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One of twenty of Tocrowkia's new Fantaroma-Class Super Dreadnoughts, the T.R. Ashmark announced its rebellion against the Government of Tocrowkia. As the Ashmark has dozens of Nuclear arms aboard, as well as powerful conventional weaponry capable of pulverizing anything short of another (Which Tocrowkia is not willing to risk), the national security of Tocrowkia, and possibly the international security of other nations is in dire parrel.

The entire crew is suspected to have taken part in the mutiny of the original captain, June Rotlez, whom was loyal to the Reich. She has been replaced by Gerald Spears, whom upon further investigation, was revealed to be one of thousands of royalists within the nation. Spears demanded one thing only, and that was the full reinstatement of the powers of the Royal Family and the rights of the Tocrowkian people, which the Government denied.

Our rightful leader, Isabella Reinhard, requests international aid in capturing the Ashmark and or killing Spears.

Offical Religious Imperium Statement

Considering the fact that there are nuclear arms on the T.R. Ashmark it would prehaps be better to destroy or immoblize the ship...permanantly prehaps? Should you request it, we can dispatch a squadron of our own Dreadnaughts with ninety five Macabee designed Sledgehammer Anti-Superdreadnaught missiles to completely immoblize the ship, allowing your forces to quickly take control of the situtation.

That is our offer, should you choose to accept.

Respectfully,
Minister Robert Broughton
Foreign Affairs

~Imperial Statement~

We formally accept your offer. Your task force is requested to join with our own, the Cubo-Delta strike force at these secure co-ordinates.

**Secure co-ordinates follow**

Reich Foreign Ministry

[OOC: Mind if we skip the RP of me setting sail? I don't think its nessecary since we're not going to invade each other.]

Rear Admiral Riley sat in his briefing room, surronded by three other men in white suits. The task before them was rather large, the immoblize, if not destroy a Super Dreadnaught. He looked at the other three men, with only of them smoking a cigar something he personally dispised.

"So what do your propose, Rear Admiral?" asked the cigar man.

"Well considering that the Tocrowkia government wants us to join up with them, it shows they may be wanting to limit how we disarm this ship. Though their offical answer is simply to use whatever we must to destroy the ship," stated Riley.

The cigar man blew a cloud of smoke from his mouth with a grin. "Well, should we just be there for the show or shall we act also?" he asked.

"We'll be the main event in this one. I suggest we make this short and sweet also, fire thirty sledgehammers and completely destroy half of the ship, send it to the bottom and let the Tocrowkians deal with any enviromental problems," stated Riley.

"You don't think they will get mad if we blast and run do you?" asked another one of the men.

"Probably, but we didn't offer to help them with the mess, we only offered to make the mess and we'll do a mighty fine job of it," stated Riley.

"Well then gentlemen, I believe thats all we need to discuss," stated the cigar man blowing yet another cloud of harmful smoke from his mouth.

With that the Squadron of Titan-Class Dreadnaughts (Jagadian generic dreadnaughts), number at around three dreadnaughts, ten destroyers, and four battleships set out to link up with the Tocrowkian ships. Riley hoped this would be an easy and bloodless, for Jagada at least, ordeal. Though life rarley worked like that.

Cubo-Delta had already been prepped for the mission, and was simply afloat waiting for the Jagadan navy to arrive. The task force was relatively large, containing 20 cruisers, 15 destroyers, 7 air craft carriers and 26 gun boats. Of course, the main objective issued from the navy high command was to try and do as little damage to the Ashmark as possible. It was a valuable piece of equipment, after all. And after linking up with the Jagada force, they would be able to over see the operation, and perhaps insure this.

Tagged.

To:Tocrowkia
From: The peoplesfreedom's Defense Minister
Subject: The peoplesfreedom is offering a suggestion, due to the fact that you do not want your ship harmed, we suggest that a submarine dispatch your Special Operations troops, to take the ship without harming it. However your troops would have to be very skilled, if you doubt your troops ability, we suggest not tryingt in case we risk a nuclear launch. If you chose to send it to the botttom if the ocean however, we are offering to send a UAV AWACS to help communicate between your two navies, we will also provide clean-up assiantance.

Encrypted Message

To: Tocrowkia
From: McKagan Imperial Navy
Subject: Assistance

We operate a number of nuclear attack submarines that we feel carry needed armament to aid in the recapture of this vessel. We also have several destroyers that are built on a frame similar to the US DD(X). If you'll allow, we'll begin preparations to move a single unit of each to your fleet to aid in the mission.

The Fallen Races can dispatch a fighter wing, of 100 Harriers and 100 Cobra attack copters, that we can use to secure the airspace and the ship itself.

If our aid is requested, let us know.
-Chancellor Saruwatari.

[Open Message]

Securing the airspace above a Super Dreadnaught is a tough thing to do. We advise against the deployment of close air support assets; at least until naval gunfire and/or missile strikes have been conducted to minimize enemy defense.

Point Noted.

Any ideas as for how to do that?

[Response]

A single Avisron class DDG and a single Sultan Class SSN are being moved from their standard deployments and heading towards this conflict zone. Once there we are going to request that we be allowed to carry out cruise missile strikes with fuel-air munitions. If those missiles make it close enough to the target to get it laced in the chemical "fuel", all we have to do is ignite it to cause a massive compression wave which should twist just about anything on the surface of the ship. Hopefully that would solve your problem and take out the VLS tubes. If it doesn't work we've got a plan to move the DDG inside it's firing range and allow it's extremly long range railguns to target the various weapons on the ship. The good thing about trying to disable an SD is that it's hard to armor certain things, like missile targeting systems/radar, but the ship itself is too strong to be easily sent to the bottom.

(ooc: yeah but they carry so much armament, it's hard to get it all, my fave way to stop them is to drop orbital stikes in till they die. and that cost too much for me to waste ammo unless i really need to, and also wrecks the damn thing. alt method, LRM loaded bombers, death from above, no matter how much AA you have, you will still take hits, and i could load fuel-air heads if i actually had any, but i need an IC reson for them before i'll get em. anyway)
IC: No_State_At_All offers the support of any of our naval units in the area once the SD's weapons are disabled enough for them to survive, and for cleanup/salvage/boarding/other purposes if the SD can be disabled. We also hereby notify all nations that our orbital defence network is being raised to low alert status and anti-nuclear systems are being brought online in case a launch cannot be prevented. (ooc: those aint very useful, no matter what i say ICly, they can hardly stop 1 in 10 missiles fired without emptying WAY too much ammo at them, but they might help a bit...)

No one likes nuclear weapons in the hands of madmen. We can provide a solution. An upgraded version of our MASER CIWS system, meant for taking out ICBMs at launch. We can integrate our ships with your command and allow them to provide Arrow TBM (Theatre Ballistic Missile) defense and powerful MASER defenses to take out larger missiles. We don't approve of a naval bombardment but are in support of a special operation that takes over the ship that way. We can provide ECM ships that can make operating their RADAR and detection systems hell, and then you can drop in under the cover of night. Our anti-missile ships will stay far back but in range of our weapons. That way you can ensure keeping the superdreadnaught and make sure the nukes don't get too far.

[Open Message: Leafanistan]

How do you propose we 'take it over?' We don't have the specs, but we are more than sure that such a large ship would carry many, many soldiers for self defense. It would be a very hard mission to get even a few operatives aboard; let alone enough to take it over. The best way to storm the ship would be from a deisel submarine, correct? That puts soldiers WAY out of position to take over the bridge, which we would most likely need to ensure any chance of taking it over. IF, however, we could take the bridge, all we would need to do would be turn AA off until helicopters could land an equal force. Both of the vessels we are sending DO have DART personnel aboard, and could aid in such a mission.

However, do not rule our bombardment method out. Our naval gunfire has proven so accurate from these vessels in the past that we feel it could prove VERY effective in taking out radar/communications facilities on the vessel. Destroying radar equipment mounted on top of the ship would all but destroy the vessels guided missile potential. Then it would have to rely on it's own naval gunfire, which could be easily eliminated with our submarine launched fuel-air munitions.

From The Office Of His Highness Chancellor Kaito Saruwatari:

I believe the idea is golden. If you ships can take out the SD's defenses, we can land a special ops. team to secure the vessel itself.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Our vessels are not yet in place; and we would very much like to hear the owner of the SDs' opinion on our little operation before we go to blowing their ship up.

One NSAA navy craft with a chopper and marines is in the area, and we offer the use of that chopper as part of the landing team should the SD's radar be taken out, but not until such is the case, as the model of chopper in question is obvious on radar and has no AMS defences at all, being a low-threat area transport... the ship in question is heading to join the combined task force. also, the nearest NSAA escort carrier and its light patrol group are also steaming towards the area, but they will not be in range for at least 2 days.

[Message to the Allies]

Just to bring all our info together, we have came to the conclusion that, for our naval gunfire to be totally effective, we WILL need other vessels to move into the SD's range and open fire. Without such support, the SD would be able to focus it's entier force on our DDG. Your gunfire will NOT need to be precise. Nor would it even need to hit the ship. After it is determined by a UAV that the enemy is knocked down in ferocity, we will begin landing operations.

However, we do not feel the need to place a DDG in harms way when another option is available. We WILL use our cruise missiles, if they are allowed, first. Should that fail to finish the job, THEN we would use the DDG operation.

(OOC: Tocrowkia, how many guns does this thing have, and how many VLS tubes does it have? Also, what is the range of those guns?)

To:Tocrowkia
From: The peoplesfreedom's Defense Minister
Subject: The peoplesfreedom is offering a suggestion, due to the fact that you do not want your ship harmed, we suggest that a submarine dispatch your Special Operations troops, to take the ship without harming it. However your troops would have to be very skilled, if you doubt your troops ability, we suggest not tryingt in case we risk a nuclear launch. If you chose to send it to the botttom if the ocean however, we are offering to send a UAV AWACS to help communicate between your two navies, we will also provide clean-up assiantance.

The ability of our SpecOps forces, especially the Assair's Guard, outmatch hundreds of other nation in the world. How ever, the Ashmark, like all of her sister ships, is heavily populated with personnel. 6,350 personnel to be exact. Each of them have been trained in combat roles, and a small team of Operatives, how ever well trained, would be defeated by the crew. Infiltration is unlikely, but perhaps if the Guard can kill Spears, it can be done.


Encrypted Message

To: Tocrowkia
From: McKagan Imperial Navy
Subject: Assistance

We operate a number of nuclear attack submarines that we feel carry needed armament to aid in the recapture of this vessel. We also have several destroyers that are built on a frame similar to the US DD(X). If you'll allow, we'll begin preparations to move a single unit of each to your fleet to aid in the mission.

Accepted. The Reich's navy needs all the international help it can get in re-capturing, or if all else fails, destroying the Ashmark before it can do any damage.

The Fallen Races can dispatch a fighter wing, of 100 Harriers and 100 Cobra attack copters, that we can use to secure the airspace and the ship itself.

If our aid is requested, let us know.
-Chancellor Saruwatari.

Accepted, but we must caution you and your pilots about the danger of the Ashmarks many and advanced AA guns.

No one likes nuclear weapons in the hands of madmen. We can provide a solution. An upgraded version of our MASER CIWS system, meant for taking out ICBMs at launch. We can integrate our ships with your command and allow them to provide Arrow TBM (Theatre Ballistic Missile) defense and powerful MASER defenses to take out larger missiles. We don't approve of a naval bombardment but are in support of a special operation that takes over the ship that way. We can provide ECM ships that can make operating their RADAR and detection systems hell, and then you can drop in under the cover of night. Our anti-missile ships will stay far back but in range of our weapons. That way you can ensure keeping the superdreadnaught and make sure the nukes don't get too far.

Accepted. This offer will prove to be a great benefit to us.

Miss Pacman Lover


Join Date: May 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,475 [Open Message: Leafanistan]

How do you propose we 'take it over?' We don't have the specs, but we are more than sure that such a large ship would carry many, many soldiers for self defense. It would be a very hard mission to get even a few operatives aboard; let alone enough to take it over. The best way to storm the ship would be from a deisel submarine, correct? That puts soldiers WAY out of position to take over the bridge, which we would most likely need to ensure any chance of taking it over. IF, however, we could take the bridge, all we would need to do would be turn AA off until helicopters could land an equal force. Both of the vessels we are sending DO have DART personnel aboard, and could aid in such a mission.

However, do not rule our bombardment method out. Our naval gunfire has proven so accurate from these vessels in the past that we feel it could prove VERY effective in taking out radar/communications facilities on the vessel. Destroying radar equipment mounted on top of the ship would all but destroy the vessels guided missile potential. Then it would have to rely on it's own naval gunfire, which could be easily eliminated with our submarine launched fuel-air munitions.

The mission you propose is very interesting. As the Ashmark is a four hundred billion dollar peice ship, we would rather not see it blown up. We believe we should give this operation a chance.

