NationStates Jolt Archive

The Scandinvan Empire within the past twenty five years has begun the colonization of a land which until Imperial colonization has begun was full of uncivilized barbarian tribes. Now though the colonization of the land has been going fairly well the Empire has not been able to make the progress they have wanted due to the fact of their being two few colonists willing to come to this untamed land. So far the only ones who have come are middle class peoples who have become owners of vast estates, plantations, and mines that are manned by untold numbers of natives who have been forced to work for them/ Yet, despite this great new wealth the land is still not appealing enough to the nobles of the Empire to desire to migrate to the new colony due to the fact the climate is to humid and hot to make it worth it to them.

Thus, the Empire has decided to allow other nations and groups to openly claim land in the colonial area under new rules except that they prevent the barbarians from attacking other nations and if they do seek retribution on the natives if there are still barbarians alive linked to the hostile groups. Yet, the Empire does not really care as for the nature of the colony and will not do anything in response to how you treat the natives and will not really care. Have fun.

OOC: Sorry, for the crappy post, but I am little anxious due to the amount of work I have been doing lately. As for the rules of this thread there are none really except no nuclear or chemical warfare and as for the colonies feel free to do what you want to them and even use the natives are test subjects or slaves.

Claim Map:
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Resource Map:
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Resource Guide:
Gold: Gold
Silver/Grey: Silver
Steel: Iron Pre:
Orange: Copper
Red: Natural Gas
Black: Oil

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The Imperial Senate wishes to start a new Colony, please put a small area of land up on our Behalf as "New Goonatileke". This shall serve as our Scandanavian point of Contact from now, feel free to set up an Embassey here for communication with us.

Monsiur Lionel Delacour, Assisstant to President Madame Bianco.

"The People's Republic of Great Nari would like to claim some land in the area, and are wondering if there is a cost. A team will be deployed to survey the land."

- President Amras Wallace

OOC: Can you tell me more about the land?

The Clandonian Military survey group touched down in their C-130K the suprised locals came out and stared at the newcomers. The commanding officer got scared pulled his glock out and put a round into the air the locals ran off and came back in force.....

Two hours later thanks to shear Clandonian firepower the people were dead, the new Chainsaw tri-barrel miniguns had done their job the soldiers just walked through the dismembered bodies and raised the Clandonian blue stars on the flag pole. All surviving civilians were told to report for processing and reacusition of their assets. Private industry from Clandonia Incorporated Mining Plc. arrived with their PMC's in digital BDU's they met with military allies and they came to the agreement the new colony of Noavan Erlan was established and the drilling began under the careful firepower of the 2nd Combat Enginers Armoured Corp.

Diplomatic Communique

The Republic of Estovakia would like to know if you would like us to send people over for you to create a colony. Estovakia to be honest, is a rather autocratic state, meaning that the country does not bode well for democratically-prone minds. Thus we have a rather large group of political prisoners that currently reside in a penal colony within one of our states.

We'd like to get rid of the political prisoners (preferably without killing them all) and we could think of no better way then to give them to you to help you settle the land for you as we hope to smooth relations between us and your nation and thus help us "kill two birds with one stone". They are adapted to hot climates (as their penal colony resides in tropical climates) and many have had experiences in mines before.

If you would like, we would be willing to send 50,000 settlers cost-free to the new land.

Sincerely,

Generalissimo Max

"The People's Republic of Great Nari would like to claim some land in the area, and are wondering if there is a cost. A team will be deployed to survey the land."

- President Amras Wallace

OOC: Can you tell me more about the land?You are welcome to come to the land and there will be no cost for the land and feel free to claim what land you will.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

OOC: The land itself is inhabited mostly by uncivilized tribes who are extremely xenophobic who will attack any person who is not of their own tribe if they see them in their lands. Yet, they are not advanced enough to take on any full blown invasion force from a modern nation. As well, the land itself has mild winters and pretty hot summers and is overall very fertile farmland on the plains and especially near the rivers. Also, if you check the resource map you can tell that the land itself is very resource rich. As for your claim high light if you and if you cannot I will do it for you.

The Imperial Senate wishes to start a new Colony, please put a small area of land up on our Behalf as "New Goonatileke". This shall serve as our Scandanavian point of Contact from now, feel free to set up an Embassey here for communication with us.

Monsiur Lionel Delacour, Assisstant to President Madame Bianco.The Empire accepted the offer and will allow you to establish a colony of your own in these lands.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

Maps of Two Claims you could chose from (you are purple):
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http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq93ib3.png

OOC: What about my claim I do the killing you do the giving :D

The Clandonian Military survey group touched down in their C-130K the suprised locals came out and stared at the newcomers. The commanding officer got scared pulled his glock out and put a round into the air the locals ran off and came back in force.....

Two hours later thanks to shear Clandonian firepower the people were dead, the new Chainsaw tri-barrel miniguns had done their job the soldiers just walked through the dismembered bodies and raised the Clandonian blue stars on the flag pole. All surviving civilians were told to report for processing and reacusition of their assets. Private industry from Clandonia Incorporated Mining Plc. arrived with their PMC's in digital BDU's they met with military allies and they came to the agreement the new colony of Noavan Erlan was established and the drilling began under the careful firepower of the 2nd Combat Enginers Armoured Corp.A few natives had managed to set up a signal to nearby tribes before the greater majority of their large communities had fallen and the outlying communities of the tribe also were preparing for war. For that many thousands of their warriors prepared for war against the new invader who had so quickly and destructively murdered their tribe.

Yet, the Empire pleased with this new people sent them this message,” Welcome to these lands and we hope that your colony will become a profitable asset to you.”

OOC: Please, define your claims on the map.

Diplomatic Communique

The Republic of Estovakia would like to know if you would like us to send people over for you to create a colony. Estovakia to be honest, is a rather autocratic state, meaning that the country does not bode well for democratically-prone minds. Thus we have a rather large group of political prisoners that currently reside in a penal colony within one of our states.

We'd like to get rid of the political prisoners (preferably without killing them all) and we could think of no better way then to give them to you to help you settle the land for you as we hope to smooth relations between us and your nation and thus help us "kill two birds with one stone". They are adapted to hot climates (as their penal colony resides in tropical climates) and many have had experiences in mines before.

If you would like, we would be willing to send 50,000 settlers cost-free to the new land.

Sincerely,

Generalissimo MaxThe Empire is pleased and will welcome your colonists to the land and will be willing to help them if you request and wished to tell that though you getting rid of prisoners we wish to remind you of fertile soils and rich amount of resources this land has to offer to your people in terms of also natural beauty.

Yet, we will also most warn of you of the hostile natives and that you should send a strong military force with them if you wish to ensure their safety and that it would be wise to construct a number of strongholds along the coast line in the case of barbarian attacks and to help pacify them allowing you to move inland over time.

We wish you the best of luck with your colony.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

OOC: Please define your colony’s boundaries on the map.

OOC: I will take the island bit please.


IC: Clandonias Government thanks you for your kindness

Clandonian Military Outpost, Noavan Erlan Colony

'Intel suggests several of the tribe that attacked us sent runners and they have mastered an army of 20,000 troops.'

The General laughed, outside the entire 2nd Combat Enginers Armoured Corp, 50,000 troops in total with armour and troops and modern firepower they would repel any pathetic uprisings.

Clandonian L118 105 mm howitzers had fired rounds at a suspected hostile village where a private had been shot in an ambush. In retalition B-52's from the 12th Bomber Wing hit villages and townships in the area forcing the slaves under control of the Republic with those resisting were shot by CPISF officials.

The Republic of Estovakia wishes for this piece:

Estovakian Claim (http://www.freewebs.com/estovakia/claim.PNG)

It should be the top right corner of the map.

OOC: Please tell me if this is acceptable.

BTW, how many natives are there, what do they look like, and what type of weapons do they have?

OOC: I will take the island bit please.


IC: Clandonias Government thanks you for your kindness

Clandonian Military Outpost, Noavan Erlan Colony

'Intel suggests several of the tribe that attacked us sent runners and they have mastered an army of 20,000 troops.'

The General laughed, outside the entire 2nd Combat Enginers Armoured Corp, 50,000 troops in total with armour and troops and modern firepower they would repel any pathetic uprisings.

Clandonian L118 105 mm howitzers had fired rounds at a suspected hostile village where a private had been shot in an ambush. In retalition B-52's from the 12th Bomber Wing hit villages and townships in the area forcing the slaves under control of the Republic with those resisting were shot by CPISF officials.The tribes now had begun to be fear for their freedom and lives against the invaders. A tribal council was called of all those who were on the island with them being divided into three major groups of those who did not want to fall yet were not willing to fight, those who feared the invader and were willing to submit to their more advanced foe, and those who were willing to fight to the last for their freedom.

The latter group was the one who had so far supplied all the warriors fighting the invasion of their home lands and had sent forth two thirds of their warriors numbering at about 24,000 warriors to fight against the invasion.

Yet, the bombardment had destroyed many of the native settlements resulting of those being affected by the attacks which had forced them to submit to the invaders. As well, they now out of fear began to betray their native brothers to the invader by telling their new masters of their movements and of their numbers/

OOC: How do this look, you are light purple: http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9te4.png

The Republic of Estovakia wishes for this piece:

Estovakian Claim (http://www.freewebs.com/estovakia/claim.PNG)

It should be the top right corner of the map.

OOC: Please tell me if this is acceptable.

BTW, how many natives are there, what do they look like, and what type of weapons do they have?OOC: The claim comes into my territory on the island; you are looking at the resource map please look to the claim map for more info: http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9.png

As for the natives in the northwest corner they like more like Sicilian persons in skin color, but they are renowned for their grass green eyes and ash hair. As well, they number around 2.5 million in the plain and forest areas who consist of a mostly agrarian culture who are armed with low tech light single fire rifles, due to their with my colony. and swords mostly and live in small towns with no real cities. Yet, their mountain tribe kin consist of a more conservative hardy group of people how number around 815,000 persons total and are stronger then their low land cousins and also still only use bronze spears and bows.

OOC: Thats fine thanks mate.


Mortar teams lit up the night sky with illumination rounds, they knew they moved at night trying to get near to perhaps kill a young conscript or two. The snipers were having fun with though with this lots of .303's to the heads made nice round entry and exit holes in the locals skulls. Specialist Interior Forces had arrived to patrol the villages, at the discretion of a local Clandonian party official a number of civillians were rounded up from the 'quota' figures from Clanon City.

Leaflet drops had been done on the villagers urging people to come over, promising food and kindness when it was actually hard labour in the mines. Those who survived had to scavenge food in their camps, they were at the mercy of the bored guards who often enjoyed potting a few shots from their watch tower in the morning. The Hydra Class destroyer, CPS Valiant had arrived adding to the military presence in the area with the construction of an airfield by the slave labourers allowing the big C-5 and C-17's to touch down allowing the raw materials to be shipped back to Clandonia at a record rate.

