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The people of Divinity, to the North of Paradise City, were fed up. They took the Lewisite disaster without arguement. This plague though, it finally set the people off. 30,000 people took to the streets, defanding to seperate from this new Confederacy. 3,000 Confederate soldiers, who were deployed to stop them, instead joined their ranks. The people of the city have renamed it the Communist State of Divinity. Chancelor Blackhelm sent out a call to all nations to help bring this nation back to the Confederacy, as the army is too weak to do so on its own.

Message from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of External Affairs, Rilloria

We have recieved news of your nation's rebellion. After deliberation with the High-Chancellor, we have concluded that we can assist the legitimate government of the Blackhelm Confederacy in quelling the Communist uprising. We are preparing the following units for immediate deployment:

12th Mechanized Infantry Division
55th Armoured Recon Brigade
4th Armoured Battalion

IRTF (Rillorian Special Forces) Platoon

446 Bomber Squadron, Imperial Rillorian Air Force

From Chancellor Lucius Blackhelm

Your help is greatly appreciated.

OOC: If you wanna write the next post explaining a little more about the situation, it would be appreciated. Just so i can get a feel of what's happening.

The city has 30,000 untrained rabble armed with an assortment of weapons, ranging from .45 cal hand guns to Ak-74's and RPG-7's. There is also 3,000 trained military soldiers armed with AR22A3 assault rifles, and have begun training the rabble. They are supported by 30 XM-1 MBT's, and 120 T-72's, as well as 15 Ka-52 attack choppers. The city has a massive harbor, and still has the exploded wreck of the EIS Excelsior in it. A trench network has been dug around the city, and an estimate of 12 SA-2 anti-air missiles have been set up.

Recognizing that the people of Divinity have certain rights and expectations, including self government, the Government of the Holy Republic of the Ceile Dei offer our services as mediators to try and bring this conflict to a close with as little loss of life as possible . . . to broker an agreement by which the People of Divinity may gain semi-autonomous self-government within the Confederation, if possible . . .

If the Confederacy is unwilling to come to the bargaining table, we will seek out the leaders of the Peoples of Divinity and establish a diplomatic mission with them . . .

General John Strickland, Lord High Commander of Xeraphian Forces, received the memo from the Emperor. It seems there was rebellion in the nation of Blackhelm, which was also in the throes of a plague. The Emperor had authorized the deployment of 25,000 Royal Marines and the 301st AirWing towards the quelling of the rebellion.

" Captain, please contact the Emperor as to the necessity of additional forces to Divinity, specifically one of the WarHammer Battle Groups and one of the Vampire Class Carriers."

" Yes sir."

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The 301st AirWing was comprised of six squadrons of twelve Rattlesnake fighters, total seventy-two jets. In addition, the 301st included twelve Python bombers and twelve ComancheII HCGSs.

The 4th WarHammer Heavy Battle Group conisted of four Battle Carriers w/seventy-two fighters each, four standard carriers w/fifty-eight fighters each, five battleships, five destroyers, ten missile destroyers, five heavy battle cruisers, five attack cruisers, and two lite carriers w/26 fighters each.

The Royal Marines were equipped witht he latest and deadliest weaponry available, including AK-47MKII rifles, and full Kevlar body armor.

The Vampire Class Heavy Nuclear Battle Missile Carrier was the newest addition to Xeraph's navy. It carried one hundred twenty five King Cobra fighter-bombers, two hundred torpedoes, one hundred twenty VLS missiles and tweny Blackhawk HCGSs.

Imperial General of the Maraquean military had dispatched 35,000 Imperial Guard troops to Divinity. They were specifically trained in rebellion warfare and would stage several moderate operations within Divinity.

The 4th Xeraphian WarHammer Battle Group was anchored 17 miles from the entrance to the harbor of Divinity in a 40-mile arc, staggered formation. The big guns of the battleships and destroyers were locked on to coastal targets all around the harbor, and the first of 3 waves of bombing runs were ready to go.

The squadrons of the 301st AirWing had asked for and received permission to land in Blackhelm territory, and the Royal Marines were ready to hit the beaches as soon as the naval bombardment ceased. The bombardment was scheduled to commence at 0330 local time and to end at 0530.

750 Royal Paratroopers were set to go in last for mop-up operations.

Three teams of AI Engineers were to make their way about 1 mile inland and begin construction of FireBases, and to clear room for MASH units.

It was 0311.................

From General Blueshield
To Xeraph Fleet

Please do not commence your bombardment. We would like minimum collateral damge to Divinity. It is a very old city, and is also, when not rebelling, a major port city for our nation. Its destruction would further destroy our nation. Please comply.