One NSAA navy craft with a chopper and marines is in the area, and we offer the use of that chopper as part of the landing team should the SD's radar be taken out, but not until such is the case, as the model of chopper in question is obvious on radar and has no AMS defences at all, being a low-threat area transport... the ship in question is heading to join the combined task force. also, the nearest NSAA escort carrier and its light patrol group are also steaming towards the area, but they will not be in range for at least 2 days.

If that is the case, if and when the radar is taken out, we will immediately alert you.

(OOC: Tocrowkia, how many guns does this thing have, and how many VLS tubes does it have? Also, what is the range of those guns?)

(OOC: The Ashmark is armed with thirteen 50 cm turrets, seven of which are on the bow. The bow also is armed with fifteen shell-firing AA guns, which run along side the turrets. As for VLS tubes, it two has seventy cell VLS's, one just in front of the command center on the bow, and just behind it on the stern. Each VLS has ten nuclear weapons each, and can launch them up to three hundred miles.)

I would advise dropping a few EMP bombs on the ship to disable the nuclear weapons firing system.I could send B-2 stealth bombers to drop EMP bombs on the ship before boarding.

OOC: Try out the Macabees' Argentine-class Galleon, at Kriegzimmer Conglomerates (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9139231&postcount=295), that is, if you don't buy anything from Kriegzimmer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409787).

The Tokera has 2 of our best anti terrorism teams ready to go and are volunteering to take control of the critical parts of the ship. The two teams will go in under the cover of darkness using the tokeras underwater stealth operations submarine to bring the two teams close enough to the ship where they then can make a short swim to the ship and climb aboard on two sperate places, but before doing this they will plant explosives on the ship on such places as the propeller shafts and vulnreable places on the ships hull. They will also plant more explosives on internal systems also . After they plant the explosives they will board the ship and secure two positions. They will secure the two positions simotaneously, the positions being the bridge and the nuclear missles. If anything should go wrong they would evacuate the ship and blow the planted explosives.

please think over the situation and out proposal and reply to us soon so we have the time to prepare.

ooc:Is there like any way to lock down all of the ship from the bridge, like the weapons and stuff and even lock all of the doors, which could buy some time for you to get more forces aboard?

To: Nations aiding in the return of the Ashmark.
From: Republic Naval Command

We have a diesel sub in the area, the Stockholm, commanded by Cdm. Shieffield if you wish to use him. He has been told to aid in anyway he can if he is asked to help.

Fleet Adm. Paul Lewis

Surely it would be easiest to destroy this hijacked ship with a small atomic weapon dropped from high altiude?

(OOC: The Ashmark is armed with thirteen 50 cm turrets, seven of which are on the bow. The bow also is armed with fifteen shell-firing AA guns, which run along side the turrets. As for VLS tubes, it two has seventy cell VLS's, one just in front of the command center on the bow, and just behind it on the stern. Each VLS has ten nuclear weapons each, and can launch them up to three hundred miles.)



Our [I]Avisron DDG has 6 155mm railguns which can each fire a total of 15 rounds per minute. This finishes at 90 rounds per minute. We believe that if we use our Long Range Guided Shells (LRGS's) we would be able to destroy the guns in under one minute. We would then call in a strike agaist any visable RADAR or other scanning facilities. If all went well, we could have the ship ready for boarding in under 1 hour. Please advise.

Surely it would be easiest to destroy this hijacked ship with a small atomic weapon dropped from high altiude?

[Response]

A Super Dreadnaught is a very expensive, important asset. This one is rated at 400 billion USD. It is understandable why they do not wish to destroy it.

A $400bn asset in the hands of terrorists. Perhaps the Tockrowkian authorities should have made sure that they could afford proper protection for this ship before they commissioned it? Because of the incompetence of their security forces a terrorist group now has a major military asset, in the form of a powerful ship and nuclear weaponry.

The investigation, which we will make SURE to conduct after we have the ship back, will look into how such a major military asset has been just "taken over." It is the same as a group of Marines deciding their tank comander is full of shit and taking him out. These sorts of things CANNOT be allowed to go unmissed. That isn't the problem right now, though.

The Tokera has 2 of our best anti terrorism teams ready to go and are volunteering to take control of the critical parts of the ship. The two teams will go in under the cover of darkness using the tokeras underwater stealth operations submarine to bring the two teams close enough to the ship where they then can make a short swim to the ship and climb aboard on two sperate places, but before doing this they will plant explosives on the ship on such places as the propeller shafts and vulnreable places on the ships hull. They will also plant more explosives on internal systems also . After they plant the explosives they will board the ship and secure two positions. They will secure the two positions simotaneously, the positions being the bridge and the nuclear missles. If anything should go wrong they would evacuate the ship and blow the planted explosives.

please think over the situation and out proposal and reply to us soon so we have the time to prepare.

ooc:Is there like any way to lock down all of the ship from the bridge, like the weapons and stuff and even lock all of the doors, which could buy some time for you to get more forces aboard?


as we have said, we could get two of our teams aboard and secure the bridge and nuclear weapons, then other teams can move in. Little to no damage would be done to the ship in this case.

To all Nations involved.
We now all agree that a Special Operations attack is the preferred method. Do to the Dreadnaughts anti sub and aircraft, it will be hard geeting on to the ship. Also it has nearly 5,000 sailors. The best method, is to do a attack on the ship using alot of troops. Thus it would turn into a large battle. The only promblem is that they would launch the nukes and blow our ships to hell Thus we have three options
1. Drop a EMP bomb disabling all systems, but if they are protected then its a no go
2. Crack into the system, disabling all systems, but I am sure it is very well protected.
3. Find a Loyalisit on board, and have him turn off the systems or kill the traitor.

If one of these options fail, I suggest destroying the ship with a nuclear weapon or an Anti-dreadnaught missle.

TPF's Air Force has a B-2 Bomber on stand-by, and if a plan is not found, without the consent of the owner, we will destroy it. It has nukes on board in the hands of madman, not only may they launch nukes agaisnt your own country, but against your allies, and if they do spread harmful radiaton across
the planet.

To guard against a nuclear strike, the Incandernian Air Force has a single Arkbird-class high-atmospheric craft equipped with an heavy tactical laser platform which it would be willing to deploy in low orbit over the ship. The laser can be used to shoot down a nuclear missile, and if all else fails, it can strike the ship from low orbit. None of us wish to see a nuclear attack, and the Incandernian Air Force is willing to send its most advanced craft in order to ensure that that does not happen. In addition, the Incandernian Special Forces would be happy to send a team to supplement the growing force to take back the dreadnought.

[The PeoplesFreedom]

We prefer our own outlined plan. We feel the weakness in your own is that it does not mention the platform for getting said troops to the ship. For instance, to have helicopters within range, the guns must be knocked out. To begin taking over the ship, we need to have it's nuclear arsonel knocked out to prevent a last ditch effort at causing some harm. Our (S)DDG is more than capable of doing just this. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get a team aboard said SSD while it is in it's main combat mode. If a submarine insertation is used, the team has to fight ALL THE WAY through the ship. If an air method is used, the helicopters are destroyed anywhere NEAR the SSD.

Well Then, Lets destroy it

TPF's Air Force has a B-2 Bomber on stand-by, and if a plan is not found, without the consent of the owner, we will destroy it. It has nukes on board in the hands of madman, not only may they launch nukes agaisnt your own country, but against your allies, and if they do spread harmful radiaton across
the planet.

[Response from McKagan Tactical Command]

Any hostile, non-approved operations against any sovereign nations assets in the theatre will result in destruction of attacking unit and counter measures to stop further hostile operations. Retract your statements and desist.

[McKagan Military Movements]

RMV SDDG06 (the destroyer) brings it's advanced air search PVLS system online and begins to scan for a lone B2 Bomber, which has a fairly common signature around the international community these days. Deep inside the ship in the Weapons Direct Center a taskforce to guard the skys above the conflict zone is put together and begins sending messages to all the other vessels in the area detailing suggest air search patterns to provide maximum efficency.

Well Then, Lets destroy it

No. The owner of the asset has stated multiple times that it is NOT to be destroyed if at all possible. It is a valuable asset, which most likely is more expensive than every military asset in your nation COMBINED. Our vessel has the ability to slip it's radar and deliver LONG range and EFFECTIVE HE shells against only the GUNS and RADAR facilities on the vessel. After the RADAR (and it's accompaning platform) is gone, the VLS tubes (and nukes) will be unuseable. At which point it's clear for us to land troops on the flight deck and take the ship over.

OOC: Oh goody, a SD hijacking, who doesn't love these! NS's Hades being taken hostage. And Incandernia, I take it Ace Combat Five fancies your interest? Cause i have a spaceplane, OSP-7 "Arkbird," which has a laser-based weapons system. 2010 tech I will be assuming.

IC:

The Jewittist Republic sees this as a threat to its navy and trade across the world as a major center piece of international trade. This may threaten and severely endanger the lives of merchant ships who can't get out of the way of this unstable crew.

Inclosed Document

The Jewittist Republic has been working on a new project as part of the Aoure (Tactical / Air Force) and its goal to be able to board highly defended hijacked ships and highly fortified military bases.

For the ship operation the design is for a LOST (Liberational Operative Specialist Team) or two, armed with GISS and OSIR equippment, get onto the ship by being placed in a special pod that can hold up to thirty men safely, includings it five man performance crew.

The pod senses incomming sonar signals, more than likely active due to this thing not caring if it is heard or not, and tries to equal out the signal by cancelling it. In doing this, the pod is invisible to the sonar.

The pod, once the vessel has entered a critical range, will open at the top and the specialists may leave. They will come up about 450ft away from the Super Dreadnought, due to its massive wake. They will fire specialy designed clamps that run on magnetics to grab hold of the side of the hull and drag each specialist to the hull and up it onto the deck, where then the specialists will activate their GISS suits, rendering them translucent, if not near invisible.

Due to limited detection and the lack of on-deck crewmen (due to most being inside working the vessel and making sure no one is trying to sneak on them) the men patrolling on the decks will be the only harm until the team infiltrates the structures.

The greatest suggestion is to have silenced OSIR (Oseat Standard Infantry Rifle, which is quite advanced for an infantry rifle) do the majority of the work, and everyone be given enough rounds each to take out their own proportion of the officers on the deck.

As to the infiltration, it will be to the main centers: navigations, weapons, and sensors rooms, and even the command rooms and quarters. Securing them will prevent the use of any nuclear or other weapons, period. From the weapons room defencive weapons should also be deactable, and thus, the ability for more support to come in came be made.

I am sure that the ship has reinforced walls and doors and hatches for security of their crew, so that means the specialists will be safe for the time being until additional heavy support can be given.

The prime mission is to infiltration the sensors, command, and weaponry rooms, which will destroy the ability of the Super Dreadnought to function properly.

End Document

If you would not mind, I would like for our own LOST Operatives from the Aoure go in and do this operation, possibly under the guidance of your own teams. The teams I have chosen, the 4th and 12th Aouren Tactical Strategic, has done such an operation on a Doujin-class within our own nation when colonial freelancers went a ltitle crazy.

-Chancellor Fonzi Jewitt

Your times provide us with another avenue for this operation. Well, at least, after our original plan follows through a bit. How about we do our orginal plan up until the landing of the troops, and then your troops either act as a diversionary force or a counter force, landing on the side of the side as far away from the other LZ's as possible? Personally, we're looking to not only fly a Redhawk Tactical Lift Unit in to drop of DARTS on the top side, but a ZODIAC insertion from our submarine as well.

OOC:

To all Nations involved.
1. Drop a EMP bomb disabling all systems, but if they are protected then its a no go

Erm, in all respects, that requires a nuclear attack (EMP requires a nuclear reaction). Plus, getting the bomb there without being shot down and also most SD's are, as are most ships, electromagnetically hardend.

2. Crack into the system, disabling all systems, but I am sure it is very well protected.

Good luck.

3. Find a Loyalisit on board, and have him turn off the systems or kill the traitor.

More than likely the entire crew is for this or else it would have went mutany. A single loyalist is likely, but he would have to be the captain or near that rank to order such a call, and even then, realilistically, it wouldn't happen. Everyone would know what would be up.

If one of these options fail, I suggest destroying the ship with a nuclear weapon or an Anti-dreadnaught missle.
And destroy the atmosphere above the ocean, nuclear war, and hope that its CIWS don't fry yer missile.

TPF's Air Force has a B-2 Bomber on stand-by, and if a plan is not found, without the consent of the owner, we will destroy it. It has nukes on board in the hands of madman, not only may they launch nukes agaisnt your own country, but against your allies, and if they do spread harmful radiaton across
the planet.
Good luck, a SD can track, due to its many radar arrays, over 20 stealth bombers, due to its angles and comparebility capabilities.

Sorry for hacking the thread with this nonesense, trying to make some sense out of him, I guess; forgot to include this in my last post.