The Community is need of fertile land and metallic ores. We wish to claim the southern most Island and the river delta directly west (assuming north is up) from the northernmost tip of the island. Tactical Solutions Inc., a Private Mercenary Company and subsidiary to Skyetech Industries wishes to construct a base in the region to conduct naval and amphibious excercises.

To Scandinavia:

Malsitar wishes to claim the Southernmost Island if possible, and the near rivered peninsula. If you accept, Malsitar will fly in volunteers to colonize there in large Flyer Planes. Along with the Military. And the Minister of War's bodyguard, Hanz. Who is a Malsitarian Muscleman, and who carries 10 firearms.
Minister of Government and Power, Lord James A. Molotiov
Minister of War and Peace, Mr. Robin S. Carol
Minister of Diplomacy and Religion, Sir Reginald Q. Cammering
Minister of Finance and Trade, Lord Brandon T. Varsito
Minister of War and Peace's Bodyguard, Captain Hanz G. L. A. Harrison-Machiavellia

OOC: is this better?

Estovakian Claims (http://www.freewebs.com/estovakia/claim1.PNG)

OOC: Thats fine thanks mate.


Mortar teams lit up the night sky with illumination rounds, they knew they moved at night trying to get near to perhaps kill a young conscript or two. The snipers were having fun with though with this lots of .303's to the heads made nice round entry and exit holes in the locals skulls. Specialist Interior Forces had arrived to patrol the villages, at the discretion of a local Clandonian party official a number of civillians were rounded up from the 'quota' figures from Clanon City.

Leaflet drops had been done on the villagers urging people to come over, promising food and kindness when it was actually hard labour in the mines. Those who survived had to scavenge food in their camps, they were at the mercy of the bored guards who often enjoyed potting a few shots from their watch tower in the morning. The Hydra Class destroyer, CPS Valiant had arrived adding to the military presence in the area with the construction of an airfield by the slave labourers allowing the big C-5 and C-17's to touch down allowing the raw materials to be shipped back to Clandonia at a record rate.The native army began to march towards Clanon City to begin a battle their for control over it and the area around it. As well, they were joined by thousands more of the natives that had went into hiding or had been fleeing the invasion. With this their army had reached 32,000 warriors ready to fight in a brave, but foolish, last battle.

Further, the natives in many areas under that had been taken submitted to the new power as the villages under no longer under native control had been running out of supplies and many of the natives were to afraid to leave the villages due to the fact war was been waged in many of the areas nearby. So now they went to the Clandonian soldiers or bases and submitted themselves to them in exchange of promises of food and safety from the war in return.

OOC: Your welcome by the way to tell you have the rights to large oil reserve in the southeastern corner of the island and to a great deal of oil to the south of the island due to being in your area of control.

The Community is need of fertile land and metallic ores. We wish to claim the southern most Island and the river delta directly west (assuming north is up) from the northernmost tip of the island. Tactical Solutions Inc., a Private Mercenary Company and subsidiary to Skyetech Industries wishes to construct a base in the region to conduct naval and amphibious excercises.

To Scandinavia:

Malsitar wishes to claim the Southernmost Island if possible, and the near rivered peninsula. If you accept, Malsitar will fly in volunteers to colonize there in large Flyer Planes. Along with the Military. And the Minister of War's bodyguard, Hanz. Who is a Malsitarian Muscleman, and who carries 10 firearms.
Minister of Government and Power, Lord James A. Molotiov
Minister of War and Peace, Mr. Robin S. Carol
Minister of Diplomacy and Religion, Sir Reginald Q. Cammering
Minister of Finance and Trade, Lord Brandon T. Varsito
Minister of War and Peace's Bodyguard, Captain Hanz G. L. A. Harrison-MachiavelliaOOC: A problem has arose you to have the same area and I will not tell who gets what so unless you want to compromise, move to a different terriotory, or have me decide this your claims cannot be made completely.

OOC: is this better?

Estovakian Claims (http://www.freewebs.com/estovakia/claim1.PNG)OOC: That is good and thank you for changing it.

In the interest of preserving peace for the time being, The Community is willing to surrender the island, provided that we can keep the river delta we originally claimed and the one across from it (NNE). We need metal ores, and would like access to the ores upstream of the northern river delta. Also, is the proposed installation acceptable?
-Alex Connor
Speaker of The Community

OOC: Sorry if this is unclear. I'm trying to get my paint program to work, but it is quite stubborn.

In the interest of preserving peace for the time being, The Community is willing to surrender the island, provided that we can keep the river delta we originally claimed and the one across from it (NNE). We need metal ores, and would like access to the ores upstream of the northern river delta. Also, is the proposed installation acceptable?
-Alex Connor
Speaker of The Community

OOC: Sorry if this is unclear. I'm trying to get my paint program to work, but it is quite stubborn.The Empire has decided to grant you the whole of the original land that you desired due to the fact that you posses a great deal to offer through trade and the fact that you are more likely the one who needs these resources.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

OOC: It is cool if you want I will put you on the map.

Thank you for your consideration. Our navy is dispatching a fleet to secure our claims with a construction team so that an airfield may be erected shortly. We expect our lands to be inhabited within the month.

-Alex Connor
Speaker, The Community of Siap

OOC: I would prefer it if you could put me on the map. Thanks for your help.

The Empire once they enter the waters closer to the coast shall be on ready to help them if needed and also has cleared the coast of native villages to allow the ships to land with some security.

Signed,
The Steward of the Emperor

OOC: Here is the map with you in red:
http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9te4ij5pi5.png

1 Cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 scientific research vessels and a small amount of transports carrying 838 soldiers, 180 engineers, 8 medical physicians, 8 oceanographers, 8 biologists (including marine biologists), 6 topographers, 6 anthropologists, 4 meteorologists, 2 virologists, 2 botanists, and 16 settlers arrived off the coast of Estovakian-claimed land.

At dawn, a small landing party of 348 soldiers, 3 anthropolgists, and 1 medical physician carefully landed at an ideal landing spot close to a small village. They approached the small coastal village and shot anyone that was hostile. When the village was pacified, 174 additional soldiers landed with 60 engineers. Working around the clock in shifts, rotating groups of 60 engineers and volunteers worked constantly for a day until a rough landstrip was developed, a small dock for motar boats only, and a crude defense paremeter of barbed wire machine guns, bright lights, and fence was put up. At night, 153 soldiers and other personnel minus the 60 engineers needed went back to the ship while the remaining soldiers and engineers worked on projects.

The Community thanks you for your assistance.
~Alex Connor


Tactical Solutions beat the Siapian Navy by a week to the plot of land they had on permanent lease from the Siapian Government in the newly claimed colonies. The scout teams had arrived to their leased portion of the island. The 10,000 mercenaries were the first off the ship, scouting for any hostile presence, while engineers and laborers cleared the forest. Barracks and other living structures were the first to be built, followed shortly thereafter by small nests of barbed wire, concrete and .50 caliber machine guns on the edge of the claimed land. By the time Siapian Navy had arrived with their teams, the mercenary base was already partially operational, with their first resupply convoy already there. The second ship had medical supplies and doctors, should any unkown disease beset the camp. It was also carrying machinery and asphalt, so that a runway for an airfield could be completed soon.

What the Siapian Navy lacked in timeliness, they compensated for in manpower. 200,000 regulars had been assigned to secure the new colony, while 500,000 convicts and debtors had been brought to help construct the new cities. A Tactical Solutions urban planner met with the Siapian governer-general, who would govern the local territory until the colonists arrived.

In the Siapian mainland, more convicts and debtors were being prepared for the voyage to the new lands. Both new that their debts (to society or otherwise) would be reduced in half the time if they worked in the new lands.

The crowded streets of Esmund were a testament to how overcrowded Siap had become. Unable to spread out (farmland had to be distinctly set aside-the land that was there was poor and yielded depresingly little food, despite all sorts of agricultural advances), it grew higher. Cars in the city were rare, but every single bus and every single subway car, every single car on the light rail, every single passageway connecting the skyscrapers was packed, like sardines in a can. Naturally, people were enthralled by the opportunity to move to a new land where they would be able to escape and have some living space...

As the colony expanded small groups of Scandinvan merchants began to visit the colony selling their farm products raised in the fertile northern river valley and also brought the great catches of fish caught in the northern river and in the bay of the northern river. As well, they began to bring stories of how in the northern Scandinvan lands the natives had been reduced to serfs working the farmlands and mines.

Yet, the news just came through merchants and could not verified due to the fact the Imperial military prevented non-residents from going past the provincial capital due to the fact of danger from danger and the fact that in the past native sympathizers who smuggled weapons to the natives and resulted in a rebellion eight years.

But, back in the Siap province the natives for the most part had died out on the island five decades ago due to a long civil war on the island and then the extermination of save less then a dozen tribes that lived in the high mountain areas and still did and those tribes numbered at about 56,000 in total. Yet, on the mainland there were still many hundreds of tribes that lived in the delta and lower river fishing and farming as a living. The environment prevented them from waging to much was thus making them into a proud people who would not kindly being commanded by a foreign government.

1 Cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 scientific research vessels and a small amount of transports carrying 838 soldiers, 180 engineers, 8 medical physicians, 8 oceanographers, 8 biologists (including marine biologists), 6 topographers, 6 anthropologists, 4 meteorologists, 2 virologists, 2 botanists, and 16 settlers arrived off the coast of Estovakian-claimed land.

At dawn, a small landing party of 348 soldiers, 3 anthropolgists, and 1 medical physician carefully landed at an ideal landing spot close to a small village. They approached the small coastal village and shot anyone that was hostile. When the village was pacified, 174 additional soldiers landed with 60 engineers. Working around the clock in shifts, rotating groups of 60 engineers and volunteers worked constantly for a day until a rough landstrip was developed, a small dock for motar boats only, and a crude defense paremeter of barbed wire machine guns, bright lights, and fence was put up. At night, 153 soldiers and other personnel minus the 60 engineers needed went back to the ship while the remaining soldiers and engineers worked on projects.The village upon seeing unknown ships approach sent out a runner before the group had landed on the shore and within a couple of hours had reached a nearby tribal town capital where they sent out runners to muster their tribe’s warriors for war and they also sent out runners to other tribes to warn them of a new invader.

The small village for the most part had been killed after a number of the town’s men had been killed resisting the foreigners coming within the village limits. As well, the few who stayed were traders and offered the group food in return for either silver, copper, guns, or gold.

"Great Nari has decided against claiming land in this region. Thank you."

