NationStates Jolt Archive

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The Island governor had stayed out of the talks, instead allowing Charles Villa to let things play out. In the other room the mansion security was recording the talks and looking for anything. When he scanned his retina at the entrance the door unlocked, however it could only be open from the inside. A security guard opened it and another man had a pistol up. They allowed the governor inside.

"So how are things?"

"So far security is good, as for the situation in TAP enemy fleets are still staying around, however we notice something interesting from the cameras in the dinning room"

The security Guard played on a seperate screen something he had noticed:

"My stories aren't mutually exclusive."

The Leafanistan delegate coughed a few times and then stood up.

"Look Helen..."

The man's eyes glazed over. He stood there, his arms at his side, staring off into the wall behind Rebeca St. James. He whispered something quietly under his breath.

He stood there for several more seconds before regaining his composure.

"Look. My stories aren't mutually exclusive, uh-"


He stopped the replay.

"Very well, foward it to the MBSA, could be nothing, have them figure it out. However I have guest to ass kiss. keep up the work."

The Colonel came back and sat down at his seat. He shook his head slightly and cleared his throat.

"Look, let's not bullshit semantics with you. You know we want an unconditional surrender to us, all of us, and we will keep our ships off your coast until you do. This is to take on the enemy of our ally who attacked a neutral fleet during a time of war due to the suspicion of threat. Something no one can tolerate."

"And they are welcome to stay, so long as they do not fire on the shoreland. For you see, you don't seem to understand the economy of this nation. They are an Industrialized Agrarian State. Bio-fuels grown within their borders, fish and livestock raised in massive multi-leveled facilities, towers full of crops. These negotiations are over. Your 'Alliance' is staying far too obstinate, and thus, we shall take our leave. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your heads."

And with that, The Grand Master stood, his Seneschal followign suite, and the two of them strode towards the door.

"And they are welcome to stay, so long as they do not fire on the shoreland. For you see, you don't seem to understand the economy of this nation. They are an Industrialized Agrarian State. Bio-fuels grown within their borders, fish and livestock raised in massive multi-leveled facilities, towers full of crops. These negotiations are over. Your 'Alliance' is staying far too obstinate, and thus, we shall take our leave. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your heads."

And with that, The Grand Master stood, his Seneschal followign suite, and the two of them strode towards the door.

Jack followed suite, his Daughter and Son-in-Law following his lead. Jack went up to Rebeca and was about to pull her back, when she told him to wait. "Please understand, we do this with no malice. We have made our choice. And if you want to keep up this pointless blockade, that is up to you."

With that, she nodded, and Jack Ray pulled her back from her position, and wheeled her towards the door.

ASD Command Under Mount Brock
"Sir, Cyber command has a report. They've been monitoring the proceedings and the Longineans just walked out."
"Shit." replied General Puller. "Ok find out what the readiness status is on the ASDSS Honor and bring all our defenses online again. Contact eighth fleet as well and put them on standby to perform an operation in The Northern Baltic and make damn sure that one isn't intercepted. Pull third and first fleets back to Blue Cove as well and get the resupplied for ops in and around TAP."

ASD Command Under Mount Brock
"Sir, Cyber command has a report. They've been monitoring the proceedings and the Longineans just walked out."
"Shit." replied General Puller. "Ok find out what the readiness status is on the ASDSS Honor and bring all our defenses online again. Contact eighth fleet as well and put them on standby to perform an operation in The Northern Baltic and make damn sure that one isn't intercepted. Pull third and first fleets back to Blue Cove as well and get the resupplied for ops in and around TAP."

The Pillar
"To all Nations. We have withdrawn from the Peace Talks. Though we will not break the Cease-Fire, we no doubt expect the vile, and Genocidal nation of The Northern Baltic to do so. Please be aware of this, and increase your Force Protection Level to Delta. Again, please increase your Force Protection Level to Delta."

Near the Ross Sea
The Fleet received the message, and began to steam towards their target. They now had the task of using the Volcanic Eruptions to sneak into the Emergency Canal and into the Tortuga Sea.

Western Coast of The American Privateer
The men manning the guns adjusted their sights, and prepared for another round. Their fellows manning the missiles did the same, ready to lash out if attacked.

Air Bases around The American Privateer
The Air Bases where put on High Alert, and Alert Fighters where prepped. They would be ready to take off at a moment's notice should hostilities resume.

PS Roosevelt
The PS Roosevelt sailed towards Zahera, ready to pick up the President and deliver her to New Jerusalem.

Port San Lucas
Aidan stood on the bow of a small, stealthy boat as it made it's way toward a nearby Northern Baltic naval vessel. He wore a drysuit, and slipped off the boat and grabbed hold of a small satchel with a set of magnetic krakatoa warheads on them.

Swimming forward, he bore the insignia of the XenoHounds on his body in all locations. With the SCUBA mask and Rebreather on, he swam down deep, and made his way forward, using the natural changes and variations int he water to mask his presence as he swam, slowly, towards the enemy vessel.

OOC: Rebreathers recycle the CO2 into O2 and do not release bubbles the way a normal SCUBA system would, thus, with his dark suit and deep location, he will be very hard to notice.

The fools.

That was all that John Nova could think as he got word that the war was still on. All those boats siting out in the ocean, away from the shipping lanes, ready and waiting to blast apart the enemies of their homeland.

He sent them all towards The Northern Baltic. They sailed. Fleets of thousands of fishing boats and sailing ships and catamarans and all sorts of other small, ocean going vessels. But most important of all was the NS Pillars of Creation. Flying the NOVA Corp flag proudly, it sailed straight at the enemy coast. It was once a triple hulled oil tanker, but was now full of a unique chemical called the Fire of Nathos. Water Cannons had been hooked up to the fuel load, and where ready to spray their flammable contents all over the waters around The Northern Baltic.

The Pillar
"To all Nations. We have withdrawn from the Peace Talks. Though we will not break the Cease-Fire, we no doubt expect the vile, and Genocidal nation of The Northern Baltic to do so. Please be aware of this, and increase your Force Protection Level to Delta. Again, please increase your Force Protection Level to Delta."

Near the Ross Sea
The Fleet received the message, and began to steam towards their target. They now had the task of using the Volcanic Eruptions to sneak into the Emergency Canal and into the Tortuga Sea.

Eastern Coast of America

The Khan's well within range of their target, and the fleet has significant distance on the Americans to prevent terminal interception of the weapons. The arsenal ships moved away from the Fleet. These converted tankers built by a civilian shipyard were designed solely for this purpose.

The Leafanistani Navy would later justify the cost based on estimates of how much the rest of the fleet was worth compared to just the munitions.

1,200 Supersonic antishipping missiles were launched in a huge salvo. Then from the arsenal ships with a smaller draught a huge cloud of Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched. They were all equipped with high explosive warheads to destroy and cause as much havoc with the canal.

Port San Lucas
Aidan stood on the bow of a small, stealthy boat as it made it's way toward a nearby Northern Baltic naval vessel. He wore a drysuit, and slipped off the boat and grabbed hold of a small satchel with a set of magnetic krakatoa warheads on them.

Swimming forward, he bore the insignia of the XenoHounds on his body in all locations. With the SCUBA mask and Rebreather on, he swam down deep, and made his way forward, using the natural changes and variations int he water to mask his presence as he swam, slowly, towards the enemy vessel.

OOC: Rebreathers recycle the CO2 into O2 and do not release bubbles the way a normal SCUBA system would, thus, with his dark suit and deep location, he will be very hard to notice.

OOC: The Northern Baltic fleet would have to be stationary or your man deployed extremely close to the fleet. Then there is the problem with the SONAR systems and antidiver systems that are on Northern Baltic ships.

The fools.

That was all that John Nova could think as he got word that the war was still on. All those boats siting out in the ocean, away from the shipping lanes, ready and waiting to blast apart the enemies of their homeland.

He sent them all towards The Northern Baltic. They sailed. Fleets of thousands of fishing boats and sailing ships and catamarans and all sorts of other small, ocean going vessels. But most important of all was the NS Pillars of Creation. Flying the NOVA Corp flag proudly, it sailed straight at the enemy coast. It was once a triple hulled oil tanker, but was now full of a unique chemical called the Fire of Nathos. Water Cannons had been hooked up to the fuel load, and where ready to spray their flammable contents all over the waters around The Northern Baltic.

OOC: Probable Puppet Wanking. Also remember, it takes forever to get places via the ocean. You'd be a long ways away from the coastline.

The massive ragtag fleet would be easily spotted from space. And the Leafanistani Government authorized a defensive measure. First major warnings were sent to the Northern Baltic. Then a battery of Godrods, small tactical models only 15 meters tall, 34 of them were dropped on the fleet. Another satellite constellation would not be in the proper angle, so it was now up to the Baltic to clear up the rest of the NOVA corp fleet.

OOC: Probable Puppet Wanking. Also remember, it takes forever to get places via the ocean. You'd be a long ways away from the coastline.

The massive ragtag fleet would be easily spotted from space. And the Leafanistani Government authorized a defensive measure. First major warnings were sent to the Northern Baltic. Then a battery of Godrods, small tactical models only 15 meters tall, 34 of them were dropped on the fleet. Another satellite constellation would not be in the proper angle, so it was now up to the Baltic to clear up the rest of the NOVA corp fleet.
Video Broadcast from within the ASD
Once Again the allies of the Northern Baltic are attacking civilian vessels. Fishing vessels and other small craft apparently escaping from TAP'ian lands have come under fire from space based weapons belonging to Leafanistan. This is unacceptable.

Eighth Fleet at sea
"okay hostilities have resumed." Said Commander Honor. "Prepare to begin Operation Justice once we get the go ahead from command."

Second and Third Fleet at Sea
"Sir, we have received a message from central command!" Said the Ensign to Admiral Neilson. "They want us to expedite our return as hostilities between TAP and The Northern Baltic and her allies seem to be heating up."
"Fair enough," Replied Neilson "Order the fleets to go to full military power!"

OOC: he's not on your coastline unless you are the northern Baltic?

The Moon
A half dozen Northern Baltic troops entered the base, clearing it and making sure no enemy personal were left behind. The rest of the troops guarded the prisoners, to make sure they did not escape. Then, the base exploded. The cease fire had been broken between Leafanistan and The American Privateer, but not between The Northern Baltic and The American Privateer. The Northern Baltic troops on the tanks shot the remaining prisoners assuming there was an ambush of some sort. Machine guns mounted on the tanks easily cut through the prisoners and in a few short seconds, all of them lay dead.


Off The American Privateer
Another slavo of 1,500 Scud-D cruise missiles were aimed at major military bases in retaliation for what happened a few minutes earlier on the moon. The American Privateer had broken the cease fire and they were going to pay.

Off The Northern Baltic
300 Grisha V Corvettes of The Northern Baltic navy were spread out to intercept all remaining ships. Over five dozen naval helicopters assisted with the hunting. A message of thanks was sent to the Leafanistani forces.

The Northern Baltic
250 anti-satellite missiles targeted the DaWoad satellite network and fired. 50 duds were also sent up with the 250 missiles. They were launched from a mix of mobile launchers and missile trains, making them near impossible to track.

The Moon
A half dozen Northern Baltic troops entered the base, clearing it and making sure no enemy personal were left behind. The rest of the troops guarded the prisoners, to make sure they did not escape. Then, the base exploded. The cease fire had been broken between Leafanistan and The American Privateer, but not between The Northern Baltic and The American Privateer. The Northern Baltic troops on the tanks shot the remaining prisoners assuming there was an ambush of some sort. Machine guns mounted on the tanks easily cut through the prisoners and in a few short seconds, all of them lay dead.

The cosmonauts had hardly any time to react when the explosion happened. Suddenly their radios were crowded by a brief screech, the last transmission of the doomed cosmonauts. Their visors darkened automatically to compensate for the bright flash of the explosion. Before orders could even arrive the Baltic forces opened fire. Seeing as they had no orders they just watched.

The Northern Baltic
250 anti-satellite missiles targeted the DaWoad satellite network and fired. 50 duds were also sent up with the 250 missiles. They were launched from a mix of mobile launchers and missile trains, making them near impossible to track.

Taking advantage of the earth's relative speed compared to where the ASD ships were, MiG-31 Interceptors from Wasser, Saharistan and Leafanistan went up in cycles, letting loose salvos of air to space missiles targeted at the microsatellites protecting the ASDSS Honor.

The cruiser, now joined by a few extra wings of MiG-107s, armed Soyuz capsules, and another corvette vectored in on the ASDSS Honor, they were going to blast through it in pitched combat.

Once Again the allies of the Northern Baltic are attacking civilian vessels. Fishing vessels and other small craft apparently escaping from TAP'ian lands have come under fire from space based weapons belonging to Leafanistan. This is unacceptable.

Diplomatic Reply

We have declared a full blockade of America. Any ships attempting to breach the blockade will be destroyed summarily with no warning. That is how blockades work.

Leocardian Naval Scene
After heavy fire from both the enemy and allied ships, the Leocardian ships moved a notch faster as the swift fighting was going to have to end. The ships moved toward the Eastern Coast, motioning through the smoke and debris from the battle, and firing their cruise missiles toward the Emergency Canal. Moskit missiles were also fired.

The Moon
A half dozen Northern Baltic troops entered the base, clearing it and making sure no enemy personal were left behind. The rest of the troops guarded the prisoners, to make sure they did not escape. Then, the base exploded. The cease fire had been broken between Leafanistan and The American Privateer, but not between The Northern Baltic and The American Privateer. The Northern Baltic troops on the tanks shot the remaining prisoners assuming there was an ambush of some sort. Machine guns mounted on the tanks easily cut through the prisoners and in a few short seconds, all of them lay dead.


Off The American Privateer
Another slavo of 1,500 Scud-D cruise missiles were aimed at major military bases in retaliation for what happened a few minutes earlier on the moon. The American Privateer had broken the cease fire and they were going to pay.

Off The Northern Baltic
300 Grisha V Corvettes of The Northern Baltic navy were spread out to intercept all remaining ships. Over five dozen naval helicopters assisted with the hunting. A message of thanks was sent to the Leafanistani forces.

The Northern Baltic
250 anti-satellite missiles targeted the DaWoad satellite network and fired. 50 duds were also sent up with the 250 missiles. They were launched from a mix of mobile launchers and missile trains, making them near impossible to track.

In Space
Missile Defenses on land fired at the incoming ASATs and the Ageis, already at full Ready status, came online and three hundred counter missiles lanced out at the 75 remaining ASATs and destroyed them easily. Then air-space missiles appeared on displays aimed for The Ageis, Haven's Wrath and Apollo. At the same time enemy cruisers launched and came for the satellites. The 20 Apollo Lacs launched to cover Defensively as the Aegis re targeted to Cover against this new threat and the Apollo acquired the ennemy launching docks and targeted them preparing to fire on the ground docking bases for the Migs. The Air space Migs did only light damage but the cruisers were going to be another matter and the nearly overwhelmed Aegis ready itself to face the soon to be launched missiles from the Leafanistani space fleet. In response The Heaven's Wrath brought every one of its Leach Pods online and targeted the Mig screen covering the cruisers and corvettes behind it. As the defenses re targeted DaWoads 30 non military satellites took up positions below the 3 space platforms.

Aboard the ASDSS Honor docked inside the Heaven's Wrath

"sir," said the XO "The best we can hope for is too take a couple of their cruisers with us sir."
"Yes," replied Admiral Lance resignedly. "Launch the Honor and send this message to the Leafanistan Space fleet. We are willing to stand down our forces at this time to negotiate the surrender of our space fleet but we will do so only to your force we are in no way prepared to talk to The Northern Baltic."

Message To The Northern Baltic
You have broken the ceasefire without warning and have slaughtered helpless Prisoners of War!

OOC: relatively pointless but I couldn't help myself hehehehe

IC:
ASD Command Under Mount Brock
"Sir, hostilities have begun in full! We've been fired upon by the Northern Baltic!"
"Very well," Replied General Puller "Prepare eighth to retaliate against the Northern Baltic and ask for confirmation that the war has indeed begun again from Leafanistan."

First Fleet Within TAP
"Damn," Said Admiral Hawk, as he watched the enemy missiles destroying parts of the TAP'ian Navel Force. "Get those Shields Back online now! we may have ennemy forces attempting to get into the Sea of Tortuga if they do were gonna have an up and up navel battle on our hands. Have the SSNs fully preped and scramble our entire fighter compliment as well as the ASW Helicopters.

Diplomatic Message To Leafanistan
We understand this. On the other hand we have an entirely free press in the ASD and cannot control what our news networks happens to report.

OOC: can I get an Orbat for your space fleet thats engaging now?
Orbat
ASDSS Honor
Medium Damage mostly to the Aft section of the ship
20 Sparrow Lacs
Relatively Undamaged. FUlly ready for space ops.
Apollo
Undamaged
Ageis
medium Damaged. Misssile Defenses slightly Degraded
Heavens Wrath
Undamaged but no onboard combat capability anyway

In Space
Missile Defenses on land fired at the incoming ASATs and the Ageis, already at full Ready status, came online and three hundred counter missiles lanced out at the 75 remaining ASATs and destroyed them easily. Then air-space missiles appeared on displays aimed for The Ageis, Haven's Wrath and Apollo. At the same time enemy cruisers launched and came for the satellites. The 20 Apollo Lacs launched to cover Defensively as the Aegis re targeted to Cover against this new threat and the Apollo acquired the ennemy launching docks and targeted them preparing to fire on the ground docking bases for the Migs. The Air space Migs did only light damage but the cruisers were going to be another matter and the nearly overwhelmed Aegis ready itself to face the soon to be launched missiles from the Leafanistani space fleet. In response The Heaven's Wrath brought every one of its Leach Pods online and targeted the Mig screen covering the cruisers and corvettes behind it. As the defenses re targeted DaWoads 30 non military satellites took up positions below the 3 space platforms.

Aboard the ASDSS Honor docked inside the Heaven's Wrath

"sir," said the XO "The best we can hope for is too take a couple of their cruisers with us sir."
"Yes," replied Admiral Lance resignedly. "Launch the Honor and send this message to the Leafanistan Space fleet. We are willing to stand down our forces at this time to negotiate the surrender of our space fleet but we will do so only to your force we are in no way prepared to talk to The Northern Baltic."

Message To The Northern Baltic
You have broken the ceasefire without warning and have slaughtered helpless Prisoners of War!

OOC: relatively pointless but I couldn't help myself hehehehe

IC:
ASD Command Under Mount Brock
"Sir, hostilities have begun in full! We've been fired upon by the Northern Baltic and their space based personnel have slaughtered surrendered and unarmed Tapian Personnel"
"Very well," Replied General Puller "Prepare eighth to retaliate against the Northern Baltic and ask for confirmation that the war has indeed begun again from Leafanistan."

First Fleet Within TAP
"Damn," Said Admiral Hawk, as he watched the enemy missiles destroying parts of the TAP'ian Navel Force. "Get those Shields Back online now! we may have ennemiy forces attempting to get into the Sea of Tortuga if they do were gonna have an up and up navel battle on our hands. Have the SSNs fully preped and scramble our entire fighter compliment as well as the ASW Helicopters.


OOC: can I get an Orbat for your space fleet thats engaging now?
Orbat
ASDSS Honor
Medium Damage mostly to the Aft section of the ship
20 Sparrow Lacs
Relatively Undamaged. FUlly ready for space ops.
Apollo
Undamaged
Ageis
medium Damaged. Misssile Defenses slightly Degraded
Heavens Wrath
Undamaged but no onboard combat capability anyway

OOC: How large is your fleet? According to NSDossier you have no defense budget and a population of 695 million.

And how can you spot what we are doing on the Moon. I accepted you being able to see my barges because they're huge, but spotting individuals on the moon is nigh impossible without you being there and being engaged by my cruisers and corvettes.

Orbat:
2x Charlatan class Cruisers
2 Lightly damaged
36 MiG-107s
9 Casualties
1x Gem class Missile Corvette
Light damage

OOC: How large is your fleet? According to NSDossier you have no defense budget and a population of 695 million.

And how can you spot what we are doing on the Moon. I accepted you being able to see my barges because they're huge, but spotting individuals on the moon is nigh impossible without you being there and being engaged by my cruisers and corvettes.

Orbat:
2x Charlatan class Cruisers
2 Lightly damaged
36 MiG-107s
9 Casualties
1x Gem class Missile Corvette
Light damage

OOC: fair enough sry shoulda thought of that
space fleet or sea?
their both on my factbook
if space then I only have one ship and twenty ships that are only slightly larger than migs
and feel free to correct anything else too. Its been a LONG TIME since I've done any of this

OOC: fair enough sry shoulda thought of that
space fleet or sea?
their both on my factbook
if space then I only have one ship and twenty ships that are only slightly larger than migs

OOC: Alright.

IC:

"We're willing to accept your surrender to us and to let you dock with MSS-01. From there you will be taken to a very nice POW camp on Higgs Coast. It is on the seaside, a lot of sun and fun."

In Space
What will you want us to do with our equipment?

In Space
What will you want us to do with our equipment?

"That is really up for us to decide. You'll dock and we'll probably integrate them into our navy. At the moment though it looks like scrap metal and your nation will be reperated for it."

encypted message From the Thon
to Leafanistan.

"Upon signature of alliance, the Thon Commonwealth is offering 8 oceanic islands guarded by its navy for prisoner use. Any prisoners may be detained on these islands of which have no walls, fences, or communications of any kind and services and meals are given by ship drop off. Prisoners are safe with storm shelters, barracks, beds and many abandoned civilian buildings. There's actually a whole abandoned city there, plus leftover gardens and farms past abandoned whose crops are still growing wild there. Escape is impossible because of many sharks off there waters and there is dedicated naval patrol and guard ships. There are no poisonous snakes or predators on the islands.By sale boat, journey to civilization would take a week depending on navigation, and there far from any sea lanes. Plus a nuke is buried deep somewhere in the island just in case. Rebellion, prisoner uprising is useless and impossible also, unless they take over a Commonwealth ship which is impossible. Certain prisoners are segregated onto different Islands. We just have these and many oceanic islands in the Commonwealth, we might as well use them. and they cost next to nothing to maintain. Please accept these facilities and services in any event there need or want is desired."

In Space
"We must first communicate with our government. Is this acceptable to you?"

In Space
"We must first communicate with our government. Is this acceptable to you?"

"Of course, we'll need clarification of the terms of this agreement and to discuss payment to your government."

"agreed. Might we suggest a mutual stand-down of our ships for the time being?"

"agreed. Might we suggest a mutual stand-down of our ships for the time being?"

"Well the ships currently in our attack group would be very willing to stand down. However hostilities will continue."

Space around the remaining space elevators

Microsatellites launched from Leafanistani based cosmodromes fell past the remaining space elevators controlled by the Americans. They were taking detailed intelligence photographs in many spectrum to see as much detail as possible.

Leafanistani Planners had pulled out a very dusty contingency plan called Operation Green Dog that was valuable in this situation.

encypted message From the Thon
to Leafanistan.

"Upon signature of alliance, the Thon Commonwealth is offering 8 oceanic islands guarded by its navy for prisoner use. Any prisoners may be detained on these islands of which have no walls, fences, or communications of any kind and services and meals are given by ship drop off. Prisoners are safe with storm shelters, barracks, beds and many abandoned civilian buildings. There's actually a whole abandoned city there, plus leftover gardens and farms past abandoned whose crops are still growing wild there. Escape is impossible because of many sharks off there waters and there is dedicated naval patrol and guard ships. There are no poisonous snakes or predators on the islands.By sale boat, journey to civilization would take a week depending on navigation, and there far from any sea lanes. Plus a nuke is buried deep somewhere in the island just in case. Rebellion, prisoner uprising is useless and impossible also, unless they take over a Commonwealth ship which is impossible. Certain prisoners are segregated onto different Islands. We just have these and many oceanic islands in the Commonwealth, we might as well use them. and they cost next to nothing to maintain. Please accept these facilities and services in any event there need or want is desired."

Encrypted Reply

The Leafanistani government has sufficient POW camps for the time being, and we prefer a far higher guard. However these do present us with a good choice for war refugee locations and solves an important quandary that will come up later.

We accept your offer and wish to ask, what will it take for you to enter the war on the Allied Nation's Side to help recover your citizens.

[END]

The Burlovian fleet had finally got to its destination, and as soon as they got near the blockade, they started to send radio message:

"This is the Burlovian fleet. We are here to take the Americans down. Let us to the blockade, we will continue our operations from there."

All of the missile cruisers carried at least two tactical nuclear warheads each in addition to dozens of conventional missiles, to be used in case the situation got a lot worse.

Space

Burlovians did not have their own moon bases, they had barely visited the moon twice to make research work. However they funded orbital weaponry fairly, and now when the situation heated up they decided to show their orbital muscles.

Five KiBo -satellites started to move above the TAP coastal military targets. They carried large missiles, that had no warhead at all, pointing down to Earth. When the satellites would come close, they would divide up to eight independent part, each carrying a missile. When the parts get to their position, they launch their missiles on top of military bases and ports.

The Burlovian fleet had finally got to its destination, and as soon as they got near the blockade, they started to send radio message:

"This is the Burlovian fleet. We are here to take the Americans down. Let us to the blockade, we will continue our operations from there."

All of the missile cruisers carried at least two tactical nuclear warheads each in addition to dozens of conventional missiles, to be used in case the situation got a lot worse.

Space

Burlovians did not have their own moon bases, they had barely visited the moon twice to make research work. However they funded orbital weaponry fairly, and now when the situation heated up they decided to show their orbital muscles.

Five KiBo -satellites started to move above the TAP coastal military targets. They carried large missiles, that had no warhead at all, pointing down to Earth. When the satellites would come close, they would divide up to eight independent part, each carrying a missile. When the parts get to their position, they launch their missiles on top of military bases and ports.

Encrypted Transmission from Leafanistani Fleet moving up the Eastern Coast

"Attention Burlovian Fleet, you are cleared on our RADAR and we've recieved your IFF transponder signals. Welcome to the Allied Nations CENTCOM. You will be linked to a local battlenet. We are requesting you continue along the Western Shoreline and help close off the Tortuga Sea Strait and prevent their Tortuga Fleet from leaving."

"Local intelligence says that there are a group of islands called the Barbary Islands that can be taken, not amphibiously but via airborne troops that will prove most useful. We suggest putting defensive implements on them and use them to trap the enemy fleet."

"Well the ships currently in our attack group would be very willing to stand down. However hostilities will continue."

[END]

"Understood, our Central command has come up with a counter proposal. Our men will leave our ships and travel to you POW camps. Our Ships will be stored in heavens wrath and all three Platforms will be stood down and their crews removed as well. We ask that you not, however board our ships. In exchange for this our government will offer yours a sum of money to cover the ships lost and damage sustained in the space combat."

"Understood, our Central command has come up with a counter proposal. Our men will leave our ships and travel to you POW camps. Our Ships will be stored in heavens wrath and all three Platforms will be stood down and their crews removed as well. We ask that you not, however board our ships. In exchange for this our government will offer yours a sum of money to cover the ships lost and damage sustained in the space combat."

"We will accept the terms of this only if we are allowed to perform minor boosts when the 'Heaven's Wrath' ship slips from its orbit to ensure it doesn't drift into a dangerous decaying orbit."

Hakan and the aides quickly got on the plane.

"Ok, thankyou but we never don uniforms other than that of our Commonwealth and even then, only from the representative district we hail from. Plus we're civilians and wont do such, but thankyou. If there's enough need because of insecurity and we can't remain as we are with the IDs and status that we are, at least in appearance, then things have gotten even worse. And I don't intend to appear in front of them in one your uniforms." He laughs. "We have no need to hide, and if the plane is really indeed made for foreign dignitaries like you said,then there's no need for uniforms for us, Colonel."

Once on the plane, Sabrina called back to the Thon plane and its people, and the three started to relax, have a meal, talk about what happened, and prep for to meet further Leafanistan senators and such.

back at the Logothetes airplane the SF captain made a call.

"Yes I recommend the mercs are hired to come back to the theater if their not doing anything, and send them near proximity to us now. Just in any event we might need their services and not want the Commonwealth flag represented. I'm not sure about everything here or of what is here, but communication is still good and we know where were going and doing. I'm sure the Supreme Commander will agree, and as usual fund them through his holdings, not through government expenditure to remain low key and careful. It's indeed crazy here, and I just hate having what limited things I have here, the more options the better. Thankyou."

A few hours into the flight Alana seemed to be making progress in establishing up a future embassy in Leafanistan, and discussed over such things with things with the Logothete, which then resulted in him handing her one of three signed declarations and to be made agreement for full alliance with Leafanistan.

She then thanked the logothete, continued her diplomatic prowness in establishing good ties via the planes personnel and by phone and video conference that Leafanistan so generously provided them along with other great things on their good plane. And then met back up with Sabrina and the two went to the Logothete to their quarters on the plane to celebrate and relax and retire from the days busy events and horrible tragedy of the speaker being killed and to be consoled by the logothete and relieve him.

Alana and Sabrina on the plane
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19 aircraft carrier battle groups and 30 amphibious warship and landing battle groups left the Thon main Islands towards the Barbary Islands, while Commonwealth Airborne divisions from the Thon Main Islands and places in its Commonwealth such as Taiwan and Vietnam prepared their airborne divisions as well, and Australia and New Zealand brang in forces and volunteers from oceanic islands to add to their airborne divisions in their preparation. By the time the Thon Fleet made it to off the Barbary Islands, The airborne divisions would be right behind them in the air ready for a joint assault to take the islands guarding TAP's Tortuga sea.

A small portion of Thon Army Airborne military forces preparing to leave Molpadia Military Base in The Thon Main Islands:
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The Thon's largest bombers the B-106 Thunderdragons, mainly used for massive carpet and area bombing once air superiority was achieved, were equipped and fitted with hundreds of precision ordinance to take out key anti air, anti shipping, and artillery emplacements on the Barbary Islands. They left from the only two Thon Commonwealth Bases that could and did accommodate them which were from Askor Air base and and a deep remote airbase in Australia. they were to engage the TAP defenses and military once they met up with The Thon's aircraft carriers and allies fighter screens.

