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OOC:Rebels are attacking Latyaq. The Latyaqi government has requested that it's allies, The Scandinvans, send in troops to help. The Scandinvans have 10 legions (50,000 troops) trying to restore order in the Latyaqi capital of Al Iskandariyah.

At the same time, the Latyaqis are trying to build up their security forces so they can defend their own nation. They use lots of help from the Scandinavians.

The Rebels are secretly being funded (and RPd) by the Blackhelm Confederacy, and the Latyaqi government is funded by the Scandinvans, so it is likely the war will be decided by whoever is willing to pay more for their side.

This is continued from here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488474).

IC: The Latyaqi leader just announced that the Civil war has begun. He is on tvs throughout the nation asking the citizens to choose his side.

OOC: Ooh! Ooh! Can I use this opportunity to have my crazy religious fanatics launch a terrorist campaign?

OOC: I already have troops flying in. I need a safe place to land and set up base.

OOC: Latyaq i already know about Blackhelms political thinking, but how is yours? Dictatorship? Democratic? I just wan't a little bit of information before i decide whether to get involved or not, cheers.

OOC: Is this MT? If so, can I join on the rebels side? People want freedom, they get freedom!

A transmission was sent to Layteq's government about the conflict:

The Federal Republic of Bonstock is willing to deploy approximately 20,000 support troops in support of government forces in the conflict. We will require a seaport to disembark them at, along with a few airbases for Air Force fighters attached to the force. A total of 10 transports, escorted by a carrier battle group, is currently en route to Laytaq to aid in this effort, and they shall take approximately one week to arrive. We will also be willing to provide equipment and supplies to the Laytaq government.

Official Message from the Leocardian Military Operations Command Center

With Bonstockian forces deploying to aid the Latyag side, Leocardian Freedom Fighters will deploy a total amount of 30,000 troops to support the rebel's side of the field. An additional 5 LAF-546A fighter jets were also given as a gift to the rebels to fight for their freedom.

The USSHBG has decided to introduce a small volunteer force to cooperate with the rebels. We can commit only 5,000 troops at this time due to economy constraints. Viva la revolution!

OOC: btw i'm knew to this and i'm not sure if I need to change anything in my country or what (a little advice would be appreciated if anyone feels the need):confused:

The USSHBG has decided to introduce a small volunteer force to cooperate with the rebels. We can commit only 5,000 troops at this time due to economy constraints. Viva la revolution!

OOC: btw i'm knew to this and i'm not sure if I need to change anything in my country or what (a little advice would be appreciated if anyone feels the need):confused:

OOC: Well, you've avoided one of the major pitfalls and have commited a realistic number of troops, so I'd say good for you!

The rebels had consolidated their hold on dozens of little towns around the border. In a small town, 12 miles from Al Iskandariyah, hundreds of car bombs were being assembled. Outside of town, one of the largest Qassam barrages ever was assembled and aimed at the city. On the order to fire, 450 Qassam rockets tore into the sky. !0 exploded in flight, and 3 blew up on the ground, but still, the massive barrage would level parts of the city.

OOC: I'll just jump in and hope for the best.

IC:
HH, Hayord Humvees, were being driven across the border to a confirmed Rebel City. They all stopped just out of gun range, and with one going ahead. They pulled up to what looked to be the man in charge.

"Sir, we are of Hayord, unmakred cares for protection. We wish to aid you in your civil war, and to offer you bombs, weapons, protection, and most of all, troops. We have five hundred behind us, all armed. More can come."

OOC: I already have troops flying in. I need a safe place to land and set up base.

You'll have to send them by sea. We had our airport destroyed by rebels.

OOC: Latyaq i already know about Blackhelms political thinking, but how is yours? Dictatorship? Democratic? I just wan't a little bit of information before i decide whether to get involved or not, cheers.

Latyaq is an Arab Republic.

OOC: Is this MT? If so, can I join on the rebels side? People want freedom, they get freedom!

What is MT?

A transmission was sent to Layteq's government about the conflict:

The Federal Republic of Bonstock is willing to deploy approximately 20,000 support troops in support of government forces in the conflict. We will require a seaport to disembark them at, along with a few airbases for Air Force fighters attached to the force. A total of 10 transports, escorted by a carrier battle group, is currently en route to Laytaq to aid in this effort, and they shall take approximately one week to arrive. We will also be willing to provide equipment and supplies to the Laytaq government.

We regret to inform you that our only airbase was destroyed by the rebels.

That should bring the total government forces to about 75,000

50,000 Scandinavinas

20,000 Bonstockians

5,000 Latyaqi Security Forces (More in training)

OOC: I'll have to leave now. I'll try to be back asap.

OOC:MT is Modern Tech (which it appears to be here). PT is Past Tech. FT is Future Tech (not Fantasy Tech unless stated). PMT is Post-Modern Tech. All I can remeber.

OOC: I mean, do you just make things up (things that are possible with your nation) or is there a set of rules and country stats or something?

OOC: I saw ST once, it stood for steam tech, but i dont no what that means

OOC: I'll just jump in and hope for the best.

IC:
HH, Hayord Humvees, were being driven across the border to a confirmed Rebel City. They all stopped just out of gun range, and with one going ahead. They pulled up to what looked to be the man in charge.

"Sir, we are of Hayord, unmakred cares for protection. We wish to aid you in your civil war, and to offer you bombs, weapons, protection, and most of all, troops. We have five hundred behind us, all armed. More can come."

A rebel approached the man. Behind him, twenty men followed poiting their AR-550's at the Hayord men. "Why would you do this? What benefit have you from helping here?"

OOC: I mean, do you just make things up (things that are possible with your nation) or is there a set of rules and country stats or something?

OOC: A little of both. The stickies at the top of the page should help, as should this site (http://nstracker.retrogade.com/index.php?nation=Here+be+Giants), and this one (http://nstracker.retrogade.com/index.php?nation=Here+be+Giants). Both give more detailes stats on your country, although changing the percentages, is, within reason, allowed.

A rebel approached the man. Behind him, twenty men followed poiting their AR-550's at the Hayord men. "Why would you do this? What benefit have you from helping here?"


"We would benefit through you. We would sleep better, knowing we have helped another nation gain freedom. We would benefit in the trade we could offer you. The experience our soldiers will gain. Please, let us help you. We can offer you a great many things."

OOC:Ignore everything i have said previously as i don't actually have a Defense or military budget.

"Well, we are already well armed from another country. But..we can still use your men.We have no armor, and the people who supply us do not want to be known, so they do not give us any. If you can get us tanks, we would be very grateful."

News of the destroyed airbase was not good for Bonstocknian forces, who planned on air support. Thus, as soon as the transports docked at a seaport and unloaded their troops, one of the units, the 396th Air Force Construction Battalion, began work building an airbase just outside. Bonstocknian military planners determined that the 20,000 troops deployed would be insufficient for the operation, so the Bonstocknian 1st Infantry Division, along with more support units, began to embark for Laytaq. This would bring Bonstocknian troop totals to 60,000.

ooc: Is your country mostly desert? and MT is Modern Tech, by the way. You're modern tech if you use stuff like M-16 or AK-47 assault rifles, M-1 Abrams or T-90 tanks, or F-16 or MiG-29 fighter jets.

Bonstocknian Forces deployed to the conflict:

Currently Deployed (20,000 troops):

HQ, Bonstocknian Expeditionary Force, Laytaq
-12th Marine Expeditionary Unit
-39th Marine Expeditionary Unit
-194th Naval Construction Brigade (Bonstocknian Navy)
-396th Airbase Construction Brigade (Bonstocknian Air Force)
-254th Transportation Brigade (Bonstocknian Army)

En Route (40,000 troops), embarked aboard 12 transport ships:

1st Infantry Division (Mechanized, 20,000 troops)
-1st Brigade (Armored, 150 M-1 Abrams tanks)
-2nd Brigade (Mechanized Infantry, 150 M-2 Bradleys, 3,000 troops)
-3rd Brigade (Mechanized Infantry, 150 M-2 Bradleys, 3,000 troops)
-4th Brigade (Aviation, 100 UH-60s, 50 AH-64 Apaches)
-Divisional Artillery (150 M-109 Paladin howitzers)
-Divisional Support Command
24th Special Forces Group (5,000 troops)
1st Corps Aviation Support Brigade (5,000 troops, lotsa helicopters, for Laytaq use)
395th Medical Brigade
15th Fighter Wing (100 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters)

This is MT

OOC: I mean, do you just make things up (things that are possible with your nation) or is there a set of rules and country stats or something?

The way I'm playing this is that I have 7 million people because I think the NS population counter is going a little fast, so I'm just keeping it down for now. I'm trying to build up my military for now.

News of the destroyed airbase was not good for Bonstocknian forces, who planned on air support.

OOC:Air support is useless for fighting insurgencies, though.

one of the units, the 396th Air Force Construction Battalion, began work building an airbase just outside.

OOC:Instead of building a new base, you should rebuild the one the insurgents destroyed.

ooc: Is your country mostly desert? and MT is Modern Tech, by the way. You're modern tech if you use stuff like M-16 or AK-47 assault rifles, M-1 Abrams or T-90 tanks, or F-16 or MiG-29 fighter jets.

OOC:It has a lot of desert, but a lot of the fighting right now is happening in the capital, which has a more Mediteranean climate.



By the way, with your new troops we'll have 115,000 troops on my side!

OOC: Ooh! Ooh! Can I use this opportunity to have my crazy religious fanatics launch a terrorist campaign?

OOC: Cough.

OOC:Oh, yes you can do that.

OOC: Excellent. IC post coming soon.

ooc: quite the contrary, actually, air support is pretty damn good for helping against insurgancies. Remember Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi? A couple of 500 pound bombs from an F-16 killed him.

ic:

Bonstocknian transports arrived at the seaport, and the troops began unloading. The Air Force was busy pouring concrete into the ground, making a new airbase. When they were finished the Bonstocknians would rebuild the old one. Then they would have two airbases. Good logic, according to Bob Payne, commander of Bonstocknian forces in Laytaq.

The Bonstocknians established a base camp around their new airbase, with 1st Infantry's engineers establishing a suitable tent city for the Bonstocknian mechanized forces. Bonstocknian forces secured the seaport area, and began patrolling to look for insurgants. Meanwhile, a battalion of about 600 Bonstocknian Marines from the 12th Marine Expeditionary Unit rolled towards the capital on trucks and in Humvees, with the intention of establishing a forward operating base in the capital.

ooc: Laytaq, can you provide a map of your country, and tell me where the insurgants are?

The aircraft in the air, upon receiving the news that the only available landing place ahd been destroyed, turned around and headed for the naval base at Bremenhafen.

OOC: Um... yeah. What's your major religion? Should that be church, synagogue, or mosque? Or something else? Likewise, priest, minister, rabbi, monk, etc?

Gladius stood, stretching. He'd gotten into this miserable little country late some time last night. He withdrew the ceramic special forces weapon from his holster, and flicked off the safety.

The seedy motel where he stayed was only a short distant away from a church. Striding purposefuly, he entered the building and fired at the priest with the weapon. Then, without hesitation, he turned the gun on the worshippers nearest him.

Mortar attacks from a distance were now replacing ambushes when it came to convoys. Qassam rockets were also being deployed to fire near the capitol building. The sweepers were also set up. As soon as a sweeper came down the road,a group of RPG troopers would launch an ambush, and quickly flee.The mortar attacks did some damage to the convoys, but they continued onwards because they needed to get their supplies to their soldiers on the frontlines. As well, to protect the sweepers a unit of heavy infantry was assigned to help protect them from ambushes.

The driver stepped out of the car, and sent a signal to the convoy. THe convoy pulled out, driving past. The driver pulled one car over. On the side, it read, "Amror and Weaponry". He looked at the man.

"Like this?" The door opened, and there was only one person; the driver of the Armor care stepped out and grabbed some armor and weapons. "Unmarked, no one countries type. It's cultural, but yet international. Weapons, same thing. Never seen, never identified. Try it."

OOC: Um... yeah. What's your major religion? Should that be church, synagogue, or mosque? Or something else? Likewise, priest, minister, rabbi, monk, etc?

There are lots of Christians and Muslims.

You can read about my nation here: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Latyaq

The Commonwealth of Hydac offers Latyaq 45 Centaur APCs and 14 Ranger light tanks as a gift. We are in the process of upgrading our military and no longer need these vehicles. They served us well in our recent Desert War, and believe they will serve you equally well.

Also, we offer you 50 soldiers to train and advise your foces as they fight this insidious rebellion.

Shaheed Yassim
Foriegn Minister
Commonwealth of Hydac

Thanks Hydac!

IC: The Latyaqi forces are already putting the tanks to good use. Some of our instructers are teaching us how to use the tanks.

Can you provide us with a port to our troops unload at?

Our port at Al Iskandariyah is working. You can use that.

OOC: Once I get my army reequipped and reorganized I might deploy some peacekeepers.

Merchant ships in the port at Bremerhafen were commandeered by the military and and their stores removed, to be replaced by guns, ammunition and rations.

OOC: Um... yeah. What's your major religion? Should that be church, synagogue, or mosque? Or something else? Likewise, priest, minister, rabbi, monk, etc?

Gladius stood, stretching. He'd gotten into this miserable little country late some time last night. He withdrew the ceramic special forces weapon from his holster, and flicked off the safety.

The seedy motel where he stayed was only a short distant away from a church. Striding purposefuly, he entered the building and fired at the priest with the weapon. Then, without hesitation, he turned the gun on the worshippers nearest him.

