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Statement from the office of the First Republican to all nations:

Last year the Republican Council met to create the Foreign Guard.

The Retaliatory Guard has moved in an exemplary fashion to perform the tasks set for them, the only problem we have seen is ease and speed of deployment. This is why the Republican Council has voted to form the Foreign Guard.

The Free Republic will seek to form five armies composed entirely of foreigners and based on foreign soil. This will give the Free Republic the ability to move in a more rapid fashion in response to instability anywhere in the world.

We are now calling for nations that wish to host Foreign Guard armies to come forward and contact the Free Republic. There will be a host of benefits to hosting the Foreign Gaurd.

First, nations that host the Foreign Guard will be immediately given 'Friends of the Republic Status' cutting trade tariffs to 10% from the usual 30% and giving them immedaite Embassy access to the Free Republic.

Second, Host nations will benefit from the fact that the Foreign Guard will seek to use weaponry and equipment produced locally.

Third, host nations will benefit from military protection of the awesome military might of the Free Republic. What could be better for smaller, younger nations?

There will also be benefits for those who sign up for service in the Foreign Guard.

First, applicants that sign up for at least a five year stint will be given automatic citizenship in the Free Republic not only for themselves but for their immediate family.

Second, pay, pay for the Foreign Guard will be 22,000 DR yearly. (1DR=1.71USD)

Third, free medical benefits for the enlistees and their immediate family.

Fourth, state of the art training that can easily translate to skilled jobs after the enlistee ends their service in the Foreign Guard.

These benefits would immediately improve the lives of the families of the enlistees and give real economic benefits to their home countries.

The Foreign Guard will not only help nations that host them, but will also increase international security and stability.

It is my hope that many nations will come forward to offer to host the Foreign Guard. Smaller, democratic nations are specifically asked to consider this.

There are currently still three Foreign Guard Armies left to be assigned. Interested nations should contact the Ministry of Defence.

Thank you for your consideration.

First Republican , Ilek-Vaad


OOC:

Related information:
The Retaliatory Guard (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=347434)

Lassic News Service (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408580)

History of the Free Republic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=368928)

Important Vaadians (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=407265)

Coral Island

The drone, GCD 1337/205, scanned through the message it had found, surfing through a variety of global networks.

Hummm. Interesting.

Of course, technically speaking, it already had a 'job' (As far as a drone, which was supposed to be a tool, could actually have a job), its job being rather obvious, given the abbrevation GCD (Ground Combat Drone).

But there was no reason for it not to make some more money. Granted, the offer given by the Vaadians was considerably... Cheap, but for its present job, it didn't receive any kind of payment at all. And seeing as it wouldn't need to spend any of its possible wage, it would soon be able to pay for a general refit, eventually becoming a superheavy unit (Right now, it was merely a heavy one, ninety tons of composite structure working as a chassis for a considerable amount of vaguely menacing guns), which was kind of its secret dream, a fantasy, really.

The decision was a simple one, and moments later, it dived into the networks, again, while at the same time sending copies and thoughts to its fellow drones, discussing the matter in real time, eventually convincing a good amount of them to try as well.

It was a rather typical case of both, Angstian rudeness and lack of consideration, that the Vaadian Ministry for Defence was, as such, not contacted by one of the Provisional Councils (Which were oblivious of the ongoing events), but by slightly less than ten thousand drones of varying kinds, requesting to be accepted in the 'Foreign Guard' service.

OOC: that sounds awful future tech............could you elaborate on all that?

Well... Yes, yes it is.

Since it would be a bit much to describe the (Ludicrously huge) amount of different drones, I will concentrate on this particular one.

GCD 1337/205 is a Medium Ground Combat Drone and weigths ninety tons. It is what you would call a Main Battle Tank.

It's chassis is made from a variety of materials, some organic, (Plastics), some ceramic, some metal. It doesn't float or so (Would be a tad energy intensive), but uses simple tracks to move.

It's semi-sentient. What this means is... Object to discuss, but it lacks certain options fully sentient beings have. It's hardcoded into it. Still, it has a character, its own, somewhat odd sense of humour, it can be mildly annoying, has actual, free time (Doesn't need it, but when there is nothing to do, it's still free time) it uses to do... Personal stuff, and so on.

