NationStates Jolt Archive

The Civil War of Empiricalis had ruined the nation, with the Great Houses entering a blood war, and foreign nations entering on either side. House Stuttgart, for example, had lost over four million civilians and military. House Zeon, being the instigators of the war, lost many more millions and had huge amounts of land no longer arable, and were changed into battlefield memorials for the Zeonic men and women who died in conflict. House Melwasul took it in the figurative chin; the joint Zeonic-Empirical invasion seized the capital and they capitulated. Forty million Melwasans were massacred or enslaved, and the leader, Findecano, ran to Stuttgart where he died at the hands of a Zeonic assassin. The Emperor's house, House Empiricalis, suffered it's first defeat against four Stuttgart armoured divisions and a mechanized infantry division. They retreated after that loss and waited for Stuttgart to invade, which never happened. House Namenlos suffered comparitive few losses, as they were not involved in the war.

The rebuilding began slowly at first, as Stuttgart and Zeon made peace only after ten years of war and stalemate. Piter Zeon continued to run House Zeon with an iron fist, rebuilding his military and structure for another war with Stuttgart. As President Görn of Stuttgart was voted out after the war ended, the new President, Jörg Kohn, promised to rebuild the battered House and restore peace among the destroyed continent. Zeon, however, was not finished with House Stuttgart. They sent a diplomatic request to one of the islands close to the Empiricalite continent, Rulerz Utopia. They were a nation rebuilding after a devastating Whyatican invasion, and Piter Zeon wanted military allies for the next War of Empiricalis..

He sent his personal deputy diplomat, Oscar Zimmstein on a large private jet to Rulerz Utopia. He wanted to convince their leader to allow Zeon investors and the Zeonic government to help rebuild the Utopian lands, and more importantly, he wanted to convince the Utopian leader to make a direct military alliance with Zeon..

Alie Opaleyes sighed as she took another look at her nation. Lindsay, her last assistance, had resigned during the Whyatican attack which was less than half a week long.

I'm getting old, she thought to herself with a wry grin.

"Alie." said a quiet voice behind her. Alie turned around.

"What?" she asked, rubbing her weary eyes. Her whole nation was paying for that small scale war. Taxes had risen to keep up with reparations and keep up with trade. She had taken no vacations since that horrible week and had nightmares for a long time after.

"We have a jet on radar," he said. "Heading for us. " he asked. He cocked an eyebrow.

"What do they want from us?" she asked suspiciously.

"We don't know yet." he said shrugging. "Their jet is coming over to land if you don't decide to attack them on their way here."

She nodded. "Let them come." she told Thom firmly. "Let's see what they want from us. Invite them here."

Thom nodded.

To: House Zeon of Empiricalis
From: Alie Opaleyes, Rulerz Utopia

Is there reason to send a private jet onto our lands?

Rulerz Utopia

Alie Opaleyes

To: Alie Opaleyes, Rulerz Utopia
From: Baron Piter Zeon, House Zeon, Empiricalis

Apologies, we had not sent a prior message. Our private jet is incoming with a diplomat, we wish to establish diplomatic relations with your nation.

Baron Piter Zeon

The jet cruised across the ocean at 900mph. The pilots were continually aware of their surroundings, but they didn't catch the slight mechanical flaw that was within one of the turbofan engines as they were lifting off. At precisely the one-hundred twentieth minute of flight, the right engine would go up, destroying the plane..

Thom didn't send Empiricalis a note back, and instead asked Alie what to do.

"Nothing." she said simply. "Sit and wait for them to come."

He agreed inwardlly, and left her alone.

She turned on her military radio.

"How's the view?" she asked the coast guards.

"It's fine, but I've got this little red blinking thing on the radar, but Commander Jieff says its a jet." Dan Mitchell, a new coast guard. Alie stifled a laugh.

"It is." she told him.

"Oh, Alie, have you got any thoughts about what your cousin Abwen said?" he asked.

"What?" she asked, dreading the question for days.

"Aw, c'mon, about your marriage! You're getting old! You need an heir!" he said.

"I'm working on that. Ehh...I'm busy, so I'll talk to you later!" she said and cut off her radio.

The Empiricalite diplomat was sitting on the couch in the living space of the jet, watching a movie by a prestigious Empiricalite actor, not knowing the turmoil in the cockpit. Numerous 'warning' lights had turned on, indicating massive engine troubles in the right engine. Both pilots were attempting to correct this problem as best they could, but there would be no saviour for the Empiricalite pilots.

The right turbofan exploded, ripping a massive hole in the side of the formerly supersonic jet. The plane began to spin, as it now had solely one engine to run on. It lost height rapidly somewhere over the Great Ocean, and the diplomat took a last drink of his wine as his chair was ripped out of it's sockets by the explosive decompression. He died upon impact of the water.

Nobody in Mainland Empiricalis knew about the jet explosion, but when the diplomat failed to check in after he was supposed to have arrived in Rulerz Utopia, a patrol of fighters were sent out to determine where the blazes the jet was. They found the wreckage floating in the ocean, with a distinct Empiricalite tailsign and the tail number of the diplomat's jet.

This could provoke war..

"Ehhh....Alie...we have a little...if not...big problem?" Thom said in a meek voice, coming in again.

"What?" she asked, bored.

"Um...well...we kinda...got...a little problem..." he said.

"What is it this time? Those damn protesters?" she asked in a bored voice.

"Um, no, this is kinda...well... ThediplomatintheincomingjetkindablewupandnowwerefacingathreatfromEmpiricalisbecausetheyblewthemselve sup." he said quickly.

Alie sat up quickly. "Did...I...hear....what...I...thought...I...heard?" she asked in a dangerous voice.

"Um...maybe?"

"THOM!" she roared. "GIT THEM A MESSAGE THAT ITS NOT OUR FAULT!" she said. "BEFORE THEY COME AFTER US!"

"Well...um...that may be too late..." he said even more quietly.

"Why?"

"Um...because our signals were jammed until now and we finally got something through. Some salmon fishers saw a flare and went out to sea to look for it and it turned out that there was some debris in the water which we identified as Empiricalis's aircraft." Thom nearly shrank.

