Van Luxemburg
24-10-2006, 06:36
(The OOC thread is Here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=502282))
Innsbruck, Austria
It was still dark in Innsbruck. The lights from the town were lighted however, since it was just before 6 o'clock in the morning. It was silent on the street, and the occasional car drove along the roads, heading to it's destination.
On the end of the Brixner Straße, with the Südtiroler Platz next to it, Hotel Europa Tyrol was brightly lit, while a group of Marechaussees was talking outside, some smoking, since it was forbidden to light a cigarette or cigar inside public buildings. Several Eagle IV 4x4's had been parked on the sides of the street, while two helicopters where having their last checks at the Südtiroler Platz. Tanker trucks were parked near them, while technicians were busy refueling the NH-90's.
Inside the Hotel Europa Tyrol, Daniël Waldmann had set up his Headquarters for the Milex Arbitration. Several men sat around the tables in the lobby and in the conference rooms, where maps, laptops and other equipment was laying around. Waldmann sat in the Tiroler Adlersalon, with his PC and radio equipment. He carefully observed the time, Which switched from 5:58 to 5:59 when an E-mail came in. It was from the Meteorologic service, wishing him luck, and handing him the latest weather report. At that moment, the clock made the jump to 6:00, which meant Waldmann alarmed his men, which radioed the message for the exercise start.
Attention all sides, this is MILEX Arbitration. It is 0600. Exercise Start, I repeat, Exercise start. Weather report inbound at 0600, coming in, now.
Over the radio, the following message was sent:
Weather report from the Military Metereological Service, Alps region, in effect starting 0600 hours.
Max temperature: 10 degrees Celsius
Min temperature: -5 degrees Celsius
Conditions: Clear/Snow and Rain
At 0600 the skies will be completely clear, no clouds. The temkperature will be around the zero degrees Celsius, and rising when the sun comes up. The day will be nice, and will be perfect for flight operations. Around 2100 hours, Snow and Rain will come in from the North, with snow depending on the current temperature, which will have downed to the zeropoint at that
moment. The Metereological Service advises NOT to use aircraft, inclduig helicopters, since the snow and rain will reduce visibility to around 100-200m, at night. During the coming night, we advise the participants to use snow equipment, and not to use slopes above 10% with heavy vehicles.
Visibility: 10 km during the day, reduced to 100-200m at night due to snowfall and rain.
Snow: yes, depending on the temperature, mainly above 1000 metres. below that, mainly rain.
Aircraft: Can fly throughout the day, but it is not recommended during the night, since there will be around 100-200m visibility.
Slopes: Slopes above 10% not recommended during rain and snowfall.
It is possible the snowfall will reach the south during the night, and not in the evening.
I repeat, Exercise Start!
München, Germany
At strictly 0600 that morning, after the radio message, The Van Luxemburgian vehicles left off. Long columns of armoured vehicles headed onto the main Autobahns, spreading into different areas.
2 Armoured Brigades and 1 mechanised Brigade immediately headed off for the A96, which they would take to get to the San Bernardino Pass, into Italy.
1 Armoured Brigade moved towards the Brenner over the A8 and A93, before they would take the A12 and heading onto the A13 Brennerautobahn. anotehr Armoured Brigade joined it, but it would be halted along the A12 to act as a backup.
1 Armoured and 2 Mechanised brigades rolled over the A96, and to the A7, where they would take the Fernpaß into Austria, over the A12, and also onto the Brenner.
The Spezialkommando would be deployed by helicopter to Bolzano, to take the A22 there, and set up defences.
The last Mechanised Brigade would await furtehr orders at Landsberg AFB, to be transported by the A400M and CN-295 aircraft at that airforce base and surrounding airfields.
Meanwhile, the Eurofighters took off together with their colleagues in the Rafales. The Rafales would head for Italy to attack the OPFOR convoys, while the Eurofighters remained close to their own ground formations and would assist where possible.
The Boeing E-3's where deployed in the middle of the Battle area, each overlapping a bit of eachothers area. Meanwhile, the 24 RFz-5 Schwalbe UAV's also headed out for the battle area, controlled by their pilots on the AFB they were based at, Landsberg. The UAV's had been armed, making them UCAV's. They carried 2 Mica Air-to-Air missiles, while the air-to-surface weaponry consisted of 1 PGM-2000 guided bomb. The aircraft had been fully loaded, with enough rounds for it's 20mm cannon.