It's excessively dense (Courtesy of not having a crew, apart from some definitely non-sentient, internal tools of considerable tinyness which it can use in order to get rid of malfunctions), but while this is a considerable advantage for its armour capacities, the armour material itself is rather poor, courtesy of mildly confused engineers believing that armour is of secondary relevance (They're big fans of excessive firepower, though). There are also some annoying engineering mistakes built in. A hit in the right place might cut through it despite the armour technically being supposed to prevent exactly this kind of damage.

Oh, and the armour's also pretty thin. 90 tons was the benchmark, and then they fit a 12cm railgun inside it... There was not all that much weight remaining.

The whole drone/ tank uses a nice, micronised fission reactor to produce the ludicrous amounts of energy it needs. This means 1. That it really has lots of power to spend, and 2. That a very unlucky hit might result in mild radioacive contamination of its immediate surroundings.

As mentioned in the IC post, it fields a considerable amount of guns. Primary would be an (Almost) 12 cm railgun firing projectiles with a maximum v0 of about 10km/s. Given the projectile weight of 90kg (50% iron, 50% Tungsten. Yes, the things are expensive), this translates into a KE about equivalent to an Iowa-class battleship's broadside (Counting only its KE, not the explosives inside the shells, with which the Iowa broadside would still manage vastly more energy).

Of course, other projectiles (Chemical explosives, tactical nuclear rounds, tiny missiles) can be fired as well.

Apart from this, the drone can theoretically be equipped with missile launchers (Tiny missiles, naturally), but this isn't usually done, as this things tend to explode when hit. And they would increase the already high weight.

Furthermore, there's one smaller railgun managing about 1/10- 1/50 the KE of the maingun, to take out smaller targets (Missiles, Helicopters, A-10 equivalents, Trucks, Jeeps...), and one anti-infantry one, with about 1/100- 1/1000 the KE. Heavy/ Light machinegun equivalents, if you want.

Finally, an MTHELesque laser, running on a little more energy (I'm thinking about 1 Megajoule pulses, but I'm not certain. It might even be possible that the drone is actually incapable of firing all its guns at once, due to their energy requirements. I don't know how much the reactor actually produces. So I'm not risking to give a definite number).

Seeing as I'm a whore, the drone's abilities to, errr... Find stuff are significant. Full EM band coverage (Passive), almost full EM band coverage (Active. It doesn't make much sense to use gamma rays for that kind of deal), seismic sensors (Pointless, as the drone's own movements make any kind of useful application impossible, but thats my engineers for you), all senses a human has... Yes, a tad excessive.

As for communications, see its sensor capacities. Excessive. This has its advantages, insofar as drones can form hivemindesque networks, eliminating blind spots, allowing (Almost) insta- communications.

The disadvantage is, of course, that those communications can be intercepted, and homing missiles might have some fun. Or, heck, artillery sites being pointed 'That's where the talking comes from'. But hey.

Finally, the one seriously physicswanking bit are its mild 'psionic' capacities. Think wireless electroencephalography capable of actually dissecting the memory of a brain as well as manipulating nervous systems and the likes. Range is kinda limited, though, and its not all that reliable, as it is a comparatively recent development. As such, this is not yet a standard, and GCD 1337/205 is kinda an exception in already having this capacity.

So, yes, it's quite, quite... Well, partly futuristic (The parts with the techwank in it) and partly blatant wank (The techpsionic stuff).

But hey, why not? I'm quite capable of downscaling my stuff for MT combat requirements.

OOC: I hate to say it but I'll have to pass, I'm not going to be adding any future tech stuff to my armed forces for sometime.

Offical Statement, Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica

To the Ministry of Defense of the First Republic:

We in Lesser Pacifica are very interseted in your country's Foreign Guard program, and wish to discuss the possibility of hosting a Foreign Guard Army.

Our nation, while it is located on a rather good-sized island, has a relativly small population of 29,000,000, and our military is still undergoing
organization.

Our nation's foreign policy is one of and we see no immediate threats to our country; however, we feel as though our nation would greatly benefit from the protection offered by this program.

If your country would like to further discuss the possibility of our nation hosting a Foreign Guard Army, we will be able to provide you with a map of our country and a list of possible base locations.

Clark Matthews,
Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica

To:Clark Matthews,Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica
From: Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Mr. Matthews, I received your message of interest in the Free Republic's Foreign Guard program. I would be pleased to send a delegation to explore the possibility of basing one of the Foreign Guard Armies in Lesser Pacifica.