"You're kidding.." she said in a weird voice.

"Um, sorry Alie, but I'm not."

"Why were the signals down?" she asked.

"Well, something about those damn whale watchers. They were looking for some whales and used their own hand-made radar which jammed up a whole lot of our systems."

Alie glared. "Get out." she said. Thom obliged.

She awaited news on the death of the diplomat.

Palace of the Zeonic Kings, House Zeon, Empiricalis

"Baron, the diplomat's plane was shot down mid journey. Our reconnaissance squadrons believe that a Rulerz Utopia warplane shot down our jet."

"Well...They are flippant enough to destroy our jets and kill Zeonic people, this means war.."

The servant nodded, and Baron Piter prepared a general mobilization order for the Zeonic military. He tossed numbers around in his head for mobilizations, the highest in his head being 900,000 soldiers and the lowest being 250,000. He decided on a round number, five hundred thousand soldiers, five hundred ships, and a large number of armour and aircraft. He sent the encrypted transmissions to his top generals, admirals, and field marshals, and the Zeonic military began to move.

Baron Piter Zeon also decided on sending a message off to the Utopian leader, a scathing one. He sent,
Your people refuse to meet with our diplomat, and are so flippant as to shoot us down?! You'll pay for that, Alie Opaleyes, you'll pay for that with your land, your people, and your life.

Baron Piter Zeon

Zeonic High Command
"We believe that the Utopians are just getting off a large economic recession, a country named Whyatica invaded them several years ago and ruined the nation in a blitzkrieg war. Their military was no match for the Whyaticans, and that was prior to their absorption into the Kraven Corporation. Whyatica used about four hundred thousand soldiers and three hundred ships. The Utopians are stronger than they were in the Whyatican war, but we're an advanced military."

"Their navy sank two Whyatican ships through a sneak assault using modified fishing boats. We believe their navy is solely for coastal defense, nothing that can stop us."

"Their air force has some power, however it is currently unknown."

"Excellent, gentlemen, the attack will be launched 8 days from today, the codename will be Operation Dominator." the Baron said quietly. He plotted what he could do with the Utopian leader and the Utopian lands after his armies swept the land and destroyed the resistance.

"WHAAAT?!" Alie said in shock. "You mangy scumbags." she muttered. "Men! Whenever they rule, its always WAR WAR WAR!" She slammed a fist down onto her desk and called Thom in.

"What's up Alie?"

"We've gone into another war." she muttered angrily.

"WHAT?!" was his reaction.

"Those damn Zeon people have declared war on us. "Your people refuse to meet with our diplomat, and are so flippant as to shoot us down?! You'll pay for that, Alie Opaleyes, you'll pay for that with your land, your people, and your life.

Baron Piter Zeon." she read. "Idiots." she said.

"Try negotiating with them." Thom suggested.

“Negotiate with men?” she asked with a laugh. “You’ve got to be kidding.”

“Um, not really Alie.”

She laughed. “I am not going to talk to these people.” She said defiantly.

“Fine, I will for you.” He said, marching out, slamming her door.


To: House of Zeon
From: Alie Opaleyes

You have made a major mistake. We have not shot your jet down! We are a peaceful nation! We mean no harm to anyone! We have not shot your diplomat down!

Alie Opaleyes
Rulerz Utopia

Admiral William Zaldous of the Zeonic Navy was one of the most respected members of the navy, he had been promoted through the ranks during the Zeon-Stuttgart war, and commanded one of the few raiding parties that survived the war. It was for these reasons that he was chosen to lead Zeon's first naval expedition since the end of the war, the invasion of Rulerz Utopia. Escort ships were pumped out as quickly as possible from Zeon shipyards, and capital ships had massive systems overhauls completed at breakneck speeds. The lead dreadnaught, the ZNS Obliterator, had finished it's first refit and was three nautical miles off the shore.

One dreadnaught, ten battleships, over four hundred various escorts, seventy submarines, and numerous aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships had been prepared for the occasion. They asembled at a port on the southern shore of Zeon, and this massive military buildup had the other three houses watching carefully, they were sure that Zeon would strike at Stuttgart first. As the Zeonic navy left the shores of House Zeon, the Stuttgart Navy quickly mobilized and prepared all defenses for the first battle of the Second Empiricalite Civil War..

Five hundred thousand troops, an unprecedented mobilization. Zeonic troops filed thousands at a time up boarding ramps to the assault ships. They were displaying their weapons to the hordes of civilians who came out to watch this event, they waved Zeonic flags of the dual stars as they cheered for their men.

From Zeon to Rulerz Utopia was a nine hour cruise at sea, and the military ships would cruise at their maximum speed to get there and cripple the Utopian navy..

Alie sighed. This was stupid. First Whyatica, now Zeon. Stupid men she thought. Will they ever stop warring?

Thom came in. "Don't you males ever knock?" she asked annoyed.

"Well, thye haven't replied, and I doubt htey didn't receive it." he looked her squarely in the eyes. "We've got ourselves in a war again."

"Oh...great...will you kindly alert all the troops we have?" she asked in an oversweet tone. "I'm kind of busy here."

He sniffed and walked out, offended.

Thom called the admiral of the marines. "Mobilize your navy, Admiral Zeng. We've got ourselves a war against the Zeon peoples."

"How much?" he asked.

"All of them."

"All 700 ships?"

"Didn't I say all?"

"Yes sir. And when can we be expecting war?"

"Soon, my admiral...soon." he hung up.

Thom heaved a sigh before telling the Air Forces captain to get his pilots ready.

He slammed down the phone and slept, awaiting the Zeonic attack,

Zeonic Dreadnought ZNS Obliterator

"Admiral, we are closing in on the Utopian fleet, we are almost within gun range. Our targetting system is detecting approximately..seven hundred major combatants, with several hundred smaller coast guard vessels. They appear to be attempting to get into a combat formation and are not in combat ready state. Orders?"