Your times provide us with another avenue for this operation. Well, at least, after our original plan follows through a bit. How about we do our orginal plan up until the landing of the troops, and then your troops either act as a diversionary force or a counter force, landing on the side of the side as far away from the other LZ's as possible? Personally, we're looking to not only fly a Redhawk Tactical Lift Unit in to drop of DARTS on the top side, but a ZODIAC insertion from our submarine as well.

IC:

Yes, but with naval experiance, I know not even a basic DDG (destoryer) can tell when a submarine or a helo is coming at it. I still suggest, if not a dual way, to have this happen, maybe for a team on each side and they have different goals and both communicate through radio. I would love to give you tactical data and lease out our equipment, but it takes training and national security to do that so I cannot.

I can see how you wish to dismantle your own problem, but they are going to be a threat to all, and maybe if a double-team operation was conducted in the same manor, it may work. The Super Dreadnought is going in a fairly perdicable course, I would presume, not trying to fool anyone since a satellite could easily find it, so I would belive multiple pods could be placed and used to land.

-Chancellor Fonzi Jewitt
Under Assistance of Admiral Marique

We simply do not wish to see a situation where a team gets aboard and is overwhelmed, and because we haven't the necessary firepower in place, have them be whiped out before we can even plan a rescue. This is why we are proposing our SDDG take out AT LEAST the radar facility with a Long Range HE shell before any operation starts. Perhaps we could carry both out at the same time? Meaning that as soon as your teams make it inside to begin turning things off, so to speak, the SDDG begins taking out tactically important targets that are on the deck of the ship.

We'd also like to point out that our SSN will be NO WHERE NEAR the Dreadnaught when it launches its DART teams in Zodiac like crafts. A long range insertion of this type is completly possible, but completly unpredictable, for such operations.

OOC: Yes, as a matter of fact, I do rather enjoy AC5. In truth though, I place Incandernia's tech at around 2040 or so, since it seems to me that the technology of AC5 is rather more advanced than 2010 tech should.

IC: Should the deployment of the Arkbird-class be deemed necessary, the laser could be used (on a low-power setting) to supplement other weapons systems in eliminating the guns and radar on the vessel. If Incandernian assistance is required, our forces have been put on alert and are ready to be deployed given the go-ahead.

EMP requires a nuclear reaction

OOC: WTF are you talking about?

Linky (http://science.howstuffworks.com/e-bomb3.htm)

OOC: AMF, but that is general E-Bombs. EMP requires nuclear, but other ways, such as microwave (HPMs) and these radio ones people have been talking about do not, however, require reactions like that. E-Bombs is Electronic Bombs, meaning anything that uses electronics (EMP, EMF, HPM, RPF, etc.). You showed me a site on microwave bombs, not EMPs.

Look at the table of contents: "Non-nuclear EMPs" highlighted defaultly on my browser. I was talking of the general electrical burst that everyone calls EMP, which does in fact use a nuclear reaction.

IC:

Si, I can understand, but the only threats would be the boarding and then the entrance of the structures itself from the deck, and then the entering of rooms.

Our teams will be translucent and very hard to see, and if it night time, it would be impossible under such conditions. Also, the OSIR is designed for such infiltration in ships, urban enviroments, and other high-accuracy required enviroments with a specialized targetting optical on the helmet-based HUD.

May I give you the infosheet to the GISS and OSAR (the OSIR is just a modernized OSAR)?

-Chancellor Fonzi Jewitt

The peoplesfreedom apolgizes for its..... incrusion.... on the soverginty.... it was a hasty attack. Also the B-2 was on stand-by. If you are confident that your rail guns can take out the nuclear systems then go ahead.

8:40
President Petsins office

" This is a very hard situation"
" Yes sir, it is."
" Okay, tell the Air Force to tell the B-2 off, it was a rash action"
" It's already been done Sir"
" Good, That is going to play hell for the next few yaers on my part.
" Maybe, Sir"
" Okay have Admrial Haven come in"
A man about sixty enters the lavish room, Six stars pinned to his uniform
He sits next to the President
" Okay Joe, What assets do we have to move in after his railguan disable the system.
" Sir, I can move on one MEU of 1,000 men.
"And that will be enouge along with the other nations?"
"It should be sir."
"Good how will they enter the ship
" AAAV's will attack after the weapons are gone"
" Okay have the Marines armed with CBQ"
"Alreday done"
"Give the order:


10:00
A MEU starts sail towards the trouble zone, it will be there in three days.

11:00
A UAV AWACS Arrives at 100,000 feet ovet the super-dreadnaught, observing the actions, it is armed with two Cruise missles, for an attack, in case a gun fails. In addition It has a Direct feed to the Situation Room, Where the President observes.


TPF realizes that the UAV is above the dreadnaught, which airspace's belongs to the owner. It is armed, so Please if you wish for us to remove it go ahead and do so.

Sure, we'd like to at least know what you're doing.

In the meantime, we'll be preparing to launch DARTS from our SSN.

[Message to All Allied Powers]

We do not know how we neglected to add it to this conversation, but the IMAF has for a long time operated our series of "Stealth Blimps." Using electro-kinetic propulsion, they have no real heat signature; and with a "mirror" on top, satellites are useless to identify it. DARTs are an IMAF department, and thus this would allow for much more cooperation within our own military. We have one of these airships in the area, and are pulling it overhead as we speak.

The only issues lie with the fact that we are not sure our DART's can land on the SD. We believe they will be able to, but a sudden wind surge could land the operatives, who are not prepared for a water landing, in the water. We advise that the other team be sent in first, and our team will drop in second. Our weapon of choice for this operation is the Mila-21 PDW Variant; which is an upgrade on a Rifled P90 we had been developing.

I was talking of the general electrical burst that everyone calls EMP, which does in fact use a nuclear reaction.

OOC: Wrong, the E-bomb is a weapon designed to disable electronics on a wide scale with an electromagnetic pulse. It doesn't matter if the source is a nuclear bomb or a high powered microwave device, both emit an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). EMP is the effect, not the device. On NS when people refer to EMP, the general consensus is that it is a decive that solely emits an EMP.

Okay, your stealth blimp will be the main AWACS communcating between the navies?

So is the plan all set, or are we still designing it?
-Chancellor Saruwatari

Okay, your stealth blimp will be the main AWACS communcating between the navies?

No. There will be NO communication between the stealth blimp and outside forces. All messages effecting the blimp are to be sent to RMV SDDG06.

okay. When will the operation begin?

Remember, all the suggestions so far are only just that. Suggestions. We do not know WHAT the owner of the vessel will decide to do. They could very well wish to follow through with any of the plans put forward so far. So far the only thing we are doing is putting our resources on the table and preparing for a variety of missions including insertions, naval gunfire support, and cruise missile strikes.

OOC: I'm confused, am I going in your way, or my way, or am I even included?

OOC: What i'm thinking is that you send your people in (your way) first, and mine will enter by either ZODIAC like boats or the Stealth Blimp later.

forces movement:
the NSAA escort carrier NSV Halberd with three combat insertion helicopters (designed to land troops despite heavy ground fire) on board.

I suggest that these units be used to start the attack, possibly with a pair of our un-manned strike planes (not very accurate, but they can hit an SD at least) being used to distract the SD's air defence's. each chopper can deploy 6 marines, and these could establish a beach-head into which other forces could deploy. those marines could also be equipped with AT launchers which could be used to destroy some more SD AA to make it easier for other air units to deploy support forces...
also, in the carrier's group there is one ship outfitted with an experimental missile that is designed to chase down ballistic missiles such as those used for the delivery of nuclear payloads. in the case of a launch, these will be deployed.

our forces stand at the disposal of whoever may co-ordinate this attack.

OOC: the ESCORT carrier is mainly a base for unmanned recon aircraft used because we have no ground bases in this area. the only other force onboard is another pair of the un-manned strike planes, a pair of manned fighters used for air defence, and two light transport choppers. those choppers were on layover and remained on board to be used in this situation. the carrier is escorted by 4 NSAA "waverider" class light hydrofoils, one of which is a heavily modified version set up for anti-sub work. these craft rely on speed to survive, and will be all but useless, having no weaponry suitable for this situation apart from a total of 6 cruise missiles.

All offers of assistance are accepted.

And we have already stated we believe the taking out the weapons and landing SpecOps is the plan we would like to try. If all else fails, we will allow destruction of the Ashmark.

Does this mean RMV SDDG06 is clear for operations?

The Secretary of Defense, Jaimie Rivers, was walking out of his office when one of his aides nearly ran into him. He seemed to have an urgent message for Rivers.

"What is it?" Rivers asked of the aide.

"I was told to give you this," the aide replied.

Jaimie looked over the piece of paper that he was given. It basically stated that a Tocrowkian superdreadnought had been hijacked by its crewmembers and that various forces were trying to regain control of the ship.

After thinking about it for a second, Jaimie walked over to his telephone and punched in a extension number.

"Yes, Secretary," the person on the end of the line asked.

"Get me the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

"Yes, sir."

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As the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Adam MacDonald, walked into the office of the Secretary of Defense, Rivers stood up and shook his hand.

"Mr. Chairman, good to see you."

"You too, Jaimie, but let's dispense with the pleasantries. What's the situation?"

"Basically, the superdreadnought of a nation known as Tocrowkia has been taken over by its crew. The big problem is that the ship carries nuclear-equipped cruise missles."

"Damn. What do you think we should do?"

"I say that we send a message to their government saying that we are willing to help them regain control of the ship. It's not in anyone's interest for a nuclear weapon to be launched. Also, put part of the 1st Special Forces Brigade on standby."

"Yes, sir."

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From Jaimie Rivers, Secretary of Defense, West Canada Union
To the Tocrowkian government

We heard about your situation concerning the hijacked ship and are willing to help you. We've put part of our Special Forces brigade on standby, waiting for your approval.

Thank you for your time.

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From Jaimie Rivers, Secretary of Defense, West Canada Union
To the Tocrowkian government

We heard about your situation concerning the hijacked ship and are willing to help you. We've put part of our Special Forces brigade on standby, waiting for your approval.

Thank you for your time.

Accepted.

Does this mean RMV SDDG06 is clear for operations?

Confirmed.

Meanwhile...

Spears had intercepted some of the messages that had been sent back and fourth, and prepared to make a statement. He grabbed the mic of the long-range radio, and opened up all channels.

"Greetings to all involved. I am captain Spears, the supposed traitor and mad men that took over control of the Ashmark. And might I remark what a fine piece of equipment she is. I am not a terrorist, I am a patriot. You foreigners have no idea what goes on in my Nation each day. The Stewards drain the power of our rightful leaders, the Royal family of Emmerich. They stripped our Emperor of all of his powers, and drove him to near insanity. They corrupt the Military, and turn us into imperialists. Hundreds of thousands of our brothers and sisters have died because of the former steward, Willhelm Reinhard. The Ashmark is now the embodiment of their spirit. Their tool for revenge. I wish only for my nation to have it's rightful leaders, and not the manipulative scum it currently does."

OOC: This is Incandernia. I got my old main nation reactivated. It won't be actively participating, but Incandernia will be using one of its mass drivers to get the Arkbird into low orbit and Technnologian high-speed VTOL craft will be used to transport the Incandernian special forces teams.

Reshawk, Technnologia - Hammonds Air Force Base

Technnologian President Calvin Anderson was not at all happy about the situation. A nuclear-equipped super dreadnought being hijacked was bad enough, but one of his closest allies was to be involved. Failure was not an option. He turned to an aide on his right.

"Has the Incandernian craft arrived yet?"

"Yes, sir. It's being loaded onto the mass driver as we speak."

"Good. I assume we're sending a technical team to assist them?"

"Yes, sir. General Maxwell says the team is one of our best."

"Excellent. And the Incandernian special forces?"

"They'll be arriving shortly, sir. The VTOL craft are being prepped."

"Good." He turned to a secure vidphone line, where Incandernian Emperor Richard Hayworth II's face stared back at him.

"Your men had better not let me down, Rick. I'd hate to tell General Maxwell we lent you cutting-edge Technnologian aircraft AND the use of our primary mass driver, all for a failed operation."

At the proclamation of the ship's captain, President Anderson snorted. 'Rebels. Always looking for sympathy.'

The Incandernian Emperor nodded gravely. "They're our best, Cal; we won't disappoint you."

Meanwhile, aboard the Arkbird . . .

"All final pre-flight checks complete. Arkbird, prepare for launch."

Captain Marshall Norton of the Incandernian Air Force was leading the mission. "Is everyone ready?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Good. Mission control, Arkbird is ready for launch."

"Roger, Arkbird. Launch in five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . . one . . . launch!"

Powerful electromagnetic forces hurled the craft forward, over the length of the mass driver, up the ramp, and finally sent it hurtling into the atmosphere at hypersonic speed.

"Primary thrusters, activate!"