The 4th Xeraphian WarHammer Battle Group was anchored 17 miles from the entrance to the harbor of Divinity in a 40-mile arc, staggered formation. The big guns of the battleships and destroyers were locked on to coastal targets all around the harbor, and the first of 3 waves of bombing runs were ready to go.

The squadrons of the 301st AirWing had asked for and received permission to land in Blackhelm territory, and the Royal Marines were ready to hit the beaches as soon as the naval bombardment ceased. The bombardment was scheduled to commence at 0330 local time and to end at 0530.

750 Royal Paratroopers were set to go in last for mop-up operations.

Three teams of AI Engineers were to make their way about 1 mile inland and begin construction of FireBases, and to clear room for MASH units.

It was 0311.................

Official Response from Leocardia

Xeraph, we ask you if you need allied help from Leocardia. Leocardian Army Guards are highly untrained and need to cope experience.

From General Blueshield
To Xeraph Fleet

Please do not commence your bombardment. We would like minimum collateral damge to Divinity. It is a very old city, and is also, when not rebelling, a major port city for our nation. Its destruction would further destroy our nation. Please comply.


" Admiral, we have a message froma General Blueshield of Blackhelm. He is requesting that we not commence bombardment at 0330."

" What the fuck....let me see that." Admiral Jenkins read it over. " OK, ensign, signal the General that we will comply. Ask him just what in hell he wants us to do with all this hardware we've collected for this little foray."

" Yessir."


"Inform all units that we are standing down at 0325 until further notice."

" Yessir."

Official Response from Leocardia

Xeraph, we ask you if you need allied help from Leocardia. Leocardian Army Guards are highly untrained and need to cope experience.

Leocardia, I suggest that you ask Gen. Blueshield of Blackhelm where it is that you could help him most. Xeraph has the harbor/Divinity City area covered.

Gen. Strickland

Greetings,

The people of Bolino are very distubered by the news of the riots in your country. We hope and pray that peace will return to your country soon.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chauteliers,
Prime Minister of Bolino.

" Admiral, we have a message froma General Blueshield of Blackhelm. He is requesting that we not commence bombardment at 0330."

" What the fuck....let me see that." Admiral Jenkins read it over. " OK, ensign, signal the General that we will comply. Ask him just what in hell he wants us to do with all this hardware we've collected for this little foray."

" Yessir."


"Inform all units that we are standing down at 0325 until further notice."

" Yessir."

General Blueshield recieved the message of what he wants the Xeraph soldiers to do. He grabbed his assistant and gave him a message.

To Xeraph fleet
From General Blueshield

We were hoping that you could send in ground troops to clear the city. Air strike are authorized when nesesary, but we urge that you try and keep collateral damage to a minimum. Once again, thank you for your support.

General Blueshield recieved the message of what he wants the Xeraph soldiers to do. He grabbed his assistant and gave him a message.

To Xeraph fleet
From General Blueshield

We were hoping that you could send in ground troops to clear the city. Air strike are authorized when nesesary, but we urge that you try and keep collateral damage to a minimum. Once again, thank you for your support.

" Admiral, response from Blueshield."

Jenkins glanced at the commscreen. " Alright, ensign. Inform the ground commanders aboard the troopships that we have a 'go'. Under cover of the 301st AW they are to land in a three-pronged landing, east harbor beaches, west harbor beaches, and central beaches. Our directive is to clear the city of Divinity with as little damage to the city as possible. Fighters are to launch missiles only if absolutely necessary. Have them concentrate on trench fortifications around the city. Do we have any armor?"

" Yessir, one platoon on board the CONQUISTA."

" Very well. Have them deploy with the west beach assault group. Invasion to commence at 0415 hours."

" Yessir."

The rebels in Divinity saw the ships out at sea. 5 HY-2 anti-ship missiles were pulled out of storage in the old navy base, and set up. They targeted one of the ships in the fleet, and sent the missiles screaming towards it.

The rebels in Divinity saw the ships out at sea. 5 HY-2 anti-ship missiles were pulled out of storage in the old navy base, and set up. They targeted one of the ships in the fleet, and sent the missiles screaming towards it.


The defense board was lit up like a Christmas tree. " Sir! Incoming missiles, port to starboard!"

Jenkins began spitting orders. " Hard to port! Evasive manuvers! Lock anti-missile batteries on targets and fire! Scramble a half-dozen Vipers and have them take those dirt-bags on the shore out!"

Eighteen CSh-16 TmS missiles roared off the lower fore-deck of the massive carrier with a dead-bead on the incoming ASMs. It was going to be a very close call...............

the old SA-2 missiles got locks on the vipers and fired skyward. Flak cannons stolen from the Excelsior wreck also began pumping into the air, causing the ominous black clouds of flak to form.

"General Blueshield, this is Imperial General Horace Kingston of Maraque. Our troops are waiting for deployment. Requesting orders, over."