The Admiral mulled over this intelligence. He had been informed that the Utopian navy was less than one hundred major surface combatants, but apparently they were wrong. He was expecting a turkey shoot, but was now facing a 1-1.4 disadvantage. His fleet was set up into a tier formation, with the first tier being lighter destroyers and other picket vessels. The ships became progressively heavier as the formation advanced, and the flagship was in the centre of the formation.

They moved into a position where the Utopian heavy guns would need to rotate around to hit them, and they halted. Admiral Zaldous waited several minutes for his crew to prepare themselves, then he turned on his fleetwide communication systems and said, "All ships...Fire."

The massive guns of the Obliterator were the first to unload, and her shells were soon followed by the other battleships and capital ships of the fleet. The light escorts sat with defensive measures active, waiting for targets to be assigned to them for them to use their rapid-fire guns. All aircraft were being held on standby, for the Utopian air force was an unknown as of yet. An occasional missile leapt out of silos from the navy, but missile combat was generally frowned upon by the Joint Command Admirals of the navy.

The combat began, with the other Houses of Empiricalis watching intently..

Rulerz Utopia Coast

Admiral Zeng watched from one of the smaller ships the Lucky Bird sail out into the danger.

In moments though, shells had filled the air, crisscrossing all over the sky.

If all the shelldrops were lemon drops and gum drops...Oh what a show it would be...

He laughed to himself sadly. The Lucky Bird was a new thing. Alie had ordered ten of them built, and named them different things. Cutesy names at that...Lucky Bird, Goldilocks, Evergreen, Gumdrops, Smiley, Boasting Bluejay, Erised, Maiden's Gold, Elftree, Mermaid's Fin...He growled, thinking about Alie's craziness at getting them into a war.

"Admiral!" said a soldier.

"What?" he snapped.

"Will you please give us some orders to retaliate?" Admiral Zeng finally noticed that everyone was looking at him.

"All battleships attack!" he cried as a shell landed closely; so closely that when it fell into the water, waves splashed on deck.

Twelve ships were hit in the engine, lighting the boats up into a nice roaring ball of fire.

He radioed into base. "We need aircrafts." he said.

"We're sending them Zeng! Keep your butt on!" they replied back. "They should be there within five minutes!"

"Okay." Zeng said, turning back to the war over the sea.

His ships sent nearly four hundred shells unanimously.

Admiral Zeng stood there, waiting for their retaliation.

Zeonic Fleet
With the Utopians caught off guard, the Admiral did not want to lose his advantage. As shells landed all around the Zeonic fleet, spraying water and killing hapless fish, his fleet began to move forward in an arc. They were closing in on the Utopian fleet, continuing to fire as the picket line took the initial rounds from the Utopians. Some destroyers were damaged, others crippled, and some exploded in massive fireballs that illuminated the night sky.

A pack of Zeonic submarines cruised at stealth speeds to a Utopian capital ship, and when they were directly underneath the ship, they fired massive torpedos, designed to break the keel of the ships and send them forty leagues under.

The light escort ships were now in range, so they added their firepower to the mix along with the heavy ships, bringing hundreds of guns to bear against the Utopians. They were winning as of yet, but the Zeonic Admiral was still cautious. After all, he was still outnumbered.

When the battleships got close enough, they sent rapid fire at the Zeonic fleet.

"They should be over your head now." crackled a reply.

And indeed, twenty aircrafts had arrived over the horizon, arriving quickly.

Some of the aircrafts dropped some parachuting people to defend the coast while the rest came at the Zeonic fleet.

Zeng called for another round of shells to be launched as the aircrafts flew right over the Zeonic fleet, trying to drop bombs and the like on top of them.

Zeonic Navy
"Admiral Zaldous, twenty Utopian warplanes detected, they're dropping guided bombs on the picket line. Casualties reported on Indomitable, Opera, Adjudicator, and Attrition. Anti-air systems responding. Aircraft carriers are asking for orders, the Air Marshal wishes to launch now and gain air superiority." a message runner said.

"Order the Air Marshal to launch four wings of F-99s and launch a wing of strike bombers, launch anti-radiation missiles over at their tracking ships and capital ships. Advance to within range of our rapid-fire guns, keep up the pressure on their escorts."

The fleet began to accelerate to flank speed directly at the Utopian fleet, firing full barrages from the front cannons and shooting down missiles and shells quickly. Four wings of F-99 air superiority fighters, or fifty-six warplanes, launched off of catapults on the aircraft carriers. They fired Sidewinder anti-air missiles at the Utopian warplanes and others fired HARM Anti-Radar missiles at the Utopian tracking ships and other ships. HARM missiles targetted the radar masts of ships and disabled their targetting, making them easy prey.

Submarines continued to unload salvos of torpedos at the Utopian fleet formation, remaining relatively unopposed underneath the ocean.

The picket line had been shattered by Utopian barrages, many ships sinking or exploding, covering the ocean in oil and blood. Zeonic capital ships continued to push large calibre shells through the gun barrels and sending them shooting through the skies. They launched heavy missiles at the Utopian flagship, and the fleet was now less than three nautical miles from the Utopians..

As the Utopian fleet tried wiping out the large Zeonice fleet, their aircrafts continued boming at them...until opposition was found. They split up into four formations of five, each flying in a V shape, attemting to avoid getting hit by anything.

The Utopian fleet radioed in for more aircrafts and call for more backup and was told they'd have to wait.

Underneath the fleet, invisible torpedoes flew through the water and hit ninteen boats, sinking them. A few tried to jump onto surviving ships, and some had no luck at all.

Alie Opaleyes's Office

Alie sat, watching live video feed from one of her very stealthy spies out on shore filming it. She funded every bit of his research, and he even had his own room given to him for working with her all the time.

Her fleet was getting creamed. "Where's our subs?" she demanded of the submarine carrier's caretaker.

"They're arriving Alie! We're a bit behind since we were the last ones noticed." he said accusingly. "These subs need mroe funding! They're slower to start up than anything!" he cried miserably.

"Oh stop whining." she snapped, and hung up. "Men..." she muttered again.

"Alpha One, you have a bogey on your six!" said Alpha Two, a Zeonic pilot.