B-106 Thunderdragon http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/bigbmf.jpg

Meanwhile Thon Marines ceased their grueling training exercises and war games on "Marine Training Island Center" and departed as well with their own special equipment, vehicles and own naval assets aside from the Thon Navy, to invade and occupy the Barbary Islands. They've been training for this exact type scenario the entire Marine Corps lifespan and existence. The Marine Island training Center proved the best environment and training facilities and scope they could of practiced on. They were far past ready.

Operation Overgod was beginning.

OOC lol its a pun for operation overlord from d-day from WWII. You could understand more about this at my factbook at http://nationstates.wikia.com/wiki/Thon_Nation it has more details.

hey Eric (TAP) looks like I'm finally earning that nickname D-day you gave me huh?

A few hours into the flight Alana seemed to be making progress in establishing up a future embassy in Leafanistan, and discussed over such things with things with the Logothete, which then resulted in him handing her one of three signed declarations and to be made agreement for full alliance with Leafanistan.

She then thanked the logothete, continued her diplomatic prowness in establishing good ties via the planes personnel and by phone and video conference that Leafanistan so generously provided them along with other great things on their good plane. And then met back up with Sabrina and the two went to the Logothete to their quarters on the plane to celebrate and relax and retire from the days busy events and horrible tragedy of the speaker being killed and to be consoled by the logothete and relieve him.

Alana and Sabrina on the plane
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The plane would soon be over transparent waters. Higgs Coast was coming up in the distance. Dozens of resort hotels shot up, massive seaside pools with people frolicking could be seen from air. The plane descended toward a naval base, and touched down on a runway.

From there the Logothete was shuffled into an armored personnel carrier with a group of soldiers. He was being driven to a hotel via the loading dock. The hotel itself was shut down as a massive group of soldiers sat outside ensuring no one got close.

He was then taken to the Penthouse suite. Sky Marshall Amanda Arcturus was outside. She was taking in the breeze that came from the ocean. Her black and red dress uniform's cape fluttering in the air. A sword sat in its hilt, but it was far from ceremonial. It was a rare Katana Corporation promotional katana. These ultrasharp weapons were created with the modern battlefield in mind, and are coated in a nonreflective black coating. This one in particular had an elaborate hilt, and was sharpened with a laser to gain a near monomolecular edge. It was a gift to the Sky Marshall which may have helped them secure a contract to supply bayonets and knives to the Leafanistani Armed Forces.

[quote]Thon's Fleet[/B]

Encrypted Transmission to the Thon Fleet

"You're now keyed into the local battlenet and you will be receiving orders. You are to meet up with Burlovian Forces attempting to take the Tortuga Sea Strait and perform amphibious operations on the strait itself to seal the American fleet."

"You will be too far away from the other fleets in the Navy to allow us to help you, you're on your own."

"Well the ships currently in our attack group would be very willing to stand down. However hostilities will continue."

Space around the remaining space elevators

Microsatellites launched from Leafanistani based cosmodromes fell past the remaining space elevators controlled by the Americans. They were taking detailed intelligence photographs in many spectrum to see as much detail as possible.

Leafanistani Planners had pulled out a very dusty contingency plan called Operation Green Dog that was valuable in this situation.



Encrypted Reply

The Leafanistani government has sufficient POW camps for the time being, and we prefer a far higher guard. However these do present us with a good choice for war refugee locations and solves an important quandary that will come up later.

We accept your offer and wish to ask, what will it take for you to enter the war on the Allied Nation's Side to help recover your citizens.

[END]

Encrypted Reply

If a deal that no TAP civilian facilities will be targeted and engaged unless used by military forces and equipment. (we have innocent Commonwealth tourists, visitors, and people in their cities) and the condition upon any TAP and allied surrender that Thon Commonwealth citizens that were stuck in TAP during this conflict be released and get free travel back to their homes be in any and all terms of any surrender. Then a full alliance is encourage, wanted, desired and sought after by the esteemed Commonwealth. Violation of this even by allies will result in forfeiture of further dedicated Commonwealth military to the cause.

Exception to this clause is if Commonwealth people are rounded up into concentration camps or orbital confinement by and in TAP. If that happens, attack what cities you please, just make sure not to harm the concentration centers.

Encrypted Reply

If a deal that no TAP civilian facilities will be targeted and engaged unless used by military forces and equipment. (we have innocent Commonwealth tourists, visitors, and people in their cities) and the condition upon any TAP and allied surrender that Thon Commonwealth citizens that were stuck in TAP during this conflict be released and get free travel back to their homes be in any and all terms of any surrender. Then a full alliance is encourage, wanted, desired and sought after by the esteemed Commonwealth. Violation of this even by allies will result in forfeiture of further dedicated Commonwealth military to the cause.

Exception to this clause is if Commonwealth people are rounded up into concentration camps or orbital confinement by and in TAP. If that happens, attack what cities you please, just make sure not to harm the concentration centers.

Encrypted Reply

The Glorious Republic has never wanted the deaths of civilians and has always fought wars to reduce civilian casualties. In the eventual occupation and acclimatization of the people we cannot afford to make enemies of them. We must show that we are people of honor that treat others with respect.

However, if a building is found to house enemy forces, the military of the Glorious Republic will not hesitate to protect its forces first and foremost. Our military doctrine means to destroy the building as fast as possible with the highest amount of enemy casualties.

[END]

"We will accept the terms of this only if we are allowed to perform minor boosts when the 'Heaven's Wrath' ship slips from its orbit to ensure it doesn't drift into a dangerous decaying orbit."

OOC: Heaven's wrath is an orbital platform . .. .space dock kinda thing
IC:
"We can place all three orbital platforms on automatic sequences to keep them in orbit nearly indefinately but if you would prefer to do so manually by remote control we can accept this as well."

Encrypted Reply

The Glorious Republic has never wanted the deaths of civilians and has always fought wars to reduce civilian casualties. In the eventual occupation and acclimatization of the people we cannot afford to make enemies of them. We must show that we are people of honor that treat others with respect.

However, if a building is found to house enemy forces, the military of the Glorious Republic will not hesitate to protect its forces first and foremost. Our military doctrine means to destroy the building as fast as possible with the highest amount of enemy casualties.

[END]

OOC thats why I mentioned this in it

unless used by military forces and equipment

Encrypted Transmission from Leafanistani Fleet moving up the Eastern Coast

"Attention Burlovian Fleet, you are cleared on our RADAR and we've recieved your IFF transponder signals. Welcome to the Allied Nations CENTCOM. You will be linked to a local battlenet. We are requesting you continue along the Western Shoreline and help close off the Tortuga Sea Strait and prevent their Tortuga Fleet from leaving."

"Local intelligence says that there are a group of islands called the Barbary Islands that can be taken, not amphibiously but via airborne troops that will prove most useful. We suggest putting defensive implements on them and use them to trap the enemy fleet."

OOC: I´ll give TAP time to respond to my kinetic bombardment satellites. BrahMos missiles in this post are Russia´s and India´s joint design, and BrashMos 2 missiles are scheduled on 2013. I think with my defence budget it is possible to have these, since mostly armies´ experimental weapons are easily some 10 years ahead the modern technology if they have enough funding.

IC: The fleet moved along the western coast, bombarding coastal military bases detected by satellite and radar scans. When they would come close enough they would start bombing Barbary Islands. 50 Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighters took off the aircraft carriers and closed in the islands, in order to fire a full load of air-to-surface missiles and bombs. Missile cruisers prepared BrahMos 2 experimental hypersonic missiles, which they could use once they got close enough, in about 300 km distance.

The plane would soon be over transparent waters. Higgs Coast was coming up in the distance. Dozens of resort hotels shot up, massive seaside pools with people frolicking could be seen from air. The plane descended toward a naval base, and touched down on a runway.

From there the Logothete was shuffled into an armored personnel carrier with a group of soldiers. He was being driven to a hotel via the loading dock. The hotel itself was shut down as a massive group of soldiers sat outside ensuring no one got close.

He was then taken to the Penthouse suite. Sky Marshall Amanda Arcturus was outside. She was taking in the breeze that came from the ocean. Her black and red dress uniform's cape fluttering in the air. A sword sat in its hilt, but it was far from ceremonial. It was a rare Katana Corporation promotional katana. These ultrasharp weapons were created with the modern battlefield in mind, and are coated in a nonreflective black coating. This one in particular had an elaborate hilt, and was sharpened with a laser to gain a near monomolecular edge. It was a gift to the Sky Marshall which may have helped them secure a contract to supply bayonets and knives to the Leafanistani Armed Forces.

[quote]Thon's Fleet[/B]

Encrypted Transmission to the Thon Fleet

"You're now keyed into the local battlenet and you will be receiving orders. You are to meet up with Burlovian Forces attempting to take the Tortuga Sea Strait and perform amphibious operations on the strait itself to seal the American fleet."

"You will be too far away from the other fleets in the Navy to allow us to help you, you're on your own."

Hakan approached Arcturus (the aides jsut went to the rooms or were doing something they werent with him) and greeted her.

Charmed to meet you maam, I'm Logothet Hakan as you would already know. Of who and what do I finally have the pleasure of meeting today? I have had quite a visit here so far, It's great to see and meet such beauty to accomplish such a beautiful and hopefully very promising and lengthy continuous future relationship between our two countries. I hope our progress will go far here. The hope, gain and good that can come between our two nations is much I believe, no sense delaying it. IF TAP continues their arrogance and stubbornness in the war and it draws out long enough, maybe some of my trapped people there will come to such places as this after there ordeal. Your country's, beaches and resorts rival that of some of our southern oceanic islands ones, but closer to more exciting things in your country than just vast ocean in the isolation where some of ours are.

Hakan approached Arcturus (the aides jsut went to the rooms or were doing something they werent with him) and greeted her.

Charmed to meet you maam, I'm Logothet Hakan as you would already know. Of who and what do I finally have the pleasure of meeting today? I have had quite a visit here so far, It's great to see and meet such beauty to accomplish such a beautiful and hopefully very promising and lengthy continuous future relationship between our two countries. I hope our progress will go far here. The hope, gain and good that can come between our two nations is much I believe, no sense delaying it. IF TAP continues their arrogance and stubbornness in the war and it draws out long enough, maybe some of my trapped people there will come to such places as this after there ordeal. Your country's, beaches and resorts rival that of some of our southern oceanic islands ones, but closer to more exciting things in your country than just vast ocean in the isolation where some of ours are.

Sky Marshall Arcturus smiled. She liked someone who was enthusiastic to continue the war. It was good to have an ally besides the rabid Ultraconservatives, whose vitriolic propaganda was alienating more moderate supporters.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Logothete, I'm Triumvirate Council Member and Sky Marshall Samantha Arcturus."

"Higgs Coast is an anomaly among the colonies. Did you know during the Second Civil War, the colony of Wasser in Rovonia went and conquered Higgs Coast by itself? Apparently 4 People's Guard were trained as Air Cavalry along with the local Naval Base went out and put a stop to a massacre and seized this beautiful beach."

"Logothete, there is good in this world, but it is tempered by human greed. As important as it is to stop the American tyranny around the world, and their crimes against our allies, it is just as important to build a foundation for the future."

She came back inside as servants set up a light lunch. The smell of spiced duck and stir fried vegetables wafted up.

"Sit down Logothete, the food here is very good, I signed off on the procurement protocols for 'state dinners'."

She then picked up a glass of wine, sipped it, and nodded her head in approval.

"You see Logothete, there is more to this conflict than the late Senator thought there was. There is the future. The future of all our peoples. It is the future that my Father, High Father, saw, the one where the Earth stank of pollution, racked with war, people packed side by side. My sister Amanda, and Fleet Admiral O'Toole see it too, probably not as clear as I do. We need to consider the future of our nation. This is why we fight."

"We need to expand our nations, we need to set our sights forward, beyond this planet. The Americans probably don't even know why they explore."

She removed a file folder from a small table, it was marked CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.

"I trust you and your government will be trustworthy about this. These are details for PROJECT ORPHEUS, which is probably the most important thing we have ever done."

The folder contained dozens of technical diagrams, important details were blacked out, there were personnel files too, and finally a lot of astrological diagrams.

"About 5 years ago we sent up a space telescope in High Earth Orbit, it returned some good imagery, but the most important thing was what happened April 15th. There was a supernova, which our telescope was about to orbit into. So we turned the thing around to avoid burning out the sensor. It returned some interesting data. A section of the sky with a large star, like our sun's which was slightly perturbed. The light was bent oddly, and we reasoned there was a small planet."

"The star itself is relatively close, only 8 or so light years, the discovery is good. See for yourself."

The diagram showed the preliminary results. It was a stylized diagram of the system, 7 planets, large gas giants on the periphery, inside were rocky planets. One stood out though, it had repeated spectrometric analyzes. One after another, all of them confirmed the same thing. Nitrogen-Oxygen atmosphere, water, and finally the last part. There were over 20 spectrometry reports, each one said the same thing. Absorption bands for chlorophyll, chlorophyll, chlorophyll.

Somewhere aways Off the coast of the Northern Baltic
Eighth Fleet
"m'am," said the ensign quietly. The ship was on highest emcon measures with no personnel outside at any time. All heat signatures matched to the ocean and no sonar or radar profiles to speak of. The personnel were even wearing soft soled shoes to reduce as much noise as possible. "Do we have a go ahead?"
"not as of yet," Replied Honor "seems like command's worried about the lack of resistance from TAP. No we will wait a while longer before the go ahead."

Sky Marshall Arcturus smiled. She liked someone who was enthusiastic to continue the war. It was good to have an ally besides the rabid Ultraconservatives, whose vitriolic propaganda was alienating more moderate supporters.
[B]
"It is a pleasure to meet you Logothete, I'm Triumvirate Council Member and Sky Marshall Samantha Arcturus."

"Higgs Coast is an anomaly among the colonies. Did you know during the Second Civil War, the colony of Wasser in Rovonia went and conquered Higgs Coast by itself? Apparently 4 People's Guard were trained as Air Cavalry along with the local Naval Base went out and put a stop to a massacre and seized this beautiful beach."

"Logothete, there is good in this world, but it is tempered by human greed.
As important as it is to stop the American tyranny around the world, and their crimes against our allies, it is just as important to build a foundation for the future."

She came back inside as servants set up a light lunch. The smell of spiced duck and stir fried vegetables wafted up.

"Sit down Logothete, the food here is very good, I signed off on the procurement protocols for 'state dinners'."

She then picked up a glass of wine, sipped it, and nodded her head in approval.

"You see Logothete, there is more to this conflict than the late Senator thought there was. There is the future. The future of all our peoples. It is the future that my Father, High Father, saw, the one where the Earth stank of pollution, racked with war, people packed side by side. My sister Amanda, and Fleet Admiral O'Toole see it too, probably not as clear as I do. We need to consider the future of our nation. This is why we fight."

"We need to expand our nations, we need to set our sights forward, beyond this planet. The Americans probably don't even know why they explore."

She removed a file folder from a small table, it was marked CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.

"I trust you and your government will be trustworthy about this. These are details for PROJECT ORPHEUS, which is probably the most important thing we have ever done."

The folder contained dozens of technical diagrams, important details were blacked out, there were personnel files too, and finally a lot of astrological diagrams.

"About 5 years ago we sent up a space telescope in High Earth Orbit, it returned some good imagery, but the most important thing was what happened April 15th. There was a supernova, which our telescope was about to orbit into. So we turned the thing around to avoid burning out the sensor. It returned some interesting data. A section of the sky with a large star, like our sun's which was slightly perturbed. The light was bent oddly, and we reasoned there was a small planet."

"The star itself is relatively close, only 8 or so light years, the discovery is good. See for yourself."

The diagram showed the preliminary results. It was a stylized diagram of the system, 7 planets, large gas giants on the periphery, inside were rocky planets. One stood out though, it had repeated spectrometric analyzes. One after another, all of them confirmed the same thing. Nitrogen-Oxygen atmosphere, water, and finally the last part. There were over 20 spectrometry reports, each one said the same thing. Absorption bands for chlorophyll, chlorophyll, chlorophyll.

"No, I don't know that much detail of this nation such as Higgs coast, more so because I didn't imagine ending up here when I came but it's very nice as is your state dinner. I know mostly more recent things. Yes, all very interesting, but definitely beyond the Commonwealth of the Thon as is our capabilities also unless we ever succeed in such things in joint efforts.

We have similar aspirations and aims but for two different places than yours, ours being the extra solar planets Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 c specifically.

But we gave up on anything to do or think with that. Our space program, while extensive isn't much military yet and we're more concerned with what we can do in our solar system since we already have the capabilities, such as terraforming, harvesting, mining and exploiting the asteroid belts and various moons resources. The Commonwealth's theory that once any better or revolutionary space engine designs or transportation are invented it'd be hard for anyone to keep secret and we could easily copy or use such when the time comes but without the cost of the research and in reasonable time.

That and and as our space program continues as it does with the Kuiper Belt and all the more efficient, faster, and better designs, technologies and engines will be continually developed to keep and better do what we are already doing here for efficiency, time, and profits sakes, as does most progress.

Besides our space endeavors and station at Jupiter is doing so well and progressing finely, any more funds towards our space program is hard to go anywhere else in light of their progress and benefits.

Your nation can talk to our Logothete of Space, but since everything's public ya'll probably know everything already."

OOC found at:
http://nationstates.wikia.com/wiki/Thon_Space_and_Missile_Forces_Agency
and the habitable extra solar planets I mentioned are real too in fact, its pretty cool.

"And as for expanding nations, yes the Thon is doing that personally by its Commonwealth and incorporating and becoming closer together with each other, since w'ere a new nation made up of immigrants and well..now a commonwealth to fight foreign influence and have, remain and keep alive what cultures and power some member nations are and have and such.

That and since Islamic terroristic activity and jihads have hurt us, India, Russia, China, America, and our Commonwealth member Israel, we are.....well doing the same right back em...

We are pretty much finished with conquering and depopulating the former countries and islands of Indonesia, Papa New Guinea, Brunei, Malaysia and East Timor and their muslim inhabitants via using EMP bombs followed by gradual uniform advancement from the ends of each island to the center of the island one island at a time. If you would like to set up a few colonies there now we wouldn't be against it."

OOC Thon Commonwealth found at http://nationstates.wikia.com/wiki/Map_of_Thon

After hearing and seeing you and your allies effectiveness and success so far in space it seems we both could benefit from each other, joint efforts and ops with space forces is hopeful, and as the Thon Commonwealth expands and grows to military space related things, we'd love to pay and have or integrate some of our personnel in to your military training programs, schools and facilities so we can start our own quicker with all the more knowledge and expertise gained from your good forces should you permit.

Since you have the military expertise, we have the economic expertise when it comes to space a full alliance would do greatly at least in that regard, sky marshal."

Hakan picked up a glass of wine and raised it to the Sky Marshal.

"What do you say? Would you accept a full alliance between our two nations that we offer based on this and the mutual desired defeat of the TAP? Or is or would there be more or anything else you'd like to add or inquire about in that regard?"

Hakan picked up a glass of wine and raised it to the Sky Marshal.

"What do you say? Would you accept a full alliance between our two nations that we offer based on this and the mutual desired defeat of the TAP? Or is or would there be more or anything else you'd like to add or inquire about in that regard?"

The Sky Marshall lowered her glass and set it on the table. She picked up a forkful of the catered meal and took a bite. A contented sigh later she made an idle comment, "Honestly this is probably the best I've tasted in a long time. Logothete, you need to actually eat, the best business is done over a good meal. In most of my country, 'Have you eaten?' practically replaces 'Hello' when you enter a household for the first time."

An incoming cruise ship's bell could be heard off in the distance.

"Logothete, a full alliance is too soon for the Glorious Republic. It sounds too much like we're merging our countries, something the Ultraconservatives and Isolationists will not like. Cooperation treaties and pacts are good, but a full alliance is perhaps not politically viable at this time."

"The one thing that bothered me was your mention of 'depopulation.'"

The cruise ship's bell was silent, and so was the room.

You should of seen the jihadist incursion into the Thon during our emergence, dang religious extremists trying to cleanse our islands before too many "infidels" claimed it as their own, something of which noone should have ever seen"

He stares solemnly at the floor for a moment then speaks again.

"And our commonwealth member Australia just couldn't take much more after having its devastating terrorists attacks in Sydney and other places, when they acted it just got to a point we had to support them, all sad indeed yes."

"and trust me we aren't looking for another Commonwealth member, the Thon is already troubled with the struggles we already have, one of being spread in distance."

he ate some more

"and yes perhaps your right, how well we work together in this conflict could be a better basis and preconclusion to an alliance."

he ate some more.

"This is the first international affair we haven gotten ourselves into purposefully, we like to do with and coming out with some friends."

with that he smiled raised his glass, drank so more wine and took another bite.

"And while we may like to continue the war to a conclusion than draw it out in some siege and blockade that could affect our trade and sealanes and such- we are a spread apart oceanic sea based trade commonwealth sky marshal"

He took another sip of wine

"Please don't misinterpret that as us not being isolationist, we are more cautious and less prone to to international involvement than you might think, why we've entered into this conflict so late is some evidence to that."

he took another sip of wine

"We are careful with our diplomacy with other nations mostly in fear that if in getting close so that they themselves exert so much influence on us as to steer us towards them or one way. as i said we are an immigrant nation with many cultures, that weakness being not having any original history or long standing as a nation in this world as the others, as well as any dominant religious or ethnic groups. We are quite diverse and fear not becoming so actually."

he eats so more.

He laughs, "So you needn't worry about us, we couldn't impose or influence our Commonwealth member Taiwan very much if we wanted too. But our immigration, settling, or trade policies such as ours against France, have nothing to do with our commitment and resolve to help, aid or work with those we call friends as well as others that share the grand Pacific such as the good nations of the Philippines and Japan which have been our best trading partners so far.

It's just that trade outside the Pacific hasn't kicked off so well yet, and we'd like some good friends to establish ties with us, move in, set up business in our country as such and many have already."

he took a few bites

"Our unique land laws being both Thon and Commonwealth land is constitutionally protected and cannot be sold to foreigners (although it may be leased) and that land is generally and largely held on a family or village basis and may be handed down from mother or father according to local custom and our policy and generality to never buy but instead lease on other countries as well, has seemed to be a snag and a little deterrent to international business setting up headquarters, factories, and such in the Thon.
All this despite our booming skyscraper construction industry as well too."

he takes a few more bites

"And this whole mess in the Indian ocean with TAP, well it's just scary for those on the way by sea to Europe. TAP was establishing some good ties with us, and well now it looks like their attempts in trying to establish such in Greal aren't working out so great, mostly in part to TAP's fault and cause though in what they did. The Commonwealth would like to see this end in peace already, with our people free and rescued out safely. We fear their terroristic NOVA Corp, care little for it, and would like too see TAP able to keep it in check and continue their previous war against them. Because lord knows it's impossible and even if so, unwantable to occupy TAP and do it another way.

Cooperation treaties and pacts are good and would be welcome by us, yes. And I understand if a full alliance is too soon for the Glorious Republic, sounds too much like we're merging our countries or something the Ultraconservatives and Isolationists wouldn't like. I think I've already seen some tragedy and unassuredness in your nation with the attack on the good senator.

If it is at all too soon we do understand, we wouldn't want to jump into our first alliance too soon either without establishing greater friendship with a little history behind It suppose.

You have good wisdom Sky Marshall, I like that, may our futures be as good as this meal."

and at that, he raised his wine, took a sip and dived into his half eaten duck again.

"It's true that every country has its dark sides. Under my father many of the old Communist ways were still very much in play. Good old boy politics common especially in the Southwestern areas. But the Glorious Republic will gladly enter into a Cooperation Pact with your nation. Perhaps a trade agreement, and a mutual defense pact, all written of course. Verbal communications is very impractical."

A flight of attack helicopters circled the building again. The sound of metal on china echoed through the room as the salt air blew in. It was always beautiful here at Higgs Coast, even when the war came to it, it was beautiful.

OOC: whooh. Your busy all the time for a few days, and three new pages show up.

The Moon
A half dozen Northern Baltic troops entered the base, clearing it and making sure no enemy personal were left behind. The rest of the troops guarded the prisoners, to make sure they did not escape. Then, the base exploded. The cease fire had been broken between Leafanistan and The American Privateer, but not between The Northern Baltic and The American Privateer. The Northern Baltic troops on the tanks shot the remaining prisoners assuming there was an ambush of some sort. Machine guns mounted on the tanks easily cut through the prisoners and in a few short seconds, all of them lay dead.

The bullets ripped into the space suits of the TAP'ian Air Force crew. Just like their ancestors had died during the nazi prisoner slayings during WWII, they fell, as Prisoners of War.

An old Lunar Orbital Probe, launched during the first wave of exploration caught the images, and transmitted them to TAP, where the State Department was preparing a propaganda commercial, which they hoped Lord Sumguy and the rest of the Hegemony would see.

Off The American Privateer
Another slavo of 1,500 Scud-D cruise missiles were aimed at major military bases in retaliation for what happened a few minutes earlier on the moon. The American Privateer had broken the cease fire and they were going to pay.

As the Scuds flew over head, the HELLADS system went to work, doing the exact job it had been originally designed for, sniping missiles from the air.

Eastern Coast of America

The Khan's well within range of their target, and the fleet has significant distance on the Americans to prevent terminal interception of the weapons. The arsenal ships moved away from the Fleet. These converted tankers built by a civilian shipyard were designed solely for this purpose.

The Leafanistani Navy would later justify the cost based on estimates of how much the rest of the fleet was worth compared to just the munitions.

1,200 Supersonic antishipping missiles were launched in a huge salvo. Then from the arsenal ships with a smaller draught a huge cloud of Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched. They were all equipped with high explosive warheads to destroy and cause as much havoc with the canal.


The missiles slammed into the sides and locks of the cannal. As they did, the deep dug canal began to loose integrity. Bridges collapsed all along the canal, killing innocent civillians who had been streaming north towards the relative safety of Quivira.

A news crew that had been covering the evacuation caught the attacks on film live. As they where broadcast all over the nation, the government purchased a copy, and sliced it into their upcoming video.

The Fleet turned, still thousands of kilometers away from their home port, and sailed west, heading towards neutral waters, and possibly even the Valtican to look for sanctuary.

Space around the remaining space elevators

Microsatellites launched from Leafanistani based cosmodromes fell past the remaining space elevators controlled by the Americans. They were taking detailed intelligence photographs in many spectrum to see as much detail as possible.

Leafanistani Planners had pulled out a very dusty contingency plan called Operation Green Dog that was valuable in this situation.

The Microsatellites would have trouble catching anything through the monsoons, but what they could they would see small military facilities in every city in the nation, mainly National Guard Armories, though many of the full fledged cities had actual military bases located within. To strike them without killing civilians would be tough. The American Privateer had never intended for that to happen, but the truth of the matter was that military families like to live off base, and thus, the bases had been caught up in infill, and surrounded by civies.

SpaceFive KiBo -satellites started to move above the TAP coastal military targets. They carried large missiles, that had no warhead at all, pointing down to Earth. When the satellites would come close, they would divide up to eight independent part, each carrying a missile. When the parts get to their position, they launch their missiles on top of military bases and ports.

The missiles struck home against the larger military bases. Richard Winters Army base was smashed as the paratroopers based there watched their families burn from the missile strikes.

The scene was repeated all across the nation, as military bases absorbed into towns and cities by growth and infill where struck.

News crews covering the strikes submitted their videos to the State Department, and waited.

PS Roosevelt
Finally, the video was done.

Open in blackness
Our Noble Cause

Image shifts to the city of New Tortuga before the war, centering on the mile high Illinois Building.

Images from Cheyene's exterior cameras, recovered from the black box, shows missiles rising from The Northern Baltic.

The missiles strike the space elevator, spilling civilians out the sides, as instead of breaking away, the elevator begins to sink

Ground based film from News Crews covering stories around New Tortuga look up to watch the space elevator collapse down on the city

Hand held camera showing the rescuing of Rebeca St. James by Chester

Hand Held cameras showing the rescue attempts around The City

Blackness
These are the results of a deliberate strike against civilians by The Northern Baltic. We must not let them stop us. We must never give up.

Missiles striking bridges along the Emergency Canal

Space City Platform struck, and civilians spilling out the sides, only to burn up in the atmosphere

Images of other cities all across The American Privateer burnign and damaged by enemy weaponry

They are not alone in their outrages, though they started them.

Surveillance images showing the death of the TAP'ian astronaughts

And they will not stop until we are all dead.

Please, write your government. Ask them to assist us in 'The Red Storm Invasion.' Do not let this genocide go unabated.

OOC:Go to http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=554959 to react to it. And The Thon, it is being broadcast in your nation as well. Any of those nations who are trying to commit Genocide here can have it shown in their nations as well.

Off The Northern Baltic
300 Grisha V Corvettes of The Northern Baltic navy were spread out to intercept all remaining ships. Over five dozen naval helicopters assisted with the hunting. A message of thanks was sent to the Leafanistani forces.

OOC: Those ships where scattered over a very wide section of ocean. We are talking thousands of ships of different sizes scattered over something as big as the ocean. Not to mention they had been dispatched before the Blockade had begun, back when there where only a few dozen Leafanistan vessels off the West Coast.

The massive ragtag fleet would be easily spotted from space. And the Leafanistani Government authorized a defensive measure. First major warnings were sent to the Northern Baltic. Then a battery of Godrods, small tactical models only 15 meters tall, 34 of them were dropped on the fleet. Another satellite constellation would not be in the proper angle, so it was now up to the Baltic to clear up the rest of the NOVA corp fleet.

34 fishing vessels where destroyed, as the NOVA corps vessels where destroyed. As some of the larger vessels sank, they where able to get last minuet video clips off to the mainland for use in their own propaganda video...

The rest of the fleet of vessels milled around, taking their time to head towards The Northern Baltic.

Only the NS Pillars of Creation continued straight on, though it stuck to the shipping lanes to hide it's hostile intent.

As the enemy corvette came near, they struck the flag, and replaced it with one from Greal. The siphons where kept covered, even as their crews snuck in and preparred to spew liquid fiery death upon their fellow evildoers

Eighth Fleet
Eighth fleet watched on passive scanners as the fleet of small craft headed for the Shoreline. Using the massive confusion as cover Eighth fleet began to move slowly towards the coast using Maximum possible emissions control and keeping their speed low so as to not disrupt the active Camouflage that was in place.

