NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: The other thread, One Last Chance For Sanity (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=456603), was supposed to be the final ultimatum between AMF and Kahanistan. Since then it has strayed off topic with the flaring of tensions between AMF and Kraven forces. This will serve as the main combat thread, and I believe that this RP will be closed judging from previous discussions with Kraven.

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Dreadfire paced for hours inside the Great Hall, and his servants knew all too well to keep their distance when the Warlord was deep in thought. His mind raced back to a time when life took a similar turn for the worst...when the tides of war began to rise once more. Dreadfire knew it was his own fault for putting his trust and reputation in the wrong place, and it had not been the first time.

Memories of Fascist White States and their lies filled Damien's mind, for the Corporation had made the mistake of openly stating that they had been using the Empire...much the same way the Fascists did. And now with his reputation and the reputation of his country in tatters once more, Dreadfire would have to revist his old inner demons and correct his mistakes for a second time.

The fleet of Vidimir Breathstealer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9898099&postcount=212) was still inside Kraven territorial waters are part of the existing benefit package of Imperial aid to the Corporation. Once word of the backstab reached the ears of the Warchief, his ships sprang into action. Immediately his flagship and the numerous other battle craft in his armada began to fire on any Kraven military target within range of their guns. Simultaniously the Freek landing craft took to the seas at full steam, speeding towards the land as missile frigates, destroyers, and subs began launching percision guided cruise missiles inland.

The static Kraven defenses were the primary target of both the missile and shell alike, while mobile defenses would be handled by Freek air power. The light aerial patrol that was constantly in the skies began to fly inland, sighting in their designated targets and firing barrages of Hellrage and Galdius missiles, while more fighters shot off the decks of their respective carriers and prepared to join the fight.

Vidimir hoped that his sudden movement would have several effects, one of them being the element of surprise and the inevitable confusion that would result. Corporate authority would have to decide where to allocate their mobile defenses, for if they threw too much against Vidimir's forces they would be leaving other parts of their territory with insufficient defenses. Word was already beginning to circulate amongst the Freek ranks that Lord Dreadfire himself was coming to settle this matter....personally.

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The Kraven camps in northern Kahanistan were not spared the wrath of Automagfreek, as the mammoth SD's that sat in deep port (or close to it) began to unleash a devastating and unrelenting barrage of GPS guided 25" fire. They were supported by sea and air launched cruise missiles that were fired at static defenses as well as as tanks and other armored vehicles. The ZSU's that the Corporation employed would not be able to reach the high flying AMF fighters that were launched from the land and sea, and as a secondary precaution they were ordered to engage with long range weapons only for the time being.

The forces of Zander that had been steadily pulling out of Kahanistan were ordered to assault the northern Kraven outpost(s), and a large contingent of roughly 35,000 Sentinels in the Al-Bahr area were quickly diverted to surround the enemy controlled region. Zander's armor corps, comprised of main battle tanks and mobile artillery, were to assist and provide support for his light and medium infantry. A second and much larger force was being hastily assembled on the beachheads of northern Kahanistan, with many of the Sentinels coming from the ships they had just boarded.

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The outnumbered, outgunned, and outpositioned Sardaukar inside the capital city of Najaster continued to be pounded by a hailstorm of artillery and other heavy ordinance from MBTs and attack helicopters. The crews of the 155mm guns outside the city began switching to different rounds in order to down the stubborn Sardaukar, and within mere minutes they resumed fire with a variety of shells. While some were filled with napalm and other high explosive, a majority of the rounds being fired were either cluster rounds or fragmentation shells. The insane velocities generated upon detonation could easily cause searing metal fragments to shred the Sardaukar armor, and their bodies respectively as demonstrated on the battlefield.

The Sardaukar that continued to limp on after suffering severe injury were either shot in vital spots with AT4 HEAT rounds, or simply run over by the nearly 70 ton tanks that continued firing in support of the Sentinels on foot. The M2HB .50 caliber machine gun could be seen everywhere, mounted on MBTs, APCs, and carried by the Death Dealers themselves. With a muzzle velocity of 3,050 feet per second, the round could easily generate enough power to punch its way through Sardaukar armor. One hole in their armor would compromise the structural integrity of the entire suit, and the hailstorm of .50 fire coming from all directions was sure to turn the Sardaukar inside into a bloody pool of destroyed flesh. Regeneration would be of little help against the power of the M2HB's .50BMG round, as well as the more sinister DU tipped rounds.

But the .50 was not the only heavy round to be fired into the Sardaukar ranks. 25mm fire from APC's and fighting vehicles and 30mm anti-tank fire from passing helicopters would cause exponentially more damage than the .50 round, and since the outset of the violence nearby Apache's had been making sweeping rounds over the Sardaukar positons.

The heavy Kraven infantry were also not able to maneuver as fast as the lighter and more agile Sentinel force. The Sardaukar's attempt to flank the Sentinels came far too late, for Azrael's forces had already been squeezing the Kraven ranks, hoping to force them into clusters that would be promptly fired upon by artillery, air support, MBT's, and medium infantry fire such as 60mm mortars and rockets.

Velkyan jets were within the area and were given authorization to drop as much guided ordinance as they could in 1 pass, for AMF fighters from several forward command posts were en route. If the fighting did not end before they arrived, it surely would once they entered the fray. Packing napalm and heavy guided bombs, the jets would pound the Sardaukar ranks and cook them alive inside their suits.

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Meanwhile Dreadfire had made his decision and decided to go public. With simultanious attacks against Kraven positions occuring across the world, things were already set into motion that could not be undone. Later that night he called a press conference and announced his feelings on the situation.

~From the desk of Lord Damien the Destroyer, Supreme Warlord of the Excessively Armed Empire of Automagfreek~

Today it has come to my attention that the services and protection of Automagfreek have been intentionally abused by the vile heathens of The Kraven Corporation. History has repeated itself on this day, as memories of Fascist White States continue to linger in the minds of some. The Kraven Corporation has tarnished the name of Automagfreek much the way FWS did, and for this treachery they shall suffer the same fate.

Perhaps we were indeed fighting the wrong people the whole time, and my apologies go out to the nation of Kahanistan. Nobody could have seen this coming, but I give them and the rest of the world my personal oath that I will correct this mistake.

The Kraven Corporation will learn the consequences of their actions through a sea of pain and gore, and the flames of destruction will sweep across their lands ten times worse than what was seen in Kahanistan. Automagfreek will not be 'used' by anyone, and those that seek to test the measure of our moral constitution and resolve will pay the dearest cost. As we speak the forces of AMF are engaging the Corporation on multiple fronts, and after already suffering invasion I highly doubt they have any hope of holding back the forces of Hell itself.

In fact, I plan on leading the main assault force personally to show The Kraven Corporation that Automagfreek is not to be fucked with, and a Red Dawn awaits the condemned.....

The Kraven Corporation, your days are numbered.

Sleep Now In The Fire.

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---Damien the Destroyer---
-Supreme Warlord of AMF-

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Immediately after his speech Damien gathered his combat gear and headed for the ULE City airport, where he would be flown to St. Freeksburg port, where his flagship, the mysterious Mouth For War awaited him......

The announcement that Automagfreek was going after The Kraven Corporation came as a great relief to President Mike Sarzo. Late night strategy sessions in the situation room deep in the basement of the Gray House produced enough shouting to rouse the soundest sleepers on the top floor of the large structure, and several days into the start of planning sessions, only the barest framework for intervention was set in place.

Options considered and tossed aside like a rotten sandwich ranged from special forces raids to covert arms sales to an outright declaration of war against both the Kraven Corporation and Automagfreek, or even against one or the other. None of the options looked too attractive to the military's best planners, but Sarzo kept imploring everyone to come up with something.

Sarzo sat back, trying his best to effect an objective look on his countenance, but First Partner Jay Tyler knew better. He saw the glint in Sarzo's eyes that all but screamed "told you so," to Damien Dreadfire. But would Sarzonia suddenly support a country they now considered hostile, just because they were now getting ready to go after another hostile power? Not if Sarzo could help it.

He sat down to lunch with his speech writer and asked him to come up with a statement.

"What do you want me to say, Mr. President?"

"Do you have any ideas?"

"We really haven't been involved in it. Why now? I don't see what good that would do, except to stick our noses where it doesn't belong."

"What do you mean?"

"We've been staying out of direct involvement in Freek affairs since the Sandstone Accords," the speechwriter said. "Our statement isn't necessary or welcome, especially since The Kraven Corporation let everyone know their true intent. We don't have any stake in the war, and the Anti Kravenites will get to watch Automagfreek do them in."

"So just come up with a statement saying we'll monitor the situation then?"

"That's a given."

Lord Dreadfire arrived at port several hours later and began the long walk down the pier towards his flagship. The dark cloud that was always present above the Mouth For War continued to loom over the large vessel, a testament to the unworldly nature of the vessel. The Sentinels, Fallen, and Death Dealers that were loading up onto various combat and transport ships bowed their heads in respect as the Warlord walked past them, as it had been many years since Dreadfire had lead men into combat.

His lust for battle had not been dulled over the years though, and in his private quarters he practiced his marksmanship and sword techniques. After a lengthy workout he returned to the task at hand, plotting his movements and the movements of both Vidimir and Azrael. Vidimir would without a doubt manage to get most of his forces ashore due to confusion and gaps in communications relay, but Damien debated on where to land his own forces.

Dreadfire commanded the largest and most experienced force in the Automagfreek military, and he would use these factors to his advantage. Knowing that the Kraven mainland had suffered already at the hands of AKA attacks, he would exploit the inevitably weakened defenses and smash them altogether. The Sardaukar were a cumbersome and expensive weapon that wasn't likely to be thrown around lightly after what had happened in Najaster, and thus Dreadfire suspected they would be used in more of a defensive role. He planned for this, and of course, a thousand other possibilties.

It wasn't until later that evening that the Mouth For War and her armada took to the high seas, bound for Kraven proper. Once Azrael was finished battling Corporate forces in Najaster he would link up with Dreadfire and assist in the sacking of the Corporation itself, while Zander would be charged with securing Kahanistsan. The sheer size of the AMF invasion force was without a doubt overkill, but Damien was determined to send a message to all who were about to witness what would happen next.

OoC: Fer damnit if I push my invasion plans on Kraven now I'll get accused of bandwagoning..bah!

The comparatively minute depot in the Kahanistani desert was of no threat what so ever to AMF. As a former Consortium ally, there was a certain deal of tension as Garik wondered how AMF would react to the vulnerable position he was sent in. AMF's fight was with Kraven, Not Psyker Bearzerkers, but with the presence of Psyker Bearzerkers in Kahanistan, AMF had expressed a certain amount of distain to their presence in the early stages of the razing of Kahanistan...

Even if fire was a sacred element in Psyker Bearzerkers, AMF’s fire was something to be avoided, a slumber in Damian’s fire would not be wished on any but the greatest of enemies of Psyker Bearzerkers.

[OOC: AutoMagFreek, telegram me if this is improper, but I don't think this should break the 'closed' rule. I'm using this (http://modernwarstudies.net/Maps/concremokc.jpg) map.]

Admiral Gerham Sivertien didn't sleep the night prior, the thoughts of battle with Automagfreek continously ravaging his mind in a seesaw battle between fact and blind allegiance. It was most unfortunate that Damien Dreadfire was so unforgiving to his foes and it was even more ill-fated that the new adversary of Automagfreek was the Kraven Corporation. Ironically, the Corporation and the Empire had once clashed during the shortlived war of the Fugue Straits, which in the end assured Macabee supremacy over three principle islands south of Noddestan. But since rather regrettable war the two countries had been drawn further together, especially when the military attaché, Targulian lord Count Frederik Bendire had been sent to the Corporation to rebuild their then tattered fleet returning home from a disastrous battle with the Macabee Kriermada. Alliance building nonwithstanding, those who dared cajole Automagfreek into the war were, through international standard, considered fools. Regardless, it seemed as if Fedor, perhaps a fool, failed to consider what the international world though of him even when he found himself under intense pressures by means of Havenite and Malatosian armies closing in on Fedala, aided by two rebel groups, all of which had up to now marked the dreaded War of Golden Succession. It was true that Automagfreek and Damien Dreadfire were names absolutely hated; in fact, the entire idea of Automagfreek was considered anathema. In the end, pure abhorrence towards Dreadfire and the allegiance to Kraven had overcome sense.

Because of this, Sivertien feared that his merchant convoy would become the fulcrum of war between Automagfreek and the Empire, even as the Empire desperately fended off from other enemies at home. The young admiral was not far off from the truth; his superiors at Macabea, the only major port not near the major naval battles of the War of Golden Succession, had thought so too and they had ended up outfitting the merchant convoy with enough firepower to call it a battle group. Nevertheless, strict neutrality was still enforced by the administration who figured they would push the limit of Dreadfire and supply Kraven, and perhaps war in Kraven's waters, without pushing Automagfreek to the edge, whereupon Dreadfire would find it lucrative to propigate Freek power to the Second Empire of the Golden Throne. In other words, Sivertien, a full time naval admiral for the Kriermada had been reverted to civilian status in his official paperwork, which he carried with him on all missions, and there were no namesake war vessels within the fleet heading towards Kraven. In other words, the sixteen destroyers were renamed merchant ships and their guns hidden under heavy foliage resembling more a bulge in the deck for superflous amounts of goods than what they really were, rather large naval guns fitted with huge armoured storages of magnum rounds, making them rather mean and rather dangerous weapons, even to a larger dreadnought. The other ships were outfitted with cannons as well, including surface ships with minor tonnelage; they had at the very least five inchers portruding from the decks, this time not hidden under any form of camoflauge. Conclusively, it was not a weak force.

So, without much sleep, Admiral Sivertien stood looking down on a map stretched over the officer's mess table, his eyes transfixed over possible routes to take towards Kraven's waters, which had once been covered with ice but now, for a few weeks, were perfectly accessible to large and small warships alike. His executive officer was explaining the entire situation but Sivertian only caught bits and pieces; he was well recited on the political nature of the mission and the background, but due to etiquette he pretended to listen, "...tuation is dire. After receiving Freek aid it appears that Kraven turned on their once allies, or in other words, bit the hand that fed them if you will. Unfortunately, we don't know the reason why they did this and it seems that it was a most ill-timed happening, but it happened nonetheless, and so we-"

Sivertien waved him off and interrupted him, "And officer, that fails to be the issue at hand. I haven't had much sleep and so I rather not go through the cassus belli right now, but much rather focus on what needs priority. That is, how we are supposed to supply Kraven." He paused, rubbed his eyes and looked around to see if all were listening. He continued, "I have under my command three hundred and seventy-five ships, which is easy to say by far the largest number of ships in a single merchant convoy. Although one hundred percent of the ships in this convoy are armed I have no doubts that the Freek fleet under the command of Vladimir Breathstealer has much more firepower than what we can offer, so the ideal scenario is a complete circumvention of the area accessibly by the guns of Breathstealer's vessels. Obviously, our convoy is a bit difficult to hide and so the only way in which we can carry out such a manuever is to cooperate with any fleet Kraven can offer, and any air assets, which should provide proper air cover for our fleet for four days, allowing them to unload and then leave unharmed. If not, I can see a very drawn out battle between this convoy and Breathstealer's navy, and only a miracle and marvelous form can win us that - if it can even be considered a victory in any case."

The others around him stood silent, nodding their heads and understanding the problem. The prime strategist of the group was the admiral, of course, but there were others that were geniuses at what they did and Sivertien understood that, and he knew that they would speakup. Finally, one did, "What if we circumvent the Freek navy from the south and avoid dropping supplies on the southern coasts of Kraven and instead drop them in the north. Unfortunately, they lack coastal docks in the north but docks were not necessary during the original drops as we are fully outfitted to construct our own temporary docks which will serve the purpose, although we will take a bit longer."

Sivertien motioned him to pause there and asked, "How much longer?" The other man replied, "I really couldn't tell you right now, but I would suspect six to eight days. Maybe ten at the maximum." Sivertien nodded and closed the conference with, "That is what we'll do. Alert all the ships and change course towards the entrance of the inlet north of the Corporation - that is our target." The others saluted and backed out of the cramped room, while the admiral made his way towards his sleeping quarters to catch up on some long needed rest.

The large convoy, spread out across at least twenty nautical miles, slowly changed bearing heading more towards the west now, hopefully not catching the attention of Automagfreek early. Over in the horizon the sun slowly set behind the mountains of some far off nation peacefully sleeping for the night. Whether this would turn out to be a metaphor for looming disaster was unknown, understandably, hopefully it wouldn't. It would be some time before anybody could tell but the clock ticked and with every passing minute the nerves of those who saw the forewarnings of war twitched even more - the crimson streaks of war seemed to appear in the night sky as the luminescent rays of the sun carved paths of red and the occasional orange across the darkening skies of the world. Fortune herself would have to dictate the rest.

Elsewhere nearer to Kraven, Count Bendire issued a call for parlay between Breathstealer and himself...

Communiqué to Freek Fleet
As the Macabee Military Attaché to Kraven I have certain interests within Kraven, perpuated by the administration of the Empire. Under orders from Fedala I request some sort of arrangement between Admiral Vladimir Breathstealer and myself, Count Frederik Bedire. Hopefully the understanding Dreadfire will allow for such a rondevouz to take place. Ideally, this should be within the next hours. I will come alone on a civilian helicopter to avoid confrontation and distrust. Thank you for your time.

Count Frederik Bendire
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The fleet of Vidimir Breathstealer was still inside Kraven territorial waters are part of the existing benefit package of Imperial aid to the Corporation. Once word of the backstab reached the ears of the Warchief, his ships sprang into action. Immediately his flagship and the numerous other battle craft in his armada began to fire on any Kraven military target within range of their guns. Simultaniously the Freek landing craft took to the seas at full steam, speeding towards the land as missile frigates, destroyers, and subs began launching percision guided cruise missiles inland.

The static Kraven defenses were the primary target of both the missile and shell alike, while mobile defenses would be handled by Freek air power. The light aerial patrol that was constantly in the skies began to fly inland, sighting in their designated targets and firing barrages of Hellrage and Galdius missiles, while more fighters shot off the decks of their respective carriers and prepared to join the fight.

Vidimir hoped that his sudden movement would have several effects, one of them being the element of surprise and the inevitable confusion that would result. Corporate authority would have to decide where to allocate their mobile defenses, for if they threw too much against Vidimir's forces they would be leaving other parts of their territory with insufficient defenses. Word was already beginning to circulate amongst the Freek ranks that Lord Dreadfire himself was coming to settle this matter....personally.


The Corporate Forces were ready for Vidimirs attack, The betreyal had been planned from the start, and even before word had reached vidimir of the Attack, Corporate forces were already preparing for the comming fire storm, Capitol Police Troops lined the Citadel, The Great wall that Surrounded Kravonika the only City in the lands of Kraven.

The wall was an immense structure, rising up out of the great several hundered feet out of the ground, a sheer face that troops would find impossible to scale, built into these walls were Gun turrets, Auto mated and Manned by Capitol Police troopers, these were of various weapons including, GPMG's, Assault Cannons, Autocannons, Basilisk Artillery peices and an Array of Missile Batteries, There were Flame thrower towers and Mortars as well as Tesla Coils powered by the Fusion Reactors beneath Kravonika, They would charge up to immense voltages then discharge the bolt at Troops formations or Tanks, melting soldiers and literally cooking the people inside armoured tanks...

True to Dreadfires thoughts, Some of the Defenses had been damaged, but the Damage sustained was minimum, if in fact at all, the abismal display of AKA organisation had failed to make any impact, Concremo the Kraven Industrial region was hit harder, their Coastal defenses were struck by Carpet bombing and Various Missile attacks, even so the populace had been drafted in to re-construct the defenses.

Dotted around the Kraven Mainland were what was called, CDB's, Or Coastal Deterant Batteries, These Immense Cannons designed to ward of approaching fleets were built into the side of Cliff faces, using the rock face as an excellent defensive measure combined with these Batteries had a caliber of 2500mm's and fired a specialist Shell designed to Cripple a Battleship in almost one blast, The AKA's attempts to destroy these Weapons had failed entirely in fact, the Command Relay was fully intact, , all CDB's were fully operational, and As soon as the Freek ships opened fire, The CDB's returned in kind...

"Target Locating..."

"Automagfreek ships are within Targeting range, Prepare to load shells"

A massive crane lifted the immense shell from its storage rack and placed it upon a conveyer belt that slowly moved the shell along towards the breach, with a click the shell was in place and slowly the breach closed behind it...

All through out the Cliff face bunker Sirens sounded as the Cannon slowly aimed towards the Carriers of Automag freek....

"Fire" Came the order, Then with a defening Roar the cannon errupted into a ball of fire, sending a shell screaming towards its target, The Cannon chassis rolled back, before Recoil absorbers went into over time, screaming in protest at the sudden and immense movment created by the firing of the shell...

"Activate Cool Down Procedures"

Vents were opened and Steam from the Compensators rocketed out of Cooling towers built a few miles from the cliff face...

The Cannon slowly returned to its position, then suddenly there was another explosion as a Second Cannon launched its shell towards Automagfreek...


AMF's aircraft attacked defensive structures, targeting the stationary structures, bunkers and Gun emplacements...

Missiles streaked into their targets, exploding in a ball of fire, 633's exploded and Gun Turrets errupted in flames...

Then the Immense firing capabilities of the 633's opened up, using the Radar targetting systems to accurately lock onto the Aircraft and bring them down in a hail of gun fire, while at the same time the AA 120mm Flak cannons opened fire, while along the Citadel the 120mm ETC flak cannons fired at approaching craft, using their ability to aim at long distance targets to bring down craft before they had the capability to fire their payload.

In between the firing of 633's and Flak cannons, Automated SAM systems opened fire, targeting Freek aircraft and launching multiple volleys at incomming aircraft...

The Approaching assault craft were hit heavy by 70mm Mortars, 170mm Basilisk Earthshaker Cannons, Assault cannons opened fire, raining death upon the approaching craft, for every meter the Sentinals approached, the Corporation would make them pay, Smaller Cannons opened fire, 110mm's 140mm's, 20 and 30mm cannons, sending shells roaring towards the assault craft.

Corporate Javelin Anti tank missile systems let rip with a volley if rockets towards approaching assault craft, while Capitol Police bolstered the Trench networks,

The Beach was lined with Mines, and Tank Traps, as well as Spiked Pitfalls, crude but effective defenses.

The Mines were of Various kinds, Napalm Mines, Standard Shrapnel, BioChemical warefare mines, In the Defense of the Homeland no quater was given, This would also be the First time the 3 Stage Bioweapon would be used in Aggression...

The War Machine of Automagfreek was about to Deul with War itself...

OOC: AMF, can ya go onto MSN for me, I have a plan. Also, Kahanistan, if you have MSN, please send me your address, I'd like to speak to you about the state of your military.

The large static defenses of the Corporation would prove to be as obsolete, same was they were deemed obsolete at the advent of gunpowder.

The firing of the first 98 inch shell certainly did not go unnoticed, as the mammoth shell was clearly visible on radar. AI guided defenses sprang into action, firing waves of speedy Gladius missiles mere nanoseconds after the object appeared on scopes. SmartFlak and CIWS poured on heavy heaps of fire, the air filled with thousands of bullets and metal fragments, the intention being to predetonate the shell. A round that big would be easy to down, as the only real difficulty in downing inbound shells was to knock out the smaller ones.

Satellite intel also pinpointed the location of the firing hole that the massive gun had shot through, and a 3D diagram of the area was drawn up. Gunners on board the Hole In The Sky imediately sighted in their 18" guns and let loose a volley first armor piercing, then high explosive, EMP and fragmentation shells. The rounds were fired directly at the firing hole with the intention to sink the shells inside, causing damage to the barrel that would render it ineffective. The slightest deformity could likely cause the next round to detonate inside its tube, causing pure devastation to say the least. Energy released from the blast would also take its toll on the structural integrity of the internal fortifications, possibly severing power or causing a cave in. The large gap in time between when the large guns could fire would present a prime opportunity to destroy them before they could fire again.

Other battleships in Vidimir's fleet used the same 3D mapping and began to fire at other stationary defenses. The CD guns were of top priority, and they used the same technique that the Hole In The Sky had used in its hail of counter battery fire. However, only the forward guns would engage in taking out the CD guns, the aft turrets had already begun pounding ground targets as they appeared, dropping hailstorms of heavy fragmentation, high explosive, napalm warheads. Each Kraven gun that fired was mapped by the satellites overhead, and the gunning crews on the battleships simply reloaded and fired at the designated coordinates. The beach had been shot mercilessly with cluster rounds, the mammoth shells bursting in air and sending hundreds of smaller charges onto the sands, useful for clearing obsticles and creating firing holes for the Sentinels.

Missile frigates, destroyers, and submarines were not alone, firing hails of cruise missiles in support of their landing infantry. The 3D map was also their reference along with satellite thermal and infrared imaging, and the skies were nearly blackened with the smoke trails of hundreds of missiles as they tore loose from their VLS tubes. Advanced AI guided 'Hellrage' missiles would be used to target the cliffside defenses, while the shorter range and faster Gladius missiles would be used for artilery firing positions. The 'Hellrage' sighted in several targets at once and would be able to change course in flight if a target disappeared or retracted into cover, but once more the same technique was being employed....to sink the missiles inside the firing holes. Cannons that size would require holes many meters wide and tall or they would not be able to aim, not taking into account that a 98" cannon would be terrible for accuracy the way it was.

The transports that advanced were not out of the fight either, as they began firing 60mm mortars onto the beach. While many were explosive, many more were simply smoke rounds, designed to cloud the beach and make targeting of the inbound craft much more difficult. The automated 30mm cannons began to fire at the closest 3D mapped targets, while those that were still out of range began to pepper the beach in support of the first wave. Enemy artillery had pounded the craft hard, but the Freekish commanders began to stagger and circulate their landing craft, some changing speed and course while others moved forward. Vidimir knew the Corporation all too well, and after seeing the carnage in Kahanistan he ordered all his Sentinels to put on their NBC gear. Not the most comfortable way to fight, but it would keep them alive.

The fighters in the air activated their electronic warfare devices as the enemy began to fire on them from below. Chaff and flares were deployed when any missile made it in too close, but a swift turn and sudden increase in altitude could defeat a missile that had made it in too close. The radar jamming would play hell with any radar guided SAMs, and heat seeking missile would be very disappointed, as the heat shielding on the AMF jets reduced their heat signature and made the missile more likely to target a hot flare or chaff instead. The jets continued to drop heavy guided bombs onto the static defenses, and some of the newer jets to join the fight were armed with bunker busting bombs, which were then dropped on top of the cliffside fortification.

