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Aurdania Naval Command Center, Czardas

The blips are faint, but unmistakable. Ships, hundreds of them, still about 500 nm from Czardaian shores, but traveling straight for Czardaian waters. Satellite cameras fill in the rest, and men watch as the line of ships approaches, inexorably, over a thousand of them.

"They're too far away to be identified, ma'am, but I suspect they're Scellian," explains one of the ANCC personnel. "News broadcasts suggest that Scellia has launched its navy, bearing nearly 1 million troops towards Czardas."

"If they're Scellian, they're hostile," says ANCC Team Leader Mariel Thier. "Broadcast a message to those ships and inform them of that."

"Aye, ma'am." The man begins to send out the transmission while Mariel contacts Czardaian Central Command, telling them

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Greetings from the Concordance of Czardas!

If your ships advance any farther towards Czardaian territory, we shall consider it a hostile action, and take action appropriately. Be warned.

~Aurdania Naval Command Centre
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Mariel has finished writing her own message and turns to the ten or so personnel around her. "Activate the Subaqueous Defense Network. We'll need it."

In Czardaian waters

At the floor of the sea, all is calm. Then, on large shapes scattered at various intervals—which could be mistaken for large, immobile stingrays—small flashing red lights flick on, and turn to green.

[ooc:] Map of my nation here (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/Mauvasia/Czardas_Map.jpg).

What in heaven is going on? Read this (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=446030), especially the later pages.

The massive fleet spread glittering on the ocean, hundreds of warships and millions of soldiers spread out in knots of taskforces. Close enough to be called a fleet, far enough apart to require a tactical nuclear weapon for each one. It was most impressive, and it was all being stopped by a single message. However it was short stop, only five or ten minutes as the Admiral checked back with base, to confirm the next step. A response was swift, action nearly so. The fleet steamed on.

"We are so far into international water that you can't tell where out final destination will be. We are currently 450 nm away from your waters, and have as much right to be here as you do."

The fleet continues in, however it does stop about 300 nm away from the waters of Czardas, and waits.

OOC: Here is all the up to date info on my navy at NS Draftroom (http://s13.invisionfree.com/The_NS_Draftroom/index.php?showtopic=10&st=0#entry56670). Oh, and I haven't gotten hard stats for two other classes of ship, a tender and a shore bombardment ship. Plus how did you do the map, it looks excellent.

[ooc:] Czardas claims all waters 50 nm from Czardaian shores. Revise please.

[ic:]

Mariel Thier reads the message and shakes her head. "A fleet of that size doesn't head straight for Czardas for no reason," she says. "Find out what they're doing."

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From: Aurdania Naval Command Centre, Czardas
To: Scellian Navy

We must inquire what your final destination is, in that case, to avoid any accidents. If you refuse to tell us, we will take it as a hostile action and act accordingly. Be warned.

~ANCC
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The Admiral snorts while reading the message, mumbling to himself something about a car stopping a train. The Admiral spends several moments reading over a crinkled communique, only a few minutes old but wrinkled from passed around. He sighs, and gets CIC to respond.

"As of 0823, exactly four minutes ago, our government issued the following message. All loyal Czardian forces are to join ranks with the current Scellian forces with Muesilania, they will be issued temporary uniforms and Scellian dogtags(very important for ranged ID) from our current store and retain their rank within our overall command structure. After 2400 tonight all persons with the aforesaid nation wearing Czardian uniforms will be shot on sight, this has been broadcast on all frequencies across the field so all radio equiped Czardian forces are aware of there terms. Our mission now depends on your response to the ultimatum brought on by your rogue forces."

Monisica, Muesilania

Major Alvare Sandier reads the message himself several times, then issues his orders.

"We're to report to the Scellian headquarters at once. In order to prevent the deaths of any more loyal troops, they're outfitting us with uniforms and tags. We'll basically be fighting as part of the Scellian army, but loyal to Czardas."

"I see," says one of his Captains with deep distaste. "You know that Scellia is threatening war against Czardas, right?"

Sandier fixes the Captain with a cold stare. "I'll excuse your insubordination this time, and remember while we're here in Monisica, we're allied with Scellia, no matter what happens to the rest of Czardas. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"All right. We're going. I'll take half the force first and leave the other half to guard the sector. Then we switch."

In a stream of jeeps, tanks, and on foot, the Czardaian soldiers -- seven thousand in all -- set out for the Scellian command.

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Rebel headquarters. The basement of a building in Monisica

A number of Czardaian troops and mercenary and rebel leaders sit around a long table, or rather along one side of it. At the other side, in a swiveling chair, is the interim rebel leader, Capt. James LaFleur. LaFleur is a tall and hawklike man with thinning iron-grey hair, deep-set eyes, and a stern expression. He is not known to be a kindly man, and is rumored to have fits of insanity and fanaticism.

"We've intercepted an order broadcast throughout Monisica to all Czardaian troops," explains LaFleur. "All Czardaian soldiers are to be equipped with Scellian uniforms and tags, and all others are to be killed. It means the end of what we've relied on for so long to keep us going."

"Yes...Commander," says one of the rebel troops.

"With this we can no longer succeed in such endeavors as destroying the last tollgate. We have managed to get rid of all but one, in the southwestern corner of the city, where over 1,000 Scellians are stationed. Our mission is basically accomplished. Muesilania is a shambles and its oppressive taxes and tolls gone.

"However, we need a way to escape from Monisica. Therefore, I've determined that I and...say 50 more of my troops will get Scellian uniforms as though we were orthodox Czardaian troops, and then 'borrow' some of their transport helicopters and fly the rest out of here, to a safe spot like Czardas. The Government there won't do a thing to stop us from staying wherever we want. It's too unwieldly and disorganized."

"But Commander, won't they recognize and apprehend you?...Or something?"

"No, Les, they will not. The Scellians have never met me and do not know what I look like. The latest army ID I have is a picture from sixteen years ago. Even Czardas has nothing more recent. I have been preparing for this revolt all my service."

"But sir...how did you know that you would need to do this?"

LaFleur erupts in sudden anger. "Fool! I always knew oppression and taxation were wrong! My family was always poor, and made poorer by Czardas's high taxes. I knew that my duty would be to end all taxation and communist oppression, and the only way to do that would be to destroy it! Yes, destroy it all! I will never rest until every shred of this corrupt larceny in the world has been destroyed forever!"

His subordinates look at each other with a look of deep significance. It is as they have always suspected. LaFleur is going insane.

LaFleur continues. "When we have finished with Muesilania we shall raise another army to get rid of tax in Czardas. Then we can go on to the allies of Czardas, and Scellia itself, and... soon a glorious future of freedom awaits us! Think of it, my warriors!"

LaFleur's voice becomes dreamy and finally he melts into silence. The men watch him go through a door to where his fifty troops are.

The first reaction is silence. Then a man named Les says, "He's mad. That's all there is to it. Stark raving mad."

"We'll all die because of his insane, idealist dream," adds another member of LaFleur's high command.

"He doesn't realize how he's toying with the fates of nations. The futures of Czardas, of Scellia, of Muesilania all depend on his whim. We have to stop him, somehow," says Derrick Katagar, second-in-command.

"And how?" asks Les.

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From: Czardaian rebel forces in Monisica
To: Scellian High Command

We wish to call an immediate cease-fire between rebel troops and Scellian forces occupying Monisica. We also wish to surrender to Scellian troops, with terms of agreement to be drawn up as necessary.

~Derrick Katagar, Rebel Second-in-Command
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From: PDC Muesilania
To: Czardaian rebel forces in Monisica

An immediate cease fire in granted, however only unarmed personnel will be allowed to approach Scellian positions and all acts of aggression will be met in kind. The terms are thus, you will be treated according to the Geneva convention until after the situation has resolved itself.

