NationStates Jolt Archive

A message was sent out to all nations of the world, JAck the Presidant of RavenStad had a challange to set. RavenStad had always bosted that its RSCM were the best and he wanted to prove it, and it was easy to. The Challange was simple, any accepting nation would send 1 Platoon of Marines, Infentry, Spec Ops, etc to RavenGrad the capital of RavenStad. from there they would be sent to North RavenStad to Novia, a city that still ruins from the Civil war 10 years ago. It was kept for one reason extreame Weather conditions, Good training ground and best of all a liveing hell.


To any and all nations,
RavenStad has a challange, we have prouded ourselves on our RSCM and now wish to test them. I challange you in a MILES combat simulation in a set of Senarios from Search and Rescue to all out assaults. Tho its not as easy as that, the place of the Challange is a ruin City of Novia. One of the most effected by the civil war of 95, weather is Extreame at best of times, nuclear winter is just ending and the Rain is not the most healthy thing around. And to top it off, novia is still has a high level of background Radiation the nuclear fallout of 95. On top of this the area still has a high number of Land mines within the city aswell as meny traps and so forth.

If you accept send message saying so, send 1 platoon of what ever kind of Troop you send to RavenGrad our Capital. We do wish to tell you accepting this challange will mean you will accept ANY death by Land mines, traps etc as a acedent. Any Armor/Aircraft that you wish to use will have all weapons Changed for no leathal Air burst paint round (missiles bombs etc) and a MILES attacked to any gun.

Its up to you if you think you can handle such a basic training ground for the RSCM, oh and to give you a chance the RSCM platoon you will be faceing is fresh out of boot camp only just finishing the 18 month basic training program.

Jack waited, someone out there would accept, someone had to have a bigger ego then he did or elce....this wouldnt be earth that he knew.

ooc: what is the tech level MT, FT, or NMT(nearmodern tech)

Aust shall send 1 company (100 men) of ASS Deaths Head to these 'wargames', the ASS are Austs most Elite troops, each having had over 10 years of training and 5 years of battlefeild experiance before being accepted into our ranks.

They shall be armed with our best gear- P-16 Assult rifles, P-15 sniper rifles, sub-machine guns and heavy weapons. AS well as normal combat gear.

Emporer Palpatine the 4th.

OOC: Mod tech, and i did say 1 platoon

OOC: Mod tech, and i did say 1 platoon
OOC: 1 platoon dosn't exist in Austian ranks- it goes, 1 squad910 men) then 1 company (100 men) I estimated.

We shall join as well. We shall send a platoon of newly trained marines.

will send 1 platoon of my mercenary force "Death Corps"
:sniper: :mp5:

His Majesty's Government accepts your challenge and will assemble a force in order to take part in this competition.

~ Political Official of the Kingdom of Romandeos.

OOC: Now I feel that I should let you know that the basic training my soldiers have to go through is as grueling as some live battlefields, so those I send are going to be tough.

I should also let you know that I will likely be unable to post here again before tommorrow. Computer troubles.

{how many troops do you consider a platoon?
and are modern-possible devices allowed? (the components exist IRL, but noone seems to heve actually put one together.)}

OOC: fair do's Aust well i will just give you the basic Struture of a Platoon of RSCMs. intotal there is 25 personel, 4 hind pilots, 1 platoon commander, 2 Drivers, 2 Section Sargents (since a platoon is split into 2 sections), 12 Marines with M41a Assault Rifles, 4 Marines with SAW LMGs. Armor Crews come from the Logistic Division and are not counted in the platoon.

4 man squads, 1 rfile team (2 marines with M41a's on a buddy system) and one Gun team (1 marine with a M41a and 1 marine with the SAW LMG) per squad. 2 squads per section (totaling 4 squads per platoon), each Section has one Armor unit and a Hind designed to airlift the Armor and the Section quickly and effectively.
Pilots and Drivers are Also Trained in combat (they go though roughly 24 months of training this includes the 12-18 months training for basic RSCM so intoal they train for 24 months).
But really your fighting 16 extremly well trained people.

Okay, so about2-3 squads.

