NationStates Jolt Archive

(OOC: That impact calculator was used to calculate the effects of my projectiles)

Official Statement, Axis Nova Office of Foreign Affairs

While it pains us to use such weapons as they are an admission that diplomacy and conventional means as failed, they are the only things that will suffice in this situation since the government in question has shown a capricious disregard for the morals and conventions that every civilized nation follows.

By launching an unprovoked first strike with nuclear weapons against civilian targets, they have displayed themselves as unfit to associate with the international community and too dangerous to be allowed to live. What falls upon them now is not vengeance or karmic retribution, for it is not anger that motivates Axis Nova in this-- rather, what any man would do when faced with vermin: crush it beneath your heel before it can become more dangerous.

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All across space and Earth, Axis Nova's SDI network goes on immediate full-scale alert, with additional replacement satellites being queued up to replace the inevitable losses. While Atopiana is a smaller and less powerful nation than Axis Nova, losses are still expected and being accounted for.

Civilians stream to their home arcologies in Axis Nova as sirens sound, and as the massive ziggurates reach their capacity, they begin to slowly sink into the ground, massive armored doors closing one after the other as they descend further and further within the Earth. All available aircraft launch, the better to not make themselves any targets, and troops around the world hastily don their NBC gear as they disperse into spread-out formations to prevent nuclear weapons from being able to seriously damage a formation.

However, all this is preparation, and happens before the announcement is given. As soon as it does, things begin to happen... very quickly.

The first wave of attack comes in the form of thousands of drop pods launched into the atmosphere over Atopiana, most filled with chaff and decoys, in an attempt to turn the early warning radar systems of Atopiana into useless gobbeldeygook for a time. Mixed in with the chaff and decoy pods are a few containing HARMs, which automatically are ejected from their launchers and drop downards, homing in on active emitters (and on the locations of emitters that turn off to avoid destruction). Others loiter in the upper atmosphere, waiting for radars that escape the first wave to turn back on.

The next step is simple, if rather flamboyant: every single satellite that is identified as Atopianan is targeted and engaged by Axis Novan SDI assets. Laser beams scorch through space, kinetic projectiles vomit forth, frag bombs detonate, and missiles launch, all attempting to cripple every bit of the Atopianan orbital infrastructure. Similar events occur in lunar orbit as SDI satellites and ASATs from the Axis Novan lunar bases strike at any surveillance or attack satellites Atopiana has in orbit.

The preparatory work complete, the main event begins, as the mass driver on the orbiting natural resource satellite warms up, beginning to toss 50 and 75 meter diameter tungsten spheres into the atmosphere, the driver grabbing the driving bands on the projectiles and flinging them on their ballistic trajectories around the planet and into the atmosphere.

The gigantic projectiles have no warhead, but then, they really don't need one; the kinetic energy released by such an impact will be sufficient to leave a crater almost a mile deep, igniting everything flammable within a mile of the impact point, with the almost supersonic winds emanating from the impact point levelling everything in their path, and a magnitude 6.0 earthquake radiating out from the impact point to shake down most lightly built structures. Wherever one strikes, the fireball is visible from orbit, as a crater almost a kilometer deep is blown in whatever is struck.

This isn't the full extent of the Axis Nova strike, however, as after the kinetic projectiles are deployed, more drop pods are sent into the atmosphere with further chaff and jamming. This time, however, mixed in is something a great deal more insidious than gigantic rocks: drop pods containing dispensers for Nemesis-9X, a lethal virus aquired from Bretton transmitted by air that is fatal to almost any mammal.

Atopiana's lunar assets are not spared either, and simultaneously with the launch of the previous strikes, as soon as any satellites are neutralized, missiles launch from each Axis Novan base, racing around the Moon in terrain following mode and arriving at the Atopianan lunar base from multiple angles, tactical nuclear warheads racing in from every direction in an effort to overwhelm the defenses and disable the mass driver. Following the attack, a second wave is launched, along with observation drones to see if the base's defenses have been sufficiently suppressed, while men in Minuteman Space Types board their transports and Hraesvelgrs fuel and arm up and prepare for takeoff.

The SDI system remains vigilant, prepared for the inevitable counterstrike. While Axis Nova will surely take some damage in response, it is certainly going to be less than it dishes out...

OOC: Impact calculator?

OOC: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

Given I'm attacking using effectively artificial meteorites, it's the appropriate tool for the job.

OOC: Oh no! n00klear war! Head for the bomb shelters.

IC:

The Aurum Doman people streamed in the fallout sheters all across the country. This was only a precaution.

