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Operation Kangaroo was a operation intended to add 4,405 square kilometers to the Realm of Cotland, and would be carried out by the same men and women that had carried out the re-annexation of Norfolk Island five months ago. For that purpose, a Carrier Battle Group and an Amphibious Task Force was being deployed to take the island. The ships had recieved orders a few days ago, and were just now entering the area of operations.

The island had belonged to the Federal Patriarchy of Bjornoya before it had been taken over by Dweladelfia Prime, a nation which had just taken a rather nasty nose-dive into oblivion, having for the most part having been taken over by Kreynoria, a nation the Realm didn't really like. The Japaneese had tried to take over Kangaroo Island... well, they had announced their intent to do so anyways, but had failed to actually do anything other than to speak about it. The Cots had announced their intent a few hours ago, and now they were doing as they always did when they said something: They did as they had said they would.

Kangaroo Island had a population of roughly 4,400 souls, situated in sixteen settlements, of which the largest was Kingscote with 1,800 inhabitants. The population primarily lived of agriculture, although tourism and fishing were important parts of the economy too. Not now though. With the threat of the Japaneese invasion, most of the tourists had fled Kangaroo Island, leaving only the 4,400 locals on the island.

The island had a coastline of 509 kilometers and no local defense force, giving the Royal Marines the not so often available opportunity to choose where to land. The only thing they had to worry about were angry locals with shotguns or hunting rifles, not much for the battle-hardened and well trained Royal Marines to worry about. The Cots would land three infantry battalions on the island along with support elements. A total of 2,500 Royal Marines would be landed on the island, which should be more than sufficient to quell any resistance. Should they need it, the full division of 9,000 men could be landed on the island to pacify it.

However, since the commanding officer of the task force of some fifty-nine warships and transpots felt that just plain landing on the island without giving any warning would be unsporty and rather rude, he decided to inform the island that they were coming. Using the powerful electronic warfare systems on the four Tordenskiold class guided missile cruisers, all radio and television transmissions were overridden with a pre-recorded message that was sent from the cruisers, informing the population that the Realm of Cotland hereby annexed the islands, and that Royal Marines would land on the island shortly to assume control. The message assured the population that if they didn't resist, they would be treated very well and that the Realm would look upon the island favorably. On the other hand, if they resisted, the consequences would be dire and highly serious for them.

With no response from the locals on Kangaroo Island two hours after the ultimatum was delivered, the order was given for the Royal Marines to start landing. On the Osean class helicopter carrier, hundreds of Marines were pouring into the H-21/A Super Stallion II helicopters that sat on the flightdeck, waiting. The Marines were dressed in battlegear, with their new L100A1 bullpup assault rifles slung over their shoulders, helmets on and webbing and tactical vests over their pixellated uniforms. They looked quite fearsome, but they had been ordered not to do any particular against the populace other than to shoot back if they were attacked.

In the morning sunshine, the first wave of helicopters started taking off, escorted by a pair of H-10/B Stalker gunships, loaded with Brimstone anti-tank missiles and 70 millimeter rocket pods. The target for the two Stalkers and the four Super Stallion IIs, each carrying fifty combat-ready Royal Marines was the capital town of Kingscote, where they would secure the government installations and public broadcast systems and wait for reinforcements.

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In other parts of the island, LCACs and M50A1 Invader amphibious assault vehicles were moving towards the island shores, covered by a veil of smoke in order to conceal the exact positions of the vehicles. A full battalion was being transported to the beaches at Seal Bay, close to Vivonne Bay. The plans dictated that this area would be the primary supply point, where supplies and personnel would be transported to the island.

The majority of the annexation force was being transported to the island from the air though, mainly in helicopters of the types H-21/A Super Stallion II and H-25/A Super Huey, both of them imported Layartebian helicopter designs.

Three hours after the first helicopter had taken off, a full battalion stood in Kingscote, taking over the government functions quickly, efficiently and without bloodshed, the island's population too shocked to offer any resistance. Not that they had much to resist with though. The island was a completely demilitarized zone, with the only weapons being the pistols and shotguns of the small police force of nearly a hundred officers, and hunting shotguns that the farmers had. Not much to resist with. The Marines prefered it that way though. They could do their job without having to kill people, meaning that they could play the humanitarian card to its fullest extent. There were no reports of any abuse from the Royal Marines, with them disarming and dismissing the police force quickly, taking over the government functions quickly.

The medias had been cut off, and any satellite transmission going to and from the island - save for the Cottish transmissions - were jammed by the warships off the shores, putting the island under a total media black-out. They would stay that way until the Cottish Royal Marines had secured the island and made sure that they had control.

Two days later, the Cots had established full control of the island. The Marines had been fully offloaded onto the island, the airport had been secured and defensive positions were already being established throughout the island as the Cots feared that the Japaneese might try to take over the island. They could try, but it wouldn't happen without a fight!