OOC: forgot to reply to this earlier, sorry.

IC: News of this atrocity reached throught the town Gladius was in. The people attributed this atrocity to the rebels. The village leader swore allegiance to the Latyaqi government. He ordered 30 men with AK-47s to attack Gladius.

As the bullets ripped into the church, Gladius dove behind a pew. "They're not all dead, you know!" He shouted cheerfully, firing with the pistol at the attackers, "You're just as likely to hit your own people!"

"But then, since that rather appears to be your plan, why don't I help you?" Helios and Tyr watch over me, as I leave this world to feast with you in Valhalla, he prayed silently, pressing down on a detonator. The dynamite all strapped to his chest went off, and Gladius found out very quickly whether everything he believed was true.

However, the 30 men were only surrounding the church outside. One of them was still hurt by the blast, though.

However, the 30 men were only surrounding the church outside. One of them was still hurt by the blast, though.

OOC: Yeah, but what about all of the worshippers still in the church?

10 cargo ships left Bremerhafen bound for Al Iskandariyah escorted by half a dozen frigates and destroyers.

Official Statement
Mercodian forces are en route to Latyaq. They are expected to arrive in Al Iskandariyah in 36 hours

OOC: Excellent

OOC: Yeah, but what about all of the worshippers still in the church?

OOC2: I thought Gladius killd them all before?

OOC: Hydac you bastard

As the bonstockian forces began building a new airbase, rebel informants alerted the mortar men to this, and soon, 12 82mm mortars opened up at the base, and then scattered, fired again, and went home.

At the village with Hayord "No, I dont mean body armor. I mean tanks, vehicles, anti-air. Our supplier provide us kevlar and good guns. We don't need yours. We need your vehicles." In the village, two Griffincrest mercenaries were training a group of rebels on how to use a G36E, and coordinating target practice on live Latyaqi POW's.

OOC: Excellent



OOC2: I thought Gladius killd them all before?

OOC: Nope. I mean, the gun only had eight shots in it when he came in. Take away that one he still had left to fire at the attackers, and probably at least two shots to make sure the priest died, and he only had five, maximum to use on the worshippers.

As the bonstockian forces began building a new airbase, rebel informants alerted the mortar men to this, and soon, 12 82mm mortars opened up at the base, and then scattered, fired again, and went home.

While the Mortarmen were returning home, they passed by a barracks where Latyaqi forces were training. They saw the Mortarman, and did not hesitate to do their job. They immediately left the base, and ordered them to surrender.

OOC: Nope. I mean, the gun only had eight shots in it when he came in. Take away that one he still had left to fire at the attackers, and probably at least two shots to make sure the priest died, and he only had five, maximum to use on the worshippers.

OOC: then obviously all the worshippers were destroyed. That's 13 civilian casualties.

The mortar men put their weapons down, and raised their hands to surrender, and with their hands on their heads went to the soldiers.

The mortar men put their weapons down, and raised their hands to surrender, and with their hands on their heads went to the soldiers.

The soldiers advanced cautiously to take their new prisoners. Just then, one of them was snipered. A Sniper shouted "Use the mortars and destroy the barracks!" The sniper gave away his position, and was gunned down by the Latyaqis.

OOC: No, that didnt happen, u cant RP my guys. and i made an ooc thread. What actualli happened is...

IC: As the mortar men approached, one quickly set off the suicide belt he was wearing, causing a chain reaction blowing up the other 12 men. A crater formed around where the men were. From one of the mens vests, a cloud of Lewisite formed, which enveloped the barracks.

1st Lt. Bradley Frost was one of Hydac's 50 advisors sent to aid Latyaq. Technically he was there to help train the Latyaqis in gunnery on the Ranger light tank's 76.2mm gun, in reality he was an operative of the Ministry of Internal Security's Special Actions Directorate. It was Frost who had planned and led the fuel air bomb attack that destroyed Abdil during the Desert War. Now he was here find out the truth behind the rebellion.

OOC: sorry

IC: Most of the Latyaqis were daed. The explosion destroyed a large part of the barracks that would have to be repaired before the base was functional again. At another nearby base, some new Latyaqi recruits in training panicked at the explosion. They set off their mortars toward the explosion. 5 mortar shells hit the barracks, destroying it. Some of the surviving Latyaqis at that base returned fire, thinking it was insurgents. Another barracks was destroyed.

OOC: I have a grudge with this Frost bastard. He got a bunch of dudes blown up.

In rapid succesion, 15 Lewisite bombs rocked the capitol. A massive gass cloud covered the city. Many, many people were going to die. Televisions and radios were interrupted by a message.

"Because you have let devils of Hydac into your nation, you will all suffer. I urge you, my Latyaqi brothers, to raise arms against all of these foreigners how have come with promises of defense. They are here to destroy Latyaq, and all that it stands for!"

The use of Lewisite has destroyed the reputation of the insurgency. Everywhere in Al Iskandariyah, the people have resolved to destroy it. They have lost almost all popular support they ever held. Many people who let the insurgents use their homes for their snipers are now fighting back. History may show that gassing our citizens spelled the downfall of the rebels.

The people are wondering how the rebels got Lewisite in the first place. Many people suspect that they are being funded by foreign nations, which would be ironic, as many of them have expressed their hatred for reliance on international aid. Many of them point to the Blackhelm Confederacy's invasion of several nations, and how they were jealous that we never sided with them. However, without proof, Latyaq cannot be sure.

OOC: Hydac you bastard

As the bonstockian forces began building a new airbase, rebel informants alerted the mortar men to this, and soon, 12 82mm mortars opened up at the base, and then scattered, fired again, and went home.

At the village with Hayord "No, I dont mean body armor. I mean tanks, vehicles, anti-air. Our supplier provide us kevlar and good guns. We don't need yours. We need your vehicles." In the village, two Griffincrest mercenaries were training a group of rebels on how to use a G36E, and coordinating target practice on live Latyaqi POW's.

Several Bonstocknian soldiers were busy drinking and talking about home. They had just flown in on a flight at the newly operational airbase, but they were still awaiting their armored vehicles. One of them looked up, seeing several mortar rounds fall in the area.

"Incoming!" he yelled.

"Take cover!" another shouted

Several Bonstocknians fled around the area, jumping into trenches, under buildings, and behind other obstacles. Four Bonstocknians were killed when one mortar shell landed on them, and two more were wounded. The runway was unoperational for a while, and several Bonstocknians went to repair it when the mortars began firing again. Two Bonstocknians were wounded in this, but most of the base was now on alert. The need was clearly seen to extend the perimiter of the base.

Soon, the transport ships arrived, with the tanks and armored vehicles of the 1st Infantry Division. The division, which had previously been deployed in the Yazmarean conflict, was now combat ready, and had just gone on some valuable R&R back home.

After the shooting abated, Bonstocknian tanks, infantry, and engineers marched out. As the tanks and infantry stood guard, the engineers began building bunkers, connected by trenches, around the base at mortar range away from the base. At least three dozen of these bunkers, each with a .50 caliber M-2 machine gun, surrounded the base. Infantry began manning the positions, as tanks, artillery, and attack helicopters stood ready for the next assault. Sensors were placed a few miles beyond that to provide advance warning of insurgant attacks.

Meanwhile, Bonstocknian intelligence officers began looking for any sign of the insurgancy's bases. Satellites, equipped with infrared as well as regular vision, began scanning the desert for insurgant bases and training areas. The 1st Infantry Division's Intelligence battalion began tuning into possible insurgant phone calls, and several people from the battalion began going to local people and collecting information about the insurgancy's locations. The Bonstocknians asked Laytaq to hand over the captured insurgants so that they could be interrogated. Several Pretator UAVs began flying about, looking for signs of insurgant bases.

Or will it show that the rebels have stepped their game up. More border towns were forcibly seized. Griffincrest mercenary advisors had advised the rebels to execute all the people in any towns attempting to free themselves from the rebel grip. Mass graves began turning up along many roadways.

The port of Al Iskandariyah was targeted for another massed Qassam attack. 75 Qassam rockets screeched at the port, exploding and sending fragments and debris everywhere. Boats zipped around the harbor opening fire with RPK's and RPG's and nearby boats and people.

Or will it show that the rebels have stepped their game up. More border towns were forcibly seized. Griffincrest mercenary advisors had advised the rebels to execute all the people in any towns attempting to free themselves from the rebel grip. Mass graves began turning up along many roadways.

The murdur of inocent civilians only further shows that this scum is not worthy to rule this country. The police and security forces are only growing faster.

The port of Al Iskandariyah was targeted for another massed Qassam attack. 75 Qassam rockets screeched at the port, exploding and sending fragments and debris everywhere. Boats zipped around the harbor opening fire with RPK's and RPG's and nearby boats and people.

OOC: Isn't this GodModing? You were telling me in one post that my whole port is now destroyed? Also, how do a terorist band get boats?

Bonstocknian ships in the harbor were docked, unloading armored vehicles. All that stood in their way was several Bonstocknian Oliver Hazard Perry class figates, three of them, which opened up on the insurgant gunboats with 3-inch guns, 20mm CIWS, and .50 caliber machine guns.

One of the rockets hit a Bonstocknian fuel tanker, causing a massive explosion in the harbor of Al Iskandariyah, and an emergency for Bonstock; without fuel, Bonstock's armored vehicles were close to useless. The next tanker was a day away. If it were destroyed, Bonstock could well run out of fuel.

OOC: Isn't this GodModing? You were telling me in one post that my whole port is now destroyed? Also, how do a terorist band get boats?

OOC: I did not say what I destroyed, I just said I fired rockets. And the boats are little speed boats shooting RPG's, not like battle cruisers. Bonstock understood.

IC: The speedboats began exploding as Bonstockia ships hit them. Two of the boats tore towards the frigates, attempting to ram them. The rest of speedboats fired their RPG's at the frigates, then most were hit by the frigate. The few survivors broke away and zipped into open water.

OOC: please stop roleplaying, I want to know how a guerrilla group got a navy.

OOC: I did not say what I destroyed, I just said I fired rockets. And the boats are little speed boats RPG's, not like battle cruisers. Bonstock understood.

Ok.

al-Halid Army Base, Hydac

The men of Hydac's 1st Airmobile Brigade were put on alert for possible deployment to Latyaq. Hydac's heavy forces were in the process of refitting and reorganizing after the Desert War. As a result the 1st Airmobile was prepared to go if the MISSAD discovered anything of interest in Latyaq.

OOC: please stop roleplaying, I want to know how a guerrilla group got a navy.

ooc: they prolly bought civilian motor boats and got a couple of guys with AKs and sent them out. Anyone can buy a decent motorboat.

OOC: There is no navy, what are you talking about. Bonstocks navy is firing on my little speed boats, which have a guy on them shooting RPG's. I do not believe that a pack of speed boats is a navy, and this should be in the OOC thread

ooc: they prolly bought civilian motor boats and got a couple of guys with AKs and sent them out. Anyone can buy a decent motorboat.

Exactly

Ok. I understand now. Thanks for explainign that.

As the remaining speedboats fled, a single Predator UAV flew into the clouds overhead so not to be seen, and began following them using its infrared scanners, hoping to find and insurgant base.

As Bonstock's Predator spyplane shadowed the remaining speedboats, a battalion of soldiers loaded into their M-2 Bradleys, ready to assault whatever base they could find. Another battalion located a small town that was under insurgant control near Al Iskandariyah. The fifty Bradleys formed four columns, and surrounded the town, cordoning off the exits. One of the columns rolled into the town, with the hundred or so infantrymen dismounting to fight the enemy. AH-64 helicopter gunships flew overhead to provide air support.

The training of new Latyaqi troops is proceding at an amazing rate. Latyaqi troops patroling the streets of Al Iskandariyah is an increasingly common site. The government can barely handle the number of volunteers who signed up to fight the insurgents. A common site at all barracks is the burning of portraits of Mohammad Al Libi, and troops training for their mission. Muslims and Christians alike pray for the rebels to be defeated. In Muslim neighborhoods, signs saying "الله أكبر" (Allah Akbar) is common. The implication of this is that God will bring victory to the rightous people that bear him in his hearts, and not the rebels that only give Muslims a bad name. The number of troops is expected to reach 70,000 by the end of the month.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Iraqi_soldiers.jpg

Latyaqi recruits in training.

The soliers recieved news of the attack on a border town. They were glad it was not their current town.

"Oh, armor, armor. I see." THe driver went back to his Armor car and drove off.

The other driver said, "We can provide that." He looked to a man in the car and the passengers got out, recieving orders. One sent a message to a base in Hayord. Tanks would arrive the next day, late in the night.

--- Elsewhere

A squad of soldiers, some of the best there, were in a car, college grads on a road trip. In a fraternity, they were almost in the capital. The linings in the car looked simple, packed with 'insulation', easily explainable as the owner came from a frozen land.

They loved the Latyaq colleges. Fun and educated, the teachers were some of the best. They were touring the capital. First stop: The [lead government building].

--- Elsewhere

A squad of soldiers, some of the best there, were in a car, college grads on a road trip. In a fraternity, they were almost in the capital. The linings in the car looked simple, packed with 'insulation', easily explainable as the owner came from a frozen land.

They loved the Latyaq colleges. Fun and educated, the teachers were some of the best. They were touring the capital. First stop: The [lead government building].

However, if they believe that getting to the government building and assassinating the leader would be easy, they would be in for a surprise. The area around the Government building was all ready completely transferred to Latyaqi police. The government building had 100 soldiers to protect it.

OOC: When did I say I was going to get in there?