OOC: Atopiana is my only target right now, I'm not going to hit anyone else unless they attack me. No real reason to as none of you have launched unprovoked first strikes out of the blue on someone. =p

OOC: Oh nice one mate, next time i'm flinging nukes around (I haven't done that since Huzen Hagen was nuked- and HH died oh so long ago) i'll use this instead of referring back to The Third World War novels for blast damage calculations.

Assuming if i throw rocks at a nation that size. Still it's a nifty calculator.

OOC: The impact calc is no good for nukes, there are better nuke-specific ones out there.

Official Response from the Kelonian Military

While the Kelonian military will not get involved in this conflict - should one erupt after the assault the Atopians have just received - unprovoked, we officially support Axis Nova's position and actions. Nations cannot be allowed to launch nuclear assaults against civilian populations without reason, or even at all. While Hataria has done many evil things in the past, nothing warrants the level of destruction visited upon them by the Atopian military.

Also, as a security measure given the likely scope of this war, and due to the risk posed to us by our open support of this attack, all space and ground-based ABM systems defending Kelonian territory have been put on Mid-High Alert.

Gen. Todor Obradovic,
Senior Commander of Home Sector Defence,
Kelonian State Army.

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OOC: I remember Heuzen Hagen and the havoc he created back when NS had the old boards. God I'm old.

Official response from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alex Mathews

After watching the events unfolding in Hataria, it was clear that Atopiana has no qualms against the mass-murder of innocent civilians when other more peaceful options are available.

We applaud you for taking this action, and know that should your campaign need any help, whether it is intelligence or troops, Vampad will give it.

We hope this is viewed by other nations as an example of what will happen to them should they act similarly.

OOC: I remember Heuzen Hagen and the havoc he created back when NS had the old boards. God I'm old.

OOC: same here.

OOC: same here.

OOC: I can't quite remember what he did, but I know he must have done something - for his sins, he did make things interesting for a while.

:eek: Well, that was an over-reaction and a half. Particularly since you seem to be under the impression that I was targeting civilian locations with nuclear weapons. To a certain extent that is so - one cannot use nuclear weapons without civilian casualties.

However, the strike was not unprovoked, nor was it without warning. Hataria was warned three times; and given several chances to avoid assault. All were ignored. As such, I feel justified in utilising strategic weapons systems on an aggressive and expansionist regime.

It is a pity that you have reacted so... badly. However, the gauntlet has been thrown, and as soon as I can, I will respond with damage and counter-assault. :)

:eek: Well, that was an over-reaction and a half. Particularly since you seem to be under the impression that I was targeting civilian locations with nuclear weapons.

ooc: From your "Official Declaration from the Atopian Government"


1) All Hatarian shipyards, civilian and military
2) All Hatarian military bases
3) All Hatarian airfields, civilian and military
4) All Hatarian government offices
5) All Hatarian power stations and infrastructure links such as bridges, railways and the like

We are using ICBMs to target the shipyards and military bases.

It's pretty clear-cut.

ooc: From your "Official Declaration from the Atopian Government"



It's pretty clear-cut.

ooc: if I were to nuke any Millitary instalation ir would kill large numbers of civilians.

ooc: if I were to nuke any Millitary instalation ir would kill large numbers of civilians.

Yes. And?

Specifically targeting civilians is slightly different than accidentally killing civilians after targeting a military base.

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OOC: Congratulations on a truly stunning display of military might. I am genuinely honoured to be destroyed in such a manner! :D

Mars Base GLORY: Primo's Declaration:

War it is. Believe! Obey! Fight!

Atopiana:

As soon as the first radar stations were hit, the government instituted the Air and Nuclear Defence Complex alert for the first time in almost two centuries. Within twenty minutes, the last Atopian had descended into the bowels of the motherland. There, in theory, they would be safe for centuries while the ground above them was ravaged by nuclear detonations. Airbases launched their craft, flying to friendly nations within the Pact, in an attempt to save as much as possible. Grand Line defence troops hunkered down in their bunkers and nervously manned multi-spectrum observation posts. The Strategic Rocket Forces began to run through a list of possible targets - the enemy, after all, was as yet unidentified.

It would do them no good. The designers had not, after all, planned for the use, and impact, of kinetic weapons systems. Particularly not ones so large as to gouge out mile-deep craters.

Tens of millions of men, women and children died instantly. Millions more were maimed or doomed to slow deaths from agonising injuries, while the Atopian Strategic Rocket Forces - the bane of countries the world over - simply ceased to exist.

The Primo herself, along with her command staff and cabinet, were vapourised by the second impact.