White-hot flame leapt from the Arkbird's primary engines, accelerating it further and giving the final push the craft needed to reach escape velocity. They reached the exosphere shortly.

After the ship had been set on course to orbit over the Ashmark, Captain Norton turned to the Technnologian team that operated the laser.

"Is everything working alright?"

"Yes. No anomalies detected."

"Good. When we arrive over the target, target its radar facilities. When we receive the go-ahead, fire at will."

RMV SDDG06 (hereby referred to as Defiant) - 0700 Local Time - 105 NM from Big Ass SD - Pre Pwnage Stage

"Captain, nearing firing range. We can open up on the thing at 100 Nautical Miles, but I suggest an optimal firing range of 95. At that, it gives us more flexibility to engage once it starts to move, without getting our engines hot enough to give away our position."

The Intelligence Officer stopped briefing his commander for just a few moments before turning back.

"We've got the Redhawk and DART's on station, too. Because we're going to be the closest vessel, we should have our Species on board before anyone else. All the more weapon for them to have our UCAV supporting them, right?"

The Captain was usually the final word in things, but his Intelligence Officer was oddly more keen to anti-SD tactics than himself.

"Yes, the UCAV will provide close in fire support above the SD. At that close of range, I doubt any sholder fired missiles, which is all they'll have left after our one-five-fives get done with them."

Just a few moments later the vessel had slipped the SD's radar, using it's 'F117 of the sea'-type structure to avoid RADAR waves. The Avisron-class SDDG was perhaps the most advanced ship in the McKagan navy, with it's ability to provide maximum firepower while stopping massive counter strikes.

Stopping, the Defiant made sure it had maximum anti-missile systems on the ready. With all 12 of it's DREAD guns pointed forward, the vessel itself moved to present a very small target to enemy missiles. On top of the DREAD's, the 3 40mm CIWS guns came online and began to scan the sky.

Then, suddenly, the vessel unloaded. With it's 6 155mm guns finally coming out of the bunker like anti-RADAR shells, they opened up across the board on various targets across the top of the SD.

Firing the first 15 of it's shells at anything that looked like RADAR, communications, or targeting, it was making sure to disable the ships ability to target it's missiles, nuclear or conventional. After the first 15 shells were fired, the guns adjusted to unload their HE shells against the guns on the SD. With the ability for each of the SDDG's guns to fire off 15 rounds per minute, this would mean tons of rounds would be placed with high accuracy across the surface of the ship.

In the farthest reaches of Earth's atmosphere . . .

"Sir! McKagan's vessel has opened fire!"

"That's our cue, boys. Fire away."

The Arkbird was engulfed in blinding light as the beam erupted from the barrel on its underside.

Thousands of miles below, if the sailors aboard the Ashmark weren't panicking before, they were sure to lose it now, as the laser plummeted from the heavens down upon them. Fifteen seconds later, another beam struck. This assault was carried out in tandem with the Defiant's assault until the ship's weaponry, communications, and detection systems were disabled.

Meanwhile, a three, small, Technnologian Hummingbird VTOL transports, each loaded with five men, hovered just outside the dreadnought's active detection range. Aboard the first craft, Lieutenant Tom Pinson activated the mic in his helmet, speaking to all fifteen men through their integrated headsets.

"Alright, can everybody hear me? Good. Once we receive the signal, we'll be landed aboard the ship. The gunners will do their best to clear the LZ, but be ready for anything after we disembark. Once the LZ has been secured, we'll make our way to the bridge. Your armor has been graciously provided to you by the Technnologian military. It's cutting-edge Grade-A anti-ballistic armor, it's insulated against heat and cold, NBC protected, and it's even got an anti-energy reflective coating. Your helmet has a built-in computer and comm headset, automatically adjusts itself to levels of brightness, filters the air coming in, provides sonic dampening, and is equipped with infrared and night vision settings. Your HUD displays the ammo left in you clip through a wireless link to the processors in your weapon and will provide you with up-to-date mission status and objectives. The appearance of the allied forces has been provided to your helmet computers, and they will automatically mark friendly troops with green markers on your HUD. Confirmed hostiles will be marked red, and unknowns yellow."

Message to the Incandernian Troop Helo's

How long can you stay in the air? We're going to fly our UCAV in just ahead of our invasion to see just how damaged they are.

Transmission Starting...

From Lieutenant Emmanuel Casanova
To Tocrowkian forces close to the rogue superdreadnought

(Emmanuel) This is the commander for the West Canada Special Forces deployed to help you with the hijacked superdreadnought. We've arrived with a LCAC and 50 Special Forces men ready to help with your effort. What would you like us to do?

Reply from Incandernian pilot Sgt. Oliver Williams:

"The fuel cells in these craft are pretty advanced. Under minimal activity, we can keep them going for at least 11 or 12 hours. We'll have to go to high power to get these guys and then out, but as long as we don't have to wait here for more than a few more hours, we should be fine."

(OOC: Fuel is no issue, then. I just want to wait until the SD's owner can score our attacks and let us figure out where we are.)

The NSAA helicopters launch from the carrier, and fly towards the SD, activating their onboard AMS systems and their detection countermeasures.
Each helicopter has 6 Marines onboard.

OOC: the SD can see that something is there, but it looks like a frigate-sized warship flying around, which should confuse whatever AA is left.

(OOC: Considering it's not going to have much left anyway, getting a missile to the destroy will be near to impossible, given that it's got the AA wall guarding a VERY small position, one that the SD would have trouble even hitting without it's radar.)

((OOC: Hey everbody, sorry about the lack of IC response. Connection problems. I'll post later.))

~Aboard the Super Dreadnought Eternal Glory...~

"Ma'am, The assault on the Ashmark has begun. Our friends have begun firing on it, and Cubo-Delta will be in position soon."

One of the sailors reported. Captain Selene Agneta reclined into her chair at the center of the bridge, contemplating the possible outcomes of the mission in her head, before she sharply replied.

"Prepare tactical in one of our orbital relays. Aim it at the Ashmark."

"If I may inquire, why ma'am?"

The sailor asked.

"Because, these 'friends' of ours are learning how to destroy Tocrowkian technology as we speak. And that's knowledge that could be used against us one day. If they seem close to destroying it, or the infiltration mission fails, nuke the Ashmark."

And with that, a covert code was transmitted into space, and one of Tocrowkia's orbital relay's began the preparation procedures...

~Meanwhile...~

The guns on the Ashmark automatically began firing back at McKagan's competing vessel. Due to the fact the guns on the Ashmark were heavily armored, and could withstand dozens of direct hits, even from the most powerful shells, they had no problem doing so. Also, with many of the Ashmark's commutation, radar, and targeting systems being internal, the assault was not a fatal one. How ever, many systems were either damaged or destroyed.

And the sailors were not at all panicked when the orbital bombardment began. Tocrowkian sailors had gone through rigorous training, both physical and mental, to eliminate the emotion of fear or panic. The Laser certainly did do some damage, but the Ashmark's thick outer hull and armor would hold up against the vicious assault, almost shrugging it off for the time being.

As the first shell is fired from the SD, the NSAA choppers begin closing with it, coming in from dead for'ad to reduce the amount of AA that can target them

OOC: i would appreciate it if the distant units would cease fire when the choppers get near, i've never used them in combat before, so i dont know how well they'll do, but i'd rather not lose them to "friendly" fire...

125 NM from SD Ashmark, onboard the Airborne Vessel Shadowhawk

Private Ashenval was the first on deck. Strapped in flight gear, he would lead the team into the Ashmark.
"Clear deck! Rails up in 2!" shouted the loudspeaker. The rest of the 25-man initial units formed up. 5 rails, 5 men on each rail, attached to a foothold. As the rails approched the edge, they picked up speed, which launched the men over the side of the craft.
"Wings on standby!" The units actived WingFlight, a top-secret flight aid which increased range from 100 to 175 NM. These were wings which helped to keep the crew at a steady altitude at 40,000 feet.
"Rails in 30 seconds!" The crew locked in their footholds. There was no turning back now.
"Rails UP!" The footholds began moving. Slowly at first, but picking up speed. They would circle above the SD until all systems cleared them to descend. The first group went over.
"Hell YES!" shouted Ashenval. He loved the euphoria of adrenaline and insanity which made him do this job.

OOC: WAIT now. I'm not accepting that RADARs and communications are "armored." That's now how it works, you see. You CAN'T armor everything on the ship, or their signal doesn't get out and the piece of equipment becomes unusable.

OOC: Better?

[OOC: Basically, you CAN have stuff armored, but still, by their very nature, all communications/radar/targeting HAS to have a point where it is UNARMORED for the signature to get out. So, by taking out those points, it's like "cutting the head from the snake. Also, i'd recommend people NOT land troops while a rather large naval battle is just starting up....]


IC:

As the enemy dreadnaughts' guns opened up on the destroyer, it picked up it's speed. It was a move that most of the "normal" captains in the IMN would laugh at and not attempt. But now the commander of RMV SDDG06... Which way was the destroyer going?


By having a rather large distance between the two ships, it meant that the destroyer had room to play with before coming to point-blank with the SD, in which case it would not win. Instead, the Destroyer headed TOWARDS the destroyer at 28 knots. This means that the majority of the SD's firepower, while still en'route, was put out of place by the destroyers movements. With the target coming closer, most of the munitions fell harmlessly to the ocean to the rear of the vessel. Then, after the first shells began to fall, the ship began a series of evasive actions where it went in long, roundhouse turns where at the end of any one of them it could break off and turn "home," (ie, away from the vessel,) adding to the misdirection the enemy guns would have to deal with.

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Meanwhile, the Sultan Class SSN moved to it's firing zone. Out of the effective range of most anti-Submarine technology, it slowly came up to firing depth for it's massive missiles. Firing off a total of 12 of the domestic McKagan NMIV's, carrying 3 Sledgehammer Anti-Dreadnought Missile's (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8708696&postcount=111) each. As the NMIV's headed towards low-Earth Orbit, they prepared to reach their seperation altitude.

Then, suddenly, each of the missiles seperated from their host and became their propulsion towards their targets. They were deliberatly targeted at the "heavier" portions of the SD. Meaning, the parts that would "stand" them better, but still be taken out. By targeting the guns on the ship, it ensured they would be disabled if hit, but not that they would pass into the ship and do much more, unwanted, damange.

Reshawk, Technnologia

President Anderson stood in a briefing room at an undisclosed location with his Chiefs of Staff. They watched 3D models of the naval battle on the holoprojector in the center of the room.

"How goes the assault so far, General Maxwell?"

"Well, sir. The dreadnought's armor is holding up better than predicted, but we predict it will be disabled shortly."

"Excellent." A thought struck Anderson. "Admiral Farnsworth, what fleets do we have in the area?"

"The closest is the 3rd Heavy Assault Fleet, commanded by Admiral DuPont of the Submarine Super-Dreadnought Kraken."

"Tell Admiral DuPont to move his fleet into position outside the range of the Tocrowkian dreadnought's fire, just in case."

"Will do, sir."

OOC: Since I don't feel like logging out and in again for a post that would have very little content, here's what the Incandernian forces are doing: the special forces team is still on standby and the Arkbird is continuing its assault on the Ashmark.

And to get an idea of what a Submarine Super-Dreadnought is like, take the Scinfaxi or Hrimfaxi from Ace Combat 5, make it huge, then add heavy anti-ship lasers, railguns, and super-cavitating torpedoes.

OOC: yeah, i'm not landing these guys yet, i'll land them once the AA is in trouble, but they are moving inside the SD's range to distract it a bit...

IC: in a pre-planned manouver, the choppers drop down almost to sea level, and level off, so they are moving at about the speed of a destroyer and giving off the radar signature of one charging the SD.

OOC: now would that distract its firepower a bit maybee, despite the fact that said destroyer signatures were flying a few minutes ago...

[OOC: This thread illustrates perfectly the fact that SDs are so powerful that their only weak point is the humans on board. I have five strategies for disabling SDs, and four involve neutralizing the crew first. The fifth is an all-out bombardment by every long-range weapon in my country's army.]

