NationStates Jolt Archive

As the AWAKS saw the enemy forces retreating into the cities, they immediately radioed the ground forces, who were finishing up clearing the trenches, and were ordered to continue advancing. The ground forces immediately picked up speed, making a full advance within 10 miles of Al Kahwr and stopping to regroup and recooperate. There were many casualties as a result of the booby trapped trenches and the artillery fire. The M12s as well as the A-10s quickly locked on to the remaining artillery positions with their HAARM missiles, while the M12s used their 155m.m. cannons. As much of the beachead was now conquered, the naval fleet started bringing in the rest of the force. This included the M1096 Paladins, which began to catch up with the advancing forces.

Meanwhile, as the flanking force broke through the enemy interceptor force, they immediately headed to flank the retreating enemy forces to flank them. As the M12s detected them on their radars, they moved in position and began a full carpet fire with all guns blazing as they went charging through the enemy forces. The A-6s continued to run their ECMPs and their radar jammers.

With the city now brimming with rebels, everything that possibly could be was manned. Artillery pumped non-stop at the enemy on the beach, and the flanking force now faced heavy fire from the city positions.

As the buildings began to crumble, both elements tried to escape from the buildings but the blast blew large pieces of debree on top of them causing massive sprains and some broken bones, but they were able to recooperate and reform. The wounds were tended to and they were able to get back on their feet, as they were then ordered to assist Zulu up north. As the enemy began flooding into the city, thye would have to move fast as the AWAKS alerted them to the retreating enemy's presence. They quickly moved forward but as soon as they heard the gunshots of both their fellow SpecOps and the enemy, the proceeded cautiously.

The collapse of the buildings alerted all nearby rebels that something was up, and cries over the radios alerted them that enemy special forces were in the city.

After swarming to the site of the explosion, they recieved word of the sniper (of Zulu team). They assumed that those enemies were the ones who had done this, and hurried towards that position. However, as they went, they stumbled across the real culprits.

Those that had found them screamed into their radios, though it was unessecary. The rebels swarmed the injured enemy force, attacking from nearly all sides. Many took cover in and on buildings and rubble, while others merely charged. The effect was an immediate transition from near silence to hundreds of rebels firing and rushing from all directions, using everything from Kalashnikovs to knives to grenades.

(OOC I'll assume that although the building was extensively searched, somehow they were left out....OOC)

The sniper immediately pulled out his MP5SD and fired at the enemies on the rooftop as he dove behind a pile of rubble, as AK rounds ripped into his torso armor and into his thigh armor sleeve. The thigh sleeve was barely penetrated and prevented the round from going too deep into his leg. He immediately radioed the situation to the gunship and requested support....

"Jolly Green 1! Jolly Green 1!, This is Zulu 8, I need surgical fire around my position on the rooftop over!?!"

"Roger that, Zulu 8 we're on it!!!"

The gunship fired its miniguns at the enemies surrounding Zulu 8......

OOC: I mentioned that:
The large force of rebels occupying the building did not know where the majority of the enemy force had escaped to, but where actively searching for them. More than once a large group of rebels passed by the room with them in it, nearly checking there. However, each time something had caused them not to, whether it was a call from a fellow soldier or a random call on the radio.
As a large group of rebels were heading to the roof, they did come across the sniper. They quickly surrounded him, firing their assault rifles at him from little more than five yards away.

One rebel fell to the pistol fire, and the rest reacted quickly. However, this reaction did not help them much as the miniguns began to fire. After two were torn apart by the miniguns, most of the rebels had hurried from the roof. Some others had sought cover, but that did little. Most of the rebels, in their immediate reactions, had tossed grenades or other explosives at their enemy, and most of these landed behind cover with him. When these went off, the explosion not only blew his cover apart but destroyed the cover(and the bodies) of all but a few nearby rebels. The roof benieth now had a significant hole where that had happened, and chunks of cover and rubble (and perhaps body?) fell to the street below.

"Damn," a rebel who had escaped to the floor below remarked, "How much explosives did we throw?"

As General Tom Shwarzkopf watched in his command center abord the GSS Freedom, things seemed to be improving. The landing forces had successfully established a beachead and were preparing to move further inland. There was an essence of excitement in the room, which left the general grinning. But suddenly it hit him.

"Damnit! S***!"

"What is it sir!?!"

"The Alpha Force Special Forces are still in the cities! They'll be over-run by all of the retreating enemy forces!"

"Sir, this can be resolved, all we have to do is besiege the city and get them out either with or without a rescue team..."

"Good idea....I want Tomahawk missile strikes on Al Kawhr....Away from the teams' positions"

"On it right now sir!!"

12 Tomahawk Cruse missiles were launched at military targets in Al Kawhr, while the fleet began a artillery barage onto the retreating enemy forces which lasted for about 20 seconds as to not hit the flanking force. Meanwhile 4 X-2 Anacondas were ordered into the air....