"You have permission to move to attack the city. Try and keep collateral damage to a minimum. Good Luck"

the old SA-2 missiles got locks on the vipers and fired skyward. Flak cannons stolen from the Excelsior wreck also began pumping into the air, causing the ominous black clouds of flak to form.


Capt. Harkins was setting up to begin his run at the shore batteries when the Viper off to his right exploded. " All units, we have incoming missiles and anti-air fire! We're down one! Find those SAMs and take 'em out!"

The remaining five Vipers locked onto the SAM batteries and fired away. A dozen explosions rocked the beach as they veered off to continue their attack on the central shore sites. A dozen more missiles tracked to the installations. More massive explosions. Harkins ordered the follow-through to the entrenched rebels, strafing them with the .35mm Gatling Guns in the nose of the jets.

He radioed back to the carrier. " Admiral, this is Harkins. Request scramble of additional two dozen aircraft. Theyr'e putting up a bit more of a fight than we expected."

" Roger that, Captain. On their way."

"Roger that."

"All right men. I've recieved permission to move into the city. We're going to move slowly in from the south and fight our way through. Once inside, we'll set up base and fortify the area."

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The soldiers got their orders and began their treck through the southern area of the city... the closer they got, the more dangerous it would be. The south was mostly clear of any enemies except for a few cells that would need to be taken care of, something the Imperial Guard could do easily.

The 35,000 soldiers would be split into eight groups of 4,375 and would each enter at a different point. The first group, Eagle I, would enter first.

"General, we're right outside the city. We're going in."

"Roger that."

And with that, the soldiers began to enter the city, automatic rifles at the ready, prepared for anything...

The rebels began taking cover as explosions and bullets cracked all around them. Other started firing their rpg's skyward hoping to catch a jet. The XM-1 tanls began firing off their anti air systems as well, while other went out to meet oncoming ground forcees.

Concerned with the wellbeing of inoccent inhabitants of Divinty, the Commonwealth of Gandae is offering refugee status to any civilians displaced from their homes in the fighting. We are also authorizing the deployment of the following units.

14th medical division
7th Special Forces battalion
9th Engineers battalion
3rd Transport wing

Their mission objective are as follows
1) To establish/operate a temporary hospital in/around Divinity for the treatment of civilians injured in the conflict
2) To establish/operate a temporary airstrip near the hospital for the it's supply and to evactuate those seeking refuge.

All military units are under strict orders not to engage in combat unless they or other Commonwealth Troops are under direct attack
The Commonweath of Gandae would like to express its sincere hope that this conflict will end shortly, and offer it's services as a neutral party to help broker a treaty or ceasefire

The Confedracy thanks the people of Gandae

The rebels in the trenches began opening up with a hail of RPK, RPG, and AK fire. There were no actual soldiers out here yet. 10 T-72 battle tanks soon presented themselves by attacking the right flank of the Maraqan line. 120mm and 80mm mortar fire began emmanating out of the city towards the soldiers, and Qassam style rockets were also being assembled and launched, both at the Maraqans, and at the smaller boats in the Xeraphan fleet.

As the Vipers and Rattlesnakes pummeled the rebel defences, the Royal Marines disembarked the LCs along a 5-mile stretch of relatively undefended beach. There was sporadic automatic rifle fire from the enemy, but the advance teams took them out.

The first FireBase was up and running in less than an hour with the second done an hour later. In between the two was a MASH unit.

By the end of the day, all 25,000 were pushing towards the city.

The 16th armored platoon fanned out among the marines as they advanced against heavy fire from the regular army elements hidden up in the hills on the outskirts of Divinity. The heavy Beowulfs fired round after round, wreaking devastation on all fronts. Sgt. Stedenko radioed the squad leaders.

" Listen up, men. There are about 3,000 regular infantry up there, and reportedly another 30,000 ill-equipped, ill-trained armed civilians surrounding the city. Between us and Maraque, there are over 60,000 allied forces encroaching on Divinity. I want each squad to place a sniper on the ridges overlooking the city defences. When you come in contact with the enemy, no quarter is to be given. The general wants this over as quickly as possible. Stedenko out."

Over the next three hours, the Marines moved steadily, if slowly, forward, taking minimal casualties. Enemy installations were still firing missiles at the fleet, but the rate of fire was declining as allied forces found and neutralised the installations.

By 2330 hours, the forward units of the Royal Marines were moving up the roads leading into the city. Now, the REAL fighting would begin.......

The Imperial Guard troops retreated slightly as they were fired upon. They ducked behind anything they could and fired at the enemy targets, taking some down. Three soldiers on the Maraquean side were hit.

They advanced closer and closer into the city, making cover on all sides so they aren't ambushed. "General, we've made it into the general part of the city. We're sending some men on roof tops to be our eyes since our view from down here is limited, over."