30mm depleted uranium fire was unleashed upon the static artillery pieces as well as any armored vehicle and missile platform. Those just taking off from the numerous carriers that dotted the ocean also pitched in and began pounding the face of the mounted defenses, the DU rounds tearing through stone and steel and the missiles flying on the same 3D charted courses. From the air the action below seemed distant, but the sounds and sights of bursting flak rounds forced them to gain even more altitude. With their electronic warfare devices engaged, the ground crews would have extreme difficulty firing on the jets with their flak cannons. Other electronics warfare vessles sprang to life as well, sending disruptive signals into the airwaves that would make targeting Freek aircraft and ships much more difficult. It was obvious that The Kraven Corporation used technology as a crutch, and their inexperience in the nitty gritty nature of warfare was beginning to show, if it already wasn't obvious enough by the over elaborate static defenses.

With the beach a smoking mess from missiles, artillery, and smoke rounds, the first of the Sentinel transports prepared to drop its gate. They would be deploying a little further out than what the Sentinels were used to, but the smoke already deployed would only last them several minutes, and the transports would only fire what they could as they retreated back out to sea to reload. The first elements of the highly mobile Sentinel strike force dove into the thigh deep waters that had been cleared by naval and aerial covering fire. The supporting AMF craft continued to lay down a heavy base of fire as the first transports unloaded the greatest weapon in the Automagfreek arsenal, and the greatest terror that mankind had ever known.

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OOC: Don't forget, I made other attacks in that first post too.

Location: North Point Naval Base, 12:51 AM

A lone guard walked down the large paved roadway that stretched around North Point Naval Base. Clutching his ARC-3 tightly, he cursed, it was freezing out there. It was summer, but even now, the northern reaches of Selka were covered in ice flows and the average temperture was 21 degrees (F).

Suddenly, the man heard a noise. Activating his OmniScope, he peered around the area were we heard the noise assault rifle at the ready.

"Freeze!"

"Oh sh*t!"

There was another soldier standing with his weapon against the wall, trying to light a cigarette. The first soldier looked at him and recognized him.

"Pesinski, what in God's name are you doing out here!"'

The second man replied in a Eurusian accent (similar to Spanish).

"It's my shift, Norman, do you really think I would be out here otherwise?"

The first laughed.

"True, true. Here's a light, buddy."

Norman handed him a zippo-style lighter with "AUMC" painted on it.

"Thanks, old friend. Let's go for a walk. If any of those Kraven cyborg things come, they'll be easier to plaster with two of us."

"Haha, good point."

As they walked, weapons at their sides, they passed a armored slipway reading "SUB PEN NO. 42". Peering inside, they spied a Hunter-Class SSN streching into the dimly lit recesses of the pen.

"Hey, Norman, that reminds me, you hear about the operation tonight?"

Norman looked puzzled.

"No, what is it?"

"The High Command has decided to deploy a strike force to aid Automagfreek in taking Kraven, and that submarine and it's friends are going to head it."

"Really...that's interesting, when are they leaving?"

Pesinski smirked.

"Well, Master Sargeant, I can't tell you, it's classified. Officers only."

Norman flipped Pesinski off, and then proceeded to laugh.

Pesinski held up his hand.

"I do get free "tickets" to the show. See, the Posidieon Fleet is comprised of around 50 subs, including the big mama Posidieon herself. The Posidieon carries a few of these experimental warheads onboard it,they got something to do with plamsa or some top-secret shit, I dun know. Anyhow, once they leave port, they'll head over to Kraven and start pounding them with 'em these missiles in preparation for Operation Typhoon."

"Typhoon, what the hell is that?"

"You guess is as good is mine, ese."

"That's horseshit and you know it."

"No, man, for real, I don't know."

"Pssh, whatever, let's finish this route up, I'm starving."

"I heard that. Hey, bro, you hear about that hot new pilot, man, she just shipped out from basic, name's Amythest or somethin'...

And so they walked on, finished their patrol route and returning to be relieved and to get some good ol' army grub.

Later that Evening, aboard the Posidieon Battle Submarine.

"Take her to starboard, first mate, we're leading the pack out of here."

The bridge of the Posidieon was dimly lit, but crawling with men and machines. The massive submarine began to leave her massive 612m slipway in the center of the harbor, prompting the other 49 subs to do the same. Slowly, the aramada headed out into the open ocean, headed for Kraven and total war.

OOC: The PSF will arrive in two days. It is comprised of:

Poseidon Submarine Fleet
1 Poseidon SSBCN
20 Hunter II SSN
10 Archer III SSBM
20 Neptune Submarine Carriers
Air Wing of Poseidon
50 MR-6 STOL fighters
Air Wing of Neptune SCVN
30 MR-6 STOL fighters

100 Miles Outside of Kraven Airspace, 2:12 AM

The starlit night over the water near the Kraven Corporation's coastline was beautiful, with no lights for miles to distract the heavens. It was through this night that a single black aircraft skimmed the surface, coming in under Kraven RADAR. The SR-34 Nightwing Tactical Recon Penatrator carried a single warhead. Screaming over the whitecaps at over Mach 6, it could barely manuver should something go wrong. As it approached Kraven airspace, it turned it's jammers and decoy systems on. Inside, the pilot held the control stalk as if his very life depended on it. Steering the aircraft over the Kraven mainland, he guided the large aircraft to it's target, the city of Kravonkia.

Deeper into the aircraft, the gunnery officer preppared the massive bomb held in the bays of the aircraft. His keypad showed the distance to the target and the status of the bomb. He conversed with the pilot about the status of the 'package'.

"GO to pilot, munition is prepared to deploy, over."

"Pilot to GO, roger that, we'll be over our target in 15 minutes."

"GO to pilot, roger that, over and out."

And so the onyx craft streaked through the night sky at blinding speed, intent on carrying it's payload to the city of Kravonika.

OOC: Kraven, where is your navy headquartered at?

OOC: For future reference, ALL OOC comments are to be posted here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=457691

Thank you for helping to keep the thread clear and on track.

The Kahanistan Government at large had returned to Najaster. Already more than a hundred million displaced persons had come back to rebuild what was left of their homes. About ten percent of the city of Al-Bahr had been restored, and it now had a working police, medical, and fire service, and the water treatment plants were fully operational again. Most importantly, its docks had been restored to full working order, so as to accept the ships of ex-refugees coming home.

Meanwhile, the Kahanistan forces pressed their offensive against the Kraven troops in northern Kahanistan. General al-Ghazi had ordered his forces to leave the Sentinels behind, and had sent a message to Azrael informing him that Kahanistan would clear up the Kraven mess themselves while the Freekish troops concentrated on the Kraven mainland.

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DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Ministry of Defense

To: Warchief Azrael the Advocate
Re: The Kraven Filth

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful,

I ask the Freekish Military to allow Kahanistan to avenge itself upon the Kraven filth who despoil our beloved nation ourselves. From what I hear, you plan already to take the war to the Kraven mainland, and you will need every soldier you can get for that mission, as the Kraven Corporation is not governed by men such as President al-Za'if, who will surrender rather than fight to the end. The Kraven Corporation is governed by greedy and corrupt pigs who live for war and will never surrender.

We face a much smaller Kraven contingent, and we vastly outnumber the Sardaukar troops in Kahanistan, especially after those of our military who have fled return, and they will.

Signed,
General Abdullah Hassan al-Ghazi,
Deputy Defense Minister

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He pressed his forces in toward the Kraven fortification, ordering his men to butcher the Sardaukar ferociously and without mercy. The Godless beasts who found themselves too close often had their tubes sliced by the bayonets of the Kahanistan troops, their helmets ripped off and their throats slashed viciously. Blood washed all over the hardened battle veterans as they fell upon the Sardaukar with unrivalled hate.

Meanwhile, the President of Kahanistan wrote to the Berserkers.

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DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Office of the President

To: General Garik Maw (I assume I got his name and rank right)
Re: Depot in Kahanistan desert

It has come to the attention of the Government of Kahanistan that your nation has stationed military forces in Kahanistan. We would like to inquire as to the purpose of these forces.

We have no desire for warfare, and believe that any situation arising from your nation's military presence in Kahanistan can be settled through peaceful means.

Also, if you are allied with Kraven still, we would strongly advise you to leave. While our forces are more interested in expelling Kraven itself, we cannot speak for the Freekish Sentinels.

Signed,
President Mohammed bin Yusuf al-Za'if

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To: President Mohammed bin Yusuf al-Za'if

We wish to apologise for our forces arriving too late to be of any true use, we are on the other side of the world after all, we do however wish to assisst you in the rebuilding of your nation and modernisation of your forces, I have put forward to the Council of Ministers a motion putting aside 5 Trillion Novons to the reconsruction effort, pending your acceptance engineers and humanitarian workers shall begin work at once, also Military Advisors will meet with your military to assess your needs and preferences.

In the Name of Destiny
Suprainister Denteth Tolion

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Meanwhile a Large Novacom Flotilla would finally arrive at Kahanistan ready and waiting for the order to go into action, but this time not war, in the service of peace the rebuiilding of a nation...

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To: President Mohammed bin Yusuf al-Za'if

We wish to apologise for our forces arriving too late to be of any true use, we are on the other side of the world after all, we do however wish to assisst you in the rebuilding of your nation and modernisation of your forces, I have put forward to the Council of Ministers a motion putting aside 5 Trillion Novons to the reconsruction effort, pending your acceptance engineers and humanitarian workers shall begin work at once, also Military Advisors will meet with your military to assess your needs and preferences.

In the Name of Destiny
Suprainister Denteth Tolion

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Meanwhile a Large Novacom Flotilla would finally arrive at Kahanistan ready and waiting for the order to go into action, but this time not war, in the service of peace the rebuiilding of a nation...

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Office of the President

The Government of Kahanistan accepts your offer. Here is the full list of losses we have been able to document:

Civilian damage:

10% damage to the city of Najaster
5% damage to the city of At Tahrir
35% damage to the city of Al-Qamar
95% damage to the city of Al-Bahr

274 million civilians killed, 711 million internally or externally displaced, but over 150 million refugees who left the nation have returned

Military damage:

Air Force bases 90% damaged
Army bases 65% damaged
Naval bases 100% destroyed, still under reconstruction

Air Force (Republic Guard): 4,393 MiG-29's, 83 MiG-31's, 1,217 KC-130 refuelers destroyed, 62,000 KIA, 139,000 WIA, 3,000 MIA
Land forces (includes Republic Guard and Imperial Marines): 130 Merkava IV tanks, 1,183 Merkava III tanks, 16,801 T-72 tanks, 3,170 M109 Paladin A6 155mm self-propelled guns, 2,137,000 KIA, 538,000 WIA, 19,000 MIA
Naval forces: Only surviving ships are two Ticonderoga-class cruisers, three Nimitz-class carriers, twelve Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, three Wasp-class amphibious assault vessels, and numerous transport ships. Losses include 221,000 KIA, 111,000 WIA, 9,000 MIA.

Estimated cost of replacement military hardware: 1 trillion racist shekels (1.27 trillion USD)
Estimated cost of rebuilding civilian infrastructure: 4.6 trillion racist shekels (5.84 trillion USD)
Total: 5.6 trillion racist shekels (7.11 trillion USD)

Signed,
President Mohammed bin Yusuf al-Za'if

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From: Allied Union High Command
To: All Former AKA Members and Automagfreek

As the final battle between Kraven begins, the Allied Union proposes the reinstatement of the Anti-Kraven Alliance as a new alliance, ISAF, the International Strategic Allied Forces, whose aim is to banish the Kraven Corparation from the world so that it and the former Kraven people will never know his treatchery and oppression again. ISAF will have the following goals:

Goal 1: The removal of the Kraven Corporation from the landmass it currently occupies through direct military action.
Goal 2: The cooperation of Allied forces, including but not limited to the Excessivly Armed Empire of Automagfreek, the Allied Union of Velkya, the Holy Empire of Xirnium, and the Soviet States of Kahanistan to allow for the completion of Goal 1.
Goal 3: The rebuilding of Kahanistan and Xirnium, to commence in full swing once Kraven is defeated.

Current members:

Allied Union of Velkya
Soviet Socialist Rebublic of Kahanistan
Holy Empire of Xirnium

-End Transmission-

1,000 nautical miles off Kraven coastline and AMF Naval forces

The submarines cut through the dark sea like sharks, waiting for fresh blood. The dozens of submarines of the Posidieon Submarine Fleet cruised towards their optimal range, as CICW systems scanned the heavens for any enemy aircraft, as MR-6 Fenix fighters flew overhead, ready to pounce upon any enemy that dared venture too close. Then, all at once, the subs, via intense communication, stopped.

Bridge of V.S.S. Posidieon

"Preparing missiles to fire, sir."

The greyed rear admiral looked through the small reinforced window, staring at the never-ending sea and sky, trying to differentiate between the two.

"Excellent, ensign, contact our targeting platform and input their cooridnates into the missile's guidence."

"Yes, sir."

The ensign typed on to a keypad for several minutes and established a link.

"Sir, link established, the coordinates are set, ready to fire payload."

The rear admiral walked over to his comm unit, which could overtake any CA system in the fleet.

"All hands, prepare to launch barrage on Kraven coastal defenses."

All throughout the fleet's 10 SSBMs, missile hatch opened in a gust of steam as the red tips of ICBMs and IRBMs exposed themselves. The Posidieon herself opened her 10 massive missile tubes, holding 10 Finale ICBMs.

"Ready to fire, sir."

The rear admiral knew held held the lives of hundreds of people in his hands. People though they were, they were beyond redemption for their henoius crimes.

"Open fire!"

Rushes of smoke poured through the open hatches as dozens of fingers of flames licked skyward, cruise missiles, conventional IRBMs and ICBMs and 10 Plasma Reaction Warheads (look in Leafinstani's storefront for details, I've made my own) headed towards the Kraven defenses. The Finales were aimed specifically at the enemy 2000mm coastal guns. Anything above ground, be it control systems, cooling units, or soldiers, would be vaporised in a wave of superheated plasma. As the missile sped towards their targets, a transmission was sent to the AMF fleet.

This is Rear Admiral Charles Melez of the Velkyan Posidieon Submarine fleet in your area. We have launched around 600 large ICBMs, cruise missiles, and several plasma reaction warhead missiles at the Kraven shore batteries. We advise that your aircraft stay above 5,000 feet and/or 1 mile away from a large coastal battery until the warheads have struck their targets, which will be 10 minutes when you recieve this. Good luck.

The First of the Coastal Deterant Batteries was silenced by the expert Targeting systems of automagfreek, their was an immense explosion as the Huge specialist shells errupted into a great ball of crimson flame, the very foundations of Kravonika Shook as the Cliff face housing the two other Cannons collapsed under the force, in a few seconds all 3 Cannons were buried under huge ammounts of Rock and soil,

The Command Relay was alive, the Freek fleet had just brought down the CBD's around Kravonika, while Troopers were being sent to Bolster that area of the Docks, and at the Same time Slave Driver teams were forcing workers from the Mining Complex to Re-inforce the Defenses still in place, However Velkya's Missile Strike homed in on targets, Small Bunkers and other Defenses around the CBD's exploded in huge plumes of red Fire as they were instantly annihilated and converted from defensive structures to nothing more than piles of ashes.

Slaves continued to work, Setting up barbed wire and other obsticles, Slave Driver Teams urged slaves on with Rifle Butt and Riot battern, the Slave Driver Teams were just Standard Capitol Police Units only put in charge of a Detachment of slave workers, Each one toiled pushing Great anti Landing craft defenses into the water, Great steel structures that would be obscured by the depth of the water, but would tear open the bottom of the landing craft when they moved over the top, If the Freeks were planning to deploy Troops on the Docks, they would have problems getting landing craft near enough,

Capitol Police Troopers set up Machine gun nests upon the Higher up cliffs above the docks, so if Freeks did make it ashore and onto the Docks the Capitol police would have the advantage of height, The Capitol police were also utilising Cammoflague netting in attempts to obscure their positions long enough to cause horrific damage to the attacking freek units.

Freek artillery continued to Rain down on other Defensive positions, Bunkers were damaged by shells, while others were completly annihilated, already Slave Driver teams were forcing workers into the fray, forcing them to either repair damaged bunkers or construct makeshift ones from "Flatpack" kits, anything to slow down the Freek offensive, while at the same time Corporate Basilisks Lobbed shells high into the air, These were specalist shells, Designed soley for anti shipping, They would deploy a series of Fins after a few seconds of flight, these fins would stablise the flight of the shell making it more accurate, The shells had Tungsten tip penetrators, and were packed with C12 the Corporations version of C4, it was designed to level entire buildings when capturing them was too difficult, in enough quantities C12 would be capable of leveling small city blocks, once the shell had penetrated the armour of the vessels, it would nestle itself inside waiting a couple of seconds before automaticaly detonating the C12 and causing massive internal damage, but in the event the Shell missed and failed to detonate, it would become an Anti shipping mine, its deployed fins acting as Proximity Detonators, Basilisks all across the defense line opened up with these shells, firing at the Freek battle ships.

While the Transports of Freek launched Mortars, detonating the mines before the Freeks managed to get upon the shore, The freeks did well to wear their NBC suits, the Chemical Warefare mines exploded launching a myriad of Chemical Nerve gasses into the air, While Freek Smoke shells exploded covering the beach in a dark cloud obscuring the approaching Freek units, However the Capitol Police sported Optical mags the generic optical systems of the Corporation, it used Thermal, zoom, Low light, Night vision and Flare comp...

The Approaching freek transports where highlighted by the heat signatures of their engines and troops inside, thus the Barrage of weaponry Continued.

But the Corporation also used Freeks smoke screens to their own advantage, Forcing yet more Slaves onto the beaches, each slave carried a series of Mines, their orders were to replenish those destroyed, Many slaves were killed by the Mortars of Freeks ships, the others were shot for Cowardice by Capitol Police Troopers and countless slaves were driven into the Clouds of Nerve gases, bodies littered the beach as the Corporation continued to relentlessly Drive them onto the Beach without a care or a Second Thought...

The Many guns of the Corporation continued to fire, Slowly though the Fire dissapaited as Magazines and Stocks were quickly being replenished by the Capitol Police logistical Korpz, Many Troopers ran through Trench systems carrying ammunition crates and various other crates, while Shells exploded above them bringing down a hail of Mud and stones every so often, Reichmarshals were stood watching the Battle through binoculars from their Secure bunkers...

AA systems Continued to fire, 120mm Flak Cannons lobbed shells at the Incomming Freek aircraft as, ZSU 633's continued to fire rounds upon rounds into the sky, making it most hazardous for Freek aircraft to operate...

The Sky of Kravonika was Alight with tracer rounds and lead, Freek aircraft continued to engage Ground targets, several missiles striking a slow moving XSA - II seige Tank, its legs crippled the massive War Machine slowly collapsed to the ground exploding below, the resulting fire ball damaging the Buildings of Kravonikas Streets near it...

Other Armoured units were being brought up including Chimera Troop Transports and Capitol Police APC's, Emperor Class Heavy Tanks were slowly rolling up through streets as several missiles streaked into the buildings surrounding it, The Turret turned, as the Copula mounted Assault cannon opened fire attempting to give itself some medicore Air cover...




Northern Kahanistan


The Freek forces had advanced to assault the Northern Sector Controlled by Kraven forces, that had inserted themselves near the begining of the Kahanistan war, Already shells began to land around the Trenchlines that had been constructed Several Bunkers were being hammered hard, shells exploded on the Titrete surface, a Concrete Titanium laced structure, great chunks were blasted off as shrapnel impacted into the weaker rear armour of Capitol Police troopers, the blasts taking down multiple targets, The Automated defensive systems opened fire, sending a series of Hellfire missiles streaking towards Freeks armoured targets, Basilisk Artillery Emplacements opened fire raining down Napalm shells upon the advancing freek units

However the Capitol Police were not designed to fight defensivly, preffering a blitzkreig style attack, the Chimera Troop transports had already been dispatched, racing towards the Approaching freek troops, The larger Leman Russ battle tanks kept pace, Already firing their 170mm Smooth bore battle cannons, launching HE shells towards targets withing their scopes,

Najaster

True enough, desipite the Sardaukar strengths, they were fighting a numericaly superior foe and one by one each Sardaukar was brought down in a hail of gunfire, Anti Tank weapons and a myriad of fighting techniques, the Various Armoured units with Najaster were taken out by a combination of Velkyas attacks and the Armoured might of Automagfreek...

Kahanistan troops had done their part too, confering their previous battle knowledge to the Sentinals and effectivly taking down the Sardaukar...

The Battle died down, as the Sardaukar fire began to stop, twitching Sardaukar lay left and right, their last few inhuman breaths attempting to complete their mission, Damaged beyond repair, they lay spilling out oils and life blood as each Units optical systems slowly began to die out...

One However was still operating, its damage was heavy enough to take it out of the fight, but it still attempted to complete its mission, it continued to attempt to right itself, pushing itself up on its damaged arms, the Servos whined and struggled as the systems continued to operate although damaged..

Its Lazer Target Designator continued attempting to locate targets but it had been badly damaged and it simply moved around looking for targets but unable to do anything....

The Greatest fighting machine ever built was laying in the dirt of Kahanistan, pouring its life systems out into the street totaly at the mercy of its Victors....

Is the assistance of The Fallen Races military force needed at this time? If so, please reply with needed locations.

If not, then disregard this message.
-Chancellor Kaito Saruwatari of The Blade-Wielding Republic Of The Fallen Races.

Oberstadt Marshal, Caulna Pox, looked over the statement several times, trying to analyze this situation. To her, none of the arguments would say her to become a partisan for either side, except maybe a threat from an AMF Sentinel Legion. Thankfully, there was almost a null chance of that.

Her message was purely a musing at this point, this entire conflict sprung from headstrong and rash dissections, now Kahanistan was in ruins because of their inability to come to a compromise. Kraven, although planned from the beginning by the most advanced AI, Father had sent his nation against the bane of sovereignty.

‘With Mind Or Braun We Consume The Enemy’. The national motto was now truer then ever, this was no time for bull headed bravado, to be clever in these manipulative times was the key for survival.

OOC: The Fallen Races, you have a TG.

To: Velkya
From: Caulna Pox of Psyker Bearzerkers

If you proposed another alliance, you would break the current treaties you have contracted with AMF.

Not speaking for AMF, there is little doubt in my mind that with AMF’s great understanding of politics and anal-retentive attention to detail, that you would soon be destroyed by The Sentinels.

This is neither threat nor warning; it is a political view that may send you down an unwanted path. Your nation is you own, but surly you do not wish to be viewed as an incompetent fool.

If you have already made a political agreements with AMF, then I congratulate you on an ideal political maneuver in the face of an age were moronic political maneuverings runs rife with idiots running great nations, yan?

Psyker Bearzerkers

To: Velkya
From: Caulna Pox of Psyker Bearzerkers

If you proposed another alliance, you would break the current treaties you have contracted with AMF.

Not speaking for AMF, there is little doubt in my mind that with AMF’s great understanding of politics and anal-retentive attention to detail, that you would soon be destroyed by The Sentinels.

This is neither threat nor warning; it is a political view that may send you down an unwanted path. Your nation is you own, but surly you do not wish to be viewed as an incompetent fool.

If you have already made a political agreements with AMF, then I congratulate you on an ideal political maneuver in the face of an age were moronic political maneuverings runs rife with idiots running great nations, yan?

Psyker Bearzerkers

Seeing as AMF, Kahanistan, Xirnium and Velkya are on the same side, this treaty is essentialy a re-make of the AKA, except with AMF as a member.

OOC: Kraven, where is your fleet harboured at?

...targeting satellite locking on...target identified...please wait...establishing uplink...uplink established...

"Ah, there we go."

The satellite video feed showed the Kraven city of Kravonika, many miles wide, a dark shade of grey against the decaying Kraven landscape. The Satellite AI marked airfields and SAM defenses, as planners inside the Velkyan Air Force HQ in Vladistock.

"Well, General, what needs to be done?" asked one of the men in the war room. The stern man in front of the console said it quite well.

"We need to knock out the Kraven air force before they can be a damper on the AMF invasion force."

"How do you suppose we do that?"

"Well, I plan a 4 wave strike. Wave 1 consists of a flight of Tactical Penetration Aircraft carrying EMP weapons to disable Kraven air defenses, such as SAMs and the like. Wave 2 will consist of SEAD strikes on fixed defenses, but movable systems like AAA and shoulder weapons cannot be targeted without forward controllers, so that’s scrapped. Once Wave 2 has pacified the area sufficiently, a bomber force consisting of Liberators and ISF-3 escorts will knock out Kraven's airbases with runway penetration munitions and large bombs. Once the airfields are gone, a 4th wave of fighters and CAS craft will achieve air superiority over the city and carpet the fields in landmines to inhibit repair efforts. After this initial strike, we send daily air strikes from the incoming Kestrel Carrier Fleet and allied fleets (i.e. AMF carriers) to make sure Kraven doesn't rebuild."

The men inside marveled at the general’s strategic will and prowess.

“Then it is settled, Operation Firestorm begins preparation tomorrow. Wave 1 will launch at 2300 hours on E-Day and arrive by 2400 hours. At about 2330, Wave 2 will launch, and at 2400 hours, Wave 3 will commence. The final wave launches at 100 hours the next day.”

The commanding officer then rose and stated:

“Looks like this planning stage is over, I want all comm. Officers spreading these plans to the participating airbases.”

A chorus of “yes sir” followed, and the officers debriefed. This would be the largest air operation in Velkyan history, and would require several days of intense planning. The word was also sent to Kahanistan, who would surely want experienced pilots to fill its new ranks.


OOC: These are the forces of mine that are committed to Firestorm.

1st Air Wing
1,000 ISF-4 Xeon Fighter Aircraft
500 ISF-2 Fighter Aircraft
300 BS-24 Liberator II High Altitude Bombers
100 BS-25 Naram-Sin Bombers
50 AF-17 Halberd BLOCK II
50 Support Aircraft

2nd Air Wing
1,000 ISF-4 Xeon Fighter Aircraft
500 ISF-2 Fighter Aircraft
100 BS-25 Naram-Sin Bombers
300 BS-24 Liberator II High Altitude Bombers
50 AF-17 Halberd BLOCK II
50 Support Aircraft

3rd Air Wing
1,000 ISF-4 Xeon Fighter Aircraft
500 ISF-2 Fighter Aircraft
100 BS-25 Naram-Sin Bombers
100 BS-24 Liberator II High Altitude Bombers
50 AF-17 Halberd BLOCK II
50 Support Aircraft

7th Air Wing
400 BS-25 Naram-Sin Bombers
500 ISF-2 Valkyrie Fighters

1st Zeus Wing
20 DC-1 Zeus
600 Gnat Fighter Drones

TPA Squadron
20 TPA Nighthawk IIs

Stored Aircraft
1000 ISF-4 Xeon Fighters
2000 MR-2 Vulture
1000 ISF-2 Valkyrie

The above is for Kahanistani pilots. Should Kahanistan want to place pilots in for this operation for experience, simply ship them over here via any surviving transport aircraft or airliners you have.

