission to transit West through your waters. I am not in any way going to open fire from there, I'm merely transitting the waters and still haven't even given the order to transit. Current orders are to wait in the Eastern Med, I am just asking permission in case I have to move them in to the Western Med.

Thank You,

President Kenny Williams.

Communication to Chellis
My main surface fleet is now exiting the Suez Canal. I have ships and subs ahead of them of course. I am requesting permission to transit West through your waters. I am not in any way going to open fire from there, I'm merely transitting the waters and still haven't even given the order to transit. Current orders are to wait in the Eastern Med, I am just asking permission in case I have to move them in to the Western Med.

Thank You,

President Kenny Williams.

You have the permission to travel through chellian waters. However, we request for now that you do not land in chellian lands, except for naval emergencies.

Communication to Chellis
My main surface fleet is now exiting the Suez Canal. I have ships and subs ahead of them of course. I am requesting permission to transit West through your waters. I am not in any way going to open fire from there, I'm merely transitting the waters and still haven't even given the order to transit. Current orders are to wait in the Eastern Med, I am just asking permission in case I have to move them in to the Western Med.

Thank You,

President Kenny Williams.

OOC: The only way you would be able to get into the Western Mediterranean is too land in Lybia (Chellis controlled) and then move to Algeria, via land, and then find a way to get your troops from Algeria to Spain. You can't use a seaway, because the straits between Italy and Tunisia are currently blocked against anything NATO by SafeHaven2... Lybian waters do not automatically connect to Algerian waters.

You have the permission to travel through chellian waters. However, we request for now that you do not land in chellian lands, except for naval emergencies.
We thank you for permission to travel. We won't be doing any landings and in most cases won't even make the transit. We just wanted to have permission in case an emergency transit is necessary.

OOC:This is what the SafeHaven2 issue looks like:

Blue - Chellian waters.
Red Line - Rude and very basic look at the SafeHaven2 block line.

http://img54.exs.cx/img54/426/safehavenblock.gif

OOC: there is a problem with the map, Tunisia seems to be under Chellian control.

OOC: there is a problem with the map, Tunisia seems to be under Chellian control.

OOC:EDIT:

Ah it is... but that still allows SafeHaven2 to attack your fleets bottlenecking into Tunisian waters. That wouldn't be an attack on Chellis, it would be an attack on IDF..unless a missile hit Chellis, which I highly doubt.

OOC: Tunisia is not under Chellian control. On the map it isn't blue, meaning its not under Chellian control.
OOC: Your map is wrong, Chellis said he controls Tunisia. Just because you made some map doesn't mean you're right.
OOC: But I control Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.

OOC: Your map is wrong, Chellis said he controls Tunisia. Just because you made some map doesn't mean you're right.

OOC: Calm down buddy..it was my mistake..didn't see Tunisia in that list he provided.

OOC: Calm down buddy..it was my mistake..didn't see Tunisia in that list he provided.
OOC: Understandable.

my fleet isnt blocking anyone as of yet, its just sitting their so know one except me and Macabees knows of its IC mission as of yet.
IDF- could you inform me when your fleet gets past Crete by say 100 miles. O and could I have a fleet makeup?
EDIT-and could we transfer this to the OOC thread.

Khan Kabrinsky was notably agitated. The news was definately not what she wanted to hear, but she decided to hear her guest out. "So," she concluded, "you're saying that we should just declare neutrality in this situation and refrain from assisting our allies? Is that really what we want to do?"
"No," interjected the visitor, "I am saying that right now, our priority is to get the modules and forces in place. We have far too many cargo and support vessels there, in addition to the modules themselves. If we get involved in any fighting now, they will be at risk. Once they pass through Gibralter and into the Atlantic, this isn't as much of an issue, but in the Mediterranean, they are especially vulnerable. When they're safe, then we can openly support our allies. But for now, our commitment is to the North Atlantic Base."
"I see, so we will just be using a claim of neutrality to get our vessels safely past the contested areas. That, I have no problem with, so long as we do help in the end. Hmmm, I would also think that we should have our fleet in Ferrussia join in to provide additional escort."
"Yes, that would be most wise, my Khan, and I will have them deployed immediately if that is your wish."
"Very well, see to it that it is done . . . and provide some assurances to our allies through back channels. I don't want them to think we're abandoning them or anything."
"As it is your wish, so shall it be." And with that, the man left the room. With his departure, two more individuals came in. After the normal greetings, the two sat down and the Khan started with a grin.
"Michio-kun, Sayaka-chan. I have a mission for you . . . "



CSJS Megiddo, Kampfgruppe Waldman, 120 km NNW of Alexandria
Admiral Karl Waldman felt relieved when he recieved the communique ordering him not to participate in the potential conflict erupting. It wasn't that he didn't want to get involved in any fighting. Far from it - a major naval victory would virtually guarantee him a 4th star, and with it possibly receiving a regional command. However, he didn't want to fight now because he didn't see how there could be a major victory with the situation at hand. Though his force was powerful, and he had no doubt that the huge Megiddo could survive a battle, it would be hard pressed to protect the multitude of transport and cargo vessels his fleet was escorting, and losing any one of those would be a disaster. Even with the escorts that would be provided when the fleet from Ferrussia arrived, it would be best not to get involved in a major battle.
So, moving through as a neutral power was definately the best option. However, he would have to hurry. The longer he took, the greater the chances of this blowing up in his face.


OOC: info on OOC thread, which can be found at http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=374630

There, now there's actually a link to it here.

OOC: A peace accord has been reached...Portugal is to go to Jarridia, and ViZion is to get Spain..right now, ViZion and I are the midst of political discussion..however, technically, the war is over.

OOC: A peace accord has been reached...Portugal is to go to Jarridia, and ViZion is to get Spain..right now, ViZion and I are the midst of political discussion..however, technically, the war is over.
Good news. Diplomatic resolutions are always better than war.

OOC: True that, true that.

*finishes off his popcorn and tosses the empty into the trash*

The book was better.