IC:
The college grads pulled up to a roadblock. "We're here for a school project. We need to study the exterior artchitecture for a class. Stuff like that. Here are our passports." Each was legitmate, as Hayord never based anything on their country soley.

OOC: When did I say I was going to get in there?

IC:
The college grads pulled up to a roadblock. "We're here for a school project. We need to study the exterior artchitecture for a class. Stuff like that. Here are our passports." Each was legitmate, as Hayord never based anything on their country soley.

ooc: if they're college GRADS, why the hell do they need to study?

The Imperial Republic of Hataria is Sending 1,989,089 Imperial Marines and 50,909 Algerian Janjaweed Fighters to help Fight The Rebels and end the Civil War. the INS Sango will be also send with 34 Empire Class Destroyers and 23 Sea Wolf Class Submarines as escort.

OOC: Um, isn't sending nearly 2 million troops and 50,000 fighters (I'm guessing you mean airplane fighters?) just a little bit of a godmod.

IC:
The college grads pulled up to a roadblock. "We're here for a school project. We need to study the exterior artchitecture for a class. Stuff like that. Here are our passports." Each was legitmate, as Hayord never based anything on their country soley.

IC: The guards explained that as long as the civil war continues, they would not be allowed in. They can, however study the architecture from the outside all they want.

OOC: Um, isn't sending nearly 2 million troops and 50,000 fighters (I'm guessing you mean airplane fighters?) just a little bit of a godmod.



IC: The guards explained that as long as the civil war continues, they would not be allowed in. They can, however study the architecture from the outside all they want.

OOC: Well the troops wouldn't be if he hadn't gotten glassed. But since he did... Besides, it's Hataria. He's kinda (in)famous for that sort of thing. You want my advice, ignore him.

OOC: Well the troops wouldn't be if he hadn't gotten glassed.

What does "glassed" mean? Sorry, I'm a Newb.

What does "glassed" mean? Sorry, I'm a Newb.

OOC: Okay, quick physics lesson. When a nuclear warhead detonates, it releases so much heat that it can literally turn dirt or sand into glass. Now, when somebody releases enough nuclear weapons on one nation at once, they basically figure that the nation is now a radioactive sheet of plateglass. This happened to Hataria, although last I knew he wasn't admitting it. It happened to me but I took it like a man and I'm rebuilding.

OOC: Ok, but even if he wasn't "glassed" I still think his 2 million troops is a bit, well high. Not impossible, of course, but even in Iraq the US only has 150,000 troops. The only time in history there was ever troop strength like that was on the Russian front of WWII.

OOC: Ok, but even if he wasn't "glassed" I still think his 2 million troops is a bit, well high. Not impossible, of course, but even in Iraq the US only has 150,000 troops. The only time in history there was ever troop strength like that was on the Russian front of WWII.


OOC: I am Not Glassed, and i am a large Nation. and All that Thing about Being Glassed is not to be said any more and lets make a OOC thread so that this Thread doesn't get Coged with OOCs.

OOC: From where I come from, a college grad is soemone who still goes to college, but almost done. That or a local college attender. Since we have a second hosue by my future college, I'll be considered a college grad.

IC
They thanked to man and drove off. One of the guys had done his homework. The leader's workplace was just around the corner. The driver dropped off the four other 'grads', who had handguns. The driver drove into the corner of the building, exploding. The corner crumbled, more of the house destroyed by the fire.

When the cornerstone of a house is destroyed, the rest of the house is effected. Not with this, however, becuase of its size. But the building still shook, and many people died. The four other grads turned and shot the government officals around them. They made careful not to kill any civilians.

"Death to the government! The citizens are the smart ones!" They ran for cover, hoping not to be cut down. One dropped a grenade, the pin pulled off.

The insurgent boats that sped towards the Bonstock ships hit them and exploded, while the others pulled up to a small fishing village, thinking that they were undetected.

In the city, more Latyaqi soldiers meant more victims. Snipers frequently opened fire from an apartment roof, then quickly dissassembled the gun and returned to their apartments, blending back into society. In a few instances, when Latyaqi troops entered the apartment building, mines in the lobby would explode, killing the men. Convoys were being ambushed constantly, and the heads of missing soldiers were often either being left on the side of the road, or mailed to the mens families. The rebels were getting increasingly violent, in hopes that they could scare the population into surrender.

The mortar attacks did some damage to the convoys, but they continued onwards because they needed to get their supplies to their soldiers on the frontlines. As well, to protect the sweepers a unit of heavy infantry was assigned to help protect them from ambushes.bump for response

In order to counter the infantry, M60 and RPK nests were set up, and the rebels began using Javelin anti-tank weapons more often. The rebels had taken control of large portions of Latyaq east of the capitol, and they were also felt in the west, to a lesser extent.

The Mercodian troop convoy arrived at the port of Al Iskandariyah to find a scene of destruction. The captain of the leading escort, the Udaloy class destroyer Haifisch, shouted into a megaphone: ‘Is there any where we can dock?’

The Mercodian troop convoy arrived at the port of Al Iskandariyah to find a scene of destruction. The captain of the leading escort, the Udaloy class destroyer Haifisch, shouted into a megaphone: ‘Is there any where we can dock?’

You can land right at the dock. It is still in operation.

The Government has decided that it is lawful for the soldiers to kill insurgents. They know of the tactics of the insurgents that make taking prisoners unwise. All Latyaqis are ordered to kill anyone.

Meanwhile, in another part of the city, Latyaqi troops raided a warehouse. The warehouse had been occupied by the insurgents, and used to carry out their attacks. The raid was successful. All the insurgents were shot, and not taken prisoners by the Government's orders.

Elsewhere in the city, many snipers on top of buildings would come to the rude awakening that the occupants were newly trained Latyaqi policemen. Many were shot immediately.

OOC: I am Not Glassed, and i am a large Nation. and All that Thing about Being Glassed is not to be said any more and lets make a OOC thread so that this Thread doesn't get Coged with OOCs.

OOC: There already is an OOC thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488793), and 2 million troops is still too large of a number. My nation only has a population of 7 million, most of whom do not support the insurgents, so having 2 million troops in it would immediately destroy the insurgency.

The merchant ship Kaufmann pulled into a dock and dropped anchor. Wary of attack by insurgents, the first company off the ship, had their rifles raisedand loaded and were being covered by other troops from the ship's superstructure and by a nearby frigate.

Two battalions left the port immediately and began to set upan operational base five miles away. Meanwhile stores, weapons and more troops were coming ashore

Abdul Ahmad asked the Mercosis leader how many troops he's sending.

OOC: There already is an OOC thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488793), and 2 million troops is still too large of a number. My nation only has a population of 7 million, most of whom do not support the insurgents, so having 2 million troops in it would immediately destroy the insurgency.


OOC: Actually, I have 59 million soldiers... I take 12% of my population (most take 10%).

I am also awaiting a response to my running 'grads'.

At the present time, a single infantry division has been deployed to Latyaq. We can send reinforcements if requested by Latyaq or if deemed by the AdK to be necessary.
signed Chancellor Count Verrück

OOC: Actually, I have 59 million soldiers... I take 12% of my population (most take 10%).

OOC: wtf? That's way too high. If you want to RP here, make it smaller, please.

[QUOTE]I am also awaiting a response to my running 'grads'.

Ok.

They ran for cover, hoping not to be cut down. One dropped a grenad, the pin pulled off.

one of the soldiers chasing them stepped on the grenad, and it blew him up. other soldiers in the city heard the explosion and moved over to it. The grads ran right into Latyaqi troops.

At the present time, a single infantry division has been deployed to Latyaq. We can send reinforcements if requested by Latyaq or if deemed by the AdK to be necessary.
signed Chancellor Count Verrück

How many troops are in this division?

ooc: a division is about 3,500 combat infantry, 50 artillery pieces and 5,000 support staff

OOC: No, I meant my total military force. 59 million is WAAAY to hard to hide. I only have like 1,00 or so troops here.

IC:
The grads saw the troops, and activated their bomb timers. They all ran in different directions shooting, being shot and exploding, others exploding and killing many. At least they hoped.


The tanks had arrived, 250 strong, another 500 on the way. "Here they are."

Ok. I added that that information here (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Latyaq_Civil_War). Thanks. Edit: that was for Mercosis.

OOC: No, I meant my total military force. 59 million is WAAAY to hard to hide. I only have like 1,00 or so troops here.

59 million for a whole army is still WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much. Even China's military only has like 2 million, iirc.

IC:
The grads saw the troops, and activated their timers. They all ran in different directions , being shot and exploding, others exploding and many. At least they hoped.

The troops new they would activate their "sucide belt", so they opened fire without hesitation.

OOC: It's notl ike I'm ever gonna use it all. But it's just a general percentage of my populatino that's in the army. That also includes resevres.

OOC: Ok. I don't RP with the NS counter thing because it gives you a ridiculously high population and army and a huge unfair advantage to people who have been here a long time. Furthermore, it doesn't take into account any population decrease from wars, or in peacetime.

OOC: OK. In terrorist/ secritive wars, it's wise to have 5,000- troops anyways. So I'll keep it at 5,000. Not even, since there's not that many there.

The rebel in the town watched the enemy tanks, and was pleased. He extended his hand to the Hayord soldier. "Its nice to have a friend here" he said.

At the port, Qassam fire was once again taking its toll. 25 more Qassams smashed down, as did a number of mortars. Qassams also began landing in the Bonstock base. They had a longer range than mortars, and since the base was extended, mortars were deemed useless.

Al Latyaqiyah news:

There are now 50,000 troops in the Latyaqi Security Forces (LSF). The number of troops is right on schedule. It includes:

21,000 Infantry
11,000 Anti-Tank weapons
100 tanks (3 men each)
150 armored cars
5000 machine gunners (2 men each)
50 fighter planes
50 helicopters (2 men each)
total: about 50,000 men.

It is notable that they were unable to build the bomers, and had less fighters then they were able to build, but also had more Infantry and Anti Tanks then planned.

This was the target for this month. It was reached in 27 days (NS time).

The troops should reach 100,000 over the next 2 months. Hopefully, our allies can begin to withdraw, and security will be taken over by the LSF.

The generals are already making more plans to double the LSF's numbers.

Mahmoud Nejad has congradulated the LSF for this amazing feat. But, he says much needs to be done before Latyaq is safe from these terorists.

All over Eastern Latyaq, massive mortar barrages smashed into military bases. These would be followed by huge ambushes. Many baseswere taken. The rest were terribly crippled. Convoys were being ambushed every day. The bodies of Latyaqi soldiers were a common site along the side of highways. tied to a post in a kneeling position, hands behind their backs. Many had no heads. Heavily defended convoys were often struck with a Lewisite/RPG barrage, and then looted. Eastern Latyaq was being steadily consolidated by the rebels.

OOC: I have to leave now. I'll RP a counter attack as soon as I can.

The man said, "We will offer everything in the tanks. You need do nothing but give them orders. We will take three tanks aside for you to train with. All the others, action. Tell the commanders where you want them to go."

--- Elsewhere

At the port, tourists were touring. They saw the explosions and mons of death. They ran to the battle, and jumped onto the rebel boats. "When you're going to ram the ships, tell me," each said to the ship driver. Three tourists, sixty bombs.

With so many problems, Claudius Griffincrest decided it was due time for an intervention, corporate style. He quickly got to work writing a message to Latyaq.

From Claudius Griffincrest, CEO, Griffincrest Oil Inc
To Latyaqi leadership

We see that you are having problems with rebels, particularly in the eastern part of your nation. I think it is rather obvious that you picked the wrong ally, as is evident in their inability to prevent the massive civilian deaths that are occuring daily. In response to this, we have dispatched the Corporate Fleet, as well as an inderdiction force. The first elements should be parachuting in as we speak from Toopoxia, and the rest should probably arrive tommorow.


As this message was being sent, 1000 Griffincrest mercenaries were being paradropped into the Eastern region of Latyaq from their base in Toopoxia. The corporate army being sent, veterans of the Desert War with Hydac, collected the money from the last war, and happily hopped on transports heading back out to sea. The Chieftan class pocket battleship, the only large ship in the corporate fleet, set out acting as flagship, along with six Sovremenny destroyers, and twelve Laksamana class corvettes.

Coporate mercenary force
50,000 mercenaries
50 Behemoth II MBT's
100 T-55's
2,000 Humvees

OOC: Can I RP in yet? Whats going on?

The first paratroopers immediately set about, setting up check points and entering rebel towns. Almost every town, the rebels did not fight, and handed in their weapons peacefully. Each rebel was reimbursed 1000$ for his gun. It was a rather peaceful transition to the Griffincrest soldiers. In Al Iskandariyah, it was anything but peaceful. Rockets continued to slam into the city. The death toll was continuing to rack up. Suicide bombings were common. Citizens feared staying at home, and were terrified to leavve their homes.

In the west, rebels frequently harrased convoys, and lit many towns on fire. The people there were begging Latyaq for increased security. Latyaqi soldiers here too, were turning up, with their heads in boxes along the road.

Tow corporate stealth ships appeared off the coast, and let out a few small boats of mercs, who drove into Latyaq, and set up a small camp on the shore. The rest of the army would be here soon.

As soon as the rockets landed, Bonstocknian counter-battery radars located where the rockets were fired from. Two dozen AH-64s were relocated to the launch sites imidiately, and began firing anti-personnel rockets and chain guns at the rocket launchers. A company of infantry in a dozen Bradleys sped over to secure the area.

