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Imperial Palace, Miana, Whyatica
Something big was going on - the Palace courtyard had been opened for journalism, and the security lockdown was going through, the new and improved Imperial Guard performing searches just short of strip searches on journalists and such coming in - the debacle that was the assassination of Richard Powers would not be repeated here. A growing crowd of Whyaticans chattered excitedly among themselves once inside the courtyard, murmuring what the Emperor could possibly be using this grand forum to announce. This was a rare occasion - the Emperor showing his face in public since the Great Reforms took place was becoming more and more rare, for 'security reasons', although many believed that the Emperor was merely swamped trying to take care of the duties of his status.

The massive Palace doors opened, and the older, wiser looking Emperor Paulus I exited. Twenty-three now, he appeared ten years older than he actually is, the stress of the state taking a bit of a hold on him. His eyes gave off that wise man look, like one wanted to believe what this man said. He raised his hands, and the chatter ceased as hundreds of video cameras and microphones picked up his every move, every word.

"My friends," the Emperor began, weighing every word carefully for maximum effect, "I have said, since the beginning of my Reforms, that the business of Whyatica is Business. I have stood by and watched my people prosper in new markets, with new ideas giving the Whyatican spirit a great infusion of confidence. We are stronger than ever today. But,"

He paused for a second, his eyes flinching a bit at a camera with the flash on.

"But, we are being challenged. The Corporate Alliance challenges us abroad, threatening our economy, our way of life. They threaten any nation in their way, going so far as to invade and subjugate. The Kraven Corporation, a prominent nation in the Corporate Alliance, has killed billions of people in dozens of nations and continues to threaten many others with genocide. We cannot trust others to destroy evil in this world - we have taken up the banner of good before, as we led the forces of the League to victory in the past. Today, we take up the sword once more, to make the world safe for freedom."

"We will not stand alone as the sole bulwark against Corporate Alliance evil. The banner of Good will be victorious." the Emperor said, bowing out and entering the Palace once more.

GRAND IMPERIUM DECLARES WAR ON CORPORATE ALLIANCE
Emperor Paulus Whyatica I declared war on the Corporate Alliance today, which is an amalgam of so-called 'corporate states' and legitimate megacorporations. The CA lately has been threatening Whyatican corporate assets abroad, particularly in Southeast Asia and other nations targetted by the Kraven Corporation and their allies. Kraven in particular has a horrifying history of invasion, subjugation, and genocide, their invasion of Groznyj proceeding with mass executions and complete destruction of civilian infrastructure. The Emperor seeks to destroy the Corporate Alliance as a coherent entity, his press office sent us some hours ago, and will use any means necessary to destroy it. It is widely regarded that the nations of the Blackhelm Confederacy, Toopoxia, No Taxes, Leafanistan, and the Kraven Corporation have large involvements with the Corporate Alliance and are considered by retired military analyst Johan Atreides to be the primary targets.

"[Blackhelm] is the primary target, in my opinion. Once they go down, the rest of the CA will be so demoralized they won't want to fight anymore." he noted.

Several analysts disagree with him, citing the war against the Eminently Vicious Imperial League as an example. The main nations in EVIL took some time to conquer, while the newer, smaller members either immediately resigned or fell quickly to coalition forces. However, as many nations within the Corporate Alliance have not been an active participant, the list has been pared to the five 'core' participants.

The Emperor has not yet announced what military units will be deployed in the assault, and has promised to keep the press informed at all stages.

Frederick Steele, The Miana Register

(OOC: WOOOOH!!!! I'M A PRIMARY TARGET!!!! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY!!!)

(OOC: Also, again? Sorry for the purely OOC post but I've got nothing IC to say, i'll write up a newpaper announcement later, maybe, if I have time...)

A short message was send by the United Dominion from the Caesar himself to Emperor Paulus.

Best of luck about your nation’s newest adventures. Those Kraven freaks are a hard cookie to break. Many have tried to take them out and none have really done it. Anyways, best wishes for a win. ~ The Count.

OOC: Trying to cool the fire between us a little.

OOC: ALLIANCE WAR! SHIT IS GOING DOWN PEOPLE! SHIT IS GOING DOWN! :p

After my revolution, I just may get involved.

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Official Message From the Zukariaan Empire
TO: The World
FROM: Kaiser Konrad II
RE: Declaration of War
Despite our past relations with several nation of the Corporate Alliance, we simply cannot stand by and watch them destroy nation after nation in a search for power for themselves. They do nothing but destabilize the world, and many nations are faced with the question,"What if we are next?" This cannot go on. The Zukariaan Empire hereby declares war upon the Corporate Alliance at the side of our Whyatican allies.

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Signed, Kaiser Konrad II
Kaiser of the Zukariaan Empire

Northford Herald

Mobilise or Fortify? The Northfordian Defence Quandary, Heraldic Special Report.

Mobilise or Fortify?

These two choices have been the prime engines for debate within the small, overfunded, undermanned Northfordian Army. Since the Nation-move, it has been apparent that to compete within Haven Northford needs to have the ability to project power: Control Sea Lanes, Launch Carrier Fleets and Fly Bombers. That said, unlike before, Northford also has to be careful. Unlike before, Northford is not a small country of sprawling metropolis. Unlike Before, it did not have an economy where 25% of it's workforce was engaged in building the country up from scratch, and finally, Unlike Before, Northford did not live in a state whereby it's 1.9 Billion Population was contained within, largely, 25 megacities, and the rest, in refugee camps while their future homes were being built.