Alpha One's F-99 dodged and weaved against the Utopian fire, dodging a missile and having her plane's skin pockmarked by cannon fire. She pulled a hard maneuver that ended her up behind the Utopian plane, and she raked the enemy jet with fire.

The Zeonic fleet was now within range for all guns to be useful, 30mm CIWS guns locked onto Utopian sailors onboard the top decks of their vessels, shooting at them from less than a mile away. The battle would descend to chaos, as some medium destroyers crashed into Utopian boats, creating mass confusion as Zeonic marines hopped onboard the other vessel, shooting at Utopian sailors. The ZNS Obliterator fired it's large amount of 5" rapid-fire guns in every direction, attempting to be the blunt end of the Zeonic hammer. Any unprotected person near the battle would be instantly deafened due to the hundreds of launches and explosions.

The submarines dove underneath the thermocline to avoid detection. The thermocline was the area in water where the warm upper water meets the cold bottom water, and active sonar was deflected at this invisible barrier. From here the Zeonic submarines could safely snipe at Utopian ships. Unless, of course, the Utopians had submarines of their own..

Alie's spy cried out in pain as a bullet nipped his arm. "Alie, I've got to retreat! They're too close!"

"Fine." she said, and the spy retreated.

The Utopian Fleet

After cursing out the Zeonic fleet, Admiral Zeng swore at every ruler whos fault it was that they were caught in such a mess. He cried for more shells at the enemy and cheered on surviving ships to attack the now invading Zeons.

The Zeonic Navy was winning now, going from a 1-1.4 disparity to an advantage among points of their main line of attack. Some of the rapidfire guns were beginning to run out of ammunition, and daring helicopter pilots brought ammunition to ships equipped with helicopter pads. Ships packed to the brim with marines moved through the Utopian lines as their comrades fought and died, firing HARM missiles and shooting naval guns at the Utopian flagship. As the marine carrying ships got close to the Utopian flagship, they dropped boarding ramps and began to unload Zeonic marines on the Utopian ship.

Aircraft began bombing runs on the Utopian planes, now relatively unopposed in the skies..

Alie groaned in frustration. Her spy had left the camera to watch for her and she wasn't liking the view. The submarines were attacking and her fleet could do nothing but wait until theirs came up to attack.

Outside her walls, an air raid alarm sounded off. There was an escaped aircraft...one that hadn't been shot down by her anti-aircraft missles.

She sat down heavily and muted the destruction from her live feed.
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Rulerz Utopian Seas

The submarines came a moment later than planned. They sent missiles at the enemy almost as soon as they could and hit the sides of the Zeonic fleet at a safe distance.

The Utopian aircrafts were on their way, but it might be too late for them.

Admiral Zeng was thrown off his feet as a ship from Zeon crashed into theirs and people crashed on.

"Git the hell off my boat!" he cried, kicking his invaders off.

"Admiral, our marines have boarded the Utopian flagship. One of our strike fighters has made it past the anti-air net of the Utopian fleet, we believe she has gone rogue and is aiming to attack the Utopian leader."

"Ignore it. Nothing that she can do will hurt us. Keep pushing against their fleet, send their Admiral an order to surrender."

"Aye."

A message was sent to the Admiral of the Utopian fleet, and it said,
We call for your immediate surrender to end the pointless loss of lives. All Utopian sailors will be treated as prisoners of war and treated humanely. This is your only chance to surrender and come out with your hide intact, so be aware.

The fleet continued to push, taking minor losses as it advanced, the missile wave from the submarines surprised the picket line and further destroyed it. Dozens of long-range torpedos and ASROCs were fired at the Utopian subs when they were detected, aiming to shut them out before they became a threat.

On the Utopian flagship, thousands of marines continued to board the vessel, aiming and shooting at Utopians wherever seen. The decks were being stained with blood as Zeonic and Utopians died alike on the vessel, tinging the ship red..

"We have orders to shoot down a rogue fighter from Zeon!" crackled a reply to every Utopian aircraft.

Two flew away from the twenty approching aircrafts and flew after.

"Alie won't be happy." one radioed to the other.

"Not that that woman ever is." the other laughed.

"There it is!" cried the first one, spotting the miniature plane in the distance. They accelerated, coming in close to it.

"Land your plane immediately!" one blasted with a foghorn. Though why one would put one there was beyond reason.

The second decided not to wait and shot two missiles.

"What are you doing?!"

"Shooting it down." he replied.
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Utopian Sea

Admiral Zeng was becoming bloodthirsty.

"Effing moron!" he yelled, shooting him with a machine gun. He hit a few dozen more with it while many more died.

"Admiral! You're killing our own!" someone cried. He turned and shot him down. It wasn't until less than ten seconds later, he died from a shot to his head.

The submarines shot slowly, and none were quick enough to escape.

Finally, the aircrafts arrived in the distance, screaming more aimes missiles, this time at their own ships where the Zeons had pretty much taken over.

On ships where the Zeonic marines had taken control, the marines quickly secured the bridge and attempted to take a crash course in controlling the systems of the foreign ships. Some of them didn't have enough time to gain control before Utopian missiles smashed into the ships, destroying them in great fireballs.

It was decided by the Admiral onboard the Obliterator to end the battle. It was reported that their leader was dead and their capital ship was almost in Zeonic hands. Several submarines launched their torpedos at the beleaguered Utopian flagship, and others began to launch at vessels still held by the enemy.

Anti-air missiles were launched from ship-based missile launchers, and the gun shells and Zeonic missiles continued to fly out of silos, although with far less frequency now.

The rogue fighter noted on her RADAR that she was being pursued by Utopian planes, and she increased her speed to the maximum for her fighter, Mach 2.7. The pilot's name was Andrea Varnhoff, and she was one of the few female pilots in the Zeonic Air-Navy Arm. She jinked and juked her fighter, dodging some initial fire from the Utopian fighters. The speed was at the maximum now, and it was nearing the maximum her airframe could handle..

The two pilots converged onto the aircraft, and shot three more missles at her. They would not let her get away.
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Utopian Seas

There were no ships that were either damaged or invaded and the sea was turning red.

