NationStates Jolt Archive

This thread is for Operation: Saving Grace (least what I call it) to protect the natives of Arterus from cruel and unusual punishment and violation of Human Rights.

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"Bartr, you're being sent to Insula."

"Aye aye, sir." said JNN reporter Bartr Petrov as he was relaxing in an Aesonic spa. He got up and got on the first plane to Insula, armed with his passport and reporter's visa. As he got off the plane he found he was to be escorted by two Jaredcohenian Assault Veterans (what we call our higher ranked soldiers, not people retired from service) as they walked around Insula. Erriklandish people stared at him as he walked through the city to have residence in the Jaredcohenian camp. "Is this all neccessary?"

"There's a possible chance of war, kid. You might make it to the camp alive," the tall soldier told Bartr. They finally reached a coastal town where the Jaredcohenian military battalion had been making camp.

Colonel Sparks had ordered Blaglugian fighters F/A-565 Vexes to establish Air supreamcy over the territory.

It had been completed with, so far, no resistance.

As the Jaredcohenian press official was escourted to the Jaredcohenian base, he looked up and saw a squadron of Vexes. A few seconds later, after they had disappeard, he heard them.

"This is Bartr Petrov, reporting live on Errikland. We recently landed here, right at the Jaredcohenian Camp. We recently found out that two more Battlestations and ten Hermanator tanks will be deployed, as well as one hundred more infantry, including Assault Veterans, Mortar Veterans, and Flame Veterans. Three Duey gunships landed here, as well...but the reason is still unclear. We're not sure if friendly or foe flew over us, but we bring you this tape." It shows the Vexes flying over head. "Like I said, Jaredcohenian officials have yet to determine friend or fo...wait, what's this? It seems like a lander with two Promethius anti-air missles on it. There also is a Preacher artillery...more news when we get it. For JNN, this is Bartr Petrov."

Commander Sparks was listening to the report through satelitte manipulations.

"Oh Damnit. Inform General Cornerius Polizn that those are our planes, they have established Air supreamcy over the territory to help control Errikland operations."
"Yes, Sir."

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OOC About below: Thanks.

OOC: Leader of this camp is General Cornerius Polizn

*bump to you JC*

OOC: do you have any sort of instant messager? if so telegram me.

there really isnt much we can do until errikland comes in, so it might've been best to put an "attn errikland".

I tried, its in there but it won't show up on the forum.

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(OOC: Sorry, guys, but I was gone for several hours. Now, before escalating to war, some of you may wish to take me up on my offer to have a conference in the other thread)

(OOC: Fine, I'll hold the conference in this thread.)

Official message:

From: Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people
To: All Involved

It is clear that there are many bad misunderstandings that are clouding the situations in this region, and getting in the way of peace. As peace is my goal, I would like to fix such circumstances. However, it has become increasingly obvious that any form of indirect communication will only add to the problems, so the leaders of all of the nations in the region are invited to stay in the imperial palace in Urbs Insula to meet personally to correct the misunderstandings and establish peace.

Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people

(OCC: I didn't mean to sound rude.)

This statement was released by the President.

"It is not a misunderstanding when a 14 year old is killed. Ee are not starting a war, we are making sure they stop killing natives."

TO: Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people
FROM: General Arius Cohenius, Jaredcohenia

I'm afraid that I will not send anyone to a conference in Errikland or anywhere in Arterus. The Kraven situation is escalating to a point of fear. However, I will extend a peace conference in Cohenianople, but I will keep my troops stationed at the 25 mile camp. My troops will leave and the blockade will be lifted once you are accepted into the AMAP.

(OCC: I didn't mean to sound rude.)

This statement was released by the President.

"It is not a misunderstanding when a 14 year old is killed. Ee are not starting a war, we are making sure they stop killing natives."