That said, things were looking up. It is now tied to Questers, politically, economically, culturally and constitutionally. In the offer made by the Questarian Empire, it gave Northford a new country: Vast and twice the size of the previous nation. In response they asked we accept their dominion over us. Politically, without constitutional need, we have granted them 10% of our elected seats in Elections, elected by Expatriated Questarians. Economically, we pay them 5% of our Government Budget per annum. That said, it is realised how much we have gained. Economically, we have gained the wealth of The Crown Imperium. As it stands our businesses work hand in hand with Questarian, Praetonian and Cravanian businesses to rebuild, through the channels of free trade, guaranteed, of course, by our Protectorate status with the Crown Imperium. Politically we are able to extend our will through logical and diplomatic persuasion of our allies where we need to. Culturally, we benefit from Questarian Films, Theatre, Music, while of course, they happily reciprocate. Constitutionally there is mutual benefit of our relationship, which of course is voluntary, on both sides.

One aspect Northford still has to self manage is Defence. While we are required to entertain Questarian ships in our Ports, and Aircraft’s on our bases, we still have a duty to ourselves to control our own defence and our own, limited, power protection. To that end, for force protection, as most are aware, we are building two attack fleets, to account for either seaboard. For defence of our new homeland, however, we are in a slightly different position. Refusing to allow Questarian troops on Northfordian soil, the Government has put itself in a precarious position. It had a number of options available. The most conventional, and the most illogical considering the circumstances would be to employ the undermanned Northfordian Army to secure the boarder, as well as use it for every other duty it presently undertakes. However, upon review it was realised to properly control the Southern Frontier would take approximately a 400% increase in personnel, and, with the present manpower shortage, that figure was deemed grossly unsuitable. The second possibility was to allow Questarian Troops to secure the boarder. In fact, this option proved incredibly popular with Parliament, with a vote to invite them into Northford only being defeated by 13 votes (203-216). In spite of the cross-part consensus of support, there were several well thought out reasons against this. The first was economics: As it stood the trade forces of Questers and Cravan were quietly rebuilding Northford, and as the first and second largest trade partners it was deemed that inviting in foreign troops might cause a loss on confidence in the markets, and given the reliance of Northford upon market prices, it was not deemed a good idea. Another issue was that there might be questions made in the Cravanian trade halls why it was not Cravanian Troops helping Northford, owing to their much longer history together. The final option available to Northford was paying for foreign mercenaries. The idea here would be to pay a foreign nation, for a pre-determined number of troops, who would, barring the cost to employ them, have zero overheads, and still perform a job comparable to Northfordian Troops.

Within Government and Parliament, this idea gained popularity rapidly. It was realised that within Haven there were many countries that offered such services, and, with careful vetting, it could be realised that Northford could secure their boarder without any risk to internal security. Eventually it was decided to hire in the forces of The Silver Sky, who would man the boarder. To reach a compromise between the other opinions in the Northfordian Government, an interesting compromise was reached. The Mercenaries from the Silver Sky would provide the mobile reserves necessary for defence, while the businesses from Cravan and Questers would ‘Build’ the Boarder, and finally, the rapidly expanding Northfordian Militia would eventually ‘Man’ the boarder, since during peacetime, their abilities were perfectly suffice for the demands presented to them.

In doing this, another prospect was realised. The overall plan was to fortify the boarder, to ensure that it was impassable for Kahanistani’s in all but an all-out war scenario, by, which, of course, suitable mobile reserves could be mustered. While this was being planned out, there were, of course, many other plans being formulated inside the Northfordian Government HQ. One of the most contentious was to reform the Northfordian National Militia. During re-establishment of Northford it was, arguable one of the most useful assets the Government had available, it provided 2 million able bodied men for work, and, during the first landfall, it was the Militia that built many of the first Bridges, first Refuge sites, etc. That said, once the first cities were built, they were at a loss what to do with the Force. They were rapidly loosing any relevance, and, with the Northfordian Army reforming ….



Tossing the magazine aside leisurely, the reader spoke,

“There’s two things I hate in life Frank: Patrols and other men. Question is, why the fuck am I here, suffering both?”

“Because you like all the free literature given out by Ours and King Rich’s* Government?” replied the person sitting next to him, gesturing to magazine on the table”

“Fuck off Frank…. You know half this stuff is bollocks, bollocksy fucking propaganda fucking bollocks. Ugh, you know, one thing I’m happy about, in all this boring shit, is the fact I made officer. At least I get to spend my free time actually sitting on a chair, rather than in a sardine tin…”

“Yeah that’s true” said the person sitting next to him, “and, of course, being an officer you can swear in this perfectly decorated room without having to worry about a soul hearing you.”

“Heh”

Walking out of the room they were in, both of them ducked under a bulkhead. Thick, made of steel, it provided their vessel with strength and ensured that they were protected at any cost. The cost, of course, was his or her comfort, since it was only 5’7”, and the average sailor’s height was 5’11”. Either way, though, that was not a problem: As every person serving in a Northfordian Submarine learnt the hard way at one point or another.

“Where’s your station then Pete?” asked frank, the taller of the two, and quite obviously in a slight bit of discomfort, having just bent over double. “Comm or Ops?”

“Neither Frank” he replied, smiling, “Officer Tamers is ill, and they’ve got me up on bridge to cover him”

“Oh that sucks man, catch up with you later”

“Later” said Pete, walking out.

Submarines: It has to be said that regardless of your situation in life, you cannot help but marvel the wonder of submarines. Sleek, fast, efficient at prowling the waves from underneath the surface. Armed with Missiles and Torpedo’s they have the option to piece the hull of their target like a pin with a balloon, or they can attack it with missiles, guided, with precision, to any point upon a hull-superstructure causing untold damage.

In choosing a submarine to use, a nation has to consider many things: Power, Range, Stealth. It has to choose whether or not to design it’s own indigenous submarine, or to purchase another nations wares. For Northford, the decision was largely made for them. As part of the mighty Questarian Empire, it had cut price access to the Questarian Defence Markets, and as such, in choosing their wares, had the ability to purchase many more vessels than they would otherwise be able to for the same amount of money. This, in the end, lead them to purchase over 500 hundred sub for under a trillion dollars. As a Rear Admiral said as the first batch of SSK’s were being delivered “Not Bad”.