The Free Republic is committed to stability and only very rarely deploys the Retaliatory Guard in an offensive manner, and it is even rarer still that such deployments end in actual conflict. Your help is greatly appreciated.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

The Imperial Land of Findan wishes to take a Foreign Guard Army if any are avalable.

Sir Reginald Cooper,
Defense Minister,
Imperial Land of Findan.

Sir Sebastin O'Neal,
Commerce Minister,
Imperial Land of Findan.

Sir Charles Hassahoff,
Foreign Minister,
Imperial Land of Findan.

To: Sir Reginald Cooper,Defense Minister;Sir Sebastin O'Neal,Commerce Minister;Sir Charles Hassahoff,Foreign Minister,Imperial Land of Findan.
From: Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

I thank the Imperial Land of Findan for the interest in hosting a Foreign Guard army. There are still two armies left and I would be pleased to send a delegation to Findan to assess the possibilty of basing a Foreign Guard Army in your nation.

I hope that we can work together to make the world a safer and more stable place for all peoples.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

To: William Issem, Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad
From: Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel

Herr Issem,

The Republik would be glad to host a Foreign Guard army, in the interest of good relations between our two nations. Verghastinsel produces large amounts of small arms and military equipment, and will easily be able to equip the troops. I eagerly anticipate your reply.

Oberst Erich Krause
Defence Minister

To:Oberst Erich Krause,Defence Minister, Verghastinsel
From: Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Minister Krause, I would be pleased to prepare a delegation to study the possibility of basing a Foreign Guard Army in your nation. It of course helps that you have a ready supply of weaponry and weapons manufacturers. I anticipate a solid relationship between our nations.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

From General John Daniel Gee
Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Of The Isle


We are willing to allow an army of your nation to make home in New Innisfree if you will recognize The Imperial government, sign a strategic alliance with us and exchange ambassadors.

[OOC: Behold, crappy Paint goodness! http://img275.echo.cx/img275/6323/map12tj.png

The small red squares indicate villiages, small towns, or small cities. Medium red squares inidcate medium-sized cities, and large red squares are major cities. The yellow square is CLP's capital. Orange dots of any kind indicate bases, all of which are currently under construction.

Neon green is wetlands, light green is grassland/farmland, dark green is forest, and gray is hills/mountains. Light blue is ocean, dark blue is freshwater. 1 inch equals 50 miles.]

Minister Issem,

A delegation would be welcome to evaluate our contry. Arrangments could be made for our Director of Defense, as well as the Undersecretary of the Department of Natural Resources to accompany your delegation. Be advised that, if you agree to allowing these men to accomapny your delegation, we will require that we provide our own V.I.P. protection team in addition to any escorts you may send.

We would like to let you know that, although we are able to manufactor our own weapons and munitions (to a degree, of course), we currently lack the manufacturing plants that would allow us to provide the armored vehicles that would likely be nessecary for such a unit. You will likely need to take this into consideration before further pursuing a deal.

Even if you determine that our country is unsuitable for hosting a Foreign Guard Army, we would like to open the possibility of an embassy exchange between our two countries. We ask that you please consider this option.

Clark Matthews
Scretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica

To:Oberst Erich Krause,Defence Minister, Verghastinsel
From: Minister of Foreign Affairs,Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Dear Minister Krause,

We have been recently made aware of your nations imperial designs (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419956) on neighboring nations. These actions show that your nation, is a provacator of the very instability that the Foreign Guard was designed to combat. Verghastinsel has been disqualified as a possible host nation for the Foreign Guard.

Thank you for your interest,

Sir Alec Connover, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ilek-Vaad

To:General John Daniel Gee,Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Of The Isle
From:Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Your nation and peoples will receive the benefits as listed in the above statement by the Republican Council. These benefits are non-negotiable and are very generous. The Free Republic does not enter into strategic allainces, such alliances are a hindrance to our Republican Council, our Retaliatory Guard and the will of the People. The Foreign Guard was founded to help other nations, it is not a necessity of the Free Republic.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

To: William Issem, Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad
From: Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel

Herr Issem,

The Republik regrets the denial of our request, and assures you that the action taken was a pre-emptive strike in the interest of self-preservation, not pure territorial gain. Again, we request the honour of hosting a Foreign Guard detachment, though if your reply is the same we shall let the matter rest.