About 30,000 conscript pilots and activated reservists began to board a civilian garbage hauler bound for Velkya. Kahanistan's navy was so utterly decimated that they had no choice but to contract civilian vessels for transport, costing millions of racist shekels. The ships were overcrowded, unarmed, and utterly unsuited for transport, but until the navy was rebuilt, that was all they had.

The ship would reach Velkya in three days.

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To: Kahanistan
From: Allied Union High Command

The Allied Union Air Force does not have nearly enough planes for all 30,000 pilots and it's own pilots, however, the 1,000 highest ranked pilots will be given a chance to fly in Firestrom. The remaining 29,000 will learn to fly in simulators in a classified location.

-End Transmission-

The Radar and other Detection systems of both sides would by now have detected a fast approaching black zone, at it's present course it would pass perilously close to Kravonkia, in the Distance can be seen 2 fleets one chasing the other, one with Novacom Markings attacking a fleet that bore unknown markings, both travelling at high speed strange machines would be seen flying in the sku dueling and giant globes of light would appear when one of the combatants fell, onwards it hurtled. Before all the combatants would find themselves blind death and mute a massive burst of transmissions would errupt over all frequencies, most of it indecipherable however one would say, "We are not here for your war, this is 17th Novacom Battlefleet Of General Kitas' Army Group Portolos, in pursuit of the Admiral Kukonois 17th flotilla with the intent of sinking them," at the same time a small transmision would be beamed directly into the slums of Kravonika in the hopes of contacting the resistance there, the fleet had more than one reason for chasing that traitors forces.

Hijir would sore through the air in mid air duels with Terrnok's Admiral Kukonois own Mobile Suit force mainstay. on the Admiral Kukonois flotilla great loudspeakers would ring out a cackling voice from a crazed man, "You fools shall never defeat the our great Admiral and neither shall you defeat us, now all batteries open fire" the voice goes on but is drowned out by the great salvo's, the Blood red ships of the Kukonois flotilla would accelerate yet more their sleek hulls cutting trhough the water firing at anything and everything. On the bridge of the Kukonois Flagship Kukenal General Vladus would be laughing madly with a cadre of Blood Guard, "Those fools won't know what hit them, let me know the Valgen is ready then we'll anhialate them," he finishes with a mad cackle and indeed the rest of the bridge crew laughs with him, all of them with hateful faces twisted and contorted by years of hatred, they wore their uniforms proudly and were totally loyal to the cause of a traitor. All over the fleet the batteries would fire and be fired upon, one ship would be assailed from all sides and bleching fire and smoke up to the clod sky would explode viloently sending the battle in the air above it into disarray eqipment fried descending into the heartless sea gresat pillars of foam would surround the area as a statrling arrau of munitions would be fired, Hijir and Torrken would duel in mid air before one who go screaming down to the surface of the seas. This was it finally there would be a deciding moment as both sides assailed each other while hurtling through the battlefield heedless of the other war raging round them.

"General, the Gelogon's been hit it's falling behind!" Leiutenant Dellas would exclaim frantically from the crew pits, General Kitas already furious with the fact that that drated man's forces had been able to run, let alone be able to take pot shots at HIS ships of all things would furiously bellow, "Sink them Sink them don't let even one of that idiots ships get away and whatever you do don't let them submerge if they do we'll never catch them." General Kitas would wipe his high brow with the cuff os his uniform and ajust his headwear, the enemy was a clever one, he fully expected a trap, something was a miss, unless Admiral Kukonois had plans for the Kraven war why have us hurtle into their territory, stroking his chin he would turn to the lieutenant and order a fleet wide transmission, "we cannot fail now, Admiral Kukonois has sufered many setbacks as of late thanks to this commands efforts we cannot, now when we are so close to landing a decisive blow let such a large force escape, we must fight on happy in the knowledge that we fight now in the service of destiny and our people, now to battle and war." a great cheer would errupt from all the ships and echo from the Hijir. Still duelling in midair with the Demonic Mobile suit forces fielded by Admiral Kukonois.

The Anti Air Cannons of the Admiral Kukonois fleet would hit a pair of unusually large Parridigrams sending them spiralling into the slums of Kravonika, there would be no explosion or fire merely a crump as the transports would hit the ground. General Kitas would smirk at seeing this on the display, so it begins he would think and then turn his full attention back to the task at hand. "All batteries open fire on sector G4 sink the subcruiser H7," he would practically be jumping up and down in glee, there would be affirmative's from the gunnery section as the batteries would open fire on a ship that they did not know the name of so a simple letter and number would have to do. The Batteries would open fire as the ship visibly shook, round after round would be fired as well as missile after missle and rocket after rocket, the very sky itself would be darkened by weapons. The Novacom ships were taking a punding as well munitions would penetrate the hulls leaving great fireballs and wails as lives that had lasted for at least 25 years were silenced in less than 25 seconds. The march of war would continue on, this was a clash of Epic proportions the hatred between the 2 sides was clear and it hung round the area like a cloud the world itself in the battlefield would seem to come to an end fire would errupt from everywhere and scrams and fierce roars would echoe everywhere personalities were clashing and soldiers were dieing.

Onwards the 2 forces would hurtle driving right through the middle of the combat zone of another war, eventually they would reach the other side when the Admiral Kukonois flotilla would swiftly turn round and charge at the Novacom Flotilla, all batteries blazing, the battle would continue at the periphery of the other war going on, and the jamming by now had mostly retreated to the immediate combat area, leaving the warring forces able to see talk and hear, what difference it had made would be seen soon enough.

OOC: Velkya, negative on the TG. I never got one.

“Jesus, what a sight, man…”

A single private stared across the cold landscape of Vladistock Air Force Base. The visibility was exceptional. The sound of roaring jets filled the air, as black and grey shapes filled the evening air. This wasn’t unusual for Vladistock, home to the 1st and 7th air wings, as well as the SR-13 Squadron “Silent Fury” and a Kahanistani reserve wing. But this night, it was even busier. All 3000 aircraft there seemed to be pouring onto the numerous runways, readying for takeoff. Adjusting the zoom on his OmniScope, he picked out the various types of aircraft. Standing out in particular were the slim, sharp looking black aircraft known as Nighthawk IIs were first up. Loaded with four blue-colored bombs apiece, they taxied into their runways positions.

The man had heard rumors of some big ass air raid going down tonight, but they were just rumors, after all. To him, however, they started getting truer by the second. Sitting before him lay just a piece of one of the biggest aerial strike forces in recent history. He pulled his camera, and opened his OS, exposing his blue eyes. He pressed the trigger, and snapped a picture. It was illegal, sure, but would he pass up an opportunity like this?

He sat down and watched the aircraft lift into the sky, contrails expanding from the tips of the wings as the craft hit Mach 5, the distant thunder of their sonic booms evident. All over the nation, thousands of aircraft lifted into the sky, from light MR-2s to the massive Zeus drone carriers. They all streaked towards their final destination on the other side of the world.

Kraven…

OOC: This is launch of Operation Firestorm, just so you know. Expect the first wave to reach the area in 30 minutes. Kahanistan, I have already trained 3,000 of pilots with the Xeon, Vulture, and Valkyrie.

Xeon stats here:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=454946

The other 25,500 pilots will be flying simulators, however, a 1,500 pilot shift will command Wasp Fighter Drones from the DC-1 Zeus Drone Carriers participating in the 4th Wave. The 3000 manned aircraft will be sent in during Wave 2.

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Kahanistan Republic Guard

The Government of Kahanistan is willing to ally with Velkya in this operation. However, public feeling in Kahanistan has not forgiven AMF for their crimes against the Kahanistan people. Our cooperation with them will be as minimal as possible. We are interested in destroying the Kraven government and ensuring that their people enjoy civil and political freedom.

We fear an alliance with AMF would be detrimental to the human rights of the Kraven people. If their behavior in Kahanistan is any indicator, they will not hesitate to slaughter the Kraven civilians alongside the hated Capitol Police.

Signed,
General Nora Kasagawa,
Kahanistan Republic Guard

The CD batteries had exploded in a great and magnificent display of carnage, as the face of the cliff in which they were housed had been destroyed. As the rubbled settled the battleships of Vidimir's armada then turned their attentions to the remaining static Kraven defenses which had begun firing on Sentinel positions in the water and on the shore.

The first few squads had been cut down brutally by a wall of enemy fire, but the Sentinels were unrelenting in their attack. The transports continued to drop off their payload of troops, sometimes in waist length water due to obsticles that prevented them from moving right up to the sands. While it was a slight setback, it did not deter the landing forces from continuing their assault.

Intel had shown that numerous targets had moved forward onto the beach in an attempt to use the dissipating smoke to their advantage. The Sentinels on the beach then began to mass in numbers, and as the last of the smoke cleared they began to drive up the beach under massive mortal, missile, and naval gun fire. Vidimir's goal was to use his fleet and air power strictly for counter battery fire for the time being, instead of attacking more important targets inland.

The ZSU's and SAM batteries had forced a majority of the AMF fighters back to a safe distance, but once word reached Vidimir that Damien was within reach of Kraven waters, he ordered a full on attack. Skimming at their maximum ceiling and using long range missiles, the fighters began to concentrate on anti-air and personnel defenses located at the beach as well as several miles inland. Those that made it above the action on the ground dropped massive ordinance upon the Kraven forces below, utilizing napalm and other volatile explosives to burn out the enemy forces that had dug in deep.

The enemy barrages were beginning to land hits on Vidimir's ships, causing several large leaks in nearly two dozen of his ships. Though not explosive, the penetrator rounds punched through the thick armor of the Freek surface ships, causing the water tight bulkheads to close and seal off compromised compartments. Hundreds of missiles and shells continued to pierce the sky in support of the Sentinel landing parties that had begun their offensive, the favored weapon of the ships being cluster munitions.

Meanwhile the Sentinels on the beach began setting up temporary defenses, employing snipers and heavy machine guns strategically throughout the combat zone. The large scores of bodies that littered the once clean sands served as soft cover for the defensive forces, while the offensive units continued to drive inland. Kraven machine gun nests, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces were painted for air and naval strikes as the first Freek amphibious vehicles began to take to the shores. The transports that had dropped them near the shore were still firing 60mm mortars into the Kraven defenses, while the vehicles themselves began destroying obsticles and static defensive posts.

A large unit of Sentinels in the center of the action had massed in numbers, and standing several thousand strong they began to plow headfirst into the Kraven lines, firing their assault rifles and grenade launchers furiously while taking as much ground as they could. Reinforcements were landing every minute, and even more would be arriving once Damien entered the fray.

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OOC: Is Kravonika right near the beach?

OOC: Kravonika is the large black blob on the map of Kraven, I believe.

So yes, it's near the beach.

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Diplomatic Ecclesiastical Edict

To: The Allied Union of Velkya
From: His Most Worthy High Ecclesiarchy of the Holy Empire of Xirnium

The High Supreme Court of Holy Xirnium has examined the details of the "International Strategic Allied Forces" treaty and determined your proposed alliance to be fully compatible with the "Autromagfreek-Xirnium Nonaggression" Pact. Therefore, should Holy Xirnium sign the "International Strategic Allied Forces" treaty, both the "Autromagfreek-Xirnium Nonaggression" Pact and "International Strategic Allied Forces" could be regarded as being in force simultaneously.

Article II of the "Autromagfreek-Xirnium Nonaggression" Pact only provides for the exit of Holy Xirnium from the now dissolved "Anti-Kraven Alliance" or, alternatively, ‘an alliance directly contrary to the vital interests of the Excessively Armed Empire of Automagfreek’ and not of a separate alliance (specifically, your "International Strategic Allied Forces" treaty) which is merely designed to eradicate the Kraven filth from this fair Earth.

Further, it is politically evident that your treaty is entirely compatible with the "Automagfreek-Xirnium Nonagression" Pact given that one of the signatories of the "Automagfreek-Xirnium Nonaggression" Pact is currently involved in a state of open hostilities with the Kraven Corporation.

The High Ecclesiarchy indicates that it would be willing to join this alliance.

High Lord Ertham Nidor (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/Dennis134/GrandCardinal.jpg)
Grand Cardinal and Chief Minister of the Patriarchate of the High Ecclesiarchy

The CD batteries had exploded in a great and magnificent display of carnage, as the face of the cliff in which they were housed had been destroyed. As the rubbled settled the battleships of Vidimir's armada then turned their attentions to the remaining static Kraven defenses which had begun firing on Sentinel positions in the water and on the shore.

The first few squads had been cut down brutally by a wall of enemy fire, but the Sentinels were unrelenting in their attack. The transports continued to drop off their payload of troops, sometimes in waist length water due to obsticles that prevented them from moving right up to the sands. While it was a slight setback, it did not deter the landing forces from continuing their assault.

Intel had shown that numerous targets had moved forward onto the beach in an attempt to use the dissipating smoke to their advantage. The Sentinels on the beach then began to mass in numbers, and as the last of the smoke cleared they began to drive up the beach under massive mortal, missile, and naval gun fire. Vidimir's goal was to use his fleet and air power strictly for counter battery fire for the time being, instead of attacking more important targets inland.

The ZSU's and SAM batteries had forced a majority of the AMF fighters back to a safe distance, but once word reached Vidimir that Damien was within reach of Kraven waters, he ordered a full on attack. Skimming at their maximum ceiling and using long range missiles, the fighters began to concentrate on anti-air and personnel defenses located at the beach as well as several miles inland. Those that made it above the action on the ground dropped massive ordinance upon the Kraven forces below, utilizing napalm and other volatile explosives to burn out the enemy forces that had dug in deep.

The enemy barrages were beginning to land hits on Vidimir's ships, causing several large leaks in nearly two dozen of his ships. Though not explosive, the penetrator rounds punched through the thick armor of the Freek surface ships, causing the water tight bulkheads to close and seal off compromised compartments. Hundreds of missiles and shells continued to pierce the sky in support of the Sentinel landing parties that had begun their offensive, the favored weapon of the ships being cluster munitions.

Meanwhile the Sentinels on the beach began setting up temporary defenses, employing snipers and heavy machine guns strategically throughout the combat zone. The large scores of bodies that littered the once clean sands served as soft cover for the defensive forces, while the offensive units continued to drive inland. Kraven machine gun nests, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces were painted for air and naval strikes as the first Freek amphibious vehicles began to take to the shores. The transports that had dropped them near the shore were still firing 60mm mortars into the Kraven defenses, while the vehicles themselves began destroying obsticles and static defensive posts.

A large unit of Sentinels in the center of the action had massed in numbers, and standing several thousand strong they began to plow headfirst into the Kraven lines, firing their assault rifles and grenade launchers furiously while taking as much ground as they could. Reinforcements were landing every minute, and even more would be arriving once Damien entered the fray.

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OOC: Is Kravonika right near the beach?

The Relentless bombardment of the beach defenses was taking its toll, Trenches Collapsed, great piles of soil and barbed wire collapsed inwards, crushing Troopers beneath and another Shell exploded along the line with similar results, Instantly the Slave Driver Teams forced Workers into the Collapsed Trenches and ordered them to be dug out, Workers fought long and hard with hand and shovel, attempting to Clear the mess.


The Massing Numbers of the Sentinals as they continued their Relentless advance, hit the Mines that had been placed prior to the Attack, despite the heavy Ordanace barrage of the Freek Ships, Some Mines were still intact and were primed to explode, Napalm mines, Biological Mines, Shrapnel Frag Mines, Mines that would propel themselves five feet into the air and explode sending shrapnel flying at head height...

More shells of Freeks Weapons landed upon static Defenses, Artillery postions were blown apart, leaving nothing but smoking wreaks and twisted metal, Bunkers were hit hard, Cracking, sending dust and fragments of Titrete dropping below...

Machine gun nests exploded, sending Sand Bags flying and removing the threat.

AMF fighers targeting static defenses did their work, hammering the Defesnes, Taking out SAM Sites and Flak Cannons, The ZSU's were hit too, their smoking hulls being left while Slave workers crawled over it, salvaging metal parts to be used to repair defenses.

The Remainign Artillery in this Sector Reloaded their shells, this time with something different, Something that was garanteed to stop the Freek advance in its tracks, The Corporate 3 stage Bio Weapon, The Shells were carefully loaded in, this was the first shell... Stage one, Upon impact the shell would detonate using compressed air, sending the Stage one Bacteria spreading across the Target zone, this Bacteria would go to work, attacking the NBC gear of the soldiers, using powerfull enzymes to effectivly break down the Plastics and rubber seals of gasmasks, The Rubber gloves and the Seals of NBC suits, the Degeneration would happen with a few hours, But by then it was too late and the Soldiers would already be exposed to the Second stage that would be fired shortly afterwards.

The Second stage was fired shortly after the first shell had gone to work, the Second stage was what actually killed the intended Targets, a Bacteria designed to attack the cappilleries of the lungs, causing the victims to drown in their own blood, a terrible frightening death, even to those who were not infected it was an horrific sight to watch, a freind or commerade Coughing up blood, in sheer pain as their lungs bled to death... drowning in their own Precious Life fluids.



Came the orders from a Reichmarshal, in his hand was an Aerosol can, it contained the third stage, that would neutralise the first and Second stages, this was a personal device designed to keep him protected from infection, he Donned his Gasmask and sprayed the mask with the Bacteriophage... All Kraven Soldiers that were in areas where this weapon was intended for use had these Personal spray devices, and liberaly sprayed their Masks and Suits in a Practiced Buddy Buddy system, Where one trooper sprays the other and vice versa...

While the battle raged on their was a breif lull in kraven Fire as they prepared to fire this weapon, One by one each Squad reported in having administered the bacteriophage...

Then Came the orders...

"Fire"

The Artillery fired these Biowarfare shells directly into the now ammassed units of Autmagfreek that charged up the beach, There was a small thud followed by a sickly Yellow Cloud.. The First Stage...

Each Remaining artillery peice fired these shells at their Targets... multiple Yellow clouds errupted across the shore line amonst the Freek lines...

"Cease Fire"


The Artillery Paused and prepared the Next shell..

Meanwhile Freek snipers and Temporay defenses hammered the lines, the expert marksmenship of the snipers taking out Machine gun nest Gunners, their Zoom allowing them to target the Weaker points in the Armour of the Troopers...

GPMG's continued to hammer away, as Freeks machine guns raked the Lines of the Corporation, The Sentinals gun fire found targets all around, mainly slaves planting more mines, These workers did not have the Bacteriophage and would soon be thankfull for death...

While the Artillery Paused, the Kraven Machine gun fire and mortar fire increased, Attempting to keep pace with the Freek Attack, thousands of Rounds had been expended against the freek soldiers, while at the same time The Logistical Korpz of the Captiol Police, Relentlessly brought up supplies from Fortified Underground Tunnel network systems that ran back towards Kravonika and the Hardened Ammunition bunkers.

The Battle Still raged on, as the Second Shells were fired, a Dark Crimson red Exploded across the battlefield as the Second stage was launched, multiple plumes were sent raging across the Beach head as the Second stage went to work now that the first stage had begun to make an opening for attack within the NBC suits of Freek.

This was the first time ever, this weapon had been used in Anger.

Word had been sent to Vidimir about the release of a strange colored gas or toxin, but knowing his Sentinels were equipped with NBC gear he thought nothing of it. That was until the first reported deaths began to circulate over the radio waves.

With nearly a third of his forces landed, numbering in the tens of thousands, Vidmir knew that something foul was afoot. His Sentinels had been dying from neither explosion nor gunshot, and those that had witnessed the deaths said that the seals in the NBC suits had been either melted or eaten. But a chemical agent was ruled out because the dying Sentinels did not show signs of chemical poisoning. Rumor had been going around AMF High Command of some 'super bio weapon' that the Corporation had, and it was now apparent that it had been used.

After consulting briefly with Damien, the Bonesplitter Doctorine was thrown out the window, and effectively the gloves had come off. Standard ordinance was exchanged for rocket assisted, VX tipped warheads as well as airborne biological agents. Knowing that the paranoid Kraven scum would probably have access to NBC gear, Vidmir drew up a quick plan to have his battleships strike the widest area of targets reachable by their guns, in hopes of catching them off guard. Kravonika would bleed and choke for this atrocity, and with each battery of tri-guns locked in on a different target throughout the massive city, they began to fire.

The firing pattern took into account wind direction and how fast the VX nerve agent could spread. An area dozens of miles long and miles inland were chosen, so that the shells would have overlapping patterns when their payload was released. The beach however was spared from the assault, as the remaining infected Sentinels prepared for onle last suicide charge before their death. Reinforcements would be arriving once the remainder of the infected Sentinels died off, and the effect of the bio agent could be studied on the dead and their suits.

But for now the Sentinels staged a daring charge, gathering every last scrap of ammo that they could. With missile and air support still raining in they plowed into the enemy ranks as hard and as fast as their bodies could carry them. Hundreds of thousands of round of ammo filled the air as the charging hoard fired madly into enemy positions, with no care of concern for finding cover. The NBC protected tanks and fighting vehicles were immune to the bio attack, and in turn assisted in the massive charge before they were ordered to fall back.

All hell had broken loose as the entire contingent of infected Sentinels decended upon the Kraven defenses like a swarm of locusts, the jets high above watching the action from the heavens and assistingby dropped heavy guided bombs and even doing sweeping runs with heavy 25mm fire.

Vidimir knew that the key to his second landing of troops would be in vehicles to protect them from another possible barrage, but with Dreadfire and Azrael now entering the action the stakes would be raised.

Damien had entered Kraven waters to the north west of Kravonika, and began a mad dash for the mainland. His fleet was many times larger than that of Vidimir's, and the lumbering armada tore though the waves at maximum speed and began for a blitz like assault. As the distance towards the shore closed, Dreadfire ordered a giant swarm of fighters to take to the skies and prepare to go in hard and fast, his troops readied inside the tanks and armored fighting vehicles that sat in the transports and landing craft.

Scores of Skewer and Hellrage missiles has already been fired in generous helpings towards static targets on the mainland, with the asssitance of satallite imagery and targeting. Thermal satellite scans also helped diagnose enemy troops strength in the area, and soon the mammoth 18" guns of the Mouth For War began firing rocket assisted, GPS guided rounds towards the shore as well. The demonic black cloud that always lingered above Damien's haunted flagship would see be visible to the Kraven forces on the mainland, a telltale sign that business was about to be stepped up a notch. Within seconds the other battleships chose their targets and began firing as well, round after round exploding from their gun barrels and rocketing towards the beaches.

Azrael on the other hand had been lagging behind, and instead of joining Damien's landing forces he was instructed to assault the island to the south of Kraven proper. His tactics were much the same as his father's, massive concentrated missile strikes and unholy barrages of naval guns. His fighters were ready to do their jobs and die if need be, and hundreds of them began to fly off the decks of their respective carriers and take up formation in the skies. Azrael had also heard about the bio attack, and he announced over open airwaves that he would not hesitate to use biological or chemical weapons of his own if necessary. The nuclear option was still on the table in case the Kraven bio weapon was used too generously, then tactical nuclear missiles could purge any infected area with fire and brimstone. The Sentinel NBC suits could certainly handle fallout if the option was deployed.

Vidimirs Sentinals were making a Valiant push, They forced their way into the first Trench System, Already Kraven Capitol Police had attached their 18" bayonets, and as the Sentinals lept over the Sandbags, the Capitol Police thrust their weapons into the Torso's of Freek soldiers, The Two forces were now engaged in vicious CQB, something the Capitol Police were designed to do, here their armour would be at its optimum protection, GPMG's hammered all over, sending bullets tearing through the air at close quaters, a bloody brutal conflict, Sentinals with their expert combat skills, honed to perfection Took out Capitol Police troopers left and right, It was almost like watching to mirror images fighting each other, the similarities between the Sentinals and The Capitol Police armour was frightening, Logistical Korpz continued to bring up Ammunition to the Second Trenches, as The Few Remaining Machine Gun nests were running low on ammunition, their Heavy Machine guns raked the Freek lines that were now so close.

All around High Explosive bombs tore great chunks out of the defensive line, leaving sand bags and Bunkers ripped open, yet more Artillery had been silenced, while Flak cannons continued in vain to pour as much flak into the air, Precision strikes from Freek Aircraft took out SAM sites and many of the Flak Cannons, Bringing down the Kraven Anti Air system to a minimum in this Area.

120mm ETC flak Cannons mounted on the Citadel Wall, opened fire, the Optical Mags of the Kraven Capitol Police Gunners, giving them an enhanced veiw of the Approaching air craft, these long range Flank Cannons began to open fire, sending Shells screaming towards their targets.

More bullets ripped through the first trench system, as sand bags and Titrete bunkers sprayed debry across the fighting forces of Freek and the Corporation, Suddenly their was a deafening Roar as a Capitol Police Extermination squad had pushed up from the Second trench system, their Flame Thrower teams sent great balls of flame rolling through the system engulfing Capitol Police and freek alike, it was a Hellish inferno as Tempory Wooden struts supporting areas of the trench Caught Fire...

The ZSU's had stopped firing at enemy air craft, leaving the work to the 120mm ETC Flak Cannons, as the Quad Assault Cannon wielding APC's directed their fire towards the Freek Sentinals that poured across the Trench line, Each cannon whirred up to speed before sending hundereds of thousands of rounds screaming towards enemy forces in a vulgar display of sheer fire power.

The Last remaining Capitol Police in this trench system fought all they could, Fighting with Fist, Bayonet, firing point blank with their GPMG's or using them as simple Clubs, the Capitol Police fought on with Inhuman disregard for their own lives, laying them down in defense of the Corporation as The High Command had intended.

+++ North West of Corporate Territory +++


Lord Dreadfires attack had been unsuspected, The Forces there were a medium garrison, designed only as a tempory measure, but all of a sudden Dreadfires fleet had arrived and immeadiatly began to pound the defenses with missile and shell... A ripple of devesation rolled over the defenses like a great tidal wave, engulfing artillery and Anti air systems, Capitol Police Troopers were thrown into dissarray, The Orders from the Command relay were comming in broken and confusing, The High Command had not anticipated Lord Dreadfires fleet turning up so quickly, their Concentration had been on Vidimirs fleet and now they had paid their price.

However already the Efficient Command Relay had begun sending in Reinforcments a Full Battalion to assist in the Defense, The VTOL Carriers had begun transporting the Capitol Police their with ease and effectivness, they would soon flood into these trenches to aid in the defense.