It was the SSK’s that Pete and John served on. Code-named PROJECT 455 by the Questarians, and the “Gulliver Class” by the Northfordian Navy it was, arguably one of the quietist submarines in the water today. Armed with the both medium and large torpedo’s it was more than capable of fulfilling it’s anti-surface and ASW role.

Returning to the Bridge, Lieutenant Pete Hippolyte sat down at the station he was serving at. CSNC-E, it was called. A nice little acronym that stood for “Commonwealth Secure Naval Communications Channel-Encrypted”. Essentially it was a communications network, satellite based that was able to communicate with any Naval ship within the Questarian Commonwealth, at any time, in any place in the world. Nicknamed “The Eye”, it was generally, on Northfordian Ships while on patrol to organise “Meet and Greetz” with naval assets from other nations in the Commonwealth that were encountered on patrol, often for dinners, in an effort to build friendships between the nations.

Some things however, are bound to change in life, some things are bound to change….

*A popular name for the King of Questers, Richard the VI.

And so the Confederacy would be invaded again. This was what...the fourth time now, and each time they ended the same, Corporate forces sending their seemingly superior enemy back to the hell holes they came from. As news reports across the country blared out the news of yet another war coming to the beloved Confederacy, soldiers and militias across the country once again became active.

Thousands of ships assembled in Divinity, Redemption, and Paradise City, all prepared for war. Three different parties, all with different types of ships, all going to fight to defend the same home country. Hundreds of ships from the Divinity Semi-Autonomous Navy (DSAN) gathered around their ports in the north, the old Soviet ships bobbing over the waves as their admiral made sure everything was in tip-top shape. In the center of the country, the Confederate fleet took up all of the harbor in Paradise City and spewed out into the open ocean, with thousands of ships of varying sizes all prepared to go forth to once again defend the homeland. Their admiral, Marcus Greyhammer, sat aboard his flagship, a massive Archangel class called the Blackhelm, awaiting the oncoming storm of enemy ships. Further south, Lucius Ironclaw viewed his grand black fleet with content. Thousand of ships, millions of men, awaited their death before him. From his Kraken class dreadnoght, Lust he too, awaited the enemy fleets.

Along the shore, ships were being sunk forcing the enemy landers to come through lanes made by downed freighters. Sea mines were placed by the thousands and men began to board the downed ships with .50 caliber machine guns and Javelins and RPG-7's to harass the boats as they passed. Millions of Maccabean made anti-tank mines were strewn up and down the beach, abd spools of barbed wire were being carried making a massive fence between the sea and land. Caltrops were scattered amongst the landmines, and Czech hedgehogs were thrown up to prevent any tank landings. To further disrupt a landing, concrete blocks were scattered 100 yards off the coast to make the enemy soldiers have to swim to shore while under fire from flimsy wooden towers, in reality raised chairs with machine guns.

A hundred 500mm railguns pointed their turrets towards the sea, each one with a Firestorm missile system next to it, their crews all having seen this all before. Over a thousand HY-2 Seersucker platforms lined the coast as well, ready to give the enemy ships even more problems. Two hundred brand new M-498 Rangemaster Coastal Defense Guns sat as well, prepared to fire out and destroy any enemy ships they saw. Griffincrest forces supplied artillery as well. Hurtian made rail guns and M50 Isherman 155mm self propelled artillery pieces rolled to shore as well, ready to support their brothers at sea.

In the sky, the Divinity Semi-Autonomous Air Force (DSAF) began scrmbling MiG's to fly patrols along its airspace, while the Griffincrest air force began doing the same. The true air power, however, belonged to the Confederate air force. Thousands of AAD-1 anti-air balloons formed defensive rings throughout Confederate air space. Hundreds of SuF-8's were being scrambled along with hundreds of other MiG-31's, all being sent up to enforce the air space. In Sacrament, the tremendous air fleet was rising into the sky as hundreds of air ships of all shapes and sizes prepared once again to head for battle.

The old Chancellor looked to General Blueshield across a table in the Imperial Palace. "General, I grow tired of these wars."

(OOC: Whyat, got a map?)

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(OOC: Whyat, got a map?)

((OOC: LOL GOOD LUCK.))

(OOC: something tells me i've just etched out my own Gravestone :( meh the worst that can happen is a fun post destruction of my country RP)

Central City Times, International Edition

The Silver Sky Declares War on the Corporate Alliance

Silver City, The Silver Sky - President Kara Maddox announced today that a state of war now exists between The Armed Capitalist Republic and the entities that make up the Corporate Alliance. This comes not but mere minutes after the Grand Imperium of Whyatica, a very, very close ally to The Armed Capitalist Republic, declared war on the Corporate Alliance for their attacks against Southeast Asia and Groznyj.

This all started a few months ago with Kravenite and CA attacks against Southeast Asia and Groznyjan. Countless civilian and military lives have been lost in Groznyj and possibly millions of more lives are threatend in Southeast Asia. Our allies in Izistan and Spizania already bravely stand against the tyranny of the Corporate Alliance.

President Maddox is quoted as saying, "For too long we have watched the Corporate Alliance do as they please, subjugating entire countries for their purposes, even communist nations do not deserve the fate of being occupied by the Corporate Alliance. Those nations and corporations in the Corporate Alliance obviously have no regards to human rights, enslaving entire peoples for the furthering of their cause."

"But now we shall once more take up the battered and bruised banner of freedom, we are veterans of many, many victorious conflicts, and while we may be jaded we are not undaunted in our goals. We shall liberate the opressed people of the Corporate Alliance an destroy it as a function entity once and for all, we shall succeed where the GASN and other alliances have failed."

