[Earth II]Operation Mayan Restoration [Archive]

Layarteb

23-01-2005, 06:32

One week prior...

"Sir what's the latest intelligence analysis say?" The aide to the Minister of Intelligence asked. "I have the Emperor on the phone sir, he wants the intelligence urgent, prior to the meeting this afternoon."

"Very well. They'll be faxed over immediately."

"Yes sir." The aide hung up the phone and the analysis was faxed over immediately.

When the Emperor looked at the documents eighteen minutes later he could see the situation. Well it's a state of anarchy and everything is a mess. A third of the country wants anarchy, a third wants order, and another third has no opinion. We'll be fighting a third to two fifths of the country. Not that bad.

When the meeting began at 1600, the Emperor and his Cabinet were ready to discuss the situation. "Operation Mayan Restoration will be in effect in a single week is that correct?"

"Yes sir." The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said. "It is a go."

"And of the order of battle?"

"For us sir we're going to use the 10th Enterprise Battlegroup and the 20th Ynoga Battlegroup. We're going to initially land 54,000 soldiers from the 10th Infantry Corps and their respective helicopter support and cavalry support. The 4th Air Force and the battlegroups will be providing fixed wing support."

"Roger that."

"What of the resistance?"

"We're expecting anywhere from two hundred thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand in total. The total population of the country is three million. As far as small arms, they are well equipped with western and eastern weapons. They do possess light armor and main battle tanks, mostly pre-Abrams era but they do have Russian-made T-80UMs. They've got quite a bit of vehicles including armor. When it comes to aircraft, they have about as much as we do in two expeditionary wings. They include western and eastern aircraft, all of decent ability."

"All right. Brief your respective parties and let's get this done men! There's a lot of history in that place and I want it."

"Roger that sir." The meeting ended and preparations were made. The battlegroups were already being readied and the army forces were fully ready.

Present time...

The night air was cold. A weather system was brewing in the Caribbean Sea and up north between Layarteb and Dnalkrad. The sea state was a level four, rough, with waves between five and eight feet. The ships placed over the horizon from the Yucatán were moving at eight knots, keeping the main waves to their bow. On board the Ynoga Class carriers were 8 F-29A Vulture fighters, 2 AH-94B Stalker attack helicopters, and 4 SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopters. On board the Enterprise Class carrier were 4 C-2A Greyhound utility planes, 4 E-2C Hawkeye AWACS', 4 EA-6B Prowlers, 4 EA-18A Growlers, 4 ES-3A Shadows, 12 F-14E Super Tomcats, 18 F/A-18C Hornets, 18 F/A-18E Super Hornets, 10 F-19B Ghostriders, 10 F-22N Raptors, 10 F-24B Knightowls, 16 F-26B Typhoons, 2 HH-60H Sea Hawks, 8 S-3B Vikings, and 4 SH-60F Sea Hawks.

An RQ-10A Pegasus had identified a dozen defensive positions on the beach that could possibly be under the control of the pro-anarchists. A flight of four F-29As from the Ynoga, four F/A-18Cs, and four F/A-18Es from the Enterprise would ingress to these targets and hit them. A flight of six F-14E Super Tomcats and six F-22N Raptors was up in the air to protect against any air attack but that was not expected. AWACS showed that the skies were clear and friendly.

As the twelve aircraft rocketed into the night air, climbing to their cruise altitudes of twenty thousand to thirty thousand feet, they all maintained five hundred and fifty knots, planning to come onto the targets all at the same time. Using GPS guided JDAM bombs, they would bomb the twelve positions within five minutes. The F/A-18Cs and F/A-18Es were each carrying four GBU-31 JDAMs, each 2,000 lb. and the F-29s were carrying eight GBU-35 JDAMs, each 1,000 lb.

At the same time, two radar and three communication positions would need to be struck as well. Twenty RGM-165A Land-Attack Standard Missiles would be fired at these targets from the Hurricane Assault ships sitting over the horizon as well.

The attack officially began at 0100 on the 23rd of January. The missiles were fired at respective times, each having a flight speed of Mach 3.5. These were each equipped with a 300 lb. warhead and had a 300 mile range.

RomeW

23-01-2005, 09:40

OOC: Found anyone yet for this? If you haven't, I figure I can jump in here and thus swap our roles for this one- you're helping me out so I'll help you out. Thoughts?

Cotland

23-01-2005, 13:47

Tag

This is gonna be good... :)

Layarteb

23-01-2005, 20:38

OOC: Found anyone yet for this? If you haven't, I figure I can jump in here and thus swap our roles for this one- you're helping me out so I'll help you out. Thoughts?

Sure. As you can see with what I posted you'll have armor and aircraft as well plus small arms out the ying yang. Force size as above and stuff. Just keep in mind that mind that the F-19 and F-24 have a radar signature of a lot less than the F-117. The F-117 has an RCS of 0.03 sf and these all have a RCS of 0.0009 sf. The F-29 has an RCS equal to the F-22.

Layarteb

23-01-2005, 20:53

OOC: I am just going to RP this first strike completely. Please do me a huge favor RomeW? Name the pro-anarchist group :).

The fighters came in fast, at medium altitude. The range of their JDAM bombs was, from that altitude, some twenty nautical miles. Their RWRs picked up nothing in the way of SAM radars or fighter patrols. AWACS reported that the skies were still clear. Within a total of forty-two seconds, all twelve aircraft dropped all of their bombs and began to turn back towards the carriers. The RGM-165s were all beginning their terminal phases, which meant that they would be coming down from 120,000 feet at a speed of Mach 3.5. The impact velocity, combined with the warhead would be enough to obliterate the targets. It was 0130 when the first bombs impacted, sending shockwaves across the beachheads. The LASM missiles hit not much long after, causing minor tremors across the entire area. The first attacks had begun and the pro-anarchists knew it!

RomeW

24-01-2005, 05:19

Sure. As you can see with what I posted you'll have armor and aircraft as well plus small arms out the ying yang. Force size as above and stuff. Just keep in mind that mind that the F-19 and F-24 have a radar signature of a lot less than the F-117. The F-117 has an RCS of 0.03 sf and these all have a RCS of 0.0009 sf. The F-29 has an RCS equal to the F-22.

OOC: Could I get my forces in a list?

Anyway, the Resistence will be called "The Movement for a Better Casana" (or simply, "The Movement").

Layarteb

24-01-2005, 05:40

OOC: Could I get my forces in a list?

Anyway, the Resistence will be called "The Movement for a Better Casana" (or simply, "The Movement").

Yeah sure list up your forces how you want them based on that intel I gave in the first post.

RomeW

24-01-2005, 07:18

OOC: Okay, I'll try, but I don't know that much so catch me if I make a blunder.

Total Forces:

300,000 Soldiers
500 T-80UMs
500 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
500 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
100 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
100 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
5,000 Javelins
500 FH-70-155m Howitzers
700 F-18 Hornets
700 F4 Phantom
500 B-52 Bombers

Layarteb

24-01-2005, 17:55

OOC: Okay, I'll try, but I don't know that much so catch me if I make a blunder.

Total Forces:

100,000 Soldiers
500 T-80UMs
500 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
500 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
100 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
100 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
5,000 Javelins
500 FH-70-155m Howitzers
700 F-18 Hornets
700 F4 Phantom
500 B-52 Bombers

That's fine but you have more soldiers like 300,000-ish. Most of them are ground guys but yeah that's all good.

BLARGistania

24-01-2005, 18:49

[tag]

RomeW

24-01-2005, 20:19

That's fine but you have more soldiers like 300,000-ish. Most of them are ground guys but yeah that's all good.

Edited that part. Do you think I'd be able to get more of the machinery (i.e. more tanks, rocket launchers, etc.) or is what I have the most the former Casanans could put up?

Will make an IC post later.

Vast Principles

24-01-2005, 22:49

Tag

This is gonna be good... :)

OOC: Im not going to argue!!!

TAG!

Layarteb

25-01-2005, 05:24

Edited that part. Do you think I'd be able to get more of the machinery (i.e. more tanks, rocket launchers, etc.) or is what I have the most the former Casanans could put up?

Will make an IC post later.

Most of them are soldiers not really cavalry or aircraft.

RomeW

25-01-2005, 06:27

In the months since the Casanan government collapsed in the Yucatan, the feeling amongst the populace was mixed. Some were scared about the future. Others decided that they may want to look elsewhere for a government capable of ruling them. Still others wanted to take matters into their own hands, and keep the Yucatan free. They were called "The Movement for a Better Casana", or, simply, "The Movement".

"The Movement" were a pro-anarchist group based in Piste, the unofficial capital of the Yucatan in the months after the fall of Casana. They claim to be descendants of the ancient Olmecs and, thus, saw any incursion into the Yucatan as imperialism. In fact, they saw all of Mexico as their territory, and wanted to "set it free" so that the once tribal Mexican plains could become nomadic once again.

So it was no surprise that as soon as the Layartebians dropped their first bombs they would be sprung to action. 100 of their F-18's and 100 of their F-4's were immediately dispatched, and the whole army placed under DEFCON 1. Movement Leader Tenemihya Montrazez immediately declared war on Layarteb, vowing to fight to the last man.

OOC:

Map of Yucatan:

http://www.riu-world.com/images/Web_Map_Yucatan_Mexico_Riu_Hotels.JPG

North Germania

25-01-2005, 12:21

OOC: Is this the invasion of Cuba?

Layarteb

25-01-2005, 15:36

OOC: Is this the invasion of Cuba?

No I invaded the Yucatán State of Mexico after Casana go bye bye.

BLARGistania

25-01-2005, 19:45

Did you want me or Tanuio to begin to respond to this? I was a little confused.

Layarteb

26-01-2005, 03:20

I'm not sure how you feel about my invasion but I wouldn't ignore you guys.

Layarteb

26-01-2005, 04:41

Okay let me do a full ORBAT, I should have done this in the very beginning. Please excuse me for that ;).

Task Force November

Goal: To provide sea support for Operation Mayan Restoration and to provide immediate air support and cover.

10th Enterprise Battlegroup

AEGIS Class: 4
Earthquake Class: 2
Emory Land Class: 1
Enterprise Class: 1
Henry Kaiser Class: 2
Hurricane Class: 2
Miscellaneous Class: 4
Oliver Hazard Perry Class: 4
Supply Class: 4
Ticonderoga Class: 4
Verrazano Class: 4
Watson Class: 2

20th Wasp Battlegroup

AEGIS Class: 2
Arsenal Class: 1
Emory Land Class: 1
Henry Kaiser Class: 1
Jackal Class: 2
Layarteb Class: 1
LCAC: 60
LCU-2000: 30
Miscellaneous Class: 4
Oliver Hazard Perry Class: 2
San Antonio Class: 2
Sea Shadow II Class: 2
Supply Class: 2
Ticonderoga Class: 2
Verrazano Class: 2
Wasp Class: 1
Watson Class: 1
Ynoga Class: 1

Subs - 11th Submarine Force

Scythe Class: 2
Seawolf Class: 2
Virginia Class: 2

Aircraft - 10th Enterprise Airwing

C-2A Greyhound: 4
CH-53E Sea Stallion: 8
E-2C Hawkeye: 4
EA-6B Prolwer: 4
EA-18A Growler: 4
ES-3A Shadow: 4
F-14E Super Tomcat: 12
F/A-18C Hornet: 18
F/A-18E Super Hornet: 18
F-19B Ghostrider: 10
F-22N Raptor: 10
F-24B Knightowl: 10
F-26B Typhoon: 16
F-29A Vulture: 16
HH-60H Seahawk: 6
S-3B Viking: 8
SH-60F Seahawk: 36

Aircraft - 20th Wasp Airwing

AH-1W Super Cobra: 4
AV-8B+ Harrier II: 14
CH-53E Sea Stallion: 13
HH-60H Seahawk: 3
MV-22A Osprey: 4
SH-60F Seahawk: 16
UH-95A Huey II: 4

Aircraft - 20th Ynoga Airwing

AH-94B Stalker: 2
F-29A Vulture: 8
SH-60F Seahawk: 4

Combined Weaponry

MK-50 ALWT: 124
MK-55 ADCAP II: 248
RGM-84G Harpoon: 148
RGM-165A Standard LASM: 496
RGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 21
RGM-176A-4 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 1MT): 26
RGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 209
RGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 644
RGM-176D Tomahawk II (Cluster): 268
RGM-180F Harpoon II: 112
RIM-116B Rolling Airframe Missile: 2,310
RIM-161A Standard SM-3 LEAP: 473
RIM-162A Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile: 398
RIM-184A Standard SM-4MR Block I: 862
RIM-184B Standard SM-4MR Block II: 514
RIM-185A Standard SM-4ER Block I: 606
RIM-185B Standard SM-4ER Block II: 504
RUM-139A ASROC-VL: 328
UGM-84G Harpoon:: 44
UGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 4
UGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 8
UGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 44
UGM-180H Harpoon II: 80

Task Force Omaha

Goal: To provide air support for Operation Mayan Restoration from the Layartebian Colony of Ynoga.