Although the devestation against North West Territories had been swift, the Defense system was relativly intact to send a retalitory Counter attack, THe Remaining Few artillery Cannons opended fire sending a wave of shells roaring towards the approaching Dreadfire fleet, these HE anti shipping shells hammered the sky, raping the clear blue skies with a black trail of smoke and dust.. the air was literally ablaze as Freek aircraft began engaging the approaching Armoured units of the Emperor Leman Russ' as well as the Standard leman russ battle tank with its smooth bore 170mm cannon.

But Freeks air craft assault this moving coloum, great chunks were torn out of the units as they approached with great speed, leaving burning twisted wrecks in the brown dead earth of Corporate Soil.

Even so the Corporation would not send out an Armoured force without some anti Air Protection and so the Mobile ZSU's opened fore sending a hail storm of bullets tearing through the air towards the enemy aircraft.

this was one huge symphony of Destruction.

Meanwhile Vidimirs fleet had opened fire using Bio weapons as a Counter attack to the brutaly effective Bio weapon employed by The Corporation, even so the Capitol Police utilised Sealed suits and at all times wore gas masks as part of their armour, it was rare, at if all impossible to see a capitol Police trooper without their Gasmasks on.

The Only Casualties would be civilian, something which the Kraven High Command could live with, they were expendable. if AMF Failed they could always get more, Probably looking at a more Optimistic outcome, from Automagfreek itself.

even so Civilian Casualties were high, as citizens all over the city began to die from extreme toxic poisioning, Even so the Capitol Police forced injured and dying Citizens to continue to Construct Barricades and defenses, however in their sickened state this was almost impossible and most were shot before the VX could completely kill them all together.

Capitol Police began preparing defenses themselves, setting up machine gun nests inside tall tower blocks, Kreigsmarine snipers hid inside houses and tower blocks, Anti Tank Artillery cannons were hidden at street level and Troops began occupying Buildings and Generaly awaiting the Freek assault, Assuming they could get past the Immense Fortress walls surrounding Kravonika.

+++ Southern Corporate Territories, Island 841, KCI Facility +++



News of Lord Dreadfires attack had reached the Capitol Police here as soon as the Lord of AMF's attack had commenced, and as such Corporate defenses opened fire, Although this was meager in comparrison to the defense network surrounding Kravonika, they still followed orders and Opened fire, Shells hammering the Skyline in response to the Approaching fleet of Azrael.

But then like before, Azraels attack rippled the beaches like a devestating wave of destruction great fire balls errupted into the sky like small volcanoes errupting as Bunkers and Artillery emplacements were hit hard, Bunkers were crushed and Artillery was torn to peices, Splashed to the four winds.

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Kreigsmarines began setting up traps, Explosive mines and Trip wires, while other Kreigsmarines began to Hide themselves in what little undergrowth their was wielding a deadly .50 cal Sniper rifle, All Across the Kraven Facility Kreigsmarines continued to do this Creating a deadly sniper alley...

while the Capitol Police awaited the Freek assault....

"This is Silent Fury, reporting in for final dash to target, over."

The controller on the Poisdeon switched unto Silent's channel.

"Roger that, Fury, your are cleared to release munitions when over target area, over."

Answering back, "Roger that control, igniting final boosters, over, we'll be over the target in less than 5 minutes."

The SR-13 pilot flipped a small red switch cover it the cockpit.

"All units, prepare to ignite booster rockets, we are inbound on final approach to Kraven."

The 20 pilots of the squadron flipped the rocket safety cover off, and readied themselves.

"All units, arm EMP weapons and weapon release systems."

The 80 EMP bombs carried by the aircraft armed, giving off a pulse.

"Ignite rockets in T-Minus ten seconds."

The lead pilot gripped his flight stick and fingered to ignition switch.

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...

Almost instantaneously, the rocket engines mounted on the wings of the SR-13s ignited, spewing forth great fingers of flame and launching the aircraf to almost Mach 10 in mereseconds. The pilots, even in their advanced flight suits, struggled under the G-forces of the flight, and could barely move. They approached Kravonkia on their destined flight paths. Within seconds, they screamed over the city, releasing their payload along stratgeically placed lines, hoping to knock out the heaviest concentrations of enemy air defenses. These craft would be nearly impossible to hit, and the shockwave that followed them shattered windows for many miles. The EMP bombs flew out in their predestined flight paths, the bluish bombs screaming down at extraordinarily high speeds. Planners has hoped this would negate the enemy AAA fire that would be pouring in as soon as the aircraft were detected.

Behind the Nighthawks lagged Wave 2, a force of nearly 2000 AF-17s and ISF-3s, along with several hundred Kahanistani MR-2s, armed with LGBs and SEAD missiles, ready to quickly destory most if not all of the enemy air defense systems in the city. Traveling in massive formations at high altitude, they would launch as many munitions as they possibly could to pave the way for the massive bomber fleets traveling far behind them

OOC:This is great! I shall watch this very carefuly, OOCly of course.

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Government of Kahanistan is shocked and outraged by the Freekish use of WMD's against a civilian population center, knowing that Capitol Police constantly wear NBC and would be unaffected. We can only surmise that the Freekish Government is planning to murder millions of Kraven civilians. We cannot allow this to happen.

While we despise and detest the Kraven Corporation as the epitome of capitalistic barbarism, the Supreme Soviet is debating whether or not to ship one million NBC suits to the Kraven Corporation to protect their civilians, who suffer more than anyone at the hands of these vicious capitalist animals. While the Kraven Corporation abhors us as much as we detest them, they would likely be more than willing to accept our suits to protect their human "resources" even if our motives are more humanitarian.

Kahanistan military attacks on Kraven military assets, however, will be unaffected by the outcome of the debate in the Supreme Soviet.

Signed,
Margaret Delray,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

OOC: Kraven's bio-weapon eats through the seals of NBC suits, rendering them large rubber coffins.

AMF has a doctrine that only if a nation uses WMDs against it's forces, it considers civilians fair game.

The attacks of Dreadfire and Azrael lasted for many hours without pause or break in the firing. During this time Damien had ordered all of his and Azrael's troops to spray down their NBC suits with a silicone gel to reinforce the seals. This would either render the 3 stage bio weapon ineffective, or exponentially delay its effect on the multi-layered Sentinel suits.

Damien's fleet was beginning to receive shore fire as they approached, causing several ships to be pulled from the action. Their hulls had either been torn open, causing the water tight bulkheads to seal off the compromised areas, or their weapons platforms had been destroyed. But Dreadfire did not care in the slightest, for every time an enemy battery open fired he would use his satellites to chart the coordinates, then order a barrage of counter battery fire. Over the course of the next few hours he ordered his ships to spread out formation, over the course of dozens of miles. Having saved the bulk of his short and medium ranged missiles to support the landing forces, he then ordered one final incendiary barrage before the transports moved forward.

The Freek fighters in the sky were skimming the atmosphere at thier maximum ceiling casually, but suddenly they broke formation and began dropping heavy guided weapons onto fortified enemy positions. These cluster munitions would release thousands of smaller explosives, detonating with extreme fury and having a wide area effect of damage. Dreadfire's landing forces had fanned out wide on both flanks, moving forward and assaulting 10 different beachheads, each a mile to a mile and a half apart. The 10 seperate landing zones were hit hard, but the bulk of the fire was concentrated towards the center and rear of the enemy lines.

Under a heavy base of fire the landing craft and transports began to move forward, the mammoth supporting fleet continuing to pour on the missile and artillery fire. While still being targeted by Kraven shore defenses, the transports advanced swiftly under an ungodly large wave of missiles. The rapid muli-launch Galdius missiles shot from their cells as fast as machine gun fire, the 50 tube platforms that housed them emptying in just several seconds flat. Each missile had a computer selected target on the shore with additional secondary targets in case the primary was destroyed, and nearly a hundred guided missile frigates began to empty their ordinance onto the mainland.

Dreadfire himself has sited up and was on a landing craft, though it was not broadcast which one. As he heard the sounds of enemy and friendly fire all around him, he prayed to the Gods to watch over him and guide his vengeful hand down upon the Kraven heathens. He then addressed his Sentinels, who had long lusted to feel the sting of battle and taste the blood of the vanquished.

Onward my children, this is what you were created for. The tides of war had arisen yet again, and we prepare to plunge headfirst into the flames once more. Onward, Sentinels of Automagfreek! Attack and leave none alive! Before your terrible wrath there can be no victory.

The Sentinels roared in approval as they waited anxiously for the gates of their landing craft to drop. The boom of 60mm mortars and the banging of 30mm fire signaled that they were mere minutes away from touchdown, and with growing fury Dreadfire's eyes fixed on the steel door that seperated him from battle. The time had come.

Meanwhile, Azrael's forces had encountered similar resistance, although it was nothing like what Vidmir was experiencing. The inexperienced Warchief had proven his worth, and Azrael was determined to assist his forces as quickly as possible. The pockets of Kraven shore fire were promptly targeted and fired upon, several of Azrael's ships taking repeated damage to the upper decks before disengaging and returning to the rear of the armada.

The Death Rattle had begun the assault on the small island, hammering the defenses hard with 18" fire, which in turn signaled the rest of his ships to engage as well. Azrael had chosen 8 landing zones for his troops to assault, each a few miles apart from the other. Though his main force consisted of Sentinels, the 406th Legion of the Fallen was also with him. The Fallen were responsible for the greusome atrocities committed against Kahanistani personnel, and their terrible might would be unleashed this time against Kraven.

However, the Fallen would only be landing in small numbers on various landing zones, for the Sentinels would remain the main combatants in the assault. Their knowledge and experience with beach landings exceeded that of the Fallen, and Azrael knew this. Under much the same attack style as Damien, the young Warchief ordered his ships to spread wide on the flanks and wait for air support to assist in hammering shore targets. Artillery and missiles continued to streak through the clear skies, but much less in scale due to the smaller Kraven presense.

Azrael was not concerned with capturing real estate or prisners on this island, and standing orders were to destroy anything in sight. Rapidly the landing craft advanced towards the 8 beachheads and preprared to unload their Sentinels onto the sands under massive Freeksih naval and air fire.

But the situation in south Kravonika was much more grim, as the Sentinels began engulfed in close quarters combat. Those that fired their assault rifles empty drew their swords and sidearms, engaging in melee attacks on the Kraven units still int the first series of trenches. The bodies had begun to pile up, and those that were in the direct path of the bio weapon had already died. Those who were downwind when the weapon was unleased fared much better, their suits still holding back the terrible bacterium that would soon engulf their bodies.

Vidimir was beginning to become disheartened as his planes advanced too far and began dropping from the skies. Tactical airstrikes would have to suffice for the time being, for the Kraven AA defenses were still somewhat intact and able to cause grief for Freek air units. Vidimir's ships had fired so much that they had to slow their rate of fire down while being resupplied by the various transport and supply boats that he brought with him. The entire southern walls of Kravonika had been targeted this time in order to clear a large area and allow his Sentinels to pass freely into the city itself. Snipers and infantry fire had taken its toll on the charging hoard, but not destroyed it entirely. Vidimir knew that the Corporation would be much more reluctant to fire indiscriminately if their own troops were in too close of a proximity.

By now many hours had passed since the bio weapon had been unleashed, but still the combat raged on. Maintenance rooms on board each ship had been pillaged of their silicone sealants, which had been used to reinfoce the Sentinel NBC suits. With thousands of his first wave dead and many more low on ammo and engulfed in close quarter combat, Vidimir ordered his second wave to advance. With their suits beefed up and with much greater vehicle support, the landing craft loaded up and prepared to send another legion to reinforce his beachheads. UV lamps and anti-bacterial washes were prepared for those that were to be pulled from the front, in order to purge their suits of plauge and allow them to fight on.

North East Corporate Territories

The Attack From lord Dreadfire continued, an unrelenting wall of Fire, shells exploded across the Battlefield as Kraven Forces tried in Vain to maintain their Defense Structure, Missiles and Shells exploded all along the line, it was like the Very Gates of hell had been opened by Lord Dreadfire himself and the Hot winds of Hell blasted against the shore of Corporate soil.... Bunkers Collapsed Crushing Capitol Police Troopers and destroying Artillery left and right. The Artillery raining down fire upon Dreadfires ships had been silenced, Accurate Shells from AMF's ships smashed apart the Artillery with effective counter batteries.

Even so the Corporation continued to bolster the Trench lines, desipite the Pock marks left across the Trenches Capitol Police Troops still manned them with inhuman ability to complete orders.

GPMG's were pointed against the Approaching assault Boats of AMF, but so far they had remained silent, awaiting the moment that AMF would charge up the beaches.

Mortar teams had moved up from underground network tunnels, they quickly set up and began firing HE shells into the Lines of AMF, the Armoured Coloum had begun to approach the Shoreline and already the sky was blackened by the fires of War, the Reichmarshal PanzerKrieg Kommander watched the fires with indifference, this was War...

The ZSU's continued to fire, while the Drivers kept pace with the Coloum, but still the strikes came, taking out more tanks as they attempted to bolster the forces.

Bringing up the Rear were the Super Vtol Carriers, moving an XSA - II Seige Tank, this massive Behemoth of a walker would sit out of range of the Enemy battleships, shelling the shoreline without fear of a counter attack, the massive 280mm ETC cannon would lay down a heavy cover of fire, but for now they were just being deployed.


The Assault Transports Sped past the Coast line, Strafing the approaching Sentinal Units, the Vtol units strafed the lines several times, Using their Twin Linked Assault Cannons to lay down a deadly hail of fire, Inside Sat Capitol Police, Armed and ready for combat, the Command Relay constantly updating them on freek movements, Informing them of battle tactics, the air waves were alive with Radio communications in Kraven Battle language...

Flak was all over the air, and Vtols shuddered as stray flak shells exploded near by...

A few more minutes and the Vtols would Deploy their cargo and this battle line would be Re-enforced with Fresh soldiers.



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Southern Kravonika, Vidimirs Battlefront

The Artillery of the Southern Trench system had been hit hard, Shells had hammered the bunkers hard, What little artillery peices left re-directed their Fire against the Supply ships of Vidimir, hoping to Damage his re-supply efforts.

Re-inforcements Began to push up from Underground Tunnel Systems, Resupplied by the Barracks within the Citadel itself, The Citadel was not just a wall, it was an immense Fortress structure with Communication systems, Barracks, Fire Control systems, Internal Artillery emplacements, AAA fire control systems, Medical Bays for None Capitol Police Personel, Tram systems to resupply Artillery Structures, Machine Gun posts, Troopers armed with flame throwers would fire down upon advancing troops, The Wall itself was many meters thick, designed to support an Army for months on end, inside the Wall were 3 Battalions of Capitol Police, so far Vidimir had met only a part of one of the Battalions, and even now the Reserve forces advanced up to bolster the Defense.

Azrael was faring better, Already his forces had silenced the meager Artillery defenses, and decemated Bunkers, The Capitol Police began to withdraw from the trench system, Fighting a running battle... Each squad would fall back in turn, retreating while the other squad would cover the withdraw with suppressive fire, Kreigsmarine Snipers hidden out of sight, would target Sentinal Squad leaders, looking to disrupt communcation between squads, while other Kreisgmarines would Set up booby traps in the wake of Falling Back capitol Police.

Within the Industrial Facility, Workers began setting up Remote charges against chemical tankers, Petroleum Tankers, Pipe lines, anything that could cause maximum Damage to Occupying forces.

Capitol Police that were the first to fall back, set up high in the Gantries, within the Internal workings of the Factories, vast pipe systems, obscuring them from veiw, while barrels and containers hid Heavy Machine gun posts.

The blue EMP bombs streaked down over the Kraven city, as AAA fire from the ZSUs opened up. Half the bombs were shredded, but around 40 reached "detonation altitude. They released massive EMP pluses which could fry even the most basic circuits. The SR-13s screamed on, the fuel for their rockets running out quite fast. They slowed to supersonic speed, attempting to fly into AMF fighter cover and likely saftey as they approached a speed more vunerable to enemy fighters and AA fire. They radioed the allied fighters in the area.

"This is Fury sqaudron to all Automagfreek fighter groups in the area, we have completed our attack run and request immediate escort!"

Meanwhile, the hundreds upon hundreds attack sqaudrons of Wave 2 screamed foward at supersonic speed towards southern Kravokia, arming their SEAD missiles and guided munitions. Velkyan and Kahanistani fighters stood on standby, ready to engage any aircraft the enemy managed to scramble. AWACs, escorted by high-altitude ISF-2s, lumbered at over 100,000feet, feeding advanced RADAR and GPS data to allied fighters. The shear amount of aircraft darkened the sky, almost like an ungodly storm. A storm that no one could ever hope to survive. As the huge strike forces moved in, another armada, this one ocean-bound, began to set sail for Kraven.

The High Seas Fleet was going to war.

OOC: Here's your fleet.

4 Velkya Class Super Dreadnoughts
50 Pathfinder Class Dreadnoughts
100 Red Square Arsenal ships
20 Eagle Class Super Aircraft Carriers
50 Atlantis II Class Cruisers
50 Quentin II Guided Missile Cruisers
70 Jalik II Class Destroyers
20 Quentin II Mobile Missile Batteries
40 Fleet Air Defense Ships
30 Hunter SSN
10 Archer III SSBM
Velkya SD Airwing
80 MR-3 Multi-role Aircraft
Eagle CVN Airwing
80 ISF-2
50 MR-4 Ixiom Strike Fighters
10 EW-3 AWACS aircraft
30 AV-13
10 EW-2 AWACs
20 Pelican Dropships
10 DC-3 Dropships

8th Infantry Division “Hell’s Angels”
200,000 Velkyan Soldiers
500 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
1,000 Dragon HIFVs
200 Demon Tracked AA
300 Boomer Self-Propelled Arty
200 Steel Rain II launchers
300 Luna Attack VTOLs
500 DC-3 Dropships
Various Support Vehicles

9th Infantry Division “Whiskey”
200,000 Velkyan Soldiers
500 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
1,000 Dragon HIFVs
200 Demon Tracked AA
300 Boomer Self-Propelled Arty
200 Steel Rain II launchers
300 Luna Attack VTOLs
500 DC-3 Dropships
Various Support Vehicles

10th Infantry Division “Charlie”
200,000 Velkyan Soldiers
500 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
1,000 Dragon HIFVs
200 Demon Tracked AA
300 Boomer Self-Propelled Arty
200 Steel Rain II launchers
300 Luna Attack VTOLs
500 DC-3 Dropships
Various Support Vehicles

11th Infantry Division “Zenith”
200,000 Velkyan Soldiers
500 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
1,000 Dragon HIFVs
200 Demon Tracked AA
300 Boomer Self-Propelled Arty
200 Steel Rain II launchers
300 Luna Attack VTOLs
500 DC-3 Dropships
Various Support Vehicles

1st Armored Division “Mech Fists”
5,000 MBT-4 Grizzly Main Battle Tanks
1,000 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
300 Demon AA Vehicles
200 Luna Attack VTOLs
Various Support Vehicles

2nd Armored Division "Steel Ravens"
5,000 MBT-4 Grizzly Main Battle Tanks
1,000 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
300 Demon AA Vehicles
200 Luna Attack VTOLs
Various Support Vehicles

3rd Marine Division “Dragons”
200,000 Velkyan Marines
500 MBT-2 Scorpion Tanks
1,000 Dragon HIFVs
200 Demon Tracked AA
300 Boomer Self-Propelled Arty
200 Steel Rain II launchers
500 Luna Attack VTOLs
1000 DC-3 Dropships
Various Support Vehicles

The Kahanistan fighters suddenly flew low, and slowed down to about 1,000 kilometers per hour. While most Kahanistan pilots were trained to fly very low so they could underfly radar, these were conscript pilots who had been given only basic Velkyan training. They fired on Capitol Police formations, and targeted buildings: birthing facilities, weapons depots, missile launchers. They sustained heavy losses, but were capable of inflicting even heavier casualties...

Some of the pilots were rogue, out only for blood. They did not distinguish between Freekish and Kraven troops. While their commanders had said the Freeks were not to be targeted, the rogues wanted to exact bloody vengeance for their lands and families... Rogue pilots fired indiscriminately into embattled positions, not caring who they hit, but not specifically targeting the Freekish troops, either. These renegades would not last long...

The commanders ordered their pilots not to fire indiscriminately, that they could only target one enemy at a time... In desperation, the Kahanistan contingent commander, Admiral Aurelius Julius Magnus, ordered his forces to fire on anything that was a threat to the Freeks. He could not stand by and watch as these men and women, blinded by thoughts of revenge, endangered his nation.

"Don't let anyone fire on the Freeks! Warn all wing commanders to check their fire, tell them that we can't risk provoking another war, if anyone fires on the Freeks, they WILL be shot down!"

Sanity once again prevailed as the renegades were shot down. Knowing their fates, they did not even eject, dying in the crashes. Had peace with AMF been saved? Only time would tell. With a heavy heart, Admiral Magnus ordered his surviving fleet to return to the Velkyan tankers and refuel while he got down to the bottom of this incident.

OOC: There aren't any carriers in the area (except for AMF carriers, which I doubt will be able to handle that many aircraft in addition to their own), there are tanker aircraft loitering above the battlefield.

IC:

The ISAF attack formation (the Velkyan part, anyway) plunged into the fray. AF-17B squadrons began to strike Kraven armor with anti-tank missiles and their deadly dual 30mm cannon, as the pilots volleys of bunker busters at enemy positions. As the Halberds began striking at enemy armor and bunkers, dedicated "Wild Weasel" squadrons began loosing fusilades of AGMs, specifically made to knock out enemy air defenses, which would be temporaily off-line due to the earlier EMP strike.

The highly trained pilots, who were much more experienced than that of the Kahanistani consripts, struck targets with extraordinary accuracy, thanks the satellite and advanced AWACs support, as well as steady trigger fingers. Some Halberds, equiped with napalm munitions, began to blanket enemy positions in jellied gasoline, as bomblet dispencers rained high explosives on top of the Capitol Police. Some carried dispensers filled with millions of leaflets, carrying pro-ISAF slogans on them, inspriring the Kraven populace to rebel against their overseers.

As the attack craft pounded the enemy ground targets, Air Force fighters screamed over the heads of the battling Freekish and Kraven troops, strafing Kraven lines with ETC cannon fire as they tore through the enemy assault VTOLs with near impunity. As the nimble attack craft picked off the Kraven air defense network, many miles behind, a massive bomber fleet began to arm their bombs and missiles, preparing to strike at the heart of the Kraven city.

Gyrobot has returned from his vacation and in good time too. The War between Kraven and Automagfreek has begun and it was time to help win another war for the Automagfreek empire. Immediately he sent an telegram to AMF:

"Dear AMF.

AS you know, we have recently heard of your conflict with the Kraven Corporation and we decided to support you in crushing the Kravens. The reason why we supported them before in a previous war was due to the selling of human beings for nuclear weapons. But now that the crisis has passed we are now free to let loose the dogs of war on their little city. We will send supplies, guns and various types of supplies to relieve your men. Good luck in defeating them."

By now Vidimir's first wave had been all but wiped out, with over a hundred thousand that perished at the hands of the cowardly biological weapon. However, his second wave would fare far better now that his Sentinels had reinforced their suits with silicone gel spray. As the radio chatter began to fall silent, Vidimir ordered his transports to make for the beachhead once again, this time under much more indescriminate naval gunfire. Hundreds of cluster and high explosive shells began filling the sky as the landing craft came within a stone's throw of the blood stained sands.

Go my Sentinels, do not give up the fight. Show them that you will not disappear quietly into the night, show them that you will not vanish without a fight. Pour onto them the same misery they have unleashed on your kin, but instead ten fold.

Vidmir did not quite feel that he was in over his head, but his distress at losing such a astronomical number of troops was beginning to tax his strength. Though he did not shed a tear or explode in anger, his emotions were clearly visible upon his face. All amphibious tanks and light armor are to focus themselves into two tactical columns, splitting into a dozen seperate groups as they advance further inland. Aircraft will silence any artillery pieces that explose themselves, and combined naval fire will contine to target the enemy ranks directly.

Vidimir's trembling finger scanned over the large map of the area with his commanders at his side, the Warchief's exhaustion beginning to take its toll on his body. Infantry are to drive past the static defenses, then assemble their squads on the flanks and center and begin clearing the area. The next wave will make ready for deployment at this time, and will be deployed when the time is right.

Just as he ordered, the second wave hit the sands and immediately began driving forward along the path the now obliterated first wave had taken. The roar of tank engines and guns joined in the deafening symphony of carnage, and the trails of high atmospheric fighters ensured the second wave of Sentinels that they were not alone. Without second thought they trampled over the cold corpses of their fallen breathren, an unusual fury building as they charged through the field of the dead with guns blazing. The fresh troops moved with incredible speed up the fighting lines, with naval, air, and armored support continuing to cover their advance.

The momentum in this attack was much greater, for the advance into the killing fields were not met with as much resistance compared to what the first wave had seen. Much of the work had been done, but there would be much more to be done indeed.

Meanwhile, the unrelenting push by Damien's forces continued with effecient brutality. Having heard of the slaughter in the south, the Sentinels of Dreadfire were fuled by rage and hatred as they tore into the meager Kraven lines with great ferocity. The mammoth armada offshore continued to provide a blistering hail of supportive fire from all platforms, and Dreadfire spared no expense in the air either. Like a great swarm of locusts his fighters decended into the action, strafing the enemy lines and engaging the Kraven fighters and air defenses with Hellrage missiles and 30mm DU fire.

The charge on all landing zones had gone just as planned, and forces along the flanks of the Kraven lines began to tighten their grip on the area. These areas were hit especially hard by the Freek armor corps, their ability to cover vast terrain in a short period of time a valuable asset to the battle. The flanks were hit almost exclusively by Damien's more seasoned troops, their invaluable combat experience in blitzkrieg style warfare coming into play as all units began their second advance.

With more troops by the minute arriving, Dreadfire decided to not allow his enemy one extra second to reinforce their lines or resupply. Under a much heavier barrage of naval and air fire, as well as a steady base of infantry fire, his forces began a daring drive up into the Kraven defenses. Dreadfire's forces employed a variety of weapons and talents, and in this scenario grenade and rocket launchers were used heavily. Standing orders were to set fire to any tunnel entrance they came across with drums of gasoline, and to offer no quarter to any enemy soldier. The Kraven Corporation would pay for their sins against the Sentinels on this day.

Azrael on the other hand was faring extremely well, his air support having almost free reign over the high skies of the island, though enemy AA still presented a problem. However, with his jets in staggered clusters all across the sky, any enemy gun or platform that presented itself would be promptly dealt with. Azrael had no concern for any structure save for any airstrip or long roadway. Heavy bombers from the AMF mainland had been sent furing the night, and they would be arriving within the next 12 hours after refueling. With a secure island Azrael could use this new real estate as a forward base of operations to help springboard into Kravonika.