Just hours into the war, and not only was Atopiana a smoking, almost lifeless wasteland, but the enemy had still not been identified. However, the Motherland and Party were down - but not out.

Space:

"FASCES One to FASCES Net, we have a situation, over."
"FASCES Three to FASCES One, suggest war footing, over."
"FASCES One to Space Force, war footing, out."

Even as the first rockets were fired towards Atopiana, the Atopian Space Force was depressurising its space stations and its vessels. Moonbase VICTORY and Mars Base GLORY both went into a defensive posture - and then the enemy was discovered. But by then, of course, it was too late. The FASCES intelnet was swept from the stars within moments as the Axis Novan satellites powered up and opened fire. The response - vengance, and nothing more. Hidden killer satellites, dormant for decades, powered up and retaliated. FASCES One, before it disintegrated under the weight of fire, loosed a series of rockets and drones carrying kinetic weapons.

Other satellites, too, managed to fire back before they were obliterated. The UNITY spacedock and construction satellite took heavy damage from enemy weapons systems, but limped on, responding with its own masers and missiles until the docked and ruined ASV Black Banner exploded, tearing the wounded station in two.

Moonbase VICTORY's own mass driver managed to fire just one rock, roughly 100m square, before it - and the moonbase - vanished in a hail of detonations. On Mars, the colonists and crew of GLORY gaped as their screens showed devastation and chaos throughout. However, they were true Fascists, and determined there and then to die fighting.

The remaining military spacecraft of the fleet - the Action, Phalanx, Lightning, Mailed Fist, Triumph of the Will, Believe Obey Fight, Fasces, Axehead and the Primo - powered towards the inner planets, launching as they did so. Accelerating continuously, the crew strapped down in G-pods, controlled by battle computers and from time to time the thoughts of the hooked-up Cosmonaughts, they flurried away rocket and kinetic weapons until their stores were empty. Their target? The Axis Novan mass driver; and the Axis Novan lunar bases. Weapons bays exhausted, the captains used the slingshot effect to turn their own vessels into weapons, aiming for Axis Novan satellites. Their sacrifice would be remembered.

Foreign Deployments of Atopian Forces:

Across the world, Atopian soldiers, sailors, and aircrew continued as normal. Few knew of the destruction occurring back home, and almost none were in any position to oppose it.

Some, however, were.

The submarines of the First Strategic Submarine Fleet. These silent boats carried medium-range nuclear missiles, and their target was not Axis Nova, for they were out of contact with Atopian forces since the destruction of their Motherland.

No. It was Hataria. There were one hundred submarines, each with ten nuclear missiles. Each missile had four 1MT warheads.

4,000 nuclear warheads blasted through the skies towards Hataria, aiming to obliterate it once and for all.

Official Declaration, Resumption of Command, Acting-Primo (General-Marshal Frank, CiC Atopian Forces Colombia):

This war is already lost. Ignore the commands coming from the Mars Base. We can now only hope to rebuild. Any attempt to resist beyond those measures already taken is treason to Party and to Nation. Action! Unity!

Yes. And?

Specifically targeting civilians is slightly different than accidentally killing civilians after targeting a military base.

edited for spelling

Pah. Civilian shipyards are dual-purpose, as are civilian airfields. They are not purely civilian targets. Besides, any use of strategic-level weapons will result in dead civilians. *shrug* Anyway, it was a damn good way to go out. :D

SIC:
From:President Jack.R Arnold
To: Head of State of Atopiana

We can harbor your leadership, since you already committed troop's you can have a little province as the rebuilt Atopiana until your homeland is habitiable.

OOC: Hm, ok. Couple questions: Where are your killer satellites targeted? It's not made clear whether they're in lunar orbit or in Earth orbit. Sizes of the munitions would be helpful as well so I can calculate the damage of any that penetrate my SDI network. Also, what are the specifications of your ships?

OOC:

Sorry, been a looong time since I've used the Space Force.

My killer satellites are 50/50 in Earth and Lunar orbit, I'm not sure how many I have. A substantial number, say, er, 250 in Earth and 250 in Lunar? There are obviously more again over Mars.

UNITY was at the Lagrange point between Earth and the moon.

The spacecraft are crewed by 200 people each, are rather long, and essentially a stick with four bulges. One at the end is the propulsion unit. The one at the front is the main weapons pod. The one behind that is the crew compartment, the one behind that is the reaction mass.

Each has vector thrusters and the like, obviously, plus ECM/ELINT etc etc.