Aircraft - 4th Air Force

A-10A Thunderbolt II: 225
A-13A Viper: 50
AC-130H Spectre 25
AC-130U Spooky 25
An-225 Cossack 40
B-1B Lancer 100
B-2A Spirit 75
B-3A Concorde 25
B-4A Magnum 25
B-5A Lightning: 125
B-7A Incubus 50
B-7B Incubus 100
B-52H Stratofortress 125
B-70B Valkyrie 40
Boeing 747-400 90
C-5B Galaxy 100
C-17A Globemaster III 100
C-18A Galaxy II 75
C-130H Hercules: 100
C-130J Hercules: 100
E-3C Sentry: 15
E-6A Mercury: 8
E-8C J-STARS: 15
EB-70A Valkyrie: 15
EC-130E Commando Solo: 25
EC-130H Compass Call: 25
EC-135A Stratolifter: 15
EF-111A Raven: 200
F-15C Eagle: 400
F-15E Strike Eagle: 400
F-16C Falcon Block 50: 250
F-16CJ Falcon Block 50D: 150
F-19A Ghostrider: 100
F-22A Raptor: 400
F-24A Knightowl: 100
F-25A Firefox: 75
F-25B Firefox: 50
F-26A Typhoon: 150
F-27A Rapier: 200
F-28A Talon: 100
F-30A Comet: 100
F-111M Aardvark: 75
F-117A Nighthawk: 100
FB-22B Manta: 5
KC-10A Extender: 75
KC-135R Stratotanker: 75
MC-130E Combat Talon I: 25
MC-130H Combat Talon II: 25
MC-130P Combat Shadow: 25
MQ-9A Predator: 200
RC-135W Looking Glass: 25
RQ-1A Predator: 200
RQ-4A Global Hawk: 200
RQ-10A Pegasus: 25
SR-71A Blackbird: 15
U-2S Dragon Lady: 25
U-3A Aurora: 25

Task Force Pluto

Goal: To provide ground support for Operation Mayan Restoration and secure order on the ground.

Armor - 10th Cavalry Division

M1B1 Abrams II: 120
M2A2 Bradley: 120
M2A3 Bradley: 200
M6 Bradley Linebacker: 200
M109A6 Paladin: 110
M109A7 Paladin: 110
M113A3 APC: 280
M270 MLRS: 110
M813A1 5-ton Truck: 800
M998 HMMWV: 200
M2005A1 Boar: 110
M2006A1 Emperor: 230
M2007A2 Scorpion IFV: 280
M2007A3 Scorpion APC: 120
M2007A4 Scorpion TD: 110
M2008A1 Dingo APV: 200
M2009A1 Fennek: 120
M2010A1 Bushmaster IMV: 200
M2011A1 Scout: 120
M2011A2 Scout TD: 120
M2012A1 Marauder APC: 240
M2012A3 Marauder TD: 150
M2012A4 Marauder C3: 120
M2012A5 Marauder MR: 240
M2012A6 Marauder EW: 120
M2012A7 Marauder AT: 240
Miscellaneous Support: 1,400
ST-21 NGBT: 100
ST-29 NGBT: 100
Stryker (Various): 120

Helicopters - 10th Airborne Wing

AH-6J Littlebird: 200
AH-64D Apache Longbow: 120
AH-66A Commanche: 120
AH-94A Stalker: 30
CH-47D Chinook: 40
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior: 120
OH-93A Knightwolf: 80
OH-93B Knightwolf: 80
UH-60L Blackhawk: 320
UV-22A Osprey: 80

Infantry - 10th Infantry Corps (5 Divisions)

Officers: 10,000
Soldiers: 100,000
Support: 25,000

RomeW

26-01-2005, 04:54

Hmmnnn...not a lot of soldiers. Intriguing.

Layarteb

26-01-2005, 07:17

Hmmnnn...not a lot of soldiers. Intriguing.

Yes. Each infantry corps has 60 divisions. I usually don't commit more than 20 on any given situation. BTW I'll post a response to that strike mission you have planned there. What are the aircraft loaded with (i.e. their mission)?

RomeW

26-01-2005, 07:43

They're fully loaded and so far their only mission is to fly out from Piste and fly to the north to attack your navy.

How many aircraft do you have engaged (operating) at the moment? I want to know what kind of numbers I'm dealing with.

Layarteb

26-01-2005, 15:36

I'll have the twelve aircraft I just launched on RTB and then on the Enterprise there will be a flight of 4 F-14E Super Tomcats up in the air at all times and another flight of 4 F-22N Raptors up in the air at all times.

My curiosity though is the following:

F/A-18C Hornet
2 shoulder AIM-120
4x wing hardpoints (harpoons maybe?)
2x wingtip AIM-9
centerline 330 gallon
internal M61 570 rounds

B-52H Stratofortress
internal carriage could be 27x MK-82 but would you really want to carpet bomb a ship?
external carriage could be 24x MK-82 or even (yes) 12x Harpoon
modern B-52s have replaced their tailgun (1242x M61 rounds) with a ECM package, not sure if you'd have done that

RomeW

26-01-2005, 23:04

Layarteb

27-01-2005, 01:14

Well, I intend some of my F-18s to be equipped to be able to bomb the ships, and my B-52s are strictly bombers.

(I hate to hide behind this, but don't forget I don't know that much about all this)

Whilst I'm not entirely sure that Casana had JDAM capabilities I would think that at minimum he'd have Paveway II bombs. Those would be good for your F/A-18s and if you want for the B-52s load them up with MK-82s or MK-84s.

Layarteb

27-01-2005, 04:07

How's this for a map with charts?

http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Graphics/Nation-States/Other/Mayan-Restoration.gif

Layarteb

29-01-2005, 01:44

:: bump ::

RomeW

29-01-2005, 06:06

OOC: Sorry, tied up: I have two essays to write for next week.

Also, if you don't mind, I'll dispatch 10 of my B-52's as well.

Anyhow:

IC:

The dispatched aircraft immediately made their way to the coast, with the intent of engaging the Layartebian aircraft and bombing their naval carriers. They outnumbered the Layartebian crafts immensely, allowing 20 of the planes (10 F-4's and 10 F-18's) to directly attack the ships. As soon as they arrived they fired on the Layartebians, bombarding both the planes and the ships with their payload. 10 B-52's, trailing behind the F-4's and F-18's and called up several minutes after those planes, also swooped in to directly target the ships, bombing each of them.

Layarteb

29-01-2005, 16:07

I must teach you about naval warfare. Yes I must. SAM systems on the ships would have engaged those suckers far away as would the CAP aircraft.

RomeW

29-01-2005, 23:08

I must teach you about naval warfare. Yes I must. SAM systems on the ships would have engaged those suckers far away as would the CAP aircraft.

Oh. Okay. Oops. *is embarassed*

So I'll edit that out then... (but not right now due to time constraints)

Teach me anyway, and tell me how many missiles you have. Do you think Casana would have any land-based missile defence programs?

Layarteb

30-01-2005, 04:29

Oh. Okay. Oops. *is embarassed*

So I'll edit that out then... (but not right now due to time constraints)

Teach me anyway, and tell me how many missiles you have. Do you think Casana would have any land-based missile defence programs?

I'll get to the posting a little later (just pulled 11 hours at work).

Layarteb

31-01-2005, 20:57

The E-2C AWACS operating away from the carrier groups had a long range radar, extending out to some 300 miles. It was operating high over the sky so that it could look far over the horizon, far enough to see what was coming. It detected the aircraft taking off, all two hundred of them, an easy task considering the enourmous RCS signatures of the F-4 Phantoms. B-52s were also taking off, another easy pin as they had RCS signatures that were larger than some of the ships in the convoy.

On station were only eight aircraft, 4 F-22N Raptors and 4 F-14E Super Tomcats. 6 F-22Ns were already on the deck awaiting take off just in front of another 6 F-14E Super Tomcats. Inside of 90 seconds, as the enemy force assembled in the air, 210 aircraft in total, radio dispatches were sent to the Ynoga central station, which had some 24 F-25B Firefoxs in the air already and some 42 F-22A Raptors on routine patrols. As they ignited their afterburners and made full way towards the Yucatán, the remaining aircraft on the Enterprise launched, two at a time from the catapults on the front deck.

Lighting their burners the 8 aircraft already in the air accelerated to Mach 1.8 and began their operation. The RCS of the F-22 was tiny, barely noticible by other F-22s, let alone old technology. The RCS of the F-14Es were equal to the F-16 making them noticible but not as far away as they were. Armed with 6x AIM-120D and 2x AIM-9X each, the 4 F-22As would get range on the enemy aircraft at 40 nautical miles, far enough to fire their AMRAAMs and use the data-link on them to identify all of the aircraft. Those with the biggest radar signatures would go first. The bombers, on the other hand, were totally in the hands of the F-14Es, which were each armed with 4x AIM-9X, 2x AIM-54D, and 6x AIM-120D missiles. The range of their AIM-54Ds was a staggering 110 nautical miles. Between all of them they had 8 missiles, enough to tag 8 of the B-52s.

The 1,057 lb. missiles were fired at 100 nautical miles and they ascended quickly to 125,000 feet where they would travel at Mach 5.5 to their targets, diving onto each target at Mach 6. Their guidance was an elaborate system that used X-band active radar, a datalink, and imaging infrared. The X-band active radar meant that the missile would lock onto the target at some 10 nautical miles, meaning that until then, their presence in the sky would be unnoticible.

The F-14Es were some 40nm behind the F-22Ns, both sets of aircraft doing 1.8 times the speed of sound at 25,000 feet. The F-22Ns and F-14Es launched from the deck of the Enterprise would establish a barrier CAP some 48nm from the carrier.

From Ynoga, the F-25Bs were moving at a phenominal 1,900 mph at an altitude of 85,000 feet. Their RCS made them smaller than a seagull, 1000 times smaller. At 0.0009 square feet, the RCS of the F-25Bs made them as close to invisible as possible for the time frame. Each of them had three internal weapons bays, two facing forward. Inside these two bays they carried 8x AIM-9X, 4x AIM-120D, and 8x AIM-179C. The AIM-179C BVRAAM had a range of 95nm and would ascend to 120,000 feet after it was launched. Traveling at Mach 4.0 the missile would descend on its target much like the AIM-120 and AIM-54. The X-band radar and datalink guidance of the missiles made them horrific for the enemy. Lastly, in their aft bays they carried 4x AIM-9X and 4x AIM-120D. The F-22As on the other hand were loaded exactly like the F-22Ns, 2x AIM-9X and 6x AIM-120D. They were moving at 1,300 mph at 65,000 feet. The aircraft wouldn't be in range of the enemy aircraft until they were already in range of the carrier task force but what they would do is close up the back door and provide CAP on site. They would be relieved shortly by more F-25Bs and F-22As from the 4th Air Force in Ynoga.