As all military facilities were improvised of civilian ones, often with the civilians remaining inside, these strikes were devastating.
Over 250 rebels were killed by the missles, and even more by the bombardment. The civilian casualties were horrendous.

With the city now brimming with rebels, everything that possibly could be was manned. Artillery pumped non-stop at the enemy on the beach, and the flanking force now faced heavy fire from the city positions.

As the beachead was finally taken, the flanking force was called back and the beach forces held back to about 10 miles around Al Kahwr to be somewhat out of artillery range. The order was given for the beachead force to surround the city and besiege it. Within about an hour, Al Kahwr was completely surrounded. The roads were cut off. No one was going in or out. 4 Infantry divisions as well as 2 M12 Regiments dug in around the city.

Meanwhile in the air, the aircraft formation now focused on Al Kahwr. The A-10s ascended to 38,000 feet as to avoid AA gun fire, and the A-6s radar jammers and ECMPs would jam any other electronic equipment the enemy had on the ground. The artillery positions were easy to spot with the large muzzleflashes eminating from them. The A-10s stayed at their current alttitude while dropping guided cluster bombs onto some of the positions while the A-6Es and the JSF-35s dropped GBU-28s and HAARMs onto the rest of them.

The collapse of the buildings alerted all nearby rebels that something was up, and cries over the radios alerted them that enemy special forces were in the city.

After swarming to the site of the explosion, they recieved word of the sniper (of Zulu team). They assumed that those enemies were the ones who had done this, and hurried towards that position. However, as they went, they stumbled across the real culprits.

Those that had found them screamed into their radios, though it was unessecary. The rebels swarmed the injured enemy force, attacking from nearly all sides. Many took cover in and on buildings and rubble, while others merely charged. The effect was an immediate transition from near silence to hundreds of rebels firing and rushing from all directions, using everything from Kalashnikovs to knives to grenades.

(OOC the communications would be jammed due to the A-6s ECMPs and other electronic warefare equipment. I'll assume that the decible level of the shouts were heard from other groups....OOC)

As the sudden burst of fire erupted from the buildings, Bravo team immediately opened up with Assault Rifle fire and AGL fire while sprinting into the building that they were proceeding next to. It so happened to be a sort of convenient store with a small basement. So the Bravo team leader ordered Bravo element into the basement to call for support while Able element stayed in the ground level of the shop and set up fighting positions. The support came from the 6 Apachie gunships that came swooping down at high speed, shooting everything in their path (except for the store of course), with their 30 m.m. chain guns and rocket pods.

OOC: I mentioned that:


One rebel fell to the pistol fire, and the rest reacted quickly. However, this reaction did not help them much as the miniguns began to fire. After two were torn apart by the miniguns, most of the rebels had hurried from the roof. Some others had sought cover, but that did little. Most of the rebels, in their immediate reactions, had tossed grenades or other explosives at their enemy, and most of these landed behind cover with him. When these went off, the explosion not only blew his cover apart but destroyed the cover(and the bodies) of all but a few nearby rebels. The roof benieth now had a significant hole where that had happened, and chunks of cover and rubble (and perhaps body?) fell to the street below.

"Damn," a rebel who had escaped to the floor below remarked, "How much explosives did we throw?"

As the sniper heard the clink of the grenaides bouncing around him, he immediately dove into the opening of the staircase which led to the roof which was about a yard or two behind him. As he dove, he hit every step as he tumbled down the steps. As he got up, he heard another clink as a grenaid rolled down from the top of the steps.

"Holy S***!"

He immediately began to sprint into the other room where the rest of the element was but before he made it out of the threshold, the grenaid went off, blowing him flat into the wall. Chunks of shrapenal and concrete went into the back of his torso armor. The rest of the element, hearing the explosion in the room where the landing of stairs was, immediately rushed into the room and saw that one of their team-mates was badly wounded and incapacitated against the wall.

"Zulu1! Zulu1! Zulu 8s down!"

"Roger that I'm on my way up!"

As Zulu1 went up, he noticed that there was a lot of commotion outside.

"JollyGreen 1!, I need close air support, make sure no one gets near this buildning over!"

"Roger that Zulu 1!"

Zulu 8 was taken out of the stair landing and laid down in the middle of the room where Zulu 6 tended to his wounds. He had broken ribs, a fractured jaw, and shrapenal and concrete pieces stuck in his back. He was given minor pain killers along with IV fluids. Zulu 6 began taking out the shards from his back........

OOC: Uh, I want to remind Errikland (and anyone else) that he can use my troops however he wants with direct control. So they don't need to be left sitting on the beach in Dubai.