"As I have said many, many times, are not killing natives. We fought the battles in question, and have not killed a single native since. Also, the fourteen year old in question (we are not sure how old he was, but at youngest fourteen) was one of fifty thousand soldiers attacking a position held by our men. We did not discover his presence until long after he was dead, and there is no way our men, even if they had seen him previously and wanted to avoid killing him despite the fact that he was clearly trying to kill them, could have avoided killing him without seriously comprimising our position, as he was killed in the initial charge on our postion."

TO: Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people
FROM: General Arius Cohenius, Jaredcohenia

I'm afraid that I will not send anyone to a conference in Errikland or anywhere in Arterus. The Kraven situation is escalating to a point of fear. However, I will extend a peace conference in Cohenianople, but I will keep my troops stationed at the 25 mile camp. My troops will leave and the blockade will be lifted once you are accepted into the AMAP.

Official message:

From: Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people
To: General Arius Cohenius, Jaredcohenia

I am afraid that I cannot take you up on your offer, as I cannot leave Urbs Insula at the moment. However, I can provide transport for whatever delegate you wish to send. Currently, we have no situation with Kraven, and they would not attack us.

I hope to recieve word from you soon, not out of fear of your forces, but out of desire for peace in this region.

Grand Emperor Christian Michael Victor, Sovereign of the Errikan people

"Fine. But if the nation is lieing, it will be destroyed."

"Fine. But if the nation is lieing, it will be destroyed."

"If I was a liar or a coward of that sort, do you think I would be in this postion? I could have merely denounced the actions of my general, or just lied about the youth of the dead soldier. No, I am no liar."

(OOC: I assume you were talking about me)

"Bartr, you're being sent to Insula."

"Aye aye, sir." said JNN reporter Bartr Petrov as he was relaxing in an Aesonic spa. He got up and got on the first plane to Insula, armed with his passport and reporter's visa. As he got off the plane he found he was to be escorted by two Jaredcohenian Assault Veterans (what we call our higher ranked soldiers, not people retired from service) as they walked around Insula. Erriklandish people stared at him as he walked through the city to have residence in the Jaredcohenian camp. "Is this all neccessary?"

"There's a possible chance of war, kid. You might make it to the camp alive," the tall soldier told Bartr. They finally reached a coastal town where the Jaredcohenian military battalion had been making camp.

"Any reporter who desires to come to Urbs Insula shall be welcomed and allowed to remain unmolested for the duration of the events. Hell, if you want, we'll give you a room in the palace to sleep."

Colonel Sparks had ordered Blaglugian fighters F/A-565 Vexes to establish Air supreamcy over the territory.

It had been completed with, so far, no resistance.

As the Jaredcohenian press official was escourted to the Jaredcohenian base, he looked up and saw a squadron of Vexes. A few seconds later, after they had disappeard, he heard them.

"Our pilots have been grounded for quite some time in an effort to avoid any escelation to war. We now request that you do not fly over or around our cities, as they need to maintain their drills without threat of accidentally starting a war. Also, please do not interfere with our private commercial flights."

A Jaredcohenian Stratodestroyer flew over Insula, it was guarded by 5 Jaredcohenian fighters. Three Battlestations guarded by Hermanators soon got into the city. They all were protecting one thing. One Battlestation. The Dictator's personal transport. The tanks all drove up to the palacial building.

A Jaredcohenian Humbug contained Bartr, as he was driving through the city reporting.

"This is Bartr Petrov live for JNN news. We're bringing you coverage of the Dictator going into the Errikland palace. Is it for war? Is it for peace? We're Jaredcohenia News Network, only network running 24 hours to bring you the latest in international news."

The double-cannoned tanks lined in front of the Palace, the fighters flying overhead and the Stratodestroyer above the palace. The Dictator got out of his tank, surrounded by two Flame Vets and two Assault Vets, they towered over the 6 foot 2 inch Dictator.

The Dictator screamed out. "In case you were wondering, I'm responding to your request right now."