The primary air defense of the carrier groups was the RIM-184 Standard SM-4MR and RIM-185 Standard SM-4ER. The MR had a range of 43nm and the ER a range of 156nm. The A versions on each were guided by active X-band radar and the B versions included imaging infrared. All versions had a 300 lb. warhead and a 120,000 foot ceiling and a 91% hit-to-kill rate. They were usually fired in pairs when done so and the carrier group had enough of them to fire at will.

As the aircraft closed into range of the SM-4ER missiles, one was fired at each aircraft, all B versions. Their G capability of +60 ensured that they would not be outmanuevered. By this time though the 4 airborne F-14Es had let loose their AIM-54 missiles and the F-22As were well within AIM-120 range and firing as well. They were seeing some 210 aircraft, a mix of ancient F-4 Phantoms, more modern F-18s, and semi-ancient/modern B-52s.

Layarteb

05-02-2005, 03:33

There wasn't just a focus on the aircraft either. As the SAMs lifted off, the Hurricane Class finished its task. The task force had a total of 496 RGM-165A Standard Land-Attack Missiles. The main targets for right now were four coastal surface-to-surface batteries. Well within range of the RGM-165A, the task force launched eight missiles, two per target. They were each equipped with a 300 lb. warhead and had a simple flight profile. They'd ascend to a high altitude and dive on the target, hitting at Mach 3.5. GPS guided, they were accurate to within twenty feet.

The eight missiles climbed high, up to 60,000 feet, enough to stay out of the way of enemy possibilities and yet enough to get the desired striking speed. Elsewhere throughout the Yucatán were five radar sites, four airfields, four army bases, and sixteen surface-to-air missile sites. The radar sites and the surface-to-air sites were on the docket next.

Five F-19B Ghostrider fighters from the carrier launched carrying 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 4x AGM-88D HARM Block VI missiles. The other five F-19B Ghostriders took off carrying the same load except instead of HARM missiles, they carried 8x GBU-35 JDAM bombs, equipped with a BLU-113 hard-target penetrating warhead. Along with those ten aircraft, ten more were launched, all of them F-24B Knightowls, carrying 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders and 8x AIM-120D AMRAAMs each. They would escort the fighter-bombers in and out of the target areas.

The five F-19Bs armed with JDAM bombs were going right after the radar sites, each going after a seperate site. The other five were going after the SAM sites. They carried enough ordinance to take out twenty sites, lucky for them they only needed to tag sixteen. The ten F-24Bs would fly general escort routes. Along with the F-19s, they had a radar signature of 0.0009SF, not enough for the most powerful radars in Layarteb to track, let alone the ones here.

Of the sixteen F-26B Typhoon fighters, eight were going up in the air as well, armed with a serious load. They each carried 2x AIM-9X Sidewinder, 4x AIM-179C BVRAAMs, 4x AGM-178C Storm Shadows, and either 2x AGM-88D HARM Block VIs or 6x AGM-177A Brimstone missiles. Their targets were different, the army bases, two per target (one with HARMs the other with Brimstones).

Flying CAP from the south was a wide array of fighters. The southern CAP group consisted of: 24x F-22A Raptors, 20x F-24A Knightowls, 15x F-25B Firefoxs, and 45x F-15C Eagles. All of them were armed with AIM-9X Sidewinders, AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and/or AIM-179C BVRAAMs. Bombers would be coming in as well. 20x F-19A Ghostriders, armed with 24x GBU-39 SDB 250 lb. JDAMs would be going after the five airfields, four per airfield. In addition, 5x B-2A Spirit bombers were up in the air with 16x GBU-32 JDAMs and 5x B-1B Lancer bombers were up in the air with 84x MK-82 Slick bombs.

The runways would be completely cratered by the B-1Bs. The hangars would be taken out with the JDAM bombs from the B-2s. Lastly, the SDB bombs from the F-19s would take out any mobile air defense units and other minor communications assets. The F-19s would be the first in, flying some ten minutes ahead of the bombers. The B-2s would come in second and hit the hangars, ten minutes behind the F-19s. Then the B-1s would come in four and a half minutes behind the B-2s. 24x EF-111A Raven EW aircraft would escort in a wide array of bombers as well, mostly going after the command assets, 48x F-111M Aardvarks and 24x FB-22B Mantas armed with 4x GBU-32 JDAMs on the former and 30x GBU-39 SDBs on half of the latter and 6x GBU-35 JDAMs on the other half.

RomeW

05-02-2005, 10:05

As soon as the first missiles fell, the Mayans scrambled to action. Their deployed aircraft was reduced to rubble, and a lot of their coastal radar systems were blown to bits. The remaining radar installations across the country did manage to pick up Layartebian missile activity, after which the Mayans ordered a counter strike with their missile defence system. It wasn't nearly as effective as the Layartebians had, but it would provide a partial reprieve and protect some of their assets.

Losses: 360 aircraft (150 F-54's, 200 F-18's, 10 B-52's), coastal radar installations.

Layarteb

05-02-2005, 15:51

OO Missile Defense system. I'm down. What kind?

RomeW

05-02-2005, 22:15

I imagine one of the very first to go up...crude, old, and severely outdated, though the Mayans have kept it running as best as they could. It may not be enough to take out ALL of your missiles, but some of them.

Layarteb

06-02-2005, 03:48

Hm. Crude, ineffective. It would probably take out Tomahawk and CALCM missiles that are subsonic. Only problem is mine are supersonic ;).

RomeW

06-02-2005, 09:10

Hm. Crude, ineffective. It would probably take out Tomahawk and CALCM missiles that are subsonic. Only problem is mine are supersonic ;).

Well, there's a chance it can still hit. Remember, I'm aiming directly at the missiles, so speed isn't that much of a problem. It'd all be about timing. Granted, we wouldn't take out everything- I'd say anywhere between 60-70%- would still connect, because at those speeds you can't time everything correctly, but the later strikes would allow us to better prepare and better time our defence.

Layarteb

07-02-2005, 02:15

Well, there's a chance it can still hit. Remember, I'm aiming directly at the missiles, so speed isn't that much of a problem. It'd all be about timing. Granted, we wouldn't take out everything- I'd say anywhere between 60-70%- would still connect, because at those speeds you can't time everything correctly, but the later strikes would allow us to better prepare and better time our defence.

Hell a subsonic Tomahawk and CALCM can be easily taken out with an AIM-9 Sidewinder if you can get a lock. They're small and sort of built stealthy so it's hard, you'd have to be close to track them. The key with my supersonic Tomahawk II and CALCM Block III is that they come in at a steep angle, making your missile have to either turn a lot or as you said, time it well. You'd probably be using, best of all, early MIM-104 PATRIOT missiles, PAC-1 or first generation PAC-2 missiles as they were really some of the first anti-missile missile systems. The SA-10 of Russia has that capability, although minor. The SA-11 does as does the SA-17. The SA-8/15 has a limited capability, not very effective. On the US side, other than the PATRIOT, the AMRAAM-based SAM would probably be able to but I doubt it would be all that effective, it really wasn't built for that.

RomeW

07-02-2005, 06:44

Hell a subsonic Tomahawk and CALCM can be easily taken out with an AIM-9 Sidewinder if you can get a lock. They're small and sort of built stealthy so it's hard, you'd have to be close to track them. The key with my supersonic Tomahawk II and CALCM Block III is that they come in at a steep angle, making your missile have to either turn a lot or as you said, time it well. You'd probably be using, best of all, early MIM-104 PATRIOT missiles, PAC-1 or first generation PAC-2 missiles as they were really some of the first anti-missile missile systems. The SA-10 of Russia has that capability, although minor. The SA-11 does as does the SA-17. The SA-8/15 has a limited capability, not very effective. On the US side, other than the PATRIOT, the AMRAAM-based SAM would probably be able to but I doubt it would be all that effective, it really wasn't built for that.

Can we just say for RP's sake 65% of your missiles hit? Not to sound mean or anything- I just want to keep this rolling.

Layarteb

09-02-2005, 21:06

Combined Weaponry

MK-50 ALWT: 124
MK-55 ADCAP II: 248
RGM-84G Harpoon: 148
RGM-165A Standard LASM: 485
RGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 21
RGM-176A-4 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 1MT): 26
RGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 209
RGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 600
RGM-176D Tomahawk II (Cluster): 268
RGM-180F Harpoon II: 112
RIM-116B Rolling Airframe Missile: 2,310
RIM-161A Standard SM-3 LEAP: 473
RIM-162A Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile: 398
RIM-184A Standard SM-4MR Block I: 862
RIM-184B Standard SM-4MR Block II: 514
RIM-185A Standard SM-4ER Block I: 606
RIM-185B Standard SM-4ER Block II: 304
RUM-139A ASROC-VL: 328
UGM-84G Harpoon:: 44
UGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 4
UGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 8
UGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 44
UGM-180H Harpoon II: 80

OOC: What aircraft do you have in the air for CAP?

Five of the eight RGM-165s had smashed into their targets. The other three missiles needed to be made up for and another three missiles were fired, at those targets that missed.

The F-19B flights had come well within range of their AGM-88 missiles, which could fly up to 80 miles. They were within 40 miles of their targets when they fired, a total of sixteen being fired, one at each SAM site. The F-19s carrying JDAMs released their bombs accordingly, six of the eight JDAM bombs in each aircraft fell, putting thirty 1,000 lb. GBU-35s at their targets from altitudes in excess of 65,000 feet.

The F-24Bs were patrolling the skies as well, their missiles hot and ready, their radars on passive mode, their infrared sensors on. Once they detected an enemy aircraft they would lock and fire. That was going to be the main operation, keeping the enemy aircraft over enemy territory and/or on the ground.

The eight F-26B Typhoons split into their two groups. Each group carried with them sixteen Storm Shadow missiles, each with a range of some four hundred and eighty miles, four HARM missiles, and twelve Brimstone missiles. The Storm Shadows would be fired at command bunkers, communications bunkers, radar bunkers, weapons storage structures, and vehicles. The massive warheads would destroy multiple parked vehicles. The four HARMs were fired at four radars at the sites, SAM radars. The Brimstone missiles would be used against more air defense units. Within forty miles, the Storm Shadow missiles were fired, within thirty, the HARM missiles, and within twelve, the Brimstone missiles, each aircraft unleashing their full payloads upon the enemy targets.

The twenty F-19A Ghostriders came in from seventy-two thousand feet and twelve hundred miles per hour. Each of them carried twenty-four SDB bombs, each independently targetted. The 250 lb. bombs, falling from that altitude, could rip through a bunker that a 2,000 lb. bomb could rip through falling from eighteen thousand feet. It would be plenty to destroy aircraft and that was the goal. Ninety-six bombs would hit each of the five airfields, going after aircraft parked on the tarmac, runway, taxiing, and against the hangars. Bombs also fell onto some of the radar masts and air defense units.

The B-2As came in after, dropping their GBU-32 JDAMs from forty thousand feet against more hardended targets, primarily the command bunkers and hangars. The B-1Bs screamed in from thirty-thousand feet and nine hundred miles per hour, dropping their full MK-82 payloads upon the runways. The low radar signature of the B-1Bs would allow them to get in quickly, especially under the cover of the fifteen EF-111A Raven EW aircraft in the air, each jamming an airfield, radar site, and search site. The radar screens of those on the ground must have looked like giant bubbles of static. An additional nine EF-111A Raven EW aircraft floated around the country as the forty-eight F-111M Aardvark bombers, each armed with four bombs, split off into twelve groups. Their targets were all command sites, mostly communications and air defense. They were followed by twelve FB-22B Manta bombers armed with six GBU-35 JDAMs each and twelve FB-22Bs armed with thirty GBU-39 SDBs. They split off with five of each going to the airfields and the other seven hitting various command and radar sites across the country.