Yours Sincerely,

Oberst Erich Krause
Defence Minister

Minister Issem,

A delegation would be welcome to evaluate our contry. Arrangments could be made for our Director of Defense, as well as the Undersecretary of the Department of Natural Resources to accompany your delegation. Be advised that, if you agree to allowing these men to accomapny your delegation, we will require that we provide our own V.I.P. protection team in addition to any escorts you may send.

We would like to let you know that, although we are able to manufactor our own weapons and munitions (to a degree, of course), we currently lack the manufacturing plants that would allow us to provide the armored vehicles that would likely be nessecary for such a unit. You will likely need to take this into consideration before further pursuing a deal.

Even if you determine that our country is unsuitable for hosting a Foreign Guard Army, we would like to open the possibility of an embassy exchange between our two countries. We ask that you please consider this option.

Clark Matthews
Scretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica

To: Clark Matthews, Scretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica
From: Minister of Defence. Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Your advisors would be most welcome to join our delegation and your security arrangements will certainly be adequate. I have appointed General Adam Deadmarsh to lead our delegation , he will be joined by an Ambassador yet to be appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

As for the manufacturing of heavy equipment, I could alos request that representatives from Jaguar-Daimler Motors LTD and Tlaloc Motors be sent along with the delegation with the expressed purpose of helping to develop the heavy industry that you lack. This of course would have additional financial benefits for your nation and your people.

Please let me know if this is satisfactory and I will present this plan to the Republican Council and our delegation can be dispatched shortly.

Thank you,

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence

Minister Issem,

We do indeed find this arrangment stasifactory. If your delegation will be travelling by sea, we ask that they make landfall at Civil Dock 2, New Berlin Naval Base. If they will be travelling by air, we ask that they land at Kapana Air Force Base (the aircraft will be directed by Military Air Traffic Control once in our territory).

We would request that you send the representatives from the afore-mentioned corporations, for the previously mentioned reasons.

Regards,

Clark Matthews
Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica

[OOC: Are you planning on RP'ing their visit, or is it just going to be an abstract event?]

OOC: Lesser Pacifica:If you have the time to RP it, then we can RP it, I alwys prefer to RP stuff out.Let me know and if you'd like to RP it, we can put it in a new thread to avoid confusion.

IC: Verghastinsel:

To:Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel
From:Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

From our intelligence we did or have not detected any credible threat that would have required pre-emptive military action. In the eyes of the Free Republic imperial expansionism is wholly unjustified and undesireable. It is strictly forbidden by the great Constitution of the Free Republic to give military aid to imperialist nations. It would still be legal to base the Foreign Guard in your nation, but be forewarned that if you under took another such 'pre-emptive' strike that the Foreign Guard would not assist you, and depending on the stance of Retaliatory Guard command may be against you.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

OOC: Lesser Pacifica:If you have the time to RP it, then we can RP it, I alwys prefer to RP stuff out.Let me know and if you'd like to RP it, we can put it in a new thread to avoid confusion.

[OOC: Yes, I would like to RP it out. I might not to be able to get online this weekend, but I'm usually avaliable Monday-Friday]

To: William Issem, Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad
From: Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel

Herr Issem,

The Republik thanks you for reconsidering, and intends to establish the Foreign Guard as a purely defensive formation. The Republik is not expansionist by creed, but if the only way to neutralise a possible threat is by invasion and occupation, we ask that you do not judge our actions too harshly. The Senate acted primarily in our defence, as it was likely that Urelia and it's allies would pose a threat in the near future.

Yours Thankfully,

Oberst Erich Krause
Defence Minister

Lesser Pacifica:
To:Clark Matthews,Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Lesser Pacifica
From: Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Our Assessment team will be arriving at Kapana Air Force Base within the next three days. This team will be led by General Adam Deadmarsh of the 1st Foreign Guard, the Foreign Guard Army that is most likely to be based in your nation. With him will be the Vaadian Ambassador to Lesser Pacifica and representatives from Jaguar-Daimler LTD, Tlaloc Motots LTD, Narvik Advanced Ordinance and Costa-Tula Shipyards and an Inspector of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

This will cover every eventuality. Just to be extra clear, the Foreign Guard will be under Retaliatory Guard Command. The laws of the Free Republic require that businesses that trade with the Free Republic be held to certain standrads enviromentally and in regards to safety and pay, the Inspector from the Ministry of Foreign Trade will insure that the industrial representatives being sent with the delegation abides by the Free Republic's trade laws.