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[First, Second, and Third Naval Armadas, Somewhere in International Waters]

Three-Thousand, Two-Hundred and Seventy-Three combat vessels glided through the calm waters. Well, at least they were calm till they met the bow of a 'Kraken'-Class Siege Dreadnought. One of the largest, if not THE largest ship on the waves, and the Corporate Alliance was going to have to face down three of these metal monsters.

However, while these were one of the most feared and hated weapons on earth, the bane of small navies everywhere, they didn't hold the real might of the navy. The real strength of any navy relies on the strength of it's escorts, these ships have long been touted as dispensible, but they can hold their own against even the biggest of ships.

The men manning these ships were the most experience sailors in the world, veterans of many many conflicts around the world, they had the best training money could buy, as well as the best weapons.

However, the invasion would rest on the shoulders of the ground troops, a total of three million troops had been assembled, soldiers from the Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Army Groups waited in the holds of the cargo ships for their chance at fame.

They would get it, as would the sailors and airmen of the Skyian Republican Military, but history would decide what kind of fame to give them.

No Taxes

Previously productive We Buy It Inc. Factories in No Taxes were closed, millions of workers were given a indefinite holiday, Hostile Takeover Inc., which had always maintained a corp in No Taxes, had bolstered it's numbers in the past months, ever since receiving notice of the operation from the Skyian Government, a total of twenty-five Divisions, or half a million troops were based in the country, as well as five air divisions worth of planes, four fleet had been activated and were moving towards the country, while the others were kept on alert in Haven.

If We Buy It Inc. wanted, they could take out No Taxes instantly, but they wouldn't, not yet, but they would supply ELINT and targeting data to the Skyian Military via laser link communication satellites.

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From the Honorable Office of the Praetor of the Armed Democratic Republic

Though we will make no stake or claim to either side of this conflict we would like to publicly and in the strongest words possible enforce our commitment to the sanctity of South-Eastern Haven, and would like to state that any aggression from the CA brought through the Omz Straight or the waters that separate The Armed Democratic Republic of Mekugi, Its protectorates, and the Commonwealth of Anchrish states from the continent of South-West Haven will be brought to the sword and their lives squandered needlessly by the thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions as may it be required to defend our trade routes, and right to ignorance of this conflict.

Assaults on trade, interference in our territorial operations, or ignorance of this decree in the waters of southern Haven will lead to your death song, and we will sing that beautiful tune for you if you only ask.

We ask mercifully that you do not wake this slumbering giant, for its voice will be the last you will ever hear...

My the Moon forgive you,
Jonathan William Keiso
Praetor-Elect The Armed Democratic Republic of Mekugi

(OOC: Lo, for I am arrived)

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To: All Nations of the World
Subject: Declaration of War

The Republic of Jaredcohenia, as allied with several other nations declaring war, declares war upon the Corporate Alliance. The declaration of war was brought upon the Tyraningrad earlier today at 3:28PM (GMT+3) by myself, Premier Aaron Cohen. The declaration was enacted 345 votes for, 137 votes against. With out declaration of war, we plan to aid the Coalition with:

Fifteen divisions of Slavmarines, expeditionary forces
Twenty tonnes of food, medical, and various other supplies
Battlefield doctors and nurses
Military access through Jaredcohenia

While we are friendly with nations in the Corporate Alliance, the Jaredcohenian Republic must stop all trade agreements and must send any and all diplomats from the Republic back to their original countries. This is also not limited to any citizens of said nations being detained or deported. We are sorry.

~Aaron Cohen, Premier

The Tower of Destiny, it Shone in the afternoon sunlight, it’s many sharp vertices glimmered, out in Vruzanzan Square, the square itself, surrounded by buildings, one in particular the Senhacate seemed particularly alive today, Itzerican Mutterama Soigan glowered out across the square as soldiers paraded through, steeped in memories stood this, the leader of the Novan war machine, he remembered his sparring with the Zeon Military Terror Lord Iccaproti. It had been such a long time, even with his luck at it’s Nadir he had never given up, he turned back in to find Izalian with her hand upon a small plinth, a special plinth, it bore an amazing weapon, and it had a story The Fair Haired Minister had mentioned recent events, she had mentioned many things, as well as a directive, a directive for war.

“Tell me Itzerican, of this, I’ve seen it many a time but always wondered, what is this weapon,”

“Have a seat Minister, and I’ll give you a History lesson, I’ll tell you of Valjsguard, and the Technological Terror that nearly defeated us, he wasn’t called Kukonois, he was called Lord Iccaproti,”

The Heinous figure practically leered with glee over the railing, his hands clasped behind his back, concealed by an all enshrouding cape, his artificial form, seemingly enhanced with flesh was an intriguing presence, he was simply there, he had simply happened, nobody knew how the techno Srihacul had become this way, nobody even knew who or what he was before he had became, he simply was.

“It has been too Long Mutterama, Far too long, I had a special place reserved for you in my machinations,” crooned the terror of Valjsguard, Lord Iccaproti, a hale mix of machine and man, slender yet well proportioned limbs made up his body, a slender inlay of fabric covered where metal did not, it bunched and it moved the way his skin may once have, those eyes, they looked into the very soul, that voice, it seemed so familiar, even when it’s synthesized overtones were at their height, he moved with a silent grace, like a coiled spring, he exuded potential, he exuded fear and loyalty, he was Zeon, he embodied their military struggle, perhaps in more ways than the Kukonois’ did, his ingenious stratagems had sliced through many a Novan battle line, I shuddered at the thought, that had changed, I had sworn on my oath that upon taking the rank of Itzerican, of Ultimate Guide, that I would bring the Senhacate into the present, old Srihaculs Estvuncian, Kaimunarius, and Estrinigan were too fond of the past, they had lost themselves in Iccaproti’s carefully created illusions that the Zeon offensive would be exactly as they thought, siege based slow, and then fast blitzkrieg, they had been completely fooled.