The drones are basically robot missile buses with kinetic kill weapons or missiles. The missiles are almost all nuclear (between .5MT and 1MT yield apiece), some are HE. The kinetic kill weapons are DU/Tungsten-carbide rods, and some others are just billions of balls of tinfoil used like a shotgun by rapidly accelerating spacecraft.

Just to make clear, if you want the war to carry on, attack my units. If you don't, then the Acting-Primo will take over and the war ends. :)

Official Communiqué to Whoever's In Charge of What's Left of Atopiana (Encrypted)

Well, we can't say we exactly approved of your strategic weapons policy. Nonetheless, we can't help kind of liking you guys because, well, we're military leaders, and we despise those stupid communists. Therefore, we are wiring you an aid package of two trillion ($2,000,000,000,000) NS Standard Dollars to start you off on the path to rebuilding. And if you happen to want anyone nuked before you've fully rebuilt your own arsenal, call us and "we'll see what we can do." (wink, wink)

-- The Triumvirate
Republic of Steel and Fire

Encrypted response to the Triumvirate from the Primo of Atopiana:

We thank you unreservedly for this show of goodwill, and will remember you in the years to come. For now, however, I must organise my scattered nation and lead them from the wilderness. I will not forget your offer.

~ Primo Frank

OOC: Oops, didn't realize you had a station in L1 as well. That's a rather large loose end I'll have to clean up <_>

Post comes later for now I must sleeeeeeep...

OOC: Oops, didn't realize you had a station in L1 as well. That's a rather large loose end I'll have to clean up <_>

Post comes later for now I must sleeeeeeep...

Um, um, it was destroyed by you? Read my post. UNITY gets blown apart after firing a few salvoes at you.

Somewhere in Allanea

Attention all forces. Atopiana has been attacked by weapons of extreme violence. As such, all strategic forces are now Delta Zeta Four clear. I repeat, you are all Delta Zeta Four Clear. This is not a drill...

«Submarine Horatio Nelson is en route to zone of deployment, all weapons armed, ready to lock and load.»


Attention all forces. We will not yet use our weapons, but we must remain at the ready. I repeat, remain at full Delta Zeta Four readiness. This is not a drill, repeat not a drill.

«Submarine Viceroy Sharan Tauraórë en route to zone of deployment, weapons armed, ready to
lock and... what? No, Fieldmarshal, I don't know who named the ship. Yes, Fieldmarshal, I will find out. Yes, I will make sure he's on the next plane to Arterus, Fieldmarshal.»

As of now, twenty of our strategic submarines are en route to help resolve the situation in Atopiana as quickly as possible. Our government is already on the phone with the Atopianan leadership and what remains of it. All ABM forces are to remain on full alert for the duration...

«God damn it all! They're firing at the Hatarians! Shit! Shit!»

«Activate plan Delta. Now. There's not much time.»

From the Allanean bases, a hundred USABM rockets were fired.

These were vast, guided ABM missiles that worked upon an ancient principle – like the first ABM systems, they aimed to shoot down enemy rockets by simple, rude nuclear explosions. And they carried multiple guided warheads.

As such, within seconds, 400 one-megaton nuclear explosions tore through the swarm of Atopianan missiles, eliminating about half of them. When that was done, Allanean ABM sattelties and orbital combatant warships went into action. They strafed nuclear warheads with xasers, they fried them with chemical-fired lasers, they shot them down with 105mm autocannon and they tore into them with onboard brilliant pebble launchers. When they were out of those they simply chewed up the MIRV's up with their CIWS.

And when that was doen and some MIRV's still remained, two Allanean shuttles merely dropped fifteen tons of simple children's marbles, travelling at high speed at a course that intercepted the last handful of MIRVs. And when a child's marvel hits you on a speed that's ten times faster then a machinegun bullet, it bloody hurts.

In the meanwhile, a flight of Allanean strategic bombers – the S-1000 supersonics – flew over the smoking remaints of Atopiana at high speed. There were fifteen of them. Between them, they carried 100 thermonuclear B-61 bombs, of 150-kiloton yield each. These were dropped on whatever looked like a center of government or industry that was even semi-intact after the initial Novanian bombing.

In the meanwhile, five other Allanean bombers went out after the location of the Atopianan flagship, the Primo Frank. They didn't bother attacking it – they closed in to a range of five hundred kilometers and fired twenty 100-kiloton Starstreak munitions into it's vague locations, and then went home.