~Maj. Gen. Johnson

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The column of troops from Sandiers is met with suspcition but no outright hostility. They are issued the specialized dogtags with weak radio microtransmitters that allow identification instantly. Each tag has a specific fluctuating code, even if you crack one then you have the identity of one soldier. While not perfect the system has worked well it has prevented many friendly fire accidents and made it very hard for enemies to fake a Scellian ID. The uniforms issued to the soldiers are new and comfortable, and they are given plenty to eat. They are watched though, and the areas they can access are limited to mission critcal ones only. However they are not treated like criminals, and are generally free to intermix with the Scellian military personnel. (Which is 41% female)

OOC: So, what is the rebels next move? Is LaFleur dead or left behind? What will your country do now that 7,000 of their troops have joined my forces?

A high-security complex somewhere in Czardas

"So... Options."

In the 11th Intel Briefing Room, four people are gathered. The one who has spoken wears a suit and tie, black hair, impeccable appearance, about 5'6" in height, soft-spoken. Secretary-General Caverra. Standing near him are a woman and two men: the Vice-Director of National Intelligence, Airya Wong; Foreign Minister Kari Alhoun; and High General Henrik A. Ogden.

Caverra continues. "Ogden, what are our positions?"

Ogden, a sandy-haired bearded man, steps up to the map of the region showing the Czardaian forces (blue), the Scellian forces (red), and the rebel forces (green). All over the map, and moving based on satellite projections, red is the most prominent: occupying the sea near Czardas. Czardas is a solid mass of blue. The situation in Muesilania is different: there seems to be an awful lot of red in comparison to a few tiny points of green and blue.

Ogden says, "We're not entirely surrounded, but partially. Here, about 300 nm from our waters, are about a thousand Scellian ships, holding up to a million soldiers, probably more. Over in Muesilania are one and a half million Scellian troops, plus planes and tanks. They can attack the south corner, by going through the mountain passes between Muesilania and Czardas. However, with our defenses in these areas, only their planes if anything could ever make it through, and I'm sure Marshal Karlsen can do his job.

"Our main worry is the ships, especially since they're claiming neutrality, or so it seems. A thousand ships loaded with soldiers won't be there for no purpose. However, our sea defenses and planes can make sure that they won't just walk into our country without so much as an invitation.

"We can primarily hope Scellia doesn't know our true numbers. For example, the latest data we have posted anywhere for public view states we have approximately 750 planes in our air force -- a considerable number, but nothing compared to the prowess of the Scellian air force. However, counting our reserve stock, generally unused aircraft, and redesigned Daggers, plus large stocks of commercial aircraft, I can tell you that that number is closer to four thousand, with another thousand still being manufactured, ready within two weeks or less.

"Also good is that no census has been taken in Czardas for the past nine years, a period during which the population has exploded. There are nearly 52 million members on the Czardasnet forums, which means an approximate total (counting children and those without internet access) of 100 million citizens; latest data states 80 million. While this is still small compared to Scellia's 3.6 billion, it is somewhat more considerable, and affords us possible reserves of up to 10 million soldiers.

"Finally, we are more prepared for a full-scale conflict, as we have been since the Amyntos incident at least. Our reserves were prepared for war after we launched the initial mission into Muesilania. I trust that we shall find a way to defeat this enemy. Remember, we managed to survive worse things."

Ogden sits back down, having presented his report.

"So, any ideas?" asks Caverra.

"It looks like we can no longer avert war," says Alhoun carefully. "Therefore, I suggest that we reinforce the southern defenses against possible attack, and concentrate on the ships, waiting for their next move."

"All right. What about the situation within Muesilania itself?"

"We should withdraw all remaining troops from Muesilania," says Alhoun.

"I disagree," says Ogden. "They can hold their occupied sector. Being allied with the Scellian forces for now, they can attempt to convice Scellia to end its atrocities against medical facilities and civilians, and perhaps to withdraw its troops, as the rebellion appears to be basically over."

"But Czardas is no longer allied with Scellia..."

"True, but that is over a different matter, namely their hostile action against us."

"All right," says Alhoun with deep skepticism.

Wong speaks up for the first time. "If I may venture an opinion, I think we should just wait for Scellia to respond, and see what they do."

"Noted. We'll do that. Dismissed."

The meeting breaks up.

While seven thousand of Sandier's troops under Maj. Peter Woolf are being admitted into the Scellian army, the remaining seven thousand under Sandier himself have decided firmly against the loss of their freedom as Czardaian soldiers and have opted instead to break their orders and leave for Czardas. They pile into jeeps, helicopters, and planes, but instead of heading for the Scellian camp they turn towards the airport.

Muesilanian guards hold the city, but knowing the Czardaians to be allies, they let them through.

They reach the airport and begin to pile into planes and more helicopters, loading their tanks and jeeps into transport aircraft. So far, they have met little resistance.

In a whirling army of aircraft they set off from Muesilania to return to Czardas.

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To: Scellian High Command
From: Rogue troops

We are going with all the forces loyal to us to the nearest Scellian position. Captain LaFleur himself, and a few still loyal to him, are remaining behind, continuing their rebellion.

~Derrick Katangar
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Katangar doesn't mention how mad LaFleur would be when he discovers that nine-tenths of his forces has left him, nor LaFleur's latest plans to build or acquire a nuclear weapon and detonate it in Monisica. But these last exist only within LaFleur's mind so far. Paranoid as he is, he has told no-one of his latest plans.

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In Czardas, General Ogden frowns. Woolf has chosen to join Czardas's enemy. Sandier has disappeared completely. LaFleur appears to be giving up, or is he? Intelligence tells that rebels are surrendering in droves, all over Monisica, but LaFleur does not seem among them.

The screen before him crackles into life, showing the face of one of Ogden's aides.

"What is it?"

"Sir, we've just received the reports. Rogue Czardaian aircraft, marked as loyal to Sandier, appear to have picked up James LaFleur and several dozen of his men from Monisica, before disappearing into the clouds. It seems as though no-one noticed this, at least no Scellians."

"But how is that possible?"

"Sir, we found where he was picked up from -- a secret location in the south of the city, unoccupied by Scellian forces. It was believed to be cleansed from rebels. LaFleur appears to have moved there after raiding the final tollgates. By the time Scellian aircraft reached the vicinity, he was long gone."

"Where did he go?"

"North. They did not enter Czardaian airspace, passing through Ouranberg and a bit of western Dionica. I believe their current position is near Tilookan borders."

"Tilooka..." Ogden muses to himself. Lionel Porosevec, original leader of the revolution, had fled there. Now LaFleur? What was going on in Tilooka? They had pledged to support Czardas if it went into action against Scellia, which showed that they were allied against at least one common enemy. But what did Tilooka have to do with the revolution? Ogden yawns and reminds himself to find out in the morning. It is late, after all; past 2300 hours, which considering his rising at 0500 is fairly late.

"General?" The aide continues.

"Yes... what is it?"

"Also, we failed to find any trace of Major Sandier or any of the Czardaian troops or aircraft in Muesilania. Seven thousand troops appear to have disappeared."

"That's odd." Ogden yawns again; he's fairly sure Sandier was that strange blue blob moving across the map from the south of Muesilania towards Czardas. He is tired tonight, more than usual. He wonders why.

It has something to do with what will happen on the morrow, he decides. He has felt it before. On the day before the Czardaian address to Imperial Galactica, thirteen years ago. On the day when Kari Alhoun had become Foreign Minister, ushering in a new age in Czardaian diplomacy.

It will be a day in which everything and nothing will happen. A fateful day, to some. An uneventful one for others.