A Jaredcohenian Stratodestroyer flew over Insula, it was guarded by 5 Jaredcohenian fighters. Three Battlestations guarded by Hermanators soon got into the city. They all were protecting one thing. One Battlestation. The Dictator's personal transport. The tanks all drove up to the palacial building.

A Jaredcohenian Humbug contained Bartr, as he was driving through the city reporting.

"This is Bartr Petrov live for JNN news. We're bringing you coverage of the Dictator going into the Errikland palace. Is it for war? Is it for peace? We're Jaredcohenia News Network, only network running 24 hours to bring you the latest in international news."

The double-cannoned tanks lined in front of the Palace, the fighters flying overhead and the Stratodestroyer above the palace. The Dictator got out of his tank, surrounded by two Flame Vets and two Assault Vets, they towered over the 6 foot 2 inch Dictator.

The Dictator screamed out. "In case you were wondering, I'm responding to your request right now."

Emperor Victor's voice cracked out over the PA system.

"There is no need to shout, my friend. Come on in." The gates opened, and the many guards stepped to the side, "The tanks will not fit through the doors, I am afraid, but your four guards are more than welcome."

Two Missle Vets came out of two surrounding tanks and stood at the door, to guard. The Stratodestroyer still flew above.

The four guards surrounded the Dictator as he walked though the gates and into the palace. The Dictator noticed that a chair had been placed, for him and the Emperor to discuss. He sat down at the rather comfy chair.

Two Missle Vets came out of two surrounding tanks and stood at the door, to guard. The Stratodestroyer still flew above.

The four guards surrounded the Dictator as he walked though the gates and into the palace. The Dictator noticed that a chair had been placed, for him and the Emperor to discuss. He sat down at the rather comfy chair.

(OOC: Thank you for noting the chairs that I placed there. I had completely forgotten about them)

The Emperor entered the room with his own massive guards. He left them at the door. He quickly walked up to the Dictator (OOC: please say his name in the next post) and offered his hand.

"Emperor Christian Victor."

OOC: Wanted to add a little spice to the story, everyone has chairs in their foyer ;P i was going to add a tea kettle >_< dictators name has been posted on a lot of posts too XD

The Dictator stood up and put his hand out and shook the Emperor's. "Arius Cohenius."

OOC: Wanted to add a little spice to the story, everyone has chairs in their foyer ;P i was going to add a tea kettle >_< dictators name has been posted on a lot of posts too XD

The Dictator stood up and put his hand out and shook the Emperor's. "Arius Cohenius."

"A pleasure," the Emperor smiled. He sat in his chair and signaled his guards. They opened the door, and a short butler entered. He brought with him some of the Emperor's finest wine. He poured the wine from the same bottle into both glasses and held them out.

"I realize that we are both gentlemen here, but I imagine that you may still be suspicious. So, in order to make you absolutely sure that we are not poisoning you, I shall allow you to pick the glass. Besides," he added, "I wish to be a gracious host."

EDIT: OOC: I assume you sat down when I did.

OOC: hello?

(OOC: power went out, had to fix. was in the middle of posting when it happened)

"The glass does not matter to me." He grabbed one and put it on the table. "I'm sure that you know why exactly I'm here."

(OOC: power went out, had to fix. was in the middle of posting when it happened)

"The glass does not matter to me." He grabbed one and put it on the table. "I'm sure that you know why exactly I'm here."

"Ah, right to the point," Christian selected the other glass and sipped it, "To tell you the truth, I know that you are here because I said that I would like to talk and you saw some chance for some possible gain to come of it. The question is, what?

"I personally want the removal of all foreign militiary from my territory, as well as the end of the blockade of my least important ports (as, for some reason, those are the only ones your alliance is blockading). I would like for order to be restored, and for the great enterprises of peace to continue as if nothing had ever happened.

"Now, what do you want? Perhaps you too desire peace. Perhaps you wanted to see me face to face, hear my side of all of this. Perhaps there are a great many reasons.

