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For King and Country [ATTN Pantheaa, Earth II]


The winter swells rushed over the bow of the destroyer as it sliced through the six meter waves. All hatches were secured and the crew below deck, riding the bad South Atlantic weather off. The destroyer, a brand new Indefatigable class nuclear powered guided missile destroyer from the shipyards in Horten was the point ship in the battlegroup that was nowhere near home.

Four nautical miles behind the destroyer, the Enterprise class aircraft carrier sliced more easily through the water, something that wasn't strange, considering that the carrier was a lot bigger than the destroyer. More than two and a half times in length, and three times in width. It was also a lot heavier, so it didn't tilt as much as the escort ships. The carrier and its ten escorts (two cruisers, four destroyers, three frigates and a sub) were fourty-seven nautical miles off Bouvet Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island), the destination of the battlegroup. Close enough to send a few fighters to check it out.

The aircraft, two F-37G Razor multirole fighters and a RA-5E Vigilante reconnisance aircraft were on the magnetic catapults, ready to be jettisoned into the air. The deck crew made sure everything was in order before they gave the go-ahead to the kvartermester in the catapult control bubble that was sticking slightly up off the deck before ducking. The catapult operator selected catapults one and two from his LCD touch-screed display and pressed the medium-sized red button that sent first one F-37, then the other one down the 82.9 meters that the catapult went and into the air. Immediately thereafter, the single EA-5F was rolled into position, checked and launched. It met up with the Razors in the skies over the carrier and fell into the formation.

Both the Razors were armed lightly. Four AIM-9X Sidewinders, four AIM-120D AMRAAMs and two AIM-204B Dødsengels in the internal weapons bays and plenty of ammunition for the BK27 27mm internal cannon. Since there was nothing in the outer pylons, the Razors enjoyed their stealth and cruised through the air in a leisurly 600 knots, flanking the RA-5E Vigilante, which was armed purely for defensive action with two AIM-9X Sidewinders and two AIM-120D AMRAAMs.

The plan was for the Vigilante to fly over Bouvet Island to gather as much information about it before returning to the carrier, while the Razors were to protect the Vigilante. The Razors were very stealthy, so there was very little chance of anyone detecting them on radar. Not that they expected anything much. Bouvet Island had a surface area of 58.5km², most of that being a glacier. It was 1,600 nautical miles from any other body of land, making it the world's most remote island. And that was one of the reasons why the Kingdom of Norway wanted to take it back from the hands of Pantheaa, a nation of communists and other people the Norwegians didn't like.

Norway will find nothing on Bouvet island. We use the island for scientific research. The weather station there is owned by the Orenburg University and has 3-7 to civilians stationed there. Any hostile act against civilians will be see as a hostile act on the Panthean nation itself. To which we shall resume our assault in Israel.

Norway is also in violation of international agreements with Pantheaa. For the territory of San Marino Norway pledge a non-aggression act. If Norway continues with its hostile aggression we will expose your treachery to the world. When the People’s Confederation agreed to take San Marino we agreed to never again wage war on Norway till the act expires in February.

OOC-post 7711 of EarthII revitalization reads
Pantheaa I thought you were against all kinds of "imperialism" "TYPE=PICT;ALT="I'm kinda in doubt of this, but ok, you got it... On one condition! You sign a non-aggression treaty and a free trade agreement with me. That's the deal.

And to all the world let this be yet another example of the imperialism of these said nations. They take and steal whatever they want. They bully small nations into obedience and purpose international rules and alliances. The workers of the world will not tolerate this kind of actions! The Panthean Armada is heading towards Bouvet Island as we speak. They will be there with 1 day to escort Norwegian ships away from Bouvet island With this crisis in mind....Bouvet Island is apart of our land exchange. The Murmansk Oblast or Israel, or Egypt (north) would be an acceptable land exchange...