And ultimately, a true Day of Destiny.

OOC: This seems to have taken a period of about a month, since my ships had to sail and we both did a lot of preparing. Is it alright if we assume that a month has passed since my ships left port? Oh, I forgot to mention that I have carriers (most people do) with my ships. If thats a godmod to you then I'll not have them, OK? Most of this happens while you're flying people around and the rebels are surrendering and the intel is getting back to you etc.

IC:
1st Fleet
The ships sit, and wait. Every week, like clockwork, a heavily guarded convoy replaces the stores of consumables for the fleet. Each week more bad news pours in, as rumors and stories of Czardas gearing up for war continues it becomes obvious that an invasion of Muesilania is in the works. Still the ships sit, and wait, their duration not even begun to be tested. For while Czardas gears for war, Scellia does the same, to the greatest degree it has ever doen so. The ships begin to sail for Czardian waters, they would will arrive within 100 nm in about 12 hours.

PDC Muesilania (98% Complete)
The massive fortress hummed with activity as it switched from being a hulking mound to a fortress of truely magnificent proportions. Its was planned to commence official operations in one days time, it was fully stocked and armed, a true behemoth of modern warfare. It had its own airport, fully as large as the expanded Monisica International and with a full complement of exactly 6000 aircraft (2400 F/X-22, 3000 F/X-35 and 600 B/X-2). It housed around 1,000,000 soldiers and 1,000 Bolos (350 Mk III and 650 Mk II) and had more stationary firepower then many small nations. However it was a defensive structure, and it wasn't there that the attack would come. It was the nearly 2,000,000 soldiers and 2,000 Bolos that had poured in over the last few weeks, this attack force could batter its way through nearly any defending force.

Scellian Comminication to Czardian Government
Czardas, it is to our deep dismay that we see you switch sides in this conflict, and our regret that you continue to build up forces in what is obvious preparation for war. Unless you are dedicated to this path we demand two things of you. First, you gear down immediately and stop producing weapons. Second, you must remove all but 10,000 troops from the Muesilania/Czardas border to a distance of at least 100 miles. If these demands are not met within the next 48 hours then you may assume a state of war exists between out two nation. You don't want to bring this down on yourselves, think carefully.

[ooc:] It's fine to have carriers, most people have them with their navies anyway.

[ic:]

It is with great scorn that General Ogden receives Scellia's demands. He snorts.

"We have been producing weapons for the last twelve years. Asking us to stop would ruin our economy. And withdrawing troops from our own borders? Why, to let them walk in as they please? Our troops have always defended the southern border. We just have more of them now."

He glances at the map. There were maybe 200,000 troops in total guarding the southern border with Muesilania. Any force that tried to invade from that end would have to contend with traps, pits, machine gun nests, mines, trenches, mountains, and of course deep canyons and gorges. He smiles slightly. The Scellians will have some recon work to do.

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From: The Libertarian Concordance of Czardas
To: Scellia

Greetings from the Concordance of Czardas! We are afraid that we cannot comply with your demands, unless you immediately withdraw all ships, planes, and soldiers both approaching Czardas and in Muesilania, especially around the Czardaian border with Muesilania, and return all troops to Scellia, with the exception of a force of up to 600,000 troops, 1,000 Mk II/Mk III Bolos, and 1,600 aircraft to defend your base in Muesilania. If you chose not to do this, be warned that the consequences for your nation will be dire.

~Kari Alhoun, Czardaian Foreign Minister
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Aurdania Naval Command Centre

An ANCC personnel turns from his computer screen and says, "Reporting, ma'am. Scellian ships approaching Czardas, currently at distance of 172 nautical miles and approaching."

Mariel Thier sighs. "That's 122 nm from our waters. It looks like we'll have to prepare a few missiles, just to show them we're not kidding."

"To fire them, ma'am?"

"If they get within our range. They're just out of missile range."

"How many?"

"Ten—no, at least fifteen, locked on their carriers and flagships. Doubled just in case, a total of thirty."

"CX-33s, ma'am?"

"Of course."

On top of the ANCC, a missile launcher swivels and begins to point its missiles outwards, gradually seeking individual targets, until the swiveling stops with an abrupt 'click'.

"We have a missile lock, ma'am."

"Good. If they come any closer... Fire."

"Why won't we fire them now, ma'am?"

"The best range is within 150 nm, although they can hit at distances of up to 200. It's just safer." Thier smiles.

The deadly missiles on the roof of the ANCC, protected by overhanging shields, are ready to fire, waiting interminably. Somewhere out at sea, the Scellian ships approach to within 150 nm of Czardas, then stop again. And wait.

Their wait may prove fatal to their nation. Ogden's additional planes -- the extra thousand -- have, unknown to Scellia, just been finished, and are being prepared and armored for immediate combat. This is only the beginning.

OOC: Stats ofr CX-33s? Are your planes stealth?
IC:

First Fleet
The battlefleet moves again, the lack of response to Scellian demands promtping a move to the very edge of Czardas territorial waters. The fleet is on high alert, moving slowly but streadily, making sure that nothing gets within the defensive perimeter. The Admiral has his orders, but it is still a waiting game.

5th Grand Army; Muesilania
The 2,000,000 soldiers and 2,000 Bolos begin to march for the border, it won't take them but a week to reach it. It almost appears as if a nation is moving, vast swathes of landscape writhing as millions of soldiers pass over it, the dust kicked up from the Bolos treads obscuring miles. A CAP is kept around the force, over 120 planes at all times, though if someone was to attack it would be seen from far away by LADAR equipped AWACS planes.

Scellian Comminication to Czardian Government
We don't demand that you disarm completely, but we do demand that you stop your armament program. You still must pull back your forces, this demand you have not addressed nor have you complied with. Your time dwindles, you have 24 hours left.

[ooc:] I have no formal stats for anything in my army. What you primarily need to know is that each CX-33 consists of two warheads filled with incendiary explosive charges. When the missile reaches its target, they separate, letting oxygen into the two warheads, causing both highly unstable charges to detonate, creating an explosion of 1/2 nuclear strength. Their speed is about 720 mph.

Some of my planes (such as the Kestrels) are stealth. The Daggers themselves, if they fly high enough, can barely be detected on radar and will show up like birds. And, with advanced technology, they can easily get a missile lock on a ship.

[ic:]

ANCC, several hours later

"Scellian ships advancing once more towards our territory."

"Lock on carriers," Mariel Thier answers distractedly.

Very little swiveling before the familiar 'click' sound. Thier looks at the personnel and says, "I think this is it."

One of them presses the button.

Fifteen missiles spring from the launchers along the shore and, in a trail of fire, set out at subsonic speeds for the Scellian ships. Almost immediately a second volley of fifteen follows, just to make sure of the strike. Some skim along the water; the others form a graceful fiery arch in the sky.

30 nautical miles from shore
The missiles begin to separate in preparation for strike.

60 nautical miles from shore
The missiles reach the Scellian ships.

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From: The Libertarian Concordance of Czardas
To: Scellia

Czardas is no longer producing any new weapons or equipment, but we shall keep our current existing ones ready for possible hostilities. In addition, we will not withdraw our troops from the Muesilanian border. Czardaian troops have always guarded that frontier, and withdrawing them would be a threat to our national security, which we have held at a high price since our last major war, in which we nearly became a province.

~Kari Alhoun, Czardaian Foreign Minister
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General Nathaniel Leodamas has been put in charge of the Czardaian troops in the extreme southeastern corner, the frontier with Muesilania. Leodamas looks at the maps, showing the tactical defense lines, positions of bunkers and machine gun nests, pit traps and hidden weakened hillsides, and of course impassable canyons and gorges. Southern Czardas is very mountainous, and this corner is no exception. He smiles a little.