There was little resistance at all except for the aircrafts that seemed to be destroying every boat in sight.
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Alie Opaleyes's Headquarters

Alie paced back and forth, mind crazed. "Damn men. Destroying my whole ocean. Destroying my fleet. Destroying my submarines. Destroying my land!" she cried out.

Alie slammed her fist against a glass vase, shattering it. Her eyes were filled with rage and her breath hot as fire.

"Men!" she spat out.

Andrea's fighter was able to dodge two of the three incoming missiles, however the airframe was no longer able to handle the massive stresses involved, and part of the wing sheared off. A missile impacted the side of the wing, and exploded nearby. It ripped the rest of the wing off, and Andrea's fighter began to crash. She aimed her fighter at the Estate of Alie Opaleyes, and closed her eyes..

The seas belonged to Zeon. Anti-fighter missiles swarmed the skies, and the remaining Zeonic fighters fired their anti-air missiles. The landing would proceed soon..

Alie screamed and screamed as a huge monster of fire crawled towards her. One moment she was pacing, the next, someone crashed into her office wall.

She fell to the ground, dazed.
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Thom heard the crash as he was checking for the troops on teh Utopian coast.

The Octagon had sent twenty tanks and the Tiger army and Lizard army. Hundred men divisions who were second best in the charts of soldier rankings.

They might be able to hold the Zeons off.

Thom ran to Alie's room but the door lock was jammed.

"Alie! Are you okay?" he called. All he heard was screaming.

The Zeonic fighter slammed through the walls of the Estate of Alie Opaleyes. The fuel having been expended long ago, there was no explosion. The automatic ejection systems opened at precisely the wrong time, launching Andrea out of her fighter seat and sending her sprawling across the floor near where Alie was standing, out cold.

Utopian Beach
This was where the Whyaticans had landed many years ago, and it was determined that a small scouting party would land first to scout the Utopians and figure out exactly what military power they had. Four hundred soldiers and fifteen amphibious tanks dropped out of the assault carriers on dropships, which lazily floated to the uncontested shore. They landed, with the troopers getting into squadrons of five and spreading out, looking for any sort of resistance.

The full out landing would occur in exactly twelve hours..

Utopian Beach

The Octagon's tanks roared to life as the enemy landed, shooting at whatever they could.

The Octagon had decided to send more, and got their tanks mobilized quickly.

One quarter of the soldiers poured into the battlefield, ready to attack the oncoming enemy after the tanks had sliced and diced them.
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Alie Opaleye's Headquarters

Alie looked at the girl coldly.

"Who are you?" she demanded, not screaming anymore. Her throat was dry. "What are you doing here?" she asked, although it seemed kind of obvious she was the enemy. She had an allure...something...

Zeonic marines ran into tank fire and died, the fast rounds exploding nearby them, sending deadly shrapnel all through the air. The first of the Zeonic amphibious tanks, the Black Widow Amphibious battle spider, hit the beach and pulled themselves off the ground. They lowered their heavy guns at the Utopian tanks, and fired, dealing certain death to the Utopian tanks at this range. The Zeonic marines that survived the initial beach landing opened fire using their assault rifles, spraying wildly at the Utopian infantry. Further dropships hit the water, carrying more Black Widows and the first anti-infantry tanks, the Huntsman Light battle spiders.

In Alie's office, Andrea didn't respond at all to Alie's prodding, being that she was out cold from the impact. She had some minor injuries from the impact, but nothing major..

As their forces on the coast dwindled, Alie was in no mood to lose to an invader.

She found some rope lying around and bound the girl by the hands and feet carefully. Then she poured some water into an empty candy bowl and tossed it at the girl's head.

"Wake up." she snarled.

Utopian Landing Beach
The beach was taken, the battle was over as the small numbers of Utopian defenders had dwindled to near nothing as they retreated. Zeonic marines continued to flood on the beach, along with larger supply dropships, dropping supplies and other things like that for a thrust through the land. Dozens of main battle spider-tanks hit the beach immediately, hunting out any hidden resistance by using it's height as an advantage. The armoured advance , known as "Operation Sweeper", would proceed in nine hours, after 5,500 soldiers and one-hundred fifty tanks had landed..

Alie Opaleye's Estate
Andrea woke up to a flood of freezing water, and being tied at the arms and legs. She looked up as best she could to see Alie, and said in her best English, "I am Andrea Varnhoff of the Zeonic air force. My serial number is ZAF-14295. Who are you?"

House Stuttgart Oberkommand

"Rulerz Utopia's navy has been destroyed by the Zeonics, and the landing is proceeding. Now is the right time to launch an advance on House Zeon, and send our navy to destroy the Zeonic's."

"We're going to offer a deal to the Utopians first, we'll offer to remove the Zeonic Army first from their lands and then attack House Zeon directly. Let's go.."

A message was sent to Rulerz Utopia, unencrypted, even though the Zeonic Intelligence Service was probably listening.

We are House Stuttgart of Empiricalis, a direct land neighbour and blood enemy of House Zeon. We are offering our direct military assistance in your war with Zeon. We can help you now, if you want it..

Thom got a message half an hour after the crash.

From: Rulerz Utopia
To: House of Struttgart

We would gladly accept your military help, in return of helping your troops cut down the Zeonic troops.

However, we fully must agree that there will be no more ties after the defeat of the Zeonic troops.

Sincerely,
Alie Opaleyes
Rulerz Utopia

Thom nodded to himself, sending it without asking Alie.
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Alie looked at the invader curiously.

Her english was not bad...

"I am Alie Opaleyes." she said in a strong voice. "I am this nation's ruler. And you are scum that has destroyed my room." she said accusingly. She unbound her captive's legs.

Stuttgart Oberkommand
"They've accepted our offer for military aid," said an advisor, "But they also said that they will not accept any offers for an alliance after we've tossed the Zeonics out."

"Whatever. Deploy the First Battlefleet and the Third Army. I will be on the flagship."

"Yes, General."