Vassili Zeitsev
President for Life
People’s Confederation of Pantheaa

To: Pantheaa
From: Commander, Kampgruppe 26
Encryption: Level 8

- Begin message -

There's no chance in hell that Pantheaa will be allowed to take over neither Murmansk, Egypt or Israel. It is my intension to annex Bouvet Island, and to do so peacefully. The civilians will be peacefully taken off Bouvet Island and flown to Pantheaa, courtesy of the Norwegian government. We have no other intentions than to take back what is rightfully ours. Be advised that any attempts to engage our naval assets will be considered an act of war against the Kingdom, and handled accordingly. Any attempts to come closer than 240 nautical miles of our ships will be considered a hostile act and handled accordingly.

- End message -

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The RA-5E found nothing other than a small camp and research station on Bouvet Island, and reported that back to the carrier. It was of utmost importance that the Kingdom retook the Bouvet Island, and with the Panthean threat, they called for reinforcements. Two Murmansk class attack subs on patrol were the closest, but still two days away. The only major unit close enough was a battlegroup five days away. They didn't call Bouvet Island the worlds remotest island for nothing.

OOC Like hell that your navy, if you even have one, will be there in one day. It's 1,600 nautical miles away, and a large naval formation don't travel very fast. A few days or a week or something would be more realistic. Oh, and the Murmansk class is Top Secret IC, just so you know.

From North of the Cape Verde Islands an entire Hirgizstanian Fleet (OOC: detailed below) was up-anchoring to head into a holding pattern near Bouvet Island. Some old men and girlfreinds of sailors stood on the picturesque shores of the islands to watch as the enormous ships of the Fleet sailed off into the setting sun.

OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION

COMMONWEALTH OF HIRGIZSTAN

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

PRAIA, HCCV

The Commonwealth of Hirgizstan is currently moving a fleet close to the island of Bouvet, which is currently in the hands of the Panthean Government. We wish the Panthean Government no ill but we stress they are not to come to engagement range with the Norwegian Fleet. Our own fleet will move into a flanking position and will enforce this restriction if it appears it will be violated by air or sea.

These matters should be discussed in the VCO/TOA conference for closure.

COH

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OOC:

4th Fleet:

2 Imrpoved Nimitz Class CVN's
2 Vampire Class CVN's
10 Ticonderoga Class
10 Arleigh-Burke AEGIS Class
8 Oliver-Hazard Perry Class
2 Improved Iowa Class Battleship
4 San Antonio Class LPD
10 Sea Shadow IV
5 Torrent Class Missile Launching Arsenal Ship
2 Missouri Class Battleship
2 THAADS Missile Cruiser
2 MEADS Missile Frigate

Each Nimitz Class CVN has the following Air Compliment:

2 C-2
4 E-2D
4 EA-6H ICAP III
8 S-3B
12 F-78B
16 F/A-18E
16 F/A-18F
2 F/A-18G
4 HH-60G
2 SH-60B
2 SH-60F


Each Vampire Class CVN has the following Air Compliment:

2 C-2
2 E-2D
2 SH-60B
2 SH-60F
8 AH-1Z
12 JSF-35N
6 CH-53G


A number of Seawolf SSN's and Vengeance Class SSBN's will be in the area around the Fleet.

OOC: Being in Africa, on the west, it might take me only a couple of days to get the forward elements of the Fleet to within a few hundred miles of the island?

A few maps, courtesy of Layarteb. Thanks man. Good for when the subs arrive.

Sea depths around Bouvet Island (http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Graphics/Nation-States/Role-Playing/For%20King%20and%20Country/map-01.jpg)

An overview (http://www.theforsakenoutlaw.com/Graphics/Nation-States/Role-Playing/For%20King%20and%20Country/map-02.jpg)

EDIT: Just one more thing. So far, all I've done is conduct a fly-over. I have not landed on the island. I haven't even "violated" the terriotiral water claim, so you guys shouldn't really know anything yet. Other than Pantheaa who has people there, naturally.

