Navira
18-01-2005, 18:18
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Navira
"Trust in me and fall as well....."
UN Category: Capitalist Paradise
Civil Rights: Average
Economy: Thriving
Political Freedoms: Some
Population: 210 million
Language Navirian English, Latin
Ethnic Groups Native Navirian(Pacific Islander) 80%, Caucasian 12%, Hispanic 4%, Asian 3%, African 1%
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Navira is an tropical island nation located in the Central Pacific Ocean.
Pirates crash landed here in 1799 and soon became friendly with the native Navirians teaching them the little things that they knew about western technology and engineering. No contact with the western world would ever be made again for many years.
Then in 1945, a lost PT boat washed ashore along with injured and dieying navy sailors who had been at sea for over 4 months without supplies, surviving on seagulls and whatever fish they could catch. The sailors were grateful and as thanks they taught the navirians, and the decedents of the pirates, the ways of the modern world. They finally found a use for all that thick black substance that was bubbling out of the valley(crude oil)! The sailors repaired their boat and were able to return home a year later with a full load of fuel from the newly found reserves.
The sailors must have contacted the state department because in 1949 a large vessel came to Navira with gifts from the US government. Donated were hulks of iron and steel, farming equipment, electric generators and a lot of books! Of course the Americans wanted access to the oil, but the Navirians would have none of that. A short skirmish resulting in 2 serious injuries on either side led to the Americans withdrawl from Navira only 4 days after arriving.
Again Navira was to go without contact with the western world for quite some time.
In 1999 a civillian cargo ship which had been taking on water sailed towards Navira so that they could run it aground, thus saving the cargo. They never expected that there would be friendly intelligent natives on the island who would repair thier ship. In thanks they gave Navira 4 Iriduim Satellite phones and a laptop computer. This opened the doors permanently. With the newfound access to the modern world via the internet, Navirans began advancing tremulously, concrete buildings began to replace many of the grass huts and dirt roads were paved with asphalt.
Today most homes have electricity and running water and Naviria has begun a large shipping industry. Strategically located, Navira offers its harbors to the world's cargo ships for refuel and repair(for a small fee of course ;) )
In 2004 Navira received a generous donation from a state whose Navy had been using Navira's docks and ports, with this money we were able to buy modern submarines, helicopters and ships. The military is primarily defensive with most personnel in the Navy. The ground force is almost completely infantry
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/NS2/naviras.jpg
Navira's forces use the following weapons:
.42 Caliber Double-Action Pistol
12 inch Tanto (Combat Knife)
Double Barrel .12 gauge Shotgun
Semi-Automatic Belt-Fed 6.8mm Carbine w/ battle axe attachment
Fragmenting Grenade w/ pin style detonator
Waterproof TNT w/ spark detonator
5 foot 4 inch Combat Spear w/Special Purpose Spear heads
purple = corrosive acid spearhead
red = high-explosive spearhead
green= cyanide tipped spearhead
orange = incendiary spearhead
blue = fragmenting explosive spearhead
plain silver = Rockwell hardened stainless steel spearhead
Waterproof Stainless Zippo lighter for spearheads and TNT(and personal fire starting)
Our main infantry forces(seen top left) wear a skull cap made of ceramic and Kevlar, with a traditional head dress on top of it. The artificial leaves are made of a kevlar composite and provide some camouflage as well as shrapnel protection.
They wear a kevlar composite hula skirt style garment topped with a grey bullet proof vest. On their feet they wear a leather sandal with a reinforced toe for the most part, although civilian sandals or sneakers are sometimes worn, and then there are the small percent who prefer to be barefoot. Standard infantry carry their tanto, a pistol, 1 grenade and the 6.8mm carbine with a total of seven 8 round belts. Some will carry shotguns or spears, in addition to or instead of the carbine
Due to the high percentage of women in Navira, the women's axillary corps is actually larger than the main infantry division. The standard weaponry for the "WAC" soldiers(seen in the bottom right) are the standard pistol and up to 3 spears with various spearheads, and occasional they carry the shotguns or carbines. Their standard uniform is simply the traditional grass skirt and coconut top. Since this ensemble offers no protection, several of the women have been known to sew together thick animal hides and embed them with plates of metal and use them as a sort of pseudo-body armor. they will usually be barefoot or will wear leather and rubber sandals
Special forces (seen above top right in the black shirts) wear thin kevlar shorts underneath birghtly colored cotton skirts. They also wear western made body armor under their black cotton t-shirts and short-topped leather combat boots. They usually carry the same armaments as the main infantry but are rumored to possess automatic western style assault weapons and machine guns, although that is classified ;)
Dress uniforms are specialized traditional wear, with gold plated headbands which display the "eye of navira" in the center. The standard is barefoot although sometimes ornate sandals are worn. Also worn with the dress uniform are special armbands, necklaces, other headgear, anklets and bracelets (seen as the 3 forward people in the top right picture)
Navira
"Trust in me and fall as well....."