"Of course, I shall get around to explaining my view soon enough. However, I would first like to know," he leaned back and sipped his wine once more, "What is it that you want out of this?"

(OOC: Please be patient, this will get interesting soon enough)

"I want you to make an apology to all the remaining natives. You clearly knew that tanks and guns versus men on horseback with the worse, spears, were no match for you. And you knew that you could have arranged a peace offering with them. If you were a man who indeed wanted peace you could've made that. When my people came to settle part of Iania we found hostiles. Did we kill them? No. Did they kill some of my people? Two or three soldiers were injured. Did I decide take our Stratodestroyers and bomb then to next Thursday? No, I didn't. We met with the tribesman, face to face, and arranged a deal. Our people didn't hurt them, they didn't hurt us. We gave them their own land instead of annexing more. Simply, you could've done that. But you resorted to plain old violence. I'll give you the benefit that you're a small nation and mines almost three billion. When my nation was your size, under my ancestors, I don't think we had even a tank."

He took his glass and sipped his wine. "This is good stuff."

ooc: hello? :rolleyes:

"I want you to make an apology to all the remaining natives. You clearly knew that tanks and guns versus men on horseback with the worse, spears, were no match for you. And you knew that you could have arranged a peace offering with them. If you were a man who indeed wanted peace you could've made that. When my people came to settle part of Iania we found hostiles. Did we kill them? No. Did they kill some of my people? Two or three soldiers were injured. Did I decide take our Stratodestroyers and bomb then to next Thursday? No, I didn't. We met with the tribesman, face to face, and arranged a deal. Our people didn't hurt them, they didn't hurt us. We gave them their own land instead of annexing more. Simply, you could've done that. But you resorted to plain old violence. I'll give you the benefit that you're a small nation and mines almost three billion. When my nation was your size, under my ancestors, I don't think we had even a tank."

He took his glass and sipped his tea. "This is good stuff."

"Quite well laid out thought," Christian responded after a moment, "But you must know that I was not in direct command at the moment. However, according to the reports I have recieved, they did quite a bit more than injure a couple soldiers.

"These tribes raided and pillaged our border regions, killing several dozen Errikan citizens and carrying off the property of many more. They also encoraged insurrection amongst the tribes in the regions that we already controlled: some of our analysists asserted that, if we had not acted fast, some of the tribes would have risen up against us. What do you soppose that could have led to?

"Also, there was no solid leadership that we knew of. Who would we meet with? If we had managed to find some leadership, which probably didn't exist, how would we meet with them? Even if we were to meet with them, the negotiation process, assuming they allowed it, would take some time. And all the while, from us searching for them, to us arranging meetings, to us negotiating, their tribesmen are killing our taxpayers."

He leaned forward once more, never losing eye contact with the Dictator.

"Our taxpayers spend a large portion of their money on the government. What do they get in return? Death?

"No. Our commanders knew that we could not betray our people like that. Negotiations are preferred, of course, but in this case the odds of finding the leadership and negotiating with them were slim to none, and every day we pissed away was the blood of our people."

ooc: hello? :rolleyes:

OOC: sorry :D

"When I say you I refer to your country." He said just to make it clear, taking it glass and drinking a bit. "But you are indeed responsible for your own people. I'm sure that Adolf Hitler didn't kill anyone directly, or man the gas chambers, but he still is responsible for it. Also, our research shows that your nation has no income tax. How do you have taxpayers with no income tax? And if they did rise against you, do you have all 16 million of your people in Arterus? Is your entire country located here? I'm guessing that you're a small nation just wanting more lands, for bragging rights. How could their not have been a solid leadership, either? Did they all just go, let's invade the Errikland areas that have just been set up for no apparent reason? You took their land! Of course they're going to be angry! Were you happy when I landed maybe one hundred troops on your island? Nope. Imagine thousands of my troops, I can call them right now if you want. All on your island. You'd be angry, wouldn't you? I have tanks, bombers, you name it. You would not attempt to shoot down any of these, would you? Of course you would. I have a bomber overhead right now, with ten bombs loaded right in it. Of course, you'd look for a leader if you were to attack me. Did you even LOOK for a leader before you started killing these scared natives? Did you attempt to find some kind of shaman, or tribal leader, before you drove your tanks in?" He was skipping from topic to topic.