"Roger. Be careful men."

Mortar fire and Qassam rockets were falling everywhere, with no real fire pattern. The rebels plan was to get as much ordnance out as possible, some of it had to hit something. 5 Ka-52's flew toward were the Xeraphan fire was coming from. They were fully armed, and were piloted by actual pilots, not the rebels. XM-1 tanks were also firing at enemy postions, the result of their fire was unknown to them though. The sun was now setting, and the city was blacked out.

In the trenches, hundred of rebels continued firing their weapons toward the foreign enemy, as there brothers were being mowed down around them.

To Mr. Chancellor:

Upon reviewing the conditions of the rebellion and the views of your government, His Imperial Majesty Julius IV of the Holy Empire of Edvardus has authorised the service of Edvardian medics to treat your wounded and imperial diplomats to reach a peaceful agreement between your government and the Communist rebels.

While His Imperial Majesty is an enemy of Communism, he still wishes to see this conflict resolved with as little bloodshed as possible.

Sincerely,

Amaro dos Santos
Prime Minister of Edvardus

PS. Please address future correspondence to Zetta Oliviera, the successor to the Prime Ministry.

Night descended, and with it an overall lessening of the fighting. It seemed both sides were taking a break. Defense perimeters were set up, sentries posted, MBTs parked under cover of the wooded areas 1 mile outside the city limits. Stedenko made a complete assessment of the situation, and was surprised to find out that Xeraph had taken less than anticipated casualties, but not by much. The beach landings had seen the worst hits, but the total was reassuring: 334 KIA, 719 WIA, 16 MIA. Several ships had been hit by the missiles, two FABS sunk, two destroyers and a battleship burning but still afloat, and several carriers had taken on water but were functional. Twenty nine Vipers and 11 Rattlesnakes had been shot out of the skies, and a Python bomber had been shot down, an earth-shaking explosion the result. But the allies were advancing. Another day or so and the city of Divinity could expect to be freed of rebels.

Stedenko realized that even though the regular army entrenched around the city posed a big threat, it was the armed civilians that worried him and his commanders the most. Filled with revolutionary fervor, they didn't realize that they could be beaten. And that's what made them dangerous. The war could be over very quickly if there were not restrictions placed on the allies as to the bombing of the city. Simply leveling the town would be the shortest route to victory. But the Admiral had agreed to Blueshield's request to do as little damage as possible to the infrastructure of Divinity.

Col. Bannon had informed all section commanders that a tank battle was expected the next day. Xeraph had but one platoon of 35 Beowulf MBTs. It was undetermined how many the rebels had. However, 6 Paladin VLS missile MBTs had been landed, and they could do the job of another two-dozen Beowulfs. Each Paladin MMBT could launch 22 S/S missiles every 12 minutes. Steel-tipped, frag heads. The effect of the missile hitting anywhere within 50 feet of the target was devastating. As the frag heads exploded, they sent thousands of razor-sharp bits of metal in all directions at high velocity, ripping and shredding flesh into bloody caricatures of human beings. As they had but little effect on metal and stone, there was not much damage expexted to the buildings of Divinity itself.

Stedenko inspected the perimeter once more, making sure the snipers had their night goggles handy. ' Tomorrows another day', he thought. ' Might as well get some shut-eye.'

As night fell Eagle I kept on moving through the city. They took down the enemy forces that killed three of their men, and continued on deeper and deeper into the city, this time with sniper support above.

The snipers watched as Eagle I crept slowly through the city streets, listening and looking for more enemy forces to bring up.

Um, I think I may have to report you, you have stolen all of Exponent's geography, you need to get your own or I will report you

OOC: Ummmm, Blackhelm Confederacy is Exponent.

OOC: i am Exponent, i switched names here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=486099

The rebels in the city had waited for the Maraquan troops toget deep into the slum along the outskirts when they finally sprung their ambush. The foreigners were cut off on both sides by 6 pick-up trucks mounted with .50 cals, and mortar fire rained down on them. RPG's were loosed from alleys on all sides of the soldiers, and ak fire rained down from windows. 2 T-72's began rolling up, and nearly 5,000 men began rushing in to join the ambush, which was being coordinated by a Confederate colonel.

The soldiers took cover anywhere they could. Many ran inside nearby buildings. The snipers on top of the roofs fired at the men in the windows and shoot at much men on the ground as they could.

29 soldiers were immediately shot and kiled at the brunt of the ambush, with an additional 8 dead trying to find cover. The soldiers launched grenades at the enemy, while firing round after round of fire.

One of the T-72's rolled dowwn the street, crushing a parked car. It opened fire at the top of a building, blowing off pieces of it. The rebels anticipated the attempt to find cover.IED's were rigged into the ground floors of numerous buildings along the street, known as Revolution Boulevard. Shortly after the Maraquans took cover, the IED's exploded, flinging nails and ball bearings all across the lobbies of the buildings. About 200 regular infantry had also shown up, and began coordinating the mob attacks.