The Zeonic forces did indeed lightning assault, but they attacked logistics, and focused on capture rather than destroy, the main focus was on Valjsguards foundries, the signs to me at least were clear, Valjsguard was to be taken intact, and used as a staging ground for Destinus, fortunately I was not as traditional as my colleagues, I had invested my reputation in what I saw as the future of warfare, I deployed my command in a way that I felt would best protect the Novan state, it was difficult at first, my colleagues were reluctant, they though eventually saw what I saw in those designs, they saw as they delayed Iccaproti’s armies, harassed and withdrew, and bested their counterparts 'with little casualties themselves, the Hijir and Tokons proved themselves to the then conservative minds of the military, and then it happened.

Hizarian

I still remember that night, the sky blazed with fire, a meteor storm passed overhead, I was showing Denteth Tolion around my aerial flagship when it happened, Hizarian, the nerve center of Valjsguards defense, Iccaproti’s initial offensives had been a clever creation it turned out, meant to see what tricks we truly had, he had carefully gauged everything and waited for us to gather our strength, he had waited with the main body of his forces, until their was a viable target to unleash them upon.

He chose the worst time imaginable, the Suprainister of the time, Avarian Tolion, and the Twin Princes, who refused to ascend to Twin Emperors, Menzilian and Martellius were on tour of Valjsguard when Iccaproti struck, and they were at Hizarian, I saw three quarters of the command structure wiped out in one swipe, my heart shuddered as I viewed the strike from the bridge of my ship, I saw the crater base burn, Torrokens swarmed everywhere, and Iccaproti’s ship seemed drawn to my own, a mid air duel ensued, I ordered the deployment of some other of the designs I had sponsored, Iccaproti had been patient to the extreme, his forces had rampaged for 2 years before this, and I had ordered the design of a highly agile terror weapon akin to the Tokon, except designed for heavy assault, in addition to a design akin to the Hijir’s eventual successor the Voloko, except for extreme mobile firepower against a number of targets, and when massed in numbers against strong single targets, that day I saw the fruition of all of my reputation being invested in these, and I was vindicated, the Vrazen’s Kashizrions and other designs such as the Xonxovels and Tshconve’s, the battle was won, but who could call that a victory, the Suprainister, and the Twin Princes were dead, the base razed to the ground, only my command had survived, and withdrawn.

Iccaproti had blazed a trail throughout the entire war, and we developed a mutual relationship of respect, respect and antagonism, until that day, when we had met face to face, it was near the end, he had lead a daring commando raid to abscond with some of the new Disias Tesla Generators, as I had expected, we both knew it would be a trap, and we both knew what to expect.

“You have been very much the thorn in my side, but now I think it is time we brought this to an end,” purred the cybernetic crooner, his bodyguard smirking down their leveled rifles, as if on cue an explosion ripped through the storage facility, the expanse between us closed, and a great yell went up, after that the was turned swiftly in our favor, and I assumed that Iccaproti had been recalled, later I found out that infighting by something called the Detzen Circle had caused him to withdraw, it was fortunate for us, less than a year later we were engaged with the Corporation at Iathern, and Zeon and the Corporation have been an issue ever since.

“The Task is clear Minister, I myself will lead this operation, the Plan I Submitted to you a while back still stands, with some modification of course,” I responded to Izalian, as I finished my reverie, my eyes fixed upon the weapon of Iccaproti, it bore a familiar sigil, one I felt I knew, it bore the device of Xikar, the ancient city of knowledge, but what else it meant, I felt I should know, but I couldn’t say, it had haunted me for years already, and I’m sure it will for many more.

The Parading had finished for the moment the soldiers preparing for the imminent business, Vruzanzan square was in comparative quiet, the Senhacate stood tall in the square, rising in tiered layers out of the ground, not appearing for a second to be a military building, it was like everything in the city uniquely Novan, it was from here that Minister Izalian and her fair locks departed and it was for the Tower of Destiny, and it’s dramatic spires she headed to, and in that place, a room was prepared, the room where the Suprainister spoke to the world at large, it was here that many a declaration had been made, it’s tall cathedral like interior, subtle with Novan insignia and resplendent in drapery, at the end of that room was a young man, with short trimmed fair hair, with a youthful face untouched by age, with piercing all knowing cerulean eyes, with subtle tunic bearing the emblem of rank and state, of understated standing, of casual air he was, he was the Suprainister and he was serene, his hands spread wide as he uttered heavy words to the receptive world,

“In Support of our Whyatican Friends and to ensure that history is not allowed to repeat itself I must inform you all that as of Two Fifteen PM Novan Unity Time, that we are at war with the Corporate Alliance and it’s Signatories, the nature of this alliance is in opposition to the Novan state, and it’s signatories have proven themselves in past to be hostile to the nation by their actions, their alliance or their association with those who are abhorrent to us, to march to war is never a pleasant thing, but we will do our duty, as is proper,

Hail Novacom, For Forever we walk the path”

THE LONDON TIMES
OILER 'NISSHIN MARU' SUNK, CA SUSPECTED
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The Nisshin Maru aflame and sinking, from a lifeboat.
The Oiler the Nisshin Maru was attacked last night and sunk by a submarine of an unknown nationality. A pair of torpedoes fired against the vessel cracked the hull, killing several hundred, and spilling thousands of tons of aircraft fuel in the oceans. At midnight last night, the vessel was attacked by a torpedo that set the ship alight and opened a hole in the hull, leaking oil. At 00:09 another torpedo hit the craft and it exploded, killing 344 crew members. By 00:13 the ship was underwater, leaving only 131 survivors. Within minutes aircraft from the local Naval Air Station Karizume were on station and within hours frigates from a Naval base in the vicinity joined the hunt, but the elusive submarine escaped. Frigates and destroyers from the 332nd Escort Division and 310th Escort Division are scouring the area and reinforcements have been called in. It is expected portions of the navy will go on full mobilisation tommorow. All tankers are being escorted by a military escort to the nearest port, where they will probably stay for the next week. It has been estimated that given the massive amounts of fuel imported, this single attack has stopped over 75 million barrels of oil from being properly delivered already. That figure is rising.