Leodamas is also leading the volunteer force of about 1 million, which has been training for several months in rotations. Well over half this force is combat-ready by this point. In addition to the local militia networks, which have always mysteriously sprung out from the trees under a single commander, he is sure that he will be able to hold the southern front under at least the land forces. Planes... well, for that he'd have to ask Karlsen, but he knows that Scellia is expecting maybe seven hundred planes, not the current number he has under his command.

It looks like war will be coming soon, and Czardas is more than prepared for it this time around.

He hopes, anyway.

First Fleet

Unlike traditional navies the Scellians featured most arsenal ship type ships, and with 800 assorted arsenal cruiser and battleship class it had a heavy missile throw. A really heavy missile throw, and the firing of missiles on the fleet was exactly one of the provocations listed, the fleet returned fire at all Czardian military installations across the entire coast. It also delegates 60 AIMX-120C interceptors to deal with the 30 missiles, each racing away at near hypersonic speeds. The subsonic missiles never had a chance, in a world where most navies use hypersonic sea skimming missiles subsonic missiles could never avoid counter missiles designed to take out the hypersonic ones. The fifteen arcing in from the sky faired better, three missiles surviving the intial barrage, and streaking onwards towards the fleet. They lasted less then a second when they entered THEL range, hundreds of lasers flickering out and carving the missiles apart is brillant explosions in brillant explosions.

However it was the counter strike that was truely impressive, 16,000 stealth cruise missiles leave VLS cells around the fleet targeted across 400 miles of the Czardas coast. The MMLS launch cells open up their second tier, and fire again launching another 16,000 stealth cruise missiles at military targets only slightly deeper within Czardas. The third of five tiers opens, but no missiles emerge, each ships having used only 20 MMLS cells.

OOC: PDC Muesilania post coming up later, I have to leave for now.

ANCC

"Just like Scellia -- overreacting." Thier sighs. "We fired those missiles as a warning, just to let them know we didn't want them coming any closer. They return with no fewer than... what do those reports say?"

"Thirty-two thousand," answers one of her personnel. "Stealth, but they can't really hide from our satellites."

"Now we have to put up the coast deflectors and interceptors," Mariel Thier sighs again. "Ah well. Deflectors to 500%, fire counterstrikes."

Around every major population center and military installation along the Czardaian coast, laser and magnetic deflectors power up as people crowd into bomb shelters. As the missiles reach the deflectors and counter-missile fire from each base, they explode in a line of brilliant fire against the overcast sky. Those aimed at smaller military bases and small towns, however, generally survive; citizens and soldiers file into bomb shelters as the missiles hit, exploding in brilliant patterns of fire.

The second wave fares better. While the coast is well defended against incoming missiles, inland the only response is defensive tactics: moving all civillians and equipment away from the targets, setting up magnetic fields designed to deflect missiles at a few military bases, and in general simply leaving. The only significant military bases within reach of the missiles are the ANCC and the Mariosz port, and both already have significant anti-missile defenses. Many smaller bases are hit and destroyed. Fortunately, due to quick tactics, camouflage, and defensive anti-missile fire at most of those, casualties are limited. At least where manpower is concerned. The loss of the buildings themselves, not counting the equipment stored within, is only a minor blow to Czardas—considering the vast reserves in areas such as Lac-Montané or Ardaja—but still a blow. In addition, hundreds of civillians are killed by the strike.

"So they hail us with an opening missile strike. We manage to deflect or destroy most of their missiles, despite supposedly being 'stealth'. And the few that do hit will prompt enough of a national outcry for us to return fire," she says.

"Let's have a counter-counter-strike, shall we?"

"CX-33s?"

"No, we only use those for warnings like that. Against this we're bringing out our A-7s."

The A-7s are not the most advanced missiles Czardas posseses, nor the fastest, but by far the most common. Bought from top military arms suppliers around the region, with top speeds of just under 2,000 mph, they were among the best missiles Czardas had, partly because of their small size yet huge power -- still nowhere near nuclear strength, but close enough to do the damage.

"All right, ma'am? How many?"

"Let's launch about... say, twenty thousand, in four waves, each aimed at targeting a different group of ships. We want them to know that we really don't want them around any more. They'll have to do better than what they just did if they really want to convince us of anything. Czardas has very good coastal defenses ever since the Imperial Galactican war."

All along the Czardaian coast, at various military bases and from city rooftops, missile launchers prepare their deadly cargo.

"We have a missile lock, ma'am."

"Good. Fire the first wave."

Five thousand arches of fire leap from the upper northern coast.

"Second wave."

Lower southern coast.

"Third wave."

Lower northern coast.

"Fourth wave."

Upper southern coast.

The four arches of fire -- consisting of thousands of missiles each -- stream towards the Scellian fleet with an unceasing whistle of death.

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From: The Libertarian Concordance of Czardas
Broadcast: Everywhere

Greetings from the Libertarian Concordance of Czardas! On this day, tragically, Scellian ships took hostile action against us, firing thousands of missiles upon our coast. We were able to block most of them, fortunately, but some caused explosions killing up to 4,000, as well as the destruction of Czardaian military equipment.

This action is no longer permissible. Scellia cannot think it can get away with such actions unscathed.

On this day, the council of the Concordance of Czardas, by 361 votes to 35, hereby declares war on Scellia and any nations that attempt to offer it aid in combat. All Scellian troops and equipment are to be considered hostile. We shall commence military action against Scellia immediately.

Have a nice day.

~Kari Alhoun, Czardaian Foreign Minister
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OOC: What are deflectors? All I can think of is deflector shields but that is obviously worng. I've gotta go to class, wanted to ask that before I go. Oh, and where did you get the funds for this defense system? You have a weak economy with a less then 2 trillion GDP, so a defense system of this size seems a little out of your price range. Plus how does your satellite system work if not by radar/LADAR, infrared would be too hard to track individual targets in at those speeds and from orbit.

Your stats (http://www.nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Czardas)

[ooc:] First of all, I don't really rely on NSeconomy for my stats. I know it's inaccurate, as I've raised defense funding three times in as many weeks, once by at least 6% (I know from other nations), and nothing happened to my defense budget. You can probably tell because if I used NSeconomy my population would be about 1.2 billion, affording me a much larger and better-funded army, but that's besides the point. Czardas's economy is fluctuating anyway, with me making it continually stronger and the UN making it continually weaker. So I basically don't rely on any of my calculator stats for anything really. I consider no calculators reliable enough. Instead I have some Excel documents on my own computer in which I record things such as change in various budgets, tax increases, and foreign aid.

Instead, I make up fairly realistic stats of my own. Considering recent increased foreign trade and an increase in the arms manufacturing market, I'm fairly sure my GDP would have gone up to at least about $7 or $8 trillion, considering as it was down to less than $1 trillion during my economic depression following the Imperial war. I'd put about 15% of those funds into national defense, not wanting to keep my nation insecure after such a devastating battle, which is a little over $1 trillion (I'm not all too sure how much.) Foreign aid from Ouranberg and Khazaron after the war provided me with a good deal of new modern equipment anyway, and I built the rest myself to drive down unemployment and inflation.

As for those satellites, they were built and launched during Czardas's period of isolation, starting in the 1980s and continually updated and replaced up to the present day. I suppose GPS satellites would be tracking the missiles, or military radar, or whatever -- not being a stats RPer as I told you. And the deflectors would be either laser rays (to destroy) or mechanized magnetic systems that would throw the missiles off-course. E.g. if the missiles are attracted to positively charged matter, a strong negatively charged ray will throw them off course, or vice versa. Of course, these don't always work, but the lasers and magnetic "shield" walls protecting most naval and army bases usually do.

