NationStates Jolt Archive

"Governor, there are hostiles heading our way!"

The Governor was an obese man, wearing fancy clothes one would only wear at a party. Apparently, he was rich, or royalty. or both. He was playing chess with a guard, on the wall overlooking the lake. The Governot was about to win this chess game, and there was an obvious checkmate, but the Governor wasn't a good chess player.

"Knight to D6. Ha, thats a check" The Governor then turned his head, looking very disappointed at the panicking man. "Why are you so surprised, It's just the usual Hostile attack."

"There's about three thousand of 'em now, coming straight this way!"

"Holy...Get the Cannons ready! Everyone on the wall, get ready to shoot!"

The colony went crazy as the trumpet rang. They all got into positions and immediatly started shooting straight at the barbarian Hostiles. Even though the hostiles were getting blown up to bits, there were too many or them and the colony was starting to panic. The Hostiles were dressed in simple, dark-brown animal skins, and a hat made of ostrich feathers. Their weapons were an oval sheild covered in leather, and three spears, two for throwing and one for close combat. The odd thing was, however, was that now they only had the close-combat spear, and that was strapped on their back. Instead, they were holding-

"GUNS! They have guns!"

The Hostiles rushed towards the Colony, oddly shooting their muskets with one hand, the sheild in the other. Each of them only shot once, because they didn't know how to reload. Even so, the smoke made it hard to see where the hostiles were, and the colonists panicked. For a split second it seemed that everything froze. There was no sound, and the colonists stopped in their tracks. And then

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Hostiles have now got to the door, and the Governor put soldiers into their positions.

"We need muskets ready to shoot at the doors! Come on, Hurry! put two cannons at the ready!"

35 Men were kneeling and standing with muskets aimed at the door. They were shivering as the bang, bang, bang of the Hostiles was getting louder. The Governor ordered that the ship be ready for transport to the other side of the lake. The cannons shot their last shot before they were thrown onto the Hostile's heads. The ship was ready now, and there were only the 35 men left. they were about to burn the colony with a torch, when-

Bang. And the doors broke down.

"Ugulu Baji'i!" The Hostiles screamed. It was their language for 'Thank the Gods' Those sound of those screams were drowned, however, by the musket-fire. All the Hostiles that were the first in fell in a pool of blood by the doors. The Colonist soldiers now panicked, and they threw torches all over the place, burning the colony. The Mobile Cannons were set on fire (they would eventually blow up) and the colonists entered the ship. The Colonists were finally safe, and they went to the other side of the lake, where another Indus Nesos Colony was placed.
To let the other colony know that they were in danger, a red flag was put on the mast. But suddenly, canoes were seen, with Hostiles in them.

"Fire the cannons at th-Aaahhh...."

"What in the world, they have rifles!"

"Fire at will!"

The 10 Indus Nesian Riflemen aboard the ship fired at the Hostiles, either aiming at them or at the boat, so it would sink. The Hostiles, however could swim, so they swam towards the Indos Nesian Ship. There were simply too many Hostiles, there was nothing anyone could do...

Sunda Kelapa, Indos Nesos

"Damn! These hostiles are tough! We have lost all land north of lake Tanganyika. Quick, we need help, write a letter to Kepala Merak!

Kepala Merak,
Aku perlu pertolongan di Koloni di Afrika. Tolong kirim bantuan ke situ sekarang.
Terima Kasih, Rajah Gaja Madah

Koto Melayu Baru,
Capital city of Holy Empire of Merak (OOC:Eh, I edit my name...)

"What happened?" Said Sultan Slamet, when he read the message sent by the Indos Nesos, their ally to the east.

"Sire, The Indus Nesos' colonies on Africa is on a verge of destruction, under attacks by the natives." said his Ajudan, while he reading a report.

"Astagfirullah Al-Azhim! How can these, these, infidels winning over our trustful ally!? This is bloody impossible!!" Sultan remarked, panickly

Sultan Slamet was panicked, he is confused what to do. After some minutes of waiting, patiently, his Ajudan suggested "Sir, their colony is not that far. Some days of sailing from here will reach that place. I suggest sending our 2nd Army of Merak, sir. We can afford to have 10 Galleon and 2 Frigate transport them there, sir."

"Good idea, then inform our allies, so they can guard our 'reinforce troops'"
"Yes sir!" said his Ajudan

So, just 2 days after the message were sent to Merak, the reinforcement has be sent to the African Colonies. A message was already sent to the Indos Nesos government too, as the Officers pessimistly thinking the Indos Nesos' fleets will crush them, if they are not informed.