The two Hunter SSNs were moving slowly and quietly at periscope depth, in the South Indian Ocean, about thirty-eight hours away from Bouvet Island when they got the messages. The message came straight from command and it required them to proceed immediately to Bouvet Island (54°26'S, 3°24'E). They were in deep water and thus could dive down to 1,400 feet to make their way over to the island, allowing them to go at twenty knots for the most of their journey. They were armed for a varied attack missile profile, meaning that they could do quite a lot, although their emphasis had been anti-submarine/surface.

Loadout (Each Submarine)

External 660MM

UGM-198A Stallion ASM: 2
UGM-198B Stallion LAM: 2
UGM-198C Stallion ASW: 2


Internal 660MM

Mark 55 ADCAP II: 4
UGM-176B Tomahawk II TASM: 2
UGM-205C AMESM: 2


Internal VLS

UGM-176B Tomahawk II TASM: 4
UGM-176C Tomahawk II TLAM: 4
UGM-198A Stallion ASM: 4
UGM-198C Stallion ASW: 4


Internal Stowed

FIM-186A Wizard MANPAD: 20
Mark 55 ADCAP II: 24
UGM-176B Tomahawk II TASM: 4
UGM-198A Stallion ASM: 2
UGM-198C Stallion ASW: 4
UGM-198D Stallion ASM-N-250: 2
UGM-205C AMESM: 16


The submarines dove down immediately and began their push towards the island, which was 700 nautical miles away. They would be there in thirty-eight hours, albeit they would be slowing down for the last 60 nautical miles of their journey, cutting their speed in half. If necessary, they would be used against any Pantheaan ships that came. They were also carrying a pair of nuclear missiles each, which were each equipped with a 250 kiloton nuclear fusion warhead. They hoped those would not be necessary.

Official message to the world

"The Kingdom has commited no hostile actions against Pantheaa, save a flyover from an aircraft from an aircraft carrier quite a distance away. We have not violated Panthean territorial waters, nor have we landed soldiers on Bouvet Island. Therefore we are confused over the Panthean outcry. The ships are in international waters, and will remain there. We have commited no act of agression, nor do we intend to. We encourage all foreign nations to mind their own business."

that is fine....Norway ships can stay within international waters. But once they enter near Bouvet Island. War will be declared. We have no military station on Bouvet as it is glacier. So we demand to know what Norwegain fighters are doing near Bouvet Island if not to harm the CIVILANS stationed there

Open message to Pantheaa

"We have no fighters in the area. All we flew over was a reconnisance aircraft to test its new cameras over something other than ships and water. Therefore we don't understand Pantheaas claims that we sent fighters over. Rest assured, the Kingdom will do nothing against the civilians in Bouvet Island."

OOC Pantheaa, how wide are your territorial water claims?

"I agree our government response was out of line. But because of the past war in Israel that should be expected from the Panthean military. We clearly can not trust large nations such as yourself and alliances which in the past have used us.

Also I stated in the first response that all we have there is a weather station and a couple of civilains. Pantheaa also plans on using it as a refugee island as the Panthean homeland will clearly be invaded in the future by a larger nation. So we are defensive of those islands(mauritauis as well) as these islands ensure us of our survival"

OOC-about 400 meters i guess?

"We fail to grasp how a small island consisting mainly of ice will support millions of people, or any large populace for that sake, but that is your problem, not ours. We will remain in international waters, but we offer to help recover your civilians in case that becomes necessary, as a token of friendship."

OOC 400 meters? The normal is 4 - 24 nautical miles, but whatever you say....

Yeah thats why Pantheaa needs more island territories. Of course islands that are uninhabited aren't easy to find in this world

Southern Shore of South Africa
Reichsmarine Base 19...