Oh, and your ships must be spread very far apart, considering that my coastline is over 2700 miles long. (Don't worry, I forgive. ;) )

OOC: So, you don't use any calc stats? You still have to use the NS mainpage stats, example would be that you still have a weak economy and only 89& tax rate. Which means that no matter how much you spend of defense it will be still be signficantly less then the militrillion dollar system you describe which only includes a singles areas defense. Oh, and I messed up on the scale, I'll go back and edit.

And the deflectors would be either laser rays (to destroy) or mechanized magnetic systems that would throw the missiles off-course. E.g. if the missiles are attracted to positively charged matter, a strong negatively charged ray will throw them off course, or vice versa.

What you are describing is an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, which is PMT withour using nukes. Lasers could never engage so many missiles at once before they began to take out the lasers sites, especially because of stealth they are harder to get an exact lock on. I'll go back and edit my scale and I suggest that you go back and edit how effective your defenses were. I'll post what happens with the missiles that survive, OK.

What you are describing is an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, which is PMT withour using nukes. Lasers could never engage so many missiles at once before they began to take out the lasers sites, especially because of stealth they are harder to get an exact lock on. I'll go back and edit my scale and I suggest that you go back and edit how effective your defenses were. I'll post what happens with the missiles that survive, OK.
[ooc:] You decided what happened to my first wave however, too. I think I ought to decide the damage. *edits*

Oh, I didn't say damage, just what the missiles were programmed to attack, submunitions etc. Stuff that I would actually have some control over, not the damage stuff does. I'll go see your edit after this post.

Oh, I didn't say damage, just what the missiles were programmed to attack, submunitions etc. Stuff that I would actually have some control over, not the damage stuff does. I'll go see your edit after this post.
Ok... but 32,000 missiles? That's probably enough, if aimed correctly and long-distance enough, to take out every major city in Czardas and then some. Matter of fact, it's probably enough to take out every major city in Scellia. I mean, you probably doubled some of them, but you can decide the specific targets.

OOC:

It depends on the targets, that might be enough to take out a single SDC by itself as long as the SDC had no support from any other. They're nuclear hardened, on the order of a direct tactical nuclear hit will wipe out most weapons but leave the interior intact. If it is targeting soft sites then if the entire salvo made it through then it would kill a lot of stuff, but not a whole lot os civilians even if you were specifically targeting them. About 32,000,000 or so, if not less. Anyway, I'll do the specific target thing when you finish editing your post and post your missile survival.

I've edited my post. The targets there will be edited as soon as you list them.

OOC: I thought you were going to edit stuff, like the defense system and letting me do my own targets. You still have the 40,000 interceptors and the missiles killing civilians, I thought you were going to change that.

OOC: I thought you were going to edit stuff, like the defense system and letting me do my own targets. You still have the 40,000 interceptors and the missiles killing civilians, I thought you were going to change that.
I don't see the reason to change the part about the 40,000 interceptors. With a GDP of nearly N£44 trillion (I factored in the nazarin-to-dollar conversion), I could easily buy the materials in my own currency from any nations that would accept it as standard according to theirs. Besides, after caring for our citizens we still have plenty of money left. The GDP per capita would be nearly $18,000 USD (or N£416,440), were every citizen to share the wealth equally, and most families can get by for a year on about a fifth of that. It makes sense that the government would have plenty of money left for things like national defense.

But yes, I will edit the rest.

I think i'll side with czardas on this one

I offer forces

my military has just expanded (I thought as my population has grown why not)

so lots on offer

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Top Secret Encrypted Transmission
From: The Libertarian Concordance of Czardas
To: Pantycellen

Greetings from the Libertarian Concordance of Czardas! The Concordance is pleased to hear of Pantycellen's offer of aid, and welcomes any way in which it might come. The Concordance wishes to know how many land forces Pantycellen has available, as well as any other equipment that could be contributed to the Czardaian cause.

~Kari Alhoun, Czardaian Foreign Minister
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I don't see the reason to change the part about the 40,000 interceptors. With a GDP of nearly N£44 trillion (I factored in the nazarin-to-dollar conversion), I could easily buy the materials in my own currency from any nations that would accept it as standard according to theirs. Besides, after caring for our citizens we still have plenty of money left. The GDP per capita would be nearly $18,000 USD (or N£416,440), were every citizen to share the wealth equally, and most families can get by for a year on about a fifth of that. It makes sense that the government would have plenty of money left for things like national defense.

OOC: This might be reasonable, if you had an economy. Essentially you don't, or at best a very small one. Your average GDP per capita will be between $1,600 and $3,000, not $18,000 because you have an NS economy rating of weak. I'm not doing a stats thing here, its just you have an bad economy and can't support that much defense. My coastal defenses might be able to launch a countermissile strike that size, but only if more then one defensive installation was targeted. The thing with NS is most people have frightening economies, often at the price of the environment or civil rights. That is why you see the massively expensive systems being used, and why most can afford them. Even if you had a 100% tax rate and a $4,000 GDP per captia it give you a $5,048,000,000,000 GDP, which is less then the cost of the system you describe especially if it can be reloaded.

OOC: my population has gone up a lot and I thought I'd re do my millitary a bit.

Reorganisation
my army (the assault guard) will have gone up to 2 million men and women.
my navy will become 750,000 men and women (but its role will have changed to just naval and naval airpower)
new forces set up will be stratigic command (icbms) of 2500 men and women
artillary command 500,000 men and women
air command (planes) 500,000 men and women
marines 250,000 people

will post exact what people are coming in a minite

my troops have the following equipment (assault guard and air fleets/command)
Ox personel fighting viercole (I can't spell) armed with 2 heavy machine guns and anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
dagger light tanks, armed with 2 75mm dual purpose weapons (anti air and anti ground), anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
Battle axe medium tanks armed with rifled 150mm gun (with revolver breach), heavy machine guns and anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
Great sword heavy tank 200mm rifled gun (with revolver breach) rapid fire 40mm gun heavy machine guns and anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
Rapier tank destroyer 200mm rifled gun (with revolver breach) heavy machine gun and anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
flail infantry support tank armed with heavy siege mortar (for fort cracking) flame thrower and anti tank/anti aircraft missiles (depends which my opponent is stronger in)
lance self propelled artillary system armed with 150mm artillary piece and anti aircraft missiles
Hammer selfe propelled rocket artillary system (10 rocket tubes)
SLR rifle, nato round (7.62?), 3 round bursts and semi automatic only.
stirling machine pistol 9mm (mainly rear areas and tank crew)
lee enfield nato sniping rifle with teloscopic sight and night sight
piat mk18 anti tank rocket launcher (man and tank portable but needs set up for man portable (i.e. its a heavy anti armour system but can be dissasembled and carried by men)
piat mk10 light anti tank rocket (like rpg/carl gustav but more modern most battle tanks side/rear from 50-100meters ish)
Thunderbolts are heavy ground attack and low level air supperiority fighters with heavy armour and armaments and low speed (mach 1 as a max really and then with no extra equipment down hill with the wind behind it) armed with a 40mm rotary cannon armed with HE and tungston (works like DU but with fewer side effects) in a 4-1 standard mix. 4 points for rockets/missiles/bombs/gun packs/fuel tanks.
Lightnings are air superiority fighters and come in 2 types the mach 2 and mach 3 (faster but less weapons/range) armed with 4 anti aircraft missiles or drop pods (can be used as ground attack but poorly suited) and 2 rapid fire 30mm cannons in nose.
Maruaders are work horse aircraft being used int the light bomber/fighter bomber/night fighters/intruder roles. capable of mach 2 (with no outer weapons) full bomb load of 20,000lbs (full inner and outer points) is used in naval role by permenant tanks and anti shipping missiles. can be used as a escort fighter with anti air craft missiles. 4 stalks (2 per wing) each with 3 hard points suitable for a drop pod, missile, or 1000lb bomb. radar jammers/flare despensors and chaff.
reapers are specialised ground attack varient of the marauder, single man crew, anti tank missiles and 6 50mm rapid fire cannon in the nose fireing the same mix as in the thunderbolt.
reavers are unarmed recon varients of the lightning they have automated radar jammers, flares and chaff but no weapons