As the beachead was finally taken, the flanking force was called back and the beach forces held back to about 10 miles around Al Kahwr to be somewhat out of artillery range. The order was given for the beachead force to surround the city and besiege it. Within about an hour, Al Kahwr was completely surrounded. The roads were cut off. No one was going in or out. 4 Infantry divisions as well as 2 M12 Regiments dug in around the city.

Meanwhile in the air, the aircraft formation now focused on Al Kahwr. The A-10s ascended to 38,000 feet as to avoid AA gun fire, and the A-6s radar jammers and ECMPs would jam any other electronic equipment the enemy had on the ground. The artillery positions were easy to spot with the large muzzleflashes eminating from them. The A-10s stayed at their current alttitude while dropping guided cluster bombs onto some of the positions while the A-6Es and the JSF-35s dropped GBU-28s and HAARMs onto the rest of them.
"We have to get the weapon out of here!" said the young officer (the same one who was mentioned earlier).

"Amazing idea!" the head commander said sarcastically, "And how would you recommend we do that? The enemy have surrounded our position and are closing fast. If you know how to move this, then please, share with us!"

After a brief pause, he returned to his work. The young officer thought for a moment.

"Tunnels! There are some tunnel systems deep underground that lead far beyond where the enemies could detect us! There is absolutely no chance that these will be discovered before the enemy take the city center. We can just sneak it out through there."

"Sneak a nuclear weapon with the power of nearly 1,000 kilotons of dynamite through thirty year old tunnels deep underground? How do we even know which tunnels lead where or are in good condition?"

"I'll send scouts to check them out." The Commander thought for a moment.

"That may just work. Hurry, though. Assuming there are tunnels in tact, the only thing that could stop us is if the enemy were to take this building and capture the bomb before we get it out."

"Or if they destroy it."

"Yes . . ."

Then men rushed in and told them of the bombing raids on the artillery positons.

"Send the orders to our troops to move all remaining artillery and other equipment inward to avoid damage," the commander ordered, "And hurry, as you will have to send runners to each position . . ."

"Wait," the same young officer interjected, "Commander Amir, why don't we just use the new systems? They are supposed to be 'unjammable' . . ."

"Because, Imad, our technicans haven't completely figured the systems out yet. As such, everything we say would be completely obvious to every enemy with access to a radio . . ." He paused. This gave him an idea.

(OOC the communications would be jammed due to the A-6s ECMPs and other electronic warefare equipment. I'll assume that the decible level of the shouts were heard from other groups....OOC)

As the sudden burst of fire erupted from the buildings, Bravo team immediately opened up with Assault Rifle fire and AGL fire while sprinting into the building that they were proceeding next to. It so happened to be a sort of convenient store with a small basement. So the Bravo team leader ordered Bravo element into the basement to call for support while Able element stayed in the ground level of the shop and set up fighting positions. The support came from the 6 Apachie gunships that came swooping down at high speed, shooting everything in their path (except for the store of course), with their 30 m.m. chain guns and rocket pods.

OOC: Sorry, didn't see that

The soldiers that were following them stormed into the store before the air support arrived. The others (other than those who immediately died, of course) quickly fell into the buildings adjacent to the store, and began seeking a way to reach their enemies without exposing themselves to helicopter fire.

Meanwhile, stingers and RPGs were brought up to the troops who were not far behind, and fired en masse at the enemy fliers. Though the general fire was not very accurate, it came in such force that it was nearly a blanket of explosives heading towards the enemy gunships. Then they reloaded, and fired again. And again.

As the sniper heard the clink of the grenaides bouncing around him, he immediately dove into the opening of the staircase which led to the roof which was about a yard or two behind him. As he dove, he hit every step as he tumbled down the steps. As he got up, he heard another clink as a grenaid rolled down from the top of the steps.

"Holy S***!"

He immediately began to sprint into the other room where the rest of the element was but before he made it out of the threshold, the grenaid went off, blowing him flat into the wall. Chunks of shrapenal and concrete went into the back of his torso armor. The rest of the element, hearing the explosion in the room where the landing of stairs was, immediately rushed into the room and saw that one of their team-mates was badly wounded and incapacitated against the wall.

"Zulu1! Zulu1! Zulu 8s down!"

"Roger that I'm on my way up!"

As Zulu1 went up, he noticed that there was a lot of commotion outside.

"JollyGreen 1!, I need close air support, make sure no one gets near this buildning over!"

"Roger that Zulu 1!"

Zulu 8 was taken out of the stair landing and laid down in the middle of the room where Zulu 6 tended to his wounds. He had broken ribs, a fractured jaw, and shrapenal and concrete pieces stuck in his back. He was given minor pain killers along with IV fluids. Zulu 6 began taking out the shards from his back........

OOC: Aside from the very conveniently placed staircase (sticking out of the front of a building?), how did those men get from hiding in a room on the ground floor to the roof (or somewhere along there) so quickly and undiscovered, in a building crawling with enemies?