As those aircraft would be coming out of the airspace a fresh batch would be coming in. The numbers were much in the same, with the same number of aircraft going to the same targets, more or less. However, instead of B-1B Lancers, the ILAF opted for more B-2As armed with GBU-38 JDAMs that were MK-82s armed with a GPS guidance system. Ten B-2As now descended on the airfields, half with heavy GBU-32 2,000 lb. JDAMs and the other half with lighter GBU-38 500 lb. JDAMs. Twenty F-19As came in with the same loadouts, twenty-four GBU-39s each, and would hit the airfields yet again.

On board the fleet, aircraft on CAP patrol were relieved by the same ones and they landed for refueling and rearming. Every ninety seconds an aircraft took off from the carrier and another one landed. One would take off, another would land, then take off, then land, it was a continual process.

Eleven command sites were identified previously and now would be engaged. The fleet let loose forty-four RGM-176C Tomahawk II missiles at the sites, four per site. The RGM-176Cs had a 2,000 lb. hard target penetrator BLU-109 warhead and had a unique flight profile. A booster carried them up to ninety thousand feet where they went Mach 1.2 towards their target, diving down at Mach 2.0. GPS guided, they had a CEP of ten feet and a range of some 1,890 miles.

Layarteb

12-02-2005, 17:42

:: bump ::

RomeW

12-02-2005, 23:25

:: bump ::

OOC: I'll post on this later...I haven't forgotten about this...I just have a few personal issues to work out.

Layarteb

14-02-2005, 03:15

OOC: I'll post on this later...I haven't forgotten about this...I just have a few personal issues to work out.

Alright I'm down with that. No rush. The only thing is that once this is concluded I'm going to post that "startling" find thread :).

RomeW

14-02-2005, 05:51

Alright I'm down with that. No rush. The only thing is that once this is concluded I'm going to post that "startling" find thread :).

OOC: Okay, it's been resolved.

IC: The bombardment was relentless. The Layartebians' assualt heavily damaged their fortifications, and severely crippled a lot of their communications systems. Everything that could be salvaged was moved further inland, and any aircraft that was still workable was sent to engage the Layartebian aircraft directly. Still, all that remains of their Air Force were 400 aircraft- 222 fighters and 178 bombers- and the Army's radar capabilities now could not see the coast. The Mayans now pulled back from the coast, giving the Layartebians half the land. Montrazez's plan: "bend but don't break". Hopefully it would work.

Layarteb

15-02-2005, 06:52

OOC: You gotta tell me what you got in the sky at what time so I know what to engage?

RomeW

15-02-2005, 07:59

OOC: You gotta tell me what you got in the sky at what time so I know what to engage?

115 F-18's
106 F-54's
178 B-52's

Layarteb

15-02-2005, 18:27

Cool. What's the F-54?

RomeW

15-02-2005, 22:38

Cool. What's the F-54?

F-4...my bad...

Layarteb

15-02-2005, 22:39

F-4...my bad...

Oh okay. Will post in a lil bit!

Layarteb

16-02-2005, 04:07

Wave 1 (Day 1 @ 0100)

12x beachhead positions
2x radar posts
3x communications posts

Wave 1B (Day 1 @ 0130)

100x F-4 Phantom II
100x F-18C Hornet
10x B-52H Stratofortress

Wave 2 (Day 1 @ 0130)

4x coastal SSM
5x radar sites
16x SAM sites
4x army bases
5x airfields

Wave 3 (Day 1 @ 0230)

5x radar sites
4x SAM sites
4x army bases
5x airfields
11x command sites

AWACS aloft over the fleet and over Ynoga was plotting hundreds of aircraft. Of them, 178 had significantly huge radar signatures, 106 with large, and 115 with medium. In the air were several groups of Layartebian aircraft:

6x F-14E Super Tomcats, each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-54D Phoenixs, and 4x AIM-120D AMRAAMs

60x F-15C Eagles, each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders,4x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 2x AIM-179C BVRAAMs

4x F/A-18E Super Hornets, each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders and 10x AIM-120D AMRAAMs.

45x F-22A Raptors, each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders and 6x AIM-120D AMRAAMs

3x F-22N Raptors, each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders and 6x AIM-120D AMRAAMs

20x F-24A Knightwolfs, each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 4x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 4x AIM-179C BVRAAMs

4x F-24B Knightwolfs, each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders and 8x AIM-120D AMRAAMs

15x F-25B Firefoxs, each armed with 12x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 10x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 6x AIM-179C BVRAAMs

The last strike of F-19s, F-111s, F-15Es, and other assorted aircraft had rained havoc on all of their targets. A new wave would be coming in, only the fourth wave.

It was just after 0500 when the fourth wave entered Mayan airspace. The flights were massive and they were coming in from the navy and from the air force.

From the navy was coming:

6x AV-8B+ Harrier IIs (2x CAS flights [3 per flight]), armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AGM-65E Mavericks, 4x CBU-87 CEMs, and 2x LAU-61 Hydra pods. They would be going after the beachheads.

4x F-14E Super Tomcats (1x Strike flight), armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 4x GBU-24 Paveway IIIs. They were going after a command site.

8x F/A-18C Hornets (4x SEAD flights [2 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 4x AGM-88D HARM Block VIs. They would be on general patrol.

6x F/A-18E Super Hornets (2x Strike flights [3 per flight]), each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 4x GBU-32 JDAMs. They would be taking out two command sites.

4x F-19B Ghostriders (2x Strike flights [2 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 8x GBU-35 JDAMs. They would be going after two bridges.

6x F-26B Typhoons (3x CAS flights [2 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 4x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, 12x Brimstones, and 4x CBU-87 CEMs. They would be flying over the beachheads.

The air force, on the other hand, was sending in a significantly large amount of aircraft:

15x A-10A Thunderbolt II (5x CAS flights [3 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9M-9 Sidewinders, 3x AGM-65G Mavericks, 2x LAU-61 Hydra pods, and 4x MK-82 Slicks. They would be clearing hostiles along the border with Tanuioan Quintana Roo.

9x A-13A Vipers (3x CAS flights [3 per flight]), each armed with 6x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 6x AGM-65G Mavericks, 16x Brimstones, and 8x CBU-87 CEMs. They would be clearing hostiles along the border with Tanuioan Quintana Roo.

2x B-1B Lancers (2x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 24x GBU-32 JDAMs. They would be going after two command sites and a pair of communications sites.

5x B-2A Spirits (5x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 16x GBU-32 JDAMs. They would be going after the airbases still, one per airbase.

2x B-4A Magnums (2x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 4x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 4x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, 8x AGM-88D HARM Block VIs, and 48x GBU-35 JDAMs. They had a wide variety of targets: six command targets, two radar sites, and ten ammunition dumps.

2x B-7B Incubus' (2x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 16x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 8x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, 8x AIM-179B BVRAAMs, seventy-two GBU-35 JDAMs, and one hundred GBU-38 JDAMs. They would be sweeping all five airbases, six ammunition dumps, two fuel dumps, and a pair of command sites.

24x EF-111A Ravens (24x Escort flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9M-9 Sidewinders. They would be providing jamming for all flights.

50x F-15E Strike Eagles (10x Strike flights [5 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 8x GBU-16 Paveway IIs. They would be striking targets along the Tanuioan Quintana Roo border.

24x F-16C Falcons (8x Strike flights [3 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 2x GBU-32 JDAMs. They would be going after eight weapons sites.

16x F-16CJ Falcons (4x SEAD flights [4 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 2x AGM-88D HARM Block VIs. They would be on patrol as well.

20x F-19A Ghostriders (10x Strike flights [2 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 24x GBU-39 SDB JDAMs. They would be hitting a variety of communications targets.

20x F-111M Aardvarks (5x Strike flights [4 per flight]), each armed with 4x AIM-9M-9 Sidewinders and 4x GBU-24 Paveway IIs. They would be going after two bridges, two weapons sites, and one command site.

16x F-117A Nighthawks (16x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 2x GBU-27 Paveway IIIs. They were going after underground storage sites.

5x FB-22A Mantas (5x Strike flights [1 per flight]), each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 6x GBU-35 JDAMs. They were going after more underground sites.

Layarteb

20-02-2005, 05:37

.:. Bump .:.

RomeW

20-02-2005, 06:59

OOC: I don't know why I forgot this...I made a mental note to post in it..oh well.

By the way, you do know you have half of the Yucatan, right?

IC: The sheer amount of planes the Layartebians sent forced the Mayans' hand: no longer did they feel like open warfare would play in their favour. Montrazez decided to ground his air force in whatever caves he could find, and ordered his tanks to hide behind city walls, where they'd hide in the garages of homes. Soldiers would also be posted in residential areas and in hospitals, where military computers were also being operated. The idea- confuse the Layartebian bombers and force them to bomb everything, leaving the Layartebians little to work with later. Guerilla warfare would win the day here, he hoped.

Layarteb

20-02-2005, 07:41

Layarteb

20-02-2005, 07:51

Two flights of F-19A Ghostriders, each armed with 24x GBU-39s for ground attack, were coming up on their IP points when something looked amiss. "Sir, we've got some movement down there on the IR scope." The pilot of the Ghost 202, the second F-19A in flight 2.

"Roger that, let's go down and take a look." They were up at 60,000 feet, moving at 950 mph. The nimble planes moved easily as they took a swoop down, their IR sensors picking up dozens of heat signatures on the ground.

"Sir, I've got a visual." The pilot of Ghost 202 said at 12,000 feet. "It looks like aircraft sir." He was shocked.

"Roger that. Command 62 this is Ghost 201. We've got groups of aircraft on the ground moving to an unknown site. Request permission to attack, over."

There was static. "Ghost 201. Command 62. Cleared to engage. We're sending other aircraft against your target." Ghost 401 had reported the same findings and now four aircraft were targetting the moving aircraft with their GBU-39 JDAMs. They had a total of ninety-six bombs between the four aircraft, enough to wreck havoc on the amount of aircraft moving (OOC how many do I get?).

In their places, four FB-22B Manta bombers were flying from Ynoga each armed with 2x AIM-9X Sidewinders, 2x AIM-120D AMRAAMs, and 6x GBU-35 JDAMs.

Along the border though things were going badly for the Mayan military. A-10s and A-13s were making hell on them, passing left and right, dropping flares like crazy, heavy on their jammers. All of them were carrying IR jammers for this task and it was definitely a necessity.

In the skies, however, it was one giant air battle. There were some three hundred aircraft in the air and at least that many missiles, each one of the Layartebian aircraft having a dozen or more contacts on their radars, pushing their AIM-120D AMRAAM and AIM-179C BVRAAM air to air missiles against them. If they got close enough, they would use their AIM-9X Sidewinders.

Layarteb

23-02-2005, 15:43

:: bump ::

RomeW

24-02-2005, 07:31

*will post tommorow...been a busy day today*

Layarteb

24-02-2005, 17:59

*will post tommorow...been a busy day today*

Cool. Just let me know what you meant by I have half of the Yucatán already.

RomeW

24-02-2005, 19:42

Cool. Just let me know what you meant by I have half of the Yucatán already.

OOC: Half the peninsula. Also, the planes moved into random caves, not to a specific location.

120 planes lost.

IC: The Layartebians' relentless assault on the Mayan aircraft forced Montrazez's hand and thus the planes were ordered to fight. They were disoriented, resulting in the loss of several planes to the Layartebians, but they were able to maintain a decent force in the sky, although many on the ground were counting down the minutes before each would be shot down. The remaining planes decided to assume an "atom" position, with each plane taking a different eliptical orbit around the Layartebian planes, firing at them whenever they got the chance. The idea? Confuse the Layartebian radars, and make each of them hard to spot. The Mayans may not eventually win the day but it may buy Montrazez some time to organize the guerilla tactics for the later war.

Layarteb

26-02-2005, 00:32

OOC: Half the peninsula. Also, the planes moved into random caves, not to a specific location.

120 planes lost.