It now only was waiting for their own side and the OPFOR side to move.
Innsbruck, Austria
It was still dark in Innsbruck. The lights from the town were lighted however, since it was just before 6 o'clock in the morning. It was silent on the street, and the occasional car drove along the roads, heading to it's destination.
On the end of the Brixner Straße, with the Südtiroler Platz next to it, Hotel Europa Tyrol was brightly lit, while a group of Marechaussees was talking outside, some smoking, since it was forbidden to light a cigarette or cigar inside public buildings. Several Eagle IV 4x4's had been parked on the sides of the street, while two helicopters where having their last checks at the Südtiroler Platz. Tanker trucks were parked near them, while technicians were busy refueling the NH-90's.
Inside the Hotel Europa Tyrol, Daniël Waldmann had set up his Headquarters for the Milex Arbitration. Several men sat around the tables in the lobby and in the conference rooms, where maps, laptops and other equipment was laying around. Waldmann sat in the Tiroler Adlersalon, with his PC and radio equipment. He carefully observed the time, Which switched from 5:58 to 5:59 when an E-mail came in. It was from the Meteorologic service, wishing him luck, and handing him the latest weather report. At that moment, the clock made the jump to 6:00, which meant Waldmann alarmed his men, which radioed the message for the exercise start.
Attention all sides, this is MILEX Arbitration. It is 0600. Exercise Start, I repeat, Exercise start. Weather report inbound at 0600, coming in, now.
Over the radio, the following message was sent:
Weather report from the Military Metereological Service, Alps region, in effect starting 0600 hours.
Max temperature: 10 degrees Celsius
Min temperature: -5 degrees Celsius
Conditions: Clear/Snow and Rain
At 0600 the skies will be completely clear, no clouds. The temkperature will be around the zero degrees Celsius, and rising when the sun comes up. The day will be nice, and will be perfect for flight operations. Around 2100 hours, Snow and Rain will come in from the North, with snow depending on the current temperature, which will have downed to the zeropoint at that
moment. The Metereological Service advises NOT to use aircraft, inclduig helicopters, since the snow and rain will reduce visibility to around 100-200m, at night. During the coming night, we advise the participants to use snow equipment, and not to use slopes above 10% with heavy vehicles.
Visibility: 10 km during the day, reduced to 100-200m at night due to snowfall and rain.
Snow: yes, depending on the temperature, mainly above 1000 metres. below that, mainly rain.
Aircraft: Can fly throughout the day, but it is not recommended during the night, since there will be around 100-200m visibility.
Slopes: Slopes above 10% not recommended during rain and snowfall.
It is possible the snowfall will reach the south during the night, and not in the evening.
I repeat, Exercise Start!
München, Germany
At strictly 0600 that morning, after the radio message, The Van Luxemburgian vehicles left off. Long columns of armoured vehicles headed onto the main Autobahns, spreading into different areas.
2 Armoured Brigades and 1 mechanised Brigade immediately headed off for the A96, which they would take to get to the San Bernardino Pass, into Italy.
1 Armoured Brigade moved towards the Brenner over the A8 and A93, before they would take the A12 and heading onto the A13 Brennerautobahn. anotehr Armoured Brigade joined it, but it would be halted along the A12 to act as a backup.
1 Armoured and 2 Mechanised brigades rolled over the A96, and to the A7, where they would take the Fernpaß into Austria, over the A12, and also onto the Brenner.
The Spezialkommando would be deployed by helicopter to Bolzano, to take the A22 there, and set up defences.
The last Mechanised Brigade would await furtehr orders at Landsberg AFB, to be transported by the A400M and CN-295 aircraft at that airforce base and surrounding airfields.
Meanwhile, the Eurofighters took off together with their colleagues in the Rafales. The Rafales would head for Italy to attack the OPFOR convoys, while the Eurofighters remained close to their own ground formations and would assist where possible.
The Boeing E-3's where deployed in the middle of the Battle area, each overlapping a bit of eachothers area. Meanwhile, the 24 RFz-5 Schwalbe UAV's also headed out for the battle area, controlled by their pilots on the AFB they were based at, Landsberg. The UAV's had been armed, making them UCAV's. They carried 2 Mica Air-to-Air missiles, while the air-to-surface weaponry consisted of 1 PGM-2000 guided bomb. The aircraft had been fully loaded, with enough rounds for it's 20mm cannon.
It now only was waiting for their own side and the OPFOR side to move.