OOC: This might be reasonable, if you had an economy. Essentially you don't, or at best a very small one. Your average GDP per capita will be between $1,600 and $3,000, not $18,000 because you have an NS economy rating of weak. I'm not doing a stats thing here, its just you have an bad economy and can't support that much defense. My coastal defenses might be able to launch a countermissile strike that size, but only if more then one defensive installation was targeted. The thing with NS is most people have frightening economies, often at the price of the environment or civil rights. That is why you see the massively expensive systems being used, and why most can afford them. Even if you had a 100% tax rate and a $4,000 GDP per captia it give you a $5,048,000,000,000 GDP, which is less then the cost of the system you describe especially if it can be reloaded.
I did mention that my economy was up to "Reasonable" before the UN fossil fuel resolution, right? It's not as though this is my fault. Although, yes, I shouldn't assign blame.

I've left out a specific number, so it'll probably be a little less than 40,000. Or a lot less. ;)

Pantycellen, you may decide what to do with your units. I'm assuming your nation is somewhat to the south of mine, nearer Muesilania, because the space on the northern and eastern borders is taken already.

OOC: Now I'm just confused, how does only a few thousand missiles on the coast and laser defenses intercept 16,000 missiles with 100% accuracy, the deflector is a GM if does more then deflect a couple hundred because that level of tech doesn't exist in MT. Then how did the aforesaid system engage the same number with 99.99% accuracy when striking at essentially the same targets since none were destroyed in the first wave. What I'm trying to say is that letting 20 out of 32,000 missiles through when you only fired a few thousand defensive missiles is pretty much a godmod unless you have literally thousands of laser emplacements along that one stretch of coast. That would give you a total of more then 40,000 laser emplacements over your entire coast, and they all must be able to fire at once. If this wasn't a very major point I would let it slide, but since I would have done practically no damage all you have to do is keep on saying that only 20 of 32,000 get through.

You're trying to make this fair, the problem is it is inherently not. Not only am I three times the size (size isn't everything) but you have a bad economy. You need to adapt, instead of trying to go toe to toe with massive volleys of thousands of missiles hunker down in forests and hills, camoflouge your airbases and try and make it cost too many lives for me to continue. Except in the sheer numbers of military personnel you're not going to be able to face down my military directly, which is why you have to change tactics. Please don't take this the wrong way, its just some advice that I think you should have.

[ooc:] All right, I'm still waiting for an IC post (or two) from you, btw. I'll edit.

And I'm assuming that if just that fleet of 1000 ships has approximately 80,000 missiles, your whole country will have close to 320,000, or even more. Now, as I'm smaller, with a worse economy and probably less military spending, I might have maybe a fourth of those—a little under 80,000 in total. I've used 20,000 so far, not counting the defensive wave that dealt with your first volley, and you have yet to respond. I don't see how this is a godmode. Besides saying, "Oh, my UberK00l Defenses wipe out all your missiles!11!!!!11", which isn't what I did. Some of them still hit their targets, just the targets themselves were well defended, as my whole coast is, basically. It's nearly as heavily defended as the south. Of course, this means that the rest of the country has to rely on the topography and its wits (and our advantage in numbers, of course). But still.

OOC:

The ships have a lot more then that, but they represent about 3/4th my navy. I'm jut going to stop arguing and get into the whole shore versus fleet pounding match, I owe you an IC post big time, but right now I have to run. Expect an avid description of your missile attack and the massive salvos fired in return, and what my missiles decided to do. Even if arguing does slow down the RP, its fun :D . Anyway, I have to get ready for the Red Bull air race, I'm heading up to San Francisco for it tonight. If I have time before I leave I'll post, otherwise it won't be till tomorrow.

OOC: Mind if I join in? I'd like to jump in on Czardas' side, I'm more of a naval RPer, so I hope Scellia doesn't mind when he loses a fleet. ;)

[ooc:] Yes, this is open, and I'd welcome any assistance on the seaward side of things. Czardas, basically speaking, has no navy. We used all of our military funding for the Air Force, Special Operatives, and defenses. (The army has about 30%, too.)

pantycellen is begining an interdiction against our and our allies enermy.

a naval marauder strike craft floated lazily over the sea searching for prey, it found it its radar picking up an enemy tanker.

2 missiles flashed out splitting the dark of the night.

the tanker errupted spilling burning fuel over the tubulent sea.

but the crew of the marauder hadn't seen this

they were already searching for more targets.

ANCC

The Aurdania Naval Command Centre is one of the largest naval bases on the Czardaian shore. A little over 1,000 Marines, along with nearly 2,500 personnel under the command of Mariel Thier, guard the base, alert at all times. Including, as it happens, 2:30 AM. So when Thier is awakened by a ringing from her alarm so early, she knows who it's going to be.

Dressing hurriedly in her uniform, she heads downstairs through the living quarters into the main computer center, where six or seven Marines are standing. They salute when they see her coming.

"What is it?" she asks.

"We've spotted some kind of explosion out at sea, ma'am. It isn't a Czardaian craft."

"Yes?"

"According to the satellite scans, there's some kind of stealth marauder going around the Scellian flanks. I'm not all too sure where it's from, but I'd think it comes from Pantycellen, as they've offered aid already."

"Ah. Just a moment, I'll ring up Karlsen." Thier steps over to a comlink and presses a few buttons as she puts on the headset. A screen in front of her flickers into life, showing the face of Commander-Marshal Karlsen, leader of the Air Force.

"Greetings, Marshal."

"And what is it at this time of night?"

"Apparently there's some kind of Pantycellen marauder going around outside, targeting Scellian tankers and supply ships."

"Against the whole fleet? It's almost certainly doomed."

"I think you should try sending out a few stealth aircraft to cover it. You know, Kestrels."

"Just to see where it's going, or to actually do something to the enemy ships?"

"Perhaps both. You're the Air Marshal here, you know." Thier kills the comm and turns back to the Marines.

"Okay, thank you. You may go. Wait for further orders."

Now fully awake, Thier summons some of the personnel and prepares.

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Ardaja Military Base, southern Czardas

Four TARGET "Kestrel" Stealth/Attack Hybrid aircraft take off from the airfield. Almost silent in the night, despite their supersonic speeds, the Kestrels disappear into the sky. Almost invisible, both to human eyes and radar... but with a mission, and perfectly operating groundscan radar systems.

[ooc:] You see why you can't rely on NSEconomy (http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Czardas)? My GDP jumped by $1 trillion overnight, practically, which just can't happen IRL. Let's take it realistically. I'll use the same stats I had at the start of the Muesilanian revolt, which included a GDP of approximately $5.5 trillion and a GDP/capita of over $4,000. (They got better, and then worse because I was promoting CR over economy.)

OOC:sorry I was intedicting their supply lines between their bases and their fleet.

also this was just one mission where there is one marauder there are often several more.

the maurauders arn't stealth planes

also the missiles launched arn't normal air to ship missiles

they are big ones with quite a long range so it would have been very far away.

IC: thank you czardas for your help it is much appreciated.

my plan is to attack them at home

i'll send some forces to help you, say 20 regiments and their supporting equipment.