We thank you again,

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

OOC: I will start a new thread and put the link here later today or tomorrow morning.


Verghastinsel:

To:Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel
From:Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Re: Foreign Guard

Very well. I will inform the Republican Council and prepare an assessement team to visit Verghastinsel.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

The Dominion of Karmanyaka would like to express interest in this Foreign Guard offer. We have left you a message through other channels.

Sir Gregor Potzen-Paans, Minister of Development, Karmanyaka

The Department of Foreign Affairs

Minister Claire Halsey’s Office,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
The Askiran Republic,
Theed.

"Please forgive my lack of punctuality in replying to your recent communiqué with regards to the creation of a Foreign Guard in the Askiran Republic. My Department and I are currently heavily engaged in talks with the United Nations. We are making efforts to introduce new UN legislation.

With regards to the treaty itself. The Askiran government, my department and myself have undertaken careful examination of the treaty. It mentions many valid points that would offer suitable material for the acceptance of the treaty but conversley there are several points that are of an undesirable nature. To have a foreign military presence in our nation, although it would be made up of Askiran citizens, would constitute a security risk as at the end of the day, that military would be legally controlled by another nation and not by the Askiran Government. We have had instancesw in our history where foreign powers have taken it upon themselves to take Askira as their inherent property. Forced occupation by these foreign powers has instigated war in the republic in all instances. :mp5: I therfore must respectively decline your offer of creating a Foreign Guard in the Askiran Republic.

I sincerely thank the Ilek-Vaad government for coming to the Askiran Republic in terms of establishing beneficial diplomatic relations. But it is regretable that they must start of this way. Hopefully taking part in a future embassy exchange between our nations will no doubt prove to function as a link between our two nations for future relations. I foresee a very beneficial future indeed.

Yours, " – Minister Halsey

Dr. Claire Halsey,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
The Askiran Republic.

Lesser Pacifica:http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8909649#post8909649

Askira:

To: Dr. Claire Halsey,Secretary of Foreign Affairs,The Askiran Republic.
From: Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Dr. Halsey, the Free Republic respects your situation and aversion to having foreign controlled troops on your sovereign soil. The Free Republic is itself would never allow foreign troops to be stationed within our nations borders.The Free Republic is powerful enough to make such a thing unnecessary.

Unfortunately many smaller nations find themselves defenceless in our world and in some cases the shield of Republican force is necessary to resolve such issues. The Foreign Guard is designed to give the Retaliatory Guard a quick response arm stationed in many seperate places in the world, so that the Free Republic , when called upon, can quickly project it's presence.

We fully understand that this is not needed for all nations and that we have no expectation of being accepted or welcomed, or even trying to maintain a presence in every nation, we simply want to do what we can to help foster stability in an all to chaotic world.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

To: William Issem, Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad
From: Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel

Herr Issem,

The Republik thanks you for reconsidering, and intends to establish the Foreign Guard as a purely defensive formation. The Republik is not expansionist by creed, but if the only way to neutralise a possible threat is by invasion and occupation, we ask that you do not judge our actions too harshly. The Senate acted primarily in our defence, as it was likely that Urelia and it's allies would pose a threat in the near future.

Yours Thankfully,

Oberst Erich Krause
Defence Minister


To:Oberst Erich Krause, Defence Minister, Verghastinsel
From Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad

Minister Krause,

After having apprised the situation in regards to Urelia and the widening of the conflict I must inform you that your nation after further consideration is not suitable to base an Army of the Foreign Guard. Intelligence from the Velite Guard has shown that Urelia is a nation a fraction of the size and resources of Verghastinsel. Velite intelligence has been unable to confirm that any faction or group in Urelia could have posed a signifigant, or real threat to your nation or any other nation.

The Free Republic does not believe that your nations actions have been at all justified in these matters. The path you have chosen will only lead to widening and continuation of conflict in and around your nation. The goal of the Foreign Guard is to foster security and stability, we will not give the appearence of supporting your actions by giving you the benefit of closer ties and the protection of our Foreign Guard.

William 'One Hundredman' Issem
Minister of Defence, Ilek-Vaad