Blue Cove
Both Third and Second fleet had finished resupplying and were now getting underway as quickly as possible. Dock personnel were scrambling to get both fleets out ASAP in order to rendezvous with the 8th battle fleet steaming from colstream.

Heavily Encrypted Message to TAP
There is a combined ASD Colstream Fleet on the way. Suggest a possible rendevous with your remaining fleet outside of TAP.

OOC: Can we get a complete orbat in the OOC thhread?

Creation Islands, The Northern Baltic Waters
"Sir. Freighter incoming. Seems to match the freighter seen in our satellite footage a few days ago, but its flying a Greal flag."
"Hmm. Tell Task Group Dje that to take point behind us.
Three Tarantul Corvettes sped towards the freighter. A radio message was sent to them.
This is The Northern Baltic Coast Guard. You are in Northern Baltic Waters. Please stop all engines and prepare to be boarded.
If they did not respond, the message would be sent again two more times, but no more then that. After those three messages, necessary actions would be taken.

Eighth Fleet
Eighth fleet watched on passive scanners as the fleet of small craft headed for the Shoreline. Using the massive confusion as cover Eighth fleet began to move slowly towards the coast using Maximum possible emissions control and keeping their speed low so as to not disrupt the active Camouflage that was in place.

Blue Cove
Both Third and Second fleet had finished resupplying and were now getting underway as quickly as possible. Dock personnel were scrambling to get both fleets out ASAP in order to rendezvous with the 8th battle fleet steaming from colstream.

Heavily Encrypted Message to TAP
There is a combined ASD Colstream Fleet on the way. Suggest a possible rendevous with your remaining fleet outside of TAP.

OOC: Can we get a complete orbat in the OOC thhread?

Fleet CENTCOM

"Attention all ships, the Emergency Canal has been destroyed via intelligence from the Thon. We are now going to engage in OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM. You are to choose a city to target and invade. You can request A.N. Support at any moment from our member nations. We have chosen York as our target."

"Remember to reduce civilian casualties."

Coast off York

The ships of the fleet began moving to York, and broadcast a message.

"Attention Citizenry of York, your city has been targeted by the Allied Nations as a site for invasion. Please evacuate the entire city and put a white flag on your doorstep to note you have evacuated your house and then put a full name of all the people in you house for compensation later."

"It's true that every country has its dark sides. Under my father many of the old Communist ways were still very much in play. Good old boy politics common especially in the Southwestern areas. But the Glorious Republic will gladly enter into a Cooperation Pact with your nation. Perhaps a trade agreement, and a mutual defense pact, all written of course. Verbal communications is very impractical."

A flight of attack helicopters circled the building again. The sound of metal on china echoed through the room as the salt air blew in. It was always beautiful here at Higgs Coast, even when the war came to it, it was beautiful.

I agree. But with this fine meal I wouldn't pull out such things to sign yet, and therefore was only making dinner conversation. I have as such in the "special" briefcases my aides have at the moment, different copies, agreements, pacts and the like, I just have to talk back with my country and the Supreme commander on whether or not and which one I should give you. And Alana will remain behind when I leave to wrap things up and possibly establish an embassy here and see to anything, including a Leafanistan embassy in the Thon and Commonwealth if ever so desired by your country and government.

OOC RP as Hakan has talked back to Thon already after your next response and we said yes and it is done after this and the things you said signed already? after all the hornets nest is stirring faster now. (I think that is the right cliche or pun, or say?....ah whatever lol)

Creation Islands, The Northern Baltic Waters
"Sir. Freighter incoming. Seems to match the freighter seen in our satellite footage a few days ago, but its flying a Greal flag."
"Hmm. Tell Task Group Dje that to take point behind us.
Three Tarantul Corvettes sped towards the freighter. A radio message was sent to them.
This is The Northern Baltic Coast Guard. You are in Northern Baltic Waters. Please stop all engines and prepare to be boarded.
If they did not respond, the message would be sent again two more times, but no more then that. After those three messages, necessary actions would be taken.

The ship slowed, its crew having finished repainting the Pillar of Creation as the Watson. It was a big ship, with a lot of mass, and a full stop was going to take time. The crew got out on deck, and watched as the coast guard ships drew nearer.

In the wheel house, twelve Nightwatchmen stood ready, Magpul Masadas locked and loaded.

The Chemelnki Naval task group B recived a highly encrypted mesage from Naval Command. The Task group discontinued its patrol of Dashie and sailed off for American Privateer. All men were uneasy but ready to fight. Soon 4 more task force groups would come.

Fleet CENTCOM

"Attention all ships, the Emergency Canal has been destroyed via intelligence from the Thon. We are now going to engage in OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM. You are to choose a city to target and invade. You can request A.N. Support at any moment from our member nations. We have chosen York as our target."

"Remember to reduce civilian casualties."

Coast off York

The ships of the fleet began moving to York, and broadcast a message.

"Attention Citizenry of York, your city has been targeted by the Allied Nations as a site for invasion. Please evacuate the entire city and put a white flag on your doorstep to note you have evacuated your house and then put a full name of all the people in you house for compensation later."

First Fleet Tortuga Bay
With the shields providing cover and no missiles actually specifically targeting first fleet it had been, to this point, entirely unharmed. Now, seeing Leaf forces moving on York first fleet began to prepare. Planes had been orbiting but now the density of aircraft increased and the Sword class ships began to train their guns on the beaches to the east of York.

First Fleet Tortuga Bay
With the shields providing cover and no missiles actually specifically targeting first fleet it had been, to this point, entirely unharmed. Now, seeing Leaf forces moving on York first fleet began to prepare. Planes had been orbiting but now the density of aircraft increased and the Sword class ships began to train their guns on the beaches to the east of York.

OOC: Tortuga Sea is a bit far isn't it?

IC: Encrypted Top Secret, hand delivered to the Allied Nations Commands at their nations

OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM

-CONFUSE ENEMY

Broadcast landing warnings
Fake landings
Actual landings consisting of small operator groups
Tactical or Strategic Strikes at nation's discretion, avoid civilian casualties
Increasingly reduce enemy morale

-ELIMINATE ENEMY FLEET

Move on enemy surface combatants
Destroy major naval assets including 'Carrier Row' at Tortuga
Move in large naval assets in spread out formation

-BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR LANDINGS

Soften up targets
Spread out enemy via confusion techniques


[END]

The ships sailed toward York, and right past it. Two groups of cruise missiles under inertial guidance took off. 4 of the missiles carried electronic warfare packages and decoys. The remaining four contained large cluster munitions filled with smoke grenades to detonate over the city.

The EW missiles would circle the city and make it seem like there was a large air group inbound.

York, York
In the city, Police forces grabbed their SWAT uniforms. Soldiers dispatched to the state to take out the NOVA headquarters during the Purge had been in "Enemy Territory" since the fall of NOVA. They moved into the city, and began setting up defenses.

Massive anti-air batteries where set up, ready to blast apart the helos that would be taking the Leafanistani forces into the city. It would be hard to reach during the "Active Season" and ash, lightning, lava bombs, and even sulfur poisoning would take their toll on helos and planes as they tried to take the cities.

Loudspeakers where set up. "NOVA Loyalists. Come, don your uniforms, and repulse the invaders."

The ships sailed toward York, and right past it. Two groups of cruise missiles under inertial guidance took off. 4 of the missiles carried electronic warfare packages and decoys. The remaining four contained large cluster munitions filled with smoke grenades to detonate over the city.

The EW missiles would circle the city and make it seem like there was a large air group inbound.

Shattered rock and glass, all of it the size of a mote of dust, slowly drifted onto the decks of the enemy ships. Their masts and radar towers glowed with St. Elmo's Fire as static electricity gathered on the ships. EM sensors of all bands where jammed by the ash and static in the air.

As the missiles launched, their engines clogged with ash and chocked on sulfur and chlorine in the air, spewed forth by the volcanoes. It was not a healthy place to be right now.

The ship slowed, its crew having finished repainting the Pillar of Creation as the Watson. It was a big ship, with a lot of mass, and a full stop was going to take time. The crew got out on deck, and watched as the coast guard ships drew nearer.

In the wheel house, twelve Nightwatchmen stood ready, Magpul Masadas locked and loaded.

The Tarantul Class ships prepared for boarding, which would begin as soon as the ship stopped. One Tarantul Class ship came behind the Pillar and slowed down as the Pillar slowed down. 60 Marines, 20 from each ship, geared up. They were sheltered by an archipelago of islands, and the rough seas calmed down. Hooks and ropes were prepared and fired as the Pillar was close to stopping.

Then, once it stopped, the Marines launched their hooks and climbed onto the ship's deck. Radiation detectors, heat scanners, and other equipment were given to the Marines and the first two squads began checking the top deck, while the other squad moved down into the belly of the ship.


Off The American Privateer's West Coast
Another 1,200 Scud missiles were launched. This time, they carried a mix of high explosives, a yellow (harmless) mustard gas-like substance, and tear gas. Targeting Lakota, they hoped to spread disorder. Hundreds of EMP missiles were also let loose at various military installations and power structures (so long as they weren't nuclear) around Lakota. Victory would be achieved.

Shattered rock and glass, all of it the size of a mote of dust, slowly drifted onto the decks of the enemy ships. Their masts and radar towers glowed with St. Elmo's Fire as static electricity gathered on the ships. EM sensors of all bands where jammed by the ash and static in the air.

As the missiles launched, their engines clogged with ash and chocked on sulfur and chlorine in the air, spewed forth by the volcanoes. It was not a healthy place to be right now.

OOC: I'm over 200 kilometers off shore trying to avoid all of this bother and your last based defenses.

The cruise missiles themselves sputtered along in the dust. The electronics on board the Leafanistani ships held firm with some interference. The Leafanistani Fleet was no stranger to defeat due to inclement weather or other forms of warfare.

They found themselves victim to EMP strikes repeatedly, and the ships were hardened against such static discharges. The ever present threat of ice buildup in the cold Leafanistani North meant the masts and RADAR towers were coated with a non-stick coating and were easily cleanable. Water cannons meant for firefighting washed the ash off the masts. And the constant threat of Mix-44 meant the powerful RADAR systems could be switched on to blast through the noise and dust.

The cruise missiles had a severely reduced range, but their computers calculated they still had enough, especially at how close they were to their target. The EW package was switched on, and soon the first clusters of smoke grenades, part of hundreds would descend.

NOVA Loyalists turned out in droves. Putting on bits and pieces of the old Nightwatch Uniforms, they marched to the lines, and pulled out Javelins, Stingers, RPG's, Redeyes, SA-7's, SA-14's, and French Mistrals. They carried G3's, AK-47's, any assault rifle with a 7.62mm round. Those with Submachine guns carried 9mm or .45 caliber sub machine guns.

All across the country they turned out. They where ready for the war. But where the commie bastards who where invading?

NOVA Loyalists turned out in droves. Putting on bits and pieces of the old Nightwatch Uniforms, they marched to the lines, and pulled out Javelins, Stingers, RPG's, Redeyes, SA-7's, SA-14's, and French Mistrals. They carried G3's, AK-47's, any assault rifle with a 7.62mm round. Those with Submachine guns carried 9mm or .45 caliber sub machine guns.

All across the country they turned out. They where ready for the war. But where the commie bastards who where invading?

OOC: Despite our toleration of your puppet wanking, you cannot RP for your puppet. We ask for the semblance of not cheating from you.

The Tarantul Class ships prepared for boarding, which would begin as soon as the ship stopped. One Tarantul Class ship came behind the Pillar and slowed down as the Pillar slowed down. 60 Marines, 20 from each ship, geared up. They were sheltered by an archipelago of islands, and the rough seas calmed down. Hooks and ropes were prepared and fired as the Pillar was close to stopping.

Then, once it stopped, the Marines launched their hooks and climbed onto the ship's deck. Radiation detectors, heat scanners, and other equipment were given to the Marines and the first two squads began checking the top deck, while the other squad moved down into the belly of the ship.

As they moved into the belly, they found the thick viscous liquid. It had oil in it, as that was one of the main components, but that was not all. The squad that moved into the belly where ambushed, by Nightguardsmen who tried to strangle them. Any blood in the viscous liquid, and the entire ship would go up.

The siphons where uncovered, and the siphons began to spray the chemical over nearby ships. Any vessel within 400 feet was covered in the material, and anyone who's skin was touched would find the sweat ignited. the waters around the ship began to burn as the chemical turned on it.

Men with assault rifles and machine guns opened up on the men on those boats. Any blood that touched the chemical would ignite.

NOVA Loyalists turned out in droves. Putting on bits and pieces of the old Nightwatch Uniforms, they marched to the lines, and pulled out Javelins, Stingers, RPG's, Redeyes, SA-7's, SA-14's, and French Mistrals. They carried G3's, AK-47's, any assault rifle with a 7.62mm round. Those with Submachine guns carried 9mm or .45 caliber sub machine guns.

All across the country they turned out. They where ready for the war. But where the commie bastards who where invading?

OOC: I'm over 200 kilometers off shore trying to avoid all of this bother and your last based defenses.


dude, you have obviously never heard of yellowstone.

http://www.metatech.org/Images/yellowstone%20ash%202.jpg

http://www.metatech.org/Images/yellowstone%20ash.jpg

200 km is nowhere near enough to avoid the ashfall from Hades Supervolcano. Blame yourself for that one, you set it off when you brought down Hades Space Elevator.

OOC: good call make that cruise missiles I'll edit it (sorry forgot bout the scale of the map)

IC:
First Fleet Tortuga Sea
"Damn," Said Hawk flatly. "If we get close enough to fire the main guns we'll be within the emergency channel itself and thats not gonna work. Get the missile boats up and ready to attack but don't launch anything yet. I want those beaches targeted though and make sure their loaded for antipersonnel, anti armor strikes ."

dude, you have obviously never heard of yellowstone.

http://www.metatech.org/Images/yellowstone%20ash%202.jpg

http://www.metatech.org/Images/yellowstone%20ash.jpg

200 km is nowhere near enough to avoid the ashfall from Hades Supervolcano. Blame yourself for that one, you set it off when you brought down Hades Space Elevator.

OOC: Regardless, I've dealt with worse than volcanic ash sadly enough. Mix-44 plus EM bombs and MASER attacks means that I underwent a hasty refit after I posted a thread asking for bidders to refit my navy to resist that.

The ships continued their path away from York and the Hades Supervolcano. The crew was kept indoors except for those in HAZMAT suits keeping the masts clean with constant water sprays. Sure the salt would do some damage eventually, but it is nothing unlike a year out at sea wouldn't do anyway.

Encrypted Message from Fleet CENTCOM

"All AN ships are ordered to the Eastern Coast to begin fulfilling OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM protocols. Thank you."

OOC: visibility is gonna be awful and radar arrays wont work

As they moved into the belly, they found the thick viscous liquid. It had oil in it, as that was one of the main components, but that was not all. The squad that moved into the belly where ambushed, by Nightguardsmen who tried to strangle them. Any blood in the viscous liquid, and the entire ship would go up.

The siphons where uncovered, and the siphons began to spray the chemical over nearby ships. Any vessel within 400 feet was covered in the material, and anyone who's skin was touched would find the sweat ignited. the waters around the ship began to burn as the chemical turned on it.

Men with assault rifles and machine guns opened up on the men on those boats. Any blood that touched the chemical would ignite.

The squad moved into the belly of the ship. Suddenly, they were ambushed by a group of nightguards. The lead members of the group were struggling to not be strangled, however the group of men behind them assured they wouldn't. Targeting the Nightguards with the butts of their An-94 assault rifles, they knocked the Nightguards out. Then, they quickly radioed the crew on the surface telling them the ship was hostile.

On the surface of the ship, the squads there began opening fire on the hostile crews. The three Tarantul Class Corvettes began moving away from the ship, letting their hooks loose, as the burning liquid lit the sea on fire. They opened fire on the enemy gunmen with Ak-630's (each ship has one). Luckily, the crews of the Corvettes were all inside, as there was no reason to stay outside in the cold.

Eighth Fleet
three SSNs had been detached from eighth fleet to follow the ship that they had been informed was probably the NOVA corporation flagship. As the three subs watched the Corvettes opened fire. "Screw it." Said lieutenant Latimer in command of the group. "We may take a bullet for this one but they are our allies! Match Bearings and shoot!" at that order all three subs launched anti ship torpedoes.

Commonwealth Airborne divisions from the Thon Main Islands and places in its Commonwealth such as Taiwan and Vietnam prepared their airborne divisions as well, and Australia and New Zealand brang in forces and volunteers from oceanic islands to add to their airborne divisions in their preparation. By the time the Thon Fleet made it to off the Barbary Islands, The airborne divisions would be right behind them in the air ready for a joint assault to take the islands guarding TAP's Tortuga sea.

A small portion of Thon Army Airborne military forces preparing to leave Molpadia Military Base in The Thon Main Islands:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...-9196D-009.jpg

The Thon's largest bombers the B-106 Thunderdragons, mainly used for massive carpet and area bombing once air superiority was achieved, were equipped and fitted with hundreds of precision ordinance to take out key anti air, anti shipping, and artillery emplacements on the Barbary Islands. They left from the only two Thon Commonwealth Bases that could and did accommodate them which were from Askor Air base and and a deep remote airbase in Australia. they were to engage the TAP defenses and military once they met up with The Thon's aircraft carriers and allies fighter screens.

B-106 Thunderdragon http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ion/bigbmf.jpg

Meanwhile Thon Marines ceased their grueling training exercises and war games on "Marine Training Island Center" and departed as well with their own special equipment, vehicles and own naval assets aside from the Thon Navy, to invade and occupy the Barbary Islands. They've been training for this exact type scenario the entire Marine Corps lifespan and existence. The Marine Island training Center proved the best environment and training facilities and scope they could of practiced on. They were far past ready.

Operation Overgod was beginning.

OOC lol its a pun for operation overlord from d-day from WWII. You could understand more about this at my factbook at http://nationstates.wikia.com/wiki/Thon_Nation it has more details.

hey Eric (TAP) looks like I'm finally earning that nickname D-day you gave me huh?

Supreme Commander Jonathan Arrakis Thon ordered emergency funds to help with the war effort and sanctioned Operation Overgod. He hired two Mercenary aircraft carriers and their landing and ground forces to assist in invasion.

He wanted his people back and this to end.
Commonwelath satellites shifted and moved to position to better target Orleans in TAP for intelligence.
He readied the coast guard, merchant marine and states reserves and national guards in case of any invasion and any fighting could possibly come to the Thon and Commonwealth itself, and deployed the active volunteer military for warfare.

He assured the people publicly that Commonwealth citizens would be returned, and calmed with the notion that TAP was mostly occupied in the north with York, Tortuga sea and the canal anyways so victory was promising.

He didn't speak of the media from TAP. Commonwealth citizens seemed to not care or believe little anyway in regards to any criticism to the Commonwealth and Thon itself for what they said, so surprisingly no mention or care for it was needed.

After 16 B-106 Thunderdragons and other aircraft got to the Commonwealth airbase in the middle of Australia from Askor Airbase in the Thon Main Islands they refueled and armed to a payload of 40,000 kg (88,200 lb) of ordnance, in each bomber's 2 internal bomb bays, and left in mass towards TAP slightly behind the Thon Naval Armada along with 20 B-106 Thunderdragons orginally based in Australia totaling to

*36 B-106 Thunderdragons
*along with 1140 Panvia Tornadoes in various versions of Thon modified and updated versions of interdictor / strike aircraft for close air support/ counter air attack and defence suppression / tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes / long-range maritime attack aircraft / long-range air defence fighters / and Tornado ECR aircraft
*60 Boeing KC-767s for in flight refueling

Thon Naval Armada
** six (to be named when used / secret) unkown class Thon Marine landing vessels
**19 Super aircraft carriers which are in detail:
*1 Cybele class aircraft carrier
*8 Thethys class aircraft carriers
*4 Racknor class aircraft carriers
*6 Karak class aircraft carriers
***all aircraft carrier decks' aircraft covered and camouflaged till upon use
**2 merc aircraft carriers
*2 Cryon class aircraft carriers ( these are Merc ships not Thon)
**76 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers (4 dedicated to each Thon aircraft carrier)
**57 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers (3 dedicated per carrier)
**60 supply, repair and maintenance ships
**30 various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
**8 submarine tender ships
**unkown number of Tsunami class submarines
** various Merc ships with combat and ground forces on em/ various classes unknown number


The Thon Military forces began their expensive deployment towards TAP linking up with any allied forces willing to join for fleet protection (which they contiued to request) on the way towards their deployment theater.

Due to the size, and aircraft not being stealth like as F-22's and F-35 JSFs are, they were needless to say to be detected and known of their approach which is why security and defensive measures were put in place.

Never the less Operation Overgod proceeded.

IC: Encrypted Top Secret, hand delivered to the Allied Nations Commands at their nations

OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM

-CONFUSE ENEMY

* Broadcast landing warnings
* Fake landings
* Actual landings consisting of small operator groups
* Tactical or Strategic Strikes at nation's discretion, avoid civilian casualties
* Increasingly reduce enemy morale

-ELIMINATE ENEMY FLEET

* Move on enemy surface combatants
* Destroy major naval assets including 'Carrier Row' at Tortuga
* Move in large naval assets in spread out formation

-BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR LANDINGS

* Soften up targets
* Spread out enemy via confusion techniques


[END]

The ships sailed toward York, and right past it. Two groups of cruise missiles under inertial guidance took off. 4 of the missiles carried electronic warfare packages and decoys. The remaining four contained large cluster munitions filled with smoke grenades to detonate over the city.

The EW missiles would circle the city and make it seem like there was a large air group inbound.

Encrypted Top Secret, hand delivered to the Allied Nations Commands at their nations:

OPERATION OVERGOD

- COMPLY SUPPORT AND CONTINUE OPERATION RESTRAINED ARM IN CONJUNCTION WITH OPERATION OVERGOD

- CONFUSE ENEMY

* Broadcast landing warnings
* Fake landings
* Actual landings consisting of small operator groups
* Tactical or Strategic Strikes at nation's discretion, avoid civilian
casualties
* Increasingly reduce enemy morale
**ALL WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLAUSE OF NOT IN AND AROUND THE
SIERRA ISLANDS AND SOUTHERN CITY OF ORLEANS

-ELIMINATE ENEMY FLEET

* Move on enemy surface combatants
* Move in large naval assets in spread out formation

-BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR LANDINGS

* Soften up targets
* Spread out enemy via confusion techniques

-JOIN AND ASSIST THON ARMADA IN FLEET PROTECTION IN ROUTE

*sonar and recon sweeps of Thon naval approach vector
*longe range recon of Orleans
*assistance in inflight refueling
*allied aircraft welcome to join air armada
*prepare and assist in taking Orleans and rescuing 13 Thon navy hospital
ships and amphibious warship plus local citizens that have fled TAP
interior to Orleans.

*36 B-106 Thunderdragons
*along with 1140 Panvia Tornadoes in various versions of Thon modified and updated versions of interdictor / strike aircraft for close air support/ counter air attack and defence suppression / tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes / long-range maritime attack aircraft / long-range air defence fighters / and Tornado ECR aircraft
*60 Boeing KC-767s for in flight refueling

OOC: I;m going to assume that 1140 is a typo otherwise your loosing most of those when they run out of fuel. (60 in flight refueling craft cannot handle over one thousand fighters.)

The squad moved into the belly of the ship. Suddenly, they were ambushed by a group of nightguards. The lead members of the group were struggling to not be strangled, however the group of men behind them assured they wouldn't. Targeting the Nightguards with the butts of their An-94 assault rifles, they knocked the Nightguards out. Then, they quickly radioed the crew on the surface telling them the ship was hostile.

On the surface of the ship, the squads there began opening fire on the hostile crews. The three Tarantul Class Corvettes began moving away from the ship, letting their hooks loose, as the burning liquid lit the sea on fire. They opened fire on the enemy gunmen with Ak-630's (each ship has one). Luckily, the crews of the Corvettes were all inside, as there was no reason to stay outside in the cold.

The Nightwatchmen in the blockhouse fired on the enemy guards. As they died, they activated a set of charges that spilled the flammable, viscous, liquid, over the ocean in a flammable viscous slick that spread over the waves.

In Orleans and across the country, Thon personnel where rounded up, and placed in impromptu jails and prisons. Anyone who even looked like they where part of the military of The Thon (wearing military uniforms of The Thon) where shot instantly, and a placard bearing the word "Traitor" in Ur and English was hung from their necks.

As it was the only port possible to land in right now, NOVA men and women from across Orleans and Na Nex Sa descended upon the citizens of Orleans, and set up defenses all around the port.

The Longinean Order ordered their forces south to Orleans. The sound of revving engines played across the country as knights rode their Tomahawk Motorcycles south towards the port, Masadas and Lances at the ready.

OOC: I;m going to assume that 1140 is a typo otherwise your loosing most of those when they run out of fuel. (60 in flight refueling craft cannot handle over one thousand fighters.)

OOC no typo, and they can accommodate them actually assuming TAP is Indian Ocean like he says and I'm leaving from far western Australia. but I did forget something dangnit--two airborne divisions with them from Thon and Commonwealth member nations...dang

OOC and in regards to that---anyone care to help me with inflight refueling? anyone have something like a Diego Garcia refueling point I could share or use perhaps. lol I'm not going to roleplay that I have some dang oceanic island there in my Commonwealth to help me, and although I have Sri Lanka, Siam (Thailand), and Indonesia in my Commonwealth I just don't want to do that.

IC:

Two airborne divisions with their 16 own inflight refueling planes attached to their flight group departed from Australia after arriving from various places in the Commonwealth. they were a bit behind the Thon Armada.

OOC they took longer than the air force since there army and transport aircraft not fighters obviously so they had their own contingent and are behind. The fighters aren't actually equipped with in refueling pods on any hardpoints though to make clear. They can make it there because of the tankers, they just can't make it back with what tankers I got that's the problem, not actually getting there. It's a one way trip. They come, they drop/ attack they eject and are recovered :D.
crazy but works hehehe. either that or I'm planning to take Orleans airport when I take the city for them to land, albeit a crowed airport lol. I respect you my fair adversary for the concern but I have my reasons...

P.S please see and repsond OOC Thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=552485
if some could please.

After the Sukhoi fighters had heavily bombarded the barbary islands, the fleet got the order of returning to the west side. It was a pity, but it was vital for the operation. The fighters returned to the carriers and as the fleet turned over, they bombarded the coast even more, assuring that anything they didn´t destroy while going north now crushed while going south.

The Pillar of Creation
More of the flammable liquid spread across the ocean. The three Corvettes halted a good distance from the ship. They each floated and guarded the West, North and South directions. A number of smaller islands were on the East side, but the massive ship would no doubt run aground if she tried to navigate a passage.

The three Corvettes called for Coast Guard helicopters to come and retrieve the Marines from the ship, but the Marines weren't done yet. With one squad working up from the belly of the ship and the other two working down the deck, they attempted to box in the remaining ship crew. That was when two Mi-17 and one Mi-35 arrived. Gathering targets from coordinates radioed up by the squads on the ground, the helicopters utilized machine guns to target tough groups of enemies. Although the battle wasn't over, it seemed to be nearing the end.

Over the Indian Ocean
80 IL-78's escorted by Mig-1.44 fighters rendezvoused with the airfleet from The Thon and offered air refueling to any planes that needed it.

The Northern Baltic
250 more Rocketboats, each escorted by two Grisha V class Corvettes each, left The Northern Baltic. Thousands of Scud reloads on old, unmanned ships floated behind them as they made for their assigned positions in the blockade against The American Privateer.

OOC: visibility is gonna be awful and radar arrays wont work

OOC: I only came to destroy the Emergency Canal, once that was done, I'm leaving. Regardless, I'll soon be out of these clouds.

Tip of America

The ships emerged from the hate laden clouds of Mount Hades. The pumps had been running for days to keep the masts clean.

Once they were clear from the blasted Eastern Coastline, triumphant in their mission to destroy the Emergency Canal, they moved to the Province of Orleans.

UAVs were launched from the ships, and satellites began to take pictures, they had to understand the coastal defenses, and locate important cities.

Thon Armada

Ash ridden clouds could be seen far in the distance of the eastern coast of TAP from the lead scout ships, the fleet had arrived at TAP and it was only a short distance further to Orleans. The fleet stayed out of visual range of TAP and made their way to their designated landing zones and areas.

OOC: now would be a good time for better Orleans maps or rather some at all so I actually have them instead of roleplay designated landing areas please.

Thon Armada

Ash ridden clouds could be seen far in the distance of the eastern coast of TAP from the lead scout ships, the fleet had arrived at TAP and it was only a short distance further to Orleans. The fleet stayed out of visual range of TAP and made their way to their designated landing zones and areas.

OOC: now would be a good time for better Orleans maps or rather some at all so I actually have them instead of roleplay designated landing areas please.

Encrypted Disk hand received at each Nation's respective command

THE CONTENTS OF THIS DISK ARE TOP SECRET AND REQUIRE YOUR PERSONAL KEY.

REMEMBER OPSEC.

http://www.imagepup.com/up/oU9P_1208991028_militarymap_TAP01.jpg

Cities that have been designated via codenames and internal transmissions in the clear and in encrypted will reflect this top secret map.

Each of these areas have been designated as your Occupation areas. However these zones do not represent landing zones, but sovereignty zones. They will also be used to refer to your own occupation zone.

Glorious Republic - Green Zone
Northern Baltic - Blue Zone
Leocardia - Yellow Zone
Burlovia - Purple Zone
Commonwealth - Orange Zone

Use these names in internal and external transmissions regardless of encryption or otherwise.

Territory in unaffiliated zones (now official name) will be taken at a later time by a united force following the calming of Mount Hades. Until then the cities beyond our sovereignty zones will be told to be evacuated and bombarded relentlessly.

[END]

OOC: Names for the cities

1. John Paul Jones Naval Base
2. Quail Valley
3. New Tortuga (Remains)
4. Greystone
5. Freeport
6. Atlantis
7. York
8. Space City
9. Port San Lucas
10. Plantation
11. Sacramento
12. Quail Ridge
13. Woodstone (EC #1)
14. Hades
15. Stone Ridge (EC #2)
16. Treestone (EC #3)
17. Orleans
18. Keystone (EC #5)
19. Pflumn
10. Lakota City
21. Yorktown
22. Quivira
23. San Antonio
24. Archway (EC #4)

As the blockade grew stringer, the people began to dig down. All over The American Privateer, the Corps of Engineers was using the month long monsoon to dig underground bomb shelters all over the place. It was unsure how much collateral damage the fraking bastards who where coming would be willing to do while bombing the nation into submission, but the government was not going to take any chances.