IC: The Layartebians' relentless assault on the Mayan aircraft forced Montrazez's hand and thus the planes were ordered to fight. They were disoriented, resulting in the loss of several planes to the Layartebians, but they were able to maintain a decent force in the sky, although many on the ground were counting down the minutes before each would be shot down. The remaining planes decided to assume an "atom" position, with each plane taking a different eliptical orbit around the Layartebian planes, firing at them whenever they got the chance. The idea? Confuse the Layartebian radars, and make each of them hard to spot. The Mayans may not eventually win the day but it may buy Montrazez some time to organize the guerilla tactics for the later war.

OOC: I do? Awesome...I'll have to land some soldiers to administer it.

Wave 1 (Day 1 @ 0100)

12x beachhead positions
2x radar posts
3x communications posts

Wave 1B (Day 1 @ 0130)

100x F-4 Phantom II
100x F-18C Hornet
10x B-52H Stratofortress

Wave 2 (Day 1 @ 0130)

4x coastal SSM
5x radar sites
16x SAM sites
4x army bases
5x airfields

Wave 3 (Day 1 @ 0230)

5x radar sites
4x SAM sites
4x army bases
5x airfields
11x command sites

Wave 4 (Day 1 @ 0500)
[list]
120x Aircraft
5x beachheads
3x command sites
4x bridges
1x border
21x communications sites
5x airbases
26x ammunition sites
2x radar sites
2x fuel dumps
4x SAM sites
9x underground storage sites

OOC: What's left to bomb, I'm curious? I've been making stuff up but I've pretty much bombed the living daylights out of that place, especially the last wave.

The air battle was fierce. The Mayan fighters were like buzzards in the sky, flying insane patterns. Radar operators were overloaded and the ensuing air battle was of great craze. Not since the early wars had the Layartebian aircraft seen such fury. Their AIM-9X Sidewinders streaked off at 60° and 90° off boresight angles, tracking the enemy aircraft. It was now a dogfight...They had used their AIM-54, AIM-120, and AIM-179 missiles effectively and from a distance but now it was all up to close counter fighting. They would be using AIM-9X Sidewinders, IIR guided missiles with unprecedented agility.

But the air battle, though it favored the Layartebians, did claim some of them. At least two dozen aircraft were confirmed shot down and another fifteen unaccounted for, mostly F-15C Eagles and F-16C Falcons. There were reports of a downed B-1B Lancer but it could not be confirmed or denied.

The sun would be coming up soon and that meant all stealth aircraft were going away. F-19s, F-24s, F-25s, B-2s, and F-117s wouldn't be flying in the daylight. They would maintain night fighting. For the daylight the F-31 Tornado, F-32 Foxhound, F-15 Eagle, F-22 Raptor, and F-14 Super Tomcats would be providing air cover. Ground strikes would be made by other aircraft, Hornets, Falcons, Aardvarks, Mantas, and other ground attack fighters and bombers.

The fifth wave would be going at 0800, another heavy group of aircraft to bomb more and more and more targets. They would include A-10A Thunderbolts, B-1B Lancers, B-52H Stratofortresses, F-14E Super Tomcats, F/A-18C Hornets, F/A-18E Super Hornets, F-22A Raptors, F-16C Falcons, F-15E Strike Eagles, F-15C Strike Eagles, and so on and so fourth.

Clearance had come from the Tanuioian government to move across their territory with armored and infantry units to get to the Yucatán and that was only days away. The Mayan forces put significant defenses along the border and those were being pounded by A-10A Thunderbolt IIs, F-15E Strike Eagles, FB-22A Mantas, and F-111M Aardvarks.

RomeW

26-02-2005, 00:54

OOC: Hmmnnn...I don't know. Most of the Mayan army has retreated to the cities and locked up in houses. The only section of the army that should appear deployed are the aircraft. By the way, the B-52's also have missiles, right?

IC: The Mayans' atom formation was doing what it was supposed to, holding off the Layartebians and buying Montrazez some time. The B-52's now got into the act, flying directly overhead of the pack and dropping whatever bombs they had onto the Layartebians. About another 25 planes were lost, with two of them being lost when their orbits made them collide with each other.

Meanwhile, on the borders the Mayans' missile defence systems were again deployed, with mixed success. They were able to save some of the command centres, but they were of little importance now since the army was using the city's own regular communications systems, getting well prepared for the Layartebians' entrance into the cities, where they'd have more of an advantage. The Mayans were willing to go the route of Dallas, intent on dying rather than surrendering.

Layarteb

26-02-2005, 00:57

RomeW

26-02-2005, 01:37

I could fire the bombs straight, couldn't I?

Layarteb

26-02-2005, 03:47

I could fire the bombs straight, couldn't I?

LOL nope. Bombs fall down, from the bombay and the wing hardpoints. They go with gravity.

RomeW

26-02-2005, 05:43

LOL nope. Bombs fall down, from the bombay and the wing hardpoints. They go with gravity.

I could time the bombs so that they'd fall on the planes and not on the ground...unless the fighting is too high up for the B-52's to go.

Layarteb

26-02-2005, 07:05

I could time the bombs so that they'd fall on the planes and not on the ground...unless the fighting is too high up for the B-52's to go.

No you could do that but the prospect of hitting your own a/c would suck. That and the RCS of the B-52 just invites all sorts of missiles.

RomeW

26-02-2005, 07:26

No you could do that but the prospect of hitting your own a/c would suck. That and the RCS of the B-52 just invites all sorts of missiles.

My planes are already flying into each other, so that doesn't much matter to me. If I can get huge explosions that would block your planes' line of sight I've done my job. Remember, this is more of a delay tactic- the Mayans know they'll lose.

Assume that I've dropped the bombs on your planes and that I've lost another 20 planes in the bombing.

Layarteb

28-02-2005, 21:05

The sky was a furious nightmare. Most of the Layartebian aircraft were operating between 16 and 28 thousand feet. However, above, below, and around them were Mayan aircraft, over a hundred of them. They were trying to confuse the Layartebian radars and it was working, sort of. Their F-4 Phantom II fighters had RCS' significantly larger than anything the Layartebians were using and their B-52s had RCS' so large they were spotted hundreds miles away. F-14E Super Tomcats, with their AIM-54D Phoenix missiles were tasked with taking down the bombers. They flew high, at angels 38, and lobbed their missiles at the B-52s, two sometimes three missiles at each bomber.

But that wasn't even the most of the matter. The B-52s, loaded heavy with 51 MK-82 bombs had begun dropping their bombs, in an attempt to hit the countless Layartebian aircraft. Already some twenty F-15C Eagles were tagged and three F-16C Falcons managed to get hit by proximity and were on their way home, whether they would make it or not was unknown. Even one F-22A Raptor was downed from a bomb. A single hit would incinerate the whole plane and within 2,000 feet of it fragments would fly. The F-22A that was tagged got hit from a fragment some 550 feet away, shattering its fuel lines and sending it into an unrecoverable spin.

The bombs that missed the aircraft would crash right into the ground, hitting civilian targets and military targets, if they hit anything.

Tactics would have to shift. The radio chatter was insane, almost unintelligible. But, the most frequent call was, "Air dropped bombs. CLIMB CLIMB CLIMB. Make it angels 40!" The F-15Cs engaged in combat had already dropped their tanks and many of them punched their afterburners and went near vertical. The F-22As were operating already at angels 40 to 50. They shifted tactics, using their AIM-9X Sidewinder and AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles against B-52s their radars picked up. No amount of radar jamming could confuse this situation even more.

RomeW

28-02-2005, 22:48

OOC: It is possible to put a self-destruct function on the planes, right? If not, I'll edit this.

The Mayans saw the Layartebians change their tactics, so they changed theirs- slightly. Four B-52's flew directly into the centre of the fight, with two on top and two on the bottom. The top two were fully loaded, and dropped their entire payload on the bottom two B-52's, with the top two self-destructing afterward. The result was a massive explosion that engulfed the entire dogfight, with such a bright light that it could be seen for hundreds of miles, both on the ground and in the air.

Result:

60 Planes down (40 from the explosion and 20 from the Layartebians).

Layarteb

28-02-2005, 23:43

RomeW

01-03-2005, 00:18

Then that's what happened. The bombs were timed to hit the other B-52's.

Layarteb

01-03-2005, 00:20

Then that's what happened. The bombs were timed to hit the other B-52's.

You could just do a suicide attack flying the B-52s near our a/c and then hitting a remote detonator but you'd get one or two. My aircraft aren't going to be in close formation in such a HUGE dogfight like this.

RomeW

01-03-2005, 00:32

The explosion wouldn't be that big? It's all of the bombs.

Layarteb

01-03-2005, 00:33

The explosion wouldn't be that big? It's all of the bombs.

What dropping the bombs from one onto the other? It'd throw a lot of fragments around for probably a kilometer but the explosion itself would be only a few hundred meters.

RomeW

01-03-2005, 00:44

I thought I could make a huge explosion...hrmmnnn...back to the drawing board. Do I still have time to edit it? (I'll have to do it later though- class).

Layarteb

01-03-2005, 00:48

I thought I could make a huge explosion...hrmmnnn...back to the drawing board. Do I still have time to edit it? (I'll have to do it later though- class).

Yeah. Just curious, how many planes do you have left? I lost count myself.

RomeW

01-03-2005, 00:50

I'll check and edit after class. I can't remember off-hand myself.

Layarteb

01-03-2005, 00:52

I'll check and edit after class. I can't remember off-hand myself.

Surely. I'll be here...called out of work because I thought of the blizzard, yeah it stopped snowing so I'm ticked!

Layarteb

03-03-2005, 00:14

The furball in the sky was winding down, although slightly. Surface-to-air missiles from the naval ships kept any fighters and bombers near the coast from being a threat. In the sky though, relief was on the way. F-15C Eagles and F-22A Raptors from Ynoga were on their way to relieve those already in the air. F/A-18C Hornets were loaded with maximum air to air weaponry and put into the sky as soon as they landed. But the tolls were being felt. Another ten aircraft were on their way back to base severely damaged and sixteen more were downed. The B-52s now became flying bombs, exploding randomly, most likely from their own pilots. They each carried 51x MK-82 bombs, giving a total HE power of some 14,025 pounds plus the fuel on board. They created fireballs several hundred meters across, engulfing the nearest aircraft. Tactics would have to change again and now the shift was even more. Incomming F-15C Eagles were tasked now with assisting in the destruction of the B-52s and a flight of F-32A Foxhounds armed with 6x Phoenix missiles, 4x AIM-120D AMRAAM, and 4x AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles each was put up. There would be a total of 48 of them flying in at 75,000 feet and Mach 2.5. They would be targetting the bombers. They came with a total of 672 missiles, 480 of them capable of downing the B-52s on a single shot.

RomeW

05-03-2005, 00:20

Layarteb

05-03-2005, 02:23

The fleet was about twenty-three miles from the coast, just over the horizon. Radar from AWACS was disturbing. The aerial battle was too much for the operators to pay full attention to so they had sectioned it off. They had one operator monitoring the largest RCS signatures, the B-52s, the number dwindling with every second, and the rest watching the air battle. Two were watching the full battle and one was watching just the Layartebian fighters. It was a mess.

"Sir, something is up. We've got numerous contacts heading our way. They're up high and moving fast. Recommend air defense." The operator said to the battlegroup commander. "They're out about forty-seven nautical miles, moving in fast. Coming lower."

The AEGIS and Ticonderoga Class ships were the closest, making the picket line from the coast to the carriers. Loaded on their VLS racks were Standard missiles, Tomahawk missiles, and ASROC missiles. The Standards would be the prime weapons. They would have to use their RIM-184A Standard SM-4MR Block I missiles for this as the bombers were well within medium range. A grand total of 24 were coming their way, all with RCS outlines larger than their screens could handle. On board each of the three closest ships, one Ticonderoga and two AEGIS, the CIC was buzzing and alive.

The target plots were being made as quickly as possible as the B-52s dropped lower and lower, evidently trying to avoid radar. "Battlegroup command, take all measures to defend yourselves." The order was simple. Each of the three ships lifted off a single SAM at each of the aircraft, putting three missiles on each bomber.