Siapians are known for many things. They are known for their calm, levelheaded approach to most situations. They are known as stubbornly and fiercely independant (as a result of this, Siapian drill instructors are known as the most brutal of human beings, from years of dealing with stubborn conscripts), but Siapians are not known as conquerers. True, the nation of Siap was partially formed by conquest. True, Siap had conquered several nations and it was true that serfs were legal. But Siap had no tradition of conquering and humiliating their enemy. Siapian military victories followed a formula: they came, destroyed what they viewed as threatening, demanded war reparations, and made the defeated an economic subject state. But, Siapian troops rarely remained in the nations they conquered. After at most a decade, all troops would have returned home, to their own business.

Ironically, Siapians are also known for their tendency to react violently to what they saw as any encroachment into their freedom, their rights or their property. Especially after the anarchism (A period of Siapian history where the government ceased, but the nation didn't), Siapians became more conscious of their freedoms. And the hostile of climate of Siap has made Siapians famous for wasting nothing. Siapian industries are based on managing other nation's waste and collecting scrap materials and synthesizing petrochemicals from organic waste.

This last fact led the governer general to a decision. The Siapian soldiers would be at their guard. Rumors of previous uprisings did not warrant a preemptive assault. Conversely, peace now did not warrant the assumption that bllod would not be shed in the future. For now, they would watch. That was something Siapians were good at as well. They would watch the enemy, wait for the enemy to act. Army scouts extended their patrols to encompass the river basin, observing from afar the activities of the natives.

(OOC: Assuming the natives do not know much about soil depletion)

Meanwhile, the first immigrants, the Siapian farmers began in the standard, humble Siapian manner. They began the encroachment in the standard, humble, Siapian manner. Rather than seize the fertile lands that the natives worked, they simply took the land where the soil was drained. For even this soil was richer than the acidic soils of Sunshile Valley and certainly they would rear crops better than the Great Salt Desert. Combined with Siapian agricultural technology, all the land that surrounding the river delta considered infertile, too arid or just downright impossible to use would soon be flourishing. And Heaven help the souls of the natives if they thought about taking what the Siapians built.

As the Siapians began to be noticed in the tribal lands one of the greater tribes along the coast began a massive genocide in the delta so as to create land to sell to the colonists. As well, due to the fact that they had been armed with more modern rifles and weapons from the Scandinvan traders they had far superior weapons over their agrarian neighbors and also due to their superior training the few warriors the other tribes had were quickly destroyed. These attacks had already cleared out a great a majority out a majority of the northern delta within a couple of weeks using very destructive attacks. As well, many dozens of tribes began to flee into the plains and upriver in fear of the destructive measures the northern tribe was using to clear out the delta.

Yet, with the tribes clearing out much fertile farmland was seized by the barbaric tribe of the north. As well, they enslaved the survivors of the attacks or any natives that they found in their territory not of their tribe. Further, they had doubled the seize of their estates where many tens of thousands now worked as slaves for the great lords.

With that stories began to be told by the fleeing natives of the terror of the genocide and of how the remnants of their people had for the most part enslaved by their new masters.

OOC: The natives now about soil depletion, but once they field is no longer usable the put their waste over in order to try to make the field fertile again.

Imperial Aaronia wished to claim the Eastern Peninsula, near the Pink and Red bits! (This is confusing!)

Clandonian Commanders were worried, the sizeable force outnumbered them in response a message of assistance and alert was wired to the Ministry of Defence back home. If the forces were attacked then they would drive the rebels back and leave no one standing.

In response 3rd Commando Brigade and been mobalised and two River Class PG/MSC patrol boats were on their way 5000 combat troops ready to assist with their 50 Challenger 2 MBT's to assist. Also at the request a FAE device had been loaded onto a B1-B Lancer to be detonated over the area incase it was overun.

Oil had been found and construction of wells were underway with naval forces protecting the vital assets from attack.

Imperial Aaronia wished to claim the Eastern Peninsula, near the Pink and Red bits! (This is confusing!)How does this look: http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9te4ij5pi5at3.png

The village upon seeing unknown ships approach sent out a runner before the group had landed on the shore and within a couple of hours had reached a nearby tribal town capital where they sent out runners to muster their tribe’s warriors for war and they also sent out runners to other tribes to warn them of a new invader.

The small village for the most part had been killed after a number of the town’s men had been killed resisting the foreigners coming within the village limits. As well, the few who stayed were traders and offered the group food in return for either silver, copper, guns, or gold.

The Estovakians resumed their normal mission, unaware of the mustering of tribal soldiers. Anthropologists began to track the habits of the natives and their language and also give little trickets and silver Estovakian currency pieces. Virologists and physicians began studying the immunity systems and health of the remaining natives of the village, while also studying the native diseases and illnesses for vaccines or storing them away for further study. Oceanographers aboard the two research vessels began mapping the ocean floor while marine biologists studied the exotic fish and edible fish of the area. The topographers took to the skies in helicopters and began mapping the areas and comparing satellite maps and GPS coordinates to visual landmarks and features. The engineers built a basic water treatment facility and improved on base defense while soldiers began setting up large tents and pre-fabricated buildings capable of supporting a more permanent population. Finally botanists began studying fruits and vegetables for taste and edibility and wrote reports on the soil conditions.

On the finished airfield, a cargo plane landed and dropped off radar equipment and small diesel generators while another plane that arrived later dropped off CS canisters, water cannons, rubber bullets, and crowd control equipment for fending off hostile natives. A dozen or so electrical and equipment engineers also arrived to help set up the radar equipment. By nightfall, four out of five companies were stationed on land, making the total of troops on land to 675 soldiers. The anthropologists, botanists, and physcians (except for one) also settled down in the base leaving the total number of Estovakian scientists on land to be 16, engineers to be 60, and the total number of Estovakian civilans to thus be 76.

Message to Estovakian Government

Hello there, as you are new as well to the unknown lands we invite you to join in a mutal defence pact to fight the rebels who have attacked and killed many of our soldiers. We advise against controlling the locals as they are vicious and uncivillised beings who should be either culled or put to work.

Message to Estovakian Government

Hello there, as you are new as well to the unknown lands we invite you to join in a mutal defence pact to fight the rebels who have attacked and killed many of our soldiers. We advise against controlling the locals as they are vicious and uncivillised beings who should be either culled or put to work.

To: Whom it may concern
From: Temporary Estovakian Territorial Council

We thank you for your advice. However, utilizing the knowledge gained in the past by imperialist nations such as Great Britain, Spain, and the United States, we have adopted a philosophy that we see as most beneficial to the situation at hand.

Like the British with African tribes, Cortes with the Aztecs, and the Americans with Native Americans, we have found that the most beneificial way of defeating natives is to gain the support of other native tribes. The British utilized indiginous forces to fight battles for them or supplant their military and thus were able to maintain a colonial empire with a relatively small army. Cortes took over a whole empire utilizing an army made up primarily of indiginous forces while Americans utilized divisions and animosity between North American tribes to track and defeat other native groups.

We will not compromise with the lowlands natives with which we will take their land but hope to make contact with mountainous tribes in hopes of gaining their support and utilizing them to do most of the fighting for us, in exchange for slaves and garenteed protection of their throne. Thus we hope to accomplish two things at once by expelling the nuisances and gaining good relations with unimportant tribes to prevent unnecessary future attacks. We see use in natives and their traditions as an advantage to ourselves because then we can use their hatreds and problems to our advantage.

We do not rule by force and fear but by deception and exploitation. By gaining the support of some natives, we can use their knowledge and power against other natives and thus instead of wasting our resources we use theirs.

On a separate note, we do not feel that accepting a mutual protection pact would be wise at the moment because we feel it would be disadvantageous for you. Since we cannot offer anything of value, or spare any troops, we wouldn't be helpful. However, should you need to dock at our temporary dock, use our airfield, or borrow our scientists don't hesitate to ask. As a friendly gesture, we wish to give you our oceanographic charts of the coastal areas we have explored so far so as to benefit your merchant traffic and naval forces. After all, there is nothing more annoying to a captain than running aground on some hidden sand bar.

Your offer is kind indeed, we share our satellite imagery of the region. We have forces in the area so we are ok for troops with more comming in we will defeat anyone that opposes us with superior firepower.

On the island, the first mining towns were already constructed, the new residents happilly worked at their new jobs in a land where they could have an actual lawn. Some of them even had several acres of land behind their houses, growing fresh vegetables and fruits for the first time in their lives. The first shipments of copper and silver ore nearly paid for the cost of establishing the colony, and now a ship with its hull filled with gold ore was embarking across the ocean back to Esmund. The governor-general knew that these shipments would have to be managed carefully so the Siapian economy could absorb the metals without being crushed by inflation.

The mainland, however, had been a source of troubles. The Siapian farmers initially found themselves completely excluded from the arable land, but then had to quickly retreat altogether as the tribes obliterated eachother. Now, violent barbarian tribes occupied the delta, while a small but steady stream of wounded natives told tales of their horrible oppression.

The Governor-General received these natives, and imported linguists from Esmund University to study their language and try to help the Siapians communicate with the natives.

That evening, the Governor-General, a red-haired broad shouldered giant of a man named Shea Miller. He sat at the table in the officers quarters' with his liason to Siap, Corporal Steele, a thin man with a thin face, clutching files close to his chest. His captain of local intelligence, another red-haired man named Sean Donovan, accompanied by some of his lieutenants, also with dossiers in front of them.

Miller sat with his hands on the table. He looked as though he would rip the table in half if he was agitated enough. "Gentlemen, we have a unique opportunity to take the river delta. Captain Donovan has the details."

"The natives that have previously occupied the river delta have since turned their weapons upon eachother. We do not know why, but one of the tribes began a wholesale slaughter of the others. This internal division gave the barbarians from the north the opportunity to invade, and they have since taken the lands. There is a small population of survivors who are coming over to our camp. Those who have not come to us are being enslaved or killed. If we could arm and train the surviving population to fight, we could gain valuable allies who know the lay of the land and there would be plenty of land for our farmers to cultivate."

Miller spoke again, "Our linguists are making progress with their language. The Community has approved an additional 200,000 regulars to be added to our contingent in light of recent events. They should be arriving over the course of the next two weeks. Steele, I want you to call Esmund, and see if you can't get us a special forces division to help train the natives. Donovan, have the linguists secure the natives support for this plan. This can't go ahead without them."

Esmund, several days later

The beads of the rosary slowly slipped through the fingers of the man kneeling before the statue of St. Michael in the small chapel beneath the Basilica of St. Michael. He had received his orders. He would be placed in command of the Operations Division Epsilon, the most repected division in all of Siap's special forces. Specialist Paul Kesson was one of the most capable men in the Siapian Intelligence Network. He would proceed to the new colonies with his unit and train the natives to repel their oppressors. As he left the cathedral, his mind was clear and he was ready to face this challenge. In six hours he would be on a plane to the colonies.