OOC:

Strategic submarines sent:

USSHoratio Nelson
USSViceroy Sharan Tauraórë
USS Adam Smith
USS Benjamin Dizraeli
USS Clement Atlee
USS Sir Alexander Fleming
USS Douglas Haig
USS Margaret Thatcher
USS Neil Hamilton
USS David Sistillin

OOC: Wow, you have a really optimistic view of Atopiana post meteoric bombardment. :p As I said in another post, everyone's fucking well dead within the borders of Atopiana, and those that aren't are underground and safe from conventional nukes. And thanks for spoiling my revenge on Hataria, ya git. I knew you were spoiling for a fight when you asked where the Frank was and whether the Primo would like to come to your country...

Weapons Room, ANV Primo Frank:

"Incoming."
"Respond."
"Fleet weapons free and firing."
"Results?"
"Splash 15. Firing maintained."
"Results?"
"Splash 16. Splash 17. Splash 18. Splash 19. Splash 20. All incoming down, sir."
"Excellent. Alter course, signal fleet to do the same."

OOC: It shot down nuclear weapons that weren't aimed at it? I mean, how would it know it's even supposed to shoot them down?

IC:

«It's not dead yet.»

«Oh fuck this bullshit. Nuke it from orbit. Only way to be sure.»

Several hours later, ten Allanean space shuttles– completely unarmed but for a pair of 57mm nose cannon – began to dive. If they had continued the dive, it would have crashed right into the position of the Primo Frank. But they didn't. Instead, their opened their cargo holds just as they entered the athmosphere, dumped their cargo and left – the cargo proceeding on the previous trajectory.

The shuttles had a limited capacity – it could carry about seven tons of cargo. Right now, they carried
B-61 bombs – Allanea's entire supply.

In the meanwhile, more Allanean bombers were on the way – now about fifty of them. They launched imense amount of rockets – about 500 conventional Starstreaks and 50 nuclear ones. Now the target was the Marinetti. The logic was simple.

Even at 99% interception rate, something would get through.

OOC: I've just noticed something. You godmodded my last, final, revenge strike against Hataria. You swine. All those warheads are still in the air, damnit, and the Primo Frank remains intact. :mad:

OOC: I've just noticed something. You godmodded my last, final, revenge strike against Hataria. You swine. All those warheads are still in the air, damnit, and the Primo Frank remains intact. :mad:

Into the OOC thread.

OOC: Already there, even if you did beat me to it. ;)

OOC: Already there, even if you did beat me to it. ;)

I responded to you again. Get on some IM if you can.

Premier Stanislav Nikolic looked over the latest reports crossing his desk; the sheer destruction of Atopiana. The blasts raining down upon them. Whatever their military had done, surely they didn't deserve this?

He muttered a Kelonian phrase that has no exact translation, but with a meaning something like 'may God have mercy'.

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OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE TO ALL ATTACKING FORCES

To all military forces currently assaulting Atopiana, we ask you to please consider ceasing your assault. Surely enough damage has been wrought, and the remaining population deserve more than to be pounded further. The attack launched by their military was terrible, but a similar attack is merely retribution, not a solution.

Surely it is better to guide the country to redevelopment rather than blasting them into the ground? We implore you to consider this course of action.

- Premier Stanislav Nikolic,
Leader of the Union of Kelonian States.

The ANV Marinetti, steaming north together with the Sixth Fleet, simply ceased to exist. The huge detonation engulfed the widely spread vessels of the Sixth, scattering their atomic particles across the planet's surface...

...and the Primo Frank sailed into sanctuary with the Skgorrian Navy.

All surviving naval, air, and military assets have for the duration of the reconstruction effort seconded themselves to the Skgorrian Armed Forces. Mars Base GLORY, too, now flies the Skgorrian flag.

Pax Ferrus!

OOC: Just so you know, Atopiana, I don't intend to pursue a zero-sum policy of searching out every last Atopianian and killing them. The obliteration of your nation was meant as a lesson in foreign policy both to any surviving members of your government and to others as to why flinging around strat nukes is a bad idea.

In other words I'm not going to land on you with both boots while you rebuild unless you launch more unprovoked nuclear strikes :)

Vetalia City, Vetalia

Praetor Melikov watched the situation unfold from his office in the capitol. The situation had deteriorated beyond all previous conception, and billions of lives were to be snuffed out in the coming apocalypse. Thankfully Vetalia itself would not be affected, but nonetheless it was a catastrophic attack that was a sobering reminder of the power of weapons of mass destruction.

There was nothing that could be done. The weapons had already been launched, and the devastation wrought. Now began the long wait for the devastated regions to recover...

Task fleet Talon, south china sea
"found anything?" said Richard Hasley, sipping his coffee "no sir, the primo frank remains unseen" said ensign John Ingram, in shock after the Axis novan missles flew over them "keep looking, i want that ship..."