Police Officers where given SWAT crash courses, National Guardsmen where called up and trained and drilled, Millitias where formed, each one pledged to a mayor or governor, and thus to the president.

This was the first time any one had ever tried to invade The American Privateer, and the people where willing to try and make them pay.

As the air cleared following the monsoon, the CAP's resumed, as a full half of the combat squadrons of The American Privateer where dispatched to help ward off enemy bombers.

HELLADS and THAAD TEL Systems where everywhere, and AA Guns seemed to spring like mushrooms along the coastline, and into the borders of Na Nex Sa.

Rebeca went before the world on tv in a last hope for peace. "If you are willing to be reasonable and actually discuss a real Peace Treaty, and not something unreasonable like an Unconditional Surrender, we deplore you to sit at the table and discuss it like adults, not petty children determined to make their demands felt."

Eighth Fleet
three SSNs had been detached from eighth fleet to follow the ship that they had been informed was probably the NOVA corporation flagship. As the three subs watched the Corvettes opened fire. "Screw it." Said lieutenant Latimer in command of the group. "We may take a bullet for this one but they are our allies! Match Bearings and shoot!" at that order all three subs launched anti ship torpedoes.

OOC: hey northern Baltic you just ignoring this?

OOC: hey northern Baltic you just ignoring this?

OOC: Didn't know it was directed at me. What exactly are you doing in my waters though?

As the blockade grew stringer, the people began to dig down. All over The American Privateer, the Corps of Engineers was using the month long monsoon to dig underground bomb shelters all over the place. It was unsure how much collateral damage the fraking bastards who where coming would be willing to do while bombing the nation into submission, but the government was not going to take any chances.

Police Officers where given SWAT crash courses, National Guardsmen where called up and trained and drilled, Millitias where formed, each one pledged to a mayor or governor, and thus to the president.

This was the first time any one had ever tried to invade The American Privateer, and the people where willing to try and make them pay.

As the air cleared following the monsoon, the CAP's resumed, as a full half of the combat squadrons of The American Privateer where dispatched to help ward off enemy bombers.

HELLADS and THAAD TEL Systems where everywhere, and AA Guns seemed to spring like mushrooms along the coastline, and into the borders of Na Nex Sa.

Rebeca went before the world on tv in a last hope for peace. "If you are willing to be reasonable and actually discuss a real Peace Treaty, and not something unreasonable like an Unconditional Surrender, we deplore you to sit at the table and discuss it like adults, not petty children determined to make their demands felt."

Electronic warfare ships, massive bulbous constructs began a broadcast, it was loud, and powerful, swamping out weaker signals in the civilian bands. All of Orleans and the surrounding area could pick up the signals loud and clear. It was so powerful it would push into other transmissions, and was designed to be impossible to ignore unless you had no radio or television.

"Attention citizenry. Your city has been targeted for attack by the Allied Nations. You will evacuate your city within 3 days, or else you will be within the firing range of our guns. In order to be properly compensated for your loss, take a large piece of white paper and put this on your inside window. Your name, a contact number, the names of all the occupants, and a list of valuables."

"Evacuation procedures follow...standby."

The voice began listing the obvious. Stockpiling 3 days of water, what to do if you cannot evacuate, how to prepare for the long journey.

Sea
The Burlovian fleet continued heading south, and after reaching The Barrier Islands they long range bombarded them. The admiral was eager to test the new missiles, but they were expensive and the island chain didn´t have any targets worth bombing with so extreme weapons. They were only 100km from Lakota. Finally the pressure was too much for the admiral, and he ordered Brahmos missile strike of 200 missiles on the coastal AA positions while the refueled Sukhois took off to take intelligence photographs. The missiles would achieve speed of mach 8 during the flight, making them hit in only 30 seconds. Each carried a warhead of 300 kg of conventional explosives.

Space
A bunch of space rockets were launched from southern Burlovian deserts. They rose towards the sky, each carrying one KiBo-satellite. While they would get on orbit, they would be prepared for more bombardment.

Diplomatic response to TAP

We are ready for peace talks, on other conditions than unconditional surrender. We were not going to invade your country in the first place, and we have no intention of doing so now. If other allied nations are not ready for peace talks, we may negotiate on Burlovia´s retreat from the conflict.

SIC:

Presidential Palace, Mokastana City, Mokastana

"You know that this is stupid right?"

"Yes Ivan, you have told me that a thousand times, but then again, if it is so stupid then why are you here?"

"I'm here for the benefit of the Mokan People, they want something and the bureaucracy is incapable of getting it to them."

"You mean war of course."

"No I mean liberation."

The elevator rose up to the 4th floor where the president's office was, in it was Generalissimo Ivan Canarias, head of the army, and Primary Admiral Alex Franshaw, head of the navy. Together they were going to do something that Mokastana hadn't seen in over four years. Something that no doubt needed to be done. As the elevator stopped and dinged opened the two men got out with their escort. Republican Guard stood to greet them as they came in, one had to check their information, as per order of Ivan himself. To make sure anyone going to meet the president has proper ID. As they passed and opened the doors to the office Adam Jackson was sitting at his desk on the phone.

"Mr. President, we need your undivided attention."

The president looked up from the files and the phone, telling the person on the other line to hold for a second. Then it hit him:

"Mr. President, as the military commanders of the Mokan armed forces we have determined you incapable of leading the Mokan people as they desire and require, therefore by using our combined influence over Mokastana we are no removing you from office, Parliament will remain in power, but you will not."

"Why the hell are you doing this?"

"TAP sir, even parliament passed the redeployment once the protest broke out a few days ago. They know the true power of this nation is in the hands of the people-"

"It passed by one vote, I vetoed it because Mokastana cannot-"

"Let us decide on that matter. You are hereby removed."

With that two of the security forces walked to the presidents side and grabbed on. He was to be escorted to his home and kept there under house arrest. As for the Republican Guard, they are under the command of Parliament and the president. Just a few hours ago Parliament had voted on redeployment only because protesters, back by the army, had stormed into the chambers and demanded that they go to war over this genocide. As a vote to keep their jobs, they also ordered the Republican Guard to stand down on all fronts. As for the President's palace, they had sealed it off to the public, the large mass of protesters outside demanding the government do something.

Now however, the two commanders were in the presidents office with him in cuffs, and the Presidential Guard did nothing to stop it. If word got out that either of these to men were killed or harmed, the army would storm the capital building and clean house. They were, powerless to stop the coup.

IC:

two hours later:

Half of the Mokan Atlantic fleet, 10 Air attack Flotillas, one Krakan Flotilla, and 3 Wolf packs deployed to TAP with a ETA of two days. They were lead by the MNS Mokastana, an Overlord Class Super Dreadnought with Admiral Franshaw at the wheel. It was his duty to make sure the massive fleet returned home alive and well, which if it didn't, it was his duty to go with it.



1x Overlord Dreadnaught

Air Attack Flotilla (10)
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
15x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
15xZumwalt-class destroyer
20x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
8x Seawolf Class Attack Subs
40 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
10x CH-53 Sea Stallions
10 x HM1 Merlins
20 x SH-60 Seahawks
200x F-18 Super Hornets
100x F-35s
40x EA-18G Growler
10x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye,

Kraken Flotilla
2x Kraken Super Dreadnaught
4x Empire Class Battle Carrier
12x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
14xZumwalt-class destroyer
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
10x Sea Wolf Class attack subs
60 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
30x CH-53 Sea Stallions
30 x HM1 Merlins
30 x SH-60 Seahawks
400x F-18 Super Hornets
340x F-35 Lightning II
40x EA-18G Growler
40x V-22 Ospreys


Wolf Pack Flotilla(3)
20x Seawolf class attack submarine
5x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines

total: 763 ships

Hundreds of navy ships flying the Thon Flag along with some undeniably Allied naval vessels fying there flags, and a few merc ships hired by the Supreme Commander of the Thon appeared off the coast of Orleans.

8 Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and 4 merc modified supertankers loaded as much possible with AA guns,flack guns, missile defenses, chaff and smoke launchers of various colors, deployed in front of the feet off of Orleans to intercept any artillery missiles or coastal defenses thrown at the massive fleet

They were specifically built for this. Although incapable of defending themselves against other naval vessels or attacking other ships and ground targets they made up for it by the defensive screens and capabilities they could provide and by depending on other naval vessels for protection.

Behind them naval ships engaged in long range bombardment, firing their largest naval cannons and missiles of all manner of versions and sizes, guided by all of a manner of techniques, from orbital satellites, laser guides, data and sensors from both the ships who fired and launched them but also and more specifically from the small maneuverable special Recon and targeting boats swarming around the front line of the fleets' defenses around the Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and merc ships.

Orleans shores had to be softened and reduced in their defenses and made sure any mines were blown away before landing could begin.

UXO's from bombardment were thought to be less of a danger and necessary risks in comparison to any undetonated and destroyed mines that would present. That's why Thon army and marine vehicles were built with mine protection in mind.

OOC: has anyone seen the movie d-day with John Wayne? well remember the look the German officer with German Shepard had in bunker when he looked with his binos at the hundreds of ships suddenly off his shore? That's kinda like how this is, only a little further and farther from the shore however than in that movie.

IC:

two hours later:

Half of the Mokan Atlantic fleet, 10 Air attack Flotillas, one Krakan Flotilla, and 3 Wolf packs deployed to TAP with a ETA of two days. They were lead by the MNS Mokastana, an Overlord Class Super Dreadnought with Admiral Franshaw at the wheel. It was his duty to make sure the massive fleet returned home alive and well, which if it didn't, it was his duty to go with it.



1x Overlord Dreadnaught

Air Attack Flotilla (10)
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
15x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
15xZumwalt-class destroyer
20x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
8x Seawolf Class Attack Subs
40 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
10x CH-53 Sea Stallions
10 x HM1 Merlins
20 x SH-60 Seahawks
200x F-18 Super Hornets
100x F-35s
40x EA-18G Growler
10x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye,

Kraken Flotilla
2x Kraken Super Dreadnaught
4x Empire Class Battle Carrier
12x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
14xZumwalt-class destroyer
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
10x Sea Wolf Class attack subs
60 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
30x CH-53 Sea Stallions
30 x HM1 Merlins
30 x SH-60 Seahawks
400x F-18 Super Hornets
340x F-35 Lightning II
40x EA-18G Growler
40x V-22 Ospreys


Wolf Pack Flotilla(3)
20x Seawolf class attack submarine
5x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines

total: 763 ships

OOC: Wow

IC:
The combined fleet of The American Privateer sailed for the Mokan Fleet. They would assist them in this combat, and maybe, just maybe, be able to break through.

Sea
The Burlovian fleet continued heading south, and after reaching The Barrier Islands they long range bombarded them. The admiral was eager to test the new missiles, but they were expensive and the island chain didn´t have any targets worth bombing with so extreme weapons. They were only 100km from Lakota. Finally the pressure was too much for the admiral, and he ordered Brahmos missile strike of 200 missiles on the coastal AA positions while the refueled Sukhois took off to take intelligence photographs. The missiles would achieve speed of mach 8 during the flight, making them hit in only 30 seconds. Each carried a warhead of 300 kg of conventional explosives.

Fishing villages on the Barrier Islands where blasted apart as the people of the island watched in horror from their fishing boats. They couldn't go towards the continent due to the mine fields, and they couldn't head out to sea because of the blockade.

HELLADS and THAAD systems lanced out, striking at the missiles as Phalanx systems sent a hail of lead out at the missiles. 50 of the AA guns where destroyed in the resulting blasts.

In response, RGM-85 Harpoons and RIM-66 Standards fired off at the fleet. They where joined by Jericho I, UGM-27 Polaris Mark 1's, UGM-73 Poseidons, and AGM-48 Skybolts loaded with BLU-82 "Daisy Cutters" each one targeted at the enemy fleets. (OOC: Targeted at all fleets)

Diplomatic response to TAP

We are ready for peace talks, on other conditions than unconditional surrender. We were not going to invade your country in the first place, and we have no intention of doing so now. If other allied nations are not ready for peace talks, we may negotiate on Burlovia´s retreat from the conflict.

"Then sail your fleet away, and send a representative out to [Encrypted Co-Ordinates]. We have Leased the Liberty of the Seas from NOVA for use in Peace Talks. This will change should we convince the Valtican City or Lord Sumguy to host them there."

Electronic warfare ships, massive bulbous constructs began a broadcast, it was loud, and powerful, swamping out weaker signals in the civilian bands. All of Orleans and the surrounding area could pick up the signals loud and clear. It was so powerful it would push into other transmissions, and was designed to be impossible to ignore unless you had no radio or television.

"Attention citizenry. Your city has been targeted for attack by the Allied Nations. You will evacuate your city within 3 days, or else you will be within the firing range of our guns. In order to be properly compensated for your loss, take a large piece of white paper and put this on your inside window. Your name, a contact number, the names of all the occupants, and a list of valuables."

"Evacuation procedures follow...standby."

The voice began listing the obvious. Stockpiling 3 days of water, what to do if you cannot evacuate, how to prepare for the long journey.

Women and children fled into the center of the country by Passenger Train, heading for the Emergency Cities. In the stadiums and convention centers, bunks where set up for people to stay in. Food and water from the hydroponic farms where shipped in, and some makeshift hydroponic farms where set up inside, to clean and recycle the water.

About 50% of the men in the city went with them, mainly those too old or too young to carry guns. The rest had been drafted into the military, and had been handed 7.62mm or 5.56 mm Assault Rifles. Barricades where being thrown up all across the city, every few blocks or so. Krakatoa Mines where set up with motion sensors with IFF sensors set to not go off if someone wearing a TAP'ian, Longinean, or NOVA Uniform went by. They where joined by similarly equipped Claymores. EMP mines where placed all along the main roads. M67 and M40 Recoilless Rifles, TOW, Javelin, Spikes, SMAW's, and AT4's where handed out. M307 ACSW Grenade Launchers, M312 Machine Guns, 120mm Mortars, 60mm Mortars, etc where set up all around the city. M777 Howitzers, M1919 Battleship Guns, M110 Howitzers, Paladin Self Propelled Artillery, and various Anti-Shipping missiles where shipped into Orleans, and the city braced for the war.

OOC: Didn't know it was directed at me. What exactly are you doing in my waters though?

ooc: read up . . . .i've been in ur waters a while (though I'll admit I kinda liked the fact that you were not replying heheheheh)

The Colstream Surface fleet finally arrived close to where Dawoads fleet was. The Submarines however moved away from the main fleet ready to disrupt enemy convoys carrying supplies.

Heavily Encripted Message To American Privateer:

This fleet is here to support you and your allies. Where do you want the fleet to go? This fleet has enough fuel, ammunition and suppliesto stay for 3 days and then another fleet will take its place while the first one resupplies as our supply vessels are unable to make the journey due to a temporary fuel shortage.

two hours later:

Half of the Mokan Atlantic fleet, 10 Air attack Flotillas, one Krakan Flotilla, and 3 Wolf packs deployed to TAP with a ETA of two days. They were lead by the MNS Mokastana, an Overlord Class Super Dreadnought with Admiral Franshaw at the wheel. It was his duty to make sure the massive fleet returned home alive and well, which if it didn't, it was his duty to go with it.



1x Overlord Dreadnaught

Air Attack Flotilla (10)
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
15x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
15xZumwalt-class destroyer
20x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
8x Seawolf Class Attack Subs
40 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
10x CH-53 Sea Stallions
10 x HM1 Merlins
20 x SH-60 Seahawks
200x F-18 Super Hornets
100x F-35s
40x EA-18G Growler
10x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye,

Kraken Flotilla
2x Kraken Super Dreadnaught
4x Empire Class Battle Carrier
12x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
14xZumwalt-class destroyer
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
10x Sea Wolf Class attack subs
60 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
30x CH-53 Sea Stallions
30 x HM1 Merlins
30 x SH-60 Seahawks
400x F-18 Super Hornets
340x F-35 Lightning II
40x EA-18G Growler
40x V-22 Ospreys


Wolf Pack Flotilla(3)
20x Seawolf class attack submarine
5x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines

total: 763 ships

Fleet CENTCOM, Highly Encrypted Message

Moka Forces arriving, two fleets detected via satellite imagery have been designated and categorized. We expect arrival in 2-3 days, in the meantime we've prepared countermeasures and we'll be ready.

The Leocardian and Leafanistani Fleets are the ones best within range to take on the incoming Moka Fleet. Recommend both fleets make headway toward intercepting.

Saharistani Colonial Authority Air Force has volunteered a bombing strike by land based Tu-22Ms loaded with Kh-22RTM missiles. They'll be the first responders.

A long range interception fleet from mainland Leafanistan say they can make a strike with a small group of Tu-170N bombers they use for maritime patrol. They have Kh-15ARTM antishipping missiles loaded with fuel air warheads. They will be within range to fire when your carrier based aircraft will be ready for a strike.

Charlie Fleet
1x Unknown Dreadnought
1x Superdreadnought
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
15-20x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
15-20x Zumwalt-class destroyer
15-20x Addtional Destroyers

Oscar Fleet

2x Superdreadnoughts
4x Unknown very large Carriers
12-15x Arleigh Burke class destroyers
10-14x Zumwalt-class destroyers
15-20x Additional Destroyer

[END]

Saharistani Air Force Base

A massive wing of Tu-22M with an Su-87 escorts took off from Saharistan, each one loaded with Red Tidean upgraded Kh-22RTM long range antishipping missiles. These supersonic missiles were programmed to operate in low-altitude mode, cruising just above sea level at Mach 1.2 before speeding to a Mach 4 dash to destroy its target.

The high speed and range of the missiles meant the Tu-22Ms could turn back and return to base without fear of retribution. They could fire their weapons at 200 kilometers and return. The high speed of the Mach 4 missiles also meant the enemy fleet had only 25-30 seconds to react compared to subsonic antishipping missiles which allowed for anywhere from 180 to 250 seconds to react.

The missiles were half and half high explosive toroidal shaped charges designed to cut through superdreadnought armor and combination shaped charge and white phosphorous warheads. The former held a powerful 1,000 kilogram shaped charge warhead that used conventional high explosive. The latter was designed to cut through a ship's armor then send a 400 kilogram white phosphorous warhead into the bowels of the ship, where it would start a raging fire and produce thick toxic smoke. The tall clouds of smoke would also help artillery gunners on incoming ships.

36 Tu-22M
-3 Kh-22RTM Supersonic Antishipping missiles each
48 Su-87 escorts

108 Kh-22M missiles were fired at the Mokastanan fleets, targeted at the aircraft carriers that made up their bulk.

Meanwhile, in a snowy base on the bleeding edge of the Leafanistani Mainland, a group of 12 Tu-170N long range maritime patrol craft took off. They were to keep enemy fleets used to operating in these iceberg infested waters far away, with nuclear weapons if need be. But this time they were called to their very limit, taking advantage of their over 17,000 km range. In their rotary launchers they each held 12 Kh-15ARTM missiles.

These stand off weapons had a range of 300km at high altitude. They were released at the edge of their range and stayed at 40,000 m cruising supersonically. Once they got close, they would spread out and descend rapidly at over Mach 5 to their targets. Their fuel air warheads would wreak havoc with an enemy fleet, and there were 144 of these missiles.

Space

Two cruisers moved out of their docks and were loaded with atmospheric penetration kinetic kill vehicles. These slim warheads were designed for precision strikes in urban environments with a CEP of 2-7m. They would begin a bombardment of military installations that protected the beaches near Orleans.

Meanwhile the Leafanistani military had been lifting boosters and their related components into space. Massive boosters that were stacked upon piles of other boosters. More Air Force Special Forces were being moved starside and began training in Zero-G combat and battle at the edge of the atmosphere.

The Thon Armarda with some allied ships suddenly appeared off the Barbary Islands along with thousands of aircraft in the sky and proceeded to attack relentlessly the remaining islands defenses if there was any little left anyway. Burlovia had done tremendously well in reducing the defenses earlier as part of the rouse and plan.

The Thon fleet used TAP's volcanoes' ash, mountains, Leafanistan's previous attacks around York, its and other allied EMP successes against the TAP, softening of coastal defenses targets, surveillance, lookout points, and local weather to further shield and conceal them while they whipped around the north of the TAP in the night to take the Barbary Islands and TAP by surprise.

The vast naval Armada bombarded the Barbary Islands yet again, allied vessels unleashing missiles from their various missile boats and corvettes, which were to be resupplied with new ammo form the local supply ships once they were all spent. Thousands of Panvia tornado aircraft unleashing air to ground ordnance, some guided and whole lethal missiles as well, but many being indefensible and uninterceptible small munitions and unguided rocketed and munitions that could not be interfered, jammed, nor electronically taken out or even phalanx minigun anti missile mininguns remotely affectively put forth a defense to them.

an example of Thon Tornado ordance
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/thumb-4851-1205891565-tornadoids_mw.jpg

One of many Thon Tornadoes, bombing TAP Barbary Islands' Defenses
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/jp233-2.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/luftwaffe.jpg

Thon Tornado showing munitions equipped and its deployment in TAP theater, still with German markings on it from purchase from Germany (Thon markings are on it as well on other side)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/twbomb_02_09.jpg

36 Thon B-106 Thunderdragons flying at their maximum elevation, dumped and deployed millions of pounds of ordnance onto TAPian military targets as well. 10 B-106 Thunderdragons of which each carried 3 MOAB's to a total of 30 MOABS (similar to daisy cutter bombs used in Vietnam only way better) were dropped as well.

In already cleared, bombed, neutralized, designated islands, Thon Marines began seizing islands, multiple ones at a time, first deploying remote UAVs to scout and then to assist and compliment forces in the invasion.

Thon UAV in one of Barbary Islands urban areas
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Thon Marines deploying and going in between islands.
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Thon's secret Marine project codenamed "Nautilus" were some of the first to deploy

** six (to be named when used / secret) unkown class Thon Marine landing vessels

6 "Nautilus" class massive submarine landing and deployment craft emerged from the ocean and began deploying troops, military war machines, weaponry and equipment, invading the Barbary Islands.

4 Nautilus submarine invasion craft invading TAP Barbary Islands
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Along with the naval landings and air attacks, 2 Commonwealth airborne divisions were dropping overhead, along with navy seals being deployed from small theater, mini submarines from the 8 Thon submarine tenders that deployed them prior to the larger vessels that were dedicated to the invasion.

Orleans was all a rouse! All but 8 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and the merc ships suddenly lowered Thon flags and raised the flags of Leafanistan, the Northern Baltic, Burlovia; the allied nations.

Orleans was nothing but a decoy, the Thon armada with allied ships that joined on the way were not off Orleans or going to take it!
They were attacking and quite easily taking and seizing the Barbary Islands in front of the Tortuga sea! It was the Allied decoy, rouse, and plan all along!

After lowering Thon flags and raising the true respective flags of the great nations the ships actually belonged too, the fleet off of Orleans continued to bombard coastal defenses while it then hurried north along TAP's western coast to the Barbary Islands!

And top of that the TAPian navy was being engaged by thousands of aircraft in the Tortuga sea! How did this happen!

All 19 of the Thon aircraft carriers and 2 of the merc aircraft carriers carried hundreds of stealth UAV strike craft each. Because the stealth UAV fighters and bombers were more sleek and smaller than normal manned aircraft and without the need for pilots, life support systems, ejection systems and such; the aircraft carriers could and did carry more of them than the usual aircraft compliment the aircraft carriers usually held. In total, a 1800 UAV air armada with 200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft in the armada stealthily made it over the Quivira mountains, deploying EMP bombs on their way and bombing any military airfields that were in the Quiviria mountains (if there are any) and suddenly engaged the TAPian navy, minutes after the Thon invasion of the Barbary Islands started. They targeted TAPian aircraft carriers above all else.

The lead UAVs were fitted with forward mounted cannons, machine guns and rockets made to destroy any first incoming missiles and and take out aircraft carrier mostly as well as other ship air and missile defenses while going at top speed towards them.

Due to Thon and allied targeting data, satellite coverage, Intel and feed; targets, profiles, attack runs, tactics, flight patterns, GPS, coordinates, and vectors were input to each UAV with sophisticated technology, to engage, destroy, and in case of being shot down-kamikaze into their targets or nearest targets.

The UAV fighters and bombers were each equipped with a self destruct to assist in any event they were downed to prevent recovery, capture, data, Intel, programming, and analysis of itself, as well to set off any munitions it had not already spent.

Thon stealth UAV strike craft destroying a TAPian military installation or defense in Quivira mountains en route to targets in Tortuga sea.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/UAV041.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/ucav-lockheed_001.jpg

Thon UAV bomber with human piloted UAV command, correction and assiter fighter craft alongside.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/uav.gif

Thon UAV fighters engaging TAPian aircraft and air defenses, in protecting other Thon bombers in Tortuga sea.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/UAV05.jpg

One such version of a Thon UAV
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/x-36-EC97-44064-11.jpg

The panvia tornadoes that were engaging the Barbary Island, once they spent their munitions and finished their attack returned to land on the aircraft carriers that were now empty cause they deployed the UAV strike craft, most of which would probably not return.

OOC: Yes they are carrier capable. You didn't really think I was gonna take Orleans airport or have them on a kamikaze run did ya? If they all survive that totals to 60 tornadoes per aircraft carrier which is more than realistic seeing that carriers can carry up to 100 TAC airwing.
This concludes what roleplaying of other countries navies I'll be doing as we allies have agreed upon to maintain the rouse. You know the whole Thon flag trick him into thinking it's my navy down there tat Orleans thing. (yes TAP we are quite coordinated hehe)


OOC: P.S. this is all taking place in the dark of night, presumably with cloud cover

OOC: are your combined fleets circling the entire Island?"
3rd and 4th Fleets at sea
10 SSNs attached to third fleet detached and joined the colstream subs while the rest of the ADSN ships joined up with the Colstream Navy. A message was then sent to TAP. "Allied fleet arriving in theater suggest join with Mokan and TAP'ian ships to attempt a breakthrough."

First Fleet within Tortuga bay
"Sir, the Remora's that Eighth fleet dropped have picked up a large fleet sir. We believe it may belong to the Thon sir."
"hmmmm." Replied Hawk. "now thats interesting. Ok here's what were going to do. "

Eighth Fleet Near Northern Baltic Shorelines
With the Nova ships causing confusion along the shoreline eighth fleet once again ceased to move. Now within range of The Northern Baltic. Emcon and Camouflage came up once again making Eighth fleet extremely difficult to see on both sensors and visually.

Open public broadcast message to TAP Barbary Islands:

The people and citizens of the Barbary Islands: The Thon and allied forces are allowing the free use, paid and assisted evacuation of those that would like to leave from the Barbary Islands at the largest and main airport in the Barbary Islands via commercial planes to the TAP interior. Islands leaders or mayors please report to your respective Island's Thon or allied military public affairs officer in this and any other concerns.

Open public broadcast message to TAP:
We will allow and encourage peaceful nonmilitary commercial airline evacuation of any of your people in the Barbary Islands to your mainland. We do not require for every plane of your people we send you to be returned with a plane of our people that your are holding, rounding in concentration camps and have imprisoned, but we highly desire, encourage and would appreciate it.
The reason this being is we do not hold innocent nonmilitary and civilian people prisoner or as hostages. If there is no exchange then we will still allow any of your people who desire to leave these islands to do so, but be advised, such exchanges would do well into ending this conflict and eliminating sufficient reason for future hostilities with the Thon Commonwealth. We however do not speak for our allies in this regard.


Across the Commonwealth mass media and public demonstrations against the TAP occurred which all resulted to the similar theme and chant in their movements: "LET MY PEOPLE GO!", the national movement oddly enough being lead by a newly arisen and growing figure of some old man with a large beard and walking staff, who just wanted his son and daughter in law back from their honeymoon there in TAP.

As the Dawoad fleet joined up with the Colstream Navy 4th Fleet, the lead Cruiser CSCR Jackhammer began to signal the rest of the 4th Fleet to keep with the Dawoad Fleet. The 5 Carriers, CSC Highlander, CSC Killjoy, CSC Ark Royal, CSC Krisnor and CSC Vulcan began to buzz with activity. Within minutes they brought their F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters onto the flight deck and started to ready them for takeoff at a moments notice. At the same time, CSC Highlander and CSC Ark Royal launched several Mirage IV Strategic Recon Aircraft to search for any threats near the task force.

First Fleet within the Tortuga Sea
While the Thon UAVs were attacking only TAP'ian Targets. First fleet retaliated. Every one of its aircraft were launched towards the thon fleet, the Hawk 1s and 2s carried 10 air-sea missiles and two pheonix5 air-air missiles while the Hawk 3s carried 10-Air-air missiles as well as 2 HARMs. Ever one of the missile boats launched sea-sea Tomahawks towards the Thon fleet as well, timed to arrive at the same time that the Hawks did. At the same time four main coil guns on each of the swords went to rapid fire attacking the thon anti air/ anti missile ships.

As the Dawoad fleet joined up with the Colstream Navy 4th Fleet, the lead Cruiser CSCR Jackhammer began to signal the rest of the 4th Fleet to keep with the Dawoad Fleet. The 5 Carriers, CSC Highlander, CSC Killjoy, CSC Ark Royal, CSC Krisnor and CSC Vulcan began to buzz with activity. Within minutes they brought their F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters onto the flight deck and started to ready them for takeoff at a moments notice. At the same time, CSC Highlander and CSC Ark Royal launched several Mirage IV Strategic Recon Aircraft to search for any threats near the task force.

3 Eagle AWAKs launched each guarded by 10 Hawk hypersonic interceptors were launched from second and third fleet.

The Colstream Surface fleet finally arrived close to where Dawoads fleet was. The Submarines however moved away from the main fleet ready to disrupt enemy convoys carrying supplies.