OOC: Based off info gotten from BI

"Our sources indicate that, of the many groups that may resist the rebels (often as well as the new government), there are two major ones that may aid us. They are the radical Kahanists in Canaan (aka Palistine or Israel), and the Armenian Christians in the northern Middle East."

"Alright. We shall contact these groups and offer an alliance. I imagine we can give them some sort of deal that they will appriciate, and their military support shall be very useful."

OOC: Did you already contact them, or are you going to RP that?

OOC: Did you already contact them, or are you going to RP that?

OOC: Uh, I guess I already contacted them

OOC: Uh, I guess I already contacted them

OOC: Okay, then I shall RP them some time. Should I post a background for these groups?

OOC: Okay, then I shall RP them some time. Should I post a background for these groups?

OOC: Uh, yeah, I guess

"We have to get the weapon out of here!" said the young officer (the same one who was mentioned earlier).

"Amazing idea!" the head commander said sarcastically, "And how would you recommend we do that? The enemy have surrounded our position and are closing fast. If you know how to move this, then please, share with us!"

After a brief pause, he returned to his work. The young officer thought for a moment.

"Tunnels! There are some tunnel systems deep underground that lead far beyond where the enemies could detect us! There is absolutely no chance that these will be discovered before the enemy take the city center. We can just sneak it out through there."

"Sneak a nuclear weapon with the power of nearly 1,000 kilotons of dynamite through thirty year old tunnels deep underground? How do we even know which tunnels lead where or are in good condition?"

"I'll send scouts to check them out." The Commander thought for a moment.

"That may just work. Hurry, though. Assuming there are tunnels in tact, the only thing that could stop us is if the enemy were to take this building and capture the bomb before we get it out."

"Or if they destroy it."

"Yes . . ."

Then men rushed in and told them of the bombing raids on the artillery positons.

"Send the orders to our troops to move all remaining artillery and other equipment inward to avoid damage," the commander ordered, "And hurry, as you will have to send runners to each position . . ."

"Wait," the same young officer interjected, "Commander Amir, why don't we just use the new systems? They are supposed to be 'unjammable' . . ."

"Because, Imad, our technicans haven't completely figured the systems out yet. As such, everything we say would be completely obvious to every enemy with access to a radio . . ." He paused. This gave him an idea.

As the beach forces dug in, Colonel Langley was in his M4 Command and Control vehicle observing the battlefield. He noticed a lot of enemy commotion within the city, due to the eminent threat posed to them. Then all of the sudden, the radio clicked and the AWAKS came on.....

"Colonel, this is AWAKs do you copy?"

"Roger that AWAKS"

"Sir we're detecting a very large bunker complex in and around the city. Depth unknown...Condition unknown"

"Do you detect any heat signatures within them?"

"Negative, we're too high up, we have to be closer but if we went closer we'd be lit up"

"Roger that, have a GBU-31 dropped in the center of the city to hit part of the bunker complex and see if it stirs anything up over"

"Roger that sir!"

Foxtrot 1 (JSF) moved into position and dropped a GBU-31 2,000 lbs. Bunkerbusting bomb into the middle of a city street so that it could penetrate deep into the ground and allow the invading forces to see what exactly was going on beneath the city. Meanwhile, the MLRSs began luanching missiles at military targets inside the city....

OOC: Sorry, didn't see that

The soldiers that were following them stormed into the store before the air support arrived. The others (other than those who immediately died, of course) quickly fell into the buildings adjacent to the store, and began seeking a way to reach their enemies without exposing themselves to helicopter fire.

Meanwhile, stingers and RPGs were brought up to the troops who were not far behind, and fired en masse at the enemy fliers. Though the general fire was not very accurate, it came in such force that it was nearly a blanket of explosives heading towards the enemy gunships. Then they reloaded, and fired again. And again.

As the enemy came through the front door, they were very easy targets for the Alpha Force operators who directed most of their fire at the door shooting everything that walked in. Bravo 3, the Machine gunner, practicaly layed down the trigger on his M240 Bravo the entire time as the enemy came charging through the door. The element used the shelves and rowes of display cases, usually loaded with canned food and condiments which provided some protection from the rounds but not much.

As the helicopter pilots saw the mass of missiles on their tail, they immediately launched their CHAFF and flares which would confuse the guided missiles. They radioed the situation over the main channel which was heard by the A-6s which immediately directed their Infared Jammers towards the blanket of missiles, which would throw off the stingers. The RPGs however kept comming in, and the pilots did immediate evasive action, dodging every which way. However A-Bird 3 was clipped in the tail shaft by an RPG round which through him drasticaly off course and nearly crashed had he not pulled up. He was able to RTB safely however. The helicopters recooperated almost instantly and continued their assault.