Task fleet Talon, south china sea
"found anything?" said Richard Hasley, sipping his coffee "no sir, the primo frank remains unseen" said ensign John Ingram, in shock after the Axis novan missles flew over them "keep looking, i want that ship..."

OOC: You can't bloody have it, it's flying the Skgorrian ensign now. Do you really want a war with them? :p

The Lone Alliance supports Axis Nova in their effort to rid the world of a nuke happy meance.

Emergency Broadcast To The Skgorrian People

Citizens of Skgorria, a calamity has befallen the Atopian nation. Their leadership has taken a rather...rash course of action, and now they are paying the price. We estimate that over 90% of the Atopian population has been wiped out and that almost all of their infrastructure is destroyed.

As of now, I declare all Atopian citizens within Skgorrian borders to be Skgorrian citizens until the Atopian government can be effectively re-established. All Atopian military units, both those in Atopiana itself and Pact colonies, are to stand down from a war footing and to return to barracks. The border with Atopiana is to be sealed, as we are recieving reports that a biochem attack may have been launched. Class-A sterilisation protocols are to go into effect as of now.

A minute's silence will be held after the end of this speech in rememberance.

Pax Ferrus!

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All over the Pact, Skgorrians were totally shocked at what had happened. Very few had been directly affected by the bombardment, save those few military units stationed within Atopiana itself and those had ceased to exist. Border guards quickly sealed the border and the border region was put under full NBC alert.

The People's Sovereign Republic
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Official Communiqué

To the acting Primo of Atopiana:

In the past, your nation, along with Skgorria, has proven a worthy ally. It is unfortunate that we cannot provide military aid due to our current occupation. However, we are willing to provide shelter for any Atopian citizens wishing to flee the nation. We will be dispatching a naval battalion to Kurskograd to expedite the evacuation of Atopian citizens. May Aequitas protect you in your time of need.

Sincerely,
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Alistair Davidson, MP
Prime Minister of British Londinium

To: PSR of British Londinium
From: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'

There is no point sending vessels to Kurskograd. The entirety of Atopiana, apart from a small region around the border (which was in any case uninhabited) is destroyed. Casualties are 100%.

We appreciate the offer, but all that can be done now is to rise from the ashes like a phoenix.

Pax Ferrus!

The Holy Empire of Lord Sumguy offers to give one-eighth of it's total land as a temporary homes for the surviving citizens of Atopania that were not in the homeland. We are shocked by this tragic loss of life, and offer our assistance in any way we can in order to reduce human suffering from this tragedy.

The New Tacoman goverment would also like to open its borders to the survivours of Atopania. I would like to take this moment to offer my deepest sympathies to Atopania. Also, if you wish for any financial aid we will not hesitate to provide it.

Fernando Alphonzo Cantrali II Supreme Overlord

Assuming the Atopianan government can mantain control Questers would like to assist Atopiana in redeveloping with large monetary donations.

The Hatarians were ready for the second attack, Hatarian ABMs were lanached, 4,000 of them. Ground Based Lasers helpped with The takeing out of the enemy missiles.

OOC: Last Post in MT/PMT for a while.

OOC: Last Post in MT/PMT for a while.

ATOPIANA SEIG AM ALLEN FRONTEN!

ATOPIANA SEIG AM ALLEN FRONTEN!

huh?

huh?

:rolleyes:

ATOPIANA IS VICTORIOUS ON ALL FRONTS!

It's Sieg. Not Seig.

It's Sieg. Not Seig.

Oh hush you :p

It's Sieg. Not Seig.

Gah! Bloody typographical errors... ruining a man's fun. :mad:

The remaining military spacecraft of the fleet - the Action, Phalanx, Lightning, Mailed Fist, Triumph of the Will, Believe Obey Fight, Fasces, Axehead and the Primo - powered towards the inner planets, launching as they did so.

Well they may have met their ends in glorius combat; but they can still give me justification for going ahead with the SDV/AKV designs*. :) That and my ever so imperialistic ambitions on the rest of Sol (and the world). :P

*not Gorgons.

In light of the barbaric acts of the country of Axis Nova, the Imperial Empire has decided to shut down any and all diplomatic contacts with this nation. Such a nation of dogs are unworthy to speak to the Imperial citizenry.
We are willing to provide huge amounts of money to help the Atopianan people rebuild.

OOC: On a side note, how radioactive are your missiles? Because I do border Atopiana, and a bunch of nukes- I don't want my people sprouting extra limbs and faces.