The Navy released a statement confirming that an "unidentified submersible" attacked the Nisshin Maru and sunk it by launching a pair of torpedoes. While it has been supposed that the submarine was a pirate, the Foreign Office leaked that it had received a message from a certain Corporate Alliance state that they had perpetrated the attack in an attempt to keep Questers out the war declared yesterday by Questarian allies The Silver Sky and Whyatica. If submarine operations can halt import of 75 million barrels in a single day, clearly the C.A is attempting to make a political and military statement. While the Prime Minister has not yet released an official reply, it is expected that if further attacks happen and if the C.A continues to claim responsibility, Questers will declare war alongside its allies to defend its trade interests. Furthermore, survivors say they saw a submarine surface momentarily and fly the colours of the Griffincrest Corporation alongside the typical pirate skull and crossbones.

Isidor, No Taxes
So, thought Vitaliy, they try to destroy us again. He was a bit surprised that No Taxes was counted as a core member of the Corporate Alliance, they had actually never been very involved of any the CA's conflicts. However, they had their duty to do and they would do it. Across the nation the military was being mobilised. Never having been to war for decades some at first thought it was a joke, until they heard what had happened. No one really realized what they were getting into, there being very few actual veterans of wars. Yet they would do their utmost to defend No Taxes and the CA.

Beyond the mobilization of its armies, the first thing that No Taxes did was to freeze all the assets of We Buy It Inc. in the country. These only numbered in the hundreds of billions of dollars and the government would reimburse all No Taxes investors. We Buy It Inc.'s former employees were urged to join the call for volunteers for the Army, while We Buy It Inc.'s executives were given 24 hours to leave the country or be arrested. All the corporation's property would also be seized at that point. No Taxes normally a very friendly place towards businesses, was allowing no leeway for We Buy It Inc.

Official Response of the Capitalist Republic of No Taxes
We will do our utmost to defend both our country and the Corporate Alliance from foreign aggression. No matter how much you threaten and bluster and however many other Corporate Alliance nations fall we wil stand against you. Some of you call yourselves members of the Sovereign League, yet you move to take away the sovereignty of the Corporate Alliance. Blackhelm and other nations that may be invaded will be protected by our soldiers. We hereby declare war on all nations that have declared war on the Corporate Alliance.

OOC: TSS, you never had permission to open up a branch of Hostile Takeover in No Taxes. Several companies of We Buy It opened up, but Hostile Takeover was not one of them. There is no way you could have gotten half a million troops in, without me noticing and doing something about it. Please edit your post to show that you have no troops in my country.

"So the Whyaticans have gone to war."

Emperor Robert slid into his chair, spinning it around to be greeted with the orange light from a glorious sunset, the glare hidden by clouds which were tinted with a pink hue. Black spires rose up in the distance, the skyscrapers of downtown Cravna silhouetted against the brilliant backdrop. A gentle drizzle pattered against the glass panes of the windows, water droplets streaming down in swarms.

"Yup.", replied Head Director Gallens simply, his arms crossed as he leaned against a table-height bookshelf along the wall.

Robert rose from his seat, stretching as he loosened his tie. He looked at his Head Director, then at the folders filled with intelligence reports scattered across his desk.

"If the Alliance attempts an incursion into Haven, what do we have to stop them?"
"Currently we have around 200,000 troops stationed in Carpanthium, and a good-sized supercap group in the area. Should be sufficient."

The Emperor scratched his chin, feeling a bit of stubble he had missed while shaving in the morning.

"Get Louis on the line. I want a statement written up now."

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Imperial Department of Foreign Affairs

Our Whyatican allies beat their war drums once again, and we in the Libertarian Empire are behind them every step of the way. However, we must stress that as of now we are not actively involving ourselves in conflict with the Corporate Alliance, although we are watching closely as is GASN. It is our wish that the coalition show the CA what a real war machine can do, and while we wish to send forces in support, we will instead limit ourselves to sending supplies and aid to our allies.

As such, the first shipments of food and ammunition are already on their way, and should be arriving in Haven within the week to be distributed by Whyatica and the other members of the coalition accordingly. Any hostile movement against our frieghters from Corporate Alliance members will be seen as an act of war, and at the moment this is not something you can afford. Be smart, and keep us out of this conflict.

In the meantime, the Libertarian Empire also declares that our colony of Carpanthium, located on the tip of the Northfordian Peninsula, is to increase in garrison strength to bring the number of stationed forces to 260,000 personnel. Three Marine divisions, two Airborne divisions, one Infantry division, one Armored division, and one Mechanized Infantry division now call Carpanthium home, and can move at a moment's notice to protect Cravanian interests in the region. Our naval group also remains at alert, as does our naval garrison at port in Northford. Any attempts to assault Northfordian positions will result in immediate response from Cravanian forces.

Good luck to our allies in arms. May your fighting men and women remain safe as they fight valiantly for the forces of freedom.

Signed,

Louis McHenry
Louis McHenry
Director of Foreign Affairs

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(Or, if you're too busy to wait, envision some combination of the phrases "ensure the security of Haven" "evil foreigners" "fascist" "support of our allies" "state of high alert" and you'll have something like an official government statement.)

Internal Corporate Memo

The sinking of a Questerian ship and the 'spotting' of several submarines floating around other major oil routes have sent traders panicking.