[ooc:] Actually, I know that marauders are ships. I'm bringing in my own aircraft to cover them for you. Sorry for the confusion. :)

Also, Czardas's equipment isn't all too long-range at the moment, so they've only managed to detect one ship.

[ic:]

The four planes soar through the air, passing high over the Scellian fleet on their way. In the night, it looks almost peaceful. The ships don't seem to have detected the presence of aircraft, or if they have, they certainly haven't done too much about it. But the marauders seem to be farther away, attacking the supply ships that come every week to replenish the Scellian ships.

The Kestrels eventually find themselves directly over the spot where the tanker disappeared. One of the planes prepares and loads an A-7 missile, dropping it on the next supply ship in the group. The missile, designed to target ships even from as high up as 56,000 feet, drops from the sky in a flare of fire. The plane doesn't even stop to make sure of its hit; that was simply designed to let the marauders know that they had support.

The Kestrels continue on their paths of destruction in the sky, preparing to drop missiles on the next ships to come.

OOC: Reposting this here, since it's more pertinent to this thread...


Greetings under the Light of God, the Exaulted Heinrich Sebastien sends regards.
The nation of Scellia is hereby declared an enemy of the Faith, and of man. Their crimes are as follows:
* Ruthless killing of civilians, and destruction of critical civilian support infrastructures such as hospitals and transportation centers.
* Unprovoked declaration of war against a nation in turmoil.
Furthermore, the moral corruption and bankruptcy of the peoples of that nation has been shown time and time again by their inability to confront the horrors perpetuated by their own government. As a result, the Scellian people are also declared enemies of the Faith, and of man.

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(AP) -- Scellia
This morning an unregistered aircraft was shot down as it entered the airspace around the nation of Scellia. Investigation of the crash site has revealed traces of Uranium, leading to the speculation that the aircraft may have been carrying components required to build a detonatable nuclear warhead.
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Dusk begins to set in a small, country-side house in the rural city of Umber, Tilooka. Porosevec and LaFleur sit at a table on the front porch discussing alternatives, when a jeep approaches. Edgar Hauer, Tilookan Minster of Defense steps out and greets them.

Hauer: "Good news. We expected that, after the war, many of the allies would attempt to put pressure on Tilooka to turn the both of you over. However, a war has broken out between Scellia and Czardas, and many of the allies appear to be drawing up battle lines over that conflict."

Porosevec: "Excellent. With the allies now committing their forces to fight one another on land outside of Muesilania, I should now be able to return home and liberate the people."

Hauer: "I don't think the time is yet right for that. What rebel forces you had are shattered, and the people themselves appear to be tired of fighting. While we certainly won't stop you from returning home any time you like, we would recommend against it.
Scellia has been declared an enemy of the Faith. That means that, right now, the Patriotic Liberation Front is moving to take action against them on both their own and foreign soil. Both of you may actually be of best use if you were to join the PLF. Your presence there would bolster morale given your heroic efforts during the Muesilanian rebellion.
LaFleur, your nation is currently under attack. Given that your nation's decisions are swayed by public opinion, if you distinguish yourself as a member of the PLF taking action against Scellia, you may be able to obtain a pardon and return home.
In your case, Porosevec, we'll need to establish you as a popular hero before you obtain any credibility with your countrymen and can return home to confront the corrupt government there."

Porosevec: "Terrorist action? What exactly is planned."

Hauer: "Well, the PLF is not a part of the Tilookan government, so I can't tell you for sure. In fact, if you choose to join the PLF, no government official in Tilooka will be able to speak to or even acknowledge you. The PLF is independantly funded, but we sometimes manage to provide them with things they need.
They recently 'stole' the components needed for three small-payload nuclear warheads from an arms manufacturing facility. My understanding is that one of those warheads was destroyed as they attempted to move it onto Scellian soil by air."

Barely half an hour after the Kestrels set off for open water, a car pulls into the parking lot outside the ANCC and a woman steps out, still fairly young -- or appearing so -- and clad in a blue and silver uniform. She walks over to the entrance, shows an ID, and is admitted to the Command Centre. She goes down to the main computer center and waves a cheery hello to Mariel Thier.

Thier looks up blearily and rolls backwards on her swivel chair in shock. "Capt. Finlay? We didn't expect you for..."

"I'm bringing news," says Alma Finlay, cutting Thier off abruptly. "It looks like this war isn't going to be anything like our first."

"Why not?" asks Thier.

"Partly because Scellia is smaller than Imperial Galactica, and without as much equipment. Partly because we won't be fighting completely alone. You know that Pantycellen and The Silver Sky have already pledged aid?"

"Yes."

"Well, according to our spies in Tilooka, we've got another ally."

"Really."

"Yes, Tilooka officially condemned Scellia today, and spies think they're going to try to attack Scellia. It won't be the government -- the military seems to be against Tilookan religion, and anyway it's far too small to make any difference -- but a fanatical 'freedom fighter' organization known as the Patriotic Liberation Front."

"Aha. Yes, I've heard of it." Thier looks thoughtful.

"I just thought I'd come early to tell you, and also to check if everything's all right after yesterday's missile strike."

"As you can see, the ANCC is still standing," says Thier. "I'm not too sure about the rest of the coastal defenses, though."

"Weasel, our op in Scellia, says the ultimate plan is for the fleet to bombard the Czardaian coast and take out their defenses for as long as they can, and then land with their troops, attacking Czardas from both sides."

Thier can't help but giggle. "They don't know how many thousands of troops we have stationed all along the Zaïr and other strategic routes. And their current intelligence seems to be that we have fewer planes in our whole air force than the number currently stationed in the south alone."

Finlay chuckles, too, but it is a bitter one. "Remember that if they choose it'll be easy for them to bring in another ten, twenty million soldiers even. All they have to do is show that credulous populace images of their soldiers getting slaughtered throughout Czardas and they'll be screaming for blood."

"We have allies..."

"Aye, they're an unknown factor at the least." Finlay swings down a backpack onto a chair. "By the way, I hope you don't mind that ten or twenty members of the 14th will be coming down in the morning to stay."

Thier looks visibly taken aback. "Er, well, I'm sure we can find space for them somewhere..."

Finlay smiles. "I'll take over the controls here, all right? You may retire."

"Giving orders to one of my position, ha..." Thier walks off wearily, muttering to herself. Finlay smiles. The pair had known each other long ago, years before even the Emergence, the end of the treaty that caused Czardaian isolation for untold years before Czardas began its period of international domination. Finlay had been chosen to join the Special Forces, while Thier had gone into the navy, rising to the rank of Admiral before being selected as leader of the Landward Navy Division (LND), which included the Marines. Finlay herself was only at the rank of Caprain, leader of one division, but it was a widely known secret that she had as much authority as, or more than, General Ogden himself. Why, nobody knew. She was also the unofficial commander of the Special Forces, and had great influence in the government herself.

How had she gotten so powerful, people thought? She smiled again to herself. It was a secret she would keep.

For now, anyway.

OOC: It's not that Tilookan Faith is anti-military, it's more that Tilooka is very small in comparison to the other nations involved in the conflict. I don't expect to be able to help much in a straight war, as a result.
However, I can whine about injustice and encourage acts of terrorism. After all...isn't that what Theocracies do? :)

OOC: It's not that Tilookan Faith is anti-military, it's more that Tilooka is very small in comparison to the other nations involved in the conflict. I don't expect to be able to help much in a straight war, as a result.
However, I can whine about injustice and encourage acts of terrorism. After all...isn't that what Theocracies do? :)
[ooc:] Noted.