IC:

Not too far away, in a secure Situation Room, Pontinia's Head of State Jonathon Andersen nervously eyed the datafeeds on the screen before him. They showed the satellite images, radar signatures and surveillance drone videos of the T.R. Ashmark moving slowly towards Pontinian waters.
"How much of a threat is this?" he asked.
"Enough to justify a Level Three alert," replied John Carlton, the Chief Naval Officer. "Tocrowkia's Super-Dreadnoughts are very impressive, and this one is their very latest. We do NOT want to let it get anywhere near us. There's no knowing what these rebels will do with it. And it has nukes on board."
"True, but our ABM system should be able to intercept those nuclear devices," Chief Tactical Officer Mike Sullivan pointed out with a disapproving look at Carlton. Mike was the man in charge of Pontinia's tactical weaponry, and he disliked the term 'nukes'.
"That system has never been tested, Mike," Andersen said, "and I do not want the first time we do test it to be when a bunch of rebels start hurling missiles at us. I don't want to provoke these guys."
"With all due respect, sir, you may not have much of a choice. These guys aren't just gonna go home because we smiled sweetly and said 'please'. They have a brand-new, fully-loaded, state-of-the-art Super-Dreadnought, so they don't have to obey anyone right now. The only guaranteed way of stopping them is with force."
Andersen nodded slowly, deep in thought.
"Ok," he began, "get a message to Isabella Reinhard, let her know we're ready to help out if necessary, but we don't want to get into a fight that doesn't concern us. Meanwhile, have the Navy and Air Force go to Level Three Alert. Oh, and the Tactical Corps as well. We'll see how this plays out. They may not even enter our waters."
"But if they do...?"
"If they do, we'll hit them. Hard."

To the Government of Tocrowkia;

We've recently acquired GodRod satellites. If we aren't able to disable the Ashmark by infiltration or with conventional warships, just give us the word and we'll send one up, and if we need to, send a tungsten rod or two down onto the ship.

OOC: Are the anti-dreadnought missiles coming straight down, or what?

IC

To the Government of Tocrowkia;

We've recently acquired GodRod satellites. If we aren't able to disable the Ashmark by infiltration or with conventional warships, just give us the word and we'll send one up, and if we need to, send a tungsten rod or two down onto the ship

We thank you for your offer. We shall see if we need to call upon it.


From: Stewardess Isabella Reinhard
To: Jonathon Andersen
Subject: The Ashmark

We thank you for your offer of assistance if need be. We will make sure that the Ashmark does not reach your waters, and does not damage any of your assets or kill any of your people. We understand why you do not want to get into this conflict, and we hold nothing against you because of it.

80 NM from the Ashmark, at 30,000 feet

Private Ashenval was deploying the Altitude-Maintainer, a device whcih actuated micro boosters on the wings to hold the altitude steady.

"Group 1, with me. Groups 2-5, form Pentagon pattern 5 NM from Ashmark. Hold pattern Delta-Infinity Code 2."

"Understood." The groups broke off from Ashenval and proceeded on their way.

"All units. Holding altitude is 5,280 feet. Exactly one mile from sea level."

OOC: so how much AA is left on the SD?
and how long do i need to wait before deploying?

OOC: Are the anti-dreadnought missiles coming straight down [...]

[OOC: Yes.]

OOC: so how much AA is left on the SD?
and how long do i need to wait before deploying?

[OOC: Even when the AA is gone, you shouldn't deploy right away. We've still got naval gunfire going back and forth that could potentially take out your helo. That and the fact that during a gunfire attack they're going to be on edge anyway. I say you wait until the ship has almost no offensive weapons left, then we'll all send in people together.]

OOC: cool. my choppers are designed to go in under fire from AA mind. they wont last long against an SD's AA capacity but they can block as many as 6 SAMs each, and then hopefully take out one or two CIWS guns before the CIWS can kill them. ICly i think they can do much more, but the designers badly over-estimated how good they are. remeber i've got those remote planes around to troll for any AA when they're needed, and they might even get a bit of SD weaponry before it gets them...

oh, and i'd like to use them so their black boxes can show me AA placement on this SD class, but hey...

[OOC: Every vessel in my naval fields some sort of naval UCAV. My destroyers, where they were initially used, carry 3 each. When we get ready to land, we can each send a few in to challenge anything on the top of the ship. If we play it smart we could have 0% AA threat during landing. But I still don't want to do a hot landing when we don't even know if we can control the situation.]

OOC: all CIN nations, i call on you to back me up if a war does break out between me and tocrowkia over this...(which is likely...)

IC: Due to Tocrowkia's unprovoked invasion of the soverign property of the nation Comatica all NSAA forces involved in this operation are hereby withdrawn.
The drone aircraft and the helicopters withdraw back to the carrier, which has also been re-assigned a full combat air-group and some backup naval craft. This newly formed battlegroup now moves up to the edge of its engagement range of the combined fleet and arms all its weaponry. also, the commodore commanding the battlegroup sends the following message, hoping that the rebels retain enough comms gear to recieve it:

To whomever may recieve this message: The NSAA government has issued orders that our forces are now to withdraw their support from the tocrowkian government effort to re-gain control of their superdreadnought and to prepare for combat against the tocrowkian government force in the region depending on how their government acts in the current crisis in Comatica. We do not wish the enmity of any group involved in this conflict, but will defend ourselves if necessary. ----Message ends----

OCC: If the turds hit the turbines, Flightopia as a CIN nation will back you up.

The following message has been wired to Tocrowia:
To Isabella Reinhard,
Leader of Das Reich von Tocrowkia,
It has come to our attention that you are experiencing some difficulties with a rogue Super-Dreadnought. It is moving inexorably closer to our nation, which has led us to wonder if you require assistance in regaining control of it. Due to the sheer power of this craft, and the threat it therefore poses, our coastal defences have been placed on alert, and a flight of Valkyrie bombers are fueled, loaded and ready to drop a set of Coldfire sub-nuclear devices onto it to prevent it from threatening our nation. However, we understand fully that you wish to still have the use of this vessel when the crisis is over, and it is for this reason that we offer our assistance.
As the vessel has now reached our boundary waters, and clearly has no intention of stopping, the entire Commonwealth Navy Home Fleet is standing by to co-ordinate with your forces to put an end to this crisis, as is the Commonwealth Air Force Defence Wing. We also have a division of the Commonwealth Tactical Command ready to fire, purely as a last resort.
Our primary tactic will be a boarding operation staged by the Special Operations Corps, using methods specifically designed for a situation such as this, which have been tested in actual hostilities, and in which the troops are higly trained.
We regret that our first interaction could not have been in a more peaceful matter, and look forward to a future friendship.
Yours in co-operation,
Jonathon Andersen,
Head of State,
The Protean Commonwealth of Pontinia

OOC: all CIN nations, i call on you to back me up if a war does break out between me and tocrowkia over this...(which is likely...)


[OOC: Link? I may want to deploy my NEW army alongside an allied power, simply to test various systems.]

To Isabella Reinhard,
Leader of Das Reich von Tocrowkia,
It has come to our attention that you are experiencing some difficulties with a rogue Super-Dreadnought. It is moving inexorably closer to our nation, which has led us to wonder if you require assistance in regaining control of it. Due to the sheer power of this craft, and the threat it therefore poses, our coastal defences have been placed on alert, and a flight of Valkyrie bombers are fueled, loaded and ready to drop a set of Coldfire sub-nuclear devices onto it to prevent it from threatening our nation. However, we understand fully that you wish to still have the use of this vessel when the crisis is over, and it is for this reason that we offer our assistance.
As the vessel has now reached our boundary waters, and clearly has no intention of stopping, the entire Commonwealth Navy Home Fleet is standing by to co-ordinate with your forces to put an end to this crisis, as is the Commonwealth Air Force Defence Wing. We also have a division of the Commonwealth Tactical Command ready to fire, purely as a last resort.
Our primary tactic will be a boarding operation staged by the Special Operations Corps, using methods specifically designed for a situation such as this, which have been tested in actual hostilities, and in which the troops are higly trained.
We regret that our first interaction could not have been in a more peaceful matter, and look forward to a future friendship.
Yours in co-operation,
Jonathon Andersen,
Head of State,
The Protean Commonwealth of Pontinia

Again, we accept your generous offer of assistance. We are always impressed by the generosity of foreigners, and also look forward to future interaction.

*Ashmark Battle*

It was here and now that the Ashmark revealed one of it's life-saving features. The crew emptied almost a quarter of the Ashmark's fuel into the booster tanks, and fired them. The Ashmark was propelled through the ocean, and thus the position of the impact of the anti-Dreadnought missiles was changed to slam, relatively harmlessly into the Ashmark's thick armor. The Ashmark continued to let out a barrage of shells, the crew deciding to save the missiles as a last resort.

"Sir, I feel this tactic is failing."

The small, just-out-of-the-academy female ensign said to the old, experienced Captain.

"Really?"

A shell exploded just ahead of the ship, nearly throwing the Captain out of his seat.

The SDDG was at the outer part of one of it's long sweeping turns. This, coming only minutes after a shell had passed through the ships mid-section, was a perfect time for it to escape. Turning extremly sharp away from the enemy vessel, it avoided being hit by one of the car-sized chunk's of incoming metal.

The McKagan forces thus far had been defeated. Missiles hadn't done their job, and the destroyer hadn't made much of a scratch, already the CiC was on the phone with the Imperial Tactical Command (MITC), and they had came to a conclusion: They needed more firepower.

In the distance, actually nowhere near the area, a Light Dreadnaught fleet was being moved together. That was the last resort, for the IMA had many units more capable than simply destroying the unit. With this fleet, not to mention the multiple Tactical Cruisers that were being sent to provide a carpet of anti-air, anti-missile, anti-anything else; was an Amphibious Ship carrying multiple LSAS Commando Vehicles.

The only thing stopping a massive McKagan Army landing was the ships sensor technology, which hadn't been completly destroyed. That was now in the hands of someone else... the IMAF...
---
(3 hours from point of Destroyer Turning to Leave)

High above the enemy SD, a lone UCAV Tactical Strike Fighter, the Ku-21 "Stryker", which had proven nearly invisable with it's low RCS. What was important to add was that the plane, with no pilot, could go much faster than other planes. This one, flying at it's extreme altitude, could reach Mach 12, but was crusing at a slow 4.1. It's payload, however, was the most important feature.

With 12 of the highly advanced Fuel-Air warheads on board, it could easily inflict severe damage upon the SD's unprotected outter sensor suites.

Finally, after flying for several hours, the plane was in it's drop range. Opening it's doors, the 12 warheads fell, this time guided all the way in to avoid the SD moving, they were targeted at the AREAS around the communications relays.

OOC: I don't know if you want anymore help or not...but if you are my new superdreadnaughts could use some actual testing. If you are willing to let me test them out, of course.

OOC: linkage: tocrowkia's attack... (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=456045)

IC: the NSAA warships avoid entering anyones territorial waters in an effort to avoid escalating the conflict.

[OOC: Here I come. Get ready for a little:sniper: and plenty of :mp5:]
IC:
...
Time: 2143
Location: Several hundred metres above the Ashmark
...

"Sierra Delta Five-Three standing by. Request permission to begin descent"
"SD-53, you have permission. Begin when ready"
"Roger Command. Beginning my descent. Maintain radio silence until further notice."
Operative Sierra Delta Five-Three of the Special Operations Command hit the release catch on the tether that was connecting him to the Covert Insertion Lifter, or, as the SOC boys called it, the Pie In The Sky. (The reason for this nickname becomes apparent the moment you see one.) It was this radar-invisible, whisper-quiet, matt-black-painted CIL that would allow the SOC squad codenamed task Force Wednesday to drop out of the starless black sky onto the Ashmark without showing so much as a shadow on the Ashmark's radar. Of course, in order to drop, they had to leave the radar-absorbent CIL, so they would have to be dropped one at a time to avoid presenting a large enough silhouette to show up on radar. Unless, of course, the Ashmark's radar coverage was compromised. Which is where Operative Sierra Delta Five-Three came in.
The tether released, and he began his 2-minute descent. He spent the first 30 seconds wishing that the Ashmark's radar was slightly less sensitive so he could have a partner on this mission. His combat instincts were screaming at him. He could actually hear the voice of his instructor from the boot camp all those years ago, listing the rules he was breaking that very instant:
"NEVER go into a hostile situation without someone to watch your back. NEVER go in if you're not one hundred percent sure of the way out. NEVER get mixed up in a naval battle. NEVER air-drop onto a target whose AA is still functioning. NEVER try a HALO drop onto a solid object. NEVER use a GlidEx to land on a moving target..."
Oh well.
After 94 seconds, SD-53 hit the switch that deployed the tiny composite wings from the pack on his back. He pitched up sharply as he saw the top of the Ashmark's superstructure rushing up to meet him. With the G-forces pressing down on him, he held for as long as possible before diving again. at a much lower speed this time, as planned. A minor adjustment, and as the timer on his wrist showed 01:59.86, his feet made contact with the base of the radar dish mount. A tone in his headset told him that the gripper soles had ancored successfully. Perfect.
He pulled two small blocks out of his pack. Each was about the size of a clenched fist, and were joined by around two feet of what looked like thick wire. He peeled the covers from their self-adhesive backs, ensuring that the wire followed the joint groove all the way round. Standing, he turned so that the wind was behind him. A two-step run-up was all he needed to send him soaring over the Ashmark's upper decks. Behind him, a muffled thump and a small, flickering light marked the severing of the radar dish from its mount.
"Sierra Delta Five-Three to SOC Task Force Wednesday: Objective One complete. There is a gap in the Ashmark's radar coverage. You may begin your insertion."
"Lima Romeo One-Four: Acknowledged, SD-53. We're on our way. ETA: 3 minutes."
SD-53 smiled. He liked this part. From here on in, things got really fun.