Oil prices have shot up $5 a barrel to $67.12 per barrel on the Universal Oil Index today. This adds up to around more than a trillion dollars per year.

We believe this will stay inflated even with the Eurasian find as another few incidents are tripling consumption of oil in the places listed in Figure 2.3. With the discovery of an offshore oil field in the seas around the Galation we may actually show a profit should we trigger any more wars.

[END]

The Galations

The flat, squat structures that make up the radioactive islands held nearly 6 million people. The majority had moved long ago to Die Boerstaat and only laborers stayed there. The promise of high Corporate wages outweighed the possibility of cancer. Thankfully iodine pills and lead-lined concrete buildings were standard.

Meanwhile the ships of the Independent Mafia fleet began to leave those ports for Blackhelm. The rusting radioactive ships were part of a plan to obfuscate landing operations further. They would form part of the narrowing channels, manned by loyal soldiers who would harass landing craft and prevent the full force of the navy from entering all at once.

Soon to be in Blackhelm's Bay

A hundred warships, many converted cargo ships mounting maybe 2 16" guns in single open turrets and filled with Exocet missiles. A few had hastily welded on 2 inch steel plate and internal plate and filled with only Exocet missiles.

They were to be the front of the massive united fleet. They would empty their missiles, ship would be put into full ahead, crews would evacuate, and these flying kinetic missiles would be a major distraction to enemy forces.

The flagship was the IMS The Plot Against the Corporate Alliance a Space Union built Conquerer class Heavy Trimaran Supercarrier, known by its crew as patchy because it was a captured enemy ship. An allied nation had sold it to them after it was repaired because it wasn't useful to them. While the repaired sections were actually better reinforced than the hull, they still gave a rag-tag appearance to the ship, making the crew feel appropriate.

They sat with their allies, ready to defend.

HTS Eerie: Task Force 1 "First strike"
10 Hiragi class Heavy Cruisers
23 Barbour class supply ships
2 Firebrand LPHs
20 Tango class submarines
2 HLCACs

Stationed 850 miles off the Confederate coastline.

Admirral Kovaks stood upon the prow of his ship, much as a friend of his used to do, - Lt. Major Paul Vandergrift - who, ironicly, was MIA inside the Blackhelm Confederacy ever since that Soviet uprising fiasco. Wich more ironicly, was the reason his fleet was stationed so close to Blackhelm.

Ever since that uprising, The People's Republic Of Hutrful Thoughts has ben shadowing their borders for quite some time, certainly there were the occassinal rumurs that the fleet was picking up refugees and compromised spies, and then rotating out to be replaced by another fleet. But those were only rumurs... Right?

To bring our veiwers up to present speed, Kovaks and his fleet had recently been rotated in from a station of TWSP for resons not officially declared, one would assume it involved the continued training of TWSP's special Forces.

Then things became interesting, as a Hurtian Satallite recorded an incident in the old sections of Paradise city, where a bomb went of, a house was burned to the ground, tanks opened fire upon civillians, and stormtroopers condected house to house fighting, all caught by the cheap decrepid Hurtian satallite that most likely was overdue for retirement.

As such, the Hurtian Ministry has been taking ever more careful tabs on all events inside Blackhelm to the best of their ability, and watched as the ports and harbors mobolized for another invasion, or more correctly, the defense of an invasion. In fact, the Hutrians had actually bothered to set a spy-sat in geo-synchronous orbit ofver the Confederacy to keep tabs on events 24-7...

Although no true hostilities ran between the Hurtians and Confederates, tension was at an all time high.

(OOC: dang, semi-closed, meh, ICly I've not really done anything)

Encrypted Wartime Telegram:
To: Anti-CA Coalition Nations
From: Peoples Republic of Vantanas
[HEAVILY ENCRYPTED] Greetings from the Peoples Republic of Vantanas! We have heard that you are launching an attack against the vile Corporate Alliance. As this would no doubt help us, we would like to offer the following:

1. Weekly Donations of 30 Million+ USDs
2. Heavily Discounted Wartime Supplies
3. Use of Our Ports

Also, our island province of Vantaxia lies off the coast of No Taxes, just as the Isle of Great Britain lies off the coast of Europe. We would be willing to let you use Vantaxia as a spring board for any military operations against No Taxes. [HEAVILY ENCRYPTED]

SIC:

Meanwhile, the defences around Vantaxia were being tripled.

OOC: No Taxes: Just retcon the troops, to lazy to edit it.


IC:

[No Taxes]

Skyian Executives, all 30 of them, were quickly moved out of the country via SkyAir International's SuF-1 Cargo Varients, along with any Skyian Civilian that wanted to leave. They landed unescorted but were met by F/A-84As as soon as they were away from the airspace and moved to WBI Inc. assets in Vantanas.

They took with them everything that wasn't tied down, robotic workers, metals, money, office chairs, leaving nothing useful behind, the buildings were basically given to No Taxes investors or banks.

They had also distributed pamphlets to their employees telling them the dangers of the Corporate Alliance and of join the army. They were also given the chance to leave the country with the executives.

[CINDER-C, Somewhere in The Silver Sky]

"So the Questerians had a oiler sunk." Stated President Maddox looking over various international messages and statements.

"Yes ma'am, everything is going according to plan." Stated Admiral of the Navy Michael Sutherland via his video comm link on the SRNS 'Kraken', "The 'Braach'-Class SSBN are also in place, 7000km off of both No Taxes and Blackhelm, sitting a good 615m down, got several Jörmungandr-Class SSN acting as escorts, as well as some Frye-Class SSKs."

"Very good, very very good, proceed at your discretion then Admiral." Said President Maddox as she signed off.

[OOC: I haven't joined the war :-/ I only blamed the CA for the sinking of the Nisshin Maru. It'll be a while yet.]