Word had filtered down through October Alliance intelligence reports to the Reich that Norway was reclaiming Bouvet Island from Pantheaa. Further reports indicated that Pantheaa was mobilizing a large fleet to possibly attack the Norwegian Fleet, but their motives were not yet entirely clear. Thus, an order from Reichsadmiral Ritter von Greim was sent to the Reichsmarine Base in Southern South Africa to move in a small sortie to help assist the already-present Norwegian, Hirgizstani, and Layartebian ships. It consisted of:

(1) Prinz Eugen Class Heavy Battleship [Flagship]
(3) Fk-119 Missile Ships
(2) Berlin Class Frigates
(1) München Class Aircraft Carrier
(2) Hamburg Class Light Battleships
(1) U-334 Attack Submarine
(1) U-312 Attack Submarine

Should the Pantheaan Fleet, or any other fleet, attack the October Alliance member fleets in the area, the Reichsmarine would be in a good position to strike back, if deemed necessary. However, they were not there to act in any hostile way. They would only attack if they or their allies were...

OOC-Now Really do we need 10000000 ships and 2 SUBMARINES from 200000000 different nations to retake an island thats smaller then Ohio.

Once again the alliance thing is being taken to the extreme

Where the hell were you guys when i ran the World cheese fest...i expected a massive fleet to show up for cheese!

OOC: Read carefully, Pantheaa. I never said these ships were to participate in taking the island. In fact, I never said they would even have an active role. They are simply there to help protect TOA ships in the area should they be attacked. And if you were to have read even somewhat carefully, you would count eleven ships being sent there from me. Hardly a massive force. You've really run the whole 'big bad alliances' thing into the ground.

OOC-Now Really do we need 10000000 ships from 200000000 different nations to retake an island thats smaller then Ohio.

Once again the alliance thing is being taken to the extreme

Where the hell were you guys when i ran the World cheese fest...i expected a massive fleet to show up for cheese!

OOC: Yeah and I have two submarines. Two...

The carrier group remained off Bouvet Island, patrolling as if it guarded the island. In a way, it did. The activity was normal for a warship on patrol, with sailors manning their posts and weapon systems ready to go active at a moments notice. The ships were moving in a close formation with the carrier at the center along with the cruisers, and the destroyers and frigates in the outer perimeter. The ships were loaded with weapons, ready to both invade and defend. Little did they know that they would need to do that very soon.

[The following section is Top Secret IC]
Below the waves, a single Vengeance class SSBN cruised, very deep and very quietly. No one knew of its presence, nor would they ever. It was 290 nautical miles away from the Norwegian battlegroup, and it had some very special orders. In one of its 16 secondary missile tubes, which were nomally filled with a UGM-203 Imsdal cruise missile, an SS-N-12 Sandbox anti shipping missile had been loaded. The Sandbox was a old Soviet missile, but it would serve its purpose. It and its 1,000kg high explosive warhead. The submarine checked the surrounding area with its passive sonar array and found nothing, then proceeded to rise to 25 meters. Once it was at its position, it did a visual check of the area. No aircraft or ships were close, the closest ship being the Norwegian battlegroup 290 nautical miles away. Satisfied, the Captain of the Vengeance class gave the special orders to open fire. The target: The Norwegian battlegroup. The launch door opened quietly, and the single missile was launched. The 11.7 meter long missile flew up in a shroud of air bubbles before it broke the water surface. As it started to fall back into the water, the liquid-fuel engine ignited and flew upwards to its cruising altitude of 20 meters. Meanwhile, the Vengeance dove deep and yet again became a hole in the water.
[/Top Secret IC]

The missile cruised fast towards the Norwegian battlegroup, moving at Mach 2.5. It had cruised 70 nautical miles when the powerful Norwegian radars picked it up. Inside one of the Hordaland missile cruiser's CIC, a radar operator detected it.

"Flash, Flash, Flash! Incoming missile, bearing 287! Speed, mach two point five! Recommend alert one!"

Immediately, the cruiser went to battlestations and powered up its weapons. RIM-161A SM-3ER missiles were ruled out due to the proximity of the missile, and the RIM-162E ESSM was chosen to engage first. The other escorts also detected the missile and went to battlestations as well. On the carrier, the battlegroup commander ordered the group to take out the missile.