Kogane-tokai, Goushuu
Gold City ( Abelaide ), Australia

It was true that the Emperor decreed Kangaroo Island as a Japanese Posession, and it was true that the Teikoku Gikai had announced that the Imperial Armed Forces were put on stand-by for a possible Military response to the Cottish Presence now recently established on the Island. Now, as intelligence had gathered, the Cotts were takeing no risks with these threats. As well, the Imperial Armed Forces was not kidding this time around. An Emergency Meeting was called by the General-in-Command of all Goushuu Ground Forces to meet with the Admiral of the near-by fleet at Port Akihito ( Port Lincoln ). The meeting was extended to the men in-command of the Indoneshian Branch of the Imperial Armed Forces. No message had yet to arrive in Tokyo, which was currently being flewn by a cargo plane and carried in a suitcase handcuffed to an unlucky son-of-a-bitch's wrist. The reasoning behind such a meeting should be obvious by now, the possible military action on the Realm's Colonial Posessions through-out the East. This stretched from the Nicobar and out to the Pacific Ocean.

This time, though, they weren't jokeing around.

Sort of crappy, just informing ya.

[OOC: The information here is Secret IC Pys.]

The Cottish had now been in Kangaroo Island for the better part of three weeks, and had fortified their positions significantly. The island was filled with jungle and natural fortifications, and the Cottish Marines took advantage of it to the fullest. A full regiment of infantry had been deployed to inside the jungle, where their field uniform pixelated camo patterns would aid them with being concealed. In addition, thousands of mines had been deployed around the jungle bases, carefully concealed from the spying Japaneese eyes underneath the jungle canopy. They had also established defensive positions with heavy machine guns, and hundreds of BIM.35/A Wizard surface to air MANPAD launchers had been brought into the jungle. With a regiment of 1,440 combat-ready Royal Marines and with the amount of supplies having been brought into the island, the men could hold out for a long time, more than enough time to hold out until reinforcements could arrive.

Inside the settlements, the Cots had also fortified themselves, although the battleplans dictated for them to be abandoned after a few days only, at which time the settlements would be deathtraps filled with booby-traps and other nasty surprises.

However, all that dictated that the Japs had to get past the fourty plus warships and hundreds of aircraft defending the island.

Yea, you don't have to think I'm gonna believe I know it already...

Meant to say this earlier, but try to hold off of posting for today. I'd be posting, but I'll be out of town for the Giving of Thanks and Eating of the Grand Turkey.

Danke! And have a nice day, unless you Norwegians have some sort of holiday today...come to think of it...I don't think you do...but if you do then happy whatever day :-P

The Imperial Layartebian Navy was ever present throughout the Pacific Ocean. The 3rd Fleet was tasked with seeing to its security and within the 3rd Fleet were 13 battlegroups: 5 Amphibious Assault Groups, 4 Carrier Battle Groups, and 4 Carrier Escort Groups. Next door, in the Indian Ocean was the 5th Fleet with an identical setup. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands played host to most of the naval assets for the Empire in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean, the basings were split between Hawaii, Nauru, and various October Alliance ports in Howland Island, Christmas Island, and Norfolk Island. At present, one CVEG was sitting in port at Norfolk Island, on a routine basing. The other three CVEGs were dispersed throughout the Pacific with one in port in Hawaii, the other two on patrol. The four CVBGs were situated similarly with one in port in Nauru, two on patrol, and one in port in Hawaii. For the five AARGs, two were in port in Hawaii and the other three were on deployment. The 5th Fleet wasn't as busy though. Three AARGs were in port with the other two on patrol. Two CVEGs and two CVBGs were in port as well and the remaining two of each were on patrol. Still, that was a significant amount of naval power out to sea in both oceans. When combined with the Atlantic Ocean, there was a lot of ships to sea.

With the summit going on in Beijing, the naval fleets were on high alert. They didn't expect the Eastasians to do anything, they trusted them, even though they were, ideologically, the opposite. The Empire wasn't about to provoke war with the Eastasians with their military presence and it wasn't aimed to do that either. This was all routine. In addition to "routine" there were three Naval Special Operations Groups in the Pacific Ocean. Each of them had six ships each, two of them surface ships, the rest attack submarines. One of the surface ships was the Abaddon class, a top-secret anti-satellite, Command, SIGINT, and tracking ship that could engage satellites as well as perform spy operations. For all intents and purposes, they went under civilian banners of a not-for-profit organization based in Puerto Rico that looked out for "extra terrestrial life." The group was known as SETI, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. The 12 Abaddon ships operated by the ILN were all registered underneath them and they never would display any of their viscious nature, unless absolutely necessary. In addition to the Abaddon class was the Sehnsucht class, another top-secret ship that conducted a whole host of SIGINT, ELINT, intelligence activities, and command activities. The Sehnsucht was registered under another not-for-profit organization called Weather Watchers, based in Layarteb City, with offices throughout the world. They conducted operations to monitor global warming, climate shifts, and other weather related activities. Both ships had no markings that they were part of the ILN and aside from the hidden weapon systems, they were calm in nature, pleasing in appearance, and not very capable, by themselves. However, they were both flanked by, at all times, two submarines, both of them some of the most sophisticated in the entire world. The NSOG group had two Hunter class SSN and two Scythe Flight II class SSN submarines, both of them nearly silent up to 25 knots and both equipped with a host array of weapons. The Hunter was fast and could make 40 knots and dive as deep as 3,400 feet under wartime conditions, 3,600 feet for crush depth. The Scythe Flight II was made slightly different and could move at up to 45 knots and dive as deep as 4,500 feet under wartime conditions or 5,000 feet for crush depth. The Scythe Flight II was the newest model in service with the ILN and it was made of a revolutionary design and material that allowed it for deep diving and high speeds.