With nearly a third of his forces already landed, he bagan sending off large patrols in every direction to continue moping up th meager Kraven garrions in the area. No building or hideout would be allowed to stand, nor would surrender be acknowledged. The Kraven forces still alive on the island were to be exterminated like vermin to make room for even more AMF assets. The 406th Legion of the Fallen were given the task of finding and securing a runway or large road for this purpose. The integrity of the structure was not of importance, for Freek engineers stood ready to repair any damage quickly and efficiently.

Knowing that the Kraven soldiers were likely to fight to the death, Azrael ordered that no prisoners were to be taken, and no quarter given. Any resistance was to be dealt with in a manner that many may deem excessive, whatever was necessary.

Vidimirs Front

During the breif lul between Sentinal assaults, Reinforcements were brought up, Fresh Capitol Police were sent from the Barracks within the Citadel...

Remaining slaves were forced to haul the Corpses of Sentinals to form sand bags, while others, mimicing Dreadfires own tactics, Rose the sentinals onto great Crucifixes made hastily from Wood nearby...

A symbol to those who defied the Corporation...

Vidimirs second bombardment took to swift effect, pummeling the Artillery until they were silenenced, Kraven formations that were advancing up through the trench systems were smashed apart as trenches collapsed and bunkers caved in...

Still the Capitol police prepared defenses, Troopers from the logistical Korpz continued to bring up fresh ammunition, while Sturmpanzer Anti Tank squads took up new positions, waiting for the Freek armour to arrive, their Javeling AT missiles prep'd and ready to go...

In areas of large destruction, the troopers made best their armour and set up 30mm Cannons and other gun emplacements, the losses from the first Battalion that had defended against the first wave had been high but now their numbers were being bolstered by the second battalion...

The 45th Sturmpanzer Battalion would lay down their lives for the Corporation while the 8th Sturmpanzer Battalion would Be ready for the second wave...

Areas of the Citadel itself had been struck, the heavy armoured exterior holding up well to the constant AMF bombardment, missiles had carefully taken out Several large gun emplacements, but still the Long range Artillery continued to hammer the supply ships of Vidimir, sending shell after shell screaming towards their targets with un-nerving precision...

Dreadfires Front

Reinforcements from the 19th Sturmpanzer Battalion had slowly began to arrive, Captiol Police began to bolster the rear defense line, as slowly the forward defense units fell back in a staggered formation, using C12 booby traps and other explosives, leaving grenades under the Corpses of officers...

Slaves continued to set up Barbed wire as the forward Units fell back, Automated Defenses continued to lay down volleys of machine gun fire as slowly one by one the Ships of Dreadfire silenced them...

The Heavy Armour of the Sturmpanzer battalion were now within fire range, the heavy Emperor class tanks opened fire with its 185mm ETC cannons, while the smaller Smooth bore cannons of the Leman Russ's lay down an explosive barrage...

Chimera troop transporters continued up to the defenses bring up, AT Squads and Extermination squads, they quickly filtered into the trenches and lay down a torrent of flame...

AMF's air craft though had done their work, and the armour had been struck hard, only the most heaviest of tanks had survied, the Chimeras the heavier troop transporters had faired better than the lighter Corporate APC's from kravonika, Droves of these APC's had been knocked out, despite the ZSU coverage...

even the ZSU's had been hit hard, with only several left out of the Armoured company reaching the north west defenses....

Given the fury of the sentinals advance, it would take a miracle for this section to hold...

And that miracle happened to be the Concremo air force, the air force that was in place before the Kraven Coupe... these fighters were sleek interceptors designed for a the primary role of bringing down enemy fighters while at the same time being able to attack ground units...

Although, Dreadfires fleet would be sure to cause some problems to the squadrons of fighters that now filled the air, they made sure that they would not stray too close... avoiding AA fire were ever possible, while still engaging AMF Forces with Hellstrike ATA missiles...

These aircraft however had only just taken off from Concremo and would take a few hours to reach the combat zone, so for now the miracle had to wait...

Azraels Front


Azrael was having a relativly easy time, The Capitol Police defense force had fallen back, leaving their defenses empty, however most of these defenses had been booby trapped with C12 and C4, while barrels of Kerosene from the Chemical Plant had been piled into bunkers, before the retreat, this was just one of the many tactics used by the Defense force in falling back...

Kreigsmarine snipers continued to target Sentinal squad commanders, while others looked for Azrael personaly, using thier high powered scopes to search for him, while at the same time using this opportunity to hit his Command squad that was accompanying him...

The Capitol police still waited for Sentinals to enter the facility, it was certain that Azrael would not risk shelling the plant directly, the chemicals stored here would decimate the island, and the explosive power was immense, also risking a fracture of the Fusion Reactor was something no doubt, Azrael could not afford...

Meanwhile, engineers continued to work, Sabotaging Communication lines and Road networks, Collapsing bridges and other means of Advancing, the aim was to slow down the Freek advance as much as possible...

While through out the forest of the island, Engineers set up Automated Gun turrets in bushes and headge rows... placing them in houses and warehouses, all to slow down the freek advance...

it was a last ditch attempt at holding the tide...

Knowing the island was about to fall, Azrael ordered that the main contingent of his troops fall back to the beaches and onto the ships that waited offshore. He would not allow the Kraven troops to detonate the chemical plant with his men still on the island, so in a proactive response the pullback began. As the troops continued to fall back to a safe distance, the plant was shelled with high explosive rounds from both the ground, and from ricket assisted rounds from the sea.

Intelligence prior to the war with Kraven revealed that this chemical plant did indeed have volatile substances inside, but an explosion from that one plant would not devastate a large enough area to be of great concern to Azrael....as long as his troops were not close. He also knew that fusion reactors would not produce the unclean and devastating effect that a compromised fission reactor would, and the explosion from the reactor itself would most likely not even leave the complex. So the entire plant was then put under artillery fire almost immediately after the Sentinels and Fallen had moved back to safe positons, and there they waited.

Meanwhile a bulk of Azrael's combatant ships moved eastward towards Vidimir's LZ, firing long and medium range missiles and rocket assisted cannon rounds. The inbound ships punished the Kraven lines in unison with Vidimir's vessels, which continued to be hit sporadically by land based artillery. Though the ships did not sink thanks to the armored hulls and water tight bulkheads, the damage was visible on several frigates and destroyers, their pristine decks charred and ripped to shreds in some spots. But help was coming in Vidimir's direction, and Azrael's ships exploited the weakness in that particular section of the coast and proceeded to bombard the left flank heavily. Vidimir's advancing forces now had support along their left flank, which allowed them to spread further into the center and right flank of the main line.

A sea of fire and metal consumed the Kraven lines from above and in front as cannons and infantry based explosive launchers (AT4, M203, etc.) continued to be used heavily and with the highest efficiency possible. The sight of their fallen brothers nailed to poorly constructed crosses enraged them, filling the charging Sentinels with a bloodied and near deranged fury. After a few hours of intense fighting and shelling, the Sentinels massed once more as the approaching ships deployed loaded transports on the left flank and made for the coast. Numbering in the thousands, the arriving Sentinels would serve as both a distraction and a supplementary flanking element for Vidimir's forces.

With the heavy bombers that were sent from the AMF mainland in the distance, an intense volley of EMP rounds and missiles shot into the heart of the Kraven defenses, hoping to knock out any surviving radar or anti-air sites in the area. The two infantry forces then began to advance, first the Sentinels already on the land, followed by those that would soon be touching down on just to the west. Under unrelenting missile and fighter support, the heavy bombers flew to their maximum ceiling and immediately began dropping their ordinance in great numbers, the first wave of bombs marked to fall a few dozen yards in front of the most forward ot Sentinel elements.

On the other side of the island, Dreadfire's long range radar noted a sizable launch from a distant airbase. Given their current altitude, speed, and heading, it was determined that the fighters were hostile and should be dealt with accordingly. A massive volley of 'Skewer' long range missile that had been outfitted with EMP warheads were fired in the direction of the inbound fighters. With the assistance of long range radar and real time satellite imagery, the 'Skewer' assumed primary and secondary targets, and traveled in several clusters to disguise their numbers. Aircraft continued to be launched from the decks of the numerous carriers in Damien's battlegroup, and mobile anti-air units ranging from PAC-3 batteries to SmartFlak tanks took to the beaches. They began to station themselves in a defensive perimeter to allow more vehicles to land safely, and would also provide air cover for the advancing infantry.

Though their losses weren't nearly as bad as what Vidimir had experienced, the dead were beginning to show themselves on the battlefield. But the determined Dreadfire continued his assault on the ten different beachheads, the two LZ's on both the right and left flanks shifting both inward and outward to clear a large area of enemy activity. Realtime satellite thermal scans of the area told Damien rough enemy locations and numbers, but that data was insignificant in spite of the sheer volume of Sentinels that had landed. The massive columns of troops moved swiftly across the terrain with disregard for enemy positions, firing near excessive amounts of ordinance at any target that presented itself.

Naval guns and air cover continued to fill its role, regardless of the fighters that were plucked from the skies by enemy ZSU's. The pilots that witnessed the demise of their comrades were quick to respond to the ground fire by launching 'Hellrage' guided missiles towards the source before moving on. Dreadfire was determined to not to be stopped or delayed in the slightest, though the inbound jets were of slight concern to him. He had left instruction with his trusted first mate on board the Mouth For War to handle the air cover while he personally lead the battle on the ground.

And handle it he did, driving like a fiery stake into the heart of the enemy forces in front of him both up the center and the right and left flanks respectively. His infantry and armor stationed themselves in a pincer movement at the heart of the enemy resistance, hoping to break the back of their defenses and collapse their lines from all sides. It was a time tested tactic that was executed flawlessly with maximum cover from naval guns, mobile land based artillery, and air cover. The elements in this theater were working to his advantage, and the coming hours would determine what the payoff would be.

Dreadfires Battle Front

The Attack was too much, The sheer amount of Artillery and Ordanace that could be brought to bear had taken its toll on Kraven Forces... The Origonal Mobile Unit that had been stationed here had been wiped out, and now the Remaining elements of the Battalion had only just managed to make it up to the Defense Group, Armour was Now Engaging Sentinal forces, using their Assault Cannons to mount an impressive Defense, Raining down thousands of 12.7mm x 76mm Rounds upon the approaching units...

All Across the line Armoured units lobbed shells into the Incomming Sentinals, while at the same time, Basilisk Mobile artillery simply fired Point blank into the Massed units, their Earthshaker shells tearing up the beach and sending great plumes of Sand rising into the air....

The Capitol Police units now met the Sentinals Head on, Unlike the Sentinals who were fueled by blind rage, the Capitol Police attacked them with silent Aggression, Not once muttering a battle cry nor Screaming in Rage... Just attacking like Automon Units, Dreadfires Ships however had taken their toll on the Approaching units, and Holes in the Advancing force had appeared....

But Regardless the Capitol police swept over their own defenses, Running down into the Beach, with Bayonets fixed onto their GPMG's, Supporting Troopers opened fire with their Assault Cannons, laying down heavy Suppression fire while at the same time, Flame thrower wielding Troopers Set fire to the Very Beach, Turning the Prestine white sands into Blackened Charred dust...

The Capitol Police Swept into the Sentinals, Firing their GPMG's in sweeping motions, until the distance was closed then engaging the Sentinals with Bayonets or using the GPMG as simple clubs, others were firing Point blank into Sentinals... Each following their orders, Each trooper moved protecting the Squads weakpoints, Sentinal Fire rebounding off the heavy duty Armour plating of the CP protect gear, while others were cut down, Sentinal fire hitting their exposed areas...

The Concremo Air Force was still on route, When unexpectidly, they were hit by Long range AA Missile fire, The First Battlegroup were smashed apart by the unexpected attack, even though system had alerted them, it was too late to react and multiple Aircraft had been turned into hunks of scrap metal that fell into the wastelands below...

But now the Remaining battle groups were prepared and engaged their ECM's managing to avoid the bulk of missles approaching, the Pilots well trained, managed to manouvre their craft out of Harms way...

Regardless however the Formations still headed towards the target zones...

Vidimirs Battle Front

Vidimirs forces were still being hammered by the Fresh Units that had been brought up, Mobile Machine gun emplacements set up during the lul continued to lay down a barrage of fire...

While Supporting Capitol Police units continued to fire using their Assault Cannons and Flame throwers...

In The Brief Lul the Capitol Police had managed to reinforce the First trench line, What the Sentinals had acheived During the first wave had been undone by their massacre...

By Now Heavy Supporting armour for this battalion had been brought up, the first Battalions Number decemated by Freek Artillery, but still they Hounded the Sentinals with Shells...

Vidimirs Ships now supported by Azraels, hammered the coast line, causing more casualties as missile and shell both went to work, Smashing apart trenches, while other shells struck the Citadel, its massive armoured structure withstanding the blasts...

Long Range Artillery built into the Citadel Continued to Pound the Fleets, these massive 185mm Cannons sent shell after shell soaring, Several had been silenced, but still enough remained to cause a problem...

Sporadic AA Fire continued to harrass the Freek Air Force, while The Few Remaining ZSU's in this front concentrated their Fire onto the approaching Freek Units...

Azraels Front

The Chemical plant had begun to be shelled, it was decided that the Freeks had not fallen for the plan, Instead The Capitol Police Quickly pulled out before the damage was too much and compromised their withdrawal...

It was decided that under the Fire of Freek artillery the Capitol Police would advance along the flanks of the Island, while the Freek Sentinals and Forces waited, the Capitol Police advanced, Preparing to attack the units on the beach, Quickly the Mobile units, Advanced towards the Freek positions, and once in range opened fire with one last Ditch attempt to hold the Island...

It mattered not now, because regardless of the out come, the Island was still booby trapped up to the eye balls...

Explosions rippled across the plant as great Cannisters exploded in a devestating ball of fire, covering the Island in thick black smoke, other Chemical tanks exploded, sending great balls of fire raging into the sky...

With the first line of trenches filling up again, Vidimir knew that resistance would be much stiffer. But his fresh troops and heavy bombers would be his best weapon, and with his ships being constantly resupplied, the next big clash was about to take place. Another barrage of EMP shells and missiles flew ahead of the B-52 bombers, targeting the Citadel directly as well as remaining static defenses in the area.

Fighter escort began to engage the remaining ZSU's in order to protect the large wing of bombers, diving down with autocannons and missile blazing. Several were knocked out or hit immediately, but regardless the aerial assault continued. Those not engaging the anti-air defenses began to assist the infantry below, dropping 1,000 pound guided bombs onto the trenches and into the heart of the enemy ranks. These bombs would detonate at predetermined heights and send hundreds of smaller cluster charges towards the ground, which would in turn decimate a large area and be effect regardless of terrain. Knowing the smaller charges would fall into the trenches and clear them out, Vidimir then focused the brunt of his naval and mobile ground based artillery to hit both the Citadel as well as the rear of the enemy ranks, hoping to sever their support units and create a barrier that would be treacherous to fall back through.

Azrael's ships that had arrived from the west were still firing hard and fast, targeting the Citadel and forward defensive positions respectively. As a result the number of shells and missiles in the air nearly doubled, increasing the destructive potential two fold. Aircraft from the arriving fleet also joined in the attack against enemy ZSU's, as well as the Citadel itself and the trench system. Vidimir's Sentinels had slowed their movements to allow the ordinance to take effect, but all the meanwhile still maintaining a heavy base of sweeping gunfire. Snipers and heavy gunners took up temporary positions and began going to work on any and all targets as they appeared, and as they did the bombers began to unleash their full wrath.

With the enemy anti-air defenses occupied, the B-52's began to carpet bomb the entire area, making sure to avoid Sentinel positions at all costs. A literal blanket of bombs fell from the heavens towards the positions below, not only targeting the front lines and artillery positions, but also the Citadel and any structure worth leveling. It was indeed Vidimir's largest attack yet, encompassing every element at his disposal. With air and naval superiority, it would only be a matter of time before the infantry would be able to simply sweep across the enemy lines with ease.

Meanwhile, Freek satellites in geosynch were tracking the Kraven elements attempting to outflank Azrael's forces. The Advocate siezed this opportunity and began sending a medium sized force to engage the forces on both flanks, while sending larger forces to wheel around into the mainland of the island and catch them in a piner move. The Capitol Police would soon find themselves surrounded with only the sea to their back, where they would then be blasted by naval and aerial fire. Azrael executed the plan boldly, sending his fastest and most mobile elements to execute the wheel, while the 406th hit both flanking elements head on under and intense wave of gunfire and artillery.

After watching the magnificent explosion of the chemical plant, a second force advanced forward towards the location of the plant and began securing a perimeter. Sentinel engineers began scouring the area for booby traps while others actively began seeking out pockets of resistance. The exremely small detachment of Capitol Police were without doubt seriously compromised by the much larger and better equipped assault force under Azrael.

As the wheeling element began to move inland, they broke in both directions towards the Kraven soldiers that were attempting to flank Azrael's LZ. As they did they unleashed a punishing wave of fire, with sounds of the 406th guns in the distance. The advancing Sentinels boldly began forcing themselves into the Capitol Police lines while the 406th stopped the assault head on, and Azrael knew the only logical choice was to either retreat or move towards the beaches to avoid ground fire. To drive the point home, Azrael deployed fighters several miles away from the action, cutting off any hopes of a retreat. From the skies they locked in and fired long range Skewer missiles towards the Capitol Police, while Freek warships waited offshore for their chance to strike.

Damien on the other hand was having much more fun, having been caught up in the Kraven advance personally. As he watched the Captiol Police rush in, several sqauds of Sentinels immediately hit the ground and threw everything they had at the advancing hoard. All the meanwhile another larger wave of Sentinels drew their swords and pistols, boldly waiting until the Kraven soldier were within a stone's throw of the dug in Sentinels before charging. This was a textbook Sentinel melee charge, their razor sharp blades connecting with the enemy bayonettes and swinging about in a frenzy of skilled swordplay.

Those that attempted to pause and fire at the charging Sentinels were targeted specifically by Sentinel snipers, heavy gunners, and riflemen. Backing up his melee assault was a numerically superior force of medium infantry with light armor support. They slipped through the dug in Sentinel ranks and began to follow in behind the close quarters action, pounding the center and rear of the charging lines with heavy doses of gunfire. The Sentinels were known the world over for their skills in any melee scenario, and the Captiol Police had unknowlingly put themselves in the Sentinel's favorite fighting environment. The flame thrower wielding Capitol Police were particularly fun to shoot at for the Sentinel marksmen, who anxiously awaited the massive fireball that would be produced once the fuel tanks had been pierced by one of their rounds.

The fight in the air was still in its early stages, with the enemy air froce still closing in towards their targets. Another volley of EMP tipped Skewer missiles were unleashed towards the inbound fighters, followed up by a salvo of conventional Hellrage missiles. The smaller, faster, and more agile missiles were sent in packs, with as many as 4 predetermined targets. During this time Dreadfire's first mate had launched a staggering amount of planes, which struck at the remaining Kraven elements with guided missiles and strafing cannonfire as they awaited the aerial onslaught.

SmartFlak, 30mm auto-turrets, CIWS, and Gladius missiles awaited the Concremo fighters if they ventured into firing range. The sheer number of AMF jets in the air cast a shadow on the ground, the menacing hoard of fighters appearing as a swarm of bees in the skies. With a several minute gap having passed since the final barrage of EMP missiles, the first squads of fighters broke off from the aerial assault on Kraven lines to engage the Concremo air force. The sizable force began starting off towards their direction, maintaining a variety of different altitudes ranging from low, mid level, and maximum cieling. They flew in a tight formation as to disguise their numbers, and planned to strike from all angles once the last of the missiles had done its work.

Dreadfire was pleased with the efficiency of his landing so far, and was also glad to hear of the progress on the other fronts. Though Vidimir had been hit hard, the addition of Azrael's warships and the heavy bombers would definately turn the tide. But immediately his mind returned to the task at hand, slaughtering the poorly coordinated Capitol Police and advancing on Kravonika itself.

The Melee was a ruse, and while the Sentinals and capitol police slogged it out, The capitol Police using their size and brute force to match the Sentinals brute force and sword play, Where one soldier Trust with his sword, The Capitol Police trooper side stepped the blow, bring up his GPMG in a bone shattering swing...

Every where this was going on it was like some great Ballet...

Several Flame thrower troopers exploded in a ball of fire, that rose into the air like a great crimson dragon, While the Trooper disoriented staggered around for those few moments his protect grear kept him alive, until finaly his flesh burnt away and his body gave up its grip on life...

Explosions continued to tear through the rear of the lines, because even while the Melee raged on the Engineer Korpz went to work, setting up C12, remotely detonated Plastic explosives, a lot more potent that any C4 and with twice the explosive capability of an equal size pack of C4...

All along the rear of this battle front did the Engineers set up these explosives, even while Freek air craft hounded them with missile fire and machine gun bursts...

Each time an Engineer was killed, The others picked up their pace spurred on by their capitol Police "Minders"

At the Northern Gates of Kravonika, Several Fresh Battalions Were mobilised, Sent up to bolster the Forces now engaging Dreadfires forces personaly, Vast Legions of Armour and Coloums of APC's Roared through the waste land towards the Combat zone, The Sturmpanzer Battalions of the 5th, the 16th and the 101st Were On route now to Assist the Defense...

The Concremo Air Force had been struck again, loosing another several planes to the Missile strike of Dreadfires Long range weaponry, However now they were closing in for the Kill, Launching Several "GodStrike" HE missiles at the Sentinal Formations, while other Planes configured differently Fired off "Hellhammer" anti tank missiles, streaking into Freek armour...

Soon the Aircraft were now in range of Automag freeks mobile AA systems, and even now they were bringing down Concremo air craft, plucking them from the sky as one might pluck an apple from a tree...

But in kind the Aircraft responded, targeting them with Counter AA missiles firing the "Hellhammer" anti tank missiles to effectivly silence them...

One Unit of air craft skimmed low, hedgehopping across the defeneses, while using their Forward mounted assault cannon, to tear up the beach... before pulling up some miles out and turning round, heading for another attack run...

Vidimirs Battle Front

Still Azraels Ships and Vidimirs Battle group pounded the Coastal defenses, The Citadel was still holding up, but Visable Dents were now appearing across the armoured body of the Behemoth, Bits of masonry began to fall with every new shell, While the Structure was sound, it wouldn't be able to put up with this Punishment for ever...

The ZSU's concentrating their fire on the Air Attacks had now been silenced, and only the Few remaining ZSU's concentrated their fire on the approaching sentinals Tearing up the beach with a hailstorm of bullets...

The B52's continued to carpet bomb the Area, smashing apart trenches and laying waste to Buildings inside the City, While they attacked the Trench system outside the Citadel, they had relative free reign, but here the Air Defenses of the Imperial Palace opened fire, Launching waves of SAM missiles into the air, and Opening fire with a multitude of Automated Hyrda Flak cannons...

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While in this Location, another Two Battalions were Activated, the 13th and the 21st Sturmpanzer battalions were sent up to Reinforce the Defense against the Fresh wave, As Troopers began to filter into the Trench system, they already lay down a Hail of Gun fire, using their Optical mags to enhance the battle field, they Targeted the Approaching Sentinals, sending well aimed bursts of fire in their direction.

While others Threw Phosphorus Grenades into the paths of Oncomming Sentinals, the .50Cal heavy machine gun emplacements soon began to lay down another hail of fire, With the Fresh Re-inforcements came Fresh heavy machine guns, and quickly the Rate of fire Picked up, Not only were Capitol Police Present but Several Reichmarshals and Kreigsmarines were now In the Fray co-ordinating the attack personaly...

On the Citadel Wall, Slaves were dragging large Gun Carriages along to Firing Positions, Fresh AA guns brought up from The Armouries below, Each one pulled like his life depended on it, as Capitol Police soldiers Urged them on with Rifle butt and the Threat of death...

Quickly these Fresh Guns were put in place and quickly the Flak slowly began to pick up, as Capitol Police gunners sent shell after shell roaring into the fray....

Azraels Battle Front

Needless to say, The Small force that was here had made a tacticaly sound move, however Azraels eyes in the sky had informed him well in advance of this Tactical move...

The capitol Police forces were met head on, and while their Assault was fierce, their numbers and supplies were in no way a match for Azraels numbers and logistics..

Within about two hours worth of intense fighting, this Mobile Unit had been wiped out... the only defense forces left were the few Kreigsmarine snipers taking pot shots at Sentinal Squad Commanders and the Many booby Trapped areas....

OOC: Kraven, respond to the air attack made on the air defenses inside Kravonika.

OOC: Kraven, respond to the air attack made on the air defenses inside Kravonika.

(OOC: Ok, but this was closed from the start, So i would expect most, if not all of your fighters to be brought Down as you cross over Corporate Territory, Automagfreek agrees on this, using Fluid time, this post happens During your attack not at the current point)

The Approaching Formation had been picked up along time before they had even reached Territorial Waters, SAM Systems were online and Immeadiatly let Rip with a volley of Missiles, All across the Defense Network this happened, but even so The Fighters managed to slip through the network, reaching their Mac 10 Speed as they launched their bombs, But even so SAM systems were still firing missiles, and while They could out Run the Missiles that were chasing them, They could not out run a Missile attack comming straight For them...

But Regardless of the AA response, the payloads had been dropped...

Flak Cannons opened fire, Attempting to destroy these incomming weapons before it was too late, Several Detonating in bright blue plumes of EMP blasts, Silenceing the SAM sites that were letting rip with volleys of Missiles just moments ago, Flak cannons were relativly Unharmed, lacking any form of circuit...

Other missile Systems attached to the Citadel wall were brought down, while at the same time Several Local Radar Systems were taken off line, While the Damage had been a Blow to the Defensive system, it was not Critical and the War Machine could continue to function...

But even as the Velkyian Fighter bombers Left Corporate Air space, the Long Range Missile Systems of Concremo Activated, preparing to release anothe barrage to any Fighter that had remained, Missile after missile was launched from Locations within Concremo as the Early Radar systems had simply been waiting for the Air Craft to get into range of the Missile Systems....

Vidimir's front

The Sentinels had dug in while the approahcing ships of Azrael pounded the area alongside Freek B-52's and fighters. Though the bulk of the infantry advance had been severely slowed to almost a halt, they continued to return fire while maintaining as much cover as they could. Freek armor hid behind debris piles and inside impact craters, waiting for the next Sentinel advance into the enemy lines.

The skies above the inner city were alive with anti-aircraft fire, with smoke trails frm surface to air missiles and exploding flak dotting the blue heavens above. The fighter escorts immediately moved into engage, activating their radar jamming and diving down with guns and missiles blazing, trying to draw attention away from the bombers. The B-52's themselves were not helpless either, activating their own ECM and increasing altitude to avoid radar guided flak. The SAM's that came too close to the bombers were met with chaff and flares as they took evasive maneuvers to avoid the inbound ground fire. Several though were hit, and as the mammoth planes darted towards the ground, they armed their entire payloads and continued dropping as much ordinance over as wide of an area as they could.