Bonstocknian soldiers began patrolling Al Iskandariyah in their Abrams tanks and Bradley IFVs in small groups. AH-64s gunships were overhead to provide fire-support in case the insurgants attacked. Predator UAVs began patrolling around the outskirts of the Bonstocknian base and Al Iskandariyah, looking for rocket launchers and mortars, while F-35s loaded with precision guided munitions flew overhead, ready to attack any mortars.

Bonstocknian troops began erecting roadblocks on the major roads into Al Iskandariyah, in order to stop the flow of suicide bombers. Most were fairly austere; One soldier and a local interpreter would stand guard while all but one lane was blocked by several requisitioned local civilian vehicles. A platoon of infantry took cover in sight of each of these, with automatic weapons ready to fire at anyone that was approaching too close, too fast.

Unfortunately, the first customer approached in an ordinary looking Honda sedan with tinted windows. Despite a sign asking them to slow down, they didn't do so. The Bonstocknians, true to form, opened fire. A squad of soldiers went to investigate, and found the bullet-riddled bodies of Abdul the shopkeeper, his wife, and his three children in the car. But no bomb or weapons.

The incident was reported to the Bonstocknian HQ, but no public statement was released. Having located the small fishing village where the boats had come from, the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, with nearly fifty Bradleys began approaching it. A company of tanks on an embankment provided cover as they entered the village, and artillery and helicopters were on standby to provide fire-support.

Most of the men who fired the Qassams fled quickly after firing. Nonetheless, a few were still killed. In the city, the tanks, without infantry support, made easy target. As they would pass by apartment complexes, men would wait until they were just below them, and then either drop a few HE grenades down, or open up on them with an RPG of Javelin. Cars would pull along side of the tanks on busy roads, and then explode, sometimes releasing Lewisite to kill any survivors.

At the fishing village, three M60 nests covered the entrance to village. An ordinary truck had thrown off the cloth covering the flatbed, revealing a dusty old Katyusha. The Katyusha opened up, launching 36 rockets at the enemy. Men rushed around, grabbing AK-47's and AR-550's. RPG's and Javelins were also taken and the rebels, about 75 of them, rushed to attempt a defense. In the chaos, a small speed boat slipped away, for open water.

Bonstocknian UAVs and gunships continued to patrol around, making sure the insurgant rockets and mortars wouldn't come back. Two tanks, meanwhile, not expecting such fire, were soon disabled, and the rest began withdrawing. They called for air-support. AH-64 gunships quickly spotted the apartment complexes, and fired rockets and chainguns into them. Bonstocknian infantry dismounted from their IFVs as the chainguns on the IFVs provided covering fire. The Bonstocknians ducked into alleyways and behind cover, and began shooting at any insurgants. As the insurgants took cover, Bonstocknian soldiers fired M-203 grenade launchers at them.

At the fishing village, three M60 nests covered the entrance to village. An ordinary truck had thrown off the cloth covering the flatbed, revealing a dusty old Katyusha. The Katyusha opened up, launching 36 rockets at the enemy. Men rushed around, grabbing AK-47's and AR-550's. RPG's and Javelins were also taken and the rebels, about 75 of them, rushed to attempt a defense. In the chaos, a small speed boat slipped away, for open water.

Bonstocknian Bradleys began firing at the machine gun nests as soldiers dismounted and took cover. The Bonstocknians, now covered, threw fragmentation grenades at the machine guns, though one of them was wounded getting out. As the Katyushas began falling, Bonstocknian soldiers ran to take cover. One of the IFVs took a direct hit, killing the three soldiers still inside. Another four Bonstocknians were wounded and two killed when one exploded nearby. An AH-64 flew in, and targetted its chain gun at the truck. Meanwhile, Bonstocknian soldiers began firing their M-4 carbines and SAWs at the insurgants who were rushing out. Another AH-64 swooped out of the clouds to engage the enemy speedboat.

Having set up a defensive position around the port, support personnel began to be flown in by military transport aircraft. Divisional command sent a man to find out where Mercodian troops were needed...

A Bonstocknian squad forcibly entered one of the enemy occupied buildings in the village. As one fireteam suppressed insurgant machine gunners with their SAWs and M-4s, the other fired up a grappling hook and climbed up to the top. The four Bonstocknians walked down, and began clearing the house room by room. They first tossed in flashbang grenades, then went in and killed anyone there, unless they were obviously civilian.

A Bonstocknian sniper team took cover on the top of one of the buildings, and began scanning for any Stinger missile launchers that would impede Bonstocknian air support. Their orders were to shoot to kill anyone with an anti-aircraft weapon.

The rebels fought hard, but still many died. The Katyusha exploded, as did the machine gun nests. Rebels still lurked with RPK's and AK-47's, firing on Bonstockian troops.

As the speed boat sped down the river, it noticed the chopper behind them. Two men grabbed stingers, aimed, and fired.

Four Bonstocknians were hit by rebel bullets from unseen enemies. Two UH-60s were flown in to evacuate them, as other soldiers carried the wounded to a safe drop-zone. Still, the evacuation left them vulnerable to enemy fire. Bonstocknian soldiers jumped up and fired their M-4s at the insurgants to force them to take cover while the Bonstocknian stretcher bearers took away the wounded. But one unseen sniper managed to avoid being spotted by the Bonstocknians. Two of the medics were seriously wounded. A Bonstocknian soldier took a Javelin missile and fired it at the sniper's building, blowing it up. Bonstocknian medics then transported the wounded to the evacuation zone.

Seeing that the insurgants were being driven back, about half of the three-hundred odd Bonstocknian infantrymen took cover in building they cleared and began covering the other half as they advanced to secure other buildings. Soon the Bonstocknians began entering the town square near the local mosque, and took cover in alleyways as the other Bonstocknians advanced further. AH-64 gunships continued to provide close air support, and Bonstocknian tanks began firing from their far away position at the insurgant positions, targetting insurgant held buildings with 120mm HEAT warheads.

The Bonstocknian Apache chasing the speedboat was shot out of the sky instantly, killing its two crewmembers. A Predator UAV, flying in the clouds, continued to moniter the speedboat. It was then ordered to engage. The little UAV got between the sun and the speedboat, and swooped out of the clouds to fire two Hellfire missiles at the speedboat.

Bonstocknian IFVs began broadcasting propagada on loudspeakers, telling the insurgants that if they surrendered they would be given good treatment and soon released, and telling them that Bonstock would use its B-52s to blow up the town if they didn't surrender. Two Bonstocknian B-52s were dispatched from Bonstock to fly low over the town to scare the insurgants.

The UAV destroyed the boat. Bombs inside the boat blew it apart, assuring that nobody would ever know the identity of those onboard.

Seeing the B-52's, a group of about 10 insurgents surrendered. Still, others contiued to fight. An insurgent with an RPG saw the evacuation choppers, and opened fire on it. The mosque became a hive of activity. Gunfire poured out of the minarets, and Javelin and PRG fire flew out from the main gate to the compound.

One of the Bonstocknian soldiers looked at the insurgants, and aimed his M-4. "Don't shoot!" a Sergeant yelled. "They've got their hands up!"

"Fuckin' durka bitches!" the soldier yelled, and angrilly let them go. A squad of soldiers escorted the surrendering insurgants back to Bonstocknian lines, where they were loaded onto a UH-60.

Bonstocknian snipers saw the insurgants with the RPGs, and shot at them, but not before the RPG blew up a Bonstocknian UH-60 as they were loading up a wounded soldier. Three Bonstocknians were killed. Two IFVs soon located the RPG gunner, and doused him with 40mm chain gun fire.

Bonstocknian soldiers began taking fire from the mosque.

"Holy fuck, those fuckin' durkas are shootin from the mosque!" a soldier shouted as he ducked behind a car.

"We can't shoot the mosque. It's a holy site."

"Holy fuck what else do we do?"

Meanwhile, as one of the battalion's companies stayed put to pin down the insurgants in the mosque, the other two walked alongside their Bradleys as they fought their way through the streets around the mosque, to surround the mosque. It was figured that the insurgants if surrounded would eventually run out of ammunition, and would be forced to surrender.

The prisoners were soon brought back to the Bonstocknian base. Military intelligence personnel began interrogating them. Two of them were brought into a dark room.

The interogator began. "Where is the insurgant base? Who is the leader, and where is he? How many insurgants are there?"

The two captives didn't say a word. One of them spat at the interrogator. The interrogator pulled out a 9mm Berretta pistol, and blew the prisoner's brains out right in front of the other one. "Now," the interrogator began, "Answer my questions."

Meanwhile, the Bonstocknians in the village began to run out of ammunition themselves. A convoy of supply trucks entered the position outside the town where tanks were firing on insurgant houses. Several Bradleys withdrew from the fighting, and took on ammunition and fuel, as well as water for the troops. Then they drove back into combat, and Bonstocknian soldiers ran to get more ammunition from them. However, doing this exposed them to fire, and despite the 30mm chain gun on the IFV providing covering fire, two Bonstocknians were wounded while recieving ammunition. Still, the Bonstocknians were well supplied for continued combat as night began to fall on the bullet riddled village.

A convoy of a dozen supply ships entered the Al Iskandariyah harbor, loaded with supplies to last the Bonstocknian division a month. The Bonstocknian Perry frigates continued to escort them, in case the insurgants tried anything funny with boats again.

The insurgents in the mosque had forgot about the ammo situation. They had ammo, but they were rapidly eating through their supply, and would probably be out by morning. Instead of surrendering, they decided to go out with a bang. Quickly, they unloaded their weapons at anything they saw beneath them. After about an hour of emptying their weapons at everything they saw, destroying much of the surrounding area in the process, they all yelled "ALLAH AKBAR" and suddenly, a lound bang. A cloud of Lewisite enveloped the mosque, and spread throughout the town. All of the rebels were dead.

The Bonstocknians could at least claim that they hand't committed any warcrimes that day, that it was the insurgants who did it, not the Bonstocknians. The town was quickly secured by Bonstocknian forces, and civilians in the town were given supplies while Bonstocknian engineers began to reconstruct the town.

But the nightly news was not good in Bonstock. "Eleven Bonstocknians were killed taking a town from Laytaq insurgants, as four other Bonstocknians were killed in random violence across the country." Images soon went to those of dead and wounded Bonstocknians in the town. Public outcry was swift. Thousands demonstrated in the streets of the Bonstocknian capital of Port Yuko, and several prominant Senators called for an end to the war.

All the military could do was keep on fighting and dying. More towns would need to be taken, and more Bonstocknian boys would need to die, before the insurgancy could finally be quelled. Morale among Bonstocknian ranks began to slip, as many realized this war might go on a long time.

As much as taking the town had bled the Bonstocknians, nightfall meant that Bonstock would have to secure Al Iskandariyah. Two battalions of Bonstocknian tanks, nearly a hundred in total, first surrounded the city, cordoning it off from insurgant resupply using more roadblocks.

Bonstocknian infantry, supported by their IFVs, then began to enter the town, with AH-64s flying overhead to provide firesupport. Bonstocknian soldiers, with night vision goggles, began clearing houses on the outskirts of town. Local civilians were asked to tell where the insurgants were.

The first Griffincrest mercs hit the beach. The corporate fleet anchored just offshore. The first vehicles off the transports were brand new Mercury LBT's, followed by the rest of the army. They quickly set up camp, and some began to go linkup with the paratroopers who had landed earlier.

As an AH-64 flew over a section of the city, a stinger locked on and tore into the night sky. That was the signal. Around the city, IED's and RPG's exploded in the night. AK and G36E fire was heard crackling all around Al Iskandariyah. Another local police station was quickly seized. It became outfitted with M60 and RPK's out of the window, and RPG troopers on the roof. In the station, about 50 rebels made residence. They all had nightvision, and some had infa-red. Outside, one went about setting up claymores.

The radio crackled on an Apache helicopter. "Alpha Bravo niner-four making target run over... Holy shit! Mayday, mayday, she's breakin' up! She's breakin' up!"

The Apache crashed into a street, but the men inside survived. "Alpha Bravo niner-four to base, have hit the dirt, in need of medevac ASAP!"

Gunfire and explosions were happening all over. Four Bonstocknians were killed in the crossfire, and eight wounded. Meanwhile, a Bonstocknian mechanized platoon got new orders.

"Second platoon, on me!" the lieutenant said from the back of his IFV as insurgant gunfire could be heard in the distance. "HQ has got a mission for us. Two Bonstocknian pilots just got shot down deep inside town. It's our mission to rescue them before the insurgants get to them. Load into you're IFVs, let's get going." The soldiers loaded into their four Bradleys, and went off at top speed towards the downed pilots.

Meanwhile, a mechanized company with a dozen Bradleys began rushing towards the police station. It was their mission to sieze the station back. Any insurgants seen along the way would be dealt with using the IFV's chain guns.

Meanwhile, an entire mechanized battalion was entrenched at the seaport, holding open the lines of supplies for the Bonstocknians. If the port fell, Bonstock would be in a fairly bad position. Fifty IFVs and a few hundred Bonstocknian boys were all that stood in the way.

At the Bonstocknian airbase, a flight of four AC-130 Spooky attack planes landed, and were fueled and armed. Soon, they would be sent for their first mission, against the insurgant strongholds.

ooc: are the mercs aiding the insurgants?

A Blackhawk helicopter clattered onto the makeshift landing pad constructed outside Al Iskandariyah. A small man in a black uniform stepped out and scowled at the lieutenant sent to meet him. ‘Good evening Commissar’ The commissar ignored him and looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings. ‘Commissar?’
‘Where is General Thielmann’s command tent?’ asked the commissar suddenly
‘Err… over there’ said the lieutenant pointing at a large tent. And the commissar walked off.