Combined Weaponry

MK-50 ALWT: 124
MK-55 ADCAP II: 248
RGM-84G Harpoon: 148
RGM-165A Standard LASM: 485
RGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 21
RGM-176A-4 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 1MT): 26
RGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 209
RGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 600
RGM-176D Tomahawk II (Cluster): 268
RGM-180F Harpoon II: 112
RIM-116B Rolling Airframe Missile: 2,306
RIM-161A Standard SM-3 LEAP: 473
RIM-162A Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile: 398
RIM-184A Standard SM-4MR Block I: 790
RIM-184B Standard SM-4MR Block II: 514
RIM-185A Standard SM-4ER Block I: 606
RIM-185B Standard SM-4ER Block II: 304
RUM-139A ASROC-VL: 328
UGM-84G Harpoon:: 44
UGM-176A-2 Tomahawk II (Nuclear 250KT): 4
UGM-176B Tomahawk II (Anti-Ship): 8
UGM-176C Tomahawk II (HE): 44
UGM-180H Harpoon II: 80

The missiles lifted off in succession, flooding out of the racks quickly. "Birds away!" The familiar call signified that the missiles being fired were away, they were in the air and on the way to their targets, twenty-four B-52s moving just under 600 mph and coming in lower and lower.

Most of the missiles would hit. But alas, there was more to it. At a range of just two nautical miles out, two more B-52s were detected, evidently having gotten low enough to avoid the radar. They were coming straight at the Ticonderoga, the fog obstructing too much. Immediately the klaxon's sounded and the Phalanx guns let loose. A pair of RIM-116 missiles were fired at each of the two aircraft. But, it was too late.

The fireball from the collision of the B-52s to the Ticonderoga was immense. It lit up the fog and pierced through it. Alarms and chaos ensued as the Ticonderoga began to take on water, lots of water...

Layarteb

07-03-2005, 04:56

.:. bumpy .:.

RomeW

07-03-2005, 06:42

OOC: I still have 16 B-52's headed your way...all of them were flying right for you.

IC: "Success!" screamed Montrazez when he learned of a sunken Layartebian ship. It wouldn't do much to relieve the situation but at least it would lessen the bombardment of the Yucatan.

Regardless, the transformation of the Mayan Army into a guerilla unit was proceeding as scheduled. Most of the city gates were bolted shut, with tanks and army personnel stowed away hidden in any place that they could find. Some supply trucks were being used to transport food and resources to the cities, but other than that the whole country was devoid of any movement.

Layarteb

07-03-2005, 21:13

"We've got more B-52s heading your way fleet. Looks like ten from what we can see," AWACS operators were frantic, especially since the Ticonderoga was sinking, with a large amount of armament on board her.

Another group of missiles were fired, this time from the two AEGIS Class ships and from a pair of F-22Ns who were on their way back into the fight. The situation was tense, very tense. All in all, twenty RIM-184As were fired and another four AIM-120Ds.

But as they hit things became very dangerous. Short-range radar and visual identification showed more B-52s coming in. Immediately, action was taken. Phalanx guns unleashed and so did RIM-116 units. The two F-22Ns came in screaming low, firing their other AIM-120Ds and AIM-9Xs. But, it wasn't going to be enough. Two of the B-52s slammed into an Oliver Hazard Perry frigate, striking the magazine, sending her into the water inside of seconds. Two were shot down, luckily. However, two more came right in, one landing just shy of the AEGIS, the other hitting it in the bow. Her fate was to be determined...

RomeW

07-03-2005, 23:34

"Yes! Yes! YES!" Montrazez was did the Macarena for a while in excitement, then stopped realizing he'd just embarrassed himself in the command bunker. The way he saw it, the Layartebian fleet was crumbling right before his eyes. Regardless, he dealt a significant blow to Layarteb's operations, although the invasion was still anticipated.

Layarteb

08-03-2005, 04:44

OOC: Okay so you're out of B-52s I take it. And then you've got what 110 F-4s and F-18s left. Not bad...air battle is sick up there lol!!!

Layarteb

10-03-2005, 22:19

OOC: I gotta get my guys on the ground here...Shall we say the air battle is over and done with? All your a/c are down, another 4 dozen of mine are downed too?

RomeW

10-03-2005, 23:04

OOC: Well, can you shoot down all my planes? If so then I say we end it. As for your army, we've been waiting for a while. :D

Layarteb

11-03-2005, 00:00

LOL haven't I already? I got so many a/c of up there I lost count. Yes it's time for the next phase, pre-invasion preparation!

Layarteb

12-03-2005, 06:01

The last F-22A banked as it let loose its AIM-9X Sidewinder. It was one of two that the F-22A was carrying. She was flown by an experienced pilot who had four kills already. During this air battle he had amassed another six, all of his AIM-120Ds barrelling right into four F-4 Phantom IIs and two F/A-18 Hornets. Now he was firing at another F/A-18, his AIM-9X streaking towards it at over 3 times the speed of sound.

He was four miles out, following the F/A-18 from the rear, when he fired off the missile. It ejected from the bay within a fraction of a second, flew about 10 meters in front of his plane, ignited, and streaked up at the F/A-18, which was about 52° off boresight. The missile could track targets at 90° off boresight so 52° was nothing.

As it's low smoke motor and thrust vectoring drove it upwards at a force og tens of Gs, the pilot watched in awe, the seconds taking forever. But he would be rewarded. The AIM-9X Sidewinder smashed into the rear of the F/A-18, hitting the left engine on a direct hit. It's 25 lb. explosive warhead shattered the aircraft and ignited the center fuel tank. With it went the plane and the pilot. "Red Leader scratch seven!" The pilot banked hard as he checked his RWR. There were no signs of F-4 or F/A-18 radars.

"Looking Glass this is Red Leader. Report picture."

"Wait One." The E-3C Sentry operators were overloaded, looking for targets. Thirty seconds later, "Picture is clear!" That was all they had to hear. All of the radio chatter stopped instantly and the pilots cheered in their cockpits. They had won the biggest air battle they had ever been engaged in. But, in the end, they had lost a total of 52 aircraft (30x F-16C, 16x F-15C, 4x F-22A, and 2x F/A-18C). An additional 64 aircraft lumbered back wounded (16x F-16C, 16x F-15C, 10x F-22A, 8x F-31A, 8x F-26A, and 6x F/A-18C).

In the air attack they had lost a Ticonderoga class cruiser and a Perry class frigate. One AEGIS class destroyer was in bad shape, lumbering back to port at 2 knots. Many men had died as a result but now came the second phase.

As the night of Day 1 turned to the morning of Day 2, darkness fell on the Yucatán. Stealth bombers came back out again. F-19A Ghostriders and F-25A Firefoxes flew towards the Yucatán, armed with missiles and bombs. They took out mobile SAM launchers and mobile AAA guns. B-4As and B-7Bs bombed the airports again. A-10As and A-13As continued to slaughter the border area. F-26As slammed the beachheads once again. F-15E Strike Eagles flew to the major cities with laser guided bombs and picked off tanks from 25,000 feet.

FB-22B Mantas armed with GBU-35s hit more command targets and the night would turn to day soon but after eleven and half hours of straight bombardment from the air. The bombings began at 1900 and continued through to 0630, not stopping for more than 5 minutes at a time. Naval missiles slammed the beachheads and other important targets as gunfire from the battleships rained hell onto key command sites on the coast.

Before Layartebian ground forces even touched the area, there would be little left!

Layarteb

16-03-2005, 21:40

:: bump ::

For RomeW when he returns from tests.

RomeW

17-03-2005, 06:16

IC: Montrazez mulled over the situation. It was desolate: the Layartebians had blown up everything, and the general mood across the country was that they would all be enslaved as soon as Layarteb finished its invasion. Their homes were destroyed- all they had left were their bunkers.

"Men. We have a decision to make. Either we fight, or we run. If we run, we risk becoming slaves. If we fight, at least we can say that we died as Mayans. I know I for one will NOT become a slave."

The men all nodded in agreement. Many were of the opinion that there was nothing left to fight for, but with the realization that they would become slaves, they decided it was best to keep fighting for their lives. They resolved to stay in their bunker in a secret location in Valladolid, awaiting the Layartebians to come. Then they would fight for their lives, and would not give an inch. Like their Dallasian counterparts, they set huge bonfires across the city and poured gasoline on the streets, hoping that it would provide enough cover to sustain a fight. The Mayans were not going to go easily.

Layarteb

17-03-2005, 18:23

OOC: My plan is to continually bomb those tanks in the cities and such as well as any other key places within the cities with surgical strikes.

The next wave of aircraft returned to their bases in Ynoga and South Eastern Virginia. More missiles from the ships, namely RGM-165s, continued to fire off from the ships and streak towards their targets, mostly known command bunkers and C3 sites. FB-22s continued to loft their GBU-39s and GBU-35s against targets within the limits of the Mayan land. In addition, A-10s, F-15Es, and FB-22s continued to slaughter positions along the border, where army troops, cavalry, and helicopters would be passing through.

RomeW

17-03-2005, 19:38

Layarteb

17-03-2005, 19:46

OOC: Ah, so I still have time to hide away in bunkers. Okay then. I'll just assume that half of my tanks are gone and the other half managed to get stowed away in special bunkers, if that's even possible.

I'm sure it is. The Afghani's hid tanks, BMPs, vehicles, and other items inside caves and such.

RomeW

17-03-2005, 19:54

I'm sure it is. The Afghani's hid tanks, BMPs, vehicles, and other items inside caves and such.

I'll do that then. It's my interest to turn this into the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Layarteb

17-03-2005, 20:12

I'll do that then. It's my interest to turn this into the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

LOL so I can use CBW?

Layarteb

24-03-2005, 21:48

Over the course of the next week, while Layartebian forces bombarded the Mayan command centers and army positions from the air, ground forces prepared. The border with Tanuio was well beaten into the ground from Apaches, Commanches, Stalkers, and Thunderbolt IIs. The wreckage was massive, spread out across the entire length of the land border. Layartebian army units would be crossing over it and an additional Marine force would be landed at sixteen designated sites along the coast. Airborne soldiers would be inserted a full ninety-six hours ahead of all forces and Special Forces would be deployed forty-eight hours ahead of them. It was definitely a war they weren't looking to lose.

RomeW

24-03-2005, 23:02

LOL so I can use CBW?

What's that?

Layarteb

24-03-2005, 23:10

What's that?

Chemical & Biological Weapons

RomeW

25-03-2005, 00:14

Well, I guess you could...it's your war. Just as long as it won't affect Roman territory (Nayarit, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa).

Layarteb

25-03-2005, 00:58

Well, I guess you could...it's your war. Just as long as it won't affect Roman territory (Nayarit, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa).

Nah that stuff stays contained. Well chemical that is. Biological can spread :). But then again...

RomeW

25-03-2005, 01:06

As long as you don't affect my nation's land I don't care what you do to the Mayans (as cruel as that sounds).

Layarteb

25-03-2005, 01:08

As long as you don't affect my nation's land I don't care what you do to the Mayans (as cruel as that sounds).

LOL but did you get the joke concerning CBW & 1980s Afghanistan?

RomeW

25-03-2005, 01:15

LOL but did you get the joke concerning CBW & 1980s Afghanistan?

Actually, no...

Layarteb

25-03-2005, 01:16

Actually, no...

During the Afghan war, the Soviets used Yellow Rain against the local peoples and probably other chem/bio weapons.

RomeW

25-03-2005, 01:28

Ah, I get it now...I said that I wanted to turn this into the Soviet-Afghan War, so you responded by asking to use chemical and biological warfare like the Soviets did. LOL. Clever, pretty clever.

Does that mean I'm spared? Oh great Emperor?

Layarteb

25-03-2005, 01:33

RomeW

25-03-2005, 08:43

I plead the 5th Amendment.

The right to bear arms? Oh well...

By the way, if you are using gas, has it begun yet?

Layarteb

25-03-2005, 16:54

The right to bear arms? Oh well...