"General! We're bogged down. Send in Eagle III"

"Roger that. Deploying Eagle III to your location."

Another 12 soldiers were killed in the blasts. The soldiers outside of the structures laid mounds of fire upon the new arrivals before the reinforcements would arrive.

30 minutes of gun battle raged on before the reinforcements arrived. The soldiers were now equipped with self-propelled anti-tank fire. The tank was fired upon.

There were now 8,688 Imperial Guard troops at the scene, blasting massive amounts of fire upon the enemy ahead.

It seemed as if much of the city was converging on the Maraquan troops. The ex-Confederate colonel knew how to play his cards. Without any access to the outside world, he convinced a large number of civilians that the Maraquans were there not to rejoin them with the Confederacy, but to turn them into a slave state, working the men to death, raping the women, and killing the old and sick. This of course was untrue, but a number of people believed it. Thousands of people were now surrounding the foreigners, throwing stones, and tossing molotovs cocktails, while the armed rebels and ex-infantry were laying down whithering fire. Hundreds of rebels were falling dead, and the loss of the tank was also a loss of rebel morale, yet still, it seemed that more armed pickup trucks were zipping into the area. A rebel jumped on top of the burning tank, and took the DShK machine gun off the turret, and began firing the heavy machine gun from a second floor balcony. Rockets screeched through the night air as they slammed into the Maraquan formatiion. Over a few buildings, the low thud-thud-thud of a helicopter was heard. A Ka-52 had taken to the skies to assist the rebels.The Maraquan soldiers were pinned down in the heart of Divinity's slums, and the ambush seemed to be growing in both size and ferocity.

Skies above Divinity
Four MiG-35s streak across the sky toward the city. The distinctive black and white pattern on the tail and wing identify them as Rillorian Air Force.
The pilot of the lead MiG radioed in.
"Alpha two-zero this is sabre-leader, over."
"Roger sabre-leader, what is your situation?"
"I have one tango on radar, helo signature, over."
"Roger sabre-leader, you are clear to engage tango, repeat, clear to engage tango."
"Roger Alpha two-zero, engaging."

The four MiGs banked hard right to come to bear with the nimble attack helicopter they had in view. Sabre-leader primed one of his Aphid AA-8 missles and waited for a missile-lock. The familiar beep of a missle-lock was like sweet music to his ears. He squeezed the trigger and radioed in.
"Sabre-leader, fox one." as the missle streaked toward the helicopter. The other MiGs followed suit, each firing one missle and preparing to engage with 30mm cannon if they needed to.

Rillorian Field Command Headquarters, Confederate Territory
Major General Kostya had been given command of the IREF (Imperial Rillorian Expeditionary Force) by the High-Chancellor himself, and he was not about to fail him, he knew the consequences of failure. He paced the war-room while Rillorian soldiers fevershly monitored enemy communications and troops movements and recorded them. Suddenly an officer approached the General.
"Major Galya, IRTF reporting sir."
"Ah yes Major, I wish to speak with you. Follow me."
They walked back into the General's office area.
"Major, I am preparing a mission for the IRTF. It is vital that this mission succeed. We mean to cut off the head of the snake Major, do you understand?"
"Yes General, perfectly."
"Good, prepare your men, orders will arrive within the hour, dismissed."
Major Galya stiffened to attention and saluted. The General returned the gesture and the Major exited the office.
The General sat down behind his desk and pulled out the file. The heading on it read "Operation: Black Needle".

It seemed as if much of the city was converging on the Maraquan troops. The ex-Confederate colonel knew how to play his cards. Without any access to the outside world, he convinced a large number of civilians that the Maraquans were there not to rejoin them with the Confederacy, but to turn them into a slave state, working the men to death, raping the women, and killing the old and sick. This of course was untrue, but a number of people believed it. Thousands of people were now surrounding the foreigners, throwing stones, and tossing molotovs cocktails, while the armed rebels and ex-infantry were laying down whithering fire. Hundreds of rebels were falling dead, and the loss of the tank was also a loss of rebel morale, yet still, it seemed that more armed pickup trucks were zipping into the area. A rebel jumped on top of the burning tank, and took the DShK machine gun off the turret, and began firing the heavy machine gun from a second floor balcony. Rockets screeched through the night air as they slammed into the Maraquan formatiion. Over a few buildings, the low thud-thud-thud of a helicopter was heard. A Ka-52 had taken to the skies to assist the rebels.The Maraquan soldiers were pinned down in the heart of Divinity's slums, and the ambush seemed to be growing in both size and ferocity.