A Toyota truck quickly sped to the crash site. Two men hopped out, and rushed to the chopper to find the pilots.

At the police station, as soon as the Bradleys were spotted, RPG and Javelin fire erupted from the station in their direction. IED's also began exploding when the vehicles came within a few blocks of the station.

At the seaport, a group of Toyotas, about twenty of them, armed with .50 cal machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, or RPG's, sped at the IFV's. Behind them, a large group of rebels surged forward, firing away with AK's and RPG's

Two more Apaches, flying overhead and with flares at ready to distract Stingers, flew in over the crash site and began engaging the pick-ups. Hopefully, under cover of darkness, they wouldn't be seen, and thus couldn't be fired at. The four IFVs began approaching the crash site.

Meanwhile, as the Bonstocknian armored column got towards the police station, a Javelin missile slammed into the lead Bradley, killing all nine of the soldiers inside. Bonstocknian soldiers, nearly a hundred of them, got out of their IFVs, and began taking whatever cover they could find as the remaining eleven IFVs began firing 30mm chain guns at the police station. One of the AC-130s took off, and flew over the station.

"We need air support!" A soldier shouted into his radio.

"Copy. Nightghost 1 engaging target Tango Delta forty niner."

The AC-130 opened up on the police station with its two 20mm guns, its 40mm gun, and its 105mm howitzer.

Meanwhile, at the port, Bonstocknian IFVs fired their chain guns and infantry fired their M-4s and M-249s at the incoming trucks. The infantry, behind baracades, began firing at the incoming insurgant infantrymen, aided by their night vision goggles. Six Apaches flew in, and began laying down rocket and chain gun fire at the incoming insurgants. A company of a dozen Bonstocknian tanks began appraoching to help relieve the seaport.

At the police station, a withering amount of fire was being thrown out of the police station ass all of the guns opened up at once. At the crash site, four men quickly went out with RPG's to distract the IFV's, while another fired stingers from a seperate truck, which started driving away. A ilot was loaded into each truck, and the two vehicles sped off in different directions.

At the seaport, the rebels were taking huge casualties, but kept charging. They were now beginnimg to throw in grenades, and most of the Toyotas that were not blown up got close up to the Bonstockians. Although there were only 5, they still let out an impressive amount of fire.

Once the howitzer hit the police station, however, it was a different story, and the building exploded, killing most of the rebels.

OOC: Dam it! I'm sorry I didn't think it would take me so long to get back. Now I missed a bunch of RPing. Dam it!:mad: :upyours:

IC: during this time the Latyaqis planned an operation to free Latyaq. It called for a joint effort to recapture the villages around Al Iskandariyah. This would sorround the city with Latyaq friendly villages which will make the liveration of the capital much easier. We have 20,000 troops ready for deployment with tank support, but we need more help from our allies. Here's a map of the proposed operations. Green is our land, red is rebel land, and yellow is obviously the advancement arrows.

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/629/operationlatyaq5bm.jpg

what do you think?

The Bonstocknians quickly moved in to sieze the police station, or what was left of it. With the awesome firepower levelled against it it was no wonder the insurgants lost. But Bonstock still had other concerns.

At the seaport, soldiers desperately continued firing at the Toyotas. Grenades started falling everywhere. Five Bonstocknian soldiers were seriously wounded, and two were killed. They fell back to their second line of barracades, leaving mines and barbed wire obstacles in front of them. Machine gunners began opening up on the insurgant charge. Two UH-60 Blackhawks orbiting over the bay flew in to evacuate the wounded to a hospital ship offshore.

The platoon of IFVs reached the location of the downed pilots, and began firing on the Toyotas that hadn't been supressed by overhead Apaches.

It looked as if Bonstock would prevail. But at what cost?

The Toyotas with the captured pilots began speeding through the city, and one went into an abandoned ware house. The other kept driving.

At the seaport, the remaining Toyotas were destroyed. The insurgents had mortar fire supporting them, but it was only light fire. The rebels were being mowed down, but kept coming, lobbing grenades and firing AK's and RPG's. Nearly 80 rebels were dead. Around 200 were still coming.

Bonstocknian soldiers continued firing from their barracades, supported by their IFVs. Two more were killed by a mortar shell. Hopefully, though, the barbed wire and mines would slow the insurgants down and make them easy targets for Bonstocknian machine guns.

Despite the fact that the area was heavily built up, the Bonstocknian commander found it necessary to use his own mortars. Six M-113s, mounting 120mm mortars, began firing at the incoming insurgants.

Another Pretator UAV was overhead, and spotted the Toyota with the captured pilot. At the Bonstocknian base, four UH-60s were loaded with a platoon of troops, and took off towards the city. When the pickup came to a halt, the Bonstocknian choppers swarmed in, and the forty or so soldiers rappelled downward to rescue the pilots.

Patrols of Bonstocknian IFVs with infantry dismounted alongside began charging at the insurgants who were advancing on the seaport from behind, hoping to eliminate them entirely. Loudspeakers mounted on them broadcasted more propaganda, promising certain death to those who continued to resist the Bonstocknians.

At the seaport, the rebels finally broke, and ran, tossing away their weapons.

The pick up stopped. It only had one of the captured pilots, the other went to the abandoned warehouse. With a shout of "ALLAH AKBAR!" the truck gunned it toward a soldier in front of him.

The soldier dove out of the way, and shot out the tires and at the engine to immobilize the pickup. Once it had stopped, a Bonstocknian soldier aimed his M-4 to snipe off the driver so that the Bonstocknians could secure their pilot.

Bonstocknian intelligence personnel looked back at the recorded images sent by the UAV, and determined that the other pilot was in a warehouse. The Bonstocknian platoon originally detailed to rescue the pilots loaded into their IFVs and rushed to save the pilot.

Bonstocknian soldiers began following the insurgants. Predator UAVs began tracking them, hunting them back to their bases. Bonstocknian soldiers fired at them repeatedly, and IFVs chased them and mowed them down with chain gun fire. Apache helicopters joined in for the killing fest. The more dead insurgants, the better.

The Bonstocknian Headquarters advised Laytaq authorities to declare martial law in the area and impose a twenty-four hour a day cerfew for the next day so that the job of hunting the remaining insurgants could be accomplished.

A number of rebels turned and exploded. More surrendered. At the warehouse, the Bonstockian pilot was forced to his knees, and put on a video tape, were the rebels threatened to kill him unless Bonstock pulled out. They then turned off the tape, and opened a secret compartment, leading to a passageway to the sewer. Before going, a rebel set up a tripwire. The first soldier to enter would set off a huge bomb, destroying the warehouse and dousing the men outside in flames.

Message from Griffincrest Head of Security to Latyaq

Griffincrest mercenaries have taken control of a large portion of the rebel stronhold in the east, with minimal casualties to either side. I believe it is rather obvious that your nation allied with the wrong side. We have plans to remain here for awhile. We have begun constructing an airbase, and Gnat fighters are en route. Also, the corporate fleet wishes to stay in the port at Al Iskandariyah until we deem the threat over. We have set up numerous military posts around the countryside as well, and have instituted martial law. We ask that, for obvious security reasons, all other soldiers pull out of the area as our security forces continue to gain ground. Thank You.

In order to counter the infantry, M60 and RPK nests were set up, and the rebels began using Javelin anti-tank weapons more often. The rebels had taken control of large portions of Latyaq east of the capitol, and they were also felt in the west, to a lesser extent.The infantry protecting the convoys were now also covered by snipers and helicopters that would attack any enemy position that they came across. As well, to answer the spread of the insurgency two legions (10,000 soldiers) were now sent to the east to fight the rebels. The soldiers sent to the east also brought with them a legion of armored vehicles.

Imperial Message to Latyaq:

The Empire upon learning of the expansion of number of Griffincrest mercenaries and that they have also taken control of large parts of your land have decided to allot more legions to your nation. We are currently assembling a 40 more legions to help your nation through this time of crisis. As well, a package of one trillion more US dollars will be dispatched to your nation. Do you accept our offer?

Mercury LBT's were now a frequent sight around the eastern part of Latyaq. Former rebel and mercenary were now talking with each other, as friends.

In other parts, not under corporate control, rebel violence still raged on.

The Bonstocknian troops, of course, rushed into the trap. The building exploded, and ten Bonstocknians were instantly killed.

UH-60s flew in to evacuate the wounded, and Bonstocknian armored vehicles rushed in to cordon off the area and prevent the escape of any insurgants. The sewers, though, no one quite thought about those. The one thing that would help the pilot was the GPS tracker in his uniform, standard for all Bonstocknian pilots for in case they got shot down. The troops on the ground, though, had no way of finding his signal; only a higher headquarters had access to it.

Bonstocknian troops were soon patrolling around Al Iskandariyah, conducting mop-up operations as dawn broke and the sun rose. But as average Bonstocknians woke up and saw their morning papers, they saw pictures of the captured Bonstocknian pilot, along with news that over thirty Bonstocknians had died in various fights around Laytaq. Protests grew.

Bonstock, are you attacking the areas around Al Iskandariyah, or is everyone completely ignoring my message?:headbang:

Also, Sorry I left again. My computer began breaking down, and it took a long time to fix.:mad:

What are the policies of the rebels, as well as your own?

What are the policies of the rebels, as well as your own?

Well, the rebels use Lewisite, IEDs, snipers, sucidee bomin, terorism, massacre, so that should say a lot.

The goal of the gov is to make the nation modern, and capable of fighting the rebels.

I must warn you, I have rather unorthodox, yet EXTREMELY effective, techniques- (I.E. Chemical warfare through use of hallucinogens/psychedelics in water systems, rewarding soldiers with large cash rewards for taking enemy supplies, Heavy Guerilla warfare, Flamethrowers, and Double agent espionage)
- I suppose I will side with you, with your consent.....

Imperial Message to Latyaq:

The Empire upon learning of the expansion of number of Griffincrest mercenaries and that they have also taken control of large parts of your land have decided to allot more legions to your nation. We are currently assembling a 40 more legions to help your nation through this time of crisis. As well, a package of one trillion more US dollars will be dispatched to your nation. Do you accept our offer?

I graciously accept this enourmous offer. We will use the money to build the army. Thank you. One request: Can you Please put 10 of your legions (50,000 troops?) under my command so I can destroy the rebels near Al Iskandariyah? (see last page for my plans)

OOC: Legion = 5,000 troops right?

New deleronix,

The rebels have used Lewisite on our citizens, and that has a tremendous negative effect on the people's opinions of the rebels. If we use chemical weapons, we would only be seen as being just as bad as them. Furthermore, the use of such chemicals in the air or in the water would kill more of our citizens then rebels. I must reject your offer.

Regretfully,
Mahmoud Nejad, Prime Minister of Latyaq

Understood, however, I must mention that #1 Psychedelic chemicals have NO history of poisoning, and are infamous for having no toxicity, making death HIGHLY unlikely, it is used more to reduce discipline, and coordination,.... I understand and respect your position, Thank You,

N.D.

Whethere they kill or not is irrelevent. The population of Latyaq did have some popular suppor for the rebels before the use of Lewitie, but they became outraged when the used it. They would no doubt be outraged if we also used chemical weapons.

Furthermore, if we put them in the water supply, it has a greater negative effect on Latyaqi citizens (and soldiers, they drink the water too) then the insurgents. We would, however, be more then grateful for conventional help. It is your choice whether to send aid or not.

Thank you for understanding.

I see,

I shall send 1,600 imperial grand tanks (17 machine gun turrets, 7 revolving flamethrowers, radar systems, as well as a single grenade launcher with 650 grenades already loaded), as well as men to operate them, as well as 200 infantry troops, armed with machine guns, a flamethrower, and 15 grenades (per soldier, )each group of 4(-50 groups-) will be put into a small tank, these aids will be considered military aid, and a police action by the New Deleronix Government, and will be funded by personal funds of government officials,

P.S. Lewisite is easily neutralized with Bleach (don't worry about fumes- they are neutralized)

Wow. Amazing how you can send more tanks then soldiers.:p

I didn't know that fact about Lewisite, thanks. I'll encourage the citizens to stock up on bleach, then.

Mercury LBT's were now a frequent sight around the eastern part of Latyaq. Former rebel and mercenary were now talking with each other, as friends.

In other parts, not under corporate control, rebel violence still raged on.The two Imperial legions began to make patrols into corporate held areas and now also had begun to arrest still active rebels wherever they met them.

OOC: Remember I can sustain a war for a VERY long time be it occupation or open war if needed.

Bonstocknian forces continue to patrol the city of Al Iskandariyah. Soldiers, with local translators, go about to each of the houses in the city, distributing food and medicene. While there, they ask, very politely, if the civilians know where the insurgants are, and give monetary compensation to those who give useful information.

I graciously accept this enourmous offer. We will use the money to build the army. Thank you. One request: Can you Please put 10 of your legions (50,000 troops?) under my command so I can destroy the rebels near Al Iskandariyah? (see last page for my plans)

OOC: Legion = 5,000 troops right?OOC: My legion numbers are modeled after the amount of fighting soldiers in a Roman legion so yes there are 5,000 soldiers in each legion.