The mountains of Iran and Afghanistan are high, desolate places. Places where hardy tribesmen make their living. Places where the wealth of the silk road once flowed through. And now places where volunteers from New Islamabadsville came in with their own supplies of weapons, munitions, and equipment. These men had come to reinforce their fellow Muslims in their struggle against the western Imperialists, and would be sent across the Middle East to where ever battle was taking place.

OOC- Before you say anything I asked BI before posting

A heavily accented voice rang out over the unencrypted radio system.

"Attention, imperialist infidels! You have probably noticed that we have stopped firing our artillery. That was just our movement of it to the central, more fortified, area. Now they shall continue their bombardment. Now, you may wish to continue your bombardment of our artillery, but I have to tell you: the majority of the women and children are in that area, and any hit that would damage any of our artillery pieces would undoubtedly kill many of them. If you do so, their innocent blood is on your hands.

"Just in case you dogs do not care, we have another intresting variable. A nuclear weapon . . . nearly 1,000 kilotons worth of TNT. It is now armed. If any of your bombs strike the inner fortifications, it is quite likely that it will go off. Not only would the blood of many more innocents be on your hands, but also that of your own men. Think."

As the beach forces dug in, Colonel Langley was in his M4 Command and Control vehicle observing the battlefield. He noticed a lot of enemy commotion within the city, due to the eminent threat posed to them. Then all of the sudden, the radio clicked and the AWAKS came on.....

"Colonel, this is AWAKs do you copy?"

"Roger that AWAKS"

"Sir we're detecting a very large bunker complex in and around the city. Depth unknown...Condition unknown"

"Do you detect any heat signatures within them?"

"Negative, we're too high up, we have to be closer but if we went closer we'd be lit up"

"Roger that, have a GBU-31 dropped in the center of the city to hit part of the bunker complex and see if it stirs anything up over"

"Roger that sir!"

Foxtrot 1 (JSF) moved into position and dropped a GBU-31 2,000 lbs. Bunkerbusting bomb into the middle of a city street so that it could penetrate deep into the ground and allow the invading forces to see what exactly was going on beneath the city. Meanwhile, the MLRSs began luanching missiles at military targets inside the city....

That single branch of the tunnel system, the only one to be anywhere near that shallow, collapsed. The street it was on, along with several buildings that it was under, imploded.

Back in the central complex, the speaker stepped away from the radio, forgetting to turn it off. However, at this point that mattered little as the conversation was taking place too far away to be remotely audible over the radio.

"How does the tunnel system look?" Commander Amir asked.

"Our scouts report that there are several tunnels that, with minor modification, can serve our needs. They say that all but two of the tunnels are way too deep to be bombed by bunker-busters too."

"Thank God. How long until they will be ready?" they began to walk into the room with the radio in it.

"Not long at all, sir."

"Good!" Commander Amir said, definitly within sound distance of the radio, "Then ready as quickly as possible. Tell our men to hold on as long as they can. We still outnumber them, and for once they can't rely on their vaunted air force to get them out of this one. They will need to fight their way here on the ground if they ever hope to stop us."

OOC: Everything they say is in Arabic unless I specifically say something else. For General Amir, he really is a general, not a terrorist. He has no plans to let the bomb go off in some act of martyrdom, but it really is armed so that a stray explosion would set it off.
Imad is a young, impressionable officer. He is smart but a bit idealistic, and not as stable as Amir. However, Amir keeps him under control.

As the enemy came through the front door, they were very easy targets for the Alpha Force operators who directed most of their fire at the door shooting everything that walked in. Bravo 3, the Machine gunner, practicaly layed down the trigger on his M240 Bravo the entire time as the enemy came charging through the door. The element used the shelves and rowes of display cases, usually loaded with canned food and condiments which provided some protection from the rounds but not much.

As the helicopter pilots saw the mass of missiles on their tail, they immediately launched their CHAFF and flares which would confuse the guided missiles. They radioed the situation over the main channel which was heard by the A-6s which immediately directed their Infared Jammers towards the blanket of missiles, which would throw off the stingers. The RPGs however kept comming in, and the pilots did immediate evasive action, dodging every which way. However A-Bird 3 was clipped in the tail shaft by an RPG round which through him drasticaly off course and nearly crashed had he not pulled up. He was able to RTB safely however. The helicopters recooperated almost instantly and continued their assault.

As wave after wave of rocket propelled grenades and other explosives were sent at the helicopters, the men in the buildings to either side were readying for assault. As they had no means of coordination, the explosions were several seconds off (the one in the left building set theirs off upon hearing the explosion in the right building). Explosives had been strapped to the wall, and blew them open, ripping apart shelves and merchandise and tossing them several meters. The soldiers then stormed in, firing upon what remained of the enemy with extreme prejudice before the dust had even cleared (though they could tell who was the enemy and who was not).