OOC: I would like to take the southernmost Island and a moderately sized in between those two lakes on the mainland, across that channel from the island I am claiming. Please note that I might expand these claims.

IC: Official Statement From Red Tide Goverment
"We formally request the Scandinvans to allow the settlement of these new colonies by Red Tide."
End Message

Local Operations Command Centre
2251 Hours

'Sir the Siapians have launched a military operation looks like they are having troubles with the locals too.'

'Send an offer of support to them via radio communication stateing that they the locals are amashing a large army and resistance.'

Previous a Clandonian Lynx had had been shot at by a ground fire from smalls arms, in reponse naval gunfire was called in to attack a hill crop. Clandonian forces began operations to secure the hills to stop hostiles using them as look outs. A minor slave rebellion had occured complaining at the lack of food and shelter in the work camps, it was swiftly dealt with thanks to the eagerness in the Clandonain Interior Forces. The commando's had arrvied on the large C-17's and C-5's bringing in supplies daily. The River boats had been brought in to guard the oil platforms from possible attack and an AWAC's was now on 24 hour patrol over the area.

OOC: Scandinavians, can you update the map on the first page showing what has been claimed by whom?

IC:

Colonial Headquarters

"General Miller, we have received a transmission from a Clandonian force operating in the area. It seems they have established a colony in the region. It would seem that the natives in their region are massing a large army."

Miller looked at the corporal, thinking deeply. "Corporal, send this message to the Clandonians..."


To: Regional Clandonian Leadership

It is against the rules of engagement for me to put any of my soldiers on the ground, and I will discuss this matter with The Council of Ten. For the time being, we can provide air support, and artillery support from our naval and ground positions. It will take time for me to receive the Council's permission to do anything else. Apologies that I cannot help you any further.

-Shea Miller
Governor-General
Siapian Colonies



At the same time on the opposite end of the island, Victor Reidt, president of Tactical Solutions Inc. was inspecting the newly constructed mercenary base for his corporation. While he was inspecting the perimeter with Marshall Brose, the commander of the mercenary company residing in that base, a corporal approached them. "Sir, we've intercepted a radio transmission made by Clandonian colonists. Apparently they've bit off more they can chew. Apparently the natices are massing a large army and the Clandonians are outnumbered."

Reidt turned to the Marshall. "This could be an opportunity for us to make a profit on this new investment, and demonstrate our battle-readiness. Corporal, I want you to offer our services to these unfortunate colonists."



To: Regional Clandonian Command

We accidently received your message pertaining to the large army of natives facing you. We represent Tactical Solutions, inc. a private company that specializes in general contracting, and we can help you solve this problem. Please forward the size of the enemy force and other pertinent information (ie-how well armed they are, anything else that may help), and we can begin discussing how we may apply our forces to help you eliminate this threat.

-Marshall Brose
Regional Mercenary Commander
Tactical Solutions Incorporated

Message to Tactical Solutions Incorporated

We are fine and not outnumbered at present, in the event of outnumbering we have been authorised the use of thermobarical weaponry. We were trying to warn your government about the threat that they infact face, several hundread thousand angry radicals. We have killed about 12,000 from our estimates and body counts they just don't realise when to give up.

Office 7
1217 Government Way
Balkan City, 85546
Druid Province, United Democratic Empire of Asgarnieu

TO: The Scandinvans
FROM: Bureau of Land Reclaimation/Land Acquirement
SUBJECT: Purchase of Colonial Land

Greetings. Asgarnieu is very interested in acquiring land to create a colonial settlement. Asgarnieu has been scooping up any lands it can to strengthen foriegn ties and relations. We wish to purchase a large rectangular plot of land. We are not asking for anything with any mineable natural resources, for we do not wish to mine out any of the land. We will colonize the land and create cities. We are willing to pay upwards of $10,000,000,000.00 USD for this plot of land. We thank you for considering our offer, and dearly hope to purchase this land. Thank you.

PROPOSED CLAIM MAP: Proposed Claim (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/Asgarnieu/ScandinvanClaim.jpg) (Bottom Part)

Respectfully,

Secretary Ronald B. Hruska
Bureau of Land Reclaimation/Land Acquirement, Land Acquirement Office

Clandonian Commanders were worried, the sizeable force outnumbered them in response a message of assistance and alert was wired to the Ministry of Defence back home. If the forces were attacked then they would drive the rebels back and leave no one standing.

In response 3rd Commando Brigade and been mobalised and two River Class PG/MSC patrol boats were on their way 5000 combat troops ready to assist with their 50 Challenger 2 MBT's to assist. Also at the request a FAE device had been loaded onto a B1-B Lancer to be detonated over the area incase it was overun.

Oil had been found and construction of wells were underway with naval forces protecting the vital assets from attack.The tribes now numbering at about 35,000 being reinforced with warriors from the conquered tribes and with those the local natives sent them what supplies they could of food to aide them in their fight. As well, with that the natives that had been enslaved now began to fight back.

The natives also began to sent messengers to a native power on the mainland for aide that had hundreds of thousands of warriors at its disposal that could began an attack on a number of foreign powers invading their lands.

The Estovakians resumed their normal mission, unaware of the mustering of tribal soldiers. Anthropologists began to track the habits of the natives and their language and also give little trickets and silver Estovakian currency pieces. Virologists and physicians began studying the immunity systems and health of the remaining natives of the village, while also studying the native diseases and illnesses for vaccines or storing them away for further study. Oceanographers aboard the two research vessels began mapping the ocean floor while marine biologists studied the exotic fish and edible fish of the area. The topographers took to the skies in helicopters and began mapping the areas and comparing satellite maps and GPS coordinates to visual landmarks and features. The engineers built a basic water treatment facility and improved on base defense while soldiers began setting up large tents and pre-fabricated buildings capable of supporting a more permanent population. Finally botanists began studying fruits and vegetables for taste and edibility and wrote reports on the soil conditions.

On the finished airfield, a cargo plane landed and dropped off radar equipment and small diesel generators while another plane that arrived later dropped off CS canisters, water cannons, rubber bullets, and crowd control equipment for fending off hostile natives. A dozen or so electrical and equipment engineers also arrived to help set up the radar equipment. By nightfall, four out of five companies were stationed on land, making the total of troops on land to 675 soldiers. The anthropologists, botanists, and physcians (except for one) also settled down in the base leaving the total number of Estovakian scientists on land to be 16, engineers to be 60, and the total number of Estovakian civilans to thus be 76.The small amount of foreigners on the mainland was noted by the tribes and they decided to send a message to the other peoples that they would not be tolerated by their peoples. With that ten thousand tribal soldiers had now been assembled and their attack would soon begin.

As well, they now moved into the area of the occupied village and sent up their camp with all their soldiers in it. Also, they began sent up their massive war fires on the hills in the area.

Due the conflict back in Clandonian homelands a move had been made to quell the uprising there and then. A C-130K had touched down with shells filled with Hydrogen cyanide purchased from the UNE Military Industrys. Full authorisation was granted if the threat was there. As well as that nuclear weapons had been transfered incase Clandonia fell.

On the island, the first mining towns were already constructed, the new residents happilly worked at their new jobs in a land where they could have an actual lawn. Some of them even had several acres of land behind their houses, growing fresh vegetables and fruits for the first time in their lives. The first shipments of copper and silver ore nearly paid for the cost of establishing the colony, and now a ship with its hull filled with gold ore was embarking across the ocean back to Esmund. The governor-general knew that these shipments would have to be managed carefully so the Siapian economy could absorb the metals without being crushed by inflation.

The mainland, however, had been a source of troubles. The Siapian farmers initially found themselves completely excluded from the arable land, but then had to quickly retreat altogether as the tribes obliterated eachother. Now, violent barbarian tribes occupied the delta, while a small but steady stream of wounded natives told tales of their horrible oppression.

The Governor-General received these natives, and imported linguists from Esmund University to study their language and try to help the Siapians communicate with the natives.

That evening, the Governor-General, a red-haired broad shouldered giant of a man named Shea Miller. He sat at the table in the officers quarters' with his liason to Siap, Corporal Steele, a thin man with a thin face, clutching files close to his chest. His captain of local intelligence, another red-haired man named Sean Donovan, accompanied by some of his lieutenants, also with dossiers in front of them.

Miller sat with his hands on the table. He looked as though he would rip the table in half if he was agitated enough. "Gentlemen, we have a unique opportunity to take the river delta. Captain Donovan has the details."

"The natives that have previously occupied the river delta have since turned their weapons upon eachother. We do not know why, but one of the tribes began a wholesale slaughter of the others. This internal division gave the barbarians from the north the opportunity to invade, and they have since taken the lands. There is a small population of survivors who are coming over to our camp. Those who have not come to us are being enslaved or killed. If we could arm and train the surviving population to fight, we could gain valuable allies who know the lay of the land and there would be plenty of land for our farmers to cultivate."

Miller spoke again, "Our linguists are making progress with their language. The Community has approved an additional 200,000 regulars to be added to our contingent in light of recent events. They should be arriving over the course of the next two weeks. Steele, I want you to call Esmund, and see if you can't get us a special forces division to help train the natives. Donovan, have the linguists secure the natives support for this plan. This can't go ahead without them."

Esmund, several days later

The beads of the rosary slowly slipped through the fingers of the man kneeling before the statue of St. Michael in the small chapel beneath the Basilica of St. Michael. He had received his orders. He would be placed in command of the Operations Division Epsilon, the most repected division in all of Siap's special forces. Specialist Paul Kesson was one of the most capable men in the Siapian Intelligence Network. He would proceed to the new colonies with his unit and train the natives to repel their oppressors. As he left the cathedral, his mind was clear and he was ready to face this challenge. In six hours he would be on a plane to the colonies.The surviving tribes in the delta now had all fled or been destroyed due to the fact the northern tribe had now completed the conquest of the delta and enslaved the tribes that had refused to flee. With that they now began to stop their conquest and centralize their power in the newly conquered areas.

As well, a messenger was sent to the Siapians’ settlement on the mainland bearing this message,” In return for 8 tons of gold, 12 tons of silver, 16 tons of copper, 100 tons of iron ore, and 20,000 rifles we will give you two thirds of the delta.”

Office 7
1217 Government Way
Balkan City, 85546
Druid Province, United Democratic Empire of Asgarnieu

TO: The Scandinvans
FROM: Bureau of Land Reclaimation/Land Acquirement
SUBJECT: Purchase of Colonial Land

Greetings. Asgarnieu is very interested in acquiring land to create a colonial settlement. Asgarnieu has been scooping up any lands it can to strengthen foriegn ties and relations. We wish to purchase a large rectangular plot of land. We are not asking for anything with any mineable natural resources, for we do not wish to mine out any of the land. We will colonize the land and create cities. We are willing to pay upwards of $10,000,000,000.00 USD for this plot of land. We thank you for considering our offer, and dearly hope to purchase this land. Thank you.