IC: Alright, the Empire has given notice to the commanders of the eight legions still in the capital and they are now under your control and another two legions have been moved into the capital and now are your disposal.
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The feared General Olaf Eterio now had been put in as commander of 40 legions (200,000 soldiers) that were not throughout Latyaq. Under his command the legions now had begun to move throughout the rebel controlled areas and there they began the battle for those areas control…

Wow. Amazing how you can send more tanks then soldiers.:p

I didn't know that fact about Lewisite, thanks. I'll encourage the citizens to stock up on bleach, then.
- We value our people more than our weapons/ technology, we use people sparingly, while we give money/technology away freely as part of gov. policy- and yes, the Lewisite fact is something I picked up during random reading (I'm a science/ literature nerd)

OOC: My legion numbers are meded after the amount of fighting soldiers in a Roman legion so yes there are 5,000 soldiers in each legion.

OOC: Thanks. I updated the NSWiki page on this war, but can you please update it next time you increase or decrease troop levels? thanks.

As for Latyaqis, we just reached 70,000 available troops.

IC: Alright, the Empire has given notice to the commanders of the eight legions still in the capital and they are now under your control and another two legions have been moved into the capital and now are your disposal.

Thank you. That gives me 70,000 troops, 20,000 of them Latyaqi, for Operation Latyaqi Freedom! Latyaq also has another 10,000 troops for reinforcement, so we have most of our army involved in this.

Plans for Operation Latyaqi Freedom (Just for the Heck of it, I'm posting it again):

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/629/operationlatyaq5bm.jpg

Green: Latyaq and allied controlled. Red= Rebel controlled. Blue= Ocean

In small bases near the edge of the allied controlled part of the City, Latyaqi troops were getting ready. They were all kept in contact through radio, so they knew when to strike in unison. It was mostly ground troops, but there were also some tanks and armored cars. Despite a few isolated insurgent attacks, They were ready to strike as soon as the 2 Scandinvan legions got there.

OOC: Good, also I will begin to make the results of my casualties, so far.

IC: General Olaf ordered his legions to make to the country and desert areas that the rebels. At his order five legions moved into the country outside of Al Iskandariyah and began to move into the rebel territory. When they approached the first rebel controlled the town they began a bombardment with helicopter firing missiles and the tanks moved after the initial helicopter assault.

The Scandinvan soldiers under Latyaqi command prepared for the upcoming operation and they reared themselves up for a potentially prolonged urban battle.

Since the Scandinvans have begun the attack, so too will the Latyaqis. All 70,000 troops in Latyaqi command moved out, attacking and freeing villages. Their tactics used Helicopters to wreak havoc on the rebels, then followed by the infantry. Tanks were only used in open air, not in villages, for fear they may cause al damage to buildings.

There were soldiers in the capitol, awating for orders. They had wired their apartment building at night, with no one seeing. Mustard gas conainers were all over.

Then, the signal. A call, hang up, then a call again, two rings, hang up. They left, the remote hidden in their pockets. When they were on the other side of the street, the building exploded. Mustard gas squirted in all directions, hitting people and turning to gas. The soldiers, three in number, ran. They acted like everyone else: running, screaming, scared. They went back ten minutes later, police all over. They opened fire, lobbing grenades. "FREEDDOM!!!" they shouted.

The Scandinvan soldiers fought with all their might to put down the rebellions and would follow any order given to them by Latyaqi commanders as if they were the Emperor himself.

A number of the other legions under the command of General Olaf now began their advances on nearby towns and villages hoping to take them before the rebels to muster an organized defense.

(In character)

OFFER OF POLITICAL ASYLUM TO REBELS IN LATYAQI

If officers and soldiers whom have fought or are currently fighting wish, they may receive political asylum from the wrath of allied forces in nations allied to New Deleronix, under the following conditions:

1. You agree to cease fire, and turn over any and all tactical information, as well as weapons/ rations you have.
2. You create impurities in weapons, work as a double-agent, or sabotage weaponry of rebel forces.
3. You renounce any and all military/ militia rank in the current rebel army, and serve in the military of New Deleronix or Latyaqi for an amount of time equal to your tour for rebel forces.

(hopeful effect- significant loss of morale and forces for rebels)

OOC: is dousing yourself in bleach really a good move? Id take my chances with Lewisite

The corporate fleet pulled into the port at Al Iskandariyah. A few sailors came ashore to see what was going on. In eastern Latyaq, the corporate soldiers consolidated their position, and began setting up fire bases around their area of control. Mi-24 choppers also began coming into the airbase they constructed. An SA-11 was brought in to guard the base. A column of Mercury's went over to the foreign convoy. The commander of the group approached the leader of the Scandinavian group. "This area is pretty clear. We have it under control. No reason for your boys to be here. Never know when an IED we missed might go off and get some of your boys killed now, do ya?"

Suicide bombings and other attacks began to die down alittle, but attacks on convoys outside the city were still just as frequent. Under the city, the rebels, after beating the pilot for information, took his clothes off, and changed him into the garb of an Arab woman, with his face completely covered, and mouth taped under the wrap, so he could b transported again, to a different safehouse in eastern Latyaq. He was taken out of the sewer, and put into a van. They had all of the proper papers, and were soon out of the city at a nearby village, 5 miles away from the Corporate controlled zone.

The Scandinvan convoy’s commander got out of his humvee and marched forward with an escort of a dozen heavily armed soldiers. Coming to the front of the convoy and then he said to commander of the other group,” I must apologize for this, but my order come directly from General Olaf and he wants this area under patrol by our force. The General has also told me to only listen to only listen to his commands and to only heed the Latyaqi leadership. In short we will continue our predetermined patrol route and make the way clear for the other convoys and legions.”

The legions under the command of General Olaf established a base of command and began the main part of their offensive and began the push into the outskirts of the towns and villages in the Latyaq countryside.

As Scandinavian forces pushed into one of the villages, .50 cals started opening up on them from the back of Toyota pickups. Mortars rained down. Yet another Katyusha showed itself, and 36 rockets flew from it at the offending troops. Stingers were fired at choppers as they came. Snipers hit stray soldiers. IFV's and tanks were quickly targeted by Javelins.

The mercenary commander looked at the Scandinavian through his dark aviator glasses."Well if you ain't gunna turn around, we are gunna have to stick with ya, ya know, make sure y'all stay safe."

Frost had finally certified the Latyaqi troops as "trained" and watched as they left the compound and moved outside the city. Now it was time for his real job to begin.

He quickly changed out of his Hydaca Army uniform and into civilian clothes similar to normal Latyaqi garb. He also altered his appearence with colored contacts, hair dye, and shaving his sideburns and mustache.

Later that night he loaded his bag into a rented SUV and drove off into the night, following the sound of gunfire.

The Imperial soldiers did not fear for their lives, but only for the lives of the innocent people. To fight the rebels the legions deployed snipers to pick off the rebel soldiers in the buildings and on the rooftops.

The Scandinvan convoy commander replied,” If that is your will then you may join our convoy for the time being, but my soldiers will keep their eyes on you.”

There were only about 15 rebels in the town, but the amount of fire would make the Scandinavians assume higher. The rebels began tossing out canisters of Lewisite, and then charged at the choking Scandinavian troops, and set off their suicide belts.

"Ya know what, I think y'all can handle yourself. We are just gunna keep these two humvees with you, make sure there ain't no funny business." The mercenary lit a ciggarette, and walked back to his Mercury. Two black Humvees pulled up, and began driving in with the convoy.

The Imperial soldiers seeing the charging rebels opened fire at them in the hopes of preventing them from setting off their explosive belts.

The convoy continued onwards running their normal sweeps of the road to drive out any rebels and to dig up any road side explosives that they could find.

The Imperial soldiers seeing the charging rebels opened fire at them in the hopes of preventing them from setting off their explosive belts.

OOC: They are currently under a Lewisite fog. That would sorta prevent them from breathing, thus preventing them from shooting

OOC: Failed to mention that I am using my urban assault soldiers that wear breathing masks so that they can fire tear gas at their enemies. By the way wear the heck did they get Lewisite from, unless they get the gas from your soldiers?

OOC: That would have entirely changed my strategy. Yea, my first post wasa convoy that delivered a variety of weapons, one of them was Lewisite.

After firing a massive amount of fire at the enemy, the local ringleader attached C4 to the neaby gas station, and detonated it, causing a massive explosion. This triggered other explosions around the village. All that was left was a massive, smoking crater.

The Hatarians soon were near The Coast, the Plan was for most of The Troops to be in Al Iskandariyah to help with The Defense. Divisions of 10,000 Troops or less would be sent to Help The Allies in The battles, The Small Fleet was joined by 4 Oni Class Helicopter Carriers with 57 Cobra Attack Helicopters and 34 TH-198 Gunships on each ship.

Leading The Army was No other Then Shogun Nadia and Grand General Asuka them selves and Leading The Algerians was Shah Ai Im Bazar, His Algerians would fight The Rebels useing Guerilla Warfare against them. The Hatarians sent a Messenge to The Leader of Latyaq

We are Here to help!

Hataria, i think they said earlier, you are not RPing here, and i will ignore you and your massive army.

Thirty of the soldiers died due to the explosions and many of them were only saved due to their soldiers. A number of other soldiers received serve or minor burns due to the explosions.

As the Scandinavian soldiers were evacuating the dead and wounded, a man stood out of sight with a camera. He captured footage of the entire battle, explosion, everything. The video was then sent to media sources around the world, and was celebrated by rebels and enemies of Scandinavia alike.

OOC: Little problem there my soldiers always clear the area of enemies before they gather the dead. The only people they would gather now are the wounded. But, to be accurate I do realize that my soldiers would begin to search the wreckage for survivors before they would secure the area in the belief that every enemy had been consumed in the flame.

IC: Back in the Empire the people were outraged upon seeing the video of how barbaric their enemies were. To that their support of the Scandinvan involvement in the Latyaqi civil war went sky high and the people wanted only to put down the rebellion and punish the leaders of the rebellion for their crimes.

At the convoy moving through corporate territory, all hell broke loose. A massive ambush happened as the road passed through a little town. RPG's slammed into the Humvees, conveniently placed on either side of the commanders vehicle. The Humvees were carrying alot of extra gasoline, and created a massive explosion, creating a small crater in the road. Javelins and RPG's screeched out of nearby buildings, as M60 and RPK fire tore up the road.

The nearby Scandinvan humvees were nearly destroyed damaged because they had stay close to the corporate humvees. Scandinvan infantry issued forth from the humvees and armored troop carriers and they began to fight the rebels. To provide support tanks now opened fire on rebel positions and machines gun fire came from the other armed vechiles.

I.C.:

New Deleronix is officially removing ANY AND ALL military aid to Latyaqi forces and Rebel forces, soldiers whom have been in altercations will be sent to alterntive nations at their request... ANY MILITARY FORCES WHOM WISH TO ESCAPE THE HARSHNESS OF WAR MAY BE RELOCATED TO ONE OF MANY LIBERTARIAN NATIONS WHICH HAVE TREATIES WITH NEW DELERONIX.

OOC: I'm still waiting for a response on the government building, Layaq. I haven't seen one, but I would like to.

IC:
One of the leaders looked at the rebel leader. "What should we do? I say we wire most of the towns with bombs, and wait until many soldiers are settled in. Then, we blow the bombs and killed all the soldiers, taking as many things we can. The clothes, weapons, vehicles. We blend in." He smiled.

OOC: I'm still waiting for a response on the government building, Layaq. I haven't seen one, but I would like to.

IC:
One of the leaders looked at the rebel leader. "What should we do? I say we wire most of the towns with bombs, and wait until many soldiers are settled in. Then, we blow the bombs and killed all the soldiers, taking as many things we can. The clothes, weapons, vehicles. We blend in." He smiled.

"This is a very good plan. This is what we will do." the rebel said to the Hayordian.

At the Scandinavian ambush, Javelin missiles slammed into Humvees, and Toyota trucks zipped around behind the soldiers pumping into the men with .50 cal fire.

The Scandinvan soldiers held their lines firmly and fired at the Toyota trucks with rockets and RPGs. As well, some of the tanks diverted their canon fire to the Toyotas. A number of the humvees were damaged or destroyed by the javelins also.

As the tanks fired at the town, a truck, loaded up with rebels, sped down the road behind them. The men hopped out, and opened up with RPG and AK fire. The truck sped up, loaded with dynamite, headed straight for the rear of the tank.

The Scandinvan infantry returned fire to the rebels and then took cover. The tank seeing the car speeding towards fired a shell right into it when it was about fifty feet away.

The truck burst into flames and flipped into the air, and landed on top of the tank, and exploded. The Scandinavians were now entirely surrounded. Bullets, Javelins, and RPG's poured in from all around them. Frag grenades were also being rolled in. Smoke was deployed to mask the rebels movements. A flashbang was thrown into the middle of the Scandinavian position, and in the ensueing confusion, snipers took to roofs to pick off men who were disoriented. Two more Toyotas tore around the corner, one of them sporting an automatic grenade launcher, lobbing grenades at the Scandinavian troops.

OOC: I'm still waiting for a response on the government building, Layaq. I haven't seen one, but I would like to.

You mean when the 'grads' bomed it? here:

IC: The Government building was left in ruins. Fearing for their safety, President Abdul Ahmad, and Prime Minister Mahmoud Nejad were taken by attack helicopter to one of the allied nations.

Also, in the outskirts of Al Iskandariyah, Latyaqi and Scandinvan troops were making significant gains. The people's support lied with the Latyaqi government, so the rebels could rarely count on their support. Rebels tried desparately to fight back by shoting RPGs at helicopters and tanks, and were sometimes unsuccessful. Tanks always traveled with infantry, though, and RPGs were weak against infantry.