With dawn came action. Dozens of reports were filtering in concerning the Maraquan's battles with the civilian population. Xeraph had to act....quickly.

" Colonel Pavlose, which regiment is closest to the Maraquan forces?" General De Graud was a grizzled war veteran of four of the Empire's campaigns. If anyone could get aid to the beleagured Maraquans, he could.

" The Third, sir. They are reinforced by a dozen Beowulfs."

" Good. OK, lets get them over to the area due north of the Divinity civilians and work a pincer movement around them. I want them dispersed ASAP. They may be throwing rocks at the Maraquans, but there's one hell of a lot of 'em."

He continued. " Now listen up, Colonel. These are civilians. Few if any arms among them. I neither need nor want a massacre on my conscience. You are to use all restraint when dealing with them. Do whatever you have to do to scatter them short of killing them all. I'm looking at this as more of a police-action than an invasion. Tear gas, rubber bullets, truncheons. But.....don't take any crap from them, either. If they open fire on you with any more than a handful of weapons, you are duly authorised to defend yourself. Use the MBTs as shields. They'll be armed with flamethrowers as well as conventional armament. That is all."

" Yessir."

The regiment moved out, headed right towards the Hot Zone where the Maraquans were battling the civilian mobs. Pavlose didn't exactly know how he was to 'disperse' the mob without injuring them, but at least he had leeway to fire on them if things got ugly.......

With dawn came action. Dozens of reports were filtering in concerning the Maraquan's battles with the civilian population. Xeraph had to act....quickly.

" Colonel Pavlose, which regiment is closest to the Maraquan forces?" General De Graud was a grizzled war veteran of four of the Empire's campaigns. If anyone could get aid to the beleagured Maraquans, he could.

" The Third, sir. They are reinforced by a dozen Beowulfs."

" Good. OK, lets get them over to the area due north of the Divinity civilians and work a pincer movement around them. I want them dispersed ASAP. They may be throwing rocks at the Maraquans, but there's one hell of a lot of 'em."

He continued. " Now listen up, Colonel. These are civilians. Few if any arms among them. I neither need nor want a massacre on my conscience. You are to use all restraint when dealing with them. Do whatever you have to do to scatter them short of killing them all. I'm looking at this as more of a police-action than an invasion. Tear gas, rubber bullets, truncheons. But.....don't take any crap from them, either. If they open fire on you with any more than a handful of weapons, you are duly authorised to defend yourself. Use the MBTs as shields. They'll be armed with flamethrowers as well as conventional armament. That is all."

" Yessir."

The regiment moved out, headed right towards the Hot Zone where the Maraquans were battling the civilian mobs. Pavlose didn't exactly know how he was to 'disperse' the mob without injuring them, but at least he had leeway to fire on them if things got ugly.......

The Xeraphan tanks began driving through a market, approximatly 4 miles from the Maraquan position, when a small boy stepped in front of the lead tank, holding his arm. He limped over to the front of the vehicle. Then, suddenly, he dropped to the floor and rolled under the tank. BOOM! a bomb he was carrying exploded under the tank, killing the boy, and hopefully the tank crew. Stalls all around the market began blowing up. Ball bearings, nail, and drill bits flew everywhere. RPG fire began shooting out of buildings around the market. Snipers also began firing at the Xeraphans. Three more men charged at the formation, wires visibly sticking out under ther shirts.

Meanwhile, in Paradise City, General Blueshield had finally organized a small force to help liberate Divinity. 3000 men, along with 40 XM-1 tanks rolled up towards the city.

The Xeraphan tanks began driving through a market, approximatly 4 miles from the Maraquan position, when a small boy stepped in front of the lead tank, holding his arm. He limped over to the front of the vehicle. Then, suddenly, he dropped to the floor and rolled under the tank. BOOM! a bomb he was carrying exploded under the tank, killing the boy, and hopefully the tank crew. Stalls all around the market began blowing up. Ball bearings, nail, and drill bits flew everywhere. RPG fire began shooting out of buildings around the market. Snipers also began firing at the Xeraphans. Three more men charged at the formation, wires visibly sticking out under ther shirts.

Meanwhile, in Paradise City, General Blueshield had finally organized a small force to help liberate Divinity. 3000 men, along with 40 XM-1 tanks rolled up towards the city.


Lt. Krisson yelled into his mic. " Sir! All hell is breaking loose here. We're about four miles from the Maraquans, but we've come under fire! One Beowulf is down, crew dead. We're taking fire from snipers and home-made shrapnel explosives. Shit!" A half-dozen civilians ran towards the tanks, unidentified packages in their hands. " Sgt! Open fire! Those are probably sappers. Live ammo..........NOW!"

Three Beowulfs opened up, and the sappers were cut to pieces. Two of the bombs went off, injuring other civilian rebels and damaging the market stalls.