Okay, so about2-3 squads.
OOC: lol ya but you can use Armor if you want (we just MILES them up)

IC:

To: All Nations who are requested to join the games
From: General of the Armies Jason Manson

we are glade that we see some much effort to this, as such we will prepare the games. We hope that you get here safely and to enshure it Fighters will Escort any Aircraft you send and Escorts provided in you come Inland. All milltary ports will be open to you (i say milltary but well its as milltary as London docks), as we speak the Games are being set up and drawing up of Sanarios will be done.
The main class's of Combat will consit of S&R, S&D, infaltration, Urban combat and last of all just for the fun of it a free for all (this is not all we do just the main things). teams will be drawn up soon, and if this is sucessful futher talks can be held for more of such things.


OOC: if this goes well maby if you people want we can make this a monthly thing, sorta like a League play at different nations etc....maby.

Our combat team is on its way and will arrive by air within 6 hours.

Miehm sends First battalions, OMEGA company, second platoon of the first Divisions special mechanized infantry regiment. The Deaths Head legion is armed with BAR's and Colt 1911 sidearms. Their transport is APC's with 20 mm "Bushmaster" chain guns as primary armament. They will arrive in 5 hours.

OOC: mmm...i dont see how you can be RPing being in the battle field with out being breifed of the first Sanario.

What is the first scenario?

My own design for a Standard Rifle Platoon is around fifty soldiers, Platoon Lieutenant and Platoon Sergeant included. Is that alright?

OOC: its ok if you thought a platoon was a million men that would do....just do expect us to play fairly and forget to use blanks and not real ammo (thats if you were useing a million men as long as its reasonable i dont mind).

Well i was hope for people to confirm they were going to Sign up then i was going to start the RP from the flight to the Base outside Novia. then go onto the breifing.

OOC: its ok if you thought a platoon was a million men that would do....just do expect us to play fairly and forget to use blanks and not real ammo (thats if you were useing a million men as long as its reasonable i dont mind).

Well i was hope for people to confirm they were going to Sign up then i was going to start the RP from the flight to the Base outOkay, Iside Novia. then go onto the breifing.
Okay, I'll Delete my opening part.

The Miehm platoon has reached Ravenstad airspace and is holding station there prior to receipt of landing orders.

The marine platoon is awaiting direction to the warsite as well as basic info on the scenario.

His Majesty's Government has ordered the Royal Navy to dispatch a Platoon of Naval Infantry (AKA: Romandeosian Marines) to participate in this contest. Now, if you will just simply tell us where they must go...

OOC: If this is still Open I'll send a platoon (120 men) From my Elite J-Force and I will sweeten the pot by arming the 'winning' team with LEGION infantry suits (check store front in sig for details)

J-Force Platoon structure;
1 commanding officer
1 XO
8 command staff
10 squad leader
20 sargents (equiped with SAW)
10 Heavy Gun teams (2 soldiers, equiped with crew serviced weapon, usually OCSW or Merlin Missile system)
10 long rifle men (snipers)
20 specialists (demolitions, grenadiers, espescially sneaky dudes, whatever the mission requires)
30 Riflemen (Grunts, armed with assault rifles, grenades, laws, knives, sidearms and whatever their sargeant says they have)

OOC: well now i will take it that you all arrive at RavenGrad so i will move it along, all your stuff has be tranported to the Novia Training grounds and your troops are currently on route. Im just going to write a quick IC description of the City as you fly over it and what it was like to train there. You free to write a IC reply to what your people see react etc but i will worn you i will hurry this along im shore meny of you are dieing to get to the shooting :P.

IC:

Private Sam "mouse" Marquis sat in the Blackhawk as it flew to the Base, the outsider teams where flown in by plane or chopper it was there choice. The entire milltary seemed to be bending backwords for them and comeing down harder on the coloniall marines in the platoon. This whole thing was political no doupt about that, this wasnt just training and showing off it was a battle. The first fight with foreign forces, the first one in years and they wanted to prove something prove they werent just a small nation going to sit around and do nothing. Pawrns in a game she thought over and over.