OOC: I didn't launch any nukes at Atopiana as I do not maintain strategic nuclear weapons. The vast majority of what I launched were simply very large kinetic projectiles. Nuclear-scale energy release, but no radiation or fallout :)

Heck, once the Nemesis-9X dies out a bit, I may even send in some teams to try to recover the projectiles if possible. That's a lot of tungsten after all >.>

I did use tac nukes on his moon base, tho.

Oh no you don't, that tungsten is being used for the reconstruction of the Imperial Province of Atopiana by command of the God-Wolf Himself!

IC:

Denomination of Foreign Diplomacy, Official Statement

New Manth strongly condemns the use of weapons of mass destruction against the population of Atopiana. Whether or not civilians were killed in collateral damage during the Atopian strike against Hataria, we note that the Atopians strike was aimed at removing Hataria's military capability, not eliminating the Hatarians as a people, and are appalled at Axis Nova's response.

To: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'
From: New Manth Denomination of Strategy

New Manth condemns the attack against Atopiana and, if you wish to attempt to rebuild the Atopian nation, offers to assist in whatever way is required. The Denomination of Strategy has ordered that funds be set apart and engineers, construction materials and heavy machinery be earmarked for possible deployment to assist in rebuilding, if Atopiana accepts the offer.

OOC: So nearly all Atopians have been killed, but I'm unclear on whether the country itself has been rendered uninhabitable. Axis Nova didn't use any nukes, but Atopiana mentioned something about his own nukes being a problem...

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Whilst we were appalled at Atopiana's inconsiderate use of nuclear weapons, we cannot stand by as a nations peoples are turned to dust.

Unlike Atopiana, we don't believe in "an eye for an eye", for, to quote Ghandi, "the whole world goes blind". Whilst Hataria may have been rebuilding its military, Atopiana had no conclusive proof that it was to be used offensively. Bringing up past conflicts to justify a new war is just not good sport by any means.

We are willing to offer assistance if Atopiana wishes to accept it, with no conditions attached, if only to show them that there is another way to do diplomacy, rather than with the sword and the bullet.

From: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'
To: New Manth Denomination of Strategy

We thank you for your support during this trying time. Your words will not be forgotten, and when we can, we will repay your compassion as best we can. We will happily accept your offer of engineers and money in the construction of Megalopolis Primary; which will replace the ruined geography of Atopiana.

From: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'
To: Pan-Arab Barronian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The evidence was there, the case was sound. A pre-emptive defensive strike was the only possible option after our repeated attempts at diplomacy were rebuffed in the most insulting of manners. We will not accept aid from condescending and ignorant governments.

OOC: The country isn't uninhabitable, just severely fucked over. The cities are not, and the geography has been altered. As a result we're constructing a mega-city to house the survivors and so on and so forth. The radiological contamination from the ASRF stocks is bad in parts, but not so severe that it cannot be either cleaned up or buried.

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If anything, we admire your persistance, even if you must insist to childish namecalling to at least attempt to get your point across. If this is how you act toward nations with good intentions, it is no wonder that Hataria rebuked your attempts at diplomacy.

We wish you all the best, from this "ignorant" government.

To: Pan-Arab Barronian Government
From: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'

I do not resort to namecalling. I simply state the truth. Your manner is condescending, your intelligence wrong. Your original communique was thus both condescending and ignorant.

Hataria's response to our diplomatic requests for a reduction in the size of his military boiled down to the following: "No, no ... curl up and die ... go fuck a pig". As such, and combined with our intelligence and an analysis of previous Hatarian actions, we felt we had to remove the Hatarian military capability.

We did so. Now, my only regret is that we did not obliterate them entirely, seeing as the response from an entirely uninvolved power was so disproportionate and - quite frankly - genocidal, that no worse could have been done to us.

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The point we made was not about the way in which the Hatarian government answered (which at the least could have removed the cursing), but the method by which you asked. If you resort to calling us ignorant, then we can only assume that your method of diplomacy with Hataria cannot have been much better.

As for your justification of the attack upon Hataria - your method is nothing more than speculation. We demand proof - not "analysis of previous Hatarian actions". By such methods, we would be justified in attacking many nations - no doubt to international derision and critism, following which we would be obliterated.

Finally, we must agree at least that the response was disproportionate. Whilst you may have made your mistakes in the attack, such a move as was made by Axis Nova was, quite frankly, disgusting.