OOC: Bump.

((OOC: I'll reply later tonight.))

[OOC: Anyone else who has commandos waiting to go in should drop them in right behind my SOC squad, and we can back each other up.]

IC: (following on immediately from my last)

That 15 big angry men could drop out of the sky with such grace, and making so little sound, was really something that had to be seen to be believed. Well, 14 big angry men, technically - Foxtrot Whiskey Seven Two was actually a woman.
SOC Task Force Wednesday hit the deck almost silently, and within seconds, every one of them was dafely behind cover, facing out in all directions, ready for anything.
In the centre of this protective group, SD-53 and LR-14 faced each other. They had worked together many times before, and knew each other well.
"It's fairly quiet over this side," whispered SD-53. "Most of the crew are manning the guns on the other side, where the fighting is. I saw a couple of lookouts as I dropped in, up on that walkway -" (he pointed) "-and one on the gantry by the bridge".
"Yeah. I spotted a couple over the other side, too - by the comms housing."
"Hmmm. That could make things a little trickier. What do you reckon?"
"I say we get someone on that walkway, hit those sentries - quietly - go over the top of the comms housing, pull an embo on the guys inside, then blaze across to the bridge."
SD-53 nodded, familiar with the SOC slang.
"Entering the bridge through the wall, right?"
"Yep. I brought a couple of DEEDs specially."
"Good thinking." DEED was short for Dynamic Entry Explosive Device, or, as the SOC jocks called it, the Hole-In-The-Wall Machine. A standard DEED could blow a hole through the wall of a small concrete bunker, and the DEEDs that LR-14 had brought were not the standard type. They were the special high-powered ones, designed specifically for hardened targets, with PETR flare cable for melting through metal armour... like the armour of a Super-Dreadnought.
"OK lads... and lady" SD-53 said, remembering just in time, "it's showtime..."

SD-53's earlier prediction had been right. Things were about to get very, very fun indeed.

President Anderson was becoming irritated. The rogue ship was proving far more resilient than had been previously anticipated. Added to that, a Pontinian team was landing aboard the ship, forcing the Arkbird to discontinue its orbital bombardment, lest allied craft be destroyed or soldiers killed. The craft was en route to land in Incandernia, and its Technnologian firing crew would be flown back to Reshawk shortly afterwards.

Sighing, the President turned to Admiral Farnsworth. "Tell Admiral DuPont to begin bombardment. We'll bring the damn thing down if it takes the entire Technnologian Navy."

Hundreds of miles away, Admiral DuPont received his orders. "Alright, men, let's take these bastards down. Activate all defensive systems. All ships disperse into primary battle formations; this thing's going to be putting a lot of hurt on us real fast once we open fire. We don't wanna get caught bunched together. All ships with long-range railguns, open fire! Target and destroy every last weapon on the ship. We'll turn it into a floating junkyard if we have to."

The Kraken's commanding officer did not have to wait long before his orders were carried out. Once properly dispersed and readied, nearly every vessel in the fleet, including the Kraken herself, opened up with long-range electromagnetic railguns. If this didn't bring the Ashmark down, little would.

Various explosions rocked the Ashmark, and the communication systems were severely damaged. How ever, Spears didn't think it a death blow. The crew managed to keep contact with each other via wireless short-range radios. That, and the fact that auxiliary systems would soon be on assured Spears that victory could, and would be his by the days end.

Six F-18 Raptor Class Transport/Attack Helicopters hovered over the battle, a few miles away from the Super Dreadnought.

"All ships, repeat, all ships, cease fire. If you have a boarding party, now is the time. We only have a short window before their back-up systems come online."

One Mile Above The Ashmark

"Code Seven. Clear to land, radar system offline."
"125 will be too much. Groups 2-5, hold altitude. Shadowhawk, drop to 5,000 feet and pick up the teams. We'll relaunch them if we need them."
"This is Shadowhawk. Understood Ashenvale, following your orders." The radio clicked off. Ashenval signaled to the flyers behind him to follow him. He dived hard to the left, aiming for the superstructure.

30,000 feet above the Ashmark

The Shadowhawk took a dive down towards the second group. Ensign Gav'Roch was commanding the vessel in the Admiral's absence.
"Can we get a repair crew to repair the rails? Something broke off."
"Of course something did! One of the rails completely fell off!" Officer "Fallout" was yelling at him.
"Really? Well why didn't you say so?" shouted the Ensign. This continued for a good minute or two before the next person told them off, and they resumed their positions on the deck.

As Lieutenant Casanova received the message from the Tocrowkian forces, he turned around and looked at the Special Forces men in the LCAC.

"That's our signal, gentlemen. Let's go."

The men cheered as the LCAC started to head toward the Ashmark.

OOC: If anyone has landed troops on the Ashmark, is it possible that you could throw over some ladders so that my men can help you?

Aboard the SDDG, all was calm. The MIMC Marines, a group of 20 of them, had calmly gotten into the Redhawk Helicopter before it was prepared for launch. Each carrying a Mila-21 of some sort, be it the standard Rifle Version, the Compact, or the Sniper Variant, everyone was using the same type of weapon and ammunition. If one were to look into the back of the Helo, with it's highly armored doors and various weapons systems, they would probably be shocked. For this was the first time the MIMC had deployed it's own battle dress that looked something like out of HALO. All with the same indentical armor on, a dark green, the only way to tell them apart would be by looking through the now opened visors that would later be placed down.

"Ok, we're landing on the rear of the ship, from there we'll fight forwards and meet up with anyone else who happens to walk upon our little expedition. You three snipers will cover our advance after making one of your own."

There was a slight sound of a loud exhaust outside the hangar doors. They then opened, to reveal a UCAV rocketing away from the deck of the destroyer.

"That will be flying point for us. It'll remain on station and provide several thousand rounds of fire support if we need it, it's also going to knock out any stingers or other AA missiles our flyboys here may counter."

The Lieutenant walked towards the front of the crew cabin on the Redhawk, sat down, and waited for the doors to raise.

As the Marines secured themselves, the Air Crew determined the aircraft ready for flight.

Finally, it lifted, turned, and began to pick up speed towards the SD, following behind the UCAV, they headed towards the LZ.

[Message to All Landing Forces]

We request the ID codes of any and all allied combatants aboard this vessel. For those of you not using battiesuits, please describe your BDU's.

To McKagan forces:

West Canada Union Special Forces troops will be wearing Digital/Pixel Camoflauge BDU.

Also, to Tocrowkia, do you have maps of the Ashmark so that landing troops can navigate through the vessel?

[Response to West Canada Union]
Understood.

[Message to Tocrowkian Government]
What do you expect in the way of on deck defense teams? Are their anti-personnel weapons, men, and devices? Or will we be relativly unchallenged?

[MIMC Movements]
The UCAV, now flying a long distance ahead of the Redhawk, opened it's counter-AA scanners. Providing nearly a 95% kill ratio (against short range AA missiles and sholder fired units,) it was the MIMC units first line of defense. It also was equipped with a 27mm cannon to provide support against threats on the deck of the system. Also, it had several smoke canisters and cluster bombs which would be dropped over the LZ shortly before the landing.

Admiral DuPont cracked a wry smile as he gave the ceasefire order. Nothing could stand against the might of the 3rd fleet. He would've liked, of course, to simply sink the vessel and be done with it, but that was not his place to decide.

Back in Reshawk, President Anderson grinned as the room around him erupted into cheers. He reached down to a comm console and opened a channel to the Kraken. "Excellent work, Admiral DuPont. Resume standard formation for now, but stay on high alert."

He then addressed the rest of the room. "Looks like our work's done for now, boys. Still, we'll remain on alert until the situation has been resolved."

"That's our cue, men! Let's lock and load!"

The three Hummingbird VTOLs immediately shifted into high-speed mode; their primary speed and maneuvering thrusters roared to life. Their automated and manned weapons systems activated, readying the craft against AA fire. The team readied their equipment and steeled themselves for the mission ahead. Once they arrived, the VTOL would use their weaponry to clear the LZ for the team.

Message to McKagan forces:

We are transmitting the specs on the battle armor we're using. You should receive them shortly.

[Response to West Canada Union]


[Message to Tocrowkian Government]
What do you expect in the way of on deck defense teams? Are their anti-personnel weapons, men, and devices? Or will we be relativly unchallenged?



The AA has been disabled for reasons we cannot reveal at the time. As for other defenses, there are various turrets, but these have also been disabled. We are going to be landing two firing squads of our elite Assairs Guard counter-terrorists, one firing squad for each deck. As for the ID codes for our troops, here:

*Codes Transmitted*

Several minutes after its lanch, the naval UCAV came in at several mach just over the rear of the Super Dreadnaught. On it's approach it scanned for any heat signatures evident from a potential force of enemy combatants. On it's first pass over, it zeroed in on the LZ. A flightdeck like structure, it released a cluster bomb to clear out any pockets of would-be resistance to the LZ.

Then, as the UCAV continued away from the vessel and begain to bank, the Redhawk MIMC helicopter came in and sat hovered over the LZ. Then, slowly, it dropped and began releasing the Marines onto the deck of the SD.

Quickly, the HALO-esqe Marines rushed onto the deck and took up defensive positions. Almost all of the firepower was focused fowards, but a sniper and one rifleman kept a watchful eye over the rear.

Before the Marines would make their advance to the entry point of the SD, they allowed the UCAV to pass over and assault any security forces...

While the Marines set up their LZ, the Redhawk retreated back towards the SDDG under the cover of the UCAV's advanced Anti-Missile system.

"Ok, those turrets are offline."

The Lieutenant said as he passed his hand in front of one, and noticed nothing happened.

"You Demolitions dudes, get together with a sniper and take out anything that even LOOKS like it could house a weapons system while they're offline. Put if you need to, use grenades, but i'd rather we save them for the time being."

The Lieutenant walked to the highest ranking sniper on the team, as he looked towards the front of the ship through the advanced Mila-21 Sniper Variant.

"I want you to put holes in anything on top of that super structure that looks like it could facilitate communications."

Soon afterwards the team commander had completed his goals for the LZ landing. Perhaps the most important operation, however, was the fact that the commander had ordered a rifle squad to secure any doors onto the deck they could find to stop enemy forces from infiltrating their lines.

As the West Canada LCAC containing the Special Forces troops skimmed around the Ashmark, the troops inside were looking for the ladders that McKagan forces had thrown over the side.

"Sir, I see them!" shouted one of the soldiers.

Casanova nodded. "Alright, gentlemen, we'll be climbing over these ladders and linking up with allied forces already on the ship. You guys got that?"

The men all nodded.

As the LCAC came up against the two ladders on the Ashmark's stern, the men started to climb up and bolster the McKagan defenses.

OOC: Click...Bump.

[Arizona Mountain Complex, McKagan Desert]

"Sir, our destroyer just doesn't have the firepower to do damange against a Super Dreadnaught. However, i've got something for you to look at."

The man who was giving the presentation to the head of Naval Deployments in the 8th Fleet area of operations clicked a button and a display came up. It showed a large ship, the SD, with a fleet of other ships on one side of it, and a small dot representing the Stealth Destroyer on the other. Then it magnified in on the corner away from the SD.

"This is the 17th Security Fleet. The unit consists of 8 Illusion Class Frigates, 4 Avisron Class Destroyers, 2 Paramount Air Defense Vessels, and 4 Revolver Class Cruisers. That's not the pride of the unit though. They've also got the command ship, a Nexus Class Strike Dreadnaught. It has a total of twelve 20" ETC cannons and eight 15" railguns. More importantly, however, it has a MIMC Airwing. With a Marine Transport Unit aboard, we can land ALOT more Marines if we need to. I have them on standby, and they WILL head that way if we need them."

(OOC: Just stalling until the SD RP'er responds.)

(OOC: Can you please stop RP'ing this until we get a response? For starters, we don't know if he's going to have a resistance on the deck before we can get into the ship. Second, we don't know if he's going to have the doors locked. Please, return to the point of having your people on deck like everyone else.)

The Six Raptors hovered over the deck of the Ashmark briefly, before the hatches opened up and each helicopter let six Assairs Guards out. The immediately secured the LZ from the relatively light resistance, and prepared for the assault inside the Ashmark it self. After the guards on the deck had been dispatched, rebels flooded out of almost every door and hatch armed with SMG's and Pistols, which made up the majority of the Ashmark's armory. The Assairs Guard easily held off their less trained and less armed counter-parts, but it remained to be seen how the SpecOps aboard would do against the crew...