Krisson continues. " General, we're gonna make a run for the Maraquans. Anything that gets in our way is gonna be toast."

" Fine, fine. Go for it. Fire on the bastards if they get in your way. And if there's too many of 'em....mow 'em down!

" Yes sir. Will do. OK, all units, let's put it high gear and get to those Maraquans. Run over anythiing that's in our way. On the double!"

The tanks began rolling through the streets at 3/4 speed, the Marines right behind them. They'd be in contact with the Maraquans in less than 15 minutes..............

Ak and RPG fire seemed to be coming from every roof as the Xeraphans raced towards the Maraquans. A roadblock of burning tires and a minivan was set up in the middle of the road. The side door to the mini van was open, and a .50 cal machine gun was in there, firing away. Behind the roadblock, 15 men stood with RPG's, Uzis, and Ak's. One mortar was set up as well.

At the Maraquan position, armed rebels and ex-infantry cotinued there assault, assisted by the rocks and molotov cocktails of the massive mob that was assembled. The chopper over noticed the missile lock. The pilot realized he could not avoid it. He quickly turned to face the oncomig MiGs, and unleashed as much ordnance at them as it could before the missiles slammed into it, blowing it apart in the skies above Divinity.

Ak and RPG fire seemed to be coming from every roof as the Xeraphans raced towards the Maraquans. A roadblock of burning tires and a minivan was set up in the middle of the road. The side door to the mini van was open, and a .50 cal machine gun was in there, firing away. Behind the roadblock, 15 men stood with RPG's, Uzis, and Ak's. One mortar was set up as well.

At the Maraquan position, armed rebels and ex-infantry cotinued there assault, assisted by the rocks and molotov cocktails of the massive mob that was assembled. The chopper over noticed the missile lock. The pilot realized he could not avoid it. He quickly turned to face the oncomig MiGs, and unleashed as much ordnance at them as it could before the missiles slammed into it, blowing it apart in the skies above Divinity.

Krisson keyed the mic again. General, we need air cover. They got snipers and RPGs on the roofs all along the route. I need them cleared."

"You got it, lieutenent. On their way."

Eight minutes later, three Rattlesnake fighters screamed across the city, raking the rooftops. Rebels died by the dozens, giving the land force a little breathing room. Captain Rooks radioed the Admiral. " Sir, it looks like we need a few more fighters over here. I've spotted at least a dozen MiGs, looks like 72s."

" Roger that Captain. The 10th and 32nd squadrons are scrambling right now. ETA six minutes."

" Roger that....thanks sir."


Royal Xeraphian Marines were now converging on the mob of civilians attacking the dwindling Maraquan troops. Sgt. Stedenko was thinking, ' Rubber bullets my ass. These people are fighting for keeps.'

He clicked the radio on and said, " All units! Live ammo...repeat live ammo is to be utilised against this mob. All tank commanders, suggest switching to your GG35s.....there's one hell of a lot of 'em in front of us. We need to clear a path through 'em."

Each tank commander radioed reception of order and prepared the most devastating automatic weapon in history......the .35mm Gatling Gun. It was capable of firing 75 rounds per second which would cut down anyone standing in it's way. It would clear a path through the rebels in less than 20 seconds. All remaining Beowulfs were equipped with the GG35s and they began using them ruthlessly. Rebels were being cut down by the hundreds, the tanks running over the dead bodies, turrets firing at gun emplacements as they sped towards the Maraquans. They saw the Xeraphians coming and began fighting back all the harder. It had the makings of a slaughter, but as long as the rebels fired on them, the Marines fought back.

A Beowulf slammed head-on into a van that had been firing on them, flattening it and killing the people inside. GG35s blazing, the rebels continued to take on horrifying casualties. Of the 30,000 civilians who took up arms against Blackhelm, almost 6,000 were already dead or wounded. And they continued to die by the hundreds.

The two squadrons of Vipers had identified and engaged the MiGs. Aircraft were falling from the skies at an alarming rate, the ground forces unable to determine which side was winning the air-war.

A large rebel compound near the center of the city was putting up a terrific fight, RPGs, BARs, and SAMs all firing simultaneously. But it was a lost cause. The rebels may have had greater numbers, but the superbly trained Marines were over-running rebel positions with astonishing speed. Two Vipers dove out of the sun and loosed their missiles at the compound. Four huge explosions rocked it, and bodies were strewn everywhere. Sixteen MBTs and 420 Marines raced to the comound to finish it off, and a lone Marine pulled down the opposition's make-shift flag.

Stedenko reported to the Admiral and General. " Sirs, might I suggest contacting someone in authority on the rebel's side and informing them that their cause is lost. We and the Maraquans are killing them by the thousands, their positions are over-run. It is relatively quiet right now....perhaps a temporary cease-fire can be arranged and representatives can find each other and discuss standing down."