The two NSOG groups out to sea were moving very silently and very quietly, not to arouse suspicion. One was moving in a line from the north of Taiwan towards Korea, making sure to stay in international waters. The Abaddon was further out to sea, on the other side of the Okinawa islands. The second group was much further to the south, south of Austrailia with the Abaddon moving closer to the west than the east. The Sehnsucht was much closer to the east, monitoring signals and communications. Way north, the third group was situated south of the Hawaiian islands, monitoring the Eastasian assaults on Wake Island. Wake Island was dangerously close to the Hawaiian islands and the Empire wanted to be sure that their "communist" allies weren't going to be moving too far towards them.

Layartebian forces were all set to REDCON 3 and had been for some time now. Since the fall of the Squornshelan Imperium and the attack on Grenada, they had moved from REDCON 5 all the way down to 3. There were a lot of talks of moving down to 2 with all the activity in the Pacific Ocean but that was not decided in favor, yet.



Official Announcement to the Japanese Government

The Empire is wary of Japanese efforts throughout the Pacific Ocean and in Siberia. In addition to possible terrorism throughout your state, as shown in Tokyo not very long ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has deemed it necessary to limit travel quotas to Japanese citizens from 7,500 to 2,500 and in doing so we are adding extra layers of security, in addition to those already in place. We hope this does not alarm the Japanese government, we are only cautiously looking out to ensure that the plague of terrorism does not encroach about our own values.

Signed,
The Minister of Foreign Affairs

Kangaroo Island
The jungle was moist, calm and quiet, with only the jungle birds giving away noise. Everything was as it should be. Or so it appeared, save for the occational group of twelve-man squads of Royal Marines moving silently through the jungle, patrolling, not really being noticed due to the well-working camoflage uniforms. The Royal Marines of 3. and 8. Battalion, 21. Infantry Brigade, 21. Marine Division were ready for whatever was to come. For three weeks, they had worked hard to fortify this island, and they would hold it for as long as was required. The oberst commanding the Cottish forces on Kangaroo Island was intent to hold it for as long as was required, or until the last man was dead.

All beaches had been riddled with anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, all settlements had been turned into proverbial death traps, with concealed mines, sniper teams hiding around, infantry having established roadblocks and bottlenecks the Japanese would have to pass through to get to places, and with seven artillery batteries having a total of fifty-six artillery pieces fixed throughout the island, giving the Cots artillery cover wherever it was needed. In the jungles, the Marines had established minefields and various other hidious traps, including the well-known Pungi Stick trap. Just for the hell of it, all the Pungi-traps had been dipped in feces, giving them the potential of infecting the wounds of those unfortunate people they hit, making for an even crueler death.

Off the shores of Kangaroo Island, the four Scorpion class hunter/killer submarines accompanying the 21. Amphibious Task Force had deployed a significant number of Mk.69/2 ACNM naval mines around the island. These 935-kg mines had a warhead filled with a tad over 68 kilos of PXBN-103 explosives, an amount which equalled nearly 126 kilos of TNT. The mine consisted of a weapon that, when the enemy had been detected, would seperate from the casing and attack the target at a speed of fifty knots, using both active and passive sonar. With a reattack capability, and a range of up to fourty-five thousand meters, this $85,000 weapon was more than sufficient to handle both surface and subsurface targets. The mines laid dormant and unarmed for now, but that would change should the Japanese decide to attack.

Also off the shores, the frigates and destroyers were patrolling the shores, having their powerful ANDOSS radar/sensor suites on at all times, scouring the air. The ANDOSS suite was capable of detecting even stealth aircraft from afar thanks to classified methods, and with each suite being able to track more than four hundred targets at once, the Cots could conduct stand-off operations against enemy targets using their long-range missiles.

Closer to shore, the amphibious vessels, the two battlecruisers and the massive Ormen Lange class battleship provided a watchful eye over Kangaroo Island. All of the ships were equipped with more than sufficient weaponry to defend themselves, but the Cottish commander still kept the cruisers and a number of smaller escort vessels close, just in case. The quiet nuclear-powered submarines were left to scout the waters on both directions, providing early warning for the Cottish forces.

In the air, aircraft from the Odin-I class CVN that operated south of Kangaroo Island were conducting drills and Combat Air Patrols over Kangaroo Island, maintaining and defending the Cottish sovereign holding. F-20/B Enforcer multirole fighters armed with both air-to-air and anti-shipping missiles and F-25/B Typhoon advanced air superiority fighters armed with air-to-air missiles patrolled constantly, supported by electronic warfare aircraft of the type EF-20/F Enforcer. The first place where battle would commence would be in the air, and the Cots were ready, with both aircraft, SAMs from the ships, and the Royal Marines' own short-range air defense units. Kangaroo Island would be difficult to take, that was for sure!

Norfolk Island
Since the takeover of Norfolk Island a few years ago, the Cots had established a massive naval station on the island, using it as a refueling station for all its vessels in the Pacific Ocean. As such, there were many ships in port, including two Carrier Battle Groups and one Amphibious Task Force, its sailors in the small settlement, enjoying a shoreleave. In the skies above, fighters maintained a Combat Air Patrol, assisted by the powerful radar site on the northern tip of the island and the many SAM sites defending the island from air attacks. In addition came the picket ships and submarines defending the island. Also here were there several naval minefields enemy ships would have to pass to get to the island, and they were defended by submarines and small patrol boats. Shore defenses included, but weren't limited to, gun emplacements, MG nests, minefields, Royal Marines, and a number of SSM launchers in strategic locations.