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OOC:my marauders are a multi role light bomber type plane

if anything else has the same name its a coincidence (i.e. I didn't know)

IC: pantycellen is sending 1st air fleet and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 21st and 53rd infantry regiments, the 2nd armoured regiment, 1 anti air artillary regiment and 2 heavy artillary regiments to help defend czardas.

the rest is currently mobilising for a strike at the enermies homeland

OOC:my marauders are a multi role light bomber type plane

if anything else has the same name its a coincidence (i.e. I didn't know)
Ah, I seem to recall that someone once had ships called marauders... but maybe that was in the sixteenth century. :headbang:

[ic:]

The Concordance is glad to hear that Pantycellen is contributing aid. You can land the soldiers at any of the following military bases:

Ardaja Military Base (Ardaja, southern Czardas; foothills of the moutains near Muesilanian border)
Lac-Montané Military Base (In a secret location in the mountains of Northern Czardas)
Lake Troën Military Base (Near southern Czardas and the Muesilanian border)
Isthan Naval/Paramilitary Base (Isthan, on an island in the mouth of the Zaïr, Czardas's lifeline and thus the most likely place to be attacked by Scellian forces)

We will let you make your own decision.

([ooc2:] Map here (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/Mauvasia/Czardas_Map.jpg).)

i'll send the armourd unit and some artillary and infantry to the south

several infanty regiments and the remaining artillary and anti air artillary to your capital.

the rest of my forces would be split between tyrianador and mariosz.

air force to cover wherever there are my troops

more troops will come

All right, I'll record your positions.

Tracy Ferraud stands in the shipyard, enjoying the early-morning sun on her face. Her two nameless "friends" stand to her side, waiting patiently. She watches the crane lift the bright red, graphiti-covered container from the ship and drop it on the pier.
So far this particular operation has been fairly easy. With Scellia committing so many of its ships to the war with Czardas, naval patrols have been severely cut. The Scellian people enjoy far too many freedoms, as well. Activities that would raise eyebrows in Tilooka attract next to no attention here.
Eventually a forklift brings a large crate marked "Religious Artifacts" to her. That designation makes her giggle to herself.
She turns to the members of her operating cell, "ok, get this into the van and arm it. If we run into any problems, I want it detonated immediately. Otherwise we'll plant it as planned."

a man was arrested in pantycellen today on suspecions of being a spy

he was not acting in the way expected of a citizen of pantycellen and this was what gave him away.

he will be tried and if found guilty placed on one of the islands of angharads belt for 1 month if he survives then he will be imprisoned.

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On what evidence was this man suspected of being a spy, and for what nation or power?

~Airya Wong, Vice-Director of National Intelligence, Czardas
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It is early the next morning when the first transport planes bearing divisions of Pantycellen troops land. The first groups land at Tyrion Airbase near Tyriandor and in the ancient port city Mariosz, the oldest continually inhabited city in the region (if not the world). Another group is spotted coming in towards Czarna, and another one heading southwards towards the defense lines where Leodamas and most of the volunteer force are.

General Ogden sighs to himself, watching the troop movements on radar. "And so it begins."

for the enemy

Scellian

he was acting in a strange manner.

wasn't on the central database

found a weapon at his home

the 1st galician regiment marched proudly down the streets behind the pipes and drums of the regimental band, colonel andrea kand at the head.

[ooc:] I think we should wait for Scellia to post, he has a lot to respond to. First of all, he's going to respond to my missile counterstrike, and then he'll have to deal with your marauders and my Kestrels... And you should add a location tag, too, we don't know where that's occurring at all (I mean the regiment marching down the street.)

sorry it was marioz

Cheering crowds in Mariosz welcome the regiment of Pantycellen soldiers as they march proudly through the streets, throngs of citizens ringing the squares. It's almost like a folk festival, but it will soon turn very, very real. The commander in charge of the 2,000 Czardaian garrison soldiers guarding the port city comes out to shake hands with the colonel in charge of the regiment, underlining that the naval command centre in Mariosz is available for them to stay in; his soldiers also emerge along with a company of Marines to meet their new comrades-in-arms. It appears that Pantycellen and Czardas are going to be able to work well together in this battle.

...If they survive, that is.

OOC sorry I havne't posted for a while been unable to

IC: the 1st, 2nd and 3rd infantry regiments and the 7th artillary regiment and the 1st anti aircraft regiment are being sent to your capital

The 5th 8th and 9th infantry regiments are being sent to the sout as are the 2nd armoured regiment and the 11th artillary regiment

the 21st infantry regiment (the 1st gallician) is being sent to marioz

the 53rd infantry regiment is being sent to tyrianador

Air forces
4th air fleet
8th maritime attack squadron
12th maritime attack squadron
19th maritime attack squadron

I need to know where you have space for these planes

(a air fleet has 1000 planes of all types and a squadron 100)

OOC I scaled down the size of my air fleets so now I have more fleets with less aircraft

IC more aircraft will be sent

Czardas's primary airbases are in Lac-Montané in a secret location in the north; Ardaja in the south near the Muesilanian border; Krîaberg, near the capital; and a smaller airbase near Lake Troën in the south. Current resources stationed at each include:

Lac-Montané—total of 2500 aircraft
Ardaja—total of 1000 aircraft
Krîaberg—total of 1000 aircraft
Lake Troën—total of 500 aircraft, another 1000 being constructed and ready within less than 1 week.

Lac-Montané is also occupied by nearly 600,000 troops and is quite full. Ardaja has room for up to 2,000 aircraft and 1 million troops, although only a small portion of that number are currently stationed there. Krîaberg is somewhat smaller with room for a total of 1500. Lake Troën is very large, holding more than 2000 aircraft at the maximum, as well as the 1.2 million troops currently stationed there or in the surrounding area. (Of those, 1 million are General Leodamas's volunteer force and 200,000 regular troops.)

In addition, there is an unused airfield near Adarion which can hold a maximum of 300 planes or 250,000 troops, if you need to use that for any purpose.

Finally, all over the southern portion of the country are small airfields holding a maximum of 50 planes and usually guarded heavily by artillery and anti-aircraft equipment, as well as anti-radar magnetic fields and camouflaged lead sheets to block enemy knowledge of the territory. For a complete map of the south, speak to Supreme General Henrik A. Ogden.

~Violet Astoria, Czardaian Defense Minister

i'd like to send most of my planes to ardaja
say 2 squadrons of lightnings, 2 of maurauders

2 squadrons of thunderbolts and 1 of reapers to the small southern air bases

1 squadron of maurauders, 1 of lightnings and 1 of thunderbolts to kriaburg along with my maritime attack squadrons

1 squadron=100 pilots and air crew

lightnings, thunderbolts and reapers=100 aircraft
maurauders=50 aircraft

All right, you may start flying in your planes to your chosen areas. Our forces will welcome them as they arrive.

[ooc:] Let's make this the last post until Scellia comes back.

okay where is he/her/it/them

okay where is he/her/it/them
S/he's in San Francisco, IIRC.

A dockside in a Scellian port city

The policeman, leaning against a wall, watches the three people loading the large red container into the van. He smiles slightly. He's been briefed on who they are, of course. He nods at them, even though they cannot see him from his position. He alone of the Scellian police force knows what is in the container, and he's not about to make any move to stop them.

Some call him Derek, others, Weasel. He is Czardas's "operative" in Scellia, or at least one of them. The most skilled, perhaps. He knows what they are going to do, and how they are going to do it.

He smiles slightly and turns away.

it is my plan to begin a campagn of propaganda against the enermy's homeland.

i'm going to point out that my country is a socialist country and that they are attacking their political brothers/sisters

it is my plan to begin a campagn of propaganda against the enermy's homeland.

i'm going to point out that my country is a socialist country and that they are attacking their political brothers/sisters
All right, but we should wait for Scellia. He's got a lot to respond to, and he's been inactive for the last week or two...

yeah come on and get posting please