New Hamburg, Stuttgart
The Third Army was the proudest and most successfuly army of Stuttgart. It alone survived the Stuttgart-Zeon war with more than half it's divisions active, and the divisions still active were the most battle-hardened soldiers of Stuttgart. They entered the troopships with the same grim determination that got them through the Zeon-Stuttgart war alive, turning these 650,000 soldiers into some of the sole survivors of the Zeon-Stuttgart war..

The First Battlefleet was a relatively new construction of the post-war Empiricalis continent. The fleet was nine hundred brand-new ships from Kriegsmarine Systems based out of New Hamburg, and they ranged from a massive command battleship that neared 1 kilometer in size to small patrol boats that were 30 metres. The Kriegsmarine Systems workers became fat and rich due to this contract, as it was worth over nine trillion dollars to them.

They left at the crack of dawn, to assault the Zeonic fleet which was celebrating it's victory of the Utopian fleet, catching them by surprise..

Zeonic Landing Beach
The beach landing was ready. The 42nd Armoured Battalion was prepared for combat. It was 5,500 soldiers and 125 tanks, and they left the base at zero hour of the day after landing, aiming for the nearest Utopian town. They would burn it, raid the supplies, and move on to the next one.

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"I apologize for that," Andrea said, pointing at her wrecked fighter with her feet, "Your fighters blew a hole in my warplane and sent it crashing here. I fully expected to die, naturally."

Alie Opaleyes's Room

"Well, you haven't died yet." she said to her dignified.

She slumped down onto the couch and put her head in her hands, watching the invader.
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Greene Vallie, Rulerz Utopia

The inhabitants of Green Vallie were not happy.

Not long ago, their houses were in danger of the Whyaticans. Now, it was the Zeons.

"I will not leave this goddamn house!" Maria Joseph cried to a soldier. "This is my house and I don't give a damn about them Zeons ruining this place! Let them burn me down with it!" she said loudly.

The villagers behind the soldiers murmured in agreement. Someone started a chant. "Down with the Zeons! We won't leave! Down with the Zeons! We won't leave!"

General Aiko sighed. "We've got a problem, Thom." she radioed. "The villagers won't leave."

"Tell them they're dropping atomic bombs there. That'll shut their annoying yapping." crackled an annoyed reply.

"THEY'RE DROPPING A-BOMBS HERE!" she cried out loud as one of their own scouter planes soared past the village. She pointed. "There it is! It's deciding where to drop it!" The villagers split and went home to pack.

"All done Thom." she called back.

There was no answer.
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The Octagon

Lille Brown was enraged. A war. Another damn war. She was so used to peace, she wasn't used to sending in her men to fight.

"Send more troops." she said to Theresa Nanilw.

"Who?"

"Skunk, Hamster, and Duck." she ordered. "Also, sent in twenty more tanks."

"Yes ma'am." she said, clicking her heels together with a salute and running off to get the troops moving.

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"Well, that's pretty obvious." Andrea said, "I have a question for you. Am I going to be sent to a POW camp or anything?"

Zeonic Armoured Battalion, Greene Vallie, Rulerz Utopia
The armoured battalion entered the city of Greene Vallie, the first city the Whyatican Army advanced into with a scouting group. A Black Widow class main battle spider tank was at the head of the pack, scouting for enemy armour and infantry. A random house was targetted with the main cannon of the tank, firing at it, possibly killing whatever occupants were there. The personnel carriers advanced behind the spider tanks, going slowly enough that they wouldn't get crushed by the legs of the tanks..

House Stuttgart First Battlefleet
They were now halfway to the Zeonic stationing point, and they would reach their destination within four hours. Aircraft were prepared as their pilots sat waiting, drinking decaf coffee and waiting for the orders to launch. Submarines entered stealth mode as they dove, hitting the thermocline quickly enough to find Zeonic submerged forces. The assault carriers were loaded to the brim with Stuttgart marines and amphibious tanks, including some of the four kiloton Bulldog class land fortresses. Complete radio silence was maintained, so as not to give away their position.

Alie Opaleyes's room

Alie thought for a moment. "No, I wont send you off to who knows where." she said. She looked shrewdly at Andrea. "I'm keeping you here." she said.
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Greene Vallie, Rulerz Utopia

Skunk division scouted the area from the close hill region nearby Greene Vallie. They had quick stealthy skills that required their infamous stink bombs. They recreated the odor themselves from actual skunks, (making sure no skunks were harmed in the making of them). Skunk placed their acorn look-alikes on the ground and pulled out their little blue buttons. One push and the whole field would fill with stink gas.

Hamster was hidden among the groves, and was ready for their invaders. Instead of waiting for the stink bombs to reach their invader's nose, they pulled out their gas masks and put them on. Nerve gas was going to be all over the place soon.

Duck was still clearing out the village, less than half a mile away. Only a few more to clear. They were the fourth attack against their invaders. The tanks would attack the remaining soldiers and spider tanks while the gas was floating around.

"If you say so." Andrea said, looking at Alie oddly. She did, after all, wreck her estate by crashing into it with her fighter.

Greene Vallie

A Zeonic marine private, a Pvt. Jackson Corvair, was the first to smell the gas. He yelled over his PA system, "GAS!" and put his gas mask on. They didn't know it was solely stink gas, but better safe than sorry. All of the 5,500 marines put their gas masks on, and began to advance into the town. The thirty Black Widow class main battle spiders entered the town, firing tank rounds at random houses and firing 15.5mm machine gun bursts at any people who happened to be in range. The smaller Huntsman class and Amazonian classes followed the main battle spiders, looking for the Utopian resistance, as inevitable as it would be.

Greene Vallie

The stink gas cloaked the enemy soldiers, giving everyone within a fifty miles warning of their stinky invaders. Hamster division pulled out their guns, shooting soldiers rapidly, in hopes of catching them by surprise.

Duck had just finished clearing out the village when chaos erupted. All the soldiers ducked as soon as they heard the first shot, and pulled out their guns. Skunk in the nearby hills would be shooting easy targets with their trained snipers. A few slower soldiers in Duck were hit as they flew to the ground, some, very dead.

Their tanks burst out of nowhere, and shot at the Black Widow tanks.