The anti-air defenses were immediately placed on a 3D map of the entire area, and were promtly followed up by a barrage of rocket assisted naval gunfire as well as cruise missiles. The Freek jets strafed the ground fiercly and with great speed, firing guided missiles at stationary guns and concentrated infantry positions. The B-52's that had taken evasive maneuvers also began to break formation and spread themelves across a wide area, only venturing a mile or three into the AA protected area before circling back towards the shore....all the meanwhile punishing those on the ground with larges scores of bombs.

The Citadel itself was also targeted by Hellrage as well as bunker busting missiles, and fired at mercilessly with 30mm DU chaingun rounds. The deep penetrating power was exactly what was needed to breach the visibly damaged shell of the Citadel, and the fighters in this wing that were not escorting the bmbers or engaging anti-air defenses concentrated on punishing the Citadel as best they could. Those that ran out of ordinance returned to the decks of their carriers, and began to escort another smaller detachment of bombers that had refrained from the initial bombing run. Amongst their ranks were B-52's and C-17's, all under the protection of AMF fighter jets. Once the first bombing wave had finished they would move in for a second run under heavy naval and ground support.

The ships that Azrael had sent were now in place, and a full out landing on the left flak of Vidimir's forces began. Hundreds of landing craft made their way towards the shore under the usual protective umbrella of battleships, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, and sub fire. Shell after shell and missile after missle were spent hammering the defensive walls and interior to the west of Vidmir's embattled forces. This would cause the enemy's attention to be split between the two landing parties, and increasing Vidimir's chance of survival. Amphibious tanks and fighting vehicles hit the sands alongside their Sentinel counterparts, driving up the left flank of the fierce battle and concentrating on the defenses in front of them.

Meanwhile, more ships were beginning to come from the west following the fall of the southern island. Vidimir's scanners indicated two other convoys headed his way, one moving towards the west of the second landing party and on headed towards the east of his postion. It seemed that Azrael was now sending flanking parties to assist the young Warchief, who up until now had limited experience in warfare. Long range cruise missiles were being sent in from the ships that were still out to sea, their vast reach being utilized to pound the interior defenses and the Citadel itself.

The fresh Sentinels on his left flank were a welcome sight indeed, and Vidmir used this to encourage his men to keep pouring on their fire. With his ships still taking damage from long range fire, he ordered his guns and missile tubes to fire nonstop, without regard for long term damage. More and more planes took to the skies as other began returning from their sorties to refuel and reload, some pilots merely jumping in readied aircraft and immediately returning to the fight.

The Sentinels on the ground would certainly need any help they could get, though they were not entirely helpless themselves. Inside large impact craters from the naval gunfire sat mobile artillery and MLRS units. Without pause they continued to barrage the enemy lines with scores of missiles and HE shells, with enough supply on hand to hold out until reinforcements arrived. From behind debris piles, inside trenches, and inside craters, mortar teams fired off round after round and round with great sucession into the enemy lines. The 60mm ordinance would be a great and welcome addition to the air, naval, and ground support from behind them. Some Sentinels were in near shock that there was even still an enemy left to fight after what they had thrown at them.

Azrael's Front

With the success of his pincer maneuver, Azrael hastily gathered his dead from the battlefields and ordered a brief burial detail while enginners and special forces scoured the island for booby traps and snipers that still lurked in the shadows. He had ordered a sizable garrison to hold the island while supplies and reinforcements were sent from the AMF mainland, but the bulk of his forces would be diverted to assist Vidimir. Azrael quickly plotted a 6 point landing plan that would place two elements on Vidimir's right flank, and 4 elements to his left. With the 3 slammer convoys that he had already sent, in total he would make 9 landings across the southern beaches of Kravonika.

The 406th Legion would be sent into the fight was well, while several battered divisions would rest on the island and secure it. Engineers began defusin any traps they came across, as well as securing a site to serve as runways for jets and bombers. These areas were especially well guarded and scanned via UAV's and satellite, and regular fighter patrols were ordered to span across the entire island, armed with a full payload of weapons as well as infrared detection equipment.

With ships steaming out of Automagfreek ports by the minute, Azrael made for his flagship, the Death Rattle, and prepared for combat. The Templar and Reaver, two 'Sentinel' class Super Dreadnoughts were on their way to assist Azrael's and Vidimir's elements. Once they arrived...the tide would definately be turned.

The departing aramda was well protected both above and below the seas, with Supremacy class subs scouring the depths for any ambush, while naval fighters streaked through the clouds in search of any bird of war. They carried with them a large contingent of supplies ranging from ammunition to food, to medical supplies. They also boasted tens of thousands of Sentinels to supplement Vidimir's battered forces, and having heard news of the bio attack they lusted to have a go at the Kraven menace.

Within the next two hours he set sail for Kravonika with the 406th Legion and some of his finest Sentinel divisions. His entire battlefleet was spread over many miles, with each captain having received word of the plan. Battleships guns began pounding off rocket assisted rounds that would have just enough reach to land in the laps of the Capitol Police on the front lines. But a longer range alternative was used more heavily, mainly cruise missiles. Dozens of them screamed out of their tubes and into the skies, bound for both infantry positions as well as anti-air and artillery.

Dreadfire's front

The melee had gone well so far, but as the Concremo air garrison took to the battle the action slowed. The strafing fire had cut into several Sentinels running across the beach, as well as kicking sand into the air and causing mayhem in the ranks. Ground based anti-air boldly continued to pour on the heat, PAC3's and SmartFlak filling the sky as naval fighters and guns began to sweep into the enemy planes. Hundreds of 30mm anti-air guns exploded to life with great fury, taking great care not to hit their own planes which had been identified and tracked on radar. Hundreds of thousands of tracer rounds were spat forth from barrels of the cannons, making the wall of lead all the more imposing, because for every 1 tracer there were 4 other rounds that the eye could not see.

Dreadfire was not too concerned about the loss of several mobile anti-air batteries, for while the enemy was concentrating on them, ships offshore and planes high above began to target them in turn. SmartFlak and PAC3 carriers exploxed while others suffered moderate to severe damage, but there were plenty more onshore and even more units coming ashore as the clock continued to tick away.

The speedy Gladius missiles were shot from their rapid fire launch tubes in droves, supplementing the AMRAAM and Hellrage that were being fired from Freek jets in the skies. With fire from the land, sea, and air, the Concremo fighter garrison would have little choice but to pull back if they had any value of self preservation. Damien knew that the enemy would not risk staying in a triangular pattern of fire for too long, and he ordered the aerial menace dealt with swiftly.

MLRS, artillery, and mortars continued to be fired at the center and rear of the Kraven lines, while the embattled Sentinels continued to stay off the enemy with a heavy volume of gunfire. The imposing enfilade increasing by the second as the charging Kraven elements continued to clash with Sentinel positions. Aerial recon and satellite intel showed that there was a lot of activity near the rear of the Kraven lines, suggesting either a dig in or some sort of trap. These areas had already been udner fire by missiles and artillery, but their coordinates were noted and those positions were to be avoided until the action died down and engineers were allowed in.

Dreadfire also received word that an armored convoy was being sent from northern Kravonika to assault his lines head on. Knowing that they were at least a few days away, Damien ordered that a surgical strike of cruise missiles be employed to slow their movements, if not knock them out entirely. Having seen the effects of a convoy under cruise missile attacks, he sent word to his ships to fire in clusters all day and all night, aiming for the heavy tanks and vehicles in the point position. A 70 ton road block would definately slow movements for however brief a time, allowing more missiles to be fired and wreak havok.

Reinforcements from his ships were now being sent in to bolster his lines and hold the beachhead as his forward elements advanced. The guns of every ships sounded loudly in the distance, and the explosion of their ordinance could easily be distinguished from the rest. Having kept in close contact with Azrael and Vidimir, he knew that though they had not advanced as fast as they hoped, they were still on schedule and dishing out a boatload of punishment.

OOC: You mistook my approach, those EMP craft turned and headed back out of Kravonika and towards the AMF carriers.

Secret IC:

Numonica

Four Supertankers had been moved into the Dry docks at the Numonica Naval base, Reichmarshals were busy pouring over various documents and plans, The Corporation here was in full swing, Naval Engineers and Numonican Workers were franticaly working away at these Naval Behemoths.

Massive Cranes lowered Sections of armour into place against the hull of the ship, its wasn't much, but it'd give the ship the survivability it needed to complete the tasks that were ahead of it.

Engineers were busy welding the plates into position, ensuring they were secure, using high powered mig welders... While slaves Hammered into place large Hinges and various mechanisms, The large section of the tanker had been cut away revealing the inner chasm that was the Cargo space...

Hydrolic Rams were lowered down into place on massive overhead tower cranes, while Engineers welded fittings into place...

The Dry dock was a hive of activity with workers and engineers crawling all over the hull of the ship.

While inside the Bridge Technitions were preparing consoles and fire control systems, targeting and Radar systems were enhanced while.

All while this activity was proceeding, it was under the constant watchfull eyes of the Capitol Police...

A Slave dropped a section of steel, instantly a Capitol Police Trooper strode over his GPMG unslung, forced the Butt of the gun into the workers face... the man cried and fell to the ground... Two other Capitol Police Troopers picked him up and set him on his way, a Viscious Shove with a GPMG and the simple inhuman Command of

"Move"

Still a long way from Completion... These ships would Cause Lord Dreadfire re-think his Attack upon the Corporation...

Vidimirs Battle Front

As The planes and Bombers continued to pound the Citadel and the City, Freeks Fighters moved in an attempt to district the AA guns from the heavy bombers above, But Fire Control understood these behemoths as being the ones causing the most damage, so Missile and AA Guns Continued to fire, Even though the B-52's were out of the Range of most AA Guns, those higher up continued to aim for the Bombers, while those blatantly out of range, Concentrated in attempting to Explode as many Munitions as possible before they struck....

A Second Wing of The Concremo Air Force was scrambled, many Interceptors launched to provide some Air Cover, while Pilots rushed to their planes, Each XSF 44 was equiped with "Hellhammer" AA Missiles, and 30mm Assault Cannons, the wings intentions to harass the Freek Air force that were currently having a Free Reign over the City...

While Reinforcements were now pouring into the Trenches, Vidimirs Battle group continued to pound the shore unrelenting, Basilisk Mobile artillery, Moved into replace the static Artillery that had been taken out, Slowly began to open fire on the Freek ships, their Long range capability paying off...

More Armour began to Move out from large underground tunnel systems, their heavy blast doors open long enough to allow Armour through, Leman Russ Battle tanks, well armoured and manoverable, cross the trench lines, and began to engage Freek Forces with HE shells and Heavy Bolter side sponsons, while the Heavier Emperor Class, rolled in to support, the larger, slower behemoth brining guns to bear...

Despite Vidimirs and now Azrael's ships pounding the shore, the Capitol Police continued to fight with every inch of their capability, their GPMG's continued to rain lead into the Dug in Sentinals, While Capitol Police manning the Citadel Wall layed down a Barrage of Light Anti Infantry Mortar fire.

Automagfreeks barrage continued, Pounding the already demolished bunkers into oblivion, and Scattering Capitol police, Wounded Troopers littered the Trenches, never once Crying out or asking for help....

Troopers continued to fight on Regardless, In some places Soldiers missing an arm, or with Their Chest armour torn apart, exposing their wounded chests, leaned against the Trench wall, using every ounce of their last few breaths to fire at Sentinal positions, before their Instinct to ensure the Corporations survival was overcome by death.

Even as the Conflict raged on, Azrael's ships pounded The Kraven Lines with long range Cruise Missiles, Some Continued in on their course, Impacting with Trenches, killing the Occupants and turning the Elaborate trench network into a large crater, however some were targets by AA Systems that were still operational and were brought down... But still many got through, and The Origonal battalion that had Started the Defense was all most wiped out...

The Corporation was considering launching more of the Bioweapon, even though it appeared that The Sentinals were surviving the First two phases, the Corporation believed that if enough of it were fired onto Sentinal groups, whatever defense they had against it would collapse...

But for now Kraven was saving this weapon for the final show down....

The Citadel was hammered, Every weapon and Every munition moved it closer to being Compromised, but still this Armoured Structure continued to Stand defiant to Vidimirs ships and planes, AA Guns that had been put into place earlier by Slaves now Rained fire upon the incomming Jets...

Slaves Inside the Internals of the Citadel however, were now working to Reinforce the Walls, Welding large metal plates against the Metal brackets that lined the walls, In One section a part of the Internal Titrete wall collapsed, sending rubble rolling into the Corrider, Immeadiatly Kraven Officers forced slaves into the Breach and they began hastily Reparing the wall with Large armoured plates... The officers barking at them to speed things up...

++ Tactical Kommand Bunker... Below Kravonika ++

"Panzer Oberst Lorn, Reports of Sentinal units in Areas here and here, and Extra ships have been sent in to support the Southern attack... Should we Dispatch the Panzergrenadiers?"

"No, They will be Required to Defend the City Once the Sentinals breach the Citadel Walls" A Tactical Kommand officer asked...

"Are you sure?... Should we not Dispatch a Legion to defend the Northwest Territories?"

"No, Keep them Operational, Once the Sentinals advance into the city we will release them"

"As you wish Panzer Oberst"


Concremo Naval Base

The Concremo Navy, under Command of Reich Admiral Waters was preparing to leave, Naval Marines and various Soldiers were being borded into the ships, the Massive Battlecruisers and various other ships, including the Tracking ships of the Corporation, were lined up inside the harbour, The Admiral was looking over accurate maps of Dreadfires fleet positions, already he was preparing to take to the Sea's, but however Dreadfire was not his Target, Dreadfire could be delt with later...

"Ensign?"

"Yes Reich Admiral?" The Ensign prepared for his orders, awaiting the inevitable conflict that was about to arrive...

"Order all ships to stand by.."

"As you wish", the young ensign moved off to the Comm's Console, and began to radio every ship in the fleet.

"So Gentlemen what do you consider?"

"Well, Our submarines will go ahead of us, Probing for possible Threats, I suggest having them spread a mile apart, The Lighter Cruisers can follow them, while some maintain an Anti Sub Screen at the back of the fleet..." Spoke the young petty officer, his Naval uniform just as crisp and clean as the Admirals...

"I agree, We'll have our Missile Destroyers and and Destroyers Flanking the larger Battle Cruisers and Our Two Super Dreadnaughts... In between them will be our Two Carriers, Put some Cruisers on our Flanks though, We don't want any subs Creeping in without us knowing" The Admiral added

"When do we make way?" Asked another officer

"Within the Next hour all going well..." The Admiral mused for a second, pausing to rethink his tactics, his mind returning to past Wars he had encountered, even once Fighting against the nation he was now defending... his Slave Masters.... Kraven

The Kraven Reichmarshal was present on board, As with all Slave State ships and military Crews, they were the Eyes and ears of the Corporation and were there to make sure the Will of the Corporation was followed...

Lord Dreadfires Battle Front

The Melee Continued, even though the Sentinals were fine swordsmen, the Capitol Police protect gear did its job, slowing down the sentinals sword sweeps and deflecting pistol rounds, Sentinals firing pistols into exposed areas gave them an advantage, taking down Capitol police with ease, Despite the dwindleing numbers of Capitol Police, they still fought on with inhuman disregard for human life, they Continued to fight, using their Weapons as crude clubs, or using them to burst rounds at close range.

Other Capitol Police Fought on with bear hands and bayonets, tearing into the ranks of Sentinals like monstorus killing machines...

The Engineer Korpz continued to work away, while the Battalions armoured Korpz, sat on the Dunes behind the bunker network rained HE Rounds into the Ranks of Sentinals behind the Melee, While 185mm ETC AT shells targeted Freek armour and AA Guns, in an attempt to give the Concremo air wing an easier time...

While the Basilisk Long Range Artillery opened up on the Ships Supporting the attack, launching immense Earthshaker rounds, sending them scrreaming towards their targets...

The Audiable Earthshaker cannons, permiating across the Battlefield.

They Had been hit hard, as they launched their missiles Dreadfires smartflak and missile systems had opened up, taking down many planes, they were unfortunatly forced to withdraw, Retreating to a safe distance and launching the Long Range "Godstrike" Missiles into Sentinal positons.

While some attempted to Keep Autmagfreeks fighters off their backs for long enough, while at the same time, the few remaining ZSU's off the Armoured elements of the Battalion opened fire on the air craft... sending thousands of rounds tearing through the sky...

The Cruise missile attack had been picked up by the Fire Control systems of the Tactical Bunker, The Command relay instantly relayed it to the Armoured Coloum that was now advancing and the ZSU's began getting target locks...

The First few missiles that approached were destroyed in a great ball of fire, while others Managed to Impact with their targets, an Emperor Took the brunt of the Blast, its armoured Form schorched, charred and dented as the track slowly unravled itself... Immobilised the tank would wait for the Engineers to repair it, while more missiles continued to rain, down ZSU's continued their work, bringing down many before they could strike, the Armoured Coloum continued its advance, leaving behind the Damaged and destroyed tanks, the Armoured coloum wasn't using the road, instead traveling across the open tundra... in essence the Coloum wasn't slowed down much, apart from areas of the tundra that was slighlty more hostile to a fast paced armoured battalion...

Even so the relentless Drive continued...

Vidimir's front

The sounds of the heavy bombers continued to echo in the distance, as well as the thunder of shore and offshore based cannons. Knowing that soon the battlefield would be leveled by the second wave of B-52's, the Sentinels on the ground stepped up their fire on the dug in Capitol Police. 60 and 80mm mortars were concentrated on the enemy trenches and static positons, while MLRS, 155mm and Paladin mobile artillery pounded any structure still intact in the combat area.

Meanwhile, Azrael's landing forces had moved into position on both of Vidimir's flanks, though more concentrated to the west. Later that day a massive bombardment took place against the Kraven defenses on both of Vidimir's flanks, and under cover of air and naval fire the landing craft moved forward towards the sands. The mortar tubes on each craft fired into the night, raining HE rounds deep into the enemy ranks.

Swiftly and furiously the landing parties across the southern shores began to unload, using heavy covering fire to advance steadily onto their foothold. Gradually the Sentinels opened up relentlessly in unison with amphibious armor and artillery that was coming ashore. Planes that had been prowling the air around Azrael's battlegroups began to fire long range Skewer and medium range Hellrage missiles into the defensive walls of the enemy. So far these areas had not been attacked, and with the enemy throwing massive numbers of troops in to stop Vidimir's advance, intelligence suggested that these areas would be defended to a lesser degree.

The fighting had been fierce, and Vidimir's forces had taken a severe beating. Planes and ships were lost, tanks and artillery destroyed. The dead littered the battlefield, but still the Sentinels fought on. Another 60,000 were coming ashore at the immediate left flank, and the combined forces of 110,000 would come ashore further to the left and to the immediate right of Vidimir. Several waves of Sentinels stood ready to take to the sands and fight alongside their weary brethren.

Meanwhile the air battle continued to rage on. Several more heavy bombers and fighters were flucked from the skies after dropping most of their ordinance. The main attack group had circled back around and was heading for the newly captured island, where they would refuel and reload for another run. Coordinates for the AA batteries that still stood were radioed to the forward command, who unleashed a barrage of MLRS and artillery fire in hopes of silencing them.

As the fighters from the first wave continued to target that AA systems that were firing upon themselves and the bombers, the next wave began their attack run. Flying at maximum altitude, the B-52's and C-17's flew in a spread out formation, with the fighters surrounding the attack group while the bombers covered the large cargo planes. The massive carpet bombing campaign continued along the Citadel and defensive positons behind the front, while fighters dove down in force to engage AA batteries as they appeared. All craft had their chaff and flares armed in case of any missile launch, while electronic warfare was employed to render the feeble radar systems of the ZSU helpless.

Bunker busters and other high explosive ordinance were fired from the jets not engaging ground targets. With 30mm DU chaingun fire, they strafed the walls of the Citadel from above before shooting back up into the heavens. Artillery and missile fire continued to be shot directly at the Citadel along a wide area, allowing a large force of Sentinels to storm through once it collapsed.

As the first of the B-52's let loose their payloads, the first C-17 opened its cargo door and dropped a massive bomb that flew down towards the Citadel. The MOAB screamed towards the ground at breakneck speeds, set to detonate several hundred feet above the ground. The resulting explosion would consume all the oxygen in a several mile radius, sucking soldiers out of tunnels, caves, trenches, and buildings. Fueled by the powerful gust of air, the explosion would blanket the entire area with deadly flame. The Sentinels looked on from their positions eagerly, just out of range of the weapon's blast radius.

The resupply convoy that had been sent from AMF proper had arrived at the captured island, renamed Advocate Isle, in honor of Azrael who had stormed it. They unloaded supplies and fresh troops for future campaigns on the mainland, as well as more planes, tanks, and other useful vehicles. Hellhounds began patrolling the island in search of any booby traps or insurgents that the engineers missed, a further attempt by Azrael to ensure that his island was not in danger.

The armada of ships were still out of range from the mainland, and would arrive later that day....except for the Reaver and Templar. The two 'Sentinel' class SD's were just within rocket assisted range of the Citadel walls, and after a 45 minute sail to ensure they could hit it accurately with GPS guided rounds, they opened fire. The mammoth 30 inch AP and HE shells exploded from their gun barrels and hurdled towards their target. Much larger than anything that had been fired at the Citadel up until that point, the SD rounds would have a much greater effect on the inevitably weakened structure.

However, the rest of the main convoy headed north towards Dreadfire's fleet. The seas around the southern battlefield were already littered with ships, and the addition of the Sentinel classes would make it even more congested. A garrison of combatants were left behind at the island to ensure its safety, while the remaining vessels began heading north.

Dreadfire's front

The battle had been a bloody one, with Sentinel and Capitol Police alike locked in close quarters combat. The heavy enfilade from the Sentinels had taken its toll on the Kraven hoard, but the sweeping gunfire continued without pause or mercy. Damien's tanks and anti-air platforms fell under fire from Kraven ETC guns, resulting in great explosions and showers of scrap metal and body parts. The bombardment was answered with a salvo of their own, the mobile Paladin and the 155mm towed guns opening up in a massive counter battery campaign. Dreadfire's ships which had fallen under fire themselves returned it with great vengeance, the mix of 16" and 18" shells aimed directly at the enemy batteries that hadn't been destroyed.

The Freeks in the air were faring just as well as anybody else, fighting furiously as they dodged air to air and ground fire. Though the enemy jets had been hit hard, they themselves were not without loss. Reinforcements had to be called in to supplement the planes that had been downed by air and ground fire, but with the pregress he was making, Damien was not concerned.

The meager defenses in the area had been swept very hard by a numerically superior force, with support from both the sea and air. Sensing this skirmish was coming to a close, he ordered his infantry and armor corp to advance on all fronts, but to avoid and move around the sections that the enemy had dug into. Satellite and aerial recon suggested that either a tunnel network or booby trap of some kind was likely due to the teeming activity in the area. Instead the whole area was ordered to be napalmed back into the stone age, while the Sentinels would advance around the sides.

The cackle of M2HB .50 cal machine guns grew in intensity as Freek MBT's and armored fighting vehicles began to advance. The Capitol Police that were still in hand to hand combat with the Sentinels were being fired at with ordinance that they could not survive. The larger guns on all the armored vehicles began firing at the bulk of the Captiol Police as well as the rear of their lines, MBT and 25mm fire scraping the landscape mercilessly to the tune of land and sea based artillery.

Hundreds of rockets roared off their MLRS carriers, saturating the Captiol Police ranks as the war machine advanced under a mind boggling umbrella of fire. The Sentinels began to push hard on the Kraven lines, laying down a heavy base of fire once more to cover the advance of their forward elements. The Captiol Police would soon find themselves being flanked by Sentinels from the furthest two landing zones on both sides, while forces from the other 6 LZ's would advance foward, the inner two joining as one to punch a hole in the center of the Kraven lines. It was a classic maneuver that would split and crush the enemy from both flanks, and to ensure its success the volume of supportive air, land, and sea fire increased.

Meanwhile, the missile launch at the convoy leaving Kravonika continued. Each successive wave contained more missiles than the last, making it harder to defend against as more vehicles were lost. After three waves a launch of EMP tipped cruise missiles took to the skies with hopes of disabling the electronic systems of any vehicle within the blast radius. The EMP cruise missies were backed by another wave that would hit a mere 30 seconds after the last EMP missile detonated, and from there the assault would continue.

As the distance closed, more advanced missiles such as the Skewer and Hellrage were readied. Much smaller and faster than standard cruise missiles, the enemy would find it harder to survive as they drew closer to the battlefield.

Vidimirs Front

The Kraven Forces continued to fight, despite the barrage, the Capitol Police fought on relentlessly, while Mortars and Shells rained down, trashing already hammered trenches, Capitol Police where thrown like rag dolls by the sheer force of the explosion alone, while under this heavy bombardment, the Capitol police continued, Returning fire with assault Cannons and Corporate Assault rifles, The More accurate fire of these weapons being wielded with deadly accuracy, the Capitol Police Optical mags enhancing the battlefield and the Smartlinked weapons projecting cross hairs onto the lenses of the Troopers, each one bringing their weapons to bear with perfect accuracy...

The Capitol Police that were constantly sweeping into the Trenches, now manovered to meet Azraels flanking forces, The Capitol Police met them with GPMG and Assault rifle... personal missile launchers engaged Azraels armour...while shells stilled rained down... The Capitol Police fought on, Using Craters and Rubble of bunkers as defenses...

Kraven Heavy armour kept engaging Freek armour and Mobile artillery, While the smaller Leman Russ MBT's took a pounding from the Vidimirs artillery and off shore weapons...

The MOAB Struck... While Kraven Forces still put up a fight... this immense non nuclear weapon errupted... The Area was set alight, Firestorms swirled through the trenches, as capitol police struggled to hold on to what ever was available as the great vacume created by the weapon, sucked soldiers off their feet and kicked dust up into the air...

The Citadel wall became visably weaker as the weapon went to work, and the Leman Russ battle tanks were smashed apart as the blast of the weapon reached them, only the larger Emperor Class's remained...

Rubble cascaded down from The Citadel blocking off entrances and tunnel networks... The Remaining Capitol Police, the few pockets of resistance left, were cut off from the Citadel now, They fought on regardless against the now over-whelming numbers of Sentinals, Most of the 3 battalions that had been here were now Out numbered and severly out gunned, In the War against Automagfreek this was the First major set back that would propel Dreadfires forces into the Heart of Kraven....