Christmas Island
The situation in Christmas Island was the same as on Norfolk Island. This too was an important Cottish naval station, and it was defended accordingly with many SAM sites, a powerful radar site and naval minefields, Royal Marines, Combat Air Patrols and picket ships and submarines. In addition, there was a SSM battalion from the Air Force stationed on the island, tasked with long-range destruction of enemy shipping. Several ships were also in port, having shore leave.

Somewhere near Japan, in International Waters (Secret IC)
Somewhere in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the Havoc class SSGN sailed quietly, not making any noises. It and its twenty-three sisters were all in the Pacific or Indian Oceans, operating in anticipation of a war against another great Pacific nation. However, now they were given new instructions.

ENCRYPTION: RED
TO: Commander, S942
FR: CINC-UbFlStiHaFlå

MESSAGE BEGINS

S942 is to proceed to [classified] and await further instructions. War with the Japanese Empire seems imminent. You are ordered to take whatever measures required to ensure safety of your command. Rules of Engagement allow for use of force if your ship is threatened. This message is to be considered a war warning. Good luck, and good hunting.

MESSAGE ENDS

Like its fellow TOA members, the COH was short on the ground, land wise, in the Pacific, owning only a small island amongst many. This meant that the Navy had to make up for this lack of land by a large Naval prescece. This, naturally, cost a lot of money and was, at times, difficult to justify due to the relative calm in the area.

Then, an olive branch of sorts came in the form of a Free Trade Agreement with the Japanese Government, leading to the establishment of a large military base in the area. This not only cut costs for Pacific patrols, but allowed the COH to have a permanent force in the region. However, the Japanese Government, with its conversion to terrorism ordered the COH Navy to leave Hamamatsu under a cloud of animosity.

By that time the TOA had taken much more ample territory in the Pacific.

Due to the recent disturbances in Japan and the aggressive stance of the Government, the COH Navy decided to base the 20th Fleet out of Papua New Guinea. The Fleet currently patrols all over the region, stopping at Christmas Island, Kangaroo Island, Hawaii, Norfolk Island, Howland Island and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Due to combat rotations the 1st Marine Division is also stationed now, out in the Pacific alongside the 20th Fleet.

All in all, currently there is a sizeable force of COH firepower in the Pacific, as well as ships/assets from other TOA nations.


WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION-
TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT


The Commonwealth has, since your forced ejection of naval assets from Japan, pulled all citizens out of the country, and has likewise expelled all Japanese citizens and business' from COH Territory.

Because of the agressive and irresponsible stance and actions currently being undertaken by the Government in Tokyo, the COH has seen fit to cancel the Free Trade Agreement and revoke diplomatic recognition. The Japanese nation will henceforth be considered a 'rogue' nation.

The COH suggests a reconcialiation of personalities and groups in Japan in order to put an end to the agressive and entirely un-called for actions of the Government that have been recently forthcoming.


THE COMMONWEALTH OF HIRGIZSTAN

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International Waters, Somewhere South of Japan
(Secret IC)

The TOA developed/designed Vengeance Class Ballistic Missile Submarine was perhaps the most advanced submarine prowling the worlds oceans. Able to carry over 100 Imsdal Missiles and with 8 Torpedo tubes and a Remote Mini Sub able to drill into an enemy sub's hull and place a shaped charge, the Vengeance Class was a truly formidable adversary.

There were five of the subs altogether in the 20th Submarine Force, permanently attached to the 20th Fleet.

Each of the five was now, slowly and stealthily making their way closer to Japan, shadowing the Cottish subs already somewhere in the area. They had left PNG on a peaceful patrol with a number of other subs and a CBG from the Fleet, but they were given marching orders as they passed Howland Island some time ago. Now they were stealthily gliding in the depths of the Pacific.

Highly Encrypted Fleet Communique
To: CO, 5th Fleet, ILN
Fr: CO, Pacific Command, RCN
Cc: 20th Fleet, COH
Re: Assistance

The Realm hereby officially invites the Imperial Layartebian Military to assist our forces against the believed Japanese invasion against our colony on Kangaroo Island. We believe that massive Japanese forces will attack at any moment, and we welcome any October Alliance member that wish to join us.
[OOC: Hirgy, those subs are extremely quiet, and considered Top Secret IC. I should have pointed that out earlier. I doubt you'll be able to pick them up on SONAR though...]

When news came of the Cottish request, the Empire was more than happy to oblige. The groups that were in port prepared to sail and the groups that were at sea were directed to much more strategic points. A single CVBG was going to be sitting south of Kangaroo Island for immediate tasking but there would be AARGs, CVBGs, and CVEGs situated throughout the whole area. In just the area alone there would be two CVBGs, one AARG, and two CVEGs. More ships would move north as well and in the straits between New Zealand and Queenland, to provide a buffer between Norfolk Island and Kangaroo Island. Submarines already at sea would be diverted to the tasking area and pretty soon the entire ball game would be going down. Intelligence from both sides pointed at the inevitability of Japanese action, after all they had made initial claims to the island when it first became a question of decision. Their aggressive moves into Siberia were only more evidence and intelligence pointed at a possible counter attack against Eastasian forces on Wake Island. The Empire wanted to be fully prepared.