The truck burst into flames and flipped into the air, and landed on top of the tank, and exploded. The Scandinavians were now entirely surrounded. Bullets, Javelins, and RPG's poured in from all around them. Frag grenads were also being rolled in. Smoke was deployed to mask the rebels movements. A flashbang was thrown into the middle of the Scandinavian position, and in the ensueing confusion, snipers took to roofs to pick off men who were disoriented. Two more Toyotas tore around the corner, one of them sporting an automatic grenad launcher, lobbing grenads at the Scandinavian troops.

A Latyaqi commander heard of this chaos, and decided to send 500 troops, 50 of them with RPGs, the rest with guns, to reinforce the Scandinvans there.

The commander of the convoy had managed to get a message to the Scandinvan command of a nearby base before he had been shot by a sniper in the right army. But, using his left hand he pulled out his pistol and rallied his soldiers. Taking command he got his men to put out fires on still working vehicles and for a good part of the wounded to be put in the armored personal carriers. As well, he got his tanks to open a barrage from the area he heard sniper fire coming from. To prevent his men from getting killed by a gas attack he ordered them to put on their gas masks. The humvees also now opened MG fire and rocket fire on the Toyotas.

After receiving the message the local based dispatched 12 Black hawks carrying 80 Special Operations soldiers to the area of the ambush to relieve the convoy and to help take the town.

A group of corporate Humvees and Mercurys saw the Latyaqi soldiers and drove up to meet them. The same commander as last time was in a Humvee now, standing though the turret. "What's goin on here boys? This place is under corporate control. Don't want your boys gettin hurt round these parts. Daaangerous territory"

Learning of the ambush General Olaf sent a message to all of his legions that the corporate area was still hostile and that corporate control was thus null and void. To answer this he dispatched an entire legion (5,000 soldiers) to enter corporate territory and build a new base there. Receiving his orders the legion now marched out of the Latyaqi capital and entered corporate territory.

A group of corporate Humvees and Mercurys saw the Latyaqi soldiers and drove up to meet them. The same commander as last time was in a Humvee now, standing though the turret. "What's goin on here boys? This place is under corporate control. Don't want your boys gettin hurt round these parts. Daaangerous territory"

A Latyaqi commander responded that they were going to help their allies liberate their country. They also asked if the corporates would join in the operation.

The rebels watched and waitied for the Scandinavians to put on their masks, for two reasons. In the pause of battle that it took to get their masks on, RPK fire tore into the soldiers on the ground. Roughly ten RPK's opened up at once causing a wall of lead to tear down on the enemy. Once the masks were on, the rebels deployed Chloropicrin gas. Chloropicrin penetrates gas masks as it is a relatively small molecule, and causes vomiting, which forces the person to remove the gasmask or drown in vomit, causing more of the agent to enter, which can lead to eventual lung faliure.

"There aint no ambushes here, not in corporate territory. I think y'all should just turn round and git home, never know who's lurkin' 'round out here."

In response to the Scandinavian announcement, the 50 Behemoth II tanks, 100 of the T-55's, and 100 Mercury LBT's, along with about 7,000 mercenaries and 50 Humvees sped up to meet the Scandinavians. An Mi-24 gunship hovered overhead blaring an announcement. "You have entered an area under Griffincrest control. Please pull these soldiers out immediately, or decrease troop size. The presence of so many troops may be considered hostile."

"There aint no ambushes here, not in corporate territory. I think y'all should just turn round and git home, never know who's lurkin' 'round out here."

"I guess your right" said the commander. "We have other villages to liberate" He ordered his troops to rejoin with other troops in assaulting rebel held strongholds elsewhere.

OOC: so far I've RP'd like a perfect liberating force working for the good of my people. Well, there are atrocities commited to, even if not at the command of the government, so I'm inserting this story.

IC: The Latyaqi army bought 2 Katyusha rocket launcher artillery from the weapons market. Both were trusted to a small group of 10 soldiers. Although they were under orders not to attack targets liable to contain civilians, when those soldiers reached a village they used thos Katyushas. They first ordered the rebels to surrender, but they refused, so they launched both Katyushas. The rockets slamed into the village, and hit many civilians. Rebels and civvies alike panicked and fled. That's when ground troops opened fire. They killed rebels and Latyaqi citizens alike, and the village was leveled.

A division of Latyaqis caught up. They found the destruction of the village, and arrested the people with the Katyushas. They would be brought to trial in Al Iskandariyah.

"There aint no ambushes here, not in corporate territory. I think y'all should just turn round and git home, never know who's lurkin' 'round out here."

In response to the Scandinavian announcement, the 50 Behemoth II tanks, 100 of the T-55's, and 100 Mercury LBT's, along with about 7,000 mercenaries and 50 Humvees sped up to meet the Scandinavians. An Mi-24 gunship hovered overhead blaring an announcement. "You have entered an area under Griffincrest control. Please pull these soldiers out immediately, or decrease troop size. The presence of so many troops may be considered hostile."From the west came another two Scandinvan legions to support the other which had radioed in after seeing the approaching corporate army. The commander of the already present Scandinvan legion radioed the commander of the corporate forces and said,” Your presence in Latyaq is illegal and the area you have taken under control is still dangerous. As well, one of our convoys was ambushed by rebels after being escorted by two cars which when destroyed produced a abnormal explosion. Thus, we have declared the area under your control null and we order you to stand down or face an Imperial response.”

The rebels watched and waitied for the Scandinavians to put on their masks, for two reasons. In the pause of battle that it took to get their masks on, RPK fire tore into the soldiers on the ground. Roughly ten RPK's opened up at once causing a wall of lead to tear down on the enemy. Once the masks were on, the rebels deployed Chloropicrin gas. Chloropicrin penetrates gas masks as it is a relatively small molecule, and causes vomiting, which forces the person to remove the gasmask or drown in vomit, causing more of the agent to enter, which can lead to eventual lung faliure.The remaining Scandinvan soldiers retreated to the air tight armored personal carriers, in which they removed their masks, and called in an air attack from helicopters and for a number of the buildings to be taken down by F-18s. Within a minute the aircraft arrived and launched missiles into twenty of the buildings.

Gnats were deployed to escort the Scandinavian planes out of corporate territory. The mercenary commander stared into the eyes of the Scandinavian.
"The west is not looking so secure either. I think that you and your men had best stay there, and we will handle the east. Unless I am mistaken, Al Iskandariyah is supposedly under Scandinavian control. Is that not the hottest region in the country. Now, instead of busting the balls of me and my men, why don't you stop looking for a war, and maybe go look for that downed Bonstockian pilot. He could probably be using some help right about now. So before you come and intervene in our zone of control, why don't you worry about your own."

The commander spoke slowly, and pronounced every word clearly. This was not the same patrol commander that the Latyaqis and earlier patrol spoke with. This was a big man, with greying hair, clean shaven, a scar over one eye. His looks were rather intimidating.

In the western part of the country, rebels went right to the media with news of the atrocity commited in the village hit by Katyushas. Footage of the aftermath was displayed on news sources around the world. In Al Iskandariyah, mortar attacks once again picked up, and a few more Qassams splattered down onto Scandinavian bases, and about five hit the port.

In the western part of the country, rebels went right to the media with news of the atrocity commited in the village hit by Katyushas. Footage of the aftermath was displayed on news sources around the world. In Al Iskandariyah, mortar attacks once again picked up, and a few more Qassams splattered down onto Scandinavian bases, and about five hit the port.

Some Latyaqis decided to join the insurgency out of disgust for what had happened. However, most didn't. Many saw that there would be atrocities commited by both sides. They also knew that they were not ordered to attack the civilians, unlike the rebels which used mortars and Lewisite on civilians. Many also decided that Katyushas in 1 incident was not as bad as multiple attacks using Lewisite, IEDs, sicied bomers, and terorism

The commander of the legion was a giant man who was nothing but pure muscle. Walking forward to the mercenary commander he drew his sword and said,” Listen to me now and listen clearly. I know for a fact that I have some of my soldiers fighting for their lives within your area of control. As well, that your soldiers were escorting them in a supposedly clear area where there humvees acted as bombs. Putting one and one together I realize that you may well are behind that ambush. So either let me get my soldiers NOW or give them all to me be they dead or alive. Do you understand me?”

The Scandinvan planes continued on their own accord and their were running a patrol over corporate territory before they would return to their aircraft carriers.

The mercenary general drew his own, leafanistani made, sword, and kept his cold stare at the Scandinavian. "Those vehicles were not acting as bombs. They were carrying extra fuel, which was going to be given to your convoy. It is indeed a tragedy that your men are stuck in an ambush, and a corporate response team is being readied as we speak to go and rescue them, but until then, I ask you to wait. We will handle it. Go worry about your own zone of control. I hear you got both sides massacring each other over there. Go do something about it."

Meanwhile, at the ambush, the survivors after the air strikes opened up on the vehicles, which, now without infantry coverage, were easy targets. Many of the men were on the highway behind the convoy also, and so were uneffected by airstrikes to the town. They too continued firing Javelins and AK's at the stuck Scandinavians.

In west Latyaq, a Scandinavian convoy was ambushed. After the attack, the rebels retreatd quickly, but upon a head count by Scandinavians, it was soon realized that one of there men was missing.

The legionary commander responded,” I will not leave without my soldiers do you understand that?”

The tanks and armored vehicles continued to fight on bravely and many of them prepared their daggers in the case that they would have to kill themselves instead of being captured. That would not be necessary as the Special Forces had arrived and quickly began to relieve the convoy. They were prepared for a gas attack as they wore a self-breathing apparatus that could not be penetrated as all parts of it were air tight.

The convoy instead of moving on began a wide search of the area with sweepers and infantry patrolling the nearby terrain. As well, he is ID number was given to command so as it write him down as missing. Also, the order was given for his ID number not to be accepted on any of the encrypted channels of Scandinvan military computers to prevent them from being used against them.

The attacks on rebel villages and stongholds west of the capital was intensifying, and becoming faster. Insurgents knew that the loss of this land would result in defeat for them. They used tactics such as sucide boming, Lewisite, and IEDs. Casualties among the Latyaqis mounted, but they went on, liberating the villages.

Hataria, i think they said earlier, you are not RPing here, and i will ignore you and your massive army.

You do realise that 1,000,000 troops is not only quite possible, but rather common on NS, right?

You do realise that 1,000,000 troops is not only quite possible, but rather common on NS, right?

OOC:Well, I believe in realism, so not in my RP.:upyours:

OOC: It is common in NS, but we are trying to keep it small

The Corporate relief team soon rolled into the village.Seeing the corporate vehicles, many of the rebels opened up with their weapons, then fled. Others fired at Scandinavian choppers, only to be picked off by Griffincrest snipers just after firing. The leader of the mercenary relief group, Capt. Copperblade, approached the Scandinavians. "Lets go men, gather your dead, and there seems like a lot of em, and lets go home." As he spoke, mercenaries began putting dead soldiers in a Humvee. Off in the rubble of a house, another video was made of a small pile of Scandinavian dead, as well as the rubble of the town, and civilian killed by a Scandinavian bombing. This video, like the others was sent to the media around the world. Capt. Copperblade radioed the mercenary commander with the Scandinavian soldiers.

"Well, buddy, looks like its your lucky day. Your boys are en route back here. Now you make nice, and head back to your humvee, and your men should be here anytime soon" the commander said

The captured Scandinavian was also put on video, kneeling before a group of masked gunmen, who demanded that all foreign soldiers pull out of Latyaq, or else both he, and the Bonstockian pilot will be killed. Also, because the Scandinavians are the leading troop supplier, their man will be killed within two hours, unless they release all captured rebels.

Every Latyaqi victory would not last too long. Hours after Latyaqi security forces would secure a town, the rebels whom recently retreated would return, and the Latyaqi troops would resecure the town, leading to an endless, bloody cycle.

As frustrating as the rebels' hit and run tactics were, their victories rarely lasted long. The people supported the army, and would help the soldiers dig in, and help the soldiers in any way they could. The terorists did not enjoy these benefits. If they tried to return, helicopters would warn the Latyaqi troops ahead of time, and if they send in trucks with machine guners on top, Latyaqi RPGs would take them out. IEDs continued to take heavy tolls, especially tanks, however. Desperate attacks increased, causing much damage to civilians, soldiers, and property.

The rebels found a new strategy. Many towns that were going to be obviously lost to Latyaqi security forces were simply burned down, leaving no gain to the Latyaqi troops. Other towns were rigged with explosive, and abandoned. As Latyaqi troops settled in, the explosives would be detonated, killing the enemy.

This left few gains for the advancing Latyaqis. The local population would suffer, and once their territory was liberated, refugees would flood nearby Al Iskandariyah, creating congestion on the roads, and undermining allied troops ability to fight there. The government of Latyaq is uncomfortable with all this, and they know that when the war ends, the casualty count will be enourmous.

The congested roads outside the city was a suicide bombers dream. A number of cars exploded nightly as refugees packed into the city.

OOC: would it be wise to carry out a sucied campaign? I imagine that since the refugees pose litte threat, the sucide bomers would best be saved for troops while the insurgents use guns on the refugees?

IC: While the insurgents were massacreing refugees, the Latyaqi troops suffering outside of the city began reaping some benifits. The western pincers had just made a pocket out of a large insurgent controlled area of the city (consult map) trapping lots of insurgents in the city.

Meanwhile, the population isn't celebrating: the nation is suffering greatly.

OOC: I figured soldiers would be around somewhere and gunmen would get shot before the full effect.