PROPOSED CLAIM MAP: Proposed Claim (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i65/Asgarnieu/ScandinvanClaim.jpg) (Bottom Part)

Respectfully,

Secretary Ronald B. Hruska
Bureau of Land Reclaimation/Land Acquirement, Land Acquirement OfficeWe will give you the lands you desire for free as these lands as we will do now own these own lands. As well, if you any problems please report them.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

OOC: Your claim is in dark blue: http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9te4ij5gj1.png

Due the conflict back in Clandonian homelands a move had been made to quell the uprising there and then. A C-130K had touched down with shells filled with Hydrogen cyanide purchased from the UNE Military Industrys. Full authorisation was granted if the threat was there. As well as that nuclear weapons had been transfered incase Clandonia fell.OOC: Refer to OOC rule as there are no nuclear or chemical weapons.

OOC: Refer to OOC rule as there are no nuclear or chemical weapons.

OOC: Damn! What about bio-weapons?

OOC: Damn! What about bio-weapons?OOC: Their cool as they will not harm the environment that much, as well you need to have some fun.;)

The surviving tribes in the delta now had all fled or been destroyed due to the fact the northern tribe had now completed the conquest of the delta and enslaved the tribes that had refused to flee. With that they now began to stop their conquest and centralize their power in the newly conquered areas.

As well, a messenger was sent to the Siapians’ settlement on the mainland bearing this message,” In return for 8 tons of gold, 12 tons of silver, 16 tons of copper, 100 tons of iron ore, and 20,000 rifles we will give you two thirds of the delta.”

Specialist Paul Kesson sat with the governor-general, slowly sipping a cup of tea. "This is very interesting, general."

"The powers in the north are preparing for what I imagine will be a full-scale confrontation. How should we help them without having these guys go apeshit all over us?"

"From what I understand, General, the natives seem to have become quite united against the foreign powers. The recent conflict in the river delta leads me to think that a certain power has just established total dominance over the entire area. This power is very effective, which suggests that it has an effective command structure. It seems that someone has been supplying them with firearms, so it seems that they have some familiarity with modern weapons. But their reliance on messengers means that they might not have other modern war technologies. The other powers to our norht are gearing for an open war, but they have also enslaved the natives. We have done nothing like that..."

"Are you proposing appeasement?"

"Pretty close, but not quite."

"Wha...?"

"I understand Skyetech Industries still makes a model of the AR-15 rifle for open market?"

"What are you proposing?"

"Let's just say I have a plan. For the time being, inform the messenger that we will meet his tribes' demands. Offer an additional 10,000 rifles and some other crap as a gesture of our goodwill. I will call Skyetech Industries and bill this to my operating account."

"We have that many rifles available..."

"We should give them fresh guns. The ones we have here are a bit, uh, let's say there a bit dusty..."

His speech trailed off as he lowered his face to meet the mug of tea he was raising ot his face. Miller hated intelligence types. Kesson was the worst of all. His brain was obviously alight with activity, but he did not say a word for the rest of the afternoon.


The response to the messenger was "We accept you offer, and will give you an additional ton of gold, an additional twenty tons of iron and an additional 10,000 rifles, so that a friendship may form between our two great peoples. Our payments will be ready in two weeks' time."

Specialist Paul Kesson sat with the governor-general, slowly sipping a cup of tea. "This is very interesting, general."

"The powers in the north are preparing for what I imagine will be a full-scale confrontation. How should we help them without having these guys go apeshit all over us?"

"From what I understand, General, the natives seem to have become quite united against the foreign powers. The recent conflict in the river delta leads me to think that a certain power has just established total dominance over the entire area. This power is very effective, which suggests that it has an effective command structure. It seems that someone has been supplying them with firearms, so it seems that they have some familiarity with modern weapons. But their reliance on messengers means that they might not have other modern war technologies. The other powers to our norht are gearing for an open war, but they have also enslaved the natives. We have done nothing like that..."

"Are you proposing appeasement?"

"Pretty close, but not quite."

"Wha...?"

"I understand Skyetech Industries still makes a model of the AR-15 rifle for open market?"

"What are you proposing?"

"Let's just say I have a plan. For the time being, inform the messenger that we will meet his tribes' demands. Offer an additional 10,000 rifles and some other crap as a gesture of our goodwill. I will call Skyetech Industries and bill this to my operating account."

"We have that many rifles available..."

"We should give them fresh guns. The ones we have here are a bit, uh, let's say there a bit dusty..."

His speech trailed off as he lowered his face to meet the mug of tea he was raising ot his face. Miller hated intelligence types. Kesson was the worst of all. His brain was obviously alight with activity, but he did not say a word for the rest of the afternoon.


The response to the messenger was "We accept you offer, and will give you an additional ton of gold, an additional twenty tons of iron and an additional 10,000 rifles, so that a friendship may form between our two great peoples. Our payments will be ready in two weeks' time."The tribe of the northern delta upon getting the news that their terms had been agreed to began to bring all the captured slaves to their own lands and in the meanwhile cleared any more hidden groups of natives that they could find. As well, they gathered all the weapons that they could find left over by the other tribes.

With that they sent another messenger to the Siapians with this message,” We accept your more then pleasing offer and we now have withdrawn from the eastern, central, and southern delta almost completely. Thank you for your business.”

After the two weeks had passed, a large cargo ship approached the area controlled by the natives. A second, smaller ship followed behind it, with a large crane on board its main deck. Slowly, the two ships began unloading the giant crates. The first crates were the iron, followed by the copper, then the silver and then the gold. The last crates to be unloaded were the rifles. Each AR-15 was freshly assembled and polished, still in the Skyetech Industries cases, and each rifle came with a scope and three clips.

While this was occuring, the first group of Siapians entered the delta. Construction of farms and a seaport on the delta were almost immediately underway.

The Asgarnian Territorial Army contingient touched down on 10 CH-46As Helicopters. They were backed up by a massive force of aircraft and land vehicles. AH-66, AH-64, F-35, HMMWV, M2, and others were right behind the force. They readied their AR-44A1's. As they marched toward the Colonization Point, they were met by around 1,250 natives. They took their hands off of their weapons and raised them, in a gesture of peace. The natives rejected it. Spears tipped with heavy stone heads flew toward the men, and 10 were immediately down. The force opened fire on the natives, decimating them with their 6.8mm Remington Magnum HydraShok rounds and their 12 Gauge Barbed Flechette rounds. As the natives fell, clean-up crews arrived up the river. The natives would be hauled on a massive barge and dumped in the ocean. Soon, a large city would be springing up. Bulldozers and Graters began clearing paths for roads. Within 5 months, the beginnings of a massive metropolis would be laid down.

Data on the AR-44A1: AR-44A1/A2 (ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/AR-44A1/A2)

After the two weeks had passed, a large cargo ship approached the area controlled by the natives. A second, smaller ship followed behind it, with a large crane on board its main deck. Slowly, the two ships began unloading the giant crates. The first crates were the iron, followed by the copper, then the silver and then the gold. The last crates to be unloaded were the rifles. Each AR-15 was freshly assembled and polished, still in the Skyetech Industries cases, and each rifle came with a scope and three clips.

While this was occuring, the first group of Siapians entered the delta. Construction of farms and a seaport on the delta were almost immediately underway.As the natives of the northern delta returned home they began to use their slaves to begin building a number of new cities by building dams along the delta so as to create new farm land and also to prevent the floods that often occurred during heavy rains. Also, they began to establish more estates on their land.

Further, they came to the settlement bringing their flag and began to load the goods onto their ships on the river to bring to the north.

Paul Kesson stood in the briefing room with General Shea Miller. Before him sat one hundred of the Epsilon Group soldiers. They sat in two teams on either side of the room. "...and we have traced this group of natives from the mountains. Their sophitication suggests that they are unified under a very charismatic leader or very strong government. This is suggested by their subjugation of the region before we aquired the delta. Team one is to enter the mountains, and approach the tribe. You will infiltrate via paradrop, and scope out the tribal encampments from afar. Remember your mountain training. And, most importantly, I do not want them to know we are watching. I do not want them to even think that they're being watched. Team two will proceed north to study the massing army. You will need to determine if these are the same as those who had previously occupied the river delta. Team two will approach via unmarked helicopter until you are 30 km north, and you will approach by foot from there. Again, you will not be seen. Prepare your equipment, you leave at nightfall."

After all of the men had left the room, Miller turned to Kesson. "You've given them guns, and now you propose we gear up to fight them?"

Kesson turned to the general, unflinching. "I do not intend to fight them. I just want to see the bigger picture. And about those guns, well, I have friends at Skyetech Industries. And they also make other equipment that I use." He brushed past the commander, and turned on his laptop. Within a matter of minutes, a map of the region came up, and several bright dots appeared in a cluster on the map. "Those are the rifles. Wherever the rifles go, we shall be sure to know." He watched as the bundle of dots slowly moved along the river.


After the sun had set, several paratroops touched down in the mountains, and moved towards the known encampments of the natives.

Several helicopters touched down north of the massing army, and the soldiers quickly disembarked from them. As quickly as they came, the helicopters departed and the soldiers moved quickly and quietly towards the massing force.

Paul Kesson stood in the briefing room with General Shea Miller. Before him sat one hundred of the Epsilon Group soldiers. They sat in two teams on either side of the room. "...and we have traced this group of natives from the mountains. Their sophitication suggests that they are unified under a very charismatic leader or very strong government. This is suggested by their subjugation of the region before we aquired the delta. Team one is to enter the mountains, and approach the tribe. You will infiltrate via paradrop, and scope out the tribal encampments from afar. Remember your mountain training. And, most importantly, I do not want them to know we are watching. I do not want them to even think that they're being watched. Team two will proceed north to study the massing army. You will need to determine if these are the same as those who had previously occupied the river delta. Team two will approach via unmarked helicopter until you are 30 km north, and you will approach by foot from there. Again, you will not be seen. Prepare your equipment, you leave at nightfall."

After all of the men had left the room, Miller turned to Kesson. "You've given them guns, and now you propose we gear up to fight them?"

Kesson turned to the general, unflinching. "I do not intend to fight them. I just want to see the bigger picture. And about those guns, well, I have friends at Skyetech Industries. And they also make other equipment that I use." He brushed past the commander, and turned on his laptop. Within a matter of minutes, a map of the region came up, and several bright dots appeared in a cluster on the map. "Those are the rifles. Wherever the rifles go, we shall be sure to know." He watched as the bundle of dots slowly moved along the river.


After the sun had set, several paratroops touched down in the mountains, and moved towards the known encampments of the natives.