As she saw the city come into view she remebered just why it was so good for a training ground, the smell of death filled the air, Explotions heared in the background as a unlucky marine steped on one of the 100s in the city left 10 years ago in the civil war.
The buildings all damage in some way, the sky was darker then it should have been. It was demoraling just to look at for her and meny others. It was worst now since it was the middle of winter in the northen planes and the snow had settled in, and they new it was going to be deep.

As the Chopper landed the normal sounds if Sargents screaming at rookies, troops marching even in this god forsaken weather. The snow seemed to be getting heavier and it wouldnt suprise her if it was a flash storm but still they trained. nothing changed as she looked at her watch seeing ti was almost 6 in the morning, she grabed her duffle bag and set of to the barracks. All the other people would most like land at the airstripe and get driven down here in warm trucks, where as they had to go in get in battle dress and do drills. While the other people get hot food then the chance to train, tipical she thought.

OOC:I resent that, the J-force would never ride in a heated truck while guests in a foreign nation, if its within thiry or so miles they'll marh, otherwise they'll probably shoot the heating unit... its a pride thing

The marines having arrived and were being transported were getting a talking to by the gunny, "If you liverlillyed, yellow-bellied worms don't do well I drive you so hard you'll be unable to move for a month do you hear me!" he bellowed
"Yes gunny."

OOC: My boys will be coming in shortly. Do you want me to be cute and have them jump in with chutes?

OOC:I resent that, the J-force would never ride in a heated truck while guests in a foreign nation, if its within thiry or so miles they'll marh, otherwise they'll probably shoot the heating unit... its a pride thing

OOC: i did say it was your troops choice...warm truck or walk lol

The Deaths Head Legion will ride in their APC's to the combat zone.

The Deaths Head Legion will ride in their APC's to the combat zone.
The ASS Deaths Head legion are Austian forces! They'd move in through Para-drop.

The Deaths Head Legion is OMEGA squadron, a fast reaction force in the army of Miehm. They are plattoon strength with BAR's and 1911 sidearms, they ride in APC's and are the first in and first out of any combat... mostly because they complete their objectives quicker than ALPHA, GAMMA, BETA, and EPSILON.

The marine platoon, having arrived at the combat site began disembarking and setting up a field camp.

ooc: are explosives/flamethrowers allowed or does it all have to be paintball type weapons?

The Deaths Head Legion is OMEGA squadron, a fast reaction force in the army of Miehm. They are plattoon strength with BAR's and 1911 sidearms, they ride in APC's and are the first in and first out of any combat... mostly because they complete their objectives quicker than ALPHA, GAMMA, BETA, and EPSILON.
Ah, this could become confusing.

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I'll just call my guys OMEGA squad.

ooc: Why doesn't Aust call thiers simply the ASS and Miehem the Omega that way the avoid the confusion

OOC: I personally would never want to be a member of any group abbreviated ASS, I'll let him use the deaths head for this one.

OOC: How about the Aust Special Operations Fighting Team? (ASOFT.) Maybe Aust Special Forces? (ASF.) Something like that might work, ne?

I'll be making an IC post soon.

OC I will have 60 riflemen 25 anti armor people and 15 combat engineers

IC Five large helicopters carrying equipment and 20 men each land in a relatively quite Landing Zone. The team leader can hear familiar sounds of death in the distance. For the glory of the Death Corps! blue team fire the smokers, green team make some noise, red team advance to the town entrance and then wait for the signal.
blue team readys 15 large mortars and loads them with smoke grenades and fire until they run out. afterwards the town is covered in a warm and somewhat transperant fog. (I hope this isnt godmodding). Then green team climbs the top of the nearest standing structure and sets up a SOS (stereo on steroids) and gets down of the structure. the SOS then plays loud hard rock that can be heard all over town.

Group leader: why do you always pick hard rock?! I HATE hard rock!

green team leader: sorry sir, the team had a vote and they voted hard rock.

group leader: nevermind red team, blue team move out! green team follow!

OOC: I personally would never want to be a member of any group abbreviated ASS, I'll let him use the deaths head for this one.
I have no problem with ASS-Aust Special Services.

OOC: RavenStad, is it alright if my Navy Infantry Rifle Platoon is specially formed for this mission?

ooc does the name really matter?