To: Pan-Arab Barronian Government
From: Primo Frank, CiC Skgorrian Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Kampfgruppe 'Atopiana'

Given that the majority of the files relating to the diplomatic attempts to avert war were lost during the One-Day War, the following scheme of events is based on eyewitness testimony and secondary sources:

The Hatarians announced that they would be rebuilding their military, with modern equipment.
The Hatarians began selling knock-off Soviet era weapons systems such as the Hind-D. Previously, this was used as a technique to raise capital for wars of aggression.
The Hatarians declared that they would begin construction of a large and modern navy to rival the pre-war Hatarian Navy.
At this point, the Atopian government registered its discomfort, requesting that the Hatarians cease construction of the new navy.
The Hatarians refused.
Atopian diplomats then proposed that the Hatarians limit construction to a navy of just 100,000 personnel.
The Hatarians refused.
Atopian diplomats publicly warned Hataria that continued construction would lead to a military strike.
The Hatarians continued to construct their navy, which was a clear threat to the multinational blockade force.
Again, they were publicly warned.
The Hatarians ignored this second warning.
Diplomats then privately warned the Hatarians, and attempted to bring them to the negotiating table once more. It was at this point that our diplomats were met with swearing and incoherent ranting.

Having warned the Hatarians publicly twice and privately at least once, before giving them a timetable to prevent war (which was ignored), we launched our First Strike to cripple the Hatarian military.

This achieved, we stood down our military. As a result, we were entirely unprepared for the genocidal assault launched by Axis Novan forces who had previously shown absolutely no interest whatsoever in the events unfolding on the ground around Hataria.

Military intelligence and Hatarian language (referring to Atopians as "monsters" who have "no reason" amongst other things) gave us no confidence whatsoever in Hataria's protestations of peacefulness. The Hatarian legacy is one of war and suffering; and it was thought necessary to prevent them from launching another campaign of imperialist expansionism. I stand by that decision.

Hataria was a threat to many nations, especially the Party and Nation of Atopiana. We took steps to remove that threat. Many nations tonight sleep soundly due to the Atopian sacrifice. I am proud to lead such a people. If you still cannot see the necessity of our action, then there is no point in continuing this exchange when there is so much work to be done.

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Statement Comment
The Hatarians announced that they would be rebuilding their military, with modern equipment. Well within their rights.
The Hatarians began selling knock-off Soviet era weapons systems such as the Hind-D. Previously, this was used as a technique to raise capital for wars of aggression. Again, previously. Further speculation.
The Hatarians declared that they would begin construction of a large and modern navy to rival the pre-war Hatarian Navy. Well within their rights, if breaching treaty's they have signed.
At this point, the Atopian government registered its discomfort, requesting that the Hatarians cease construction of the new navy. A fair request, but:
The Hatarians refused. Well within their rights - no nation, without signed treaty, can dictate to another what it can and cannot do.
Atopian diplomats then proposed that the Hatarians limit construction to a navy of just 100,000 personnel. Reasonable, yes, considering Hataria's past actions; however, they are within their rights to refuse.
The Hatarians refused. Above.
Atopian diplomats publicly warned Hataria that continued construction would lead to a military strike. Unwise. We can see your point of view, however there are those that will support Hataria to the hilt, and, whilst we support a downgrade to Hataria's expansion, we feel that the threat cannot have been the smartest move.
The Hatarians continued to construct their navy, which was a clear threat to the multinational blockade force. Whilst that may be, Wanderjar et al made no move to react, so neither should yourselves.
Again, they were publicly warned. See previous threat.
The Hatarians ignored this second warning. Unwise, perhaps; we may have backed down at this point ourselves, hard-headed as we may be. However, Hataria was still within its rights to continue the build.
Diplomats then privately warned the Hatarians, and attempted to bring them to the negotiating table once more. It was at this point that our diplomats were met with swearing and incoherent ranting. A rather stupid move on Hataria's point, we must agree. At this point, we would have begun militarising, rather than all-out attack, however, we can entirely see your point of view on the subject.

Whilst we must agree that Hataria's legacy is not one they should be proud of, we must maintain that there is a new leadership in the government, aided by nations whose sole purpose is not to expand in a manner like the Hataria of old. If this government had shown that it was like the old and attacked, we would no doubt have joined you in the charge, however, you based previous attempts under the command of different people upon which to base your attack.

Finally, we again reinforce our sympathies and condemnation toward the Novan attack upon your nation, and we maintain our offer of non-conditioned aid, though you may think us too "ignorant" to be able to accept nonetheless. However, we wish you the utmost in good luck, and that your nation will soon be on the path to recovery, nursed by it's allies.

Yours,

[signed]
Armen Zeroun
Foreign Affairs Minister for Pan-Arab Barronia