OOC: Aside from the very conveniently placed staircase (sticking out of the front of a building?), how did those men get from hiding in a room on the ground floor to the roof (or somewhere along there) so quickly and undiscovered, in a building crawling with enemies?

(OOC The stair entrence was on top of the building. How do you think he got up there in the first place did he somehow scale the walls? I said that they cleared it and that 1 element was on the ground floor while another was on the second floor while the sniper of Bravo element was on the roof. Conveniantly placed? Talk about conveniently placed terrorists with seemingly magic communication equipment immune to jamming....OOC)

The mountains of Iran and Afghanistan are high, desolate places. Places where hardy tribesmen make their living. Places where the wealth of the silk road once flowed through. And now places where volunteers from New Islamabadsville came in with their own supplies of weapons, munitions, and equipment. These men had come to reinforce their fellow Muslims in their struggle against the western Imperialists, and would be sent across the Middle East to where ever battle was taking place.

OOC- Before you say anything I asked BI before posting

I don't mind. I'll consider this an extra challenge.

A heavily accented voice rang out over the unencrypted radio system.

"Attention, imperialist infidels! You have probably noticed that we have stopped firing our artillery. That was just our movement of it to the central, more fortified, area. Now they shall continue their bombardment. Now, you may wish to continue your bombardment of our artillery, but I have to tell you: the majority of the women and children are in that area, and any hit that would damage any of our artillery pieces would undoubtedly kill many of them. If you do so, their innocent blood is on your hands.

"Just in case you dogs do not care, we have another intresting variable. A nuclear weapon . . . nearly 1,000 kilotons worth of TNT. It is now armed. If any of your bombs strike the inner fortifications, it is quite likely that it will go off. Not only would the blood of many more innocents be on your hands, but also that of your own men. Think."

The mesage was ignored.

That single branch of the tunnel system, the only one to be anywhere near that shallow, collapsed. The street it was on, along with several buildings that it was under, imploded.

Back in the central complex, the speaker stepped away from the radio, forgetting to turn it off. However, at this point that mattered little as the conversation was taking place too far away to be remotely audible over the radio.

"How does the tunnel system look?" Commander Amir asked.

"Our scouts report that there are several tunnels that, with minor modification, can serve our needs. They say that all but two of the tunnels are way too deep to be bombed by bunker-busters too."

"Thank God. How long until they will be ready?" they began to walk into the room with the radio in it.

"Not long at all, sir."

"Good!" Commander Amir said, definitly within sound distance of the radio, "Then ready as quickly as possible. Tell our men to hold on as long as they can. We still outnumber them, and for once they can't rely on their vaunted air force to get them out of this one. They will need to fight their way here on the ground if they ever hope to stop us."

OOC: Everything they say is in Arabic unless I specifically say something else. For General Amir, he really is a general, not a terrorist. He has no plans to let the bomb go off in some act of martyrdom, but it really is armed so that a stray explosion would set it off.
Imad is a young, impressionable officer. He is smart but a bit idealistic, and not as stable as Amir. However, Amir keeps him under control.

(OOC The only thing that can set off an A-Bombs' turbo-charge is an electric current. An explosion doesn't set off the turbo-charge however it may leak radioactive material. That was the whole idea so that they wouldn't have accidental discharges. OOC)

As General Schwarzkopf sat patiently in the war-room, 2 more Alpha Force teams were mobilized to go in and rescue the trapped teams. They immediately boarded blackhawk helicopters and began travelled around and to the north of the city where they deployed the two teams along with an M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and awaited further orders.

Meanwhile, Delta team, the 3rd team made it out of the city, as they inserted from the west and before they got into a confrontation, were ordered to hold outside the city for further orders, after the other 2 teams became heavily bogged down. They were ordered to go up and around the city to hold the LZ where the other two teams were dropped.

Meanwhile, the 2 X-2 Anacondas flying at high alttitude, dropped 4 EMP bombs that would detonate in different parts of the city. Anything within a six block radius, that ran on a microchip, would be fried and rendered useless. They were careful as to not drop them on the trapped teams.

Meanwhile, the 4 X-2s that took off, were loaded with tear gas (CS) bombs. They gracefully made their approach over the city and at high alttitude deployed the teargas bombs. Enough tear-gas was dropped to engulf the entire city in a plume of asphyxiating tear gas. The two trapped teams were ordered to put on their combat gas masks and they did so.

As wave after wave of rocket propelled grenades and other explosives were sent at the helicopters, the men in the buildings to either side were readying for assault. As they had no means of coordination, the explosions were several seconds off (the one in the left building set theirs off upon hearing the explosion in the right building). Explosives had been strapped to the wall, and blew them open, ripping apart shelves and merchandise and tossing them several meters. The soldiers then stormed in, firing upon what remained of the enemy with extreme prejudice before the dust had even cleared (though they could tell who was the enemy and who was not).