In the sky, another part of the Concremo air force streaked into the combat zone, engageing the Heavy Bombers with assault cannon and unguided rockets, the large behemoths would be easy targets for the trained pilots of Concremo, while other escorting Interceptors would keep the fighters of automagfreek busy....

While the Concremo Air force went to work, the AA Guns fell silent, The ZSU's were moved up and placed in the Streets so that when the forces of AMF broke through they would be confronted by a heavily armoured pill box, The Corporation began mobilising the PanzerGrenadier forces, moving up two legions to the Southern area, awaiting the forces of automagfreek to break through, While Basilisk artillery, hidden inside buildings, prepared their Earthshaker cannons in a Anti tank role, Heavy Emperor's and Leman Russ's roved Drove through the streets, awaiting the Forces of automagfreek....

Dreadfires Battle Front

The Emperor Class Heavy Battletanks continued to Rain down shell after shell, these behemoths, War machines designed to crush all opposition before them Roaved across the Beach, targeting Enemy armour, while the Two Flanking Leman Russ's engaged Troop Formations, Still Dreadfires Counterbattery went to work, smashing Apart the Mobile Basilisks, but Changing Plan, The Basiliks would Send off a salvo of shells, before Retreating quickly, Regrouping then moving to a different location sending another salvo going, It would slow down the firing rate, but in the long run it would make Counter Battery work difficult...

The Command Relay Ordered the General Fall back of the units in close combat, Falling back using their GPMG's and Assault rifles to lay down a suppressive fire, the Capitol Police fell back, Their numbers were few and they were spread out, but hopefully the Over zealous Sentinals would attempt to over run the Retreating units, straight into the Trap layed down by the Engineers that had now been completed.... Tons of C12 now lay in wait behind the Ridge, buried under the ground, Engineers sat miles in land, watching through Optical Scopes, waiting for the Sentinals to advance...

The Concremo Squadron had fallen back, retreating back to Concreminian Air space, where they would refuel, rearm, and return to the combat with fresh air craft...

Meanwhile in Concremo a Second wing was scrambled to take over from the First, while they prepared to return to the Combat zone... The Interceptors took off with great haste and made their way towards the combat zones...

Still Maintaining their Course the Concremo navy prepared to engage the Vessels at the Southern zone, The Many missile destroyers opened fire, Targeting the Supply ships with Long Range Anti shipping missiles, these Rockets Opened fire, sending great plumes of smoke rising into the air...

Hopefully if the Concremo navy could Decimate Vidimirs and Azraels ability to supply their Ships, the battle would have already been won...

For the main attack to begin however, it would take a little longer to reach their objectives...

The Cruise missile attack continued on the Armoured coloum that was still making haste towards the Battle zone of Dreadfire, Cruise missiles struck the ground, decimating the Tundra, while others struck armoured Vehicles, sending sharpnel and body parts into the air... The ZSU's continued their work, bringing down several missiles before they struck... while the Emperor's in the coloum simply absorbed the Explosion, Several miles back however an abandond wreck of an Emperor lay smoking its hull torn apart....

If the Concremo navy can Complete its task and this Armoured Convy reach its destination, it may throw the War into the Favour of Kraven...

Vidimirs Front

The Kraven Forces continued to fight, despite the barrage, the Capitol Police fought on relentlessly, while Mortars and Shells rained down, trashing already hammered trenches, Capitol Police where thrown like rag dolls by the sheer force of the explosion alone, while under this heavy bombardment, the Capitol police continued, Returning fire with assault Cannons and Corporate Assault rifles, The More accurate fire of these weapons being wielded with deadly accuracy, the Capitol Police Optical mags enhancing the battlefield and the Smartlinked weapons projecting cross hairs onto the lenses of the Troopers, each one bringing their weapons to bear with perfect accuracy...

The Capitol Police that were constantly sweeping into the Trenches, now manovered to meet Azraels flanking forces, The Capitol Police met them with GPMG and Assault rifle... personal missile launchers engaged Azraels armour...while shells stilled rained down... The Capitol Police fought on, Using Craters and Rubble of bunkers as defenses...

Kraven Heavy armour kept engaging Freek armour and Mobile artillery, While the smaller Leman Russ MBT's took a pounding from the Vidimirs artillery and off shore weapons...

The MOAB Struck... While Kraven Forces still put up a fight... this immense non nuclear weapon errupted... The Area was set alight, Firestorms swirled through the trenches, as capitol police struggled to hold on to what ever was available as the great vacume created by the weapon, sucked soldiers off their feet and kicked dust up into the air...

The Citadel wall became visably weaker as the weapon went to work, and the Leman Russ battle tanks were smashed apart as the blast of the weapon reached them, only the larger Emperor Class's remained...

Rubble cascaded down from The Citadel blocking off entrances and tunnel networks... The Remaining Capitol Police, the few pockets of resistance left, were cut off from the Citadel now, They fought on regardless against the now over-whelming numbers of Sentinals, Most of the 3 battalions that had been here were now Out numbered and severly out gunned, In the War against Automagfreek this was the First major set back that would propel Dreadfires forces into the Heart of Kraven....

In the sky, another part of the Concremo air force streaked into the combat zone, engageing the Heavy Bombers with assault cannon and unguided rockets, the large behemoths would be easy targets for the trained pilots of Concremo, while other escorting Interceptors would keep the fighters of automagfreek busy....

While the Concremo Air force went to work, the AA Guns fell silent, The ZSU's were moved up and placed in the Streets so that when the forces of AMF broke through they would be confronted by a heavily armoured pill box, The Corporation began mobilising the PanzerGrenadier forces, moving up two legions to the Southern area, awaiting the forces of automagfreek to break through, While Basilisk artillery, hidden inside buildings, prepared their Earthshaker cannons in a Anti tank role, Heavy Emperor's and Leman Russ's roved Drove through the streets, awaiting the Forces of automagfreek....

Dreadfires Battle Front

The Emperor Class Heavy Battletanks continued to Rain down shell after shell, these behemoths, War machines designed to crush all opposition before them Roaved across the Beach, targeting Enemy armour, while the Two Flanking Leman Russ's engaged Troop Formations, Still Dreadfires Counterbattery went to work, smashing Apart the Mobile Basilisks, but Changing Plan, The Basiliks would Send off a salvo of shells, before Retreating quickly, Regrouping then moving to a different location sending another salvo going, It would slow down the firing rate, but in the long run it would make Counter Battery work difficult...

The Command Relay Ordered the General Fall back of the units in close combat, Falling back using their GPMG's and Assault rifles to lay down a suppressive fire, the Capitol Police fell back, Their numbers were few and they were spread out, but hopefully the Over zealous Sentinals would attempt to over run the Retreating units, straight into the Trap layed down by the Engineers that had now been completed.... Tons of C12 now lay in wait behind the Ridge, buried under the ground, Engineers sat miles in land, watching through Optical Scopes, waiting for the Sentinals to advance...

The Concremo Squadron had fallen back, retreating back to Concreminian Air space, where they would refuel, rearm, and return to the combat with fresh air craft...

Meanwhile in Concremo a Second wing was scrambled to take over from the First, while they prepared to return to the Combat zone... The Interceptors took off with great haste and made their way towards the combat zones...

Still Maintaining their Course the Concremo navy prepared to engage the Vessels at the Southern zone, The Many missile destroyers opened fire, Targeting the Supply ships with Long Range Anti shipping missiles, these Rockets Opened fire, sending great plumes of smoke rising into the air...

Hopefully if the Concremo navy could Decimate Vidimirs and Azraels ability to supply their Ships, the battle would have already been won...

For the main attack to begin however, it would take a little longer to reach their objectives...

The Cruise missile attack continued on the Armoured coloum that was still making haste towards the Battle zone of Dreadfire, Cruise missiles struck the ground, decimating the Tundra, while others struck armoured Vehicles, sending sharpnel and body parts into the air... The ZSU's continued their work, bringing down several missiles before they struck... while the Emperor's in the coloum simply absorbed the Explosion, Several miles back however an abandond wreck of an Emperor lay smoking its hull torn apart....

If the Concremo navy can Complete its task and this Armoured Convy reach its destination, it may throw the War into the Favour of Kraven...

~From the mouth of Lord Damien the Destroyer, Supreme Warlord of the Excessively Armed Empire of Automagfreek~

Attention, 'slaves' of The Kraven Corporation.

The time has come to toss off the shackles of oppression and rise to your feet. Your 'masters' cannot control you anymore, for with each passing hour the Corporation bleeds a bit more. Soon the lifeblood will leave the vile entity known as Kraven, and the heathen Capitol Police will fall in a blaze of hellfire and brimstone.

I urge you, rise up and fight for your freedom. You are no lesser men than your so called 'masters', and together YOU shall shape the future of these lands once this Kraven menace has departed. Go now, fight for your freedom. Fight, fight for your right to survive and live as free people.

The days of The Kraven Corporation are numbered, and the time for revenge is at hand. Let no their deeds against you go unpunished.

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---Damien the Destroyer---
-Supreme Warlord of AMF-

The message had been distributed via air dropped leaflets and hijacked communication lines. Loudspeakers across the battlefield blasted the message loud and clear, that Lord Dreadfire was calling on the slaves of the Kraven Corporation to join him in extracting vengeance on the Capitol Police.

This would give Damien several PR advantages, even if the plan failed miserably. It would also justify his future actions against the Capitol Police if they continued to be belligerent.

Vidimir's Front

It had been hours since the first MOAB went off, but the sounds of heavy gunfire were still not drowned out. The two Sentinel class SD's had been firing nonstop at long sections of the Citadel wall. The heavy rails and shells were fired at a pace that would allow a constant stream of ordnance to be airborne at any given moment.

With the continued support sea based battleships, missile frigates, destroyers, and carriers, the waters were alive with naval cannons fire. The sands and skies were not left quiet either, as MLRS, Palandin, 155mm towed cannons, and airborne missile and bomb strikes continued to punish the area. After the first MOAB, intelligence gathered that the immediate resistance was crippled, and the Sentinels geared up for another push.

Word had reached Vidimir that the Concremo air force had arrived. This put a smile on his face, for he knew of the invasion plans for Concremo by allied nations. The lack of air force would allow the invaders to take the other half of the island with greater ease. The jets began to target the heavy bombers in the area, but with the pause in ground fire, the AMF fighters designated to strike the ZSU's were sent to assist. The jets already protecting the fighters dashed towards the Concremo planes, locking on and firing missile and 30mm cannons as the B-52's gained altitude. Inbound missiles were met with chaff and flares from the mighty Stratofortresses as they continued to blanket the ground with bombs.

Several miles inland of where the first MOAB was dropped, another C-17 opened its rear hatch and let loose another one of the giant bombs. Yet another was dropped nearly a dozen miles to the right of this one, both of the estimated explosions would converge slightly with the first MOAB, creating a maximum radius of destruction. After these two bombs were dropped the rest of the airborne unit began to fall back to the safe zone near the AMF fleet, but along the way they continued to hit the ground with everything they had.

Vidimir surveyed satellite footage of the entire area, and as he did he shook his head in disbelief. He had never seen such destruction first hand, and he wondered how the Capitol Police had held out as long as they had. But his orders were clear, the Sentinels would advance once more under heavily artillery fire and breach the crumbling Citadel. With the two MOAB's on their way towards the ground, there would be no retreat for any enemy units stuck inbetween.

Rising up from their cover, the Sentinels surged forward like a great swarm of locusts, firing madly and advancing into the decimated enemy territory. Snipers and heavy gunners engaged any enemy shooters firing from vantage points as well as any surviving machinegun nests. Tanks and other armor would follow behind the infantry, firing in support of the advance but taking care to stay far enough away from the action. If a pocket of Capitol Police began to fire and reveal their location, the Sentinels would pause for a brief second and radio in coordinates to the artillery crews, who would drop a round or three onto said positon.

The advance took place on all fronts along the southern shores, encompassing roughly a 150 mile stretch. With bombs, missiles, and shells falling all about their heads, the Capitol Police were decended upon swiftly and mercilessly. The retreating air corps continued to hammer the center and rear of the tattered enemy lines with carpet bombing waves and precision guided missiles.

With the unholy level of destruction thrown at the Kraven lines, it was now only a matter of time before southern Kravonkia was in the hands of Vidimir and Azrael. Fresh troops and supplies continued to land at Advocate Isle in anticipation of the massive push into the south. Landing crews were placed on full alert, ready to sail at a moments notice and reinforce Vidimir's and Azrael's lines.

However, the arrival of the Concremo navy changed things slightly. The two Sentinel class SD's began to fire their 25" rail drivers into the heart of the enemy battlefleet as they came closer to the southern fleets. Supremacy class submarines maintaining their wide perimeter engaged the inboud vessels with waves of torpedos, reloading and firing again and against with great speed. Long range missile frigates and destroyers began to target the inbound missiles, deploying airborne chaff and flares to confuse their targeting systems.

Hellrage and Gladius missiles were fired en masse towards the inbound ordnance as 'Hellfury' CIWS stood ready to engage anything that made it past the ECM and missile nets. Elements of the southern fleet began to break off and circle around the incoming Concremo fleets, while ships from Advocate Isle began to move towards the action. Huge waves of anti-shipping missiles were fired as well as anti-shipping shells from the battleships and SD's.

Once the origin of the fleet was traced to Concremo, a grim realization was made: Automagfreek was now fighting two countries, though they both belonged to the same master. The time had come for yet another front to be opened....

Lord Dreadfire's front

The Kraven tanks had played hell with Damien's lines, but their close proximity to his beach LZ put them in the firing lanes of the battlefleets sitting offshore. The Mouth For War and its escorts continued to fire Skewer and Hellrage missiles towards the enemy armor, and smaller vessels such as destroyers skimmed the coast and layed down a healthy stream of high caliber rounds. With the Sentinels surging forward and compromised positions marked on 3D maps, the entire enemy controlled area was hit by heavy saturation bombing.

The Concremo air force had been a pest indeed, but with more fighters taking to the skies and with the third Sentinel class SD mere hours away, the fight in the skies would soon be over. More jets entered the fray from AMF carriers, some targeting the enemy planes, while others took the fight to the ground. Armor was targeted by HEAT missiles, troops positions were strafed with 30mm DU rounds as well as pounded by NAPALM and other high explosive.

Infrared imagery revealed the locations of the secondary garrison in waiting. The Capitol Police that were waiting for the Sentinel advance soon found themselves on the receiving end of MLRS fire, as well as shells from ground and naval artillery. Hellhounds sniffed the combat zones for foxholes and explosives, all the meanwhile lunging towards Kraven soldiers alongside their Sentinel masters.

In an almost mocking manner, Lord Dreadfire paused to place his crimson cape aross his mighty shoulders. The colored cloth danced wildly in the wind as he drew the Relic's Sword and wheeled it high above his head, rallying his troops to his banner and ordering them forward. His advance had gained too much momentum to halt, and using much the same tactics as being employed in the south, the Sentinels moved forward. Death Dealers and Sentinel Stalkers were given the duty of engaging static shooting positions that were set up to ambush the incoming Sentinel hoard.

His tanks lumbered behind the forward elements of his advance so as not to be knocked out, firing their heavy main guns in support of their comrades. MLRS and 155mm guns fired without pause into the meager Kraven resistance, which was estimated to have suffered heavy losses. The small garrison was under an extensive push across a nearly 300 mile front, ever extending as small squads continued to land across the eastern and western flanks.

The armored convoy that was heading to their position was under ever increasing missile fire. EMP, AP, and HEAT warheads were still being employed atop Skewer and Hellrage missiles, though in the coming hours the speedy Gladius would soon enter the fray. More and more mobile missile batteries came ashore and joined the launch, under the watchful eye of Freek satellites. A small band of AM-25 Stratosfighters broke away from the fight in the air and took to the high skies. The band of jets would intercept the armored convoy and deal it a crushing blow from altitudes so high that even the planes themselves had some difficulty.

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Kravonika Factory District

The Panflets had dropped from the sky, Like snowfall in the Winter months of this land, the people. Working under the constant scrutiny of the Capitol Police braved the possibilty of death and picked up leaflets....

Telling them to over throw their Slave Drivers, To rise up and fight for freedom...

Loud Speakers usualy spewing forth Kraven Propaganda now urged people to rise up....

This is what they needed...

It was the final Push they needed... Oppressed for Years, Beaten, Shot, Dragged from their homes... Forced to work in unbareable conditions...

This was the Final Straw...

They snapped...

Thousands of Workers Stopped working, picking up whatever they could find they advanced on their Capitol Police Guards...

"Return to your Work Stations" Came the reply from various Capitol Police across the facilities... their blacked gloved hands pointing to the various work stations, now empty...

The Group advanced, weilding giant wrenches like crude clubs, This was the first casualty of the Uprising.... A Capitol Police Trooper, Despite him opening fire he was brought down by sheer weight in numbers, they had nothing left to loose now... their homes had been smashed and their lives destroyed, not only by Automagfreek but also by their Cruel Kraven masters for so long...

All Across Kravonika the uprising had started, People took to the streets, jumping Capitol Police positions, using wrench and captured weapons to fight against these evil Oppressors....

The Capitol Police were at first caught off guard, Machine gun nests were over run quickly, Tanks were destroyed as Workers swarmed them with Handgrenades and C12.... The weapons of the Corporation had been turned against them...

Fires now Raged across the city, but the Confusion of the Capitol Police had subsided and the Force now rallied against the Rebellion, Machine gun fire echoed throughout the City as the well armoured and now well organised Capitol Police clashed with groups of rioters, flame throwers cut down swathes of rioters and tanks went to work on homes and massed groups, the HE shells slicing apart the unarmoured citizens....

Assault cannons cut down swathes.... but now the Inner city was ablaze and fires began to sweep through small sections of the city.... within mear hours of the First Automagfreek Propaganda being dropped and the First citizen to snap... Black clouds filled the sky, as Explosions and gun fire now permiated into the surrounding areas....

Vidimirs Front

The First MOAB had done its work, the breach was now Open and exposed to the Sentinals of Automagfreek and the Combined forces of Vidimir and Azrael, it had been the first truely major blow to the Corporation since the attack had begun... Corpses of Capitol Police mingled with the Corpses of Vidimirs first wave and now that of Rubble and empty shell casings....

The Two other MOAB's however had been dropped further Inland, Collapsing multiple buildings and adding to the fires that were sweeping the area, Capitol Police forces struggled to contain the fires using Hosepipes and large Foam cannons to attempt to bring the fire under control, the MOABs had done their job however and several mobile units of Capitol Police who were being sent up to reinforce the Breach had been taken out....


The Vast inner workings of the Citadel were exposed to the World, but now Capitol Police forces still withing the Citadel began to consolidate their position, bringing up reinforcements and setting up gun positions on the edge of the breach, while Slaves working on the lower Levels piled up corpses and Sand bags to form make shift bunkers, Capitol Police then swarmed it with .50cal Machine guns, ensuring that the Sentinals would not pass into the Breach...


From behind the Citadel, Heavy artillery was moved into position and began to lob shell after shell of HE Earthshaker rounds into the Sentinal units that were making the push... Artillery was hidden inside Burnt out buildings and behind collapsed bridges or piles of rubble.... the relentless pounding of artillery filled the air once more.... it was little defense the Kraven forces could muster now....

Capitol Police forces were now being diverted from the front line to Protect the Artillery from possible Rioters that were now roving the streets with captured weaponry....

The Concremo Air force continued to Attack the B 52's using their 20mm cannons to straf the behemoths, targeting engines and cockpits...

While Automagfreeks fighters were sent to deal with the Concremo Air force (CAF) Others in the squadrons broke off to hinder their ability to effectivly counter the Interceptors attack on the B-52's

The Capitol Police left outside the Citadel were now stranded and alone, their new orders were different a tactic Kraven had never used before, each trooper that had not exposed himself to fire lay on the ground, simulating a corpse.... entire squads would lay in wait for Sentinals to pass over, then when the time was right, they would get up and assault the weaker rear supporting units, cutting off the Sentinals supply lines....

Whatever squads were still firing, slowly died their fire down into spasmodic fireing until eventualy any return fire against the sentinals had stopped...

Sentinals were intelligent, Correct.. but it should not be expected for Kraven to use such a tactic against them....

The Concremo Navy continued to Hammer the Fleets of Automagfreek, It was already known to them that the fleet was trying to Encircle them, so Immeadiatly Several battleships and Escorts in the form of battlecruisers, Destroyers, Cruisers and small Torpedo boats moved into position to Stop the fleet from encircling them, Missiles were launched from the 3 Super Dreadnaughts as well as the specialist Missile destroyers, launching an impressive salvo at the Supply ships of Automagfreeks vessels.

While the rest of the fleet not capable of launching a complimentry salvo of missiles concentrated their Deck guns on the Smaller Escorts and Destroyers, While the fleet would be hammered by the larger SD's of Automagfreek, they wouldn't be able to operate effectivly when missing their support vessels, and then The Concremo navy would be able to pick them off at their lesiure...

Dreadfires Front

The C12 that had been placed all along the Ridge behind the Defenses was detonated as the Sentinals Advanced towards the Second Garrison, Hellhounds were not given a chance to alert their masters as great plumes of Fire rose into the sky, sending immense amounts of sand into the air, C12 is similar to C4 only far more potent and explosive, the Shock waves from the blast would take any Sentinals near by off their feet, and the sheer amount of explosives shook the ground, giving the impression of a minor earth quake...

MRLS and combined Artillery had impacted into the second Garrison hard, explosions rippled across the line Tossing Capitol Police and Armour into the air, The Lighter Leman Russ battletanks toppled over and exploded sending shrapnel into the air, But as soon as the C12 had died down, the 2nd Garrison Charged, leaping throug the Dying flames with unholy disregard for their lives....

Assault rifles had been adopted instead of GPMG's, the usual standard weapon, in such close quaters as this, the unweildy GPMG was more of a hinderance, and so the Capitol Police had adapted to the conditions...

Flash grenades and smoke grenades, as well as white phosporus Grenades and standard Frags were used in ahead of the Advance, and using the Fresh craters created by the C12 laid down and unholy amount of fire, As the Second Garrisons armour moved up, the Basiliks once again firing point blank into enemy positions or using their immense 170mm Earthshaker cannons as Anti Tank weapons sending the immense shells towards Freek Armour....

The Counter attack was now under way and in full force...

Freek Air craft strafed troop positions, the Air Cover for this garrison had been neglected, units had been foolishly sent to Southern Kravonika in the hopes they could help stop Vidimirs attack and now the Second Garrison payed for at as the fighters had free reign, Emperor Class Leman russ's moved into positon, as their Assault cannons layed down a volley of fire,

The Emperor class that had been roving the beach was now a twisted pile of Scrap, having done its damage it now was nothing but a smoking wreck....

Heat missiles streaked into the side of a leman russ, sending it errupting in a fire ball as the 30mm cannons of the freek fighters strafed the capitol police, sending them off their feet as the immense rounds tore through their armour like it was paper...

In the distance, several miles away from the Combat, Engineers prepared Anti Tank Gun positions, the Cannon from the Basilisk Mobile Artillery was being sunk into hidden positions, the cammoflauge netting obscuring the weapon from aircraft above and Satelites, the Engineers had been working like deamons to get these set up, there were lines upon lines of these Anti Armour platforms erected, and they now lay in wait for the freekish armour to show itself.....

Anti Armour shells had been brought up on trucks, but a consignment of HE shells had been brought up as well to ensure that the Sentinals would also receive a nasty surprise as they advanced upon the Fortress city Kravonika...

However, The 3 Mechanised Battalions racing to Dreadfires position continued their push, the Missiles that dreadfire had ordered had been to work, and yet more Armour lay smoking in the distance, Still the majority were on route and the ZSU's were still doing their job, despite several themselves being hit....

Soon Dreadfires forces would encounter yet more Capitol Police and would prove to be some of the bloodiest fighting yet....

Word had reached Dreadfire's ears of the rebellions that had broken out across Kravonika. He was most pleased at the initial reports and the progress being made in the south, though his situation was going much slower than he anticipated. With roughly 650,000 Capitol Police halting his advance, Damien knew that every day he was stuck in the north was another day those 650,000 would not be defending Kravonika, making Azrael and Vidimir's job that much easier.

He also heard of the Concremo invasion and the progress being made there as well. Knowing that elements of the Concremo navy and air force had been engaging his units for days now, he took comfort in know that these units would not be able to defend their homeland from the ISAF invasion.

Vidimir's Front

The unholy amount of ordnance that had been fired in the south of Kravonkia had finally done its job. The Citadel was now breached along a sizeable stretch of the front line, and further sections of the wall continued to be shelled in an attempt to widen the gap. Shortly after the other 2 MOAB's exploded, the infantry along the beaches rose up and began tactically advancing into the heart of Kravonika.

Enemy artillery pounded the Sentinel ranks, though they had been careful to spread themselves and minimize area effect casualties as best they could. The Kraven pieces that exposed themselves were sighted, marked, and fired upon prompty by Sentinel ground crews that had established makeshift artillery firing positions weeks prior. The Concremo fighters that remained in the area had been sucessful in downing several of the mammoth B-52's, which caused a large area of devastation as their large bodies plowed into the ground below.

Freek jets continued to refuel, reload, and return to the battles in the air, land, and now at sea. The Concremo naval forces that had come south were now within firing range from the land, with rocket assisted shells and Hellrage missile batteries. The submarines that had advanced towards the Concremo fleet continued to empty their eight torpedo tubes as fast as they could refill them, targeting the underbellies of the ship with their high explosive ordnance. Above the water, the enemy ships had began to target AMF support vessles with heavy and sustained fire. This was not without recourse however, as this provided the two Sentinel class SD's and assorted battleships to continue firing at ease.

Large scores of anti-shipping missiles were launched in strategic clusters from the various destroyers and frigates, while those had been fired upon by the Concremo ships began to turn back towards the center of the convoy. They continued to launch as many anti-shipping missiles as they possibly could, though several were either sunk or battered brutally. Fighters took to the high atmosphere and began to flank the Concremo ships with heavy GPS guided weapons. They positioned themselves along the southeastern flank in order to press the enemy between themselves, the shore, and the Freek ships directly in front of them. With subs roaming and firing at will, with ground crews beginning to open up, and with the AMF navy hard pressed into action, the amount of firepower was incredible to behold.

The large 30" guns and 25" raildrivers from the two Sentiel class SD's dominated the scene, their large plumes of black smoke obscuring the waters for mere moments before the air swept the cloud away. The heavy rail rounds were concentrated on more vulnerable ships, such as carriers and slower moving craft, while the mammoth heavy cannons were focues on the enemy capital ships almost exclusively. With the heavy triangulated fire coming at the Concremo navy from almost every side (above and below included), the Freek ships began to tighten the noose.