"You had all those people ALREADY settled in an area YOU KNEW was potentially dangerous? Bravo, good sir. Bravo. When my navy landed here, we checked the island for any single danger before we moved 'our taxpayers' in. Even if your country did have an income tax and tax payers, you wouldn't have had a substantial amount of people in Arterus for them dying to make a dent in your budget. Strenivus?"

The Dictator's 8 foot tall bodyguard walked over, with a lap top. "Thank you." He walked back to his position. "I have this all written somewhere...your budget is around 60 billion. Divided by approx. 16 million people...around 4000 dollars a person. Do the math. Four million dollars you would've lost, and land that isn't rightfully yours. Not even a dent in your budget. Every good tribe has a leader, name one group that didn't have a leader that thrived. There was no way a group of 50,000 natives would have been able to orchestrate this with no leader."

OOC: Alright, I'm going to sleep. 2:40 am E_E

"When I say you I refer to your country." He said just to make it clear, taking it glass and drinking a bit. "But you are indeed responsible for your own people. I'm sure that Adolf Hitler didn't kill anyone directly, or man the gas chambers, but he still is responsible for it. Also, our research shows that your nation has no income tax. How do you have taxpayers with no income tax? And if they did rise against you, do you have all 16 million of your people in Arterus? Is your entire country located here? I'm guessing that you're a small nation just wanting more lands, for bragging rights. How could their not have been a solid leadership, either? Did they all just go, let's invade the Errikland areas that have just been set up for no apparent reason? You took their land! Of course they're going to be angry! Were you happy when I landed maybe one hundred troops on your island? Nope. Imagine thousands of my troops, I can call them right now if you want. All on your island. You'd be angry, wouldn't you? I have tanks, bombers, you name it. You would not attempt to shoot down any of these, would you? Of course you would. I have a bomber overhead right now, with ten bombs loaded right in it. Of course, you'd look for a leader if you were to attack me. Did you even LOOK for a leader before you started killing these scared natives? Did you attempt to find some kind of shaman, or tribal leader, before you drove your tanks in?" He was skipping from topic to topic.

"You had all those people ALREADY settled in an area YOU KNEW was potentially dangerous? Bravo, good sir. Bravo. When my navy landed here, we checked the island for any single danger before we moved 'our taxpayers' in. Even if your country did have an income tax and tax payers, you wouldn't have had a substantial amount of people in Arterus for them dying to make a dent in your budget. Strenivus?"

The Dictator's 8 foot tall bodyguard walked over, with a lap top. "Thank you." He walked back to his position. "I have this all written somewhere...your budget is around 60 billion. Divided by approx. 16 million people...around 4000 dollars a person. Do the math. Four million dollars you would've lost, and land that isn't rightfully yours. Not even a dent in your budget. Every good tribe has a leader, name one group that didn't have a leader that thrived. There was no way a group of 50,000 natives would have been able to orchestrate this with no leader."

"Very good," Christian responded, "However, there is no need to be so accusatory. I shall try to adress your issues one at a time. First off, the insult in the beginning was unnessissary. When I noted that I wasn't in direct control at the moment, I wasn't trying to shift the blame. I was merely noting that to make my point of view clearer to you, so that you would be able to understand me better.

"As for taxes, there are more forms of tax than income tax. How would I fund any government actions with no taxes at all? Surely that isn't logical.

"The reason for my desire to have more land? My nation is developing, and I saw this chance to gain territory. Not for bragging rights, mind you. But the resources and the area to populate, for when my nation grows large. I realized that these chances don't come along often, so it would be wise for me to take it.