" We will take your suggestion under consideration, Seargent."

Stedenko hoped they'd do it quickly...............

OOC: u no those MiG's are on your side right?

The Marines in the compound were about to be in for a real fight. All 20 XM-1 battle tanks, along with 1,000 of the actual ex-Confederate infantry swarmed their position. The XM-1 was an incredibly formidible tank, produced by Pythogria. The XM-1 uses a "Bolter" 120mm smoothbore ETC to fling shells at incredible velocities. For a secondary armament, it uses two .50 caliber coaxial machine guns, two .50 caliber machine guns on the roof, and two AT missile launchers for... long-range AT purposes, of course. The top machine guns each have a bullet proof glass "bubble" over them, to protect against bullets, and the missiles can be reloaded from INSIDE the tank. All this uses third-generation autoloaders. It also has four Florernst turrets on top. These fire large bullets very fast at incoming missiles. These were supported by 2 flak canons mounted on flatbed trucks. The remaining 7 KA-50's were also now in the sky. The ex-confederate colonel who made himself incharge here realized this rebellion was in its death throws. IED's all over the city began exploded, sending shrapnel shooting everywhere. The mini van on the roadblock exploded as the tank ran it over. Almost 300 80mm mortars were now flying into the city's slum. A Katyusha had even been mounted on a truck, and was launching 32 airburst and HE rockets at the slum.
At sea, he had 30 fishing boats retro fitted to carry 2 torpedoes each. These boats sped out to sea, behind them another 50 smaller motor boats. Each mottorboat contained 2 men, a driver, and a man with an RPG-7. The boats all opened up there rockets and torpedoes at the exact same time.

OOC: u no those MiG's are on your side right?

The Marines in the compound were about to be in for a real fight. All 20 XM-1 battle tanks, along with 1,000 of the actual ex-Confederate infantry swarmed their position. The XM-1 was an incredibly formidible tank, produced by Pythogria. The XM-1 uses a "Bolter" 120mm smoothbore ETC to fling shells at incredible velocities. For a secondary armament, it uses two .50 caliber coaxial machine guns, two .50 caliber machine guns on the roof, and two AT missile launchers for... long-range AT purposes, of course. The top machine guns each have a bullet proof glass "bubble" over them, to protect against bullets, and the missiles can be reloaded from INSIDE the tank. All this uses third-generation autoloaders. It also has four Florernst turrets on top. These fire large bullets very fast at incoming missiles. These were supported by 2 flak canons mounted on flatbed trucks. The remaining 7 KA-50's were also now in the sky. The ex-confederate colonel who made himself incharge here realized this rebellion was in its death throws. IED's all over the city began exploded, sending shrapnel shooting everywhere. The mini van on the roadblock exploded as the tank ran it over. Almost 300 80mm mortars were now flying into the city's slum. A Katyusha had even been mounted on a truck, and was launching 32 airburst and HE rockets at the slum.
At sea, he had 30 fishing boats retro fitted to carry 2 torpedoes each. These boats sped out to sea, behind them another 50 smaller motor boats. Each mottorboat contained 2 men, a driver, and a man with an RPG-7. The boats all opened up there rockets and torpedoes at the exact same time.



ooc: no, guess I read it wrong. thought they were rebel fhighters. I'll work it in somehow. I need to get this over with in the next couple of days....will be gone for 8 days w/virtually no internet access.

Skies over Divinity
"Break right sabre-three, sabre-four! Missile locks!" Sabre-leader yelled into his mic and he banked a 5G right turn that made his insides churn. He tapped flares as he made a lower pass toward the outskirts of the city. An explosion rocked the frame of his MiG.
"Sabre flight, report in!"
"Sabre-two, on your tail sabre-leader" replied the MiG behind him.
"Sabre-four, I've taken flak and I'm leaking from the fuel line. I am returning to base."
"Roger sabre-four, do you have confirmation?"
"Roger sabre-leader, one kill. Sabre-three was hit and went down in the city."
"Sabre-leader to base, requesting SAR mission to central Divinity, over" said sabre leader switching his frequency.
"Roger, return to base sabre flight."

Outskirts of Divinity
IV Company, 4th Armoured Battalion
Captain Everett clicked on his radio from his T-90 tank.
"All units, HQ has ordered an attack on the southern sectors of the city to clear them of rebel elements in preperation for an infantry assault. Prepare ordinance, weapons hot."

With that, IV Company, V Company and IX Company rolled toward the battered city, prepared to face any rebel resistance.

The torpedo boats were finally in range. The loosed their torpdos at the fleet. This was followed by the hail of RPG fire from the motor boats. The fishing boats peeld away. The motor boats, on the other hand, continued going toward the fleet.