UN Category: Capitalist Paradise
Civil Rights: Average
Economy: Thriving
Political Freedoms: Some
Population: 210 million
Language Navirian English, Latin
Ethnic Groups Native Navirian(Pacific Islander) 80%, Caucasian 12%, Hispanic 4%, Asian 3%, African 1%
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/NS2/mapnavi.jpg
Navira is an tropical island nation located in the Central Pacific Ocean.
Pirates crash landed here in 1799 and soon became friendly with the native Navirians teaching them the little things that they knew about western technology and engineering. No contact with the western world would ever be made again for many years.
Then in 1945, a lost PT boat washed ashore along with injured and dieying navy sailors who had been at sea for over 4 months without supplies, surviving on seagulls and whatever fish they could catch. The sailors were grateful and as thanks they taught the navirians, and the decedents of the pirates, the ways of the modern world. They finally found a use for all that thick black substance that was bubbling out of the valley(crude oil)! The sailors repaired their boat and were able to return home a year later with a full load of fuel from the newly found reserves.
The sailors must have contacted the state department because in 1949 a large vessel came to Navira with gifts from the US government. Donated were hulks of iron and steel, farming equipment, electric generators and a lot of books! Of course the Americans wanted access to the oil, but the Navirians would have none of that. A short skirmish resulting in 2 serious injuries on either side led to the Americans withdrawl from Navira only 4 days after arriving.
Again Navira was to go without contact with the western world for quite some time.
In 1999 a civillian cargo ship which had been taking on water sailed towards Navira so that they could run it aground, thus saving the cargo. They never expected that there would be friendly intelligent natives on the island who would repair thier ship. In thanks they gave Navira 4 Iriduim Satellite phones and a laptop computer. This opened the doors permanently. With the newfound access to the modern world via the internet, Navirans began advancing tremulously, concrete buildings began to replace many of the grass huts and dirt roads were paved with asphalt.
Today most homes have electricity and running water and Naviria has begun a large shipping industry. Strategically located, Navira offers its harbors to the world's cargo ships for refuel and repair(for a small fee of course ;) )
In 2004 Navira received a generous donation from a state whose Navy had been using Navira's docks and ports, with this money we were able to buy modern submarines, helicopters and ships. The military is primarily defensive with most personnel in the Navy. The ground force is almost completely infantry
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/NS2/naviras.jpg
Navira's forces use the following weapons:
.42 Caliber Double-Action Pistol
12 inch Tanto (Combat Knife)
Double Barrel .12 gauge Shotgun
Semi-Automatic Belt-Fed 6.8mm Carbine w/ battle axe attachment
Fragmenting Grenade w/ pin style detonator
Waterproof TNT w/ spark detonator
5 foot 4 inch Combat Spear w/Special Purpose Spear heads
purple = corrosive acid spearhead
red = high-explosive spearhead
green= cyanide tipped spearhead
orange = incendiary spearhead
blue = fragmenting explosive spearhead
plain silver = Rockwell hardened stainless steel spearhead
Waterproof Stainless Zippo lighter for spearheads and TNT(and personal fire starting)
Our main infantry forces(seen top left) wear a skull cap made of ceramic and Kevlar, with a traditional head dress on top of it. The artificial leaves are made of a kevlar composite and provide some camouflage as well as shrapnel protection.
They wear a kevlar composite hula skirt style garment topped with a grey bullet proof vest. On their feet they wear a leather sandal with a reinforced toe for the most part, although civilian sandals or sneakers are sometimes worn, and then there are the small percent who prefer to be barefoot. Standard infantry carry their tanto, a pistol, 1 grenade and the 6.8mm carbine with a total of seven 8 round belts. Some will carry shotguns or spears, in addition to or instead of the carbine
Due to the high percentage of women in Navira, the women's axillary corps is actually larger than the main infantry division. The standard weaponry for the "WAC" soldiers(seen in the bottom right) are the standard pistol and up to 3 spears with various spearheads, and occasional they carry the shotguns or carbines. Their standard uniform is simply the traditional grass skirt and coconut top. Since this ensemble offers no protection, several of the women have been known to sew together thick animal hides and embed them with plates of metal and use them as a sort of pseudo-body armor. they will usually be barefoot or will wear leather and rubber sandals
Special forces (seen above top right in the black shirts) wear thin kevlar shorts underneath birghtly colored cotton skirts. They also wear western made body armor under their black cotton t-shirts and short-topped leather combat boots. They usually carry the same armaments as the main infantry but are rumored to possess automatic western style assault weapons and machine guns, although that is classified ;)
Dress uniforms are specialized traditional wear, with gold plated headbands which display the "eye of navira" in the center. The standard is barefoot although sometimes ornate sandals are worn. Also worn with the dress uniform are special armbands, necklaces, other headgear, anklets and bracelets (seen as the 3 forward people in the top right picture)