Heavily Encripted Message To American Privateer:

This fleet is here to support you and your allies. Where do you want the fleet to go? This fleet has enough fuel, ammunition and suppliesto stay for 3 days and then another fleet will take its place while the first one resupplies as our supply vessels are unable to make the journey due to a temporary fuel shortage.

Admiral Joseph Cain aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Nimitz Class Carrier

Meet up with the Mokan Fleet and our own at [Encrypted Location]. We will make a combined run past the Blockade and into the Tortuga Sea.

Fleet CENTCOM, Highly Encrypted Message

Moka Forces arriving, two fleets detected via satellite imagery have been designated and categorized. We expect arrival in 2-3 days, in the meantime we've prepared countermeasures and we'll be ready.

The Leocardian and Leafanistani Fleets are the ones best within range to take on the incoming Moka Fleet. Recommend both fleets make headway toward intercepting.

Saharistani Colonial Authority Air Force has volunteered a bombing strike by land based Tu-22Ms loaded with Kh-22RTM missiles. They'll be the first responders.

A long range interception fleet from mainland Leafanistan say they can make a strike with a small group of Tu-170N bombers they use for maritime patrol. They have Kh-15ARTM antishipping missiles loaded with fuel air warheads. They will be within range to fire when your carrier based aircraft will be ready for a strike.

Charlie Fleet
1x Unknown Dreadnought
1x Superdreadnought
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
15-20x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
15-20x Zumwalt-class destroyer
15-20x Addtional Destroyers

Oscar Fleet

2x Superdreadnoughts
4x Unknown very large Carriers
12-15x Arleigh Burke class destroyers
10-14x Zumwalt-class destroyers
15-20x Additional Destroyer

[END]

Saharistani Air Force Base

A massive wing of Tu-22M with an Su-87 escorts took off from Saharistan, each one loaded with Red Tidean upgraded Kh-22RTM long range antishipping missiles. These supersonic missiles were programmed to operate in low-altitude mode, cruising just above sea level at Mach 1.2 before speeding to a Mach 4 dash to destroy its target.

The high speed and range of the missiles meant the Tu-22Ms could turn back and return to base without fear of retribution. They could fire their weapons at 200 kilometers and return. The high speed of the Mach 4 missiles also meant the enemy fleet had only 25-30 seconds to react compared to subsonic antishipping missiles which allowed for anywhere from 180 to 250 seconds to react.

The missiles were half and half high explosive toroidal shaped charges designed to cut through superdreadnought armor and combination shaped charge and white phosphorous warheads. The former held a powerful 1,000 kilogram shaped charge warhead that used conventional high explosive. The latter was designed to cut through a ship's armor then send a 400 kilogram white phosphorous warhead into the bowels of the ship, where it would start a raging fire and produce thick toxic smoke. The tall clouds of smoke would also help artillery gunners on incoming ships.

36 Tu-22M
-3 Kh-22RTM Supersonic Antishipping missiles each
48 Su-87 escorts

108 Kh-22M missiles were fired at the Mokastanan fleets, targeted at the aircraft carriers that made up their bulk.

Meanwhile, in a snowy base on the bleeding edge of the Leafanistani Mainland, a group of 12 Tu-170N long range maritime patrol craft took off. They were to keep enemy fleets used to operating in these iceberg infested waters far away, with nuclear weapons if need be. But this time they were called to their very limit, taking advantage of their over 17,000 km range. In their rotary launchers they each held 12 Kh-15ARTM missiles.

These stand off weapons had a range of 300km at high altitude. They were released at the edge of their range and stayed at 40,000 m cruising supersonically. Once they got close, they would spread out and descend rapidly at over Mach 5 to their targets. Their fuel air warheads would wreak havoc with an enemy fleet, and there were 144 of these missiles.

"Looks like they are taking a page out of our book. Those have got to be FAE warheads, no way they are going to escalate this to nuclear. No, they want us to do that first, gorram commie bastards. Launch a second wave of fighters to take the place of our Alert Fighters, and have our SH-60's load up their Penguins. I want them to be able to take any naval forces on while they are out dropping their Sono-USV's"

The TAP'ian Fleet was moving in at an angle from the squadron. Their Alert Fighters, mainly F-35C VTOL Variants and F-14 Tomcats, rushed out as they received word from the Mokastanans about the incoming air craft.

As they reached the extreme range of their AIM-54 Phoenix Missiles, they launched, each Tomcat carried a normal combat load to enable them to reach the enemy air craft sooner and deal the most damage.

Space

Two cruisers moved out of their docks and were loaded with atmospheric penetration kinetic kill vehicles. These slim warheads were designed for precision strikes in urban environments with a CEP of 2-7m. They would begin a bombardment of military installations that protected the beaches near Orleans.

Meanwhile the Leafanistani military had been lifting boosters and their related components into space. Massive boosters that were stacked upon piles of other boosters. More Air Force Special Forces were being moved starside and began training in Zero-G combat and battle at the edge of the atmosphere.

The only thing that the defenders in Orleans had going for them was the spread out nature and the fact that the vast majority of men and women defending the city where inside buildings. Howitzers where hidden by EM scramblers and camouflage netting, while Mortars where hidden inside fake hills.

The Thon Armarda with some allied ships suddenly appeared off the Barbary Islands along with thousands of aircraft in the sky and proceeded to attack relentlessly the remaining islands defenses if there was any little left anyway. Burlovia had done tremendously well in reducing the defenses earlier as part of the rouse and plan.

The Thon fleet used TAP's volcanoes' ash, mountains, Leafanistan's previous attacks around York, its and other allied EMP successes against the TAP, softening of coastal defenses targets, surveillance, lookout points, and local weather to further shield and conceal them while they whipped around the north of the TAP in the night to take the Barbary Islands and TAP by surprise.

OOC: The Pillar is located in Quivira, so nice try with the stealth.

IC:
Sea Sentinel Line

Ensign James Ward of SS 367 was on duty in the command center that night, and watched as the fleet rounded the point.

"Gorram mother frakin traitors. Phone the Pillar, get clearance to fire on those vessels, and deploy the USV's."

Picking up his own phone, he contacted the other commanders of the other Sea Sentinels. "Sir, this is Ensign James Ward of Sierra Sierra Three Six Seven. I have a group of ships that match Thon IFF codes sent to us from before they turned traitor. Permission to engage?"

"Granted Ensign. All Sierra Sierras, deploy USV's and launch UAV's to track targets."

Artillery and Anti-Shipping Missiles fired off at the fleet. They blasted at the fleet as the USV's deployed and followed, moving into range to fire off their Mk. 48's.

The vast naval Armada bombarded the Barbary Islands yet again, allied vessels unleashing missiles from their various missile boats and corvettes, which were to be resupplied with new ammo form the local supply ships once they were all spent. Thousands of Panvia tornado aircraft unleashing air to ground ordnance, some guided and whole lethal missiles as well, but many being indefensible and uninterceptible small munitions and unguided rocketed and munitions that could not be interfered, jammed, nor electronically taken out or even phalanx minigun anti missile mininguns remotely affectively put forth a defense to them.

36 Thon B-106 Thunderdragons flying at their maximum elevation, dumped and deployed millions of pounds of ordnance onto TAPian military targets as well. 10 B-106 Thunderdragons of which each carried 3 MOAB's to a total of 30 MOABS (similar to daisy cutter bombs used in Vietnam only way better) were dropped as well.

In already cleared, bombed, neutralized, designated islands, Thon Marines began seizing islands, multiple ones at a time, first deploying remote UAVs to scout and then to assist and compliment forces in the invasion.

The aircraft where fired upon as they tried to fly over the islands by continent based Air Defence Missiles. The small and sparse islands where blasted apart in a wasted display of ordinance, as several Light Houses and Kayaking Cabins where blasted apart. Unlike those who made a home and living on the Barrier Islands, the people on the Barbary Islands had homes on the continent and where there now.

Thon's secret Marine project codenamed "Nautilus" were some of the first to deploy

6 "Nautilus" class massive submarine landing and deployment craft emerged from the ocean and began deploying troops, military war machines, weaponry and equipment, invading the Barbary Islands.

Along with the naval landings and air attacks, 2 Commonwealth airborne divisions were dropping overhead, along with navy seals being deployed from small theater, mini submarines from the 8 Thon submarine tenders that deployed them prior to the larger vessels that were dedicated to the invasion.

Most of those jumping onto the Barbary Islands splashed into the water. The few defensive posts where mainly sensor bases, and had been sutomated long ago. All that was found was a bunch of now useless sensor posts, as all control of them had been routed through the pillar.

Orleans was all a rouse! All but 8 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and the merc ships suddenly lowered Thon flags and raised the flags of Leafanistan, the Northern Baltic, Burlovia; the allied nations.

Orleans was nothing but a decoy, the Thon armada with allied ships that joined on the way were not off Orleans or going to take it!
They were attacking and quite easily taking and seizing the Barbary Islands in front of the Tortuga sea! It was the Allied decoy, rouse, and plan all along!

After lowering Thon flags and raising the true respective flags of the great nations the ships actually belonged too, the fleet off of Orleans continued to bombard coastal defenses while it then hurried north along TAP's western coast to the Barbary Islands!

And top of that the TAPian navy was being engaged by thousands of aircraft in the Tortuga sea! How did this happen!

All 19 of the Thon aircraft carriers and 2 of the merc aircraft carriers carried hundreds of stealth UAV strike craft each. Because the stealth UAV fighters and bombers were more sleek and smaller than normal manned aircraft and without the need for pilots, life support systems, ejection systems and such; the aircraft carriers could and did carry more of them than the usual aircraft compliment the aircraft carriers usually held. In total, a 1800 UAV air armada with 200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft in the armada stealthily made it over the Quivira mountains, deploying EMP bombs on their way and bombing any military airfields that were in the Quiviria mountains (if there are any) and suddenly engaged the TAPian navy, minutes after the Thon invasion of the Barbary Islands started. They targeted TAPian aircraft carriers above all else.

The lead UAVs were fitted with forward mounted cannons, machine guns and rockets made to destroy any first incoming missiles and and take out aircraft carrier mostly as well as other ship air and missile defenses while going at top speed towards them.

Due to Thon and allied targeting data, satellite coverage, Intel and feed; targets, profiles, attack runs, tactics, flight patterns, GPS, coordinates, and vectors were input to each UAV with sophisticated technology, to engage, destroy, and in case of being shot down-kamikaze into their targets or nearest targets.

The UAV fighters and bombers were each equipped with a self destruct to assist in any event they were downed to prevent recovery, capture, data, Intel, programming, and analysis of itself, as well to set off any munitions it had not already spent.

Thon stealth UAV strike craft destroying a TAPian military installation or defense in Quivira mountains en route to targets in Tortuga sea.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/UAV041.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/ucav-lockheed_001.jpg

Thon UAV bomber with human piloted UAV command, correction and assiter fighter craft alongside.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/uav.gif

Thon UAV fighters engaging TAPian aircraft and air defenses, in protecting other Thon bombers in Tortuga sea.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/UAV05.jpg

One such version of a Thon UAV
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/x-36-EC97-44064-11.jpg

The panvia tornadoes that were engaging the Barbary Island, once they spent their munitions and finished their attack returned to land on the aircraft carriers that were now empty cause they deployed the UAV strike craft, most of which would probably not return.

OOC: Yes they are carrier capable. You didn't really think I was gonna take Orleans airport or have them on a kamikaze run did ya? If they all survive that totals to 60 tornadoes per aircraft carrier which is more than realistic seeing that carriers can carry up to 100 TAC airwing.
This concludes what roleplaying of other countries navies I'll be doing as we allies have agreed upon to maintain the rouse. You know the whole Thon flag trick him into thinking it's my navy down there tat Orleans thing. (yes TAP we are quite coordinated hehe)


OOC: P.S. this is all taking place in the dark of night, presumably with cloud cover

OOC: Ignored. My entire fleet is far from the Tortuga Sea right now. Go back, read, and edit it appropriatley. Also, try writing like you would a battle report butterbars.

Open public broadcast message to TAP Barbary Islands:

The people and citizens of the Barbary Islands: The Thon and allied forces are allowing the free use, paid and assisted evacuation of those that would like to leave from the Barbary Islands at the largest and main airport in the Barbary Islands via commercial planes to the TAP interior. Islands leaders or mayors please report to your respective Island's Thon or allied military public affairs officer in this and any other concerns.

The sounds of silence filled the airwaves in response, as the few permanent residents on the Islands where now dead.

Open public broadcast message to TAP:
We will allow and encourage peaceful nonmilitary commercial airline evacuation of any of your people in the Barbary Islands to your mainland. We do not require for every plane of your people we send you to be returned with a plane of our people that your are holding, rounding in concentration camps and have imprisoned, but we highly desire, encourage and would appreciate it.
The reason this being is we do not hold innocent nonmilitary and civilian people prisoner or as hostages. If there is no exchange then we will still allow any of your people who desire to leave these islands to do so, but be advised, such exchanges would do well into ending this conflict and eliminating sufficient reason for future hostilities with the Thon Commonwealth. We however do not speak for our allies in this regard.

Official Response

All personnel held by The American Privateer shall be detained until we can verify they are not potential threats to our nation. Tribunals are being set up as we speak. Be glad your treason only affects the life of the man you so foolishley sent to the Roosevelt. He shall be confined in the Brig aboard until his sentence can be carried out.

21:44 Local Time

The Colstream 4th Fleet changed course and began to move towards the Mokan and TAP Fleets. The recon flights had found nothing and had returned back to their respective carriers.

One lone Nuclear Submarine had now slipped into the Tortuga Sea and was moving at 2500 metres under the surface. It was moving slow enough so to not be picked up by any sonar. "Stand by to surface. Engine stop. Open missile bay doors and begin firing countdown!" cried the captain, Brian Madely. Set Target Thon held Barbary Islands into the target computer. Prep 2 Tomahawk Missiles for firing!! As the sub surfaced, 2 of the 4 missile launcher doors opened. The missile warheads began to rise out of the sub until part of the booster was showing. Captain Brian Madely watched as the countdown reached 10 seconds. A petty officer began to count down the final 10 seconds. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1, Fire!! The Tomahawks left the sub and began to climb into the night sky and towards the Barbary Islands where the Thon Fleet had landed some units.

Off the Coast of Orleans
A single UDSV, or Unmanned Deep Submergence Vehicle, moved along the island chain. In it's hold was a single W88 Nuclear Warhead. It moved slowly, quietly along the fault line that extended south of the islands and towards the fleet, mere feet above the ground. It's caterpillar drive, which sounded like a geophysical event, was masked by the rumblings of the fault line.

As it reached the fleet, it stopped, and detonated. The 475 kiloton warhead detonated. The water was lifted up in a dome, 150 feet tall and a quarter mile wide.

Official Response
To All Invaders

This is John Nova, leader of the NOVA Corporation. We have detonated the weapon under your fleet as a warning. We are willing to detonate more such weapons. Remove yourself from these waters, sail home, and never bother The American Privateer again. Our Government is my organization's concern.

Off the Coast of Orleans
A single UDSV, or Unmanned Deep Submergence Vehicle, moved along the island chain. In it's hold was a single W88 Nuclear Warhead. It moved slowly, quietly along the fault line that extended south of the islands and towards the fleet, mere feet above the ground. It's caterpillar drive, which sounded like a geophysical event, was masked by the rumblings of the fault line.

As it reached the fleet, it stopped, and detonated. The 475 kiloton warhead detonated. The water was lifted up in a dome, 150 feet tall and a quarter mile wide.

The Pillar
Jack Ray cursed his head off. Grabbing the Red Phone, he called the President. "Madam President, we have a NUCFLASH, I repeat, we have NUCFLASH."

"Admiral, please tell me you are joking about this."

"Not at all ma'am, though I wish I was. It would seem that a nuclear weapon has detonated on the ocean floor near the Steerage Keys. I can assure you that I did not authorize it."

"Okay, hold on, I am going to contact the Leader of Leafanistan, and inform them of this. Are we looking at a Broken Arrow or an Empty Quiver?"

"Ma'am, I think it is an Empty Quiver. Though NOVA has the capabilities to preform such an attack."

Official Response
To All Invaders

This is John Nova, leader of the NOVA Corporation. We have detonated the weapon under your fleet as a warning. We are willing to detonate more such weapons. Remove yourself from these waters, sail home, and never bother The American Privateer again. Our Government is my organization's concern.

PS Roosevelt
"Well that answers THAT question," Chester remarked as NOVA made their announcement. "Now the question is, how many other Aces do they have up their sleeve."

"Even one is too many. Especially in this situation."

Rebeca grabbed her phone, and dialed the Leafanistan Head of State.

"This is Rebeca St. James, we have an Emergency Situation. I need to speak with your leader. We have a PINNACLE-ROUGE SPEAR NUCFLASH."

Her Secretary of State did the same for The Northern Baltic, and her Vice-President called up Leocardia. They all stated the same message. PINNACLE-ROUGE SPEAR NUCFLASH.

OOC: do you have information on your SU-87s and the Tu-170s???

I need max speed, range, max take off weight, to properly RP the battle against them.

IC:

Massive Mokan Fleet

"Admiral Franshaw, Intel just sent us pictures of air bases in Leafanistan. Looks like they are coming for us sir."

"You want to play the "we weren't involved in this war and they shot us for no reason" card?"

The officers on the bridge laughed at that, but it was better not to sink as low as your enemies.

"Really though, we are not here to dick around,keep the air defenses up, Get me 10% of each flotilla's air mass into the air. Meet the enemy planes head on."

With that order across the vast fleet, spread out on the ocean, a mixture of 375 F-18s, F-35s, EA-18G Growlers, and 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes took of to ensure the protection of the fleet.

Hours later...

"sir, Hawkeyes show enemy planes inbound."

"Send the F-18s to engage, I want to make sure those bastard fail horribly. Any chance the Firestorm missiles can intercept?"

"Only one way to find out sir."

As the planes enemy planes raced in they would launch well out of the range of the fleets defense systems, of course that didn't mean fighters. Even so, the Tu-22s max speed was faster then the F-18 or the F-35, but they were coming from the other direction, and had to turn around a high speed, then max out to run away.

Radar showed a total of 84 planes inbound. They would end up firing at 200km out. Yet the Krakens and Empire class Warships had a nice little device called the firestorm (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11366504&postcount=3388) missile launcher, with a range of about 500km the enemy planes would be targeted and fired at well before they got in range. 300 Firestorm anti-air missiles were fired to engage the enemy way before they engaged the fleets.
Once those missile hit 100 F-18s would each fire two AIM-120C-5 at 100 Kilometers out. Assuming anything survived that they would recalcute defenses to deal with the inbound missiles, but judging from the 200km launch distance, they would have about seven minutes to deal with it.

From another direction enemy planes would be flying in armed with Kh-15ARTM missiles. Once again, at the range they were launching from, Firestroms were turned (since I doubt this is a simultaneous attack.) to engage the enemy planes, seeing as it was only 12 a mere 36 were launched. Also sent in to engage was 30 F-18s and 20 F-35s, however it was not known weather or not they would engage them in time to have any effect. Any missiles that got though would have to fight the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles defending the fleet, with a range of over 50km it would be quick work against the enemy missiles.


"This is Admiral Franshaw Come in Admiral Jesus Consuelo. Over."

"Admiral Consuelo, reporting sir."

"Are you still in Mid sea with those Longswords (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=551930)?" (OOC: purchased post 315)

"Yes sir, it took forever to get over, since Canarias couldnt go on the tour he wanted. I take it you want us to join with your massive fleet."

"Send two, and send the other two home."

"aye aye sir"

all OOC:



OOC: oh how convenient you tell us this now.

YOUR FRAKIN FACTBOOK SAYS THIS YOU GORAM LIAR!
stop changing things and screwing up the RP because your losing!



You said just right there, Shiloh mountains-not Quiviria.

Go back to the beginnings of this thread, it states from the beginning that it was under Quivira. I am going to keep the Mountains there named Shiloh, but because I called that state Quivira in the thread, it is thus called Quivira canonically.

You can't roleplay me ever giving you my IFF transponders unless I said so that being said even if I have such things. And even if I did which I didn't I would obviously change them especially in the massive undertaking of this case. DUh! plus I whipped around the north out of visual range even by binos, and there was cloud cover from all that weather you've been roleplaying to your advantage that concealed visuals and such, to include the fog of the night. so I say to you..."nice try"

All vessels have a Transponder signal. Upon nearing the coast, it is logged and stored. This is standard operating procedure at all ports in the world. Naval Vessels have a unique type, designated IFF, but it otherwise operates the same.

I bring up my quote here which I wrote:






You can't roleplay my forces who specifically targeted military targets not civilian to blow up several Light Houses and Kayaking Cabins because I didn't do that.

and



and again how convenient.



they are no longer off the coast of Orleans so your nuke detonated against nothing. I quote:


key word: hurried

They were bombarding as they were moving, from the moment they started, the Thon attack to the north took place and via communications the allied fleet off of Orleans moved outta there., there wasn't enough time for anything like that to deploy in time especially at the slow stealth pace you described.

The Barbary Islands are just Lighthouses, Cabins and a few listening posts. You said that you where bombarding the islands. Therefore, I am able to RP the damage that you deal. It's how it works. Also, Artillery bombardment is inaccurate, and as those Islands are so small, you are going to hit Lighthouses and Cabins.

No, only YOU left. The others have not RP'ed their movement. Thus, they are still viable targets.

again how convenient.

I do read, it's you who apparently doesn't, not even your own materials you created in your own factbook nevertheless, or your just lied.
I don't lie however, ever heard of the army values? Integrity is one of them, and anyone can use it even outside the army.

and don't you dare say anything about me being OOC in IC thread after what your pulling.

You ignore this and I'm warning ya, although I can't and won't speak for the others here, I'd imagine they would start to ignore some of your posts also.

If you want me to RP your Invasion, then do so with clarity. I thought they taught you how to write up an After Action report in training, but your post writing shows otherwise.

"Looks like they are taking a page out of our book. Those have got to be FAE warheads, no way they are going to escalate this to nuclear. No, they want us to do that first, gorram commie bastards. Launch a second wave of fighters to take the place of our Alert Fighters, and have our SH-60's load up their Penguins. I want them to be able to take any naval forces on while they are out dropping their Sono-USV's"

The TAP'ian Fleet was moving in at an angle from the squadron. Their Alert Fighters, mainly F-35C VTOL Variants and F-14 Tomcats, rushed out as they received word from the Mokastanans about the incoming air craft.

As they reached the extreme range of their AIM-54 Phoenix Missiles, they launched, each Tomcat carried a normal combat load to enable them to reach the enemy air craft sooner and deal the most damage.

The long range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles never had much use, and the Tomcat was required to constantly update the missile on the location of the enemy bomber formation. The Su-87s activated their ECM packages along with the now outgoing bombers. Both the Tu-160 and Tu-22 were known for their unusual maneuverability and began their hasty retreat from hostile territory.

The heavy RADAR jamming randomly hopping frequencies, and not in sync clouded up the screens of the Tomcats. At this extreme range the Tu-22Ms could begin their high speed supersonic dash. The range combined with the manuevering of the bombers meant by the time the Phoenix began its terminal phase, it was well out of range. The Su-87s used their Vympel R-77 missiles to engage the massive Phoenix missiles shooting many down. The massive Firestorm missiles were also easy to engage at this range. Only a few missiles made it through the heavy picket and their detonations riddled the bombers with shrapnel, wounding several crew.

The long range aircraft moved out of range and left the danger zone with only minor damage.

The Tu-170Ns were protected by a similar electronic countermeasures package but they had no escorts. Their losses were heavier, with 2 bombers falling out of the sky with a loss of all crew. The base that had volunteered their bombers cursed the loss. They had overstretched themselves in not demanding newer escorts capable of reaching the range of the Tu-170Ns. Now they paid the price.

The only thing that the defenders in Orleans had going for them was the spread out nature and the fact that the vast majority of men and women defending the city where inside buildings. Howitzers where hidden by EM scramblers and camouflage netting, while Mortars where hidden inside fake hills.

With enemy ships retaliating and their RADARs lighting up like a Christmas tree they were an easy target. The space based cruisers fine-tuned their aim and began a space based bombardment of the enemy fleets. They fired from the other side of the planet and began moving into HEO to avoid interceptors from Earth.

The shells would come in on a steep angle, moving at Mach 11, creating an ionization effect in the atmosphere. The view was strange, as beams of light would rush out of the sky to impact the ocean.

The ships were using a predictive pattern obtained via complex algorithms designed to learn how a ship maneuvered from past history, and predict the highest probability where the ship would be. The shells themselves were just 155mm sharpened needles of iron. High explosive ones and white phosphorous shells didn't tolerate entering the atmosphere well.

Each shell was targeted a separate RADAR source to blind the fleet.

Meanwhile the revealing of the enemy ships positions via RADAR and aircraft launches combined with satellite intelligence gave sweet targets for the fleet.

A massive launch of 100 Khan antisuperdreadnought missiles were fired at the Mokan superdreads to provide a powerful killing blow. Not only would the missile be operating in a quasiballistic capability, it carried an immense countermeasures package, EMP resistant, decoys, and a final Mach 11 dash capability. This silver bullet had been used in other conflicts to great success including the sinking of a Golgoth superdread during a minor clash.

Off The American Privateer
Yet another volley of Scud missiles were let loose on military targets. Then, the Pathfinder and Stalingrad-B Battleships opened fire. The 22 inch guns on the Pathfinders and the 18 inch guns on the Stalingrad-Bs were turned on the enemy coastal defenses all along a 400 mile stretch of coastline. More shells arrived for the Battleships to continue their bombardment. The rest of the fleet spread around the battleships to provide the battleships with defense. Flights of Mig-1.44s and Naval helicopters were made around the fleet to assure they were protected.

Off The Northern Baltic
The torpedoes were in bound. The Tarantul Class closest to them attempted evasive maneuvers, but the first torpedo was able to correct itself and detonate under the ship. The back of the ship broke off and immediately sunk, while the top stayed afloat, but quickly rolled over. The other two torpedoes had the NOVA ship in between them and the other two Corvettes. One torpedo impacted under the middle of the ship and the other detonated under the bow. Immediately, The Tarantul Corvettes, fired a barrage of 15 anti-submarine rockets each at the location where the submarines fired. The other Corvettes quickly radioed for help to a nearby military base and, within a few minutes, 5 Tu-95 bombers escorted by 8 Mig-29OVT fighters arrived at the scene. They began patrolling the area, to make sure everything was under control. In these shallow waters, it was hard to hide.

The Tomahawks on their way towards the targets suddenly self destructed in flight. The Operation Commander aboard the Sub watched as their radar signatures disappeared. "Damn" he cursed. "The boosters must have been faulty." He turned to the Captain, Brian Madely. Permission to withdraw sir?" "Granted." came the reply.
The Captain turned to the Petty Offficer on the Movement panel. "All Ahead Full. Come lef tto 085." "Aye sir" came his reply. He then tured to the Petty Officer on the Dive Control. "Set Depth of 2000 Metres, 30 Degree down angle." "Aye Sir." the Officer replied.
The Sub dived underneath the waves. As it dived it turned back east towards the Colstream Mainland, low on fuel and carrying faulty Missiles. Not a good start.

At the same time on the CSD Joker, a problem suddenly erupted. Its primary radar suddenly went silent. Other ships managed to close around the CSD Joker to provide cover while she repaired the radar but she continued to keep a steady speed of 18 Knots and still had all but the radar guided Tomahawks in action.

The combined Colstream ASD fleets moved towards the rendezvous point with airborne radars up and planes protecting the AWAKS.

OOC: I need the amount of missiles you fired on my fleet, TAP, so I know to reply correct losses.

IC:
Burlovian HQ
"Sir, we detected a nuclear attack on Leafanistan´s fleet. We believe it is from TAP, they haven´t sent us a message conserning this. Should we follow the nuclear doctrine?", a junior officer informed the High General.

"Yes, pick a target near coast and launch the retaliation", replied High General Somonov.

Sea
In the darkness of the night, five missile cruisers opened their missile bays. Each one launched one Brahmos 2 missile with a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead. They headed towards a single TAPian military target, that was well away from any population centers. The peace talks were canceled.

The long range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles never had much use, and the Tomcat was required to constantly update the missile on the location of the enemy bomber formation. The Su-87s activated their ECM packages along with the now outgoing bombers. Both the Tu-160 and Tu-22 were known for their unusual maneuverability and began their hasty retreat from hostile territory.

The heavy RADAR jamming randomly hopping frequencies, and not in sync clouded up the screens of the Tomcats. At this extreme range the Tu-22Ms could begin their high speed supersonic dash. The range combined with the manuevering of the bombers meant by the time the Phoenix began its terminal phase, it was well out of range. The Su-87s used their Vympel R-77 missiles to engage the massive Phoenix missiles shooting many down. The massive Firestorm missiles were also easy to engage at this range. Only a few missiles made it through the heavy picket and their detonations riddled the bombers with shrapnel, wounding several crew.

The long range aircraft moved out of range and left the danger zone with only minor damage.

The Tu-170Ns were protected by a similar electronic countermeasures package but they had no escorts. Their losses were heavier, with 2 bombers falling out of the sky with a loss of all crew. The base that had volunteered their bombers cursed the loss. They had overstretched themselves in not demanding newer escorts capable of reaching the range of the Tu-170Ns. Now they paid the price.



With enemy ships retaliating and their RADARs lighting up like a Christmas tree they were an easy target. The space based cruisers fine-tuned their aim and began a space based bombardment of the enemy fleets. They fired from the other side of the planet and began moving into HEO to avoid interceptors from Earth.

The shells would come in on a steep angle, moving at Mach 11, creating an ionization effect in the atmosphere. The view was strange, as beams of light would rush out of the sky to impact the ocean.

The ships were using a predictive pattern obtained via complex algorithms designed to learn how a ship maneuvered from past history, and predict the highest probability where the ship would be. The shells themselves were just 155mm sharpened needles of iron. High explosive ones and white phosphorous shells didn't tolerate entering the atmosphere well.

Each shell was targeted a separate RADAR source to blind the fleet.

Meanwhile the revealing of the enemy ships positions via RADAR and aircraft launches combined with satellite intelligence gave sweet targets for the fleet.