Here is the message to the Indos Nesos Government:
Kepada Kerajaan Indos Nesos
Kami, penguasa Merak, sangat terhormat untuk dapat membantumu, kawan. Kami telah mengirim beberapa ribu orang untuk membantumu melawan orang-orang Kafir Afrika itu. Tolong menunggu beberapa hari lagi selagi kami menyeberangi laut.


(OOC: TIS, kolonimu yg diserang yg mana? Yg atas atau yg bawah?)

?Bump?

OOC: yg di bawah. sorry im sort of busy lately...

OOC: OK, RP about your war first. I will wait out until some days, maybe weeks.
In RP days of course

(OOC: this is BEFORE the letter was sent. Pudu, there are two choices:
1. As Java-Minang is sending it’s navy, you attack it,
2. You gave weaponry to the Hostiles, and now I need help from Java-Minang.
3. Anything else you can think of.

umm...also, i can't see anyone's 'signatures' unless i log off. that's really off-topic, but ive been wondering this for a while...)

Sadly, the colonists on the other side of the lake (their colony name was Tanganyika Barat, the other was Tanganyika Timur) could only look on as their ally’s ship was sunk by the Hostiles. The Hostiles’ canoes now faced the Barat Colony, and started rowing their way. Now, these colonists were ready for an attack, and focused their cannons at the enemy hostiles.
More sound is heard, now from the north gate. The soldiers of the colony – only 120 strong – were split in two halves, and 60 were sent out to confront the Hostiles on land.
“Row one, FIRE!”
Some 20 shots were nearly fired, before a man noticed that there was a seemingly high-ranking person on a throne carried by four men. He yelled to the colonists, in the colonist's language, Bahasa Kita:
“These are our native lands. Leave this island or you will suffer the consequences”

OOC: Go to your USER CP (at the top of the page) and go to edit option. Then change it.

(OOC: I know the timing is sort of messed-up, but I needed to write this down, so everyone knows what’s happening.)

“These lands were taken and claimed by our nation, Indus Nesos Serikat. You Hostiles still have land in the northern part of the island. We will not give up these lands to you.”

The colony’s soldiers then cheered, confident that the Hostiles will go away. However, that was not the case. After about 20 seconds, the Hostile king replied.

“Okay, that is fine by me. We will overrun this colony by force. CHARGE!”

Now, the 3,000 Hostile warriors attacked, charged straight towards the Colonial column. The Indus Nesian men replied with a hail of bullets, and nearly 400 Hostiles went down in 20 minutes. The Column, however, was forced to retreat into the colony, and then the cannons did their job from the top of the wall. The Hostiles in the canoes on the lake were also hit by cannon fire, and most of them sank. But then-

Bang
Bang
Bang

“They have reached the walls! Keep the gate closed!”

The colonialist’s here have gotten the same situation as the other colony on the other side of the lake. However, the governor here made a different decision.

“Retreat to the west! Let’s go!”

TWO MONTHS LATER
An Indus Nesian patrol came from the mainland colony, where the capital city of the colony was. They haven’t heard from the colonies in this area, so they went to check. Over 5 kilometers away, they could see the lake and two colonies from the hill. The two former colonies were nothing but ruins.

“Tell this to Raja Gaja Madah. He’ll want to hear about this.”

(OOC: Now he writes a letter to Kepala Merak, in about 4 months their ships will be going towards my colony)

OOC: Emm, my name isn't Kepala Merak anymore, just the Islamic Empire of Merak. Just Merak, thank you.

OK, so 4 months after your last post, we'll set up the war? How long in RL? 1 week, 2? We need to have a deadline.

BTW how many of your ship has gunpowders? TIS?

OOC: Emm, my name isn't Kepala Merak anymore, just the Islamic Empire of Merak. Just Merak, thank you.

OK, so 4 months after your last post, we'll set up the war? How long in RL? 1 week, 2? We need to have a deadline.

BTW how many of your ship has gunpowders? TIS?

OOC: haha. the Hostiles taking over my colonies was a flashback - Now is '4 months later.', if you get what I mean... So basically, we are waiting for Pudu to attack your navy, I think?

My navy is (arguably) the best in the Napoleanic Earth, see my factbook for more. Pretty much ALL my ships have gunpowder (this is the Napoleanic-Era, after all. )

OOC"Hahaha. I only have few ships on the 2nd Navy w/o cannon. Althought most ships (with exception to the ship-of-the-line) have their cannon unmaxed. Arguebly, the altilerriman of the Merak loves Naft more than cannonball. Expect blazing fire when you fought the soldier of Merak!!"

(PS: "Naft/ Nafta is the 'Greek Fire'. If you don't know, search it on the wiki. It is ancient, but still devastating")

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