(OOC How were they able to somehow sneek an explosive while the Special Forces had fighting positions on all sides of the building? I'll assume that it was somehow lobbed at the wall. Even if he did plant it, they would've spotted the individual planting it. OOC)

Seeing the explosive being deployed, Bravo 2 yelled for all of Able element to get to the other side of the building. As they hurried, the order to put their combat gas masks was given. They hussled behind the smoothie counter and took cover while they fastened the masks to their faces. They looked at eachother with puzzling expressions.

"Why the hell would they want us to do tha-!"

Just as Bravo 4 said it, the wall exploded hurdling the shelves over the counter and smashing into the opposite wall. As the rounds ripped over their heads, they tried to contact their air support, while occasionally popping over the counter to shoot off a burst or an AGL, or two.

"A-Bird squadron we need immediate close air support over?"

"Negative Bravo team, we're overwhelmed by the AA fire, The AO's too hot! Try getting the TB squadron!"

"Roger that....TB squadron we need urgent immediate close air support on our location over!"

"Roger that Bravo team we're inbound and hot! We won't leave you behind!"

The A-10s came in making straffing runs with their GAUs blazing while they dropped guided cluster bombs, Napalm, and Paveway IIs around their position. They came in at relatively high speed and at a moderate alttitude as to not drop too low.

The mesage was ignored.

OOC: Okay

IC: As the thing crackeled and it was clear that it was not working, tensions rose. The feeling that all was lost, even from that minor change in the plan, stirred in the officers, particularly Imad. As everyone scurried around to try and fix the situation, he figured that, if all was lost, they may as well die heroes.

"What are you - " Commander Amir began, but that was all he got out. Imad had lept upon the controls for the weapon. Having no knowledge of how they worked, it was sheer luck, or rather bad luck, that he set it off.

With a blinding flash, it exploded with the force of 1,000 kilotons of TNT.

Uh, before we go any further, are you shure that you want to introduce WMDs into the thread? I want to confirm that you know what you are doing.....

Uh, before we go any further, are you shure that you want to introduce WMDs into the thread? I want to confirm that you know what you are doing.....

This will most likely be a random fluke. The rebels have far too few WMDs to be throwing them around like this. Also, the leaders of the UME, who you are here to support, will not want any long lasting damage done anywhere. This means that they would throw a hissy fit if you started using WMDs.

The blast obliterated the 2 special forces teams inside the city, while the 3 teams outside the city were outside of the blast range, but were within the radiation field. They quickly hurried inside the Bradley, which had NBC protection to a degree after seeing the immensely bright mushroom cloud appear before them. They immediately hurried out of the vicinity, while the ground forces 10 miles away from the city watched in awe as it was engulfed and destroyed before their eyes. Seeing this from the air, the AWAKS immediately contacted colonel Langley and General Schwarzkopf...

"What the ****!?! It's an A-bomb detonation! Colonel!!!!General are you seeing this!?!"

"My Gosh! Who would do such a thing to their own people!?!"

"I don't know sir! The wind is blowing to the north, all forces stationed on the north side of the city evacuate and move south immediately! Get out of the radiation clouds' path!"

All of the ground forces surrounding the city from the east moved south immediately and missed the radiation cloud, although relatively small, which began moving in that direction as the wind blew it. Meanwhile General Schwarzkopf ordered the immediate deployment of 4 JSF-35s loaded with VX nerve gas and flew at high speed and high alttitude towards Doha, the capitol of Qatar.

Meanwhile, all of Task Force 123 had been offloaded onto the beachead and the entire ground force now moved towards the port city of Al Kahwr at high speed. The entire air cover went back to the carriers to re-arm while they were replaced with a new formation that consisted of 15 F-18s, 12 A-10s, 5 JSF-35s, 3 F-22s, 4 X-2s, 16 A-6Es, 2 AC-130D gunships. The men and vehicles killed or destroyed were replaced.

(OOC Ok it's been a while so I'm going to go ahead and RP this OOC)

The 4 JSFs flew calmly at high alttitude over the capitol of Doha. As they passed over, they released their VX nerve gas bombs. The bombs were designed to explode at some alttitude over the target so the gas can disperse and have more effect since it's heavier than air. Anything within a very large radius would suffer from seizures, paralysis, muscle spasms, asphyxiation, heart attacks, exploding blood vessels, and late stage cerebral paulsy before death.....

OOC: Sorry, I forgot to tell you. Big Industries will be gone for a couple weeks, and he wanted me to post it.
Wouldn't a nuke obliterate the city and all of the troops invading it, all the way to the men on the beach?