A massive launch of 100 Khan antisuperdreadnought missiles were fired at the Mokan superdreads to provide a powerful killing blow. Not only would the missile be operating in a quasiballistic capability, it carried an immense countermeasures package, EMP resistant, decoys, and a final Mach 11 dash capability. This silver bullet had been used in other conflicts to great success including the sinking of a Golgoth superdread during a minor clash.

OOC: Heh, computerized Gunkata

IC:
The Tomcats returned to their ships, and the fleet continued to steam towards the Mokan Fleet. As the lances of light shot towards the ground, an almost synchronized "Oh, Frak!" was let loose from those who could see it.

"All hands, BRACE! BRACE! BRACE!"

Off The American Privateer
Yet another volley of Scud missiles were let loose on military targets. Then, the Pathfinder and Stalingrad-B Battleships opened fire. The 22 inch guns on the Pathfinders and the 18 inch guns on the Stalingrad-Bs were turned on the enemy coastal defenses all along a 400 mile stretch of coastline. More shells arrived for the Battleships to continue their bombardment. The rest of the fleet spread around the battleships to provide the battleships with defense. Flights of Mig-1.44s and Naval helicopters were made around the fleet to assure they were protected.

Off The Northern Baltic
The torpedoes were in bound. The Tarantul Class closest to them attempted evasive maneuvers, but the first torpedo was able to correct itself and detonate under the ship. The back of the ship broke off and immediately sunk, while the top stayed afloat, but quickly rolled over. The other two torpedoes had the NOVA ship in between them and the other two Corvettes. One torpedo impacted under the middle of the ship and the other detonated under the bow. Immediately, The Tarantul Corvettes, fired a barrage of 15 anti-submarine rockets each at the location where the submarines fired. The other Corvettes quickly radioed for help to a nearby military base and, within a few minutes, 5 Tu-95 bombers escorted by 8 Mig-29OVT fighters arrived at the scene. They began patrolling the area, to make sure everything was under control. In these shallow waters, it was hard to hide.

HELLADS and THAAD and PATRIOT systems targeted and blasted apart the Scud missiles. Fifteen got through, and smashed up the coastal PATRIOT batteries.

Artillery shells rained on the Northern fleet. 18 and 16 inch shells, fired from battleship turrets built along the coast, soared towards the enemy fleet. They where joined by a massive array of munitions. (OOC: you have to be within 100 km to use artillery due to it's limited range) Hundreds of Harpoon missiles led the way as a fleet of 15 F-22 Raptor Squadrons and 13 F-CK-18 Ching-Kuo Squadrons escorted a group of 12 F-16 Fighting Falcon Squadrons which where each carrying 4 Penguin Anti-Shippin Missiles.

As they neared the extreme range of their AIM-120D AMRAAMS, they fired.

OOC: ORBAT

15 Squadrons of F-22 Raptors (24/Squadron for 360 Raptors)
2x AIM-120D AMRAAMS
2x AIM-9 Sidewinders
8x GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
13 Squadrons of F-CK-18 Ching-Kuos (24/Squadron for 312 Ching-Kuos)
2x Sky Sowrd I
2x Sky Sword II
12 Squadrons of F-16 Fighting Falcons (24/Squadron for
4x Penguin Anti-Shipping Missiles

OOC: I need the amount of missiles you fired on my fleet, TAP, so I know to reply correct losses.

IC:
Burlovian HQ
"Sir, we detected a nuclear attack on Leafanistan´s fleet. We believe it is from TAP, they haven´t sent us a message conserning this. Should we follow the nuclear doctrine?", a junior officer informed the High General.

"Yes, pick a target near coast and launch the retaliation", replied High General Somonov.

Sea
In the darkness of the night, five missile cruisers opened their missile bays. Each one launched one Brahmos 2 missile with a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead. They headed towards a single TAPian military target, that was well away from any population centers. The peace talks were canceled.

OOC: 1. Sorry about that, 100 Jericho I's with Daisy Cutters
2. NOVA Claimed responsibility already for the attack.

IC:
The Pillar
"Admiral, we have five launches registered of Brhamos 2 Ballistic Missiles. NUCFLASH, repeat, NUCLFASH."

"Point all of our THAAD's and HELLADS at those blasted missiles and fire. I don't want anything left of those things."

In the field, THAAD Missiles where launched. Their Kinetic Kill Warheads where designed for ABM duty at High Altitudes. They where supplemented by HELLADS Lasers designed to lance out and destroy missiles.

However, one got through.

It detonated in the midst of a large Industrial-Agrictulture Park. The sixty story tall Hydroponic Towers, the breadbasket buildings of the nation, where levelled as the plants inside where incinerated.

Emergency Response Teams from the Department of Homeland Defense where dispatched to the scene with Radiation Foam Cannons. M93 Fox NBC response vehicles near the area launched their foam into the red hot area.

Radiation Hardened C-130J Air Tankers flew overhead, dumping Decontamination foam. It would take months to get into the Red Hot Zone, but they would keep going until they reached it.

Meanwhile, in the silos, the ICBM's of the nation where uncovered. Their MOAB warheads ready to detonate should the launch orders be given.

PS Roosevelt
Rebeca sat and stared. Burlovia had attacked her people with Nukes. If it had not been for the monsoons, people would have been working in those towers. But now, hundreds of thousands of acres in equivalence of farmland had been destroyed.

The attack may have been provoked, but it had been provoked by NOVA, not The American Privateer. She made a resolution then and there. If The American Privateer survived this war, then they would make NOVA pay.

The Combined Colstream Fleets heading to the RV heard through the radio and radiation detectors the nuclear strike by Burlovia against the TAP. The Colstream Government had raised its alertness to DEFCON 2 and had decided to stop short of using the Nukes at the Republic Of Colstream's disposal to avoid retaliation by Burlovia. Instead, the Fleets had gone to Red Alert and continued to move quickly. Also the Republic Of Colstream had moved several fleets back to the mainland for rearming and possible deployment.

ASD Command
"damn . . .. " muttered general Puller "they just fucking Nuked TAP! Get leafanistan and leocardia on te line and ask em if they really want to be involved with the likes of burlovia and The Northern baltic plus put all of our ABMs on Highest alert now."

In Space
A set of three Northern Baltic spy satellites passed over The American Privateer and took pictures of the shore defense systems. Then, they quickly beamed them to a base in Shujun, where it was sent to a high-security military base under Rekyavik, and then to The Hammer, a major military installation located deep underground.

Off TAP
Harpoons were incredibly easy to intercept, however several got through, moderately damaging two Slava Class cruisers and sinking one Alta Class. The photos, along with targeting coordinates, were sent to The Northern Baltic fleet off of TAP. Then, anti-satellite buoys and radar jamming warships and planes came online. The battleships now began moving and continually changed their position, speed, and direction. The idea was that the TAP crews would have no idea where the ships were, and couldn't try to figure it out once they shot. Slowly, each coastal battery was targeted with enough firepower to leave just a smoldering crater in its place.

The enemy jets were seen by the radars before the jamming had begun. However, now, 560 Mig-1.44s were scrambled. They were armed with Vympel R-73s. Unlike most missiles, the missiles did not rely on radar, making them usable. The Northern Baltic fighters had two advantages: first, they were flying more advanced planes then their enemies, and second, the enemy might assume they were coming, but they knew where they were going to intercept them. The Northern Baltic fighters planned to intersect the enemy fighters' flight path behind them, and then utilize their afterburners to close in the distance and fire their R-73s. Without radar, the enemy would have no way in knowing what was behind them. If this plan failed and the plans attacked the collection of ships before the Mig-1.44s reached them, they would most certainly be blown out of the sky by the sheer amount of anti-aircraft protection utilized by the fleet. Ships in front of the main group of ships surrounding the battleship would notify the main fleet via telephone wire connecting only several ships.

Meanwhile, 4 Borei Class submarines opened their missile hatches and prepared to fire. They held it as they waited for their allies response. The Northern Baltic wasn't going to kill anybody before the situation hadn't been figured out. Messages were sent to the other allies asking for confirmation of the nuke attacks.

Official Worldwide Broadcast
Burlovia takes full responsibility of the nuclear attack. We got the information that the attack was from NOVA only after our retaliation. As our defence we may only say that we didn´t target civilian occupied area.

HQ
Intel showed that TAP had prepared silos, probably because of the nuclear attack, but High General wasn´t going to take chances. He ordered ABM shield on full readiness and enough of the ICBM silos to completely annihilate American population in case they were going to launch nukes.

OOC: I didn´t know ICly who was the attacker. Part of my nuclear doctrine to respond ASAP to a nuclear attack on an ally. IC I had no idea Nova could possess nukes, so TAP was the only possible candidate. BTW nuking with a puppet doesn´t look too good.

Sea

Destroyers used their countermeasures, primarily flares and anti-missiles to destroy incoming missiles. Ten destroyers got hit, and 3 were sunk. Survivors were taken back on board and the fleet started to move towards international waters. It was vital to prevent a nuclear genocide.

Off TAP
Harpoons were incredibly easy to intercept, however several got through, moderately damaging two Slava Class cruisers and sinking one Alta Class. The photos, along with targeting coordinates, were sent to The Northern Baltic fleet off of TAP. Then, anti-satellite buoys and radar jamming warships and planes came online. The battleships now began moving and continually changed their position, speed, and direction. The idea was that the TAP crews would have no idea where the ships were, and couldn't try to figure it out once they shot. Slowly, each coastal battery was targeted with enough firepower to leave just a smoldering crater in its place.

The enemy jets were seen by the radars before the jamming had begun. However, now, 560 Mig-1.44s were scrambled. They were armed with Vympel R-73s. Unlike most missiles, the missiles did not rely on radar, making them usable. The Northern Baltic fighters had two advantages: first, they were flying more advanced planes then their enemies, and second, the enemy might assume they were coming, but they knew where they were going to intercept them. The Northern Baltic fighters planned to intersect the enemy fighters' flight path behind them, and then utilize their afterburners to close in the distance and fire their R-73s. Without radar, the enemy would have no way in knowing what was behind them. If this plan failed and the plans attacked the collection of ships before the Mig-1.44s reached them, they would most certainly be blown out of the sky by the sheer amount of anti-aircraft protection utilized by the fleet. Ships in front of the main group of ships surrounding the battleship would notify the main fleet via telephone wire connecting only several ships.

Meanwhile, 4 Borei Class submarines opened their missile hatches and prepared to fire. They held it as they waited for their allies response. The Northern Baltic wasn't going to kill anybody before the situation hadn't been figured out. Messages were sent to the other allies asking for confirmation of the nuke attacks.

The fighters where able to get a warning before the radar was jammed, and broke off. Heading back to their airbases for a refuel, the military mobilized their full air power of the Air Force. 221 Groups of F-22 Raptors, at 288 Raptors a Group, where mobilized. They where joined by 22 Groups of F-CK-18 Ching Kuo's and 309 Groups of F/A-18E Super Hornets.

As the Baltic fighters passed over The American Privateer, they where targeted by Rapier, PATRIOT, Stinger, Chaparal, Javelin, 128mm Flak Cannons, 88mm Flak Cannons, 105mm Flak, double 20mm Air-Defense Cannons, Vulcan Air-Defense Cannons, and sextuple 106mm Flak Guns.

As the Borei Subs opened their hatches, the targeting solutions for the ICBM's where changed to include The Northern Baltic. Though The American Privateer had long since changed out their Nuclear Warheads for Massive Ordanance Air Blast ones, they could still deal large amounts of damage to a city if The American Privateer was forced to use them.

Official Worldwide Broadcast
Burlovia takes full responsibility of the nuclear attack. We got the information that the attack was from NOVA only after our retaliation. As our defence we may only say that we didn´t target civilian occupied area.

HQ
Intel showed that TAP had prepared silos, probably because of the nuclear attack, but High General wasn´t going to take chances. He ordered ABM shield on full readiness and enough of the ICBM silos to completely annihilate American population in case they were going to launch nukes.

OOC: I didn´t know ICly who was the attacker. Part of my nuclear doctrine to respond ASAP to a nuclear attack on an ally. IC I had no idea Nova could possess nukes, so TAP was the only possible candidate. BTW nuking with a puppet doesn´t look too good.

Official Response
The nation of Burlovia has recklessly moved us into a situation that could result in the full obliteration of my own nation and the severe crippling at the least, if not the complete melting of his own and The Northern Baltic following an act of Terrorism by a Terrorist Organization. Instead of taking the time to verify the originator of the attack, Burlovia recklessly launched their weapons off of our coast. This Pinnacle event could have led to the full obliteration of both nations. Once more, Burlovia has shown they have no regard for civilian lives, so long as they get what they want. AeroFarms is now included in the list of those to whom Burlovia owes compensation, following the loss of their farms. This list already includes the families of those who worked aboard the Space City Space Station. Men and women killed in a reckless and premeditated act of Politicide.

Off the Coast of Orleans
A single UDSV, or Unmanned Deep Submergence Vehicle, moved along the island chain. In it's hold was a single W88 Nuclear Warhead. It moved slowly, quietly along the fault line that extended south of the islands and towards the fleet, mere feet above the ground. It's caterpillar drive, which sounded like a geophysical event, was masked by the rumblings of the fault line.

As it reached the fleet, it stopped, and detonated. The 475 kiloton warhead detonated. The water was lifted up in a dome, 150 feet tall and a quarter mile wide.

Official Response
To All Invaders

This is John Nova, leader of the NOVA Corporation. We have detonated the weapon under your fleet as a warning. We are willing to detonate more such weapons. Remove yourself from these waters, sail home, and never bother The American Privateer again. Our Government is my organization's concern.

COL SAHCOM 12th Fleet Elements deployed in Operation Just Cause

Rear Admiral Dosher argued with his assistant. The current sitrep was perfect, but his assistant disagreed. He reached down into the touchscreen based map to show how their fleets were going to coordinate when the ground shook.

The Rear Admiral, a native of Eastern Leafanistani's islands grabbed a rail and shouted "Damn earthquake" before he realized he was at sea.

That was his last thought as the massive dome of water lifted up him and his superdreadnought. As the keel snapped in two his head was shoved into the ceiling, caving in his skull and instantly killing him. The rest of his fleet was also not as lucky. The Motherland class Battlecruisers aside him were thrown onto their sides capsizing or outright destroying all of them.

The fleet was in a standard spread out formation to prevent something like this but despite this enough devastation was incurred.

Losses:
1x Mishkin class Superdreadnought
1x Homeland class Battleship
5x Motherland class Battlecruisers
12x Experimental Illium-X class Destroyers
15x South Sea class Frigates
12x Tenerife class SSH
-All hands on board ship lost, cause of death, blunt force trauma or drowning due to severe seas

Whatever remained of the fleet moved to join reinforcements coming from Leafanistan. Rebecca St. James' phone call would take a while. Leafanistani's Executive Branch consisted of three people, Triumvirate Council Members, Fleet Admiral Sandra O'Toole, Field Marshall Amanda Arcturus, and Sky Marshall Samantha Arcturus and they all had be queued into the same secure line.

However the call never went through and the line went down. A diplomatic communique with a very recent timestamp went out.

Diplomatic Communique to America

We have received your incident report and the currently available intelligence supports your explanation.

Therefore, we ask you for the location of the NOVA Corporation Headquarters and the most valuable NOVA Corporation targets including the location of John Nova.

[END]

"Admiral, we have five launches registered of Brhamos 2 Ballistic Missiles. NUCFLASH, repeat, NUCLFASH."

OOC: The Brahmos 2 is a antishipping missile with optional nuclear warhead capability.

Official Response
The nation of Burlovia has recklessly moved us into a situation that could result in the full obliteration of my own nation and the severe crippling at the least, if not the complete melting of his own and The Northern Baltic following an act of Terrorism by a Terrorist Organization. Instead of taking the time to verify the originator of the attack, Burlovia recklessly launched their weapons off of our coast. This Pinnacle event could have led to the full obliteration of both nations. Once more, Burlovia has shown they have no regard for civilian lives, so long as they get what they want. AeroFarms is now included in the list of those to whom Burlovia owes compensation, following the loss of their farms. This list already includes the families of those who worked aboard the Space City Space Station. Men and women killed in a reckless and premeditated act of Politicide.

Highly Encrypted Directive to Allied Nations

This is not a war, but a police action or a regime change, remember to keep the rhetoric the same.

[END]

Press Release

We agree with our comrades in the Northern Baltic that a quick reaction must take a back seat to verification as clear as air and as thick as concrete.

The NOVA Corporation is one of the reasons we are engaging in this regime change. The Americans have long since tolerated this terrorist organization and psuedogovernment and allowed their worldwide reign of terror to continue and propagate, and even supported them with a letter of marque.

The American government is a direct parallel to the Blackhelm Confederacy and the Griffencrest Corporation and we hope this police action will conclude with the victory of the Allied Nations.

However we will take this time to condemn the actions of Burlovia as an irresponsible use of perhaps the most dangerous weaponry we have. At the conclusion of this conflict, AeroFarms and the families of those killed with receive extra compensation.

[END]

Space

Satellites took extensive pictures of The Pillar and began to give up significant intelligence to the above ground structures.

More and more Air and Space Forces Special Operators were being lifted starside including now Marine Special Forces.

COL SAHCOM 12th Fleet Elements deployed in Operation Just Cause

Rear Admiral Dosher argued with his assistant. The current sitrep was perfect, but his assistant disagreed. He reached down into the touchscreen based map to show how their fleets were going to coordinate when the ground shook.

The Rear Admiral, a native of Eastern Leafanistani's islands grabbed a rail and shouted "Damn earthquake" before he realized he was at sea.

That was his last thought as the massive dome of water lifted up him and his superdreadnought. As the keel snapped in two his head was shoved into the ceiling, caving in his skull and instantly killing him. The rest of his fleet was also not as lucky. The Motherland class Battlecruisers aside him were thrown onto their sides capsizing or outright destroying all of them.

The fleet was in a standard spread out formation to prevent something like this but despite this enough devastation was incurred.

Losses:
1x Mishkin class Superdreadnought
1x Homeland class Battleship
5x Motherland class Battlecruisers
12x Experimental Illium-X class Destroyers
15x South Sea class Frigates
12x Tenerife class SSH
-All hands on board ship lost, cause of death, blunt force trauma or drowning due to severe seas

Whatever remained of the fleet moved to join reinforcements coming from Leafanistan. Rebecca St. James' phone call would take a while. Leafanistani's Executive Branch consisted of three people, Triumvirate Council Members, Fleet Admiral Sandra O'Toole, Field Marshall Amanda Arcturus, and Sky Marshall Samantha Arcturus and they all had be queued into the same secure line.

However the call never went through and the line went down. A diplomatic communique with a very recent timestamp went out.

Diplomatic Communique to America

We have received your incident report and the currently available intelligence supports your explanation.

Therefore, we ask you for the location of the NOVA Corporation Headquarters and the most valuable NOVA Corporation targets including the location of John Nova.

[END]

Official Response

If we knew, his new Corporate Headquarters would be a smoking ruin right now.

OOC: The Brahmos 2 is a antishipping missile with optional nuclear warhead capability.

Whoops, I'll edit that then.


Press Release

We agree with our comrades in the Northern Baltic that a quick reaction must take a back seat to verification as clear as air and as thick as concrete.

The NOVA Corporation is one of the reasons we are engaging in this regime change. The Americans have long since tolerated this terrorist organization and psuedogovernment and allowed their worldwide reign of terror to continue and propagate, and even supported them with a letter of marque.

The American government is a direct parallel to the Blackhelm Confederacy and the Griffencrest Corporation and we hope this police action will conclude with the victory of the Allied Nations.

However we will take this time to condemn the actions of Burlovia as an irresponsible use of perhaps the most dangerous weaponry we have. At the conclusion of this conflict, AeroFarms and the families of those killed with receive extra compensation.

[END]

Space

Satellites took extensive pictures of The Pillar and began to give up significant intelligence to the above ground structures.

More and more Air and Space Forces Special Operators were being lifted starside including now Marine Special Forces.

PS Roosevelt
"Tolerated, did he just say Tolerated? Is he aware of the minor war we have been fighting with NOVA since they decided to start going all SWORDFISH?"

"No ma'am I don't think he is. We have been fairly isolationist, and so news of our NOVA and our constant police actions against them are hard to find outside the Republic."

"Well, I think we might have to change that then."

Official Response
NOVA Corporation's history has been like that of a well funded Mafia. Their Subsidiaries, shell corporations with convulted ties to the actual Terrorist Organization, have conducted legal and viable trade with both the Government and the people of The American Privateer. They declared their Quasi-Independence following a vote by their people upon reaching 20 million employees from around the globe. We have been fighting a low-intensity war against NOVA since the founding of the Terrorist branch, culminating in the destruction of all NOVA facilities in and around the nation, and the drive underground of their terrorist forces. It was only an act of desperation that brought us to grant them that Letter of Marque, an act of Desperation caused by YOUR declaration of war.

OOC: NOVA started off as an idea for a corporation run similar to the old coal mining towns.

The company owns housing, stores, restaurants, public transport, hospitals, etc. What ever the people needed for a discount to their employees. Then I watched Swordfish, and they became the shell that discreetly paid for their terroristic Nightwatch through profits and secret funds from sympathetic congressmen and senators. They have plants in several government agencies of TAP. But for the most part, NOVA will perpetrate acts against TAP as an excuse for the high military budget.

Official Response

If we knew, his new Corporate Headquarters would be a smoking ruin right now.

PS Roosevelt
"Tolerated, did he just say Tolerated? Is he aware of the minor war we have been fighting with NOVA since they decided to start going all SWORDFISH?"

"No ma'am I don't think he is. We have been fairly isolationist, and so news of our NOVA and our constant police actions against them are hard to find outside the Republic."

"Well, I think we might have to change that then."

Official Response
NOVA Corporation's history has been like that of a well funded Mafia. Their Subsidiaries, shell corporations with convulted ties to the actual Terrorist Organization, have conducted legal and viable trade with both the Government and the people of The American Privateer. They declared their Quasi-Independence following a vote by their people upon reaching 20 million employees from around the globe. We have been fighting a low-intensity war against NOVA since the founding of the Terrorist branch, culminating in the destruction of all NOVA facilities in and around the nation, and the drive underground of their terrorist forces. It was only an act of desperation that brought us to grant them that Letter of Marque, an act of Desperation caused by YOUR declaration of war.

Diplomatic Communique

The Blackhelm Confederacy also made similar arguments. That they were isolationist and ignorant of their actions, that the Griffencrest Corporation was secretly controlling major companies, and that they were fighting against them.

Ultimately it was all a lie, and there were secret ties between the government and the psuedogovernment. Of course your complicity is shown in the statement, "We have been fighting a low-intensity war against NOVA since the founding of the Terrorist branch". Yet NOVA Corporation still operates.

When our government found ties between a small mining corporation and the funneling of explosives to the Red Mafia who now operates an actual government abroad we raided the offices of General Resources Inc and imprisoned those responsible. We searched for every tie and every clue, confiscated millions of pages of documents and interviewed hundreds of employees. Finally those responsible were caught and the ties were severed.

Our government demonstrated due diligence when confronted with ties to a terrorist organization, we have not pussy footed around fighting 'low-intensity' wars but have waged all out preservation of our and everybody's rights. Any legitimate government that lacks the ties to NOVA Corp would have demonstrated that.

We seem to recall a NOVA Corp World Headquarters building that is seemingly untouched. With V-22s and UH-60s sitting in the parking lot.

[END]

Mokastana City, Mokastana

"Director Fransico, you said you wanted to speak with me?"

"Yes Generalissimo, of the greatest importance, you see, out enemies are using weapons of the near future, things we currently working on. However given the situation I do believe that in order to protect Genesis we need to arm up. I want you to look at these."

The Bureau of Secret Actions Director placed a manila folder think with papers on the large emergency room table. As the Generalissimo opened it up he only had to look at the pictures to see what he was looking at.

"I didn't think we would be able to do this for..."

"We have our ways, trust us. Currently we have twenty operational. Another thirty in construction. Don't even ask how this is funding, not even you are allowed to know that. We can have them up by tomorrow, It may give us a better chance in the war, or at least protect Genesis."

"Then prepare them for launch."

Diplomatic Communique

The Blackhelm Confederacy also made similar arguments. That they were isolationist and ignorant of their actions, that the Griffencrest Corporation was secretly controlling major companies, and that they were fighting against them.

Ultimately it was all a lie, and there were secret ties between the government and the psuedogovernment. Of course your complicity is shown in the statement, "We have been fighting a low-intensity war against NOVA since the founding of the Terrorist branch". Yet NOVA Corporation still operates.

When our government found ties between a small mining corporation and the funneling of explosives to the Red Mafia who now operates an actual government abroad we raided the offices of General Resources Inc and imprisoned those responsible. We searched for every tie and every clue, confiscated millions of pages of documents and interviewed hundreds of employees. Finally those responsible were caught and the ties were severed.

Our government demonstrated due diligence when confronted with ties to a terrorist organization, we have not pussy footed around fighting 'low-intensity' wars but have waged all out preservation of our and everybody's rights. Any legitimate government that lacks the ties to NOVA Corp would have demonstrated that.

We seem to recall a NOVA Corp World Headquarters building that is seemingly untouched. With V-22s and UH-60s sitting in the parking lot.

[END]

Official Response

While there has been ties in the past between our government and NOVA, this was through the actions of Rouge Senators and Seditionary RSB Agents. While NOVA may still operate, their corporate presence has been purged. They have been forced underground and off our shores.

We have been tied up with trying the traitors and seditionists who have been undermining us, and have been fighting against NOVA agents living underground inside our nation. Though it took the attempted assassination of about half of my administration, we finally realized that NOVA was too dangerous not to do something drastic about. A realization that would have come sooner had the RSB not been compromised, and the ties not been muddled and reports "lost."

While their World Headquarters Building may still be intact, it is garrisoned by TAP'ian soldiers, with the Commandant of "NOVA City" currently based out of their former CEO's office.

Please understand, that NOVA had comprised a major force in our economy for decades. Before the Nightwatch was connected to them, John Nova's father, Anderson Nova, was one of the people that helped us build our economy up in the first place.

We made a mistake to treat NOVA as a Police Action. But we paid for that mistake and have been making ammends.

The Combined Fleets were now within 50 miles of the blockade. They moved to Action Stations and began to send more aircraft patrols outward to search for any enemy fleets. Also 2 ICBM Submarines moved towards the last known position of the Burlovian Fleet in an attempt to destroy it before it fires another Nuke.

With enemy ships retaliating and their RADARs lighting up like a Christmas tree they were an easy target. The space based cruisers fine-tuned their aim and began a space based bombardment of the enemy fleets. They fired from the other side of the planet and began moving into HEO to avoid interceptors from Earth.

The shells would come in on a steep angle, moving at Mach 11, creating an ionization effect in the atmosphere. The view was strange, as beams of light would rush out of the sky to impact the ocean.

The ships were using a predictive pattern obtained via complex algorithms designed to learn how a ship maneuvered from past history, and predict the highest probability where the ship would be. The shells themselves were just 155mm sharpened needles of iron. High explosive ones and white phosphorous shells didn't tolerate entering the atmosphere well.


Mokan Fleet

"Shit, would you look at that!"

"Brace for impact!"

With that the ships began to take a pounding from space. While there were not that many meteorites, as they were to be called afterwards, they had been targeted rather effectively. Given the fact that many of them were traveling great distances to to hit something as small as a radar toting warship. Which nearly every ship in the fleet had. However the main RADAR was from the E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes, having the largest distance and scanning abilities no doubt that is what the enemy would fire, assuming they were aiming at RADAR signatures. Many missed the E-2Ds but one lucky hit managed to take one down. Many enemy meteorites crashed into the ocean, near the ships they were suppose to hit, none flipped luckily, however on board it would take quite some time to fix the little things done by the shock waves and minor external damage. As for the rest of the fleet, the largest damage was done to moral, something they couldn't hit could hit them. For a nation who's naval doctrine relied on range, well, that would not be acceptable.


A massive launch of 100 Khan antisuperdreadnought missiles were fired at the Mokan superdreads to provide a powerful killing blow. Not only would the missile be operating in a quasiballistic capability, it carried an immense countermeasures package, EMP resistant, decoys, and a final Mach 11 dash capability. This silver bullet had been used in other conflicts to great success including the sinking of a Golgoth superdread during a minor clash.


As the few ships who were hit began to put out fires or sink, an enemy counter strike of 100 semi-ballistic missiles were scene on radar. It was time to test out the Longsword's anti-air abilities. With the LY4030's range at about 1100 km and standard load out being 5,120 of them on one ship they had a fighting chance. As they watched the missiles raise and decent on RADAR they slowly came closer into range. Admiral Franshaw's brow dropped a bead of sweat as the missile got closer, this did not look good, after researching the missile they had found what it could do. The four stage rockets, the mach 11 blast into a ship. Luckily it didn't start the massive acceleration until they were in range of the LY4030s.

"Fire when ready."

The missiles were launched a little early, all 1,000 of them, hoping to catch the incoming Kahn's off guard. Using 6 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes that advanced foward to aim and target. Escorting them were 100 F-18 Super Hornets and 100 F-35s with 20 EA-18G Growlers in support. It would be a similar to waves of missiles to counter the incoming missiles, for each miss another would be right behind it to take its place. The Interception took place right after the beginning of stage three. The Khans noticed the incoming missile shield and deployed many countermeasures against the incoming barrage. In mere seconds chaff and flares launched all over the ocean as counter measures went out. Incoming missiles were distracted, many of the first few waves missed, but many khans were taken down as well.
For the LY4030s were traveling four times the speed of the enemy missiles, giving them a minor edge. The next few waves took up where the first waves left off. Only this time there were little to no countermeasures left on the missiles, by the time 700 LYs either missed or killed, only 20 enemy missiles lived. Which were soon cleaned up.

A few agonizing seconds had decided the fate of the Mokan Fleet, and they had emerged victorious.

As of now the Mokan Fleet was in theater, many enemy positions were slowly becoming in range, being about 2,500Km out of the closest enemy fleet they decided it was time to open fire. Opening moves would be simple. Targeting enemy fleets using the now standard LY4045 (Anti-ship cruise missile) 3,000 were launched in retaliation of the attacks. With a range of 3,000km, it was no doubt that the enemy would at least have to do something.
From the fleet more plans took off to ensure the safety of the fleet, including 5 more E-2Ds.