The MIMC LZ and Base was actually a fairly defendable position. With no doors inside their flanks, the Marines could focus their fire outward against the pistol toating rebels. The snipers didn't do what snipers usually do, they stayed low, and each picked a door to cover with their long range precision fire. Because their helmets had sensors to measure wind velocity and barometric pressure, their fire was greatly more accurate than that of soldiers using old BDU's.

The rifles in the platoon soon opened up. Firing at short range targets and long ranged ones who moved in the open, they fired with nearly the same deadly accuracy (having the same technology available.) Using the Mila-21 PDW (SMG) variant meant that they could not only operate in the open, but inside the ship. All carried 10 clips, and each clip had 50 rounds. This meant that they could fight on the outside of the ship for a long period of time before entering and still have enough ammo left. From there, the 6.8mm gun could be adjusted to fire just about any other rifle/SMG round.

As the opening rounds were fired, the UCAV made a run over the ship. Coming from the rear, it came in very slowly and passed over the Marines. Then it began opening up against doorways or any rebels in fixed positions, or operating in large groups.

[OOC: Hell Yeah! Now that's what I call boarding action! BTW, I think we should wait and see what Tocrowia has in store for us by way of restistance. It's not gonna be easy with the entire crew of a rogue SD against us. As such, this post is mainly a staller.]
[Transmitting SOC transponder codes as requested. SOC commandos wear jumpsuits containing integrated refractive-fibre light-diffusion camoflauge systems, so they'll be the barely noticable greyish silhouettes you see from time to time, where the light catches off patches of supposedly empty air and the background looks blurred.]

In the first real breather they'd had since dropping onto the TR Ashmark, SD-53 made a quick head-count. 12...13...14... where was 15?
"Anyone see TF-91?"
"I did. He took a lung shot back up the top there. He went down pretty quick. I..."
"left him, as you were trained to do. OK, that's one down. Fewer than I expected, and our ratio's still about 20 to 1. Good work, all of you."
Still, he thought, with the kind of resistance we're getting, we're never gonna make the bridge. The best SpecOps unit in the world couldn't get into the bridge of a SuperDreadnought on full alert, with lockdown protocols in place - and he should know, because he was, in his opinion, in charge of that very unit.
There was, however, the secondary target...
"OK, boys and girls, breaktime's over. Get yourselves together, and make for TA21, now!"
Task Force Wednesday leapt to their feet. You had to give them credit - dawn was just breaking on the thoughest night of their lives, they had just seen a friend and colleague gunned down, and been forced to leave him to die alone, but at a word from their commander, they were ready to do it all again.
LR-14 glanced at his partner.
"You going for a björnolt?"
"Yup."
"It'll be risky."
"Yup."
"You sure you wanna do this?"
"Yup."
"OK."
The fact that, despite any doubts he may have had before, LR-14 was, from that moment, fully prepared to follow his commanding officer and long-time friend in his chosen course of action spoke volumes about the trust between all members of the Special Operations Corps.
"I'll call for an extract."
LR-14 hit the key that switched his radio from local to mid-range, keyed in a secure channel code, and clicked the button to send a burst of static to inform the radio operator on the other end of an incoming comm.
"SOC Operative Lima Romeo One-Four to CAC Pandora."
"CAC Pandora, go ahead, LR-14"
"Move to extract from port fore of TR Ashmark. Hold position a safe distance away until our signal, but be ready to come in fast."
Unlike any other member of the Commonwealth Armed Forces, LR-14 didn't have to say 'request you move to extract'. SOC requests were basically orders.
"How far off is a safe distance? What are you planning?"
"Can't say over the radio, but be aware, at least a grade 4 explosion and shockwave will result. Proceed accordingly."
"Holy shi- I mean, Roger that. What'll be your signal? Like, a flare or something?"
LR-14 smiled. This guy had obviously never worked with SOC before.
"Yeah. Something like that. Trust me, when you see it, you'll know."

OOC: McKagan: If Tocrowkia wanted a group on deck, wouldn't he have already placed them by 9 pages in? As for the doors...we'll deal with them in a moment.

[OOC: Probably not. You don't just stand on deck while massive guns are going off. Tocrowkia now has people assaulting on the decks. To have your people just magically slip by the crew and appear outside major places without RP'ing it is a godmod, and WILL be ignored.]

From Lt. Emmanuel Casanova
To McKagan commander

Is there anything that we can help you with?

From Lt. Emmanuel Casanova
To McKagan commander

Is there anything that we can help you with?

(OOC: What's this Lt. commander of? Forces in the area, or your boarding team?)

OOC: He's commander of the boarding party. Sorry for any confusion.

Lt. Brown, commander of the MIMC Assault Team, emptied off the magazine he had locked downrange before even paying attention to his counterpart. "Erm... shoot... that way?" He pointed towards the front of the ship where the majority of MIMC rounds were bouncing around, possibly even finding targets.

"Right now my plan is to.... erm... shoot that way, until they stop shooting this way. Then we'll walk that way. Does that sound good?"

He propped his SMG against a metal structure and began to load it for his next round of attacks.

As the crew of the Ashmark knew the deck better then the Special Forces, they were able to form thick pockets of resistance against them. Two Assairs Guards were shot dead as they tried to advance on an enemy position, and the rest were holding back an advancing group of sailors. The rest were held back under a thick blanket of fire from the crew, and were currently unable to advance even an inch without being riddled with led. The crew only hoped the rest of the operatives aboard would succumb to this same strategy...

The UCAV passed over the ship yet again, this time dropping multiple cluster bombers at the larger pockets of rebels. Their groups making perfect targets for it, it opened up with its 27mm gun as well and made multiple runs on the deck-bound personnel.

The snipers in the platoon began to use their advanced rifle/helmet systems to target personnel who had made it TO the deck, and the rifles continued to spray 6.8mm rounds downrange.

Because the only real way for either side to fight the other on a ship was to simply spray rounds at a suspected target (minus sniper fire,) the majority of the enemy rounds weren't sucessful in hitting anything. The few that did were high ineffective, due to a stray rounds unfocused energy by the time it hits a state-of-the-art Amored-BDU.

Command Relay (Secret IC)
/McKagan requests codes.
Query?
/Transmit Spec Ops Codes
Authorization?
/FalloutEngine Code: Delta-Infinity Code 2: All clear.
Transmitting now...Transmitted
Query?
/Exit
Relay Command Console shutdown.

When the group landed on the superstructure, they immediately came under fire.
"Flat! M16 cover BURNOUT!" The group whipped out their M16s, and began to blanket the deck with bullets. Aiming specifically for the instigators, they were also careful not to overheat.
"Shit!" TFR-SF-24 dropped his M16, hands being cooled off, as though he overheated the Sub-machine gun.
"Not again! You're going after it!" Private Ashenval kicked TFR-SF-24 off the superstructure after his weapon. He was just following orders, but he also felt a pang of regret after doing it.

* * *

TFR-SF-24 was not feeling great. His hands were hot, he went for a couple-hundred-feet fall, and he is only armed with a couple knives and a Beretta. Hoping against hope that he would hit somone, he unholstered his Beretta and opened fire. He only had a couple clips, but he hoped it was enough.

* * *

Ashenval, in full combat mode, opened his radio. "TFRian Special Forces operative Ashenval to all friendly units. My boys are providing cover fire, now find a way in!"

Lt. Brown heard the TFR message over his built-in headset, but continued firing downrange with his Mali-21 SMG. Still having alot of ammunition left, he wasn't interested in moving away from his defendable position and doing something dumb, like getting shot.

"Erm... I see you, erm... I think. Tell me how close this is."

He aimed at a random position on the massive superstructure and fired a smoke grenade from the launcher on his rifle. He didn't expect it to be anywhere near them, but at least it would keep them out of his ears for a few minutes while he focused on killing a pocket of insurgents he had missed a few moments earier.

LR-14 surveyed the mayhem from where he clung to the mangled remains of a comms antenna, high above the deck of the Ashmark.
"Looks like at least four more SpecOps units have dropped in since we arrived. They're hurling lead all over the place, it's really quite spectacular. Should keep them all occupied."
"Wait, sir - check the open channel, I like the sound of this."
LR-14 flicked over to the open channel.
"... for you guys to make a move. I repeat, this is TFRian Special Forces operative Ashenval to all friendly units. TFR Commando Unit is providing cover fire for all those wishing to move in on the accessways and get inside, but if you're going, go NOW! I don't know how long we can stay here!"
LR-14 smiled.
"Sounds good. I say we take him up on that. I'm coming down - besides, my camo unit has... 36 seconds of power left. Break out a spare cell down there, I think this one's leaking. Should've lasted much longer."
"Maybe it took a bullet."
"Maybe."
LR-14 disengaged the gripper clamps and wall-slid down to the rest of his unit below, executing a perfect flick-out backflip to slow him down at the last moment. He had come top of his class in agility training, and he liked to rub it in. SD-53 rolled his eyes and held out the spare power cell, as LR-14 jacked out the old one.
"Thought so," he murmured, spotting a twisted piece of black metal poking out of the edge. "Shrapnel fragment. I told you we should've used the armoured ones."
"Yeah, but you said to travel light. The armoured ones way 18 percent more. Go figure."
Oh, never mind. I can't be bothered to argue this right now. Just gimme that new one, would you?"
LR-14 inserted the new power cell, while SD-53 stowed the old one in a sealed bag in his pack. Procedure said never to leave behind anything from which the enemy could steal technology. Technically, Tocrowia was an ally at this point, but old habits die hard.
LR-14 turned to his unit.
"Come on then, lads - and lady - we're going inside! Starboard fore accessways, this way! MOVE!"
The unit turned and sprinted in the direction of the sounds of gunfire.

Lt. Brown and his men were beginning to push ahead. Moving up, slowly at that, a group of 6 SMG's (taken from the now secured Rear Line) moved up, covered by snipers, and used the new firing position to fire more accurate at the enemy. The Snipers then advanced, quickly and could now see doors on the rear of the Super Structure. This would be their entry point... now, just to get there...

TFR-SF-24 saw the smoke grenade fly up onto the superstructure, and opened his comm-radio.

"TFR Special Forces Operative 24 to McKagan forces. Your smoke grenade landed right next to Ashenval. He swore over a private channel." He opened his backpack and pulled out an orange gun with a red-and-silver sealed cylinder. This was the pride of TFR's army: The Valiant. A barrel holds a contact grenade. When shot, the cylinder flies through the air, and when it hits the ground, the accelerant ignites and sets off a standard military grade. It can also be remote detonated.

"Valiant is AWAY!" He fired one shot over to where traitor forces were, and hoped he knocked off a few. Picking up his M16, he shot a zipline over to the superstructure, and got pulled up by an internal motor.

The UCAV came over the SD again, this time using thermal imaging to map out where insurgents are. The information is sent back to the destroyer, as well to the Marines on the vessel who are now pushing ahead towards the doors. The UCAV, with one cluster bomb left, is commanded to use it now. It drops it above the deck just ahead of the Marines, between them and the doorway, in hopes of clearing out anyone left.

OOC: Waiting for Tocrowkia response...bump.

The first UCAV that had flown into combat was now running low on ammunition, but it still had a payload of fuel. It continued to sit above the SD verifying enemy forces via thermal imaging and reporting their positions to the Marines via their BDU HUD. Now, the destroyer came back into play again. It carried 3 UCAV's, and another one had been fueled up and ready to go. This one with more 27mm rounds, it would be able to operate for a much longer time.

It launched, and moved towards the SD.

The Pockets of Rebels had been decimated. Those that still remained either retreated back into the super-structure of the Ashmark under heavy covering fire, or attempted to surrender. The Assairs Guards how ever, shot anyone trying to surrender, and issued a statement over the radio to other forces on the Ashmark.

"By order of the Divine Reich of Tocrowkia, all of these people are traitors and terrorists. Show them no quarter and execute them. Now that they have retreated back inside, we must follow them and seize the bridge and kill Spears. We also have someone on the inside, and we need to make sure she's still safe. Assairs Guard, over and out."

"You hear that boys? We're cleared to drop!" The crew replaced their M16's around their shoulders and grabbed their grappel hooks. They then took out pitons and precariously placed one end inside the round end. They, one by one, they dropped off the side of the superstructure. When all 25 were accounted for, they turned...only to find a locked door.
"Anybody got any ideas?" said Ashenval.
"Blow it up?" said TFR-SF-07.
"Good guess, but that's our backup."
"How about knocking and killing the person who unlocks it?" proposed TFR-SF-17.
"Unless they're friendly."
"Exactly."
"OK. Your idea, you carry it out."
"Yes sir." TFR-SF-17 walked over to the door, and knocked. With guns drawn, they waited for someone to open the door.

Lt. Brown walked up to the superstructure, it now secure and full of dents from the few thousand rounds the Marines had put down.

"We're not going to execute prisoners," Brown said to the other Marines as he walked by the dozen or so rebels that had surrendered. "I'm not going to argue with the natives on what they do with their prisoners, but we're not shooting them. Now, how are we getting in?"