By the way, if you are using gas, has it begun yet?

No that's 2nd. 5th allows me to withhold testimoney because I feel it is harmful to me or my family :).

RomeW

26-03-2005, 00:16

No that's 2nd. 5th allows me to withhold testimoney because I feel it is harmful to me or my family :).

Oh. Okay. Well, in my defence, I am Canadian...

Layarteb

26-03-2005, 00:19

Oh. Okay. Well, in my defence, I am Canadian...

Yeah I realized that after I said it so I was like, eh, he might know...

Alright back to work!

Layartebian cavalry units had finally crossed into the Yucatán from its southern and western borders. They had crossed through seven points per border. In addition, Marines landed at a total of sixteen points along the coasts. Airborne soldiers had dropped in and were working on disabling bridges and road blocks for the Layartebian infantry and cavalry units. Special Forces were already in, mostly conducting reconnaissance and picking off rebels from afar with long-range sniper rifles.

RomeW

26-03-2005, 01:21

Layarteb: for the next couple of days I may not be able to make much of a reply (finishing essays). Just a heads up.

Layarteb

26-03-2005, 02:05

Layarteb: for the next couple of days I may not be able to make much of a reply (finishing essays). Just a heads up.

Roger that. I just hope to wrap this up by the time we make a decision about this World War deal.

RomeW

26-03-2005, 02:42

Layarteb

26-03-2005, 02:44

I could just "surrender" and leave you with the equivalent of the Irish Republican Army in the Yucatan...you pretty much have free reign in the countryside, and I have turned it into a guerilla conflict. I would like to finish the RP and I'm sure you would too- I'm just thinking about our time constraints, that's all.

Indeed. We could have the city fall and just a consistent problem with rebel attacks and such. I mean that's doable. Get an attack here, an attack there, etc.

RomeW

26-03-2005, 02:54

We'll have some final battle that Montrazez himself is present in and dies, thus fueling rebel hatred. It'd have to be near Piste, the chief city.

Layarteb

26-03-2005, 15:11

I'm afraid I can't find Piste on the map or Wikipedia.

Cotland

26-03-2005, 15:24

I'm afraid I can't find Piste on the map or Wikipedia.
OOC:

http://www.tourbymexico.com/yucatan/mapayuca.jpg

EDIT: Found a better one. It's in the blue circle.

http://www.3dphoto.net/stereo/world/latin_america/mexico/chichen_itza/map-yucatan-close_up.jpg

It's a bit difficult to see, but it's there. A little bit to the right of the middle.

Layarteb

26-03-2005, 15:26

OOC:

http://www.tourbymexico.com/yucatan/mapayuca.jpg

EDIT: Found a better one. It's in the blue circle.

http://www.3dphoto.net/stereo/world/latin_america/mexico/chichen_itza/map-yucatan-close_up.jpg

It's a bit difficult to see, but it's there. A little bit to the right of the middle.

Ah okay I see it. It's by the city of Chichén Itzá, the Mayan city. I will be using that city extensively for my "discovery RP."

RomeW

28-03-2005, 04:27

I picked it because of its nice central location. I'm not sure if it's the real geographic centre but it's close enough.

Layarteb

28-03-2005, 17:24

OOC: Cool.

As Layartebian armored units entered the Mayan state of the Yucatán, they found themselves in a foreign land. It was densely vegetated with thousands of millions of places to hide every ten feet. RQ-10A Pegasus drones flew overhead, using their FLIR to spot anything in the way of the armor, as it moved through the forest at speeds of thirty to forty-two miles per hour. RQ-1A Predator drones flew as well, maintaining 26,000 feet, armed with a pair of AGM-114 Hellfires, just in case. F-16C Falcon and A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft were also in the immediately vacinity, flying CAS for the armor. Overhead them, F/A-18C Hornets, F-14E Super Tomcats, and F-15C Eagles were providing CAP. Elsewhere in the country, more FB-22Bs, F-15Es, F-16Cs, and F-26As bombed targets of importance, hoping to clear the way.

There were two cities of interest, Mérida and Piste. Mérida was the capital of the province, the center of all the resistance, or so they thought. Piste was in immediate proximity of Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan city and ultimate reason for this invasion. Of all the forces invading, 1/3 would go to Mérida, 1/3 to Piste, and 1/3 to various points around the country. That would put a total of, at minimum, almost 42% of a single Army force (eh I know it's confusing but think 42% of 1 of my Army groups in all areas [cavalry, infantry, airborne, etc]) inside each of these cities and another 42% throughout the land.

RomeW

29-03-2005, 05:14

OOC: Just to clarify, I have no more aircraft, right? In any case, I'd like to keep the final battle aircraft-less. It'll be at Mayapan, and I'm attempting the element of surprise.

IC:

The Layartebian forces were marching deep into the Yucatan countryside, and were getting closer and closer to Piste. Layarteb hadn't yet figured out that Merida was not being used at all by the Mayans, so Montrazez was going to use that to his advantage. Everything Montrazez had left- which was still considerable despite having no more aircraft- would depart from Piste and catch the Layartebians off guard as they headed to Merida.

Montrazez eventually caught up to the Layartebians at Mayapan, an ancient Mayan capital, with a force consisting of:

200,000 Soldiers
300 T-80UMs
300 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
300 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
80 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
80 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
3,000 Javelins
300 FH-70-155m Howitzers

He fired five rockets at the Layartebian tanks before they responded. The final battle was now on.

Layarteb

30-03-2005, 07:14

RomeW

30-03-2005, 07:52

OOC: Me not use aircraft to support my ground forces? That's part of my doctrine.

"ROCKET INCOMING!" They screamed as not one but five rockets slammed into two tanks, knocking the treads off both of them. They were M1B1 Abrams II tanks, spearheading the invasion force and the rockets had hit low and correctly. The armor of the M1B1 was far advanced that it would take in excess of 18 RPG-7V rockets to penetrate the armor, let alone cause harm to the tank. "Got the location sergeant?" The tank commander asked.

"Sir, yes. We saw them come out of 210."

"Roger that. Let's move. HEAT up!"

The M1B1 moved its turret to heading 210 and using FLIR, sighted the launcher (was it soldiers or a tank?) and fired.

OOC: I guess you can use planes since I have anti-aircraft machinery. I just wanted to make sure this battle wasn't done in like, ten minutes. The rockets were from a Javelin.

IC: The Javelin that did the launching was hit, taken right out by the Layartebian forces. The other Javelins, as well as the Rapiers, Rolands and Howitzers, pulled back behind the tanks and moved into formation, with the tanks forming an upside down "V" on the front line. The soldiers covered the flanks, gradually moving ahead of the tanks and firing at will at the Layartebians.

Layarteb

30-03-2005, 08:13

Tank fire and rocket fire suddenly increased. Quickly, the Layartebian tanks and IFVs broke formation and began pursuing the enemy forces. A flight of three A-10A Thunderbolt IIs and four F-16C Falcons were near the rear of the massive convoy when the call for help came in. A flight of three AH-64D Apache Longbows and three AH-66A Commanches were flying flying near as well. The A-10As were armed well, carrying four MK-82s, three AGM-65G Mavericks, and two LAU-61 Hydra rocket pods each, in addition to the 1,180 GAU-8 rounds and two AIM-9M-9 Sidewinders. The F-16C Falcons were armed differently, carrying six CBU-87 CEM cluster bombs, two AGM-65G Mavericks, two AIM-9X Sidewinders, and two AIM-120D AMRAAMs, in addition to the 515 M61 rounds. The AH-64D Apache Longbows were carrying sixteen AGM-114L Hellfire IIs, four FIM-186B Wizard missiles, and the usual 1,200 rounds of M230 ammunition. The AH-66A Commanches carried heavy loadouts as well. Inside their two bays they carried six AGM-114K Hellfire IIs. On their stub wings they carried an additional eight AGM-114K Hellfire IIs and four FIM-186B Wizard missiles.

Inside the column were a number of vehicles ranging from M1B1 Abrams II MBTs, M2A4 Bradley IFVs, M3A4 Bradley CFVs, M113A3 APCs, Maurauders, Scouts, and other various armor and vehicles.

RomeW

30-03-2005, 09:34

*I'll post tommorow...bed time*

Layarteb

01-04-2005, 21:16

*I'll post tommorow...bed time*

Oki Doki :)

RomeW

02-04-2005, 01:16

Oki Doki :)

OOC: *been sick for the past few days* I'm still a little under the weather.

Also, I hate to sound inept, but what can all those missiles, aircraft and machinery do? I don't want to make any mistakes.

IC: As the attack progressed, the fire from Layarteb increased dramatically, wrecking havoc on Montrazez's forces. With the increased fire, Montrazez ordered his forces to adopt a circular formation, with the remaining tanks providing protection to the Javelins, Rapiers, Hummers and trucks. The idea was to allow Layarteb to surround them and exploit any holes they could find, with every weapon available firing at Layarteb. Still, not all would survive.

Remaining Forces
199,700 Soldiers
276 T-80UMs
264 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
150 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
76 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
76 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
2,800 Javelins
255 FH-70-155m Howitzers

Layarteb

02-04-2005, 02:37

OOC: *been sick for the past few days* I'm still a little under the weather.

Also, I hate to sound inept, but what can all those missiles, aircraft and machinery do? I don't want to make any mistakes.

IC: As the attack progressed, the fire from Layarteb increased dramatically, wrecking havoc on Montrazez's forces. With the increased fire, Montrazez ordered his forces to adopt a circular formation, with the remaining tanks providing protection to the Javelins, Rapiers, Hummers and trucks. The idea was to allow Layarteb to surround them and exploit any holes they could find, with every weapon available firing at Layarteb. Still, not all would survive.

Remaining Forces
199,700 Soldiers
276 T-80UMs
264 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
150 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
76 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
76 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
2,800 Javelins
255 FH-70-155m Howitzers

Well let's see:

MK-82 Slick is a 500 lb. iron bomb with a 275 pound warhead.

AGM-65G Maverick is an air to ground missile, IIR guided, with a 300 pound warhead, excellent anti-tank capabilities, supersonic, range of some 16nm but effective under 8.

LAU-61 Hydra is a 19-round, 2.75" Hydra rocket pod, great for soft-targets and tanks.

GAU-8 Avenger is the 30mm on the A-10. Beautiful weapon!

AIM-9M-9 Sidewinder is air-to-air, and up until the AIM-9X, the most advanced in the world, especially with ECCM.

CBU-87 CEM are cluster bombs. They're 950 pounds and contain 202 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB): anti-personnel / anti-materiel, shaped-charge fragmentation & incendiary.

AIM-9X Sidewinder is an IIR guided AAM, flares cannot spoof it.

AIM-120D AMRAAM is my own AIM-120. It's actually based off a RL AIM-120 version that's due out in 2008. It'll have 50% more range than the C-x models and better guidance.

AGM-114L Hellfire II is an anti-tank missile, guided by MMW radar. It was designed specifically for the AH-64D.

The AGM-114K Hellfire II is an anti-tank missile, guided by semi-active laser. It was designed in the wake of advanced possibilities of guidance and materials in the post-ODS world. They both have a 20 ound warhead, are supersonic, and have 9km ranges. Against tanks they are amazing.

The FIM-186B Wizard is my own home-grown MANPAD SAM. It is IIR guided and the specs can be found on my website. It serves the same role as helicopter mounted Stingers (air to air).

As the AH-66A Commanches and AH-64D Apache Longbows screamed in at 3,000 feet, they saw the enemy tanks much better than the ground could. The tanks were providing protection to numerous vehicles. Among these were Rapier and Roland systems, their radars lighting up on the RWRs of the AH-64s and AH-66s. (Yeah when these guys go to fire, they turn on their radars, and thus announce their presence). The AH-64s and AH-66s had their targets and took targets, firing an AGM-114 each, at the targets that were there. The tanks and vehicles wouldn't be as much of a threat as these. The A-10As and F-16Cs were in direct contact with the helicopters and would hone in on the targets that required more heavy munitions, primarily the tanks.