Casualities:
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought(minor damage)
2x Nimitz-class supercarriers (medium damage
1x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers(medium damage)
4x Arleigh Burke class destroyer(light damage)
3xZumwalt-class destroyer(light damge)
2x Zumwalt-class destroyer(sunk)
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer(light damage)
13x Hobart Class Air Destroyer(sunk)
4x Seawolf class attack submarine(sunk)
1x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines (sunk)


Total Fleet value:

1x Overlord Dreadnaught
2x Longsword-class superheavy guided missile warships

Air Attack Flotillas
10x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought
20x Nimitz-class supercarriers
20x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
150x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
148xZumwalt-class destroyer
187x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
76x Seawolf Class Attack Subs
400 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
100x CH-53 Sea Stallions
100 x HM1 Merlins
200 x SH-60 Seahawks
1975x F-18 Super Hornets
980x F-35s
395x EA-18G Growler
94x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye,

Kraken Flotilla
2x Kraken Super Dreadnaught
4x Empire Class Battle Carrier
12x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
14xZumwalt-class destroyer
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
10x Sea Wolf Class attack subs
60 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
30x CH-53 Sea Stallions
30 x HM1 Merlins
30 x SH-60 Seahawks
400x F-18 Super Hornets
340x F-35 Lightning II
40x EA-18G Growler
40x V-22 Ospreys


Wolf Pack Flotilla
60x Seawolf class attack submarine
14x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines

PS Roosevelt
"Tolerated, did he just say Tolerated? Is he aware of the minor war we have been fighting with NOVA since they decided to start going all SWORDFISH?"

"No ma'am I don't think he is. We have been fairly isolationist, and so news of our NOVA and our constant police actions against them are hard to find outside the Republic."

"Well, I think we might have to change that then."

Official Response
NOVA Corporation's history has been like that of a well funded Mafia. Their Subsidiaries, shell corporations with convulted ties to the actual Terrorist Organization, have conducted legal and viable trade with both the Government and the people of The American Privateer. They declared their Quasi-Independence following a vote by their people upon reaching 20 million employees from around the globe. We have been fighting a low-intensity war against NOVA since the founding of the Terrorist branch, culminating in the destruction of all NOVA facilities in and around the nation, and the drive underground of their terrorist forces. It was only an act of desperation that brought us to grant them that Letter of Marque, an act of Desperation caused by YOUR declaration of war.

You can´t even handle your criminals, and you ran to them in the hour of desperation. You lost your honor when communicating with terrorists. That makes you terrorists yourself.
This whole situation also shows communism´s supremacy. We cracked down our Mafia years ago, and all criminality is non-existent. It is absurd that your criminals have nukes, while your government doesn´t.

You can´t even handle your criminals, and you ran to them in the hour of desperation. You lost your honor when communicating with terrorists. That makes you terrorists yourself.
This whole situation also shows communism´s supremacy. We cracked down our Mafia years ago, and all criminality is non-existent. It is absurd that your criminals have nukes, while your government doesn´t.

We voluntarily disarmed. Nuclear weapons were just too expensive to justify their continued operation, and our long periods of Isolation made their need almost non-existent. It was not until today, when you attacked, that there was any need. While we may have lost honor, we did so in a moment of desperation, following the assault on us by The Northern Baltic that resulted in the loss of New Tortuga. While we cannot answer for how NOVA obtained their weapon, but with a vast network of legitimate business to draw from, it is entirely possible that they have the potential to purchase the materials needed to build a Nuclear Warhead of their own.

This situation does not show Communism's supremacy, but rather that bullies with a stick can gang up on a smaller nation that voluntarily gave up it's stick. And as for that cop-out about criminality being non-existent, there will always be criminality. So long as you mandate what goods people can buy and how much of them they can receive, there will be a black market for other goods and services that they cannot receive. Your nation may not be a Fear Society like most Communist nations, but you still have dissenters and Double-Thinkers inside your nation who oppose your government.

First Fleet within the Tortuga Sea
While the Thon UAVs were attacking only TAP'ian Targets. First fleet retaliated. Every one of its aircraft were launched towards the thon fleet, the Hawk 1s and 2s carried 10 air-sea missiles and two pheonix5 air-air missiles while the Hawk 3s carried 10-Air-air missiles as well as 2 HARMs.


Thon Fleet; Barabary Islands; The American Privateer

As soon as Thon aircraft landed on the empty aircraft carriers from their attacks on the Barbary Islands and nearby Quivira and Lakota continental coastal defenses and military targets, they were quickly rearmed and refueled and new pilots aboard them then replaced and relieved the long time spent pilots that were initially in the aircraft from their arrival from Australia. They then retook to the air to engage any counter action TAP and its allies would put forth in response to the surprise attacks. However many were still in the air waiting to land and many still on the carriers themselves when enemy allied forces began their counterattack.

180 tornado long-range air defense fighters,
180 tornado long-range maritime attack,
180 counter air attack and defense suppression tornadoes along with
12 tornado ECR aircraft and
30 tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes

were still in the air fully armed, taking last priority to the
558 strike aircraft and close air support versions who had already spent their payloads of ARMIGERs purchased from Germany, AGM-142 Have Naps, SPICE, Nimrods, AGM-169 Joint Common Missiles, ALARMs bought from Britain and Brimstone missiles, on the Barbary Islands and nearby Quiviria and Lakota based defense and military targets.

The air fleet of 558 tornadoes of the 1140 original tornadoes that were still in the air turned around to the rear of the naval fleet and then back towards the TAP staying behind the fleets 30 forward Sarmizegetusa defensive cruisers for cover, and were timed to arrive to meet that line upon the calculated time of the incoming Dawoad radar blips.

The 180 tornado long-range air defense fighters were each armed with 4 MBDA Meteor AAMs capable of engaging enemy aircraft at 100+ km (60+ mi)
with Speeds of over Mach 4 and Thon made AIM-54 Phoenix missiles

The 180 counter air attack and defense suppression tornadoes were each equipped with 4 IRIS-T ASRAAMs purchased from Germany along with rockets, targeting, ECM, and other ordinance.

Seconds later after some of the tactical reconnaissance Tornadoes picked up the incoming enemy aircraft 30 of the 49 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers protecting the Thon fleet between the islands and the fleet itself unleashed their SAM RIM-8K Talos and SM-2MR Block IIIBs and Barak 8 SAM LRMs and MRMs at the incoming aircraft. If and when the enemy aircraft survived and reached beyond that they would deploy their shorter range Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles, Aster 30 SAMs and rely on Thon fighter cover for further protection as well.

OOC: more to follow about the ship based and coil gun stuff, how many aircraft am I facing here so I can correctly RP how many missiles my cruisers launch, they are arsenal type ships so I have lots of em but I don't want to fir em all.:D

The 2 Submarines looking for the Burlovian Fleet suddenly spotted the Mokan missiles heading from their starboard to port. A radio communication was sent to the fleet heading for the blockade.

Meanwhile a SP-35 Submarine moved south thorough the Tortuga Sea towards the Barbary Islands. Moving slowly, it approached the Thon Fleet and began to watch the fleet. The crew knew that a surprise would be waiting because they could not stay undetected.......

One lone Nuclear Submarine had now slipped into the Tortuga Sea and was moving at 2500 metres under the surface. It was moving slow enough so to not be picked up by any sonar. "Stand by to surface. Engine stop. Open missile bay doors and begin firing countdown!" cried the captain, Brian Madely. Set Target Thon held Barbary Islands into the target computer. Prep 2 Tomahawk Missiles for firing!! As the sub surfaced, 2 of the 4 missile launcher doors opened. The missile warheads began to rise out of the sub until part of the booster was showing. Captain Brian Madely watched as the countdown reached 10 seconds. A petty officer began to count down the final 10 seconds. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1, Fire!! The Tomahawks left the sub and began to climb into the night sky and towards the Barbary Islands where the Thon Fleet had landed some units.

Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers fired their Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles, Aster 30 SAMs and their antimissile versions along the cruisers Phalanx CIWSs (Close-in weapon system ) "Tor Missile Systems" and the cruisers' new missile defense system "Metal Storm" courtesy of the commonwealth member Australia.

OOC: Metal storm missile defense details found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Storm
Tor Missile Systems based off:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-N-9_Gauntlet


IC:
Due to lack of military targets in the Barbary Islands 5 B-106 Thunderdragons along with 20 escorting tornadoes were diverted to destroy the defenses and mines blocking entrance in to the Tortuga sea. At the time of the submarines luanch of missiles, two of the bombers MOABS were just detonating on the waters surface as the missiles emerged. The 2 MOABs were deployed to clear and detonate any mines and sea defenses in the waters, but with lucky timing of some submarines or underwater launch of tomahawks emerging at the same time of detonation, the secondary explosion from the them along with the two MOABs proved devastatingly effective in destroying the mines and disturbing the waters there, flooding the closest coasts of the TAP's continental shores close to the inlet.

The cruisers' defenses successfully destroyed every single tomahawk and missle that remained and got through with no resulting damage to any cruisers or any of the Thon fleet. These cruisers were indeed built for such defensive purposes.

However the all 5 B-106 Thunderdragons and their 20 Panvia tornadoes escorts were destroyed from incoming AAM and ship to air missiles deployed from incoming Dawoad forces. But not before 12 of the tornadoes each fired 2 of their 4 IRIS-T ASRAAMs purchased from Germany at the incoming aircraft just before their destruction. 3 tornadoes pilots and copilots manged to eject safely but were shortly incinerated in the massive arial explosion of the 20 Panvia tornado aircraft and 5 B-106 Thunderdragons. 3 of B-106's had not yet got the chance to deploy their munitions and MOABs and this added further to the explosions taking out the remaining hawks and other inbound missiles towards the the Thon fleet.

The Tomahawks on their way towards the targets suddenly self destructed in flight. The Operation Commander aboard the Sub watched as their radar signatures disappeared. "Damn" he cursed. "The boosters must have been faulty." He turned to the Captain, Brian Madely. Permission to withdraw sir?" "Granted." came the reply.
The Captain turned to the Petty Offficer on the Movement panel. "All Ahead Full. Come lef tto 085." "Aye sir" came his reply. He then tured to the Petty Officer on the Dive Control. "Set Depth of 2000 Metres, 30 Degree down angle." "Aye Sir." the Officer replied.
The Sub dived underneath the waves. As it dived it turned back east towards the Colstream Mainland, low on fuel and carrying faulty Missiles. Not a good start.

OOC: shall we roleplay I destroyed them or you don't know why? or what?
as for your submarine, I never engaged it persay or attacked it, and you will get away safely, but I have to argue, if you depth of diving your submarine is possible in the waters of the Barabary islands and inlet to Tortuga sea here. For these water have to be too shallow for what your roleplaying I'd imagine, and I would've have to of easily detected your submarine in those shallow waters and now since your leaving the area especially with my 50 tsunami class submarines patrolling the deep waters all around in a secure perimeter around the area in a semi circle closing to the TAP mainland but not close enough to its shallow waters.

IC:

On the TCWS (Thon Commonwealth Ship) Cybele in the Thon fleet off the Barbary Islands:

A navy Petty Officer suddenly yelled from his computer station on the bridge to Prōtomandatōr Scott after he got off a communique from someone.

"Prōtomandatōr! we have detected and intercepted tomahawk launches from some underwater missile source and it looked like they were of Colstream origin and design!"

"What!, dammit! We didn't come here to fight them! Must be submarine! That or either it's some underhanded tactic from TAP to make us attack someone else and provoke them or us into bringin in another ally to them and enemy to us." Inform and order all submarines to be on the lookout. If they encounter any Colstream submarine or unidentified sub, to keep tails on it, and don't lose it but only engage it if fired upon. I want to talk em about this!"

Make sure nothing gets out of that Tortuga sea and this area yer hear?"

Local, Thon, open, unencrypted, wide, public, broadcast and comminque made within the area.

"Attention all submarine or subsurface combatants and vessels. There has been an attack from what looks like to be Colestream ordinace. Whether this a trick by TAP or a Colestream submarine itself we order you to surface immediately and surrender your vessel for an explanation. All vessels leaving this area will be destroyed on sight. If you surface and surrender, I promise you, your vessel will not be harmed....by us...and depending upon explanation and further intelligence, even possibly allowed to leave this region. But doing so is only possibly if you surrender. If you flee into the Tortuga sea, you will be destroyed without question or hesitation. If you ever desire to see home, day, night, land or the sky again I suggest you comply and surface immediately with your crew on deck."

end transmission

"Order the cruisers to start to strategically deploy their submarine nets and traps giving the coordinates and locations to the local small theater patrol subs we have in the area and inform the to go into deeper waters to track fro them."

"Yes Prōtomandatōr."

at that 28 small theater submarines each equipped with just 4 torpedoes each started searching more intensively for enemy subs.

OOC:

ignoring for now:

they were and are still in the air already and my carriers are pretty far out and it's incapable of you to see them because of my fleet protection and 50+ patrolling Tsunami class submarines. You wouldn't of been able to get past my defensive cruiser line without being detected, even if it is just one sub. especially the large kind of sub. please re edit or delete your last post, inform if this is the same sub you mentioned earlier and the number of tomahawks mentioned earlier. I now know everything and anything that comes out of the Tortuga sea and in the islands. (its very shallow there and plus its a dang very narrow small area so therefore pretty easy to find everything. I'd imagine the water is like clear reef like Hawaii see through to the surface type clean water too but if it isn't, still...come on.

unless that is your're near the surface very far away using a super advanced periscope, for a few seconds, and then do what your going to do, but for any longer than a minute at that, I would detect you.

I was waiting for your fleet to detect me and then i would repost with a part about the sub trying to escape. I was just waiting until your forces had detected me and then i will respond with the consequences of your attempts to sink the sub.

OOC:

ignoring for now:

they were and are still in the air already and my carriers are pretty far out and it's incapable of you to see them because of my fleet protection and 50+ patrolling Tsunami class submarines. You wouldn't of been able to get past my defensive cruiser line without being detected, even if it is just one sub. especially the large kind of sub. please re edit or delete your last post, inform if this is the same sub you mentioned earlier and the number of tomahawks mentioned earlier. I now know everything and anything that comes out of the Tortuga sea and in the islands. (its very shallow there and plus its a dang very narrow small area so therefore pretty easy to find everything. I'd imagine the water is like clear reef like Hawaii see through to the surface type clean water too but if it isn't, still...come on.

unless that is your're near the surface very far away using a super advanced periscope, for a few seconds, and then do what your going to do, but for any longer than a minute at that, I would detect you.

Post has been redited cause i missed a bit out when i saved it.
I was waiting for your fleet to detect me and then i would repost with a part about the sub trying to escape.

Wellovia, Non-existent Mokan Air Base

Here it was, the first Mokan Orbital fighter. The Mark 1 Orbital Interceptor, or more commonly called: the Eagle Starfighter. Long story short is that they huge, far larger then any other fighter in existence, slightly smaller then a 747 they were not designed for in atmosphere fighting. They were designed for external warfare, fighting against enemy ship orbiting the planet. Armed with two 90mm Coilguns with Tungsten tipped rounds, they were ready for combat. The rounds alone were something to be admired, rather then just being a solid projectile, they had been given an onboard "engine" to change course to re-aim themselves. Using Pressurized air and 6 nozzles located on the sides they could in theory change course mid flight up to 40 Degrees max, guided by an internal computer connected to the "eagle's" long range IR scanners, Rather then using RADAR they figured long range IR would be better using the coldness of space to aim the projectile.

As for the ship, it had a duel engine system, four Pratt & Whitney J58-P4s for in atmosphere use to get as high as it could, where the nuclear powered experimental Ion drive would take over, blasting it into space. Both the Coil guns and Ion drive were powered by a small nuclear reactor on board. Crewed by three, Pilot, weapons master, and Engine Operator, the large Star fighter would now see its first trail into combat. From the two mile long airstrip in the mountains of Wellovia, the first 10 took off, with another 10 on stand by. Shooting over the ocean they began the Flight to the atmosphere, they were aimed directly at TAP, luckily enough, three however banked north to protect Mokastana.

GPS showed that finally the fleet had entered international waters. It was still on the striking distance, but now officially it wasn´t operating in TAPian waters. A group of supply ships started their journey over the ocean to resupply the ships, with a small escort of 10 destroyers.

Encrypted message to Allied Forces

We are not currently operating in TAP, but our fleet is still close enough to make strikes if needed. We offer supplies as much as required. The plan is to sit until the situation has calmened and then take our place in the assault.

Thon Fleet; Barabary Islands; The American Privateer

As soon as Thon aircraft landed on the empty aircraft carriers from their attacks on the Barbary Islands and nearby Quivira and Lakota continental coastal defenses and military targets, they were quickly rearmed and refueled and new pilots aboard them then replaced and relieved the long time spent pilots that were initially in the aircraft from their arrival from Australia. They then retook to the air to engage any counter action TAP and its allies would put forth in response to the surprise attacks. However many were still in the air waiting to land and many still on the carriers themselves when enemy allied forces began their counterattack.

180 tornado long-range air defense fighters,
180 tornado long-range maritime attack,
180 counter air attack and defense suppression tornadoes along with
12 tornado ECR aircraft and
30 tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes

were still in the air fully armed, taking last priority to the
558 strike aircraft and close air support versions who had already spent their payloads of ARMIGERs purchased from Germany, AGM-142 Have Naps, SPICE, Nimrods, AGM-169 Joint Common Missiles, ALARMs bought from Britain and Brimstone missiles, on the Barbary Islands and nearby Quiviria and Lakota based defense and military targets.

The air fleet of 558 tornadoes of the 1140 original tornadoes that were still in the air turned around to the rear of the naval fleet and then back towards the TAP staying behind the fleets 30 forward Sarmizegetusa defensive cruisers for cover, and were timed to arrive to meet that line upon the calculated time of the incoming Dawoad radar blips.

The 180 tornado long-range air defense fighters were each armed with 4 MBDA Meteor AAMs capable of engaging enemy aircraft at 100+ km (60+ mi)
with Speeds of over Mach 4 and Thon made AIM-54 Phoenix missiles

The 180 counter air attack and defense suppression tornadoes were each equipped with 4 IRIS-T ASRAAMs purchased from Germany along with rockets, targeting, ECM, and other ordinance.

Seconds later after some of the tactical reconnaissance Tornadoes picked up the incoming enemy aircraft 30 of the 49 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers protecting the Thon fleet between the islands and the fleet itself unleashed their SAM RIM-8K Talos and SM-2MR Block IIIBs and Barak 8 SAM LRMs and MRMs at the incoming aircraft. If and when the enemy aircraft survived and reached beyond that they would deploy their shorter range Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles, Aster 30 SAMs and rely on Thon fighter cover for further protection as well.

OOC: more to follow about the ship based and coil gun stuff, how many aircraft am I facing here so I can correctly RP how many missiles my cruisers launch, they are arsenal type ships so I have lots of em but I don't want to fir em all.:D

OOC: Well, I am sending in a wing of Hyperions, 88 wings of F-15 Eagles, and 66 Wings of Tomcats

IC:
The aircraft took off. The Hyperions formed the center of the organization, and jammed the enemy radar.

They where escorted by 88 wings of F-15 Eagles carrying AMRAAMS and Sidewinders, and 66 wings of Tomcats carrying equal numbers of Phoenix and Sparrows.

The Tomcats fired their air to air Phoenix Missiles at the extreme range, using the Hyperion's Radar Dome Capability to guide the missiles. The F-15's targeted the incoming missiles with their AIM-54 AMRAAMS and fired, again, tieing them into the Hyperion's radar capabilities.

The Hyperions joined in with both, firing their own Pheonix Missiles at the traitorous aircraft and using their own carried AMRAAMS and their Airborne Lasers to snipe enemy missiles.

As they got into range of the Hyperion's Harpoon and Artillery weapons, they opened fire.

Seven flights of B-59 Starbombers, using the Hyperions as cover, roared overhead, dropping Skybolt Ballistic Missiles at the enemy fleet, and peeling off and away before they could be targeted. (Each can carry four Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutter)

OOC: OrBat
288 Hyperions
2x 105mm Cannons
1x ABL
7x Phalanx CIWS
2x M307 ACWS (Double Mounted Turret)
48x Sidewinders
8x Stingers
6x Tomahawks
12x Mavericks (Replaced with Harpoons for current mission)
4x AMRAAMS
12x ASRAAMS
4x Pheonix

25344 Strike Eagles
2x Sidewinders
2x AMRAAMS
2x Harpoons

19008 Tomcats
2x Sparrows
2x Pheonix
2x Sidewinders

All told the inbound ordinance is
19297 Pheonix,
25632 AMRAAMS,
25632 Harpoons,
1152 Skybolts

Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers fired their Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles, Aster 30 SAMs and their antimissile versions along the cruisers Phalanx CIWSs (Close-in weapon system ) "Tor Missile Systems" and the cruisers' new missile defense system "Metal Storm" courtesy of the commonwealth member Australia.

OOC: Metal storm missile defense details found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Storm
Tor Missile Systems based off:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-N-9_Gauntlet


IC:
Due to lack of military targets in the Barbary Islands 5 B-106 Thunderdragons along with 20 escorting tornadoes were diverted to destroy the defenses and mines blocking entrance in to the Tortuga sea. At the time of the submarines luanch of missiles, two of the bombers MOABS were just detonating on the waters surface as the missiles emerged. The 2 MOABs were deployed to clear and detonate any mines and sea defenses in the waters, but with lucky timing of some submarines or underwater launch of tomahawks emerging at the same time of detonation, the secondary explosion from the them along with the two MOABs proved devastatingly effective in destroying the mines and disturbing the waters there, flooding the closest coasts of the TAP's continental shores close to the inlet.

The cruisers' defenses successfully destroyed every single tomahawk and missle that remained and got through with no resulting damage to any cruisers or any of the Thon fleet. These cruisers were indeed built for such defensive purposes.

However the all 5 B-106 Thunderdragons and their 20 Panvia tornadoes escorts were destroyed from incoming AAM and ship to air missiles deployed from incoming Dawoad forces. But not before 12 of the tornadoes each fired 2 of their 4 IRIS-T ASRAAMs purchased from Germany at the incoming aircraft just before their destruction. 3 tornadoes pilots and copilots manged to eject safely but were shortly incinerated in the massive arial explosion of the 20 Panvia tornado aircraft and 5 B-106 Thunderdragons. 3 of B-106's had not yet got the chance to deploy their munitions and MOABs and this added further to the explosions taking out the remaining hawks and other inbound missiles towards the the Thon fleet.



OOC: shall we roleplay I destroyed them or you don't know why? or what?
as for your submarine, I never engaged it persay or attacked it, and you will get away safely, but I have to argue, if you depth of diving your submarine is possible in the waters of the Barabary islands and inlet to Tortuga sea here. For these water have to be too shallow for what your roleplaying I'd imagine, and I would've have to of easily detected your submarine in those shallow waters and now since your leaving the area especially with my 50 tsunami class submarines patrolling the deep waters all around in a secure perimeter around the area in a semi circle closing to the TAP mainland but not close enough to its shallow waters.

IC:

On the TCWS (Thon Commonwealth Ship) Cybele in the Thon fleet off the Barbary Islands:

A navy Petty Officer suddenly yelled from his computer station on the bridge to Prōtomandatōr Scott after he got off a communique from someone.

"Prōtomandatōr! we have detected and intercepted tomahawk launches from some underwater missile source and it looked like they were of Colstream origin and design!"

"What!, dammit! We didn't come here to fight them! Must be submarine! That or either it's some underhanded tactic from TAP to make us attack someone else and provoke them or us into bringin in another ally to them and enemy to us." Inform and order all submarines to be on the lookout. If they encounter any Colstream submarine or unidentified sub, to keep tails on it, and don't lose it but only engage it if fired upon. I want to talk em about this!"

Make sure nothing gets out of that Tortuga sea and this area yer hear?"

Local, Thon, open, unencrypted, wide, public, broadcast and comminque made within the area.

"Attention all submarine or subsurface combatants and vessels. There has been an attack from what looks like to be Colestream ordinace. Whether this a trick by TAP or a Colestream submarine itself we order you to surface immediately and surrender your vessel for an explanation. All vessels leaving this area will be destroyed on sight. If you surface and surrender, I promise you, your vessel will not be harmed....by us...and depending upon explanation and further intelligence, even possibly allowed to leave this region. But doing so is only possibly if you surrender. If you flee into the Tortuga sea, you will be destroyed without question or hesitation. If you ever desire to see home, day, night, land or the sky again I suggest you comply and surface immediately with your crew on deck."

end transmission

"Order the cruisers to start to strategically deploy their submarine nets and traps giving the coordinates and locations to the local small theater patrol subs we have in the area and inform the to go into deeper waters to track fro them."

"Yes Prōtomandatōr."

at that 28 small theater submarines each equipped with just 4 torpedoes each started searching more intensively for enemy subs.

P-3 Orions flying overhead where damnright glad. They where so glad the only way o describe it was joy, JOY on MAD. As they detected the enemy submarines, they called in coordinates, and S-3 Viking Anti-Submarine Warfare Planes where dispatched to launch their Mk. 46 Torpedoes against the enemy subs.

288 Vikings each launched 4 torpedoes and boogied out of the area.

Burlovian cargo ships refueled and resupplied ships. A couple of them were sent to the Barbary Islands, where Thon fleet was stationed. They made it seem like normal resupplying, but there were also some 50 Brahmos 2, which were meant for a very fast strike or retaliation. Now even if Burlovian fleet wasn´t going to use Brahmos, at least Thon could.

A single sailing vessel made its way out of a harbor. It's sails hung limp and black, its flags all white. It's IFF transponder showed that it was the DV Samuel Adams.

It sailed towards the Leafanistan fleet as similar vessels sailed towards the ships of Leocardia and The Thon. Armed versions sailed towards the ships of The Northern Baltic and Burlovia, their gunners wary and the crews eyeing the nation's vessels with suspicion.

Each ship carried in a sealed tube, the conditional terms of surrender that had been written up by the president.

Terms of Surrender
1. The Disbandment of the TAP'ian armed forces for ten years, and the mothballing of all land and air based insturments of war during that time.

2. The Coast Guard shall be left unharmed, and shall be granted the right to continue to enforce the law of the land.

3. The families of those killed in New Tortuga, Space Town Space Dock, Neil Armstrong Air Force Base shall be compensated by the parties of Burlovia and The Northern Baltic respectively.

4. AeroFarms Agricultural Corporation and Crossbar Fuel Company shall be compensated for damages done to their Greenhouse Complex.

5. Burlovia shall compensate the Department of Defense and Department of War for the materials used in response to their act of Nuclear Aggression.

6. The complete destruction of all nuclear artillery shells in the TAP'ian Arsenal.

7. All Thon civillians and persons still held in protective custody shall be escorted out of The American Privateer by TAP'ian Army Units, which shall be disarmed at the port of departure.

8. The Armed Forces of Leafanistan shall administer and man the defenses of The American Privateer for Ten Years.

9. Due to Attrocities committed by The Northern Baltic and Burlovia, said states shall be disbarred from the abillity to administer a portion of the state of The American Privateer.

10. The right of all enlisted men and women to return home without delay or harrasement to continue their lives in a peaceful manner.

11. The Right of Career Comissioned Officers to continue to remain on the Govenrment Pay Roll as agents of Defense, with the same being done for Career Non-Commissioned Officers.

12. NOVA corp shall have their legitamate buisness assets still operating nationalised for a period of 20 years, with all profits going to Leafanistan for distribution as deemed neccessary by the government of Leafanistan as War Reperations. The various shell companies shall then be sold off to the four Capital Conglomerates of The American Privateer.

13. Any and all NOVA Corp who designate themselves as Nightwatch shall be transferred to Leafanistan for trial, with the exclusion of Senators, Representatives and Government Agents who are sympathetic to the Nightwatch, who shall then be hung from the neck until dead for the crime of Treason. NOVA Corporation employees who are not Nightwatch shall be allowed to continue working for NOVA unmolested.

14. The Government of The American Privateer shall remain in the hands of the people, and the Constitution of The American Privateer shall remain the Supreme Law of the State
A. The nation of Leafanistan shall not place a communist puppet into position in the Presidential Manor, hereafter reffered to as the "White House"
B. The Congress of The American Privateer shall remain in power as the Legistive Branch of the Government
C. The Supreme Court of The American Privateer shall remain the Highest Court in the land.
D. Any government officials tried by the nation of Leafanistan or her allies shall be tried according to the rights and laws granted to them in the Constitution in order to maintain a fair and open trial

15. Rebeca St. James shall step down as President, and free and open elections shall be held, with Monitors from the Hegemony present at all polling places.

16. Jack Ray shall be placed in the role of interim President until a new president sahll be elected, with his name not on the ballot and any ballots with his name written in discarded.

17. No penalties shall fall upon DaWoad, Mokastana, or any other nation that allied to our cause.

It was accompanied by a letter
We are willing to meet with the leadership of Leafanistan to discuss a surrender, and to discuss the terms of the surrender, to Leafanistan and her allies. They may name the location of the confrence. The Grand Master of The Longinean Order has indicated his desire to meet and discuss terms.

Rebeca St. James
President of The American Privateer

Mokan Fleet, MNS Mokastana


"They are doing what now? We just arrived and were ready to blow the blockade!"

Admiral Frashaw was getting annoyed, he came here to kill, and yet secret transmissions of another peace talk were going around. The last ones fail, why would these?

"Do we have any report of damage done to the Leafanistani fleet?"

"Still waiting on it sir."

"Ok then, keep guns up and Hawkeyes in the air. Send a portion of the fleet to hunt down The Thon fleet while they are refueling. The Kraken Flottilla with 3 Air attacks, no make it four, and a wolf pack."

"Aye Aye Sir."

After the Canal had been destroyed...

Leocardian ships seek the nearest coast to drop their 150 amphibious assault. Hundreds of tanks and thousands of soldiers prepared their guns. Houbei Class FACs prepared by firing their AK-160 CIWS in mid-air, and perhaps, possible enemy aircrafts flying near the fleet. The ships replenished their cannons with plenty of explosive surprises, YJ-83s and BrahMos missiles, and better yet, the Moskit missiles. Salvo shots were made by the Juki SD with their guns. Massive gunpowder and sounds of firing ammunition in the sky filled the scene. It was a petty sight, and Leocardia was just flexing its naval muscles.