Meanwhile, the advance into Kravonika had been rapid and precise under the supporting arm of artillery, missiles, and bombs. The immediate area had been turned into literal rubble, and the death toll would without a doubt be mind boggling. The effects of the EMP and bombing raids had broken the southern defenses well, though it had taken longer than anticipated. Freek armor was careful to remain as far back from the front line as possible, but while still being able to support the advancing infantry. The heavy Kraven tanks stood out well on the satellite imagery, and were fired at from the air with heavy guided rounds, as well as directed fire from ground crews.

The pockets of Capitol Police that remained were now being advanced upon by nearly the entire southern contingent of Sentinels. The portions of the Citadel wall that had not been breached were shelled mercilessly as the infantry moved forward, despite not having a clear opening to pour through. The idea was not to bottleneck inside the gap, but instead move into Kravonkia from more than one location. The Citadel walls could easily be scaled or even leveled in certain spots to allow the Sentinels to pass through, and the remaining static guns in the southern theater were simultaniously targeted.

Heavy mobile and static artillery opened fire with their designated targets as well as MLRS crews, lobbing tons of guided weapons towards the damaged portions of the Citadel walls that hadn't collapsed. The extreme temperature from the first MOAB would have undoubtedly weakened portions of the wall that had not necessarily collapsed, and the gap was essentially to be widened.

But the center elements of the attacking Sentinel hoard began to pour into the city itself in tactical columns with armor support lumbering behind them. Mobile artillery on the beach began to walk their fire further inland to support the advancing forces, while pockets of Sentinels that held their postition right outside the breached Citadel walls began to pour on generous helpings of 60mm mortars. The last ditch defenses of the Capitol Police were heavily shelled and mortared as the first squads passed through the gap into the city itself. With enemy armor being engaged from ground crews and from the air, the Sentienls halted their advance for several minutes to allow the barrage to take effect.

Then, under heavy suppressive fire, the rest of the Sentinels charged through the gap and engaged the defenders after the shelling had stopped. Once inside, the columns immedately broke left and right, while forces in the center began to spread out and take up positions. From temporary firing locations they scanned the area for enemy activity, engaging when necessary, and covering the Sentinels that were still funneling in. Death Dealers and other heavy to medium gunners began to lay down a punishing wave of fire on makeshift nests set up by the Capitol Police.

The columns of Sentinels that had taken to the flanks once inside Kravonika began to mop up static defensive positions on the Citadel wall itself, firing on the Capitol Police that were still shooting towards the beaches. However, the parts of the Citadel wall that were being shelled were left alone, for the ground crews would do their work in due time. Sentinel Stalkers, the most elite of all AMF special forces, stood ready to enter buildings in the heart of Kravonika and clear them out, The Imperial Palace being of prime importance. Hellhounds barked loudly and eerily at what appeared to be corpses of Captiol Police laying in piles of rubble on the ground as the Sentinels advanced. After several well orchestrated ambushes on Sentinel squads, it was ordered that any corpse not sporting a visual death wound was to be shot twice in the head to ensure it was no longer a thread.

Reinforcements were brought forth from the ships offshore and defensive posts along the beachhead to beef up the temporary defenses both outside and inside the wall while the Sentinels continued to advance into Kravonika. The devastation caused by the MOABs had significantly weakened the defenses of the south, and under the same heavy blanket of fire it was unlikely that the Capitol Police could hold their positions for long. The riots that had broken out compromised their retreat shoud they decide to abandon the fight near the breached wall. Propaganda continued to spew forth from leaflets, loudspeakers, and hijacked communication lines urging the slaves to fight on and destroy their captors.

The tide of the southern theater had definately shifted, though the price had been high. Supplies continued to arrive daily at Advocate Isle as well as additional heavy air units and additional squads of Sentinels. The combined forces of Azrael and Vidimir then began to calculate their next moves after the stretch of the breached Citadel wall was secured.

Lord Dreadfire's front

The fight in the north had been met with the same fanatical resistance as in the south. The armor on armor warfare was much more common in this theater as tanks form both sides slugged it out amidst the close range combat between the Sentinels and Capitol Police.

Freek armor was ordered to fall back to safer positions in order to avoid being knocked out, but they would still be within firing range to support their troops. The surge of Capitol Police were met with an unforgiving hail of infantry based gun and mortar fire, and field artillery had concentrated on the center and rear of their lines. Firing from soft cover positions, the Death Dealers unleashed a pounding wave of heavy .50 caliber fire in support of their Sentinel comrades. The smaller SBP-90 rifle would not have the same devilish effect on flesh that a .50BMG would, but the 7.62 round it fired would still kill just as effectively.

The grenade salvo caused the forward most Sentinels to remain down in their cover while the Captiol Police surged towards them. After the last of the initial frags exploded, they drew their weapons and began to unleashed heavy bursts of gunfire as well as M203 grenade launcher rounds. Smaller .30 caliber machine guns also chattered to life as the Kraven meance lunged towards their fighting postions, those who had managed to dive into their cover were attacked with small arms and swords. Hellhounds attacked without mercy as the onslaught was beaten and bashed with everything the Sentinels had.

Static firing postions that the Capitol Police had taken up were targeted heavily by 15mm towed howitzers, Paladin mobile artillery, as well as 60mm mortars and air fire. The jets in the skies had done well in their fight against the Concremo pilots, who had suffered heavily at the hands of mobile SAM batteries, long range naval missiles, and from the dogfights themselves. The lull in enemy air attacks allowed Comanche attack helicopters to fly in from the ships offshore and begin strafing the entire area with 30mm cannon and Hellfire missile cover. Flying as high above the battlefield as they could, the stealthy choppers began to lay down a blanket of retaliatory fire at the Kraven tanks and artillery that exposed themselves.

With the Capitol Police advance begin fought brutally and with the temporary departure of the enemy air presence, Dreadfire resumed his intense air campaign against the Kraven lines as more mobile anti-air systems were brought ashore. Though they were miles inland, the SAM batteries would arrive well in time for the enemy planes to return. More and more AMF jets screamed off the runways after refueling and reloading, while more fresh pilots joined the battle.

Meanwhile, the armored column had been under increasing EMP and HEAT strikes as they came closer and closer towards the battlefield. With the arrival of more and more land based missile launchers, the armored convoy would find itself under more and more missiles as the hours continued to pass. The Stratosfighters that had broken away from the action in the air had flown at their maximum speed to get within firing range of the vehicles below. Flying much higher than any Kraven SAM or plane, the AM-25's locked in their long range Skewer missiles and fired away graciously, their other anti-tank missiles armed and ready to fire.

The convoy was being picked apart one vehicle at a time, and with more incoming cruise missiles hitting their marks, it was unknown how many of the enemy armored units would arrive intact for action. A second fist of Stratosfighters stood ready to relieve the small attacking force once their weapons were exhausted.

Vidimirs Front: Southern Kravonika, Urban Hab Zone


The Combined forces of the Automagfreek invasion had finaly broken through the one thing that had held them back for so long, The Citadel Wall...

The Artillery that edged towards the Dug in Capitol Police at the breach exploded in a creeping motion, until the Command relay ordered the Capitol Police to fall back into the city..

Special Urban Capitol Police had been formed to counter the Sentinal forces in the city itself, They bore Urban cammoflauge instead of their usual Jetblack armour, but still bore the Armourd Chest peice and Shin guards, they now sported Assault rifles with high powered scopes, and smart linked cross hairs were projected onto their usual gasmasks...

Freek Armour was rolling slowly behind the main force of sentinals and in response, Basilisk artillery still hidden within buildings opened fire, hoping to smash them before they could enter the city...

Fire Control systems and Capitol Police Spotters that had moved into position outside the Citadel wall, along a section that wasn't under attack, the Western wall, then moving along using the Trench systems, spotted the enemy Tanks with accurate Targetting data, from long range scopes and lazer Designators..

Capitol Police Urban Warfare Troopers as they were now designated hid in buildings waiting for the tide of Sentinals to flood through the gap, Each one had Personal Missile launchers for any Armour that escaped the artillery, and certain troopers were issued with Grenade Launchers, while others had set up 50cal machine guns, the Buildings had been ruined by days of bombings from the B-52's, but with the Sentinals taking advantage of the breach, The Capitol Police were in a perfect position to set up a kill zone, a Deadly Cross fire from buildings across the city, the Capitol Police here had the major advantage of Cover and Knowledge of the city itself.

Emperor Class Leman Russ's advanced towards the Breach setting up perfect positions to launch HE Shells through the breach and to await the oncomming Sentinal tide with multiple Assault Cannons...

Some Artillery however had been targeted by Freek artillery and quickly they were silenced, but the Sheer amount of artillery that was being brought to bear across the city, the Barrage never let up... as More and more Basilisks were having their shells accuratly brought home by the Capitol Police Spotters, others concentrated on the Sentinal Formations that were advancing upon the Breach...

if the Capitol Police could halt the Advance then they will have accomplished a great deal....

Kraven Heavy armour was struck by Shells, guided accurately as so much ordinance had before, the Emperor's however, Immense War Machines took the brunt of the Damage, their outer structure designed to take horrific Damage, their weaker armour on the Underside,...

Whereas Leman Russ tanks exploded as rounds impacted into their smaller forms...

The Other Section of the wall was mercilessly assaulted by Artillery, the Structure had been weakned and despite its best efforts the Linch pin had already been removed, and slowly the artillery completed its task and the wall continued to crumble....

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Tactical Kommand: Below Kravonika

"Panzer Oberst Lorn, The Sentinals have Broken through the Southern Wall.... Orders?"

"Release The Sardaukar"

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The Imperial Palace

The Heavy Black obsidian Gates of the Imperial Palace slowly swung open, In the Shadow of the Central spire, flowed hundereds of Black Armoured Stormtroopers, The Panzergrenadiers.... The Sardaukar... The Fearless...

The Charged towards the southern Wall their Heavy Frames, and Cybernetic enhancements powered them towards their Goal, The Sentinals, they would destroy every last one of them, or be Destroyed in the Process...

Here Automagfreek had the Advantaged, But Supported by Kraven's Heavy armour, The Story may be totaly different....

Dreadfires Front

The Battle Raged on, Capitol Police exchanged heavy Fire with the Sentinals, GPMG's and Assault rifles, hammered away, filling the air once more with hellish noise...

The Kraven Armour continued to lay down a torrent of fire, until several smaller Leman Russ's were taken out by Freek Artillery, and accurate missile fire, the Heavy Emperors Continued to lay down a volley of fire from their Assault cannons, Sweeping the sentinals lines, with four Assault cannons, each mounted onto the Vehicle....

The Concremo Air force had returned to its own Territory, it may have been detrimental to the Kraven Forces facing Dreadfire, but it was deemed they would be needed for the defense of the Concremo Territory as it was deemed more important and better PR to have Concremo Pilots defending Concremo...

The Concremo navy however continued to Engage the fleets of Vidimir and Azrael in southern Kravonika...

The Armoured Coloum now was within Firing range, it had spent many days and nights racing as quickly as possible towards the front lines, a whole 3 Battalions worth of Mechanised Capitol Police, The 3 battalions however had been Hit Hard as they made their way and Droves of Tanks lay in a smoking trail of debry from Kravonika to here.......

But now the Bulk of the 3 Battalions added to that of the Current Combat, the Second Garrison was now Bolstered by Reinforcements, Mobile Artillery quickly set up and began shelling the Incomming Transports, Emperor heavy tanks moved into position, continueing to target Freek armour while the 170mm Smooth bore cannons opened up on the Incomming Transports, Mechanised Troopers, Lept from Transports, opening fire with Assault rifles and various other weapons including personal mortars and personal Missile systems, 30mm Cannons of the APC's hammered away and Hellhound Flames tanks, rolled onto the beach, spraying forth a torrent of fire...

Vidimir's Front

The large gap in the Citadel wall continued to be hammered along both sides, the structurally fragmented frame taking increasing levels of abuse from the land, sea, and air. More and more Sentinels poured through the Citadel wall and began advancing into Kravonika in all directions. Sentinels began scaling and climbing over sections of the Citadel wall that did not neccesarily collapse, but were instead either abandoned by the battered Capitol Police or rendered combat ineffective.

Snipers and Sentinel Stalkers began moving tactically through the rubble, engaging their targets covertly and moving on as the main bulk of the Sentinel force continued driving into the heart of Kravonika. Reinforcements, vehicles, and supplies continuing to flow from Advocate Island, further spelling trouble for the Capitol Police.

Satellite imagery showed Vidimir and Azrael that a large contingent of Sardaukar were making their way towards the combat zone, their large and bulky frames clearly visible. Determined to not have another repeat of what happened in Kahanistan, Azrael directed his ground crews to fire numerous vollies of EMP ordnance towards the Sardaukar. Close in air support as well as artillery stations were directed to fire cluster rounds and napalm into their ranks, with hopes of rendering their suits inoperable while at the same time cooking them alive and hammering their protective covering with thousands of explosions.

Witin seconds a hailstorm of fire erupted forth towards the Sardaukar, jets overhead showering them with 30mm cannon fire and dropping the heaviest bombs they could carry. Attack helicopters that assisted in clearing the breach of enemy activity were diverted to engage the Sardaukar with everything they had. A squad of Commanche's broke away from the main action and began flying at maximum altitude towards their targets. The stealth choppers then opened their weapons bay and began raining Hellfire missiles and the same punishing 30mm fire in vast quantities. Portions of buildings alongside the Sardaukar ranks that still stood were fired at near their base with the intention of collapsing tons of rubble down on top of the cyborg menaces that approached.

Engineers along sections of the Citadel wall that had not been breached began placing large quantities of demolition at the base of the wall itself and detonated them. In conjunction with the never ending naval and ground fire, it was hoped that the entire southern section of the Citadel wall would be completely gone soon....

With supporting ground and air fire, the Sentinels pushed mercilessly towards the battered Capitol Police and their makeshift lines. Having withstood weeks of nonstop shelling, bombing, and missile attacks, Vidimir and Azrael decided the Capitol Police had survived long enough...and together they threw the full might of their ground forces into the fray. The sheer quantity of small arms fire alone allowed for a near constant stream of bullets that made their way towards the Capitol Police. Enemy firing positions were spotting, fired upon, and rushed while artillery, tank, and air fire covered their movements. Mobile artillery continued to advance along the beach, walking their fire closer into the city.

Meanwhile, the naval battle continued to rage off the coast of Kravonika. The Concremo navy had been incompetant in their attempt to destroy the AMF navy, for Freek submarines continued to prowl the depths unopposed, firing upon any enemy ship within range. Large scores of Mk. 202 'Demon Hunter' torpedos were used alongside conventional Mk. 48 torpedos, but the 202's supercavitation power allowed for greater speeds and vastly increased range. The two Sentinel class SD's continued to throw heavy amounts of 30" cannon and 25" railgun fire towards the hulls of the enemy ships, while AM-25 'Stratosfighters' skimmed the high atmosphere, dropping heavy guided bombs down on the heads of the Concremo sailors.

Directed ground and air fire was still being employed in large volumes as the Freek ships further attempted to squeeze the Concremo navy between themselves and the coast. With more small surface combatants headed over from Advocate Isle, the amount of anti-shipping missiles in the air drastically increased. The Concremo ships that considered retreat would then have to deal with a multi-national invasion force on their doorstep....

Lord Dreadfire's front

The Kraven armored columns had arrived at the combat zone after being continuously hammered by cruise missiles and fire from the AM-25 Stratosfighters above. With the departure of the Concremo air force, the Kraven armor was now totally vulnerable to Freek air power. High atmospheric craft such as the AM-25 flew high above the effective ceiling of whatever ZSU's remained, dropping heavy guided munitions onto the enemy vehicles below.

Artillery and MLRS did not cease during this time, and as the Kraven armor came closer to the beachhead, the Freek M1A2 MBT's began firing AT rounds at distances of 3+ miles. All across the entire 10 LZ stretch anti-tank fire literally rained down like water, while in conjunction an aggressive infantry push put even more pressure on the Capitol Police. With their air cover now gone, it was only a matter of time before the Kraven tanks and soldiers would be decimated.

Attack helicopters and fighter jets ruled the skies, engaging any ZSU's and other anti-air armor as they appeared, all the meanwhile dropping heavy volumes of ordnance into the enemy ranks. Damien knew that the longer he kept the Capitol Police in the north, the more time Azrael and Vidimir would have to capture Kravonika. In an effort to make sure that no Capitol Police elements were able to retreat, a convoy of transport helicopters flew at their maximum ceiling during the massive air and land offensive. Their holds were packed full of Sentinels and Death Dealers, which were ordered to land several miles behind the rear elements of the Capitol Police lines.

With all the offensive air and ground action, it was hoped that the enemy units would be so concentrated on saving their lives and holding back the attack that they would not pay the craft much attention. Dreadfire's lines remained firm and well supported from his naval assets ofshore, and his mobile artillery and mortars in the rear. All across the 10 LZ stretch the action began to pick up as infantry began advancing tactically, laying down a punishing enfilade that covered their forward movements. Smoldering tanks from both sides that lay across the battlfield provided cover for snipers, who hid inside burned out holes in the tank and began to scope in targets in the distance.

Though the Capitol Police had pushed hard and fired into the Sentinel ranks hard, the vast counterattack combined with artillery and newly acquired air superiority would put the enemy in a tough position. Thundering shots from enemy tanks continued to roar in, but Freek pilots radioed to their brethren on the ground, assuring them that soon the guns of the Capitol Police would be silenced.

The Bunker Below Kravonika

"No... No... No!" Panzeroberst Lorn roared while thumping the table...

"Its lost... The War Is lost..."

"Oberst Lorn... I don't think you should be talking like that"

"What the Fuck do you know.... Reichmarshal... your just a Mindless drone.." Lorn spoke while turning away from the table, his forehead was drenched in sweat, and dark rings had appeared around his eyes, during the course of the War his health had deteriated...

"I only joined this outfit so I didn't have to Slave away in the Factories..." Lorn continued... The Reichmarshal was starting to get angry his fists clenched...

"We...we....we...We.. Must surrender at Once... You, Oberst..." Lorn spoke pointing at the officer...."Order the Command Relay for the General Surrender" The officer turned to him, his mouth open with shock...

The Reichmarshal now approached, Repremanding him...

"Panzeroberst Lorn, I hope you are aware that your actions are against Kraven Doctrines and you will be Courtmarshalled for Faliure in your duty..." The Reichmarshal continued towards him, Reaching into his Trenchcoat for his Pistol...

Too Late....

Lorn wasn't wearing his jacket, and the broken man now stood holding a smokeing pistol as the Reichmarshal slowly collapsed to his knees...

"Order The General Surrender... all Capitol Police units are ordered to stand down... By Order of The High Command"

All Across The Kraven Penninsular Capitol Police put down their weapons, then Standing up right with their hands on their helmets.... Tank Crews, logistics Korpz, Artillery Crews, they left their Positions, and Stood with theirs in the same fashion....

All Across Kraven this was happening, At Lord Dreadfires front, Tanks Stopped firing, Their hatches opened, as Capitol Police climbed out, their Hands held high, until each one placed their hands upon their helmets...

ZSU's stopped firing, their barrels slowing to a stop, as each gunner and crewmen climbed out, their hands held high...

Reichmarshals that were left, Realised finaly that all was Lost, Automagfreek had beaten The Corporation, Reichmarshals threw their pistols to the floor, and placed their hands on the back of their heads, Even Kravens brainwashing couldn't prevent the inevitable realisation that their time had come...

Kreigsmarines, had fled back into the populace, Stealing overalls and trying as best they could to filter back into normal life, fearing what may happen when the Sentinals finaly occupied the city...

The Panzeroberst sighed with relife as reports from Capitol Police came in informing them of that their commands had been completed...

"Send a Message to Lord Dreadfire.."

The Supreme Overlord State of The Kraven Corporation

I, Acting head of The Kraven Corporation, Hereby Unilateraly Surrender to the Forces of Automagfreek and Lord Dreadfire, All Capitol Police Forces have been ordered to Surrender and lay down their Arms, They will not Oppose your Entrance into the City, Remaining Sardaukar Units have been given their Self Destruct Sequence and will no longer be a factor in your advance...

Respectfully yours...

Panzeroberst Lorn
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As the message was sent, and Like some great evil had just been lifted from the land, For the First time in 50 Years the Sun broke through the heavy Black Clouds of Kravonika...

Victory.

The war had finally come to an end, though the cost had been much higher than anticipated. Warchief Vidimir Breathstealer was nearly in tears as the news came in, for before this conflict he had never been fully tested in the art of war. 100,000 of his Sentinels lay dead thanks to the 3 stage bio weapon unleashed early on in the conflict, and another 25,000 from the fight to breach the Citadel wall. If it had not been for Azrael, all would have been lost in the south. At their forward command post, Azrael cheered and embraced Vidimir, a great smile across his face as everyone began to celebrate. The Kraven Wars were finally over.

It had been many moons since they had seen their homeland, and now finally they were going home. From the slaughter in Kahanistan to the trenches of Kravonika, another bloody chapter in Automagfreek’s history had now come to a close. Sentinels continued to pour into Kravonika, securing the Capitol Police and Sardaukar that surrendered. The slaves that had assisted in toppling Kravonika celebrated alongside their Sentinel liberators amidst the ruins of the oppressive Kraven Corporation. Lord Dreadfire had managed to hold over 600,000 Capitol Police long enough to allow the south to fall, and it appeared that the diversion paid off. Sentinels continued landing on the northern shores to help round up and secure the Capitol Police, which were to be deported to Advocate Island for processing.

After the weapons had been collected from the Capitol Police in the north, they were all lined up for inspection. Damien had taken his NBC gear off and began walking the lines, his crimson cape fluttering in the breeze as he eyed his captives. They had fought fierce, but employed the weapon of cowards, and because of that Dreadfire had no sympathy for them. Without wasting time the Captiol Police began the long march south, where Damien’s forces would link up with those of Azrael and Vidimir. From there the Capitol Police would be sent to camps within the confides of Advocate Isle for the rest of their days.

Back in Automagfreek proper, celebrations erupted as the news finally hit home. The Kraven Wars has ended! boasted the headlines as reporters cheered this Warlord and Warchiefs alongside the populace. It was indeed a great day for the Empire, a day that would not be forgotten. Silvia, daughter of Dreadfire, had already made plans for a ticker tape parade and great banquet upon the return of the triumphant warriors. For months on end she watched the reports of the progress her brother had made in Kahanistan, and then Kraven, as well as her father. A great feeling of relief swept over her, knowing that her family would be reunited in only a few days time.

Back in Kravonika, Sentinel Stalkers began to enter and clear the Imperial Palace that dominated the landscape in the center of Kravonika. After several hours of cautiously entering room after room, the entire structure was declared safe, and a massive flag was taken to the very top of the Palace. Stretching several hundred feet long, the massive flag could be seen for miles. It was placed atop the Imperial Palace and hoisted to the top, where the wind grabbed a hold of the fabric and unfolded the flag for all to see.

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Sentinels within view of the flag began roaring and cheering, thumping their chests and firing off their rifles in celebration. The day was indeed theirs, and they mocked the droves of Capitol Police that marched past them dejectedly towards the southern docks. Great bonfires were lit all across Kravonika as the sun began to set, and both food and drink were plenty. Songs and celebration filled the night as the masses partied on until the morning hours, though a close guard was kept on the Capitol Police at all times.

The next morning, Damien arrived via plane in the south, where he would personally greet both Vidimir and Azrael. A smile crossed his face as the jet touched down on the tarmac, where a private car was waiting to take him to the forward command post. Fists of Capitol Police had been charged with burying the dead from both sides, and they worked without break to make sure the decaying bodies of the fallen were removed from sight. After a short drive, Damien had arrived at the command post, where he laughed as he exited the vehicle and made his way towards his two hero’s. Where are my Warchiefs? Let me congratulate them on a job well done!

Damien’s booming voice caught the attention of Vidimir and Azrael, who both turned around and laughed and cheered as Dreadfire thanked them for their service. Good work here son, without you the south would have been lost. He then turned to the young Vidimir, who was still visibly tired from the long campaign to breach the Citadel wall. And you…you have proven yourself to not only me, but your nation and Empire. Through a trial of fire you have earned your stripes, and I welcome you into the order of Warchiefs. You fought well in the face of adversity, and held your ground though the enemy unleashed their horrific weapons of mass destruction upon you. For that, you will command much more than just garrisons…you will command the Legions of Automagfreek, alongside Azrael, Zander, Brinks, and myself. Well done!

Those around the command post cheered for Vidimir as Damien concluded his speech. It was indeed his day to celebrate, though the bodies of 125,000 Sentinels still hung on his shoulders. It was a loss and sight that he would never forget. But the trio did not waste any more time in the wretched land of the Kraven Corporation, but instead boarded a military plane and made for the AMF mainland. There they would take their leave and enjoy some well earned rest…after the coming home parties of course.

There was one last Surprise... One last Event that would stun the world... maybe even Stun the vast armies of Automagfreek... as they secured the Imperial Palace, one room would have stood out to them the most...

Inside the Imperial Palace it was a Glorius place, the Decor was amazing, Crimson red Curtains lined windows, the Carpets were a blood red, On the walls hung Tall Banners each one with symbols of the Corporation, The Double Hammers.

The Main Entrance way into the Palace, was a Vast marble lobby, Lining it were old Suits of armour, Black. With red Crimson tassels, Anyone would hazard a guess that these were Prototype Capitol Police Armour...

The Rooms were beautiful, Decorated to the highest of standards, each one was grandeous, with mahogany furniture and Oak four poster beds, Offices were decked out with Banners of the Double Hammers... however...

The Building was covered in Dust, It looked like no one had stepped foot in the building for Years, The Place was empty... No one had been here for years.... The Sentinals would have been unapposed as the searched this great giant, this Building that symbolised Kraven Power...

There was one Room however, that would have caught the Sentinals by surprise...

This was the Great hall of the High Command...

Opening the Vast oak doors, a Huge symbol of the Corporation upon them, that split in the middle as the two doors parted, gave way to the stench of Death...

The Smell of Corpses, Rotted away to nothing... light permiated the Room from the now open double doors... Revealing the Gruesome spectacle inside...

A Long table, and at each one an officer, each one wearing a Red arm band with the symbol of Kraven in the centre.... each one in varying degrees of decomposition, Some were Skeletons, resting their skulls upon tables, others were leaning back in their chairs, their preserved eyes staring blankly into nothingness, their jaws open...

About One hundered and fifty officers were sat around this table, and each one Dead...

Further examination would show that Most of these officers died from starvation and dehydration...

However Two lay near the Grand Oak Doors... their bodies riddled with Bullets... empty shell casings littering the floor...

It would be estimated that these officers died 40 years ago....

The Poor Souls, Trapped here, Left to die... and left to Rot...

This was the Last, Final Madness of the Corporation.....

Its parting gift...To Automagfreek....