OOC Still out of town but -

Damn I ask one thing and the next thing I know it, it's the opposite :-P.

Nice to see Lay told Cot something.

OOC Still out of town but -

Damn I ask one thing and the next thing I know it, it's the opposite :-P.

Nice to see Lay told Cot something.

OOC: Only initial posts, nothing all that serious really, nothing that requires must posting except noticible activity in the seas. It's not like suddenly, poof, they're there.

OOC: Cot: My subs would not have picked yours up, I just assumed intelligence sharing between our nations would have indicated there were Cottish subs somewhere, not that my subs actually were following or anything, because as you said that would be difficult. 'Shadowing' just means they are going near where they reckon your subs would be. My apologies if that wasn't clear.

IC:

CBG Township, South Pacific, 25 Miles from the Tasman Sea

Township was a small Nimitz Carrier Battle Group, on a patrol back from Hawaii via Howland Island. The fall was hardly even noticeable in the south Pacific, the sea was still relatively warm and the sun and blue skies were still abundant.

There were reports of the odd storm heading north toward the tip of Australia, but nothing much to worry about. Township was heading back to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea when the Cot's sent out a flash message requesting that any Naval forces close by make a b-line for Kangaroo Island, a small island on the southern back of Australia. There were four other CBG's around the Pacific, but none closer than Township, thus they were picked, while another CBG, a Reagan Class one, was also picked to make headway into the area. But it would take longer as it was coming from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The 1st Marine Division at Port Moresby was also put on High Alert, ready to set sail within 24 hours.

Township was also taking with it five Seawolf SSN's and two Ohio SSBN's. It would take another day or so for them to sail around the bottom of Tasmania and up to Kangaroo Island itself.

OOC I know you all love the prospects of invadeing the Japanese Empire, but seriously...I can't make much of an IC post right now. So hold it for a bit, you aren't going to miss a shitload of fun...My family's thanksgiving is strange, we had one yesterday with a part of my family, and today we are haveing it with another part.

Sorry to be a bitch, but cease the movements for atleast another 18 Hours. Thank you.

Sorry about my non-postfulness.

Had a pretty shitty thing happen to me recently. I'd rather not dwell into it, but besides that...

Be happy to know that we'll be back to this tonight.

Thank you for your patiences.

Sincerely,

Me.

[OOC: Just post already! ;) ]

New Mombossa, Indonesia

The Military City was under full alert, being as the Imperial Armed Forces was suspecting to be takeing on not one Military but multiple ones. Even as far as the Sea of Japan was going under heavy pre-cautions as the threats and disappointments piled up. Yet, the Japanese had a plan. Operation -- Falling Star, so I wish upon a falling star. The Cottish had made somewhat of a failure when routing out supply lines and troop movements, leaveing a very vulnerable aspect reap for indirect confusion tactics.

Waters between Kangaroo Island and Australasian Mainland

The Japanese Fleet had lined up accordingly, just in-range of the Cottish Fleet. There had been reports of possible Cottish and TOA Reinforcements, however the Fleet had decided to hold off any Operations for now. The Fleet just north of here was preparing for a pincer, as was elements of another Fleet located at Tasmania. However, they hadn't recieved word from High Command. It had become quick knowledge of the Cottish Royal Marriage, however the Imperial Japanese Forces thought little of it other than a sort of 'Tet' Ideaology. The Japanese Government's fears had become nearly realized, a sudden suspicious change in the tone of the Chinese Government. They seemed to be more hesitant these days, even months ago signs of such showed. It was confusing for awhile, but after the act had been straightened out it had become apparent. As far as they knew, they weren't to trust anyone or anything Chinese. Infact, an Operation was underway as to what to do with the Embassy in Tokyo...and the obvious possibility of a secret intelligence network being controlled out of their.

Internally

The Toritsugi had recently highered a man of Korean descent, knowing Hanjul and Cantonese as well as Mandarin and Japanese all quite well. He was hired out of the Japanese 27th Company, which was notorious for it's 'handy work'. He had, for some time now, been embedded as an Embassy Aide, working more or less as an assistant at codeing and decodeing messages being wired back and forth from Beijing and the Embassy in Tokyo. No doubt, however, did the Japanese suspect the same happening in their own embassy. Toritsugi outlined parts of China, even their Vietnamese and Filipino and even Joseon territories. Tabs had been continuously kept in place of specific people, and specific movements. The signs had not dubiously pointed to a betrayal just yet, but it hinted towards one. A combing, after the Hirgizstani 'disagreement', had commenced and western tourists had started to disappear. Toritsugi was planning something that would put a certain organization under further pressure, and hopefully dispel any fear of interogation being done on meager Civilians. The Empire knew not a lot of the internal life-styles of several countries, mostly out of hesitation of the world to share it's culture with a culture that absorbed and killed off so many others.

An interesting tourist, comming under the name of Douglas Walther, had been abducted from the Airport...seeming to have just arrived. The Toritsugi knew that the Layartebian Embassy would grow weary, however they had a plan to cover that.

South Australasia

The assessment of troop strengths in Southern Australasia had been mis-conscuwed. The number of soldiers employed under the Terronian Flag seemed to have simply dissapeared and mixed in with the rest of society, makeing it somewhat lax for the IJF to make their way towards the coastline. It was expected that pockets of resistance would occur, but casualties of a higher level were seriously doubted. They even wondered the legitimacy of even bringing so many troops into the fight.