Several helicopters touched down north of the massing army, and the soldiers quickly disembarked from them. As quickly as they came, the helicopters departed and the soldiers moved quickly and quietly towards the massing force.The massing force was an army consisting of the Guard of the ruler of their people who come out of the western sea and through right of battle become their ruler. Through the use of his superior intellect and battle skills he gained control of the costal areas along the southern bay and the lands of the costal northern delta.

The massing army itself was meeting at a great stone castle with walls sixty feet high and twenty feet thick built by a mix of slave labor and the skill of the ruler of the northern tribe.

Kesson sat in the comms room with headphones on his head and a cigarette in his hand. He picked up the microphone, taking a drag on his cigarrette. "Team one, you have a new objective. I need you to move in closer to the compound. Find someone close to the ruler, a general, a lieutenant, secretary, someone close. And I am going to need you to pinch him. First, find flat ground to use as an LZ, secure the area, and give us a call. CSAR-1 will go airborne, and then you will have to work. They'll wait for half an hour. Otherwise, your on your own."


The team in the mountains split into groups of three, and spread around the settlement.

(OOC: Can I get a description of the settlement, the residences, the presence of guards,etc.?)

The guards around the settlement were dressed in silver plate mail and patrolled in great number along the walls and the area just below them. Yet, they did not patrol the forests that much as they did not have much reason to and the fact there was a presence of large numbers of bugs which would often prevent them from moving due to them being so thick in the more open areas which were required for them to safely move through in their heavy armor.

OOC: The settlement and fortress are both stone enclosed area of about 125 acres with a population of 5000 with a small palace for the ruler and a number of small ye luxurious manners for the nobles and the generals for their domain. As well, not counted in the original population are about 6500 guards all them heavily armored and armed with modern weaponry and are basically a notch above marines in training and sheer skill.

OOC: Are any of the palaces on the outside wall?

OOC: Are any of the palaces on the outside wall?OOC: Well, the commander of the wall guard has his quarters on within a few yards of the outside wall.

Thirty Epsilons fanned out around the segment of wall, while a team of six moved to the opposite edge of the city. The remainders took to positions around the city, in trees, hills or whatever else they could use to grant themselves a better view of the city. The men donned their balaclavas and the snipers, using using Siapian Type IV 12.7mm anti-armor rifles concentrating on soldiers around the wall guard commander's quarters and the area in the opposite corner. In the opposite corner, the men assembled a mound of about 5 kg of C4, which they left just beyond the treeline. The wall guard commander was seen entering his quarters. The team commander whispered into his radio. "We are standing by to commence operation, and we have cleared an LZ three klicks south of our position."

"Roger. CSAR-1 is en route. ETA thirty minutes."

The commander then whispered into his radio. "We have one hour to get to bag our man and get to the LZ. Go."

The men patrolling around the wall near the Wall Commander's House were silently dispatched with the silenced sidearms of the Epsilons. Then a group of three men quickly ran up to the wall and placed the small C4 charge on the wall. One soldier programmed the timer and the other whispered into his radio, "Thirty seconds."

"Thirty seconds go." The voice responded.

The soldier who just set the timer armed it and the two men ran quickly back into the forest. The small blast that opened up the wall by the gate commanders house was greatly overshadowed by the giant roar on the opposite side of town, spitting flames and vegetable matter into the air. The snipers began firing on the guards, while immediately afterward a frag grenade was tossed into the opening. BZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-quinuclidinyl_benzilate) grenades were fired into the windows of the Wall Commander's house, while an HE grenade was fired into the wall of the Wall Commander's house. This team quickly formed a perimeter around the house, firing at anything that moved. A group wearing gas masks lobbed another BZ grenade and a flash bang into the house, and then entered, grabbed the commander, and while a fourth team entered the wall, spraying suppressing fire while the team carrying the unconscious commander back into the woods. The fourth team exited the compund, covering their counterparts as they entered the woods, dropping incendiary grenades as they escaped. The snipers did the same as they dropped from their positions and took to the woods. The entire team broke into groups of three and followed their individual predetermined paths--too far from eachother to be trailed as a group.

Three hundred heavily armed guards began to gather a few hundred yards away in response to the blast and would soon respond to the attack. As well, the guards of the ruler now formed a thick wall around his palace ready to fight to the last man to protect him to the last men if needed.

As well, the Captain of the Guard went to the main hall of the palace and grabbed his sword ready to fight off any would be attackers and with four of his finest guards.

The small amount of foreigners on the mainland was noted by the tribes and they decided to send a message to the other peoples that they would not be tolerated by their peoples. With that ten thousand tribal soldiers had now been assembled and their attack would soon begin.

As well, they now moved into the area of the occupied village and sent up their camp with all their soldiers in it. Also, they began sent up their massive war fires on the hills in the area.

The Estovakian soldiers were not too worried about the numbers of the tribal warriors. Due to the terrain around the settlement, the attacking tribal warriors would have to squeeze tightly together or attack a few at a time, thus negating their numbers.

All five companies of infantry were landed in the base, while all civilians were evacuated. The cruiser and destroyers were moved as close as possible to land to be able to provide fire support. CS canisters were readied and the soldiers readied their arms.

Two helicopters with HE rockets and chain gun ammunition took off from the airfield at night. Using the war fires as a guide, the helicopters flanked the war camp and attacked from the sides or from behind. They unloaded the rockets at bunches and groups of tribal warriors and used chain guns against individual targets. They attacked targets of interest such as suspected food stores, wagon trains, and more heavily decorated tents- which the Estovakians suspected might be officers, priests, or royalty.

More perversely, one of the helicopters dropped a bloated, decomposing corpse of a woman killed during the intial attack on the coastal village with a message pasted in their language on her chest on top one of the tents, warning that if they if they should take up arms and attack, what happened to her would happen to their families. To drive the point home, the helicopters attacked two nearby tribal villages with remaining chaingun ammunition.

A message sent by runner (a captive villager) that was sent to arrive at the same time as the attack reminded the tribal warriors that while they were here with their arms their homes and families remained vulnerable to the attack. The war was unnecessary, the message pleaded, and there was no reason for them to die for no purpose. To die would leave their families open to rape and torture and appealed to the warriors to think about family over certain disaster. They could be home, protecting their villages from attack from the mountain tribes who were already on their way to kill and that the enemy wasn't the foreigners, but their barbaric and ancesteral enemy of the mountains. Instead of fighting a losing battle to the Estovakians with their superior weaponry, the message stated that the two countries could exist as friends and protect from a greater and more evil threat and that Estovakian support would be useful for them than against them, as they had just witnessed. The message left off with a reminder of the power of Estovakian military might and that the tribal warriors would be better of allied with this power than at the receiving end.

As each team of Siapian soldiers darted closer to the clearing that was created earlier, each soldier when exactly 500m away from the city fired their powerful anti-armor rifles into the air, intending the deafening report to create the image that an attack was still underway.

Helicopters touched down in the clearing prepared earlier and the wall guard Commander was put in restraints and quickly loaded with the group of soldiers into the Blackhawk helicopter. The remaining soldiers were picked up with a pair of Super 74s.


The helicopters proceeded due north until they were out of sight of the city, and then ascended and diverted their course to the island. The blackhawk touched down on the runway, and the wall guard commander was injected with a substance that rendered him unconscious, and was loaded onto an unmarked Leerjet waiting on the runway. The plane was en route to the undisclosed location that was home to the Siapian Intelligence Network's Operational Divisions Headquarters. The linguist who had made the most progress in deciphering the Native's language was already at the facility, assisted by two of Kesson's hand selected interrogators.

The Estovakian soldiers were not too worried about the numbers of the tribal warriors. Due to the terrain around the settlement, the attacking tribal warriors would have to squeeze tightly together or attack a few at a time, thus negating their numbers.

All five companies of infantry were landed in the base, while all civilians were evacuated. The cruiser and destroyers were moved as close as possible to land to be able to provide fire support. CS canisters were readied and the soldiers readied their arms.

Two helicopters with HE rockets and chain gun ammunition took off from the airfield at night. Using the war fires as a guide, the helicopters flanked the war camp and attacked from the sides or from behind. They unloaded the rockets at bunches and groups of tribal warriors and used chain guns against individual targets. They attacked targets of interest such as suspected food stores, wagon trains, and more heavily decorated tents- which the Estovakians suspected might be officers, priests, or royalty.

More perversely, one of the helicopters dropped a bloated, decomposing corpse of a woman killed during the intial attack on the coastal village with a message pasted in their language on her chest on top one of the tents, warning that if they if they should take up arms and attack, what happened to her would happen to their families. To drive the point home, the helicopters attacked two nearby tribal villages with remaining chaingun ammunition.

A message sent by runner (a captive villager) that was sent to arrive at the same time as the attack reminded the tribal warriors that while they were here with their arms their homes and families remained vulnerable to the attack. The war was unnecessary, the message pleaded, and there was no reason for them to die for no purpose. To die would leave their families open to rape and torture and appealed to the warriors to think about family over certain disaster. They could be home, protecting their villages from attack from the mountain tribes who were already on their way to kill and that the enemy wasn't the foreigners, but their barbaric and ancesteral enemy of the mountains. Instead of fighting a losing battle to the Estovakians with their superior weaponry, the message stated that the two countries could exist as friends and protect from a greater and more evil threat and that Estovakian support would be useful for them than against them, as they had just witnessed. The message left off with a reminder of the power of Estovakian military might and that the tribal warriors would be better of allied with this power than at the receiving end.A debate started amongst the army as the different tribes took positions on how to respond to this message and as the tribes became more divided a battle broke out amongst the different factions over what should be done. This engulfed the whole of the army as the warriors began to kill each other in great numbers.

In the western lands the mountain tribes assembled a massive army of 80,000 of their powerful warriors and began a full scale invasion along against the frontier tribes who were too fragmented to unite into a single power to fight them.

As each team of Siapian soldiers darted closer to the clearing that was created earlier, each soldier when exactly 500m away from the city fired their powerful anti-armor rifles into the air, intending the deafening report to create the image that an attack was still underway.

Helicopters touched down in the clearing prepared earlier and the wall guard Commander was put in restraints and quickly loaded with the group of soldiers into the Blackhawk helicopter. The remaining soldiers were picked up with a pair of Super 74s.


The helicopters proceeded due north until they were out of sight of the city, and then ascended and diverted their course to the island. The blackhawk touched down on the runway, and the wall guard commander was injected with a substance that rendered him unconscious, and was loaded onto an unmarked Leerjet waiting on the runway. The plane was en route to the undisclosed location that was home to the Siapian Intelligence Network's Operational Divisions Headquarters. The linguist who had made the most progress in deciphering the Native's language was already at the facility, assisted by two of Kesson's hand selected interrogators.With the guards of the city being mustered they began to launch a large patrol around the city to try to find the intruders into it and they also began to set up heavier weapons that could be used against air craft. Also, the ruler retreated into his inner palace which only be one known passage.