A loud explosion was heard in the background. Upon turning around Brown noticed smoke pouring from a large hole that had previously been a locked doorway. Beside it stood the demolitions man remarking at how clean the blast was. Straight out in front of the door stood the Heavy Weapons chief. Beside him lay the casing of one of the anti-Tank like weapons he had packed away.

"Oh, that way." Brown said as he set up his team for the close quarters combat. He put a Marine with a Mila-7 SOCOM Rifle up front as pointman, and then followed the rest in as they reloaded and looked to provide maximum security in the vast maze of hallways and other structures that were probably coming. Brown opened up on the radio to all allied units.

We're moving to take the bridge.

OOC: So wait, there are 2 doors into the superstructure? Because if it was the door where the TFR team is, you just killed 17 of the 25-man team. And that's not a good sign for international relations, y'know.

OOC: Considering how large the superstructure would be, I'd think so.

OOC: Your view of the SS is much larger than mine...but it works.

IC:
"Well, that idea went over well," said TFR-SF-17.
"Then it's on to mine, yes?" said TFR-SF-07.
"That's true. Use C4 with the ultimate password trigger," said Pvt. Ashenval. TFR-SF-07 approched the door, and pulled out a block of C4, and the trigger device: a sound-based remote detonator. He pierced the C4 with the detonator and stuck it on the wall with a strip of velcro. He ran back, and toggled his radio to the lowest possible frequency. He pulled it up to his face.
"Bada-bing, bada-boom. Fire in the hole, but be careful of the fallout. Are we ready boys?" The other units turned to the frequency.
"Hell yes!"
"Alright boys...and girl. One...Two...Three..."
"And we watch as things go BOOM!," all 25 units shouted into their radios at once. The C4 detonated immediately, and broke down the door with little effort.
"Someone MUST think we're trippin', yes?" TFR-SF-255 (Corp. Venktura) said on the normal frequency.
"Didn't anybody tell you? We're all on a combination of Ectasy, LSD, and crack. So yes, we are trippin'," said Pvt. Ashenval.
"Dear god...that explains the fucked up trigger."
"Yes...it suppose it does." Ashenval shut off his radio, and drew his Beretta. He turned it back on again. "OK. McKagan forces should be entering the SS at any time now. We follow and make sure they don't get killed. Put yourself in the line of fire if you must, yes?"
"SIR YES SIR!" All 25 said in chorus. They drew their own Berettas and hoped that this would be one hell of a massacre.

OOC:
*Automatic Bumping Machine active...*

Lt. Casanova looked backwards as the explosion reverberated throughout the deck.

"Well, at least we know how we're getting in," he thought to himself. He quickly moved to give his men orders and get started on them.

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To all Allied Forces on the Ashmark

We are currently trying to disable the nuclear armaments on the Ashmark.

To Tocrowkia:

1. How many rebels are there defending the nuclear weapons?
2. How long would it take for the nuclear weapons to be fired (eg. how much time would elapse between the order to fire them and the actual firing)?

OOC: Click...Bump.

Lt. Casanova looked backwards as the explosion reverberated throughout the deck.

"Well, at least we know how we're getting in," he thought to himself. He quickly moved to give his men orders and get started on them.

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To all Allied Forces on the Ashmark

We are currently trying to disable the nuclear armaments on the Ashmark.

To Tocrowkia:

1. How many rebels are there defending the nuclear weapons?
2. How long would it take for the nuclear weapons to be fired (eg. how much time would elapse between the order to fire them and the actual firing)?

1: It is impossible to access the Nuclear arms on the deck. The only way is to de-activate them on the bridge, and we do not know how well that is guarded.
2: 1.02 Seconds.

(OOC: I've got Marines advancing Delta Force style on the bridge; let's RP that.)

(OOC: I got asked to help someone do something else...and I'm waiting for them to do something.)

The Tightly packed halls would do well to still the enemy advances. Small teams of six to eight rebels formed in the various hallways, and prepared to hold the way to the bridge. As soon as McKagan's forces entered the halls, they opened fire on them, hoping the tightly packed hall way and little cover near the doors would serve to their advantage.

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The Assairs Guard decided to take an alternate route, one that would take them longer to reach the bridge, but held much less potential danger. For the first few minutes, they encountered nothing as they advanced...

OOC: 1. In response to Towcrowkia's post, we may have a major problem on our hands. If we breach the bridge, Spears may order the nuclear weapons fired, and we wouldn't be able to stop them.

2. Surely there should be some safeguards to keep the missles from launching? (Like, for example, the President, or king, or whatever has to authorize it)

OOC: 1. In response to Towcrowkia's post, we may have a major problem on our hands. If we breach the bridge, Spears may order the nuclear weapons fired, and we wouldn't be able to stop them.

2. Surely there should be some safeguards to keep the missles from launching? (Like, for example, the President, or king, or whatever has to authorize it)

[OOC: If they do get out, the destroyer has limited anti-missile units. Don't worry though, McKagan Troops are assuming that Towcrowkia wants the people on the bridge dead: So when we DO breach it (and we will eventually,) we'd probably open up on anything that moves.]

The Tightly packed halls would do well to still the enemy advances. Small teams of six to eight rebels formed in the various hallways, and prepared to hold the way to the bridge. As soon as McKagan's forces entered the halls, they opened fire on them, hoping the tightly packed hall way and little cover near the doors would serve to their advantage.

The Marines were finally fighting the way they were trained to. The MIMC, only being in place for ship-to-ship raids and small beach-head warfare, took pride in being able to dominate close-in combat most of the time. Because the majority of the fire would be simply someone indiscriminately firing rounds down a hallway; the Marines could easily deal with the groups. By opening up with full-fledged automatic fire from the SOCOM rifles, they looked to decimate anything between them and the bridge.

Howeer, that was their plan BEFORE fighting just a short way in from the doors. There they started to meet heavier resistance.

The solution? Well, Mila-7 Rifles had grenade launchers for a reason. The 25mm grenades were designed specifically FOR close in combat, and the Marines all carried several as standard procedure. So, after one Marine was nearly killed by a headshot from a stray bullet, the technique changed. Now, each time the Marines entered a new hallway, they fired a few of the grenades down it to take care of anyone on the other end.

[OOC: TFR, I've RPed your guys a little here, but nothing significant. If you want me to change this post, let me know. Oh, and thanks for covering my guys.]

"Sir! There's a commando unit coming up behind us!" TFR-SF-9 yelled to Private Ashenval.
"Any insignias?"
"Yeah - an eagle."
"That'll be the Pontinian team. Let them through."
The TFR secial forces operatives moved aside to let Task Force Wednesday move through. One of the Pontinian commandos stopped in fron of Ashenval, who saluted in greeting.
"TFR Special Forces Operative Ashenval. Welcome to the party."
"Commonwealth Special Operations Corps Operative Sierra Delta Five-Three. I would give you my name, but protocol forbids it. We don't even know each others', in case of interrogation."
Ashenval raised an eyebrow. Before he could respond, a burst of fire cut through the air between them, sending them both diving for cover.
"OPEN FIRE!" they cried simultaneously. Both commando units opened up, sending a withering spary of lead into the hallway beyond the charred, twisted remains of the doorway. The assailants fell, one after the other, until, just a few short moments, there was nothing but bodies littering the hallway. The smell of cordite hung in the air. SD-53 got to his feet, crushing countless spent casings beneath his boots.
"Task Force Wednesday, move out!" he barked. The SOC squad leapt up and charged into the hallway, heading down the left-hand corridor and disappearing from sight. Ashenval wondered about this, because that corridor led almost directly away from the bridge. He turned to ask SD-53 what he had in mind, but was just in time to see him flip a casual salute and disappear down the corridor with the rest of his unit, yelling a quick thanks over his shoulder.
Ashenval pushed the SOC squad from his mind. No doubt he'd hear from them eventually. In the meantime, he had other things to deal with.
"TFR Special Forces Unit, move out! Now!"
The unit leapt to their feet and dashed across the hallway to the right-hand corridor, and began the long fight to the bridge.

[edited to remove reference to non-existent schematics]

(OOC: Explain to me where you enter the vessel to be so close to the bridge? Also, explain to me why you're RP'ing killing insurgents? You're not just going to walk up to the bridge. MIMC MARINES were the first ones into the ship, therefore THEY would be near the bridge faster. Don't ruin this RP, please."

(OOC: And I don't recall ever giving anyone schematics...>_>)

(OOC: And I don't recall ever giving anyone schematics...>_>)
Did you not? I rememeber them being requested, and I thought you gave them. Apparently not. Sorry about that.

As the McKagan and other Allied units cleared out the areas around the bridge, the Assairs Guard unit stepped out from a door behind the McKagan allied unit. One of them pulled out a small, PDA like device which had a map of the ship on the LED screen.

"We're near the bridge. If we make a few minor detours, we can skip most of the pockets of traitors and head right for the bridge. Then, after we capture it, Tocrowkian regulars will land and clean up the rest. We all go home happy...well, accept for the rebels."

"We can really end this quickly? Then lets do it."

Lt. Brown soon ordered a multi-directional attack. Sending a group of 9 men the long way towards the bridge (into the pockets of traitors,) they were simply to spray rounds down hallways to draw enemy fire and personnel out of place. Then; just a few moments later (once the enemy troops moved after them,) the other wing, consisting of 11 troops; would make a blitz on the bridge. The plan was nearly flawless, as anyway they went they would work it near perfect outside the bridge. Why; if the enemy threw enough soldiers at the diversionary force, they themselves might end up on the bridge.

The Guards followed and assited their allies. The attack plan worked, and a large group of rebels were drawn away from the entrances of the bridge, leaving it nearly unguarded, save for a few rebeles here and there.

OOC: Try out the Macabees' Argentine-class Galleon, at Kriegzimmer Conglomerates (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9139231&postcount=295), that is, if you don't buy anything from Kriegzimmer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=409787).
OOC: well...

The Guards followed and assited their allies. The attack plan worked, and a large group of rebels were drawn away from the entrances of the bridge, leaving it nearly unguarded, save for a few rebeles here and there.

The 9 man team began to engage the enemy forces. But instead of simply looking to draw their attention away, they looked to blow away the enemy forces. Suddenly unleashing every grenade that group had, they prepared to join in the blitz on the bridge.

The other 11 man group rushed forwards, moving to hold group and clear the area around a doorway, they were almost ready to do so.

"Ok, you 3, peremeter." Brown motioned and the men set up a few portable mines and prepared to take down any future hostiles.

"This way, I assume."

A MIMC Rifleman began planting a charge.

SD-53 cursed under his breath. Task Force Wednesday were now four men down, and onto Plan D. SD-53 was desperately hoping that Plan D worked out, because he was running out of ideas. It wasn't that his previous plans had been tactically unsound - it was just that the Ashmark was now absolutely crawling with resistance. Every corridor, hallway, gantry and control centre was brimming with gun-toting rebels.
Which was where the idea for Plan D had come from. Plan D involved heading into the belly of the SuperDreadnought, to the maintainence accessways. These passages ran the length and breadth of the ship, and were used by enginneers to repair all the ship's systems. The idea was to use them to reach the bridge. There were, of course, no enemy soldiers in them, and they had to reach the bridge eventually, because the bridge had to be connected to the ship's systems, which meant cables, and cables meant accessways and cabling ducts.
The only problem with this plan was that it had not occurred to SD-53 that these accessways would circumvent the watertight compartmenting that helped the Ashmark to stay afloat when it's hull was holed by enemy fire. To remedy this, the ship's designers had added watertight doors to the accessways. These doors could be opened by engineers with the proper key, but were, of course, locked down when the ship went into combat. Which meant that Task Force Wednesday - or, more accurately, SD-53, who was on point - had to cut through the locking bars of each and every door they encountered, and then pry it open. This was made especially tricky by the cramped conditions, the lack of lighting, and the fact that the doors had been specifically designed not to open.

SD-53 swore again as yet another chunk of metal bounced off his face. The greenish glow of his helmet's night-vision visor made it difficult to make out the thin lines made by his handheld cutter, so he couldn't tell when a piece was about to fall. He paused a moment, hoping that none of the rebels who were undoubtably on the other side of the wall to his left had heard it. When the wall didn't suddenly gain a spattering of bullet-holes, he continued. As the dorr slid stubbornly aside, he blinked in the sudden glare of sunlight. His visor automatically switched to normal-light mode to protect his vision, and he looked around. They had reached a part of the Ashmark's structure that had been breached by a shell impact. SD-53 smiled as he realised he wouldn't have to cut through the doors for this section - the absence of the outer wall meant he could climb round them. That would speed things up.
Then he realised that the absence of the wall also meant the absence of the climbing rungs, which meant they would have to climb the entire way with gripper clamps. That would slow them down.
SD-53 took a deep breath, detached his gripper clamps from his belt, clipped them to his wrists, knees and toes, and continued upwards.