Operation -- Black Light

*Russia*

Toritsugi reports had made it clear that the prior report of nearly 300,000 Resisters in Yakutia had been over-estimated, leaving the actual encountered to 23,000 and the new estimation of 134,000 Resisters. The over-whelming of technology, and now, troops made it clear that Yakutians stood not a chance to resist the Rising Sun. At the same time, Aerial Operations had ceased for the time being in the north-eastern two provinces and Tanks began to roll in as well as 3 Mechanized-Infantry Units. They had decided to use a mostly vehicular force for the takeing of the Northeastern Sector mostly out of spite of Resistance expected, and the fact that there was less towns and villages to cover. It would be easy to opress the people's thoughts with bulking machines, rather than invite snipers to a pure-infantry Corps. 27th Company had dropped approximately 350 Troops in both territories, and Toritsugi had deployed two of it's agents. Resistance had been expected to be at a zero, and the only thing to be expected would be the high possibility of angry elderse and village leaders and mayors and then a quick and speedy surrender by each individual. It was solid, a cake-walk.

IJF Marines had remained stationed along the coastlines, especially around the southern-most territory assimilated by the Empire. Approval rateings were soaring, and now it was a matter of time before Japan made it's Prime Time Event.

Message to The Cottish Government and Monarchy

We are pleased to hear of such happy events occuring in Cotland, infact so pleased we wish that any hostilities be calmed for now and that the Monarchy of Cotland be accepted to Celebrations. Infact, the Emperor himself wishes to attend the reception of your Royalness and perhaps an intelectual talk may be held between two Civilised Men. We hope that such is accepted and appreciated by the Cottish Crown.

Sincerely,

The Imperial Government

Signed,
Chancellor Yasumoto Hiro
Emperor Kōka

OOC: Layartebian embassy? Where?

OOC: Layartebian embassy? Where?

Eh, thought you still had one. Scratch that, pretend it's some Sino or something...

Eh, thought you still had one. Scratch that, pretend it's some Sino or something...

OOC: Ja, I have no record of having one.

The preperations continued. More and more defensive positions were being dug out and prepared, more and more minefields were being deployed, more and more supplies were moved into sheltered resupply points, and the soldiers became better and better adjusted to the new fighting climate. They had little to do, other than to patrol, train and ready themselves. Everyone were just waiting, anxiously. While the news of the King's wedding cheered the soldiers up, they knew that it wouldn't mean that they got to relax much. This situation was way too tense for that. So they continued patroling and preparing themselves under the thick jungle canopy that protected them from the Japanese spy satellites that surely were overhead.

Among the ships, the preperations continued as well. The sailors were as ready as they ever would be, with all systems operating at peak preformance. However, the ten amphibious ships were still filled with almost seven thousand Royal Marines who were able to do nothing than to sit and wait. Therefore, it was decided that all but one of the Odin-II class CVAENs would return to Norfolk Island, escorted by three destroyers and four frigates. Under the cover of darkness, the seventeen ships slipped away from the island at three in the morning, steaming due south at twenty knots. They would continue on a long arch that had them pass well south of Tasmania, a known Japanese military stronghold, and then close to Roman-held New Zealand before the last leg to the Cottish military stronghold in the Pacific Ocean.

To replace the ships that had departed, twelve new ships arrived. Four Indefatigable class destroyers, two Heimdal class guided missile cruisers, and six Smertebringer class general-purpose frigates. The two latter designs were brand new and the Cottish High Command had high hopes for these newly commissioned ships. It was hoped that with the advanced systems employed aboard, along with the upgraded armor scheme and relatively heavy armament, the ships would be able to hold their own against the Japanese.

In the skies, Cottish F-20/B Enforcer multirole fighters with AMESM anti-shipping missiles and BVRAAM air-to-air missiles under their wings continued their vigilant combat air patrols, supported by F-25/B Typhoon air superiority fighters, both of which would make short workings of any Japanese ship and/or aircraft which entered the Cottish territorial waters and/or airspace, which had been claimed to be twenty-four nautical miles for as long as anyone could remember. That held true to Kangaroo Island as well.

The news of the Japanese fleet massing near the island was discovered when a RF-20/D Enforcer reconnaissance aircraft discovered the large mass of ships and took high-resolution photographs and video footage from high altitude. The pictures would be downloaded from the harddrive and analysed. Three hours later, six Scorpion class SSNs were tasked with being ready to sink the formation at moment's notice. Armed with Imsdal SCRAMjet cruise missiles capable of speeds up to Mach 7, Mark 68 heavyweight torpedoes which would break the back of any warship, and a few AMESM missiles which would sink or at the very least damage any warship, the Scorpion class was a capable one. It was also remarkably silent, being able to sneak up on any ship without the hint of a sound. It was as quiet if not quieter than the US Ohio class ballistic missile submarine, and that spoke for it self. The Japanese wouldn't even know that it was there before the first weapons were away, and at the highly technological world of today, the weapons were sure to hit.

[OOC: OK Pys, how many ships and aircraft you got near the island?]