The J-Force soldiers march smartly to the to the rally point (where ever we're meeting) and unsling their packs, all of the soldiers check their weapons settle in. Before retiring for the night they engage in a small Tradition for J-force troops arriving ina friendly nation.

Squad Leaders: "Who are these sorry raggedy ass sunzabitches that do affront my eyes!"
Sargeants:"Boys! Who Are We!"
Troops: "We are The J-force, Thats right the J-force"
Squad Leaders: "Well what are Ye' Good For!"
Sargeants:"Boys! What Are We Good For?"
Troops: "We Kick Ass and Chew Bubble Gum and We're all outa Gum."
Lone soldier: "I got some"

and then the troops all loosen up and retire for the night

The team reaches an almost intact structure.

team leader: this .... is the alamo! blue and green teams set up defences but dont make it look like anyones home! Red team split up and scout the area. be back here at nightfall!
team leaders: yes sir!

green team starts digging hidden trenches and building camaflouged barricades. blue team sets 15 mortars with overlapping lines of fire and then sets up remote C4 charges along the nearby roads. Red team splits into groups of 5 and searches for the enemy

The Austain forces landed and immidetly set up a firbase in a ruined building. Squad Omega took the ground floor, squad beta the secod and Squad alpha the 3rd.

They demolised the walls inside (Those that didn't support the structure) and used the stone for a baracades. Within minuates they had got all there weapons in place.

OOC:sorry for the massive hold up but my network went down and i havent been able to connect to the net (its still down but now i can use the only machine that has the net). anyway on to the first mission.

Since the first Sanario was going to be a search and destroy and Aust seems to be the only one who set up in the city, i will say that they are the target. the mission is simple, each team is to deploy upto 1 platoon of troops max (what ever you consider a platoon) into the city. each time has 1 entire points each that are across the city from the Aust forces, im going to let Aust say what area of the city he is in but major places he could be in:
North west square (a large squar area surround by 1 large house (it covers 3 sides of the square.) the house is 4 stories high but rather big.

the City hall in main square in the town center.

Red Manor Ex Soviert KGB HQ and Embassy in the southen region of the city.

the factory sector (wonder whats there)

The Werehouse Sector

the water works

The aim is simple find all aust forces and kill them, thats the priarmy objective, the secondary is to search out and destroy all other forces in the city.

Each team will be droped in 1 mile apart in the suberbs of the city in the south and about 2-3 miles from the Aust troops. Each Group of troops have been told about the freak wather that hits here (are advised to go with winter gear) and of the 100s of mines in the city so you would need to watch your steep. other tips are careful of buildings since they might fall on you.

Each person will have MILES gear on same with any armor used, insertion is how ever you want out of these, chopper, paradrop (careful of being scattered), land insertion or by foot, each magazine is to be filled with blanks, all Grenades will be flash bangs, and each troop is given 1 red smoke grenade incase you or they see someone step on a land mine and need a vary fast evac.

you can start with eaither a briefing of your troops or start the mission, Aust troops would be informed how ever they want. also the troops are not told what building the Aust troops are in but what general area.
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the J-force will be inserted using helicopters
BTW; can the infantry be supported by helicopters, recon dronesand APCs or will it just be infantry?

We will insert by vehicle.

OOC: My foces will be in the City hall. If thats okay.

IC: "So, search and destroy, and where the targets." Daniels knew that he didn't have much chance, he would lose a lot of men, but he had a good position, the paved square to the front was the only enterence, the back of the hall boardered onto several, smaller houses and there was no chance of the enrermy blasting a hole in the wall and climbing through that way. the walls where too thick.

That left the sides, there was a large, wide street to the left and one of a smillar size to the left, the building only had windows on the second floor of each side so he ordered that loop holes be cut in the clower walls, even if they where only big enough for a rifle to stick out.

He planned to clear a killing ground on each of the sides by planting a few explosives....destroying all the buildings at the sides of the building, it gave the enermy cover, but less cover than a building would provide. Just to be nice he had his men plant a lot of mines and bombs on the sides, and to dig up some of the paving slabs in the plaza and plant some mines there as well.

If he had more time he would have planted more mines, and desguised them better, but that was life.