"I am no expert on tribal structures, but many of the natives would have some "council of elders" or something along those lines, which would change each time it was formed. Also, the problem of finding said council and convincing them to negotiate still remained. And the problem of them killing my people durning that time still remained.

"Now, you seem to make a fine point with your comparison of your occupation to mine. However, you missed one crucial point: the natives that were killing my people were not the ones whose territory I had annexed. They were ones from outside of my territory, in land that my officers clearly had no desire to take.

"Concerning the movement of out citizens into the region, I shall admit that that was a mistake. Of course, they poured in long before there was any indication that there were any hostile tibes in the region (all of the tribes we had encountered had been very peaceful), which softens the blow.

"As for the budget statistics," the pleasant expression left his face, "I am deeply insulted that you would think that all I value about my people is their capacity to generate funds for my government! When I said that we had to protect them because they were paying for the government, I didn't mean that we had to protect them so that they could continue paying us! I meant that they were paying us to do a job, and we had damn well better do it! To do anything else would be theft and treason!

His expression of anger quickly disappeared into his previous expression of suave pleasantness.

"How they got 50,000 troops mobilized against my forces? I am not sure. It seems however, that, upon my troops entering their territory, they were able to get all of the surrounding tribes to come out and fight us. How? I am not sure, but there are a multitude of possibilites."

He drained the remainder of the wine and held it over to the butler, who quickly refilled it.

"This really is good stuff."

"As it says that the complaints have been withdrawn, I assume the accusers were satisfied with my explanation. Am I mistaken in my assumption? If not, then I assume the operation is over. However, the small matter of the occupation of my territory remains."

He downed his glass.

"You moved your people into a land unknown, they moved into this land in a matter of days. And it seems very odd that these natvies would attack you for no reason...it's something that puzzles me. Don't your people know that there is a risk when moving into an unknown land? They pushed the boundaries as far as they possibly could, and their death is their fault. Militaries should stablize the area before they move civilians in! I hope you know that I blame you personally for the deaths of all these people. I may withdraw my troops, but I do not trust you."

With that, the Dictator got up and left, his guards slammed the gates of the palace and his tanks drove off. The Jaredcohenian occupation of Errikland had ended, as it seemed to Errikland.

Secret IC:

TO: Admiral Hubert McVale.
FROM: Dictator Arius Cohenius

Station one submarine outside each major Erriklandish port.

He downed his glass.

"You moved your people into a land unknown, they moved into this land in a matter of days. And it seems very odd that these natvies would attack you for no reason...it's something that puzzles me. Don't your people know that there is a risk when moving into an unknown land? They pushed the boundaries as far as they possibly could, and their death is their fault. Militaries should stablize the area before they move civilians in! I hope you know that I blame you personally for the deaths of all these people. I may withdraw my troops, but I do not trust you."

With that, the Dictator got up and left, his guards slammed the gates of the palace and his tanks drove off. The Jaredcohenian occupation of Errikland had ended, as it seemed to Errikland.

Secret IC:

TO: Admiral Hubert McVale.
FROM: Dictator Arius Cohenius

Station one submarine outside each major Erriklandish port.

OOC: For future reference, I would prefer if you gave me a chance to resopond to you in your exit

Christian sipped his wine. It had seemed impolite to him that Cohenius had left so abruptly, and his final comments made it clear that he had not listened to Christian's last statements.

It seemed that any hopes of friendly relations between the two nations was lost for now. Oh, well. At least there were no more enemy troops in his territory.

Still, something was troubling him.

The man had said that he should have had his military "stabablize the region." Isn't that just what his troops had been doing that offended these people so?

"Leave that," he motioned to the butler, who was taking the wine bottle away. He set it on the end table next to the Emperor and walked off to do other duties. Christian had intended to give Cohenius several bottles of his finest wine as a parting gift and celebration of peace, but the man had left so abruptly, and the peace seemed shakey.

OOC: So I assume everyone's done here?

OOC: Cool. Goodbye, thread!