The Ministry of Intelligence was downloading the latest information from spy satellites that had passed over Kangaroo Island and southern Austrailia. The 2048-bit encryption was more than sufficient to keep out hackers, even those employed by foreign governments. The images downloaded would be processed for intelligence purposes, to fuel the war that might be happening. Thousands of images were being downloaded at super-high speeds. In addition, they were being downloaded on a direct line-of-sight, rather than over the horizon or any other trajectory that would allow them to be intercepted. In this case, the only way to intercept the downloading of satellite data was if you were in its path. Fighters circled around its path, to ensure that nothing was getting in the way of the receiver station. From there, the gigabytes of information were transmitted across high-speed lines that moved in excess of 40 Gb/second, transmitting the data almost instantly.

What was revealed was startling. Images showed the presence of a large naval force north of Kangaroo Island, in the Investigator Strait, a small body of water, only about 25 miles wide with depths averaging 60 feet or less. There was a small ravine that went below 300 feet but not exceeding 400 feet and that area was only about 16 miles long by 7 miles wide and it was shaped like a cone, with the larger part to the south. There wasn't a lot of space for the Japanese fleet to mass itself and they were more than on top of each other in the area. It was a strategic blunder for the Japanese and the minute that war broke out the ships funnelled in there would be easily defeated. The depths were far too shallow for submarines to hide effectively and once ships began sinking it would become almost impossible for larger, capital ships to move through the area without hitting anything. The Ministry of Intelligence would make a simple recommendation to the Cottish, to mine the area from submarines, using SLMMs, which had a range of 10 miles and were ideal in water depths no more than 330 feet. In the strait, they would be a perfect weapon and they could be launched from quiet, small, and dangerous submarines like the Loke. Air deployable mines would be just as effective.

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Because of the situation that was growing at Kangaroo Island, the Ministry of Defense had raised the readiness condition to 3. It was soon to be raised to 2, which would mean a big military deployment. Because of this, Layartebian forces deployed already to Nauru and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were going to be moving into more offensive positions off the south of Kangaroo Island. One particularly large group deployed was going to be a Venom Missile Squadron, twelve submarines in total, six of them Venoms and the other six would be attack submarines. The Venoms were equipped with three different warloads. Two of them were carrying nothing but Imsdal missiles, 234 of them. Two of them were carrying 384 Crow missiles, and two of them were carrying 120 Voodoo and 24 Imsdal missiles. Aside from the carrier groups that were already en route, the submarines that were in the area would be the most devestating of the naval forces deployed. The Venoms were hard-hitting and the newest ships of the Layartebian fleet, combined with the Scythes and Hunter attack submarines, which were equally devestating.

[OOC: I deployed mines already in post 9, all around the island, including in Investigator Strait...]

The Layartebian recommendation was recieved, but largely ignored due to the fact that that exact course of action had been taken more than two weeks ago, under cover of darkness and of the sea itself, something which had left the deployment unnoticed by the Japanese, who hadn't even entered the area at that point. A total of nine hundred and fifty mines were deployed along the northern, eastern and western shores, with even more covering the south. It was indeed a strategic blunder on part of the Japanese, who were blissfully unaware of the mines covering the area the Cots claimed as their own territorial waters as well as international waters. That, combined with the naval forces the Cots had in the area, the Japanese Navy were certain to suffer massive losses from the start, should war come. There were hopes that it wouldn't, with secret talks underway between the respective embassies.

ooc - My fleet variations are different.

The fleet north of Kangaroo compromises of 8 ships, the one to the east 13, the ones en-route approx 15 a fleet. And I don't follow a strategy of bunching.

SIC --- Tokyo

The man smiled, and shook the Ninjutsu's hand.

"I am glad we could see this through, so Operation Heresy shall be held off for now...correct?" He said, grinning almost. The Ninjutsu gripped his hand, and he got the picture. The two of them parted ways, the man carrying a document.

Open Character --- Australasia

It was confusing, but the Admiral listened to the man. His badge spoke to him in a way fearsome compared to that of others. He saluted the man, but got a stern yet strange look. The man left, putting the Admiral at ease. He sighed, then spoke aloud to the near-by secretary.

"Yes...go through with it...deactivate the IJSP, and inform all aerial assets to hault procedures. Oh..and make sure the lid is put back over the button..." he sighed, he was cured of two things but remedied with one. How the hell did he wind up here, he thought.

On Paper

Immediatly, as of 11 AM IST *Imperial Standard Time*, all Imperial Forces have been put on low-alert, fleets that have been en-route have turned back. The fleets with-in the proximity remain, solely as those are their stations due to the Southern Australasian Insurgency. However, all guns have been pointed elsewhere but the Cottish Direction. All other 'operations' dealing with any possible confrontation have been red lighted, no longer being yellow lighted. As of now, total and complete hostileness has ceased on the Japanese end.

OOC Was talking with Cot.

The news of the Japanese standing down was recieved with sceptisism among the Cottish military personnel in the Kangaroo Island AO (Area of Operations), as the military officials had started to name the island and surrounding area, but when it was confirmed with the intelligence that Japanese ships were moving off, troops and aircraft in Australia and Tasmania were standing down from ready alert, and with the official broadcast from the Japanese. The tense silence in the Combat Information Center in the Ormen Lange class battleship which served as the command center for all Cottish forces in the area was suddenly shattered when the kontréadmiral [Rear Admiral] in command of the task force looked up from the computer console.