(OOC Oh ok thanks for telling me. The blast radius for a standard nuke is 2-3 miles however the radiation cloud can extend to about 15 miles. The one the Al Budijari have is probably not a full blown nuke, more like a tactical nuke but I'm RPing it as if it is one. Because the vehicles are outside the blast radius, they are safe from the blast and radiation because they have NBC protection systems. OOC)

(OOC Also keep in mind that it was detonated miles underground to avoid being destroyed by bunker busters. Nukes are meant to detonate at alttitude above ground in order to take full effect. The radiation cloud probably wouldn't even make it to the surface considering how the city would simply implode in on itself rather than have a huge mushroom cloud eminating from it. Amounts of radiation would leak out of course due to the crevices and caverns created by the explosion. OOC)

ooc:how do i play?

(OOC Oh ok thanks for telling me. The blast radius for a standard nuke is 2-3 miles however the radiation cloud can extend to about 15 miles. The one the Al Budijari have is probably not a full blown nuke, more like a tactical nuke but I'm RPing it as if it is one. Because the vehicles are outside the blast radius, they are safe from the blast and radiation because they have NBC protection systems. OOC)

OOC: He said it was a one megaton nuke, but I don't know what the range for that would be. Would that just be a standard nuke?

(OOC Also keep in mind that it was detonated miles underground to avoid being destroyed by bunker busters. Nukes are meant to detonate at alttitude above ground in order to take full effect. The radiation cloud probably wouldn't even make it to the surface considering how the city would simply implode in on itself rather than have a huge mushroom cloud eminating from it. Amounts of radiation would leak out of course due to the crevices and caverns created by the explosion. OOC)

OOC: I thought it was still in the building that the officers were in. He said that they were going to move it.

ooc:how do i play?

OOC: You just RP your troops coming in and say where. If you want to be nice, then RP someone talking to the leaders of BI about it. He is going to be gone for a little while, so, if you really want to come in, you have time to refine what you want to say.

OOC: I thought it was still in the building that the officers were in. He said that they were going to move it.

(OOC OK when BI gets back, he needs to confirm whether it was underground or in a building....OOC)

(OOC OK when BI gets back, he needs to confirm whether it was underground or in a building....OOC)

OOC: Makes sense

OOC: Makes sense

(OOC Speaking of which......When is he going to get back? OOC)

(OOC Speaking of which......When is he going to get back? OOC)

OOC: Next week

OK can we get this on with now?

Uh guys? BI what's going on? Are we still in this or not?

I am very sorry for the delay. I have had a lot going on, so please be patient. I will be able to go on every weekend, and sometimes during the week.

As for the bomb, it was still in the building. They were getting ready to move it but still had it above ground, otherwise the threat that they tried to make wouldnt have made sense.

OK if you look at a map of Qatar, the beach is about 30 miles away, well outside the impact area. Madinaat Al Kabaan is a relatively large city maybe oh 10-13 miles in terms of radius. So the blast would consume the city but not exceed it. The force surrounding the city is another 10 miles from the outskirts (remember as to avoid artillery fire). So the only thing effecting them would be a little radiation. However the troops as well as vehicles have NBC equipment. A 1 Megaton nuke is pretty much standard. (if I remember right)

OK if you look at a map of Qatar, the beach is about 30 miles away, well outside the impact area. Madinaat Al Kabaan is a relatively large city maybe oh 10-13 miles in terms of radius. So the blast would consume the city but not exceed it. The force surrounding the city is another 10 miles from the outskirts (remember as to avoid artillery fire). So the only thing effecting them would be a little radiation. However the troops as well as vehicles have NBC equipment. A 1 Megaton nuke is pretty much standard. (if I remember right)

(OOC: I thought you were attacking a coastal city. That's where the confusion was)

With the bomb and everything around it worth defending destroyed, the remaining rebels in the area quickly dispersed, taking what civilians remained with them as they fled into the desert. They also took all of their weapons and munitions with them.

The vast majority found their way to Doha, where they found themselves again pressed into service to reinforce the forces there. Few had to be forced, since they had all seen what the civilian population was like before the attack, and now saw the small and battered group that took up recidence with the rest in the city. They were convinced that they were fighting the forces of satan.

Meanwhile, word was sent from Doha to the north, where propoganda of "the martyrs of Madinaat Al Kabaan" and the evil demons who had done such destruction.

As approximently 2,000 ground troops fell ill to minor, moderate, and some severe radiation sickness, Task Force 123 awaited to hear from the JSFs who dropped VX gas on Doha......

As approximently 2,000 ground troops fell ill to minor, moderate, and some severe radiation sickness, Task Force 123 awaited to hear from the JSFs who dropped VX gas on Doha......

OOC: You are using a horribly desructive WMD on the city?

(OOC: Yes in response to the nuke explosion that killed multiple teams of SOF personnel as well as fighter pilots and the ground troops that became sick with Radiation sickness. But still waiting on a reply from BI...........OOC)

OK, I really can't RP like this, this is the last call, is this RP still alive or not? If not then I'm leaving. So please let us know.......

OK BI I'm out....