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"Military forces from the European Empire of Crimmond are being mobilized. No one is saying for what reason, where or how many are going. But for the first time ever, they are breaking out the desert fatigues for a deployment. We aren't sure what this means, as there asr so many nations with deserts, nut it can't be a good sign. The Imperial Marines have never fought in a desert before. This will put their training and equipment to the test, for sure, but the generals say that if all goes according to plan, not a shot will have to be fired."

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Aircraft, ships, helicopters, ground vehicles... all were a part of the plan. Meaning the newly reformed Imperial Navy would have to contend with the Imperial Marines, whom they scorned. It would be a tense trip, but would be well worth it.

Two full armies of Marines spilt up and stowed their gear and supplies, along with themselves, on Supremacy Class submarines and troop transports. The ships were laden with everything they'd need and slowly moved out into the Baltic Sea. Then out into the atlantic where the Vladimir carrier group waited. Then they formed up into one giant group of ships and began to head south.

Hours later, the mass of ships turned south, just barely in International Waters as they passed the coast of Spain. The ships were all moving slowly, not seeming to be in a hurry to get where they were going at all.

Most of the submarines were submerged, but they all started to surface for some reason. Now the group seemed to have doubled in size. For a force saying if all goes right no shots would be fired, they seemed loaded for bear.

Slowly, the armada made an eastward turn and informed whatever facilities on and around the Rock of Gibralter to clear the channel, with assurances that the armada was not targeting the Rock or the surrounding nations.

The carrier began launching fighters, to cover the armada as it approached land, passing around the rock and into the Mediterranean Sea. It was a stressful time, but soon they were in the Mediterranean completely and cruised east at 1/4 speed. They even let the troops sunbathe on the decks of the transports.

They stayed in the main channel, forcing cargo ships to go around or to move aside and wait for the armada to pass. After a while, making sure all eyes were on them, they increased speed to 3/4 and swung south to the borders of what were once Egypt and Lybia, the whole armada spreding itself out to land at several cities along the coast. The Vladimir stayed in the center of the Mediterranean and kept watch ast the transports landed troops and equipment and overhead poured hundreds of aircraft from Northern Europe, sweeping down to drop more equipment and supplies and even some paratroopers. The majority of the forces pushed into the Nile delta, traversing it and approached the fortress city of Cairo.

At the same time, the Khan made a speech to the world at large.

"The time has come for Crimmond to once again expand it's borders. While my efforts to do so in Europe have come to no avail, I have found a golden oppertunity in Africa. One of Crimmond's oldest allies has ceased to exist, for reasons unknown. The Bortherhood of Nod has vanished from the earth and left it's lands fallow and barren. The Brotherhood was unsurpassed for it's cruelty and was legendary for it's experiments on live subjects. To whoever survived the rule of the madman Kane, I come to you as a dark savior. I am not kind and I am not generous. But I do not torture and kill my peoples. Nor do I experiment on them. North Africa is a fallow place, except for the Nile. I will change this. With technology, the desert and crop barren savannah can be turned into farmland. Forests. I can take this third world region and bring it up to the first.

"Any who tries to stop me from claiming the Brotherhood's land shall face my wrath and the wrath of Gholgoth. I have no intention of claiming anything but what was theirs: Egypt. Lybia. Sudan. Ethiopia. These four nations are part of the Intercontinental Empire of Crimmond and thus of Gholgoth. Touch them and be slaughtered."

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Khan Delta
Supreme Leader of Crimmond