"Send til kampgruppen: Tre ned fra beredskapsnivå en til beredskapsnivå tre. Jeg må snakke med oberst Kimble umiddelbart." [Send to the task force: Stand down from Condition One to Condition Three. I need to speak with Colonel Kimble (commanding officer of Marines on Kangaroo Island) immediately.]

Immediately, the mood in the CIC went from tense and serious to more relaxed and relieved, as the men who had been prepared to give their lives in battle suddenly glimmered a hope of being able to return to their homes without having to fight. That same feeling was passed on to the other ships in the task force as the loudspeakers transmitted the orders. Weapons systems were reduced from ready to fight to standing by, radar emissions were lowered, and the men took off the fireproof hoods and gloves they had on during battle stations. The mood on the ships were elated, but they remained on Condition Three, which meant that the weapons systems could be back online and ready within a few seconds.

On the island, deep within a cavern on the northern parts of the island which served as the command center for the Kangaroo Defense Regiment, as the Royal Marine force had been dubbed, the headquarters staff for the regiment were sitting at makeshift tables, operating the radio and other equipment in the light of lights powered by small portable diesel power generators. It was here the call to Colonel Kimble came through. Unfortunately, the Colonel was out inspecting the 3. battalion on the southeastern part of the island, but the radio operator knew what to do. He connected the call from the ship via the powerful radio in the cavern to the lighter tactical field radio the Colonel's personal radioman carried. It worked, and before long, the Colonel was on the horn, somewhere in the less forested area of the island, inspecting a CTLAV/AD air defense emplacement which consisted of four M38A3 CTLAV/AD air defense vehicles and a portable radar fitted to a M100A1 Medium Tactical Vehicle.

After a conversation with the admiral lasting a little over five minutes, the Colonel hung up and looked to the men around him, standing in attention, curious as to what was said. He spoke to them, but with the message going over the encrypted radio system to all Cottish military forces on the island.

"Mine herrer, jeg har gledelige nyheter. Det virker som om dere ikke trenger å kjempe likevel. Jeg har nettopp snakket med kontréadmiral Engelsen, og han har informert meg om at japanerne har avblåst kampforberedelsene. De returnerer for det meste til sine hjemsteder. Derfor har jeg den glede å beordre dere til å tre ned fra kampstasjoner. Dere har gjort en god jobb, og både jeg, admiralen og hele Rikets befolkning er stolte over dere. Dere har vist japanerne at Rikets soldater ikke lar seg skremme, selv ikke av overvelmende odds. Godt jobbet. Lenge leve dere, og lenge leve Riket!" [Gentlemen, I have good news. It seems that you won't have to fight after all. I have just spoken with Rear Admiral Engelsen, and he's informed me that the Japanese are cancelling their battle preperations. They are mostly returning to their homeports. Therefore, I have the pleasure to order you to stand down from battle alert. You've done a good job, and both myself, the Admiral and the entire population of the Realm are proud of you. You've shown the Japanese that the soldiers of the Realm won't be intimidated, not even by overwhealming odds. Good job. Long live you, and long live the Realm!]

With that, the threat to Kangaroo Island was over, and the Cottish annexation of the island could continue. Over the next few weeks, transport ships that had been halted from leaving the ports in the Keralan Province would start arriving to offload building supplies, construction crews and equipment. Within a year, the Cottish Military would have a finished base covering a substantial portion of Kangaroo Island, on which they would have the new main base for the Cottish Pacific Fleet. That was assuming nothing else happened that could jeapordize the Cottish plans though.

The Japanese were back off and the Ministry of Intelligence watched intensively as troops were scalled back, ships departed, and alerts were downgraded. However, the Ministry of Intelligence wasn't too sure that this was for real and not just a ploy. The Japanese were uniquely smart people and they could be, possibly, luring the Cottish into a false sense of security. Perhaps they weren't going to attack on Kangaroo Island but they were going to attack. In the preceedings, the Japanese had amassed a sizeable force, sizeable enough that regressing them would hurt much more than national pride but pockets as well. The Ministry wasn't entirely secure in the thinking that the Japanese were backing off and they would communicate this to their Cottish brethren as best they could. For now, Layartebian warships and readiness conditions weren't going to budge.

Japanese High Command scoffed as they get the LANDSAT imagery. They swept for where they had been plotting out for the other guests throughout preperations, and without a doubt were correct. It seemed that in the end, people still followed that idea of not trusting the Imperial Japanese. Yet, this time, they were quiet serious about backing down. It just didn't mean they wouldn't move their forces away too far, especially since all the powers of the world which seemed to grow jealous every day were seizing pockets of oppurtune-baseing islands with-in missile range of Japan. It was funny, how they probably thought how they were at the advantage and that they could easily whipe out Japan. It was interesting what you could do as the most deceptful Empire, the Empire of Lies. When the time was right, the stretchedness of it all would be easily consumed.

However, now was just not the correct time. It was a military mis-judgement, where forces believed that it was an attempt at Japanese Sovereignty and Reign over their Empire. It obviously was for the Japanese Intelligence and Government, but they'd wait. They wanted to play the Agressor Game, gain a good reason to fight the good fight. But they wouldn't give them the oppurtunity to force Japan into a war in where they are the 'agressors'. They would dry their patience, and let them pull the switch. Until then, Japan would only wait.

OOC Okay, believe we can all eff off now. Go back to the friendly so-nots of colonization.