He still reconed his men stood a good chance. There was only one way in, other than the windows, and he'd barracaded that, and planed bobs on the arch above so if the enermy broke in they'd have the arch falling in on them, he planted bombs and mines on the stairs as well. Just so if the enermy broke in they'd get the stairs collapsing on them.

And just to be polite he rigged the celing to collapse so if his forces where foced to the 3rd floor then he could just press a button then wham...no floor for his enermys on the second floor, the cealing falling on those on the ground floor, and the only way to get his troops was over the roof, which would have to be scaled with ladders, or through one hole where the stairs used to be.

OOC: So you've got a 3 floor building, plaza in the front, wreakage at the sides and some small buildings at the back. The sides and front are mines, as is the building. There's one enteredce and only windows at the front.

The Theao marines having received the mission profile headed out toward the city hall, as they travelled they avoided the mines and began preparing and setting up a few blocks out of site of the city hall.

OMEGA squad will enter the city in their APC's and sweep from the south towards the center of town. The APCs deploy all their weapons and advance towards the city center at 25 mph. The Reaper support units deploy their heavy chainguns and blast-mortars. The blast-mortars open fire on the warehouse district and the city center as the most likely defensible and most likely defended areas in the city.

OOC: please make more effort to your posts (not dircted at Aust), also Mortors, chainguns wtf? you have people walking around with chianguns, fairs dos but its still just miles gear. Besides mortors are only Paint warheads, they air burst over the target covering it in paint. Same with bombs and mines placed by others (but who would know if you planted a real mine), its a simulated battle.

i do hope tho Aust that that floor wont really kill anyone (we hope....we dont mind if other troops die...and this is just a grunt platoon so there no grate lose).

1:Is it to late to join?
2:Will you RP with Lycans?

OOC: ACS Reaper suits are heavy combat support suits designed for massive firepower at the expense of the Marauder suits speed and maneuverability. As for the mortars, well they might hit someone whos in the open and take them out of the game. Sorry about the post though my little sister "had" to get on the computer and I rushed it.

The Theao marines having scaled a large-ish(8 floors) building began setting up sniper points as well as the heavy weapons. Once the gunners and snipers set up the began targeting the enemy forces, evey time any one of them stuck thier heads out the snipers would fire at them while one of the heavy weapons boys worked on figuring out the necessary angles to get grenades, rpg's and rockets into the windows of the enemy encampment.

OOC: I want to join too

Securia:

Soldier: "Hmm we just found out that they're holding a tournament of some kind at RavenStad, Alchemist you up for it?"

Alchemist: "The Securia Dragoons have better things to do, what about this tension between Securia and Portshire? It's not as if we have the best neighbors here."

President Ble: "I want Securia to participate in this. It'll help intimidate those Portshire people."

General Persatka: "Ok we'll just send in a bunch of ordinary troops let by some experienced soldier, it'll be good for building up experience. Jolt?"

Corporal Jolt: "No way, I want to deal with Portshire."

Captain Sequa: "You wanna"

General Persatka: "Thank you for volunteering Captain, you'll be going along with the CT Newbie squad, lots of training but no combat experience."

A while later transport helecopters drop off APC's and AMEV vechicles along with the MILES gear. 4 teams of 4, sniper, assault, demo, recon. AMEVs hang back and APC's transport the teams to the drop off point. Once they're there they scout out the area and avoid the mines. The troops take cover behind seperate buildings/rubble.

The J-force will insert by helicopter to the highest point where command will set up, snipers will be dispersed on the highest building, several flanking buildings and the next three highest. the helicopters are equiped with MAD gear to isolate heavily mined areas which are snt to the troopers LEGION computers so they can be avoided or demined, the lobby of the command building is defended by OCSW (crew serviced machine guns, multiple firing modes including air burst anti personel), the roof of the building, besides a pair of sniper teams has a pair of MERLIN anti air/anti armor missile launchers
once the snipers and helicopters ascertain the positions of all enemt troops (or however many they can find) snipes will pick off any one visible, missiles (from the merlins, set for straight line flight and armed with paint warheads) will soften the enemies up for a sweep of the grunts (AR's, grenades, LAWs and LMGs) (for this mission specialists will be grunts with demo charges)
all gear is MILES compliant but each soldier carries two magazines of live ammo (in case someone wants to play rough)
The Legion system is an evolution of land warrior with better electronics, and advanced battle field coordination systems

OOC: I'm fine with you sniping, you can do it all day, my men will just stay in cover.

ooc will ya allow nonleathal gas weapons? like say tear gas?
if i cant tear down your walls then i need some kind of indirect fire.