They were nearly invincible to the Utopian tanks until one lucky tank shot at their weird looking legs.
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Alie Opaleyes's room

"Yes I say so." she said. Alie stood up and started pacing. She heard knocking.

"WHAT?" she yelled.

"I'm breaking your door open, Alie!" said Thom.

"No! Leave it!" she said. "I'm fine."

The Black Widow that had it's leg targetted had a knee joint blow out, and the tank lurched to one side as it was now a three legged tank. It's main gun rotated to face the Utopian tank that did it, and opened fire as it limped behind an undamaged Black Widow, going for cover. The other tanks pushed out of the gas cloud, their large spider figures making imposing shadows on the ground. Smaller tanks ran quickly ahead of the main battle tanks, firing their autocannons and machineguns everywhere, destroying the lands..

The Zeonic marines came under fire, but mostly survived, as they were masked by the gas cloud the Utopians put them in. They opened fire using their heavy assault rifles at the Utopian infantry, and the machinegun crews set themselves up in a circle and deployed their machine guns, spraying high velocity rounds at any hapless Utopian infantry in the way..

The Utopia tanks saw their shot and hit at the legs of the spider tanks. Soldiers from the trees shot mercilessly at the soldiers behind gas masks on the field, pretty much in the open. A few more of Duck were wounded severely, but they seemed to have forgotten about the trees and the soldiers in them which gave Hamster perfect aim at their invaders.

From the hills, Skunk shot the soldiers off. Like taking candy from a baby.

Some more soldiers dropped as the battle spiders advanced, dodging some tank rounds using their superior maneuverability. Still others, however, took rounds to the knee joints and fell, becoming stationary batteries in support of the infantry, firing rounds at the Utopian tanks. Shots rang out from the trees, and the Zeonic infantry split into regiments and charged at the trees, using a Huntsman class as support, firing armour piercing machinegun rounds through the trees.

The Utopian tanks didn't give up. They didn't let the lethal spider thanks get away. They already had nearly a half of their tank forces destroyed, and didn't need more.

Hamster soldiers fell to the ground painfully as the got shot by the loud machine-guns. Some of them dropped out of the trees and into blueberry bushes, so as to catch the enemy in surprise.

Skunk kept shooting at the soldiers since they seemed not to notice them yet...

Duck was picked off, one by one, the whole army nearly dead now.
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Alie Opaleye's Headquarters

"Now, for you." she said menacingly to Andrea.

Alie Opaleyes' Headquarters
"What?" Andrea said, raising one eyebrow. She had been trained in resisting interrogation, and Alie didn't look particularly fierce.

Greene Vallie
A tank shell impacted the vulnerable side support struts of one of the Black Widow class tanks, penetrating the fuel tanks and exploding, creating a massive jet plume through the tank's main body. It collapsed the ground, narrowly missing several Zeonic marines. The tanks advanced forth, their numbers dropping dramatically as the Utopian tank commanders improved their tactics. A Black Widow tank used it's powerful legs to start swiping at any exposed Utopian infantry, and stomping on lighter vehicles with it's large mass.

In the woods, the Huntsman tank had rounds ricocheting off it's low-profile frame, as it shot thousands of rounds through the trees, every tenth round being a white phosphorus tracer round, occasionally setting a tree on fire. Soldiers dropped dead occasionally as they left the cover of the Huntsman and were shot down by Utopian snipers..

"How would you feel if I decided to not kill you and have you work undercover?" asked Alie, out of the blue.
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Greene Vallie

The Utopian army stood strong. "Forward!" cried a soldier, and they rushed headon into the fight. Half of them died on the way though.

Skunk continued shooting the Zeons with hatred from the hills as the rest of the army risked their necks. Dying...one by one...well...four by four...

"I'd say you'd have to pay me a damn lot," Andrea said, speaking while thinking.

Greene Vallie
The Utopian infantry rushed right into the tank assault spearhead, and while so many tanks were immobile, they still had guns. 105mm tank cannons and machine guns raked the Utopian infantry lines, but still more tanks collapsed under the sheer weight of Utopian infantry and more infantry died.

"Sell your services to me and you'll walk away after this war a free woman." she said to her. "Do exactly as I tell you and you'll have so much money you won't know where to spend it. And you'll live. That's teh plus side. Don't help me and I'll find other worse ways of dying that me stepping on your face." Alie said to her.

Outside, Thom awaited the arrival of the Struttgards.
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Greene Vallie

No one seemed alive anymore. Only the moving tanks showed them that there was still life. But however many soldiers were actually dead and how many just pretending were another matter.

Stuttgart Grand Navy
On the Stuttgart fleet's flagship, the ISN Berliner, the Admiral of the fleet sat calmly in his command room as his underlings rushed about the ships like scurrying ants, hurrying to get their jobs done and get below decks again if they could before the shooting started. He got up from his chair, pressed a button near the door, and it slid open smoothly. He left the ready room directly into the bridge, and barked at his XO, "Status report."

"We're within gun range of the Zeonic fleet, Admiral, and I believe we've caught them off guard. They're proceeding with large-scale landing operations and we are detecting their fleet now. Approximately six hundred ships. We outnumber them, sir."

"Yes, yes." the Admiral said, thinking to himself.

"Launch all our reconnaissance UAVs, get some targeting solutions on the Zeonic fleet. Fire ranging shots on my mark. Load all our missiles and get the air crews ready to launch. Submarines are to go stealth now and dive to the thermocline. Get on it!"

The bridge crew did nothing this time except transmit orders across the Berliner and the fleet as a whole, the war machine of Stuttgart prepared.

"On my mark...Fire!"

The shots rang out..

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"You've left me with an interesting offer. I'm afraid that I must.." she trailed off, thinking about how she would be betraying her homeland..

"Think before you refuse." Alie said in a dangerous voice. "You don't want to die, do you? How will you live your life? How will you bring food, clothes, money to your parents?" Alie asked.
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Greene Vallie

The soldiers all heard the shots from the ocean. Everyone stopped to hear what was happening.