The wall commander woke and began to speak in a tongue totally unlike the tongue of the normal people, more similar to the tongue of the Scandinvans then it was to any known, and said,” Ey erimt jitar mai tij ie bei jiani orim mweit riao oiai jioaal nefa aento.”

A debate started amongst the army as the different tribes took positions on how to respond to this message and as the tribes became more divided a battle broke out amongst the different factions over what should be done. This engulfed the whole of the army as the warriors began to kill each other in great numbers.

In the western lands the mountain tribes assembled a massive army of 80,000 of their powerful warriors and began a full scale invasion along against the frontier tribes who were too fragmented to unite into a single power to fight them.

OOC:

1. How big is the map (in terms of kilometers/miles) so I know how much room i have and how much time it would take to move from Point A to Point B

2. How many natives total, warriors and civilians, would be in my territory approximately?

OOC: Your area of the map is about 850 miles long at the greatest and 450 miles at the widest. In total your area has a population of 2.7 million lowland and forest natives and 900,000 mountain natives.

With the guards of the city being mustered they began to launch a large patrol around the city to try to find the intruders into it and they also began to set up heavier weapons that could be used against air craft. Also, the ruler retreated into his inner palace which only be one known passage.

The wall commander woke and began to speak in a tongue totally unlike the tongue of the normal people, more similar to the tongue of the Scandinvans then it was to any known, and said,” Ey erimt jitar mai tij ie bei jiani orim mweit riao oiai jioaal nefa aento.”

The two interrogators looked at the linguist. "This is not the language of the natives."

"What?"

"This is nothing like I've ever heard before."

One slammed his hand on the table. "Damn it!"

"Try to speak to him in the natives' language. Try any language you know."
The other said calmly, although he was visibly agitated.

The linguist looked at the prisoner. "I'll do what I can, but I am not promising anything."

The prisoner laughed and said in fluent English,” I will not speak out of my own will and I was trained above those savages to able to resist truth drugs.”

After that he said in the same language as before,” Ey mer giet reo yie jr qwew toi kijs gphis peri tryio mavei.”

The first interrogator laughed. "You've got style and balls." He turned to the linguist. "Thanks for your help. Your work is done." The linguist had a look of incredulity as he walked out the door. "Yours too." He said to the psychologist, who followed the linguist. The second interrogator was still calm. "If you are so resistant to truth drugs, mind showing us?" He stood up with a syringe that had its container covered so that the prisoner could not see the substance. Whether the prisoner was willing to receive the injection was moot, as his entire body was inside a straightjacket, except for a small flap that came off of his shoulders for injections such as these.

He looked at the smug prisoner. "We're going to let you have a little nap, and we'll see if you want to talk to us later." The guard came in and took the wheelchair and began wheeling him out the door. "Put him in a padded cell." The interrogator said.

After the prisoner was wheeled away the first interrogator spoke. "He seemed pretty self-confident. Sodium pentathol might just turn him from a prick to a sleepy prick."

The second interrrogator smiled slightly. "That was no sodium pentathol. It was heroin. With a midazolam chaser. In about twenty minutes, he'll have quite possibly the most euphoric experience in his life..."

"...But he won't remember it?"

"Not consciously. His body and parts of his brain will remember the feeling form the heroin, combined with the effects of the midazolam. He'll wake up in a couple of hours wanting something. Wanting somehting very badly, but he won't know what."

The man laughed quietly for second and then forced himself into a temporary coma by using a technique which caused him to experience extreme stress for but a second and then fell into a coma that would last a few hours.

"He's comatose?"

"Not unheard of. Certain sects of Sívists do it, I think. One of those groups at least."

"What do we do?"

"We think about it for a second. What is a coma? He's almost completely removed from consciousness. Therefore, his metabolism is slowed down. Which means everything we injected into him is still there, and is just being processed slower, if at all. Midazolam, as it touches the blood, becomes fat soluble and will accumulate in his brain, so when his metabolism returns to normal, he'll really feel it. And the heroin is going no place either. Since he slowed down his metabolism, his liver isn't going to metabolize it as fast. if anything, it gives the heroin time to saturate his bloodstream. When he comes to, he's going to have a transcendental high. Worst case scenario, we'll have to shower him and clean out the padded cell. Thats the only thing I hate about the muscle relaxing effects."

The island

"We've got action in the north."

Satelite and UAV surveiliance showed a mass movement of soldiers across the territories previously controlled by the natives. The people in the mountains were quite brazen. But the most recent raid proved that they weren't invincible.

"Time to see where our rifles went."

Kesson activated his tracking program. In a matter of minutes, all the rifles the Siapians gave would show up on the regional map.

As the main was in a coma his mind seemed to be normal, but in reality it was holding his reflexes in line as he had been trained to, but yet he still could not think and the best he could do was just twitch occasionally due to some sensation.

As for the guns they had all been scattered throughout the country already to the many small military bases and only one or two large concentrations where along the northern coast where they were still waiting to be sent across their domain.

"What we do now is simple." Kesson addressed the room in front of him. "We watch, we wait. Most importantly, we must watch. The dispersion of rifles shows us that most of them have already been distributed to the soldiers, however certain large concentrations suggest that those may be the locations of supply bases." Kesson faced the Governor-General, his lieutenants and the commanders of the Epsilon division. "We deploy UAVs in the mountain regions. Have them observe the leader's manor. I want constant surveiliance, I want to know when who comes, who goes, whose big, whose small, and most importantly, who else is giving them firepower. I also want the UAVs to scope out the suspected supply base, and try to see what other hardware they may have. And, most importantly, I do not want our UAVs to be seen."

"General Miller, can you have your men ready soon? We should brace ourselves for the worst. Be ready to meet any force that crosses the border, but do not confront any forces massing at the border. Also, have the citizens' council prepare an envoy to extend trade, and perhaps purchase more land."

"What about the prisoner?" Miller asked.

"I just spoke with the interrogators. He's had some pretty sophisticated training to resist interrogation. But I'm not concerned about it. So long as its living, a human brain is no more complicated than an onion. You just have to remove the layers of resistance."

The Lord’s manor had been put on high alert and thus there were not much going on except for food shipments which were always heavily searched and checked for poisons. As well, the city was now patrolled in large patrols and the palace of the ruler was guarded by 800 guards alone.

The prisoner then woke up and said in a weak voice,” I will not be so easy to get revealing the secrets of my master.”

"Well, look at this. Sleeping beauty. Wanna try being Alice in Wonderland now?"

The first interrogator held him still while the other administered another dose of the drug mixture. His body would soon be completely unable to produce endorphines without the presence of heroin in his body. He would have no natural way of coping with pain, even the aches and pains that humans do not notice every day. His body would have trouble managing his temperature, and even his emotions would slowly slip from his control. The Midazolam would also take his toll on his memory. Soon it would be impossible for him to gauge time, as his short term memory would be erased with every shot.

The man as the drugs grew in him decided a temporary way out and said,” I will tell you this that I am a citizen of the Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans and that by abducting me without so much as a trial is a violation of international law.”

"That's a good start." The interrogators had him brought back to his cell and then had the guards remove the midazolan from his regimin.

Being able to gather his mind he began to think on how to contact some of his noble kind back in the Empire in order to liberate him. As well, he began to pray in some the same strange language to unknown gods.

After allowing him a few days alone in his cell, the prisoner was met by the two interrogaters again. "You want to talk some more?"

The man responded,” What have you to offer me in return?”

"This."

He pulled out a syringe.

"It will enable your body to produce endorphins independantly. Freeing you from the physical addiction you posess."

"If after that, you tell us more that we like, we shall return you to your home. Of course, we will have to sedate you, and leave you a little ways away from the village so no one sees us dropping you."

The man laughed for a second and said,” What exactly do you want to know then?”

"Well, if you could tell us about your tribe, your source of weapons, your connection to the Scandinvans, your leader's opinion of the various foreign powers that have taken these lands, his or her intentions for dealing with these foreign powers..."

“The tribe is the one me, my kin, and my leader came out of the Scandinvan Empire and using our superior minds and weaponry we started a long war leading a small tribe ending in our complete conquest of the northern delta. Our connections in our home land are those of nobility and our leader is a friend of the Emperor’s. As well, he feels the foreign powers as civilizing light to these savage, but will react if he feels if his lands are being intruded on by other peoples.”

"Hmm." The first interrogator nodded thoughtfully. The second one flipped a concealed switch that deactivated all recording devices. A gunshot sprayed the contents of the prisoners head out of the right side of his skull. The guard quickly holstered his sidearm, while the second interrogator slowly stood up and picked up the bullet casing from the floor. The first one went into the next room and picked up the phone. "Commander Kesson? Yes. Yes this call is being monitored by the central office. Our prisoner died suddenly of an embolism. It seems that an old battle wound caused internal bleeding, and a bloodclot broke loose in his femoral artery and then proceeded up his..."


On the island, Kesson was jotting notes in his notebook. At least they got something out of him before they killed him. I wonder how reliable it is.


The Citizen's Council had prepared a team of diplomats, and sent them north to meet with the mountain tribe and open up a trade agreement.

OOC: May I remind the tribe is in the delta of your land and also that his manor is based on one of the few high hills in the area.

IC: As they approached the manor of the lord they were barely allowed in due to the recent incident and they were brought into the city under heavy guard with them clearing the way for them. As they approached the main palace of the ruler they now were put into the care of the royal guard who were entirely different from the other people in the city and spoke in the language the prisoner had spoken before he had died. Then the commander of the Royal Guard approached the diplomat group and said,” You will be allowed no further unless a search is made of your persons. D you consent? If not you will be sent back peacefully to your own people.”

OOC: I had intended for them to meet the tribe in the delta.

To: The Scandinvans
From: New Dracorian Dept. of Foreign Affairs
Subject: Naval/Mining Claim

Greetings to the Scandinvan Empire.

It is my duty and my pleasure to announce that after an intensive review of a number of possible locations throughout the world, we have chosen your region for the site of New Dracora's first major external naval base.

We have studied the topographic and geological maps generously provided by your people and have selected the following lands for our claim:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9409/ndclaimmw9.png

Once the official process has been seen to, a detachment from the NDN and Corps. of engineers will move in and begin construction. You need but give your approval.

Regards,

Hon. Richard Straus, Minister of Foreign Affairs

A debate started amongst the army as the different tribes took positions on how to respond to this message and as the tribes became more divided a battle broke out amongst the different factions over what should be done. This engulfed the whole of the army as the warriors began to kill each other in great numbers.

