NationStates Jolt Archive

Sextus Augustus is the most powerful man in all of Rome. He is the Emporer of the same, and under his feet is a powerful army of 20,000,000 men (including logistics), a population of around a billion, and a budget exceeding 10 trillion Denarii. Yes, when Imperator Sextus Augustus wants something to happen in Rome, it happens. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about that.

This very powerful man is currently sitting at his desk in his Imperial Office in Rome, beseiged by a small multitude of high ranking officials. Outside of his office is a much greater multitude of ordinary people who at the moment are really, really upset. Why are they upset? Perhaps we might gauge from some of the shouts outside?

"My sister lives there!"

"You've got to do something!"

"You've got to help them!"

Perhaps it might be better to listen in on the officials inside?

"You've got to teach these infidels a lesson! Flatten the place! Kill them all...God knows who are His!"

"But what about the innocents? How will that make us look to the global community?"

All the while, the Imperator sits silently in his chair, a dark look on his face...allowing the officials to duke it out among themselves for the moment.

What's happened, you might ask? Here's what happened:

Early this morning, a group of Islamic radicals took over the walled city of Cagliari in Sardinia (http://members.aol.com/ItalyMap/MapItalyB.jpg). There was an internal uprising, they closed the gates of the city, killed the entirety of the Catholic clergy there, except those who went into hiding, burnt down the churches there, and severed the phone and internet lines. The entire population of the city is currently taken hostage, and the exact number of the rebels are currently unknown.

Muslims, you might be thinking, in Rome? This came as much of a surprise to the Imperator as anyone else. Not being a Catholic is a capital crime in Rome. These must have been keeping their heresy a secret.

"Root them out and crush them. Do what you have to."

These words were spoken very softly, almost a whisper. Yet...the moment they began to be uttered, the entire room was silent. All of the officials stare blankly at the Imperator who spoke the words, and all is motionless.

"Why are you standing there? DO IT!" Immediately, the officials flee from the room.

Octavius Valentinus stands aboard the deck of the S.S. Titan (the flag battleship of the 1rst fleet), which is currently sailing in the Mediterranean Sea along with the rest of the first fleet. (http://www.freewebs.com/romanorum/gensromaenavy.htm). There is a true sense of excitement in the air. They had not seen real battle in quite some time. They almost got to fight a while back...but it was called off due to pressure from the global community. Yet, nothing could stop the bloodbath which is happily about to ensue. A cruel grin crosses the face of the good Admiral.

Soon, the walls of the city, as well as the heights of the skyscrapers, become evident. The place (at least from the sight of the admiral) is quiet...too quiet. No motion inside the city could be detected by the senses. One would have expected discord, smoke rising into the air, utter chaos...yet, none of this was there. There was a sense of eery calmness.

Not wanting to take any chances, the ships of the fleet form a semi-circle around the portion of the city accessible by sea, facing the city full-broadsides. The Admiral gives the signal, and sounds as though of thunder fill the air, and shells and missile fired from the host of ships rain down upon the walls of the city, reducing a section at least 2 miles wide into rubble.

The defenses of the city have been breached...yet, still, even once the smoke cleared, there was no activity apparent on the part of those dwelling inside of the city. Through the 3 mile wide breach in the wall, it was clear to all on the ships that there was no one outside on the streets.

The Amphibious assault ships approach the shores of the place, and the LCACs ferry over troops of half a legion (20,000 men), on foot, but armed with Ballistic Body Bunker Shields (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_shield) and M4 Carbines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_carbine) to the land.

The legionaries form groups of 200, and, forming columns 10 men wide and 20 deep, begin to march and spread out throughout the city, trying to find any movement at all. Suddenly, however, there is a cry heard by almost everyone, as though hundreds of voices crying it together: "PRAISE ALLAH!" From the buildings thousands upon thousands of men and women pour out from all directions, far outnumbering the number of legionaries, AK-47s blazing. Hundreds of Romans are struck dead by the initial assault, and fall to the ground.

The rest, however, form columns, and link their shields at their sides and above themselves. The fire of the AK-47s now fall upon the ballistic shields, and the force of the same is reduced to naught. Meanwhile, the Roman legionaries, having regained their senses, return fire from within the Turtle Formation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_formation), and carve out a path through the insurgents, creating piles of dead bodies. The remaining legionaries (who were not killed in the initial assault) join with each other, and in 5 groups of 3,000, march to the middle, north, south, east, and west of the city, and form Orbs. (http://www.roman-empire.net/army/orb.html)

The outer lines of of the Orbs firing on the insurgents, the officers in the centermost parts of the Orbs establish radio connection with the nearby fleet. Meanwhile, the insurgents, by now seeing the futility of a headon attack, retreat back inside of the buildings. This is to no avail, however, insofar as missiles sent by the nearby fleet begin to rain on individual buildings (notified by the legions inside of the city watching the insurgents flee into the same), bringing them crumbling down, the insurgents therein meeting a horrible death.

Critical buildings having been taken down, the battle has been turned in favor of the Roman Army, who now break up into small task forces of 10 or so men each, and make their way into smaller buildings to root out the remaining forces...

The Legionaries storm into the buildings of the city one by one, dragging out the inhabitants of the same indiscriminately. Those found with Islamic pariphanelia or wielding guns were shot on sight. The remaining were dragged to the middle of the city and brought before the highest officer of the half legion for trial, to decide whether the individuals being judged were Mohommedan or not. Those who were judged to be Mohommedans were shot.

Once the rest of the Muslims were killed, the Police Station of the place was found to be completely empty, and the police force all to be dead. Leaving a small contingent of soldiers behind, the remainder of the force departed back to Rome to give report to the Imperator.

Official News Release of Gens Romae

This morning, a group of Mohommedan terrorists took control of a certain Sardinian city, killed the clergy thereof, killed the police force there, and took the entire city as hostage. All of the members of this group were executed. There were half a million Mohommedans.

We would like to remind the rest of the world that heretical faiths are not permitted in Gens Romae, and practicing odd religions is strictly fobidden, at pain of death.

Also, treason is also strictly forbidden. Just so y'all know.

Quintus Horatius
Chief of the News Releases
Gens Romae government

OOC: Well, look whos back...*adds "Burn Rome" back to his To Do list*

IC:

Official Statement From Aurum Domus High Command

The Armed Republic condemns any nation that does not allow religious freedom even though religion is almost non existent in Aurum Domus.

Official Statement from the Amazonian Dominion

The nation of Aurum Domus has no right whatsoever to dictate so-called progressive statutes to a fully sovereign nation. If any attempt whatsoever to interfere in a perfectly legal process by the nation of Rome to quell an insurrection, the Dominion will respond with lethal force against the invading Aurum Domus military forces in Rome.

~Dominion Military Command

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OOC: Yeah, what you did qualifys as genocide. Get ready to be internationally condemned/attacked by several nations.