OOC: How exactly does the MILES gear work? Is it similar to laser tag or what? Also Aust are the side walls thinner than the back walls or are they all the same size? You said you were able to cut holes in those walls.

The recon team set up on top of a nearby building.
"What's the plan? There are mines everywhere and we need to get across the area to the city hall."

The recon team looked through binoculars. "We've got some time as the other troops haven't invaded yet. That place looks barricaded well enough."

The recon team radio contacted Sequa's team. "We've got visual of the backside of city hall, heavilly barricaded, windows boarded up, a bunch of houses behind it, could be tough to get through."

Sequa: "How far is the fire dept. building?"

Recon: "about 3 blocks, there are no windows on the city hall building either."

Sequa: "None at all?"

Recon: "None visible from this location."

Sequa: "Move out, assault take the fire dept. demo get to the houses, Recon approach city hall but keep enough distance to view both front and back. We'll take the opposite side."

APC's took the troops to about 7 blocks away from the city hall. The respective teams went to their respective locations on foot.

The Assault team finally arrived at the Fire dept.

Assault1: "There's a firetruck here, I have a good Idea."
Assault2: "I know what you're thinking."
Assault1: "Get me those spare tires over here, and make sure this thing is fully loaded with everything it needs."

OOC: *looks vary confussed* yes to who ever asked its to late to join now, yes to who ever asked about tear gas and other no leathal gases (even laughing gas can be used in small amounts), sniping is rather dificult in this city (its rather smokey...) but hey alls your own, yes miles is a form of laser tag (its used i think by some millitary branchs of the US and possible maby other nations), oh and also THIS IS MODARN TECH (no powered armor etc) just to clear things up all people who should be involed should be the people who asked befor post 24 (2nd page) anyone after cant join (should have made that clear but i am now).

Also as i stated you are starting in the suberbs of the city and the city hall would be in the center of the city (some distance to cover say 3-4 miles maby less). so its not "i start here and right away assault the aust force from behind killing lots of them" in your first post, you have to get there first meaning you might run into others. and also the suberbs is not a vary tall place, its mainly houses.

OOC: sorry I figured NMT would be okay.

IC:
The first APCs rumble over the torn pavement of the outer suburbs in a wave of dust and noise, causing animals to run from their homes in terror. As the second echelon moves forward the point squad reports a contact, there is a sound of combat from up ahead, directly in their path to the objective.

The commander decides to advance until the source of the noise is in sight or until they come under fire. He gives orders that if we do find combat ahead of us we are to sit it out until one or the other wins, then we are to crush the survivors of the winning regiment and continue to advance on the objective at top speed.

OOC: *looks vary confussed* yes to who ever asked its to late to join now, yes to who ever asked about tear gas and other no leathal gases (even laughing gas can be used in small amounts), sniping is rather dificult in this city (its rather smokey...) but hey alls your own, yes miles is a form of laser tag (its used i think by some millitary branchs of the US and possible maby other nations), oh and also THIS IS MODARN TECH (no powered armor etc) just to clear things up all people who should be involed should be the people who asked befor post 24 (2nd page) anyone after cant join (should have made that clear but i am now).

Also as i stated you are starting in the suberbs of the city and the city hall would be in the center of the city (some distance to cover say 3-4 miles maby less). so its not "i start here and right away assault the aust force from behind killing lots of them" in your first post, you have to get there first meaning you might run into others. and also the suberbs is not a vary tall place, its mainly houses.


OOC: But if you avoid the main highway you can get out of traffic right?
Eh nevermind about this then I'm too late anyway.

OOC: are helicopters allowed or just APCs? also, I'm assuming that being hi by a paint warhead would be the same effect on the game as being 'hit' by the MILES gear? or should I use nonlethal gasses