In the western lands the mountain tribes assembled a massive army of 80,000 of their powerful warriors and began a full scale invasion along against the frontier tribes who were too fragmented to unite into a single power to fight them.

The Estovakians were at a loss regarding the native attitudes and actions. They did what they could. They hooked up speakers on the base and on the helicopters and got native speakers to try to rally the fighting tribes into one coherent fighting organisation again. Realizing the settlers, once they landed, would need land, the Estovakians did what they could to help the pro-Estovakian natives beat out the anti-Estovakians so that the Estovakians could take their land.

The Estovakians tried to organize a coalition with pro-Estovakian natives under a southern tribal chieftein and a 16 year old high priestess from another tribe in the southeast. The alliance was headed by the priestess, whose shrewdness, exceptional oratory skills, and military genius was only exceeded by her godly beauty. Combined, her intelligence, charm, and looks were awe-inspiring and she was easily a great leader. If she had grown up in a more civilized country, should would have probably grown up to have become head of a major coperation, and easily a millionaire. It was a shame, the senior officers thought, that she grew up here instead of back home.

However, the small civil conflict that was going on was the least of the Estovakians' worries. An 80,000 strong army was heading toward the lowlands, bent on plunder and conquest. The Estovakians armed their helicopters with HE rockets again and headed west. Noticing that the army was still divided since the rock formations squeezed through several narrow valleys, the helciopters fired their rockets into the rock faces to cause avalanches and slow down the advance.

OOC: I had intended for them to meet the tribe in the delta.OOC: Sorry, made a mistake while reading your post.

To: The Scandinvans
From: New Dracorian Dept. of Foreign Affairs
Subject: Naval/Mining Claim

Greetings to the Scandinvan Empire.

It is my duty and my pleasure to announce that after an intensive review of a number of possible locations throughout the world, we have chosen your region for the site of New Dracora's first major external naval base.

We have studied the topographic and geological maps generously provided by your people and have selected the following lands for our claim:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9409/ndclaimmw9.png

Once the official process has been seen to, a detachment from the NDN and Corps. of engineers will move in and begin construction. You need but give your approval.

Regards,

Hon. Richard Straus, Minister of Foreign AffairsYou are accepted and your claim shall be recognized shortly as we are now working on your claims.

Signed,
Emperor Reginald

Map:http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=map2bq9te4ij5yp5.png

The Estovakians were at a loss regarding the native attitudes and actions. They did what they could. They hooked up speakers on the base and on the helicopters and got native speakers to try to rally the fighting tribes into one coherent fighting organisation again. Realizing the settlers, once they landed, would need land, the Estovakians did what they could to help the pro-Estovakian natives beat out the anti-Estovakians so that the Estovakians could take their land.

The Estovakians tried to organize a coalition with pro-Estovakian natives under a southern tribal chieftein and a 16 year old high priestess from another tribe in the southeast. The alliance was headed by the priestess, whose shrewdness, exceptional oratory skills, and military genius was only exceeded by her godly beauty. Combined, her intelligence, charm, and looks were awe-inspiring and she was easily a great leader. If she had grown up in a more civilized country, should would have probably grown up to have become head of a major coperation, and easily a millionaire. It was a shame, the senior officers thought, that she grew up here instead of back home.

However, the small civil conflict that was going on was the least of the Estovakians' worries. An 80,000 strong army was heading toward the lowlands, bent on plunder and conquest. The Estovakians armed their helicopters with HE rockets again and headed west. Noticing that the army was still divided since the rock formations squeezed through several narrow valleys, the helciopters fired their rockets into the rock faces to cause avalanches and slow down the advance.A masterful commander who had been trained by ex-Scandinvan tacticians in the colony now took the reins of the resistance against the invasion. He being a man of little words, great strength, masterful charisma, and a calculating mind gathered the northern, eastern, and central plains and river tribes together for a war against the invader in the south along with the far smaller number of tribes who supported the foreign scum.

With their new commander all the warriors that could be gathered were mustered into a signal army of 240,000 warriors who were armed with fairly modern weapons and knew how to use them. Yet, these warriors knew that they could not stand against these foreign tribes on the open battle field and so for the first few weeks began a large guerilla campaign.

As for the priestess she rallied to her 60,000 warriors from the southern tribes, but these warriors served only to protect their homes and not in her name and would desert if they felt that their home and lands were threatened.

"We consent to being searched as we have nothing to hide. We come from as representatives to the interests of The Community. We wish to discuss several things, among them trade, perhaps the purchase of more of your lands, but the most important thing we have to discuss with you. We wish to negotiate peace with your nation. A permanent vow that hostilities will never enter between our two great peoples. And in exchange for this, we have a gift. Should you choose peace with us, we will give you one hundred Standoff-Land Attack Missiles (Extended Range) as well as the necessary hardware to launch these independantly. These missiles will allow you to strike enemies from hundreds of kilometres away, whether your enemy is on land or at sea, whether your enemy is standing still or moving."

"We consent to being searched as we have nothing to hide. We come from as representatives to the interests of The Community. We wish to discuss several things, among them trade, perhaps the purchase of more of your lands, but the most important thing we have to discuss with you. We wish to negotiate peace with your nation. A permanent vow that hostilities will never enter between our two great peoples. And in exchange for this, we have a gift. Should you choose peace with us, we will give you one hundred Standoff-Land Attack Missiles (Extended Range) as well as the necessary hardware to launch these independantly. These missiles will allow you to strike enemies from hundreds of kilometres away, whether your enemy is on land or at sea, whether your enemy is standing still or moving."OOC: Alright, let us assume the speech was made inside to the ruler as we just moved through everything.

IC: Doing a rather quick search they completed their search and then they brought them through a large palace filled with marble and then they opened the massive bronze doors to the throne where the ruler stood and said I response to what they said and replied,” As king of these lands agree to these statements I wish to know what happened to the Capitan of the Wall Guard and would these missiles have the tracker devices that the guns you gave us had?”

"We are the citizens' council, and we have only a vague knowledge of what is occuring war-wise. The guns offered to you were not assembled here, however it is in the nature of the Siapian military to keep tabs on hardware they issue, however if you desire peace as we do, we will assume that you have no intention of using it on us, therefore where these missiles go is of no concern to us, and we have no reason to track them. All we can tell you is that they will be designed so they cannot be disassembled for reverse-engineering purposes. They can be broken down in a very specific manner for transportation and storage, but they cannot be disassembled further than that, other wise charges inside of them will detonate. This is simply because certain components used in the constrution of these missiles are still under liscense. As for your Wall Guard Captain, we do not know what happened to him. All we know is that some of the occupying powers in the north have been launching brutal raids and raping women and children.

OOC: The Citizens' Council will be the primary power eventually, but the military is still the de facto power in the colonies.

"We are the citizens' council, and we have only a vague knowledge of what is occuring war-wise. The guns offered to you were not assembled here, however it is in the nature of the Siapian military to keep tabs on hardware they issue, however if you desire peace as we do, we will assume that you have no intention of using it on us, therefore where these missiles go is of no concern to us, and we have no reason to track them. All we can tell you is that they will be designed so they cannot be disassembled for reverse-engineering purposes. They can be broken down in a very specific manner for transportation and storage, but they cannot be disassembled further than that, other wise charges inside of them will detonate. This is simply because certain components used in the constrution of these missiles are still under liscense. As for your Wall Guard Captain, we do not know what happened to him. All we know is that some of the occupying powers in the north have been launching brutal raids and raping women and children.

OOC: The Citizens' Council will be the primary power eventually, but the military is still the de facto power in the colonies.“I will agree to your offer of the missiles and peaceful agreement. As well, I will allow for free trade between out two nations.”

bump

The missiles were delivered, and assembled, as per the agreement, and there were no tracking devices inside of them. The military forces on the island were cautious, but moved away slowly from the border.

A masterful commander who had been trained by ex-Scandinvan tacticians in the colony now took the reins of the resistance against the invasion. He being a man of little words, great strength, masterful charisma, and a calculating mind gathered the northern, eastern, and central plains and river tribes together for a war against the invader in the south along with the far smaller number of tribes who supported the foreign scum.

With their new commander all the warriors that could be gathered were mustered into a signal army of 240,000 warriors who were armed with fairly modern weapons and knew how to use them. Yet, these warriors knew that they could not stand against these foreign tribes on the open battle field and so for the first few weeks began a large guerilla campaign.

As for the priestess she rallied to her 60,000 warriors from the southern tribes, but these warriors served only to protect their homes and not in her name and would desert if they felt that their home and lands were threatened.

During the relative stability, the Estovakians took time to land 500 men, most of whom had been policemen, had military experience, or had experience with identical terrain to form the Territorial Infantry. They helped, if only locally, to help the 240,000 man lowland army.

An additional 1,500 settlers were landed and settled on land evicted from the hostile lowland tribes that had opposed the Estovakian landings. Most of the former native residents had been distributed amongst the friendly tribes, including the very tribe of the commander trained by ex-Scandinvan tacticians, but a great many tht had been captured by the Estovakians were incorperated by the settlers as laborers, helping to maintain farms. A few of the natives had cunningly managed to convince the Estovakian authorities to open up a restaurant serving indiginous food in a small town near the military base which together are called "Beggarstown" because the base and the residents need to "beg" to get supplies from a very reluctant mainland.

Engineers, which have grown increasingly in numbers, both from local labor and more engineers, began building a dirt road from Beggarstown toward the priestess's village/capital, which the Estovakians called Hoch su' Masha, the Estovakianized pronounciation of the village. The reason was two-fold, it would allow trade (and hopefully increase relations) between the two towns, but also the priestess's village was located on the way toward the Scandinavan territory for which the settlers hoped to eventually trade and communicate with.

While the military had a more relaxed role since the natives were more concerned about each other, its still did its best to help the friendly lowland natives. The Estovakians sent a native to act as an emissary between the Estovakians and the native commander. He offered the commander a plan.


There were several disgruntled mountain tribe chiefteins that were disgruntled with the current king. The Estovakians knew of one through local intelligence that was vulnerable to bribery and could easily be persuaded for a surprisingly low price because of his hatred for the king. If he could be bribed, the army would lose around 2,000 soldiers- not a lot but a start. The Estovakians estimated that the outer provinces closer to the lowlands contained some sympethetic citizens as well as captured lowland slaves and were more vulnerable to mutiny against the king. The senior officers estimated as many as 20,000 soldiers of the 80,000 soldier army were probably unloyal and prone to desertion. While not enough to cripple the army, it would certainly preoccupy the army and the invasion as the army would have to pull back to stem the revolts.

The Estovakians though noted that it wouldn't be wise if that happened to invade the mountain tribes- such a hostile catalyst would certainly unite the mountain tribes for a common cause and an army probably larger than the 80,000 would be summoned.