Zeonic Fleet
"Admiral, we are coming under fi--" the XO of the Zeonic flagship said as the first Stuttgart shell impacted the superstructure of his vessel, penetrating the armour and exploding, shaking the vessel to it's core. The shell thankfully stopped before reaching the bridge of the dreadnaught, and the majority of the crew survived. The Admiral pulled himself up from the floor of the bridge, his jaw hurting and bruised from the impact.

He put his headset on and said to his fleet "Get firing solutions on the new hostiles and fire!"

UAVs from the fleet launched and flew to create a perimeter, giving the Zeonic fleet better targetting solutions on the hostiles. The ships began a wide turn, bringing their broadsides to face the Stuttgarts. The fire was raining down now, wrecking several ships that couldn't get out of the way, and massive plumes of water shot into the sky.

The broadsides revealed, the gunners onboard all the Zeonic ships elevated the guns and fired their ranging shots as the Stuttgart fleet drew ever closer..

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"If you kill me, you won't gain anything and I won't lose anything. My parents are dead, I live alone in Zeon.."

Alie cursed in her head. "Well, what do you live for? What do humans live for?" she shrugged. "We don't really have a reason to be here. Might as well get all the money you can and live your life." she said.
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Opal Sea

A small navy was gathering in the small cove of Opal Sea, ready to attack the Zeons. Little did they know, another navy had beat them to there.

"On to the battle site!" cried Captain Rayburn.
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Alie Opaleyes's headquarters

Thom paced back and forth. The Struttgard had arrived. But was it right? Even the ruler did not know of dealings with some foreign powers. Would he be annihilated like the corrupt Japanese court from WWII? No, they were corrupt. This was not the same.

He breathed easier.

Stuttgart Grand Navy
Shells impacted everywhere around the Stuttgart fleet formation, impacting some of the ships in the picket line as the fleet continued to move in to better range. Some light cruisers and destroyers took hits on magazines and exploded, sending shrapnel across the sea to the neighbouring ships. Still the fleet advanced, launching missiles and occasionally firing the forward guns at the Zeonic fleet..

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
Andrea said nothing but continued to think.
Betray my home and survive, or fight til the very end..

The Octagon

The Octagon was in no mood for games. "Why the hell is there a Struttgard Navy in Rulerz Utopia?" cried the army trainer of Skunk. "Why weren't we notified by Alie?" he asked Thom angrily.

Thom was silent over the phone.

"Tell us!" he said.

"There's no reason." he replied calmly over the phone.

"Yes there is, you lying bastard. You tell us why this instant boy, or I'll call Alie Opaleyes myself, and tell her about your treason!"

"There's nothing to say." Thom said. The army trainer hung up and dialed Alie's private number. It rang once...twice...Why isn't she picking up? Skunk's trainer thought.
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Alie Opaleyes's Headquarters

Alie stood patiently, waiting Andrea's answer. Something in her was fighting to get out. She didn't want to see this girl hurt, so she let her have a way out. You're getting soft Alie...said a voice in her head.

A ringing tossed her out of her reverie before she could answer herself. She ignored it, training her eyes on Andrea.

Zeonic Fleet
As the shells and missiles landed around, through, and in the Zeonic fleet formation, the Admiral of their fleet finally decided on his course of action.

"All ships, your orders are to charge through the Stuttgart fleet and cut them open! Move!"

The Zeonic fleet, once moved back into formation, advanced at flank speed to the front lines of the Stuttgarts, both sides taking minor losses as the battle had not quite gotten into slugging range yet.

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"I accept," said Andrea, "On one condition. I will not kill any Zeonic person."

"Don't worry. We'll kill the bastards for you." Alie said, smiling sweetly.
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The Octagon

"Send some people to see what is up with Alie." said the trainer of Cheetah. He had gray eyes and looked weary. The others complied.
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Just a little ways off the Opal Sea

Captain Rayburn drove the ship towards the smoke, ready to try and obliviate their invaders. His little fleet felt invincible...for now...
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Alie Opaleyes Headquarters

Thom let out a sigh and prepared to receive his visitors. On his way past Alie's room, he heard her talking to whoever had crashed in.

Alie Opaleyes' Estate
"I suppose.." said Andrea, not quite knowing what she just agreed to.

Stuttgart Grand Navy
Gunnery range had closed to 5 kilometers, and suddenly the massive fleet formation swerved around to present their broadside to the Zeonic fleet, and fired a massive salvo, mostly directed at the lead Zeonic dreadnaught. Large gun battles were an absolute thrill for Stuttgart Captains and Admirals, and they reveled in a close-in fight.

Submarines closed in, underneath the protection of the thermocline, moving underneath the larger Zeonic ships, prepared with heavy keel-breaking torpedos...

The new Utopian fleet was welcomed immediately, having their firepower added to the mix would surely catch the Zeonics off guard..

Alie looked at Andrea more closely. "Here's the thing...doublecross me and you end up without a head, ya hear me?" said Alie. She didn't wait for Andrea's answer. "You've got a simple job." said Alie.

"I am looking for someone to marry." she told her. "But I can't seem to find myself a person thats good enough for me. But then...there's you..." Alie said, traling off. "Ever since I was little...I didn't like boys the same way the girls did." she explained. "But I don't have to tell you any more of that."
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The new Utopian fleet moved quickly, for it was only a small force. They shot their cannons as soon as they could at the Zeonic fleet, but left the newcomers alone.

Estate of Alie Opaleyes
"Erm...Right then. I'd think you should kill me instead, because I don't swing that way."

Zeonic Fleet
"The Stuttgarts have closed to five kilometres, Admiral. Our escorts have responded and aircraft are launching."

"Open up a hole in the fleet, allow the Stuttgarts in."

"Yes, Admiral."

The ships of the Zeonic fleet began to spread out and open a hole, very tempting for the Stuttgart navy to move in and exploit, as the negligible Utopian fleet opened fire. Some Zeonic missiles were unloaded at the new Utopian fleet, but they were otherwise left alone.

Aircraft launched off their hangars on the Zeonic carriers, gaining altitude rapidly as they fired anti-ship missiles at the Stuttgarts and the Utopians.