The first ship to try its luck was a Bergen class air defense frigate, which targeted the incoming missile with its ESSMs. The weapons operator waited till the missile came within 40 nautical miles of it before he pressed the red button labeled "fire", something which a nanosecond later resulted in the protection cover on one of the Mk-51 vertical launch cells on the forecastle of the frigate to bolt up to allow the missile, which was packed with another three inside the cell to ignite and fly upwards.

The missile was fed information constantly from the frigate via datalink as it flew towards the incoming target, and it detected the incoming missile itself with the X-band radar it had. The missile missed though, causing the operator to turn the system into automatic mode. The firing computer aboard the ship immediately fired another three missiles at the incoming missile, and they were joined by a total of seven other ESSMs fired from the nearby frigates and destroyers. They all missed though, and there was some serious manouvering by the ships. The captain of one of the four Mjelde class frigates tried to manouver his ship so that it would take the missile instead of its obvious target the carrier.

As it came within 5 nautical miles, the frigates and destoryers started to fire RIM-116C RAMs at the missile, and the 30mm Mk-99 CIWS systems turned to open fire. As it came within range, there was nothing more to do. The fire from the CIWS and the RAMs took it out, but not before it was close enough to do some serious damage to the Mjelde class frigate, spraying burning liquid rocket fuel and shrapnel all over the ship. The frigate was crippled and starting to list to starboard.

The battlegroup commander was furious. Someone had the guts to open fire at his unit! Who could it be, and would they come back for more? The reports from the frigate wasn't good. Twenty-nine dead and fifty wounded, as well as a damaged and leaky hull. There was no way it would make it 1,600 nautical miles back to the closest friendly port, which was in Germanian-held South Africa. Fortunately, one of the Indefatigables had managed to get a picture of the incoming missile. It was quickly identified as a SS-N-12 Sandbox missile. Likely users was limited to one: Pantheaa! They had opened fire, and now it was time to pay back. The commander reported this back to his superiors in Australia, who then reported it to Oslo. The commander also said that he intended to land troops and detain the Pantheans on Bouvet.

One hour later, he got the go-ahead. While Oslo had thought it over, a plan had been made. A flight of two EA-5F Vigilantes would fly near the Panthean camp, jamming like hell. No civilian communications would be able to make it through the jamming, and military communications would be garbled and full of static at best. While the Vigilantes, supported by two F-37G Razors would circle, a flight of four SH-60R Seahawk helicopters would fly low and fast to the campsite, carrying 20 Marines and sailors, all armed. They would detain the Pantheans, shooting anyone who resisted. Then they would plant the Norwegian flag on Bouvet and claim it as part of the repatriation for the cowardly attack on the Norwegians which cost them a frigate and 29 lives.

The Vigilantes were already airborne, and waited till the Seahawks were airborne before they started the operation. The powerful jamming pods were turned on at maximum strength and jammed all radio frequencies except the military ones used by the Norwegians in the area surrounding Bouvet Island. As they did that, the four Seahawks flew quickly towards the camp site. They had all been equipped with MG26A2 heavy machine guns in the doors and a experienced gunner manning them. Two of them decended to a hover on a clearing 30 meters from the camp site while the other two circled the camp slowly, keeping the machine guns trained at the Pantheans below. As the two first ones had finished unloading its inhabitants, they took over the position of the two others, allowing them to land and unload its passengers.

The 16 Marines fanned out and covered the Pantheans with their AG4A2 carbines while the four navy officers armed with P33A1 pistols approached the Pantheans carefully. The lead officer, a kommandørkaptein called out to them.

"As a direct result of the Panthean aggression against the Kingdom of Norway, you are now detained by the Royal Norwegian Navy. Come out peacefully, and there will come no harm to you. You will be taken to our ship and flown home to Pantheaa with as little duress as possible. However, if you resist, we will have no other option than to take the necessary actions to protect ourselves. It's your choise."

The Empire officially condemns this deplorable act by the "peaceful" Pantheaans and urge their citizens to rise up from starvation and poverty and overthrow their hypocritcal, gluttonous, and greedy leaders.