On the ground, friendly tanks and IFVs were taking a beating. Small arms clanged on their hulls and anti-tank missiles flew throughout the battlefield. The M1B1s targetted enemy vehicles, firing their SABOT and HEAT rounds religiously. They also had TOW launchers, prepared and ready to fire at vehicles as well. The M2A4 Bradleys and M3A4 Bradleys in the formation used their 30MM rounds against enemy tanks and vehicles, these being tungsten penetrator shells as well. The crews of them used the machine guns to fire against soldiers, keeping a low profile, using their body armor to the fullest extent.

In addition, APCs and other vehicles, primarily M113A3s, Scorpions, LAVs, Scouts, Maurauders, Dingos, and Bushmasters unleashed their weapons, ranging from the 12.7MM M2HB to the 15.5MM M31 to the 7.62MM M35 or M240. They used their main guns and their anti-tank missiles effectively.

RomeW

02-04-2005, 02:49

Well let's see:

MK-82 Slick is a 500 lb. iron bomb with a 275 pound warhead.

AGM-65G Maverick is an air to ground missile, IIR guided, with a 300 pound warhead, excellent anti-tank capabilities, supersonic, range of some 16nm but effective under 8.

LAU-61 Hydra is a 19-round, 2.75" Hydra rocket pod, great for soft-targets and tanks.

GAU-8 Avenger is the 30mm on the A-10. Beautiful weapon!

AIM-9M-9 Sidewinder is air-to-air, and up until the AIM-9X, the most advanced in the world, especially with ECCM.

CBU-87 CEM are cluster bombs. They're 950 pounds and contain 202 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB): anti-personnel / anti-materiel, shaped-charge fragmentation & incendiary.

AIM-9X Sidewinder is an IIR guided AAM, flares cannot spoof it.

AIM-120D AMRAAM is my own AIM-120. It's actually based off a RL AIM-120 version that's due out in 2008. It'll have 50% more range than the C-x models and better guidance.

AGM-114L Hellfire II is an anti-tank missile, guided by MMW radar. It was designed specifically for the AH-64D.

The AGM-114K Hellfire II is an anti-tank missile, guided by semi-active laser. It was designed in the wake of advanced possibilities of guidance and materials in the post-ODS world. They both have a 20 ound warhead, are supersonic, and have 9km ranges. Against tanks they are amazing.

The FIM-186B Wizard is my own home-grown MANPAD SAM. It is IIR guided and the specs can be found on my website. It serves the same role as helicopter mounted Stingers (air to air).

As the AH-66A Commanches and AH-64D Apache Longbows screamed in at 3,000 feet, they saw the enemy tanks much better than the ground could. The tanks were providing protection to numerous vehicles. Among these were Rapier and Roland systems, their radars lighting up on the RWRs of the AH-64s and AH-66s. (Yeah when these guys go to fire, they turn on their radars, and thus announce their presence). The AH-64s and AH-66s had their targets and took targets, firing an AGM-114 each, at the targets that were there. The tanks and vehicles wouldn't be as much of a threat as these. The A-10As and F-16Cs were in direct contact with the helicopters and would hone in on the targets that required more heavy munitions, primarily the tanks.

On the ground, friendly tanks and IFVs were taking a beating. Small arms clanged on their hulls and anti-tank missiles flew throughout the battlefield. The M1B1s targetted enemy vehicles, firing their SABOT and HEAT rounds religiously. They also had TOW launchers, prepared and ready to fire at vehicles as well. The M2A4 Bradleys and M3A4 Bradleys in the formation used their 30MM rounds against enemy tanks and vehicles, these being tungsten penetrator shells as well. The crews of them used the machine guns to fire against soldiers, keeping a low profile, using their body armor to the fullest extent.

In addition, APCs and other vehicles, primarily M113A3s, Scorpions, LAVs, Scouts, Maurauders, Dingos, and Bushmasters unleashed their weapons, ranging from the 12.7MM M2HB to the 15.5MM M31 to the 7.62MM M35 or M240. They used their main guns and their anti-tank missiles effectively.

OOC: Thanks for all that (though I thought everything gets detected on radar, even tanks). Losses? I would have at least hit some of your vehicles and planes.

IC: The battle was going pretty much as expected by Montrazez, but he still decided to shake things up a little. His tanks assumed decided to assume a square formation to force the issue, hoping at one point to squeeze a hole out of the Layartebian front. His Rapiers and Rolands were taking a beating however, so some of his Javelins took aim to the sky.

Remaining Forces
199,500 Soldiers
255 T-80UMs
245 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
100 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
60 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
59 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
2,700 Javelins
225 FH-70-155m Howitzers

Layarteb

02-04-2005, 03:42

OOC: Thanks for all that (though I thought everything gets detected on radar, even tanks). Losses? I would have at least hit some of your vehicles and planes.

IC: The battle was going pretty much as expected by Montrazez, but he still decided to shake things up a little. His tanks assumed decided to assume a square formation to force the issue, hoping at one point to squeeze a hole out of the Layartebian front. His Rapiers and Rolands were taking a beating however, so some of his Javelins took aim to the sky.

Remaining Forces
199,500 Soldiers
255 T-80UMs
245 Attack Hummers (ten years old)
100 Light-Armoured Military Transport Trucks
60 Rapier Anti-Aircraft Systems
59 Roland Anti-Aircraft Systems
2,700 Javelins
225 FH-70-155m Howitzers

Yeah everything gets detected on radar. RWR is radar warning reciever, this picks up the emissions of enemy radars. Are all of these vehicles at this one battle?

RomeW

03-04-2005, 06:47

Yeah everything gets detected on radar. RWR is radar warning reciever, this picks up the emissions of enemy radars. Are all of these vehicles at this one battle?

That would be correct. My general intends on going out with a bang- and literally, so to speak.

Layarteb

03-04-2005, 16:42

Ah okay. I have lost quite a bit then.

Losses

4 M1B1 Abrams II
17 M2A4 Bradley IFVs
12 M3A4 Bradley CFVs
24 M113A3 APCs
20 5-Ton Trucks
2 Dingo APVs
6 Bushmaster IMVs
1 Fennek
1,400 soldiers
34 HMMWVs

RomeW

04-04-2005, 02:40

*bump* For update on the battle situation.

Layarteb

04-04-2005, 03:18

Ah yes. My turn...

The Layartebian armored units became well aware of what was going on. The Apaches, Commanches, Thunderbolt IIs, and Falcons above were in direct contact, informing them directly. As they strafed and bombed the enemy tanks and units, dropping flares to avoid surface-to-air missiles, they called in for fire support as well. They were too far inland for naval bombardment but travelling up the rear of the armor, just along the border, where it was under control, was a significant amount of artillery consisting of M109A6 Paladin, M109A7 Paladin, M110A3 Howitzer, M270A1 MLRS, M2005A1 Boar, M2013A1 Devestator, and M2014A1 Howitzer units. The Paladins and the M2014A1s fired 155mm projectiles, the M110A3s firing 203mm projectiles. The M270A1 MLRS were each equipped with 12 rockets, able to put hundreds of sub-munitions on targets. The Boar rockets were equipped with high-explosive warheads and the Devestator rockets were the biggest. They were equipped with 570 lb. HE warheads or submunitions.

Artillery support was brought in. Spotters in the armored column were pivotal in placing the fire, though most of the fire support was being directed from overhead, from the helicopters. Six AH-94A Stalkers joined the fight, armed with 8 FIM-186B Wizard missiles, 8 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and 4 LAU-61 Hydra pods. They had a 30MM twin-barrelled cannon with 1,200 rounds. In addition to them came two AH-6J Littlebirds, each armed with 2 7-round Hydra pods (LAU-68) and 2 GAU-2 Miniguns with 1,500 rounds each. A pair of UH-60L Blackhawks were also brought in, armed with a pair of GAU-2 Miniguns each, mounted in the fuselage window.

MGM-182 Boar Rocket

Type: Artillery rocket
Length: 8.9 ft. [A/B/C/D]; 12.0 ft. [E]
Diameter: 8.6 in
Launch Weight: 250 lb. [A]; 220 lb. ; 285 lb. [C]; 250 lb. [D]; 340 lb. [E]
Range: 0.2 - 3.0 mi [A/D]; 2.0 - 10.0 mi [B/C]; 0.2 - 15.0 mi [E]
Speed: 2,000 mph
Warhead: 50 lb. HE [A/E]; 20 lb. Chem [B-version]; W-95A [C-1]; W-95B [C-2]; W-95C [C-3]; 50 lb. FAE [D]
Guidance: Inertial [A/B/C/D]; GPS [E]
CEP: 2 ft.

[B]MGM-190 Devestator Rocket

Type: Artillery rocket
Length: 24.93 ft.
Diameter: 11.81 in
Launch Weight: 1,775 lb.
Range: 6.2 mi - 56.0 mi
Speed: 2,000 mph
Warhead: 570 lb. HE [A]; 72 BLU-123A/B/C [B-1/2/3]; 6 BLU-108/B [C]; 536 lb. thermobaric [D]; 250 lb. chemical [E]; W-95C [F]
Guidance: Inertial or GPS
CEP: 2 ft.

Layarteb

15-04-2005, 14:52

RomeW. I'm going to put this on hold until after World War. It seems stupid to continue it now to be honest.

RomeW

15-04-2005, 17:57

RomeW. I'm going to put this on hold until after World War. It seems stupid to continue it now to be honest.

I still think we might be able to finish it- it'd be rushed, but we can still finish it (at least until you actually enter the War). I feel bad that I keep missing this (I look at my subscriptions first before posting, so I've missed it a few times because of that).

Layarteb

15-04-2005, 19:55

I still think we might be able to finish it- it'd be rushed, but we can still finish it (at least until you actually enter the War). I feel bad that I keep missing this (I look at my subscriptions first before posting, so I've missed it a few times because of that).

If you want I can I just don't want it to be a burden on you, especially with this World War because you're going to be super busy with that.

RomeW

15-04-2005, 20:47

If you want I can I just don't want it to be a burden on you, especially with this World War because you're going to be super busy with that.

Do you suppose one post where my General gets killed would suffice as finished? Because that's how I pictured this battle would end.

Layarteb

15-04-2005, 21:38

Do you suppose one post where my General gets killed would suffice as finished? Because that's how I pictured this battle would end.

I won't oppose. Consider him hit by one of those Devestator rockets.

RomeW

16-04-2005, 23:10

Okay, well, I'll RP what happens. I can't do that now, so bump this later tonight (or tommorow) so I can write a proper RP finale.

Layarteb

18-04-2005, 03:52

Bumped.

RomeW

18-04-2005, 07:43

The battle was going according to plan. The Mayans were encircled by the Layartebians, giving Montrazez the chance to strike. He found a weak spot in the south side (away from the artillery) and decided to lead his tank towards it.

However, this proved to be a fatal mistake. The Layartebians had increased their artillery bombardment, and one missile struck Montrazez's tank squarely on top, destroying it and anyone inside it instantly. Montrazez was dead, and, not only that, his body seemed to have been lost, meaning that the Layartebians had denied him the proper burial.

Upon seeing this result, the Mayans decided to counterattack; but they didn't do so with any kind of direction. Tanks and artillery would aim at anything and shoot, while the soldiers on the ground would launch grenades haphazardly. The situation was a mess. With Montrazez gone, the Mayans were rudderless, making them easy cannon fodder. The battle turned into a war of wits into a one-sided slaughter almost instantly.

At the end of the day, a large plume of smoke erupted from the multiple and simultaneous expolsions of several Mayan tanks, all hit with either errant grenades or Layartebian missiles. This plume could be seen for miles, and it became a sign that the battle had been lost. From this day forward, Mayans would pledge, they would strike back at the Layartebians and evict them from their lands. They marked the day on their calendars, a day that will forever live in infamy. The battle may have been lost, but the war had only begun.

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