Outside of a Latyaqi base, a Katyusha, once again described as a civilian truck until the cover was thrown off, opened up. Men surged to the base, screaming for revenge. Grenades were lobbed into machine gun nest, and A toyota truck broke through the front gate, peppering soldiers with .50 cal fire as they scrambled out of their barracks, many of them not even fully dressed. Behind the Katyusha, mortar fire opened up, and 6 mortars layed shells down on the base.

Many of the soldiers were taken by surprise and massacred. Only a few made it to their guns. They tried to shot back, but at little gain. While they were being massacred, one soldier phoned for reinforcements.

40 soldiers, 5 of them with RPGs would soon arrive.

The Katyusha drove into the base, and the rebels looted the armory, leaving a small token force of 20 men, a Toyota, and the Katyusha behind. The rest took the stolen weapons and fled.

The reinforcements just reached the base. They found the troops with Katyushas and Toyotas. The RPG infantry aimed for the Toyota, and about 5 of the RPGs colided with the toyota. A gun battle continued between the Latyaqis and defending rebels.

The Toyota exploded upon impact. All four wheels blew off in seperate directions. The Katyusha was reloaded and fired at the Latyaqis, while other rebels grabbed their M60's and AR-550's, and ran to defend their new prize.

The Latyaqi RPG infantry reloaded and fired at the same time at the Katyusha.

The regular gun infantry continued firing at the rebel troops.

Announcment From The Griffincrest Corporation

The Griffincrest Corporation is very pleased to announce that after recent intervention by our Security Force into eastern Latyaq, rebel activity in the area has gone down by 85%. With this good news abound. The Griffincrest Corporation asks the Latyaqi government to allow the GSF forces into the capitol at Al Iskandariyah, so that they can assist in quelling the rebellion there as well. Griffincrest ships are already in the port, and feel it best to have Griffincrest forces defending the port as well.

At the base an intense fire fight broke out, but after losing the Katyusha, the rebels seemed doomed. They rushed at the Latyaqis firing their weapons, and when close enough, exploded.

OOC: Interesting how you continue to secretly fund the rebels, yet you fight them with me. I know your planning something.....

IC:

Very well. You are allowed to let 10,000 troops in the capital. Considering the capitals population is about 400,000 it is alot. We are almost done mopping up insurgents around Al Iskandariyah, so It is about time we begin dealing with the trapped pockets of troops in the city.

signed Mahmoud Nejad, Prime Minister of Latyaq

At the base an intense fire fight broke out, but after losing the Katyusha, the rebels seemed doomed. They rushed at the Latyaqis firing their weapons, and when close enough, exploded.

The Latyaqis took 15 casualties. They tried to call in military aid to see if they can help any wounded soldiers survive.

Griffincrest mercenaries quickly went about the city, securing the major marketplace, mosque, church, port, and a few government buildings. The presence of the mercenaries should free up Latyaqi and other foreign soldiers to be able to go out and fight elsewhere.

Elsewhere...

Rebels continued to assault Latyaqi military bases, mostly with mortars and Qassams. At a line to sign up for the military, in a different city, a suicide bomber detonated a massive carbomb, followed by bombs set off by two men standing in line. As ambulances rushed to the scene, IED's went off, tossing the vehicles into the air. During the chaos, a band of masked men with AK's began firing on people all around a busy market place. The local police station fell under seige, as about 45 men began opening fire, keeping the police confined to the structure. The lead administrative building was hit by rockets, as a group of rebels attempted to storm it. Outside the city, rebels, wearing captured Latyaqi army suits, set up roadblocks, and did not let anyone into the city. A group of people on their way to work at a nearby army base were taken from their vehicle, and driven to a safehouse in a small town a few miles away.

The city they were attacking happened to be Umm Qairan, the 6th largest city with a population of 10,000. The Latyaqis were incapabel of sending reinforcements yet, so they had to let the people fight for themselves. The local Police and LSF went to the street cautiously. There were 310 police and 240 LSF in the city, and 40 of the LSF had RPGs. There was no tank or air support.

edit: meanwhile, west of Al Iskandariyah, 2 pincers were within miles of closing, which would trap pockets of rebels in the city.

The rebels began tossing molotov cocktails through the windows of the police precinct. Men ran from the building on fire, only to be gunned down in the street outside. Eight men, dressed in LSF uniforms, approached a group of actual LSF soldiers, saying that they were in a nearby patrol and heard the explosions. They got close to each other, when suddenly, they opened fire at close range on the real LSF, and one dove ahead and exploded. Toyotas zipped around the city, spraying police and soldiers alike. More people were being kidnapped at the roadblock, their cars going to be used for more bombings.

The few RPG men tried to shot at the Toyotas in Umm Qairan. They made a curfew, and anyone found out at night besieds Latyaqi police would be immediately shot.

While Umm Qairan had been taken by surprise, Operation Latyaqi Freedom was finished. The last pincer movement had been completed, liberating most of the land around the capital. Some rebel resistance continued in liberated lands, though. The front there now looked like this:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/948/afteroperationlatyaq3rg.jpg

I must sleep now. Night.

than we shall finish this tommorrow

ooc: finish tommarrow holy crap i just got here...

OOC: Yay Bonstocks back. I only meant the battle, not the whle deal.

Across the world, footage of the war in Latyaq flashed across television screens. Images of the Scandinavian soldier, Bonstockian pilot, burning villages, mass graves, heads in boxes, decapitated bodies along roads, IED attacks, dead soldiers from foreign lands, and Latyaqi forces dying in battle, and men chanting "foreigners go home!" all of these would effect people.

Suicide bombs continued to rock Latyaq. A camera pans across the desert. In the distance, oil fields were burning. Results of attack from rebel mortars. People had to ask themselves, "Is Latyaq really worth it. If these rebels are that desperate, is the Latyaqi government doing something we don't see? What would happen if the government was to step down, or at least grant co-rulership to Al-Libi? People of the Confederacy, and the world, ask yourselves these questions. Until tommorow, BC7 news, out"

OOC:Well, I believe in realism, so not in my RP.:upyours:

The real world US has less than a billion population and easily a military well in excess of 1 million men. China has about ten times that.

I think even Israel can put forth about 800k or so.

The Chinese military has about 2million people, and has a hard time holding up that. The US has i believe 250k, not a million. If you are talking about like WW2, thats different, and we sustained that onlybecause it was temporary and everything went to the army. We would have been unable to sustain that size of an army for any more than a decade.

OOC: Nice, Confederacy.

IC:
With the central governemnt building devastated and the government is some toil, the Hayord rebels looked elsewhere. Elsewhere, just as 'up there'.

The rebels hide cars in garages, wired with bombs, with mustard gas. They left, and headed for the central business buildings. Any buildings not devastated by these attacked would, in fact, be devastated.

How? Over-consuming. Too many people, not enough products.

Thirteen cars, five buildings. The tallest building, the most commercially-used building, and three more importent buildings. The passengers were armed with Uzis, 9 millimeters. They fired at cars, causing pile-ups on roads, shooting police. If the cars could not reach their target, they detonated.

One car was driving for a simple business building, driving via the highway. They suddenly pulled off the side of the road, people unsuspecting as nothing had happened around the car, and the car crashed into its target. It detonated, the middle of the building collasping, destroying the whole thing. It crashed on the highway, causing mass traffic.

Three other buildings were struck, and the last car had made a detour. At another highway, the bombs went wrong. They were pulling off and the bombs detonated, the supports and ramp destroyed. The highway was destroyed, causing more traffic.

The rebels were rejoicing.

OOC: quite the thought out attack, I can use the traffic

In all of the chaos after the Hayord attack, even more congestion was created on the roads to Al Iskandariyah. A van, somewhere near the middle of the massive traffic jam, suddenly had its doors swing open, and four men jumped out. Each man carried a Colt .45, and went car to car, killing everyone inside. Once the men were a reasonable distance away, the van exploded, killing any who survived the bullets. The highway was utter chaos.

OOC: It is common in NS, but we are trying to keep it small

The Corporate relief team soon rolled into the village.Seeing the corporate vehicles, many of the rebels opened up with their weapons, then fled. Others fired at Scandinavian choppers, only to be picked off by Griffincrest snipers just after firing. The leader of the mercenary relief group, Capt. Copperblade, approached the Scandinavians. "Lets go men, gather your dead, and there seems like a lot of em, and lets go home." As he spoke, mercenaries began putting dead soldiers in a Humvee. Off in the rubble of a house, another video was made of a small pile of Scandinavian dead, as well as the rubble of the town, and civilian killed by a Scandinavian bombing. This video, like the others was sent to the media around the world. Capt. Copperblade radioed the mercenary commander with the Scandinavian soldiers.

"Well, buddy, looks like its your lucky day. Your boys are en route back here. Now you make nice, and head back to your humvee, and your men should be here anytime soon" the commander said

The captured Scandinavian was also put on video, kneeling before a group of masked gunmen, who demanded that all foreign soldiers pull out of Latyaq, or else both he, and the Bonstockian pilot will be killed. Also, because the Scandinavians are the leading troop supplier, their man will be killed within two hours, unless they release all captured rebels.OOC: For example if I wanted to I could field an army of many millions in Latyaq, but that would not be a good idea as the local area would not be able to sustain such a large force and I would be forced to supply them entirely myself.

IC: The Scandinvan commander sheathed his blade and then said,” My men will withdraw when our dead fellows are allowed to be given their proper funerary rights. As well, when the last of my soldiers is given back to me.”

The Scandinvan government and media denounced the video because it had been made and supplied by a terrorist organization.

When the news a Scandinvan had been captured the Empire issued a decree of holding the soldiers with a death threat under them was barbaric. As well, the Empire sternly refused to withdraw her soldiers in Latayaq.

The Humvees and survivng Scandinavian convoy had come to where the two forces had met. The mercenary said "There you go. That should be all of them. I hope to see you in Al Iskandariyah." before moving back to his vehicle.

In a small town, another video was made. "For the Scandinavians utter refusal to withdraw or release our prisoners, your soldier will have to pay with his life." A masked man said. The camera then went over to a man, beaten badly, and missing two fingers, kneeling in a corner. The speaker drew a sword, and decapitated him, and waved the head around as others cheered.

Hours later, the headless body would turn up along the side of a highway. The head was mailed to the Scandinavian embassy.

IC: The Scandinvan commander bowed his head in thanks and then orders his men and medic to tend to their comrades that had just been brought back both dead and alive. When all had been prepared the legions moved out and left the corporate area of control.

OOC: I am assuming the dead soldiers have been returned to me?

IC: In response to this atrocity a recently captured rebel was brought before a High Imperial trail commission so as to show the way that civilize people performed justice. Within a few hours the trial had ended and the rebel declared guilty on a number of charges. His sentence was to spend the rest of life in an Imperial high security prison in a cell with a big scary guy named Mary.

The embassy finding the head and an Imperial patrol finding the headless body were able to reassemble their severed body parts by putting them in a coffin. And after giving the man the proper Scandinvan funerary rights set his body aflame as was the custom for the Imperial army when fighting a war far away from home so that his ashes may ride upon the wind to the land and return to the land of his birth.

OOC: Yea you got your dead back. The big scary guy named Mary made me laugh though lol. Hahahaha, Mary

OOC: Alright, then there will be no further problems for now… As well, I picked up that joke from some show, but for now I think that the rebel probably has to worry about dropping the shop or having Mary branded unto him where I do not really want to say.

Bonstocknian soldiers continue to interrogate prisoners captured in the assaults on the fishing village and Al Iskandariyah, hoping to find more rebel bases. To further help, at least 50 Predator UAVs start scouring the countryside looking for any trace of the insurgancy.

ooc: yeah, China has two or three million in their army, and the US has about 1.5 million active, but the vast majority of those are support troops, and most nations can't deploy a majority of their forces overseas. For example, the US military has got about 150,000 guys in Iraq, out of 1.5 million active troops total, and we're still talking about a shortage of troops. China probably can't send more then a division's worth of troops to Taiwan, let alone some godforsaken country ten thousand miles away from it. It would be a massive undertaking to deploy 2 million men, even for a nation of a few billion. Had Hataria or whoever deployed 2 million troops, but differentiated between combat and support troops, gave actual units, and told how the troops and their equipment were getting to the country, it would have been far more realistic and would have been accepted.

There were right now 10,000 Latyaqi troops inside Al Iskandariyah, and 20,000 troops around the city. Half of the troops outside of the city were sent into Al Iskandariyah, doubling the amount of LSF in the city. It was time for them to take out those little pockets of rebel held territory there.

While they were still out of the city, those troops never encountered rebels. It was peaceful. However, once they reached the city, it was quite different....

Rebels had pretty much taken control over Umm Qairan. Trenches and mines were being set up around the city, and stinger sites were being constructed as well. Armed bands of rebels roamed the streets. A rebel curfew was put in place. Heavily armed Toyotas drove the streets.

Rebels from around Latyaq swarmed to the city. Over two thousand rebels were holed up the city, heavily fortifying it. (I forgot about these guys from before) In the back of big 18 wheel trucks, the 5 fighter planes given to the rebels by Leocardia were laying, slightly dissassembled. The trucks pulled up to a dirty, unpaved runway, and unloaded their cargo. The planes were assembled quickly, and five barely trained pilots were sent to them. The runway was heavily defended with stingers, and following advise from the Griffincrest mercenary advisors, two fighters were in the air at all times.

In Umm Qairan, the police used RPGs on toyota fighters. Any citizens that found insurgents planting mines would attack them because they are loyal to the government. In Al Iskandariya, the LSF begins attacking insurgents.