Diplomatic Message from Supreme Minister David Du'Font to Claudius Griffencrest

Dear Friend, in light of the troubles which will soon reach your nation we would like to send in 400 of our P2 Fighter Jets armed with CK Missiles to fend off these needless aggressors, we will begin the transit as soon as this deployment has been confirmed by your forces.

Signed,
Supreme Minister David Du'Font

(OOC: You're still controlled by Cladius right BC? Also, the CK Missiles are filled with toxic Cyanogen Chloride, which is why I'm asking your permission.)

The Supreme Overlord State of The Kraven Corporation

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Citizens of The World, Let it be known this day that Kraven and its allies stand united against the enemies of our glorious Campaign of Absolute Unification, our Goal to unite all people, all colours and all creeds together under one banner, under one ruler and under one set of laws, our campaign will continue unhindered by such tiny and insignificant threats, Automagfreek, the nation that some consider to be the greatest military power in the know world, barely broke our step as our forces rallied against the enemies of the Global New World Order…

But let it also be known that this Campaign is a Kraven Campaign and we are solely responsible for its execution and its orchestration…

Forces of Kraven and our glorious Allies within the Corporate alliance muster forth against those who would seek to destroy us, Groznyj, a spreader of hate and propaganda urging their people to rally forth against our glorious and supreme plan are at this moment being crushed by the Forces of our superior Capitol Police…

It may interest the world to know, that once Whyatica flew the Kraven Banners, Whyatica participated in these genocides that it is so quick to play down... Whyatica had a deal with the Devil and not it seeks Redemption....

Such a pity... what a good and subservient Slave State Whyatica was...

No Matter who, or what comes forth to stop our campaign, we will endeavour to continue unabated, threats of war, threats of sanctions, mean nothing when it is the goal of the Global New World Order that is at stake, No matter what the cost… Lives… Resources… Nations… we will not stop until Absolute Unification has Been Achieved…



All Hail Kraven… All Hail The Supreme State!

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The Kraven High Command

Kraven Citizen Broadcasting Service

Car Bomb Explodes within The City of Belsen: Groznyj Terrorists Blamed

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At 6:00pm this evening several explosions tore through the district of Belsen, during the High Commands 5:45pm speech, several people, watching the Broadcast within the city centre were hurt in the explosion but Kraven authorities have informed us that no one was killed, all people have been taken to Military Infirmaries and are said to be in a critical but stable condition…

The Kraven Secret Police have reportedly rounded up thirteen suspects who are currently undergoing question, Kraven Authorities have tightened border controls and are currently reinforcing key strategic points, a full Battalion of our Glorious Capitol Police Sturmpanzers have been deployed within the city to maintain order…

All Hail Kraven… All Hail The Supreme State….

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The Republic of Groznyj

Official International Comminuque

On behalf of my nation, in address to the international community, I would like to assert that Kraven's insidious claims of terrorist attacks committed by my nation against theirs are completely and utterly false. The Republic of Groznyj would never resort to terrorist tactics under any circumstances. My nation currently does not offer any travel options to Kraven's sovereign lands nor do we engage in any trade with them making our incentive of committing such a crime or the possibility of our citizens doing like-wise next to nothing. We dismiss these accusations as nothing more than baseless libel.

In addition I would like to call the international communities attention to fact that my nation's sovereign land has been attacked unwarrantably by forces of the Kraven Corporation including the whole-sale targeting of civilians. Further information on this barbaric show of aggression will be divulged by my president in his address to Parliament. If anything they are the aggressor and their unprovoked lies should be taken into consideration by members of the international community.

Signed,
Ibrahim Karachay
Secretary of State

OOC: If you wish for me to stop and stay out, please tell me and I will do so.

Official Open Message
To: All involved in the escilating CA situation
From: The Errikan Foreign Office

Greetings, noble nations.

The Errikan Empire, in order to maintain our relationships with friends on both sides, will endevor remain neutral in this conflict; however, though we intend for no Errikan soldiers to fight, we will maintain all trade with involved parties, and expand where necessary. Errikan agricultural products, Weapson arms and raw materials, and Arterusian oil are all available cheaply and in very large quantites to any nation who is interested. In order to assure our neutrality in maintained, we will have to enforce a cash-and-carry policy, however, and we request that all parties respect the neutrality of our waters and territory (OOC: wait to sink the supplies until after they have changed hands and left Errikan waters).

We thank all parties for your cooperation.

Attention, Kraven scum:

It would be wise not to anger us, as you pissants still have not fallen back into our good graces. With but a wave of Lord Dreadfire's hand we could erase you from existance once more and once and for all. The destruction seen at Kravonika is but a taste of what lies in store should you heathens refuse to mind your tongue, which we would happily remove for you.

You and I both know that the Corporation floundered and buckled under the pressure of the Freekish onslaught that destroyed your homeland, and you and I both know we can do so again.

Tread lightly, little one. Tread lightly.

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Minister Hartman
-Minister of International Affairs-

Official Announcment of the People's Republic of Vantanas:
After the results of the secret Under War between the Coalition and People's Republic, Vantanas is ceding the following requested land to the Coaltion:

Red Colony of New Babylonia
Bordered By: ...Toopoxia...

Red Province of Vantaxia (Island)
Near By: No Taxes

Also, as part of the Treaty of Avernum, the People's Republic will give a tribute of food, ammunition, etc. for a period of ten years to the Coalition.

(OOC: You're still controlled by Cladius right BC? Also, the CK Missiles are filled with toxic Cyanogen Chloride, which is why I'm asking your permission.)

Griffincrest is, but the Confederacy is run by Chancellor Lucius Blackhelm. And yea, send them over.

(OOC: i'll post their arrival later, they're awesome little things for destroying navies.)

The war is hold on by request of blackhelm, so no more posting...