Aircraft carriers within the fleet prepared their amphibious assault. Speed boats, strapped with plenty of machine guns and RPGs filled their fuels within the carrier, as well as ground-attack planes, Q-5s and J-11s, readying their armaments.

The Admirial looked with his telescope and zoned the coast. It was clear, just black smoke and ruins. The assault was ready.

Five hours later

Leocardian ships made their amphibious assault. Q-5s and multi role J-11s blanketed the air, and 150 amphibious ships went sailing toward the coast full speed. Destroyers, crusiers, and the Juki SD fired their rounds and guns and missiles at the coast before their men landed on the beaches. The flag of Leocardia flew large and big at the very top of the carriers, making sure that anyone miles away can see the flag... 25,000 soldiers were making a landing.

Their mission is to kill all who resist them and destroy all the hydroponic farms in sight on TAP.

"Shit, sir, the Leocardian ships are attempting to land on TAP!"

"Do they really think that will work, but then agian, TAP has been getting pounded to hell. Recall my last order, bring the fleet back together, charge the Leocardian fleet, when we are 2000km out blow them to hell!"

"Aye Aye sir!"

With that the fleet reformed into a large mass and charged full steam ahead to the fleet around the landing zone.


OOC: what does your fleet consist off?

"Shit, sir, the Leocardian ships are attempting to land on TAP!"

"Do they really think that will work, but then agian, TAP has been getting pounded to hell. Recall my last order, bring the fleet back together, charge the Leocardian fleet, when we are 2000km out blow them to hell!"

"Aye Aye sir!"

With that the fleet reformed into a large mass and charged full steam ahead to the fleet around the landing zone.


OOC: what does your fleet consist off?

OOC: The rest of the World Fleet I used in Greal.

IC:

During the assault, blimps of many ships were heading toward Leocardia's ships. The Admiral and his advisers turned their eyes on the blimps, standing still. They looked at each other, and the Admiral sighed. "Change formation. Battle group 16 of 12 ships for enemy defense. Use ALL anti-ship missiles." His advisers did as they were told. Immediately, they went to the radios and computers typing in orders of selected ships in their battle groups, and the ships changed their formation to a defensive, missile-attack style.

The ships made their V-shapes as the enemy came upon their way.

Aircraft carriers deployed dozens of torpedo helicopters and Su-33s to provide air support.

OOC: can you send me a link?

IC:

"Sir they are getting in defensive formations."

"Launch 50% of the total aircraft, I want missile defenses on the ready. I want the Air Defense shifts in the front, with the subs in front of them. Full defensive formations. Are we 2,000Km out yet?"

"Yes Admiral."

"How many anti-ship missiles do we have?"

"Approximately 23,000 in VLS sir."

"launch 10,000 target the aircraft carriers and missile defenders as primary targets, all other offensive ships as secondary targets. Order the Ohios to launch ballistic EMP weapons. We have range on your side, use it."

The Mark one Ballistic EMP missile is a traditional Trident missile with a non-nuclear EMP warhead locked in a Faraday Cage that deactivates the moment of "detonation," to prevent interference with other EMP missiles in the area, each has a "blast radius" of about 1.5 miles. 104 were launched

aircraft in air:
1,100 F-18s
650X F-35s
40X Hawkeyes

Off Of TAP
Another volley of Scud missiles were fired, this time about 4,500 missiles were fired, instead of the mere 2,500 that were fired before. They were aimed at the coastal defenses and anti-missile batteries belonging to TAP. The ships also fired another volley of shells and sonar jamming buoys were sent out, but not before the submarines retreated a safe distance from the combat zone, not to far that they would be out of range if needed, but far enough that they wouldn't ram any surface vessels.

Official Diplomatic Message to TAP
The Northern Baltic will be willing to accept the terms you laid forth in the peace treaty, if, and only if, our allies accept them as well.

The Northern Baltic
Marines, Regulars, and Mercenaries boarded escorted troop ships as they prepared to leave The Northern Baltic and hook up with the main fleet off of TAP. Tanks and heavy vehicles accompanied them on their journey. Northern Baltic commanders did not like to leave things to chance. If this whole peace thing didn't work out, The Northern Baltic would have no choice but to bring the war even closer to home.

Also loaded onto the ships were a special cargo. A weapon that had been mass produced for The Northern Baltic's war with The Maldorians and New Manth, but would now find use. Millions of them were loaded onto the ships as they set off for sea. In the weapons, once they're used, The American Privateer will find the true meaning of fear.

Leocardian Instant War Diplomatic Relations

Leocardia agrees with the terms given by The American Privateer and will accept the conditional surrender paper, but we suggest adding that The American Privateer will:

1. Grant Leocardia territory owned by The American Privateer approximately the size of Maryland and Delaware, combined.

2. Grant Leocardia a major trade port.

3. Surrender all The American Privateer technologies to Leocardia.

Three Jericho 1 Ballistic Missiles loaded with MOAB warheads where launched at the enemy fleet.

A couple hundred Harpoon missiles where launched as the boats reached 93 kilometers.

At 55 kilometers, 300 Penguin anti-ship missiles launched themselves at the incoming invaders.

37 16 inch guns opened up as the amphibious assault craft got within 39 klicks.

35 M777 artillery pieces joined in at the 24 kilometer mark.

As they reached the 8 kilometer mark, 17 crews with Spike-ER Missiles opened up, launching their ATGM's at the incoming ships.

As the ships landed, M120 mortars dropped rounds on top of the offloading troops.

They where joined by a couple dozen each of M312 Machine Guns, and M307 Advanced Crew Served Weapons. As .50 Cal rounds and 25mm Grenades rained down on the enemy troopers, soldiers armed with M2000 Intervention Sniper Rifles, M24 Sniper Rifles, USMC Designated Marksman Rifles, and M40 Sniper Rifles opened up, aiming for anyone with a badge or who looked to be taking up leadership positions.

Bouncing Betty Mines went off under the feet of the soldiers, as 17 baseline JSOW warheads detonated, each dropping 145 BLU-97/B submunitions.

24 Mi-24 Hinds rose up over the cliffs, and strafed the offloading soldiers.

The TAP'ian government had been ready to try and peacefully end the hostilities, but it seemed like Leocardia was bound and determined to be unreasonable. First at the table and then here.

Leocardian Instant War Diplomatic Relations

Leocardia agrees with the terms given by The American Privateer and will accept the conditional surrender paper, but we suggest adding that The American Privateer will:

1. Grant Leocardia territory owned by The American Privateer approximately the size of Maryland and Delaware, combined.

2. Grant Leocardia a major trade port.

3. Surrender all The American Privateer technologies to Leocardia.

We apologise, but we cannot do that. We only have three major trading ports, which are required to provide the raw chemicals necessary for our chemical and pharmaceutical industry. As for the land, we cannot acquiesce to that request. That is sovereign territory of The American Privateer, owned by the citizens who live upon it. If you want more land, purchase it from someone friendly or indifferent to you. We are not going to sit idly by and watch our people get uprooted from the land they own and moved out. And the tech you will have to negotiate with the companies that own them for, as we the government have no rights to them unless we pay for those rights.

OOC: The Tech for the Space elevators is owned by Starhold Incorporated, and the Hyperions are owned by The Pheonix Militia. Everything else has been published in scientific papers. And don't ask about Jumper, there is nothing to get, as the only engine self-destructed in the Lake of Success on the moon, and all information about it was shredded. So much for that RP idea...

We apologise, but we cannot do that. We only have three major trading ports, which are required to provide the raw chemicals necessary for our chemical and pharmaceutical industry. As for the land, we cannot acquiesce to that request. That is sovereign territory of The American Privateer, owned by the citizens who live upon it. If you want more land, purchase it from someone friendly or indifferent to you. We are not going to sit idly by and watch our people get uprooted from the land they own and moved out. And the tech you will have to negotiate with the companies that own them for, as we the government have no rights to them unless we pay for those rights.

OOC: The Tech for the Space elevators is owned by Starhold Incorporated, and the Hyperions are owned by The Pheonix Militia. Everything else has been published in scientific papers. And don't ask about Jumper, there is nothing to get, as the only engine self-destructed in the Lake of Success on the moon, and all information about it was shredded. So much for that RP idea...

Leocardian Instant War Diplomatic Relations

How so? Then we want our territories in Makoki Isles to be surrendered back to its rightful owners, the Leocardian people.

With the rejection by The American Privateer, Leocardia hereby rejects the acceptance of conditional surrender.

Explanation: The American Privateer has chosen to keep its hostility toward Leocardia, even with a consider of surrendering, and has rejected our suggested proposal with negative feedback and forceful comments. The Dynastic Republic of Leocardia does not tolerate with nations who have been obstructed and still retaliate with hostilities in mind and brought back. With this rejection, Leocardia will maintain its stance of hostility in TAP. Until TAP will make new terms with Leocardia, Leocardian forces will stay in TAP's front. In response to the patience of the USSNB, Leocardia will remain their answer "no."

Leocardian Instant War Diplomatic Relations

How so? Then we want our territories in Makoki Isles to be surrendered back to its rightful owners, the Leocardian people.

With the rejection by The American Privateer, Leocardia hereby rejects the acceptance of conditional surrender.

Explanation: The American Privateer has chosen to keep its hostility toward Leocardia, even with a consider of surrendering, and has rejected our suggested proposal with negative feedback and forceful comments. The Dynastic Republic of Leocardia does not tolerate with nations who have been obstructed and still retaliate with hostilities in mind and brought back. With this rejection, Leocardia will maintain its stance of hostility in TAP. Until TAP will make new terms with Leocardia, Leocardian forces will stay in TAP's front. In response to the patience of the USSNB, Leocardia will remain their answer "no."

"Makoki Isles?"

The question of just what the hell these Makoki Isles was spread like wildfire around the government. No record of the Makoki Isles could be found in the archives of the Republic.

"We have no knowledge of the Makoki Isles. We apologize for this, but there is nothing we can do with this regard. As for our Forceful language. We would like to inquire as to how polite refusal could be considered forceful."

Dozens of large caliber guns were pointed towards the ship while it arrived at one of the destroyers. When the tube was received, Burlovians messaged: "Now turn around and leave with full speed so we don´t have to sink you."
The ship´s captain sent the tube to admiral on one of the carriers, and there the admiral opened it and viewed its contents. After that the message was sent to HQ, where High General read it. It seemed like Americans didn´t know what surrendering means.

Official Diplomatic response to TAP

Burlovia refuses the conditions of surrender. We will not pay reparations. If you accept these conditions we will not ask for reparations from our naval and aerial assets you have attacked and damaged.

Encrypted Message to TAP

We currently have 2 Naval fleets near your nation, we will be sending them now, but we wish to know where we should send the fleets to land troops.

1st Task Force

1 Overlord Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught
20 Lord Class Battleships
8 Empire Class Battle Carriers
2 Pulse Class Stealth Carriers
3 Derelict Class Submarine Carriers
1 Slicer Class Mini-Carrier
12 Storm Class Guided Missile Cruisers
40 Dragon Class Destroyers
25 Hunter Class Submarines
5 LC-3 Invaders
10 Sword Class Corvettes
150 Support Vessels and transports
60 Minesweepers
900 F-35 Lightings
300 Black Panther Helicopters

2nd Task Force

1 Longsword-class supercapital guided missile warship
20 Lord Class Battleships
10 Empire Class Battle Carriers
2 Pulse Class Stealth Carriers
3 Derelict Class Submarine Carriers
1 Slicer Class Mini-Carrier
12 Storm Class Guided Missile Cruisers
50 Dragon Class Destroyers
30 Hunter Class Submarines
5 LC-3 Invaders
10 Sword Class Corvettes
150 Support Vessels and transports
60 Minesweepers
1300 Eurofighters
400 Black Panther Helicopters

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OOC: this is me and the Thon fleet over the or rather more behind the Barbary islands

TAP where are your aircraft coming from from what direction? they would have to be behind Dawoad's aircraft thats hes sent against me already.

(please take into account that despite lengthy time between between posts and replys and some ( :mad: :headbang:) still no confirmations. my invasion onto the Barbary Islands is now 60 minutes into it. since my ships first appeared and fired off the islands.)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/552px-The_American_Privateer_Map2.jpg

OOC: this is me and the Thon fleet over the or rather more behind the Barbary islands

TAP where are your aircraft coming from from what direction? they would have to be behind Dawoad's aircraft thats hes sent against me already.

(please take into account that despite lengthy time between between posts and replys and some ( :mad: :headbang:) still no confirmations. my invasion onto the Barbary Islands is now 60 minutes into it. since my ships first appeared and fired off the islands.)

OOC: They are heading north towards you

Dozens of large caliber guns were pointed towards the ship while it arrived at one of the destroyers. When the tube was received, Burlovians messaged: "Now turn around and leave with full speed so we don´t have to sink you."
The ship´s captain sent the tube to admiral on one of the carriers, and there the admiral opened it and viewed its contents. After that the message was sent to HQ, where High General read it. It seemed like Americans didn´t know what surrendering means.

Official Diplomatic response to TAP

Burlovia refuses the conditions of surrender. We will not pay reparations. If you accept these conditions we will not ask for reparations from our naval and aerial assets you have attacked and damaged.

Official Response
We are sorry, but we must demand these. The reparations asked for where ones that you had already agreed to, and reparations on our part had already been promised to be distributed by Leafanistan.

Encrypted Message to TAP

We currently have 2 Naval fleets near your nation, we will be sending them now, but we wish to know where we should send the fleets to land troops.

1st Task Force

1 Overlord Class Trimaran Super Dreadnaught
20 Lord Class Battleships
8 Empire Class Battle Carriers
2 Pulse Class Stealth Carriers
3 Derelict Class Submarine Carriers
1 Slicer Class Mini-Carrier
12 Storm Class Guided Missile Cruisers
40 Dragon Class Destroyers
25 Hunter Class Submarines
5 LC-3 Invaders
10 Sword Class Corvettes
150 Support Vessels and transports
60 Minesweepers
900+ Aircraft
300+ Helicopters

2nd Task Force

1 Nietzsche Class SuperDreadnaught
20 Lord Class Battleships
10 Empire Class Battle Carriers
2 Pulse Class Stealth Carriers
3 Derelict Class Submarine Carriers
1 Slicer Class Mini-Carrier
12 Storm Class Guided Missile Cruisers
50 Dragon Class Destroyers
30 Hunter Class Submarines
5 LC-3 Invaders
10 Sword Class Corvettes
150 Support Vessels and transports
60 Minesweepers
1300+ Aircraft
400+ Helicopters

Official Response
SIC: Hand Delivered to the President of Greal by the Ambassador of TAP, Flown to him from the PS Roosevelt

We are completely surrounded to our West and South. Only our North and East are unguarded, but both are nigh impassable. You would have to blast your way in. We would suggest instead trying to draw them away from The American Privateer. We had an invasion of The Northern Baltic planned at one point, but had to call it off when the blockade arrived. If we can get fuel for our ships, we can still pull it off. It looks like some of our opponents might still demand more than we can afford to give. Namely those Imperialists in Leocardia and their allies in The Northern Baltic. If we can get Leafanistan and Burlovia out of the fight, we will have a better chance, so please hold until negotiations begin. If this works, it will be the greatest bluff in American History.

Encrypted Response

I don't suppose we could fly them in, it would kill many pilots. We might have to fight our way in, after all, we have a strong convoy with lots of fighting vessels. If have to, our fleet will fight to the last ship.

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The Greal massive naval task forces were on their way. They were already near the blockade.....

Encrypted Response

I don't suppose we could fly them in, it would kill many pilots. We might have to fight our way in, after all, we have a strong convoy with lots of fighting vessels. If have to, our fleet will fight to the last ship.

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The Greal massive naval task forces were on their way. They were already near the blockade.....

Come in high and from the east then. Stay north as you head inland, and you should be able to avoid most of the ash cloud from Hades as the volcanoes are dieing down. We will help provide air support.

Encrypted Response

I don't suppose we could fly them in, it would kill many pilots. We might have to fight our way in, after all, we have a strong convoy with lots of fighting vessels. If have to, our fleet will fight to the last ship.

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The Greal massive naval task forces were on their way. They were already near the blockade.....
ASDN second and third fleet moved to join up with the greal fleets and 50% of the carrier borne air force circled above the fleet providing cover.

Leocardian Military Operations Command Center

Leocardia looks at Greal, breaking their peace compromise, by deploying forces against Leocardia. We ask to review their agreement before making any more actions aiding the TAP.

Official Response
We are sorry, but we must demand these. The reparations asked for where ones that you had already agreed to, and reparations on our part had already been promised to be distributed by Leafanistan.


Burlovia hasn´t agreed to any reparations. WE WILL NOT PAY YOU ANYTHING. You attacked us and Northern Baltic, you lost, now face it and accept your defeat.

OOC: I'll put up an IC post after the rest of TAP's enemies respond to my fleet.

The Republic Of Colstream Fleet began to move away from the Dawoad Fleet after deciding not to go past the blockade. It started to move away from TAP and head back into International Waters.

To All Combatants.

We are pulling out our fleet because there is no way a break through the blockade would be successful. We are now changing our stance to Neutrality and wish to stay in the conflict as a Neutral Party to mediate with any peace proposals. We will talk with both sides to help with any arguments or proposals as a mediator.

Off The American Privateer
Hui Sin looked out to sea. He stood heard that annoying racket from the Sudafrikans downstairs. They had hooked up with the fleet several hours ago and were now moving into position. Something big was happening. His supervising officers wouldn't tell him, but he knew.

All of a sudden, fog machines produced fog which shrouded the ships in the area with fog and alarms went out on all of the ships in the area.
Attention troops. Prepare for combat. I repeat. Prepare for combat. This is not a drill.
The Shujuniese troops ran about the ships and assembled in their predesignated combat groups. The Sudafrikan mercenaries came not to long later. Little did these troops know that, 400 miles away, the other Shujuuniese marines and Sudafrikan mercenaries were doing the same.

Having found his group, Hui's group ran off across the ship to where the other troops were leaving to. Arriving, Hui's group found the BMP-3 with their group number clearly written on the back: HC-0343. Hui climbed in and waited. Those Sudafrikans he thought Last ones to leave to battle, but first ones in the fight. He laughed to himself, but stopped once he heard the motors of the BMP-3s start. At that point, thousands of Scuds and BrahMos missiles and shells from the various surface ships were launched at the areas designated for invasion: two beaches with 400 miles in between them. The Scuds contained a surprise: EMPs. They were aimed at a 50 mile area around the beach, to prevent any reinforcements from coming in. The fleet was concentrated on both ends of the 400 miles, but many ships were spread out in between.

Invasion Forces (split evenly between the two beaches):
50,000 Shujuniese Marines
70,000 Sudafrikan Mercenaries
12,000 BMP-3M
1,000 PT-76M

OOC: War is fun and all but after the loss of the 12th Fleet the people are weary after so much life has been lost.

To all Enemy Combatants

The Glorious Republic will agree to a temporary cease-fire under the terms of the provisional peace agreement as we move to the negotiating table.

The cease-fire is only valid if any and all forces attacking the Glorious Republican Fleets. That means the long range missiles we have fired at the Mokan fleets and our counterpart's long range missiles have been detonated. We have self-destructed our missiles in flight and we hope you do the same.

However, as our allies are their own nations it is up to them to decide whether they want to join the cease fire.

[END]

DIPLOMATIC MESSAGE:

To the Glorious Republic Of Leafanistan:
From Republic Of Colstream:

The Republic Of Colstream agrees with your view. Too many lives have been lost. Even though the Republic was on TAPs side, there was no wish to take part in Combat. We wish to help finish the Conflict as a Mediator rather than a combatant because we had nothing to gain from the conflict and would like a successful conclusion to it. Please respond to this Message.

DIPLOMATIC MESSAGE:

To the Glorious Republic Of Leafanistan:
From Republic Of Colstream:

The Republic Of Colstream agrees with your view. Too many lives have been lost. Even though the Republic was on TAPs side, there was no wish to take part in Combat. We wish to help finish the Conflict as a Mediator rather than a combatant because we had nothing to gain from the conflict and would like a successful conclusion to it. Please respond to this Message.

Diplomatic Cable

We agree to a cease-fire until we can agree on such terms of a conditional surrender or until attack by another party. Of course Mokan missiles are still on the way and we'll respond accordingly if they impact.

[END]

Diplomatic Cable

We agree to a cease-fire until we can agree on such terms of a conditional surrender or until attack by another party. Of course Mokan missiles are still on the way and we'll respond accordingly if they impact.

[END]

Diplomatic Cable

The Republic Of Colstream will not condone your actions whatever they may be. You will do what you must.

Diplomatic Respons
We wish to warn all forces that we shall respond to any and all attacks and attempted invasion with the full force available to us, but that under the terms of the cease fire, that we shall not conduct any aggressive form of combat.

Please order all forces currently on our territory off NOW. Any forces remaining on our land in any way shape or form within the next twelve hours shall be declared to be in violation of the cease fire and shall be exterminated with extreme prejudice.

Please note: We have not lost this war. We still have the capabilities to fight this out to a bloody draw, but have no desire to do so at this time. Should the imperialists in The Northern Baltic and others continue to press for an unconditional surrender and continue to deny the reparations that we have rightfully and justly demanded for our people, then we WILL walk away from the table again. We came to the table the first time looking for a spirit of peace and a willingness to talk and instead found imperialist motives in the minds of our enemies.

Across The American Privateer
Theater Range and Short Range Ballistic Missiles where fitted with MOAB Warheads and aimed at the beaches where enemy forces where moving towards. Similar ones where aimed at the Barbary Islands. The President was ready and willing to enforce her threat.

Diplomatic Message
The allied States of Dawoad agrees to the ceasefire and is pulling back all offensive moves. Fleets have been stood down. The ASD would also like to make a further suggestion. The ASD suggests individual treaties with the parties involved as some (namely Burlovia) seem to be less than willing to agree to certain terms.

First Fleets air force
The attacking Fighters Turned towards the ASD fleet and Went to full afterburner turning jamming up to full and popping all available countermeasures.

Second and third Fleets
Both Second and third fleet stopped their approach towards the enemy fleets but Fighters and Eagle AWAKs stayed in the air above their carriers.

The American Privateer
The beaches were hit with little opposition, remarked Hui, We are on our way to victory! BMP-3s moved forward, quickly eliminating any hostile resistance they encountered and moved forward, releasing their troops along the way. The troops fortified the beach and Pt-76 tanks and BMP-3s were dug in. A dispachment of troops were preparing to move out when a radio message came in:
Do not engage in any hostile actives against the enemy. We do not wish to break the peace negotiations.
Hui, although he was frustrated, Hui, along with the rest of the troops hunkered down and continued fortifying the beach. The same was occurring on the other beach.

The American Privateer
The beaches were hit with little opposition, remarked Hui, We are on our way to victory! BMP-3s moved forward, quickly eliminating any hostile resistance they encountered and moved forward, releasing their troops along the way. The troops fortified the beach and Pt-76 tanks and BMP-3s were dug in. A dispachment of troops were preparing to move out when a radio message came in:
Do not engage in any hostile actives against the enemy. We do not wish to break the peace negotiations.
Hui, although he was frustrated, Hui, along with the rest of the troops hunkered down and continued fortifying the beach. The same was occurring on the other beach.

A message was sent out to them via loud speakers

General Lee called out in a rough growl, "Return to your ships and leave this place. Should you remain on our land after 12 hours have passed, you shall be seen as being in violation of the treaty. You bastards have already given me all the excuse I need to blast all of your men and equipment into oblivion. The blood of my son cries out for vengeance from the ruins of New Tortuga."

The American Privateer
After laughing amongst themselves, the Sudafrikan mercenaries utilized their own response via their own loudspeakers, significantly louder then the loudspeakers of their enemies.

The blood of your mom cries out from New Tortuga This response was followed by a traditional Northern Baltic tune, honoring the bravery of her soldiers.

There was no way they could simply turn back and renter their landing ships. They would need to find a port in order to do that, Hui thought, the TAP request was absurd. The troops on the beach weren't advancing, they were simply waiting. No one in high command had any intention of disrupting the cease fire, but at the same time, they could not have their BMP-3s and Pt-76s sink trying to reboard the landing craft.

Off TAP
Rocketboats began reloading Scud missiles. These were simply high explosives, not special EMP varients. The fleet had now ceased fire and waited for a new order to arrive.

"They want us to do what now?"

"Detonate the missiles in air, and take it in the ass apparently Admiral."

"Fuck this, Comms Officer, we cannot detonate the missiles in the air, and as long the North Baltic is landing forces on the beaches then we consider that offensive actions. That will be our official position. As for our real position, we are not going to waste 10,000 missiles because some people start crying peace when damage is being done. As long as they keep landing forces we wont detonate. Damn politics."

"Any other orders sir?"

"Cycle the fleets, all flotillas that took damage, or are low on missiles are to return to Mokastana, however I want replacement flottillas here first. Send an order to call enough of the fleet to replace the damage and missiles."

TO: ALL PARTIES INVOLVED
FROM: PRIMARY ADMIRAL ALEX FRANSHAW

We agree to a cease fire and will cease firing and be in defensive mode. As for our missiles they were launched before any talk of a cease fire and we are amazed they haven't hit by now. However as long as enemy troops continue to make beachheads on TAP we will not make any attempt to stop them.

Official response
We agree to ceasefire, even though we have currently no men on TAP territory or waters. We will enter negotiations, but we demand that the negotiations are held somewhere else than TAP.

The American Privateer
After laughing amongst themselves, the Sudafrikan mercenaries utilized their own response via their own loudspeakers, significantly louder then the loudspeakers of their enemies.

The blood of your mom cries out from New Tortuga This response was followed by a traditional Northern Baltic tune, honoring the bravery of her soldiers.

There was no way they could simply turn back and renter their landing ships. They would need to find a port in order to do that, Hui thought, the TAP request was absurd. The troops on the beach weren't advancing, they were simply waiting. No one in high command had any intention of disrupting the cease fire, but at the same time, they could not have their BMP-3s and Pt-76s sink trying to reboard the landing craft.

Off TAP
Rocketboats began reloading Scud missiles. These were simply high explosives, not special EMP varients. The fleet had now ceased fire and waited for a new order to arrive.

"Fire a warning shot, maybe those bastards will think twice before insulting us again."

"Roger that sir."

A DGDR-4 was launched. Used in Missile Defense Tests to simulate SRBM's, it was simply a big heavy rod with fins and a rocket. It crash landed into the sand near the center of the enemy troops.

"You have eleven hours to comply. We will grant immunity to your aircraft should you wish to use them to evacuate your vehicles, but you WILL be off that beach within eleven hours or we WILL fire our missiles per our mandate from the president. Repeat, you have eleven hours to comply, over."

switching off his communications, he turned and looked at the other men in the bunker. "I almost hope they don't get off those beaches. Might be a good thing to teach those bastards a lesson they won't forget."

Meanwhile, Artillery Crews zeroed in their pieces using computer simulations, and the crews of the M307 ACSW's used Laser Rangfinders to set the airburst distance on their grenades. M312 Machine Gun crews loaded in HE rounds. Snipers farther away did the same thing on their end, and began scoping in on the highest ranking officers on the beach.

Official response
We agree to ceasefire, even though we have currently no men on TAP territory or waters. We will enter negotiations, but we demand that the negotiations are held somewhere else than TAP.

The Republic Of Colstream suggests that we hold the talks in our Capital Ashland? As we are now a Neutral Nation we could hold them here?

The Republic Of Colstream suggests that we hold the talks in our Capital Ashland? As we are now a Neutral Nation we could hold them here?

The Glorious Republic, citing security concerns and mutual discomfort with sitting so close to the other parties, we need to understand that the emotional conflicts that result from our close proximity, clouds our higher logical judgment. Therefore, we recommend we all talk from the secure bunkers we're all probably holed up in.

The amphibious assault on TAP was successful, receiving no resistance, but naval backlashes by the Mokstanan Navy. Hundreds of enemy fighter planes were in the air, but that didn't scare the brave, very brave naval ships of Leocardia. The crusiers had their fingers on the anti-air defenses on the ships and immediately fired their munitions at the planes. The enemy, however, made Leocardian destroyers and carriers as the target, and the defending destroyers were heavily damaged, pewing black smoke within the scene. The carrier based defenses prevented the lash of fires to light damaged. The Juki SD blazed away in its guns at the Mokstanan Navy.

"Fire a warning shot, maybe those bastards will think twice before insulting us again."

"Roger that sir."

A DGDR-4 was launched. Used in Missile Defense Tests to simulate SRBM's, it was simply a big heavy rod with fins and a rocket. It crash landed into the sand near the center of the enemy troops.

"You have eleven hours to comply. We will grant immunity to your aircraft should you wish to use them to evacuate your vehicles, but you WILL be off that beach within eleven hours or we WILL fire our missiles per our mandate from the president. Repeat, you have eleven hours to comply, over."

switching off his communications, he turned and looked at the other men in the bunker. "I almost hope they don't get off those beaches. Might be a good thing to teach those bastards a lesson they won't forget."

Meanwhile, Artillery Crews zeroed in their pieces using computer simulations, and the crews of the M307 ACSW's used Laser Rangfinders to set the airburst distance on their grenades. M312 Machine Gun crews loaded in HE rounds. Snipers farther away did the same thing on their end, and began scoping in on the highest ranking officers on the beach.



The American Privateer
As the missile launched, an anti-missile system on one of the Northern Baltic ships launched to intercept it. It blew apart the missile scattering fragments of derbies in the no mans land between the two forces.

Another loudspeaker message came from the Sudafrikan mercenaries You should tell your mother I want her back.

The American Privateer
As the missile launched, an anti-missile system on one of the Northern Baltic ships launched to intercept it. It blew apart the missile scattering fragments of derbies in the no mans land between the two forces.

Another loudspeaker message came from the Sudafrikan mercenaries You should tell your mother I want her back.

General Lee was growing angrier and angrier. His XO placed a hand on his hsoulder and gave him a look that clearly meant calm down. The bastards out on the beach where just trying to get a rise out of the general and make him break the cease fire.

Nodding to his Lieutenant, he calmed himself and spoke into the loudspeaker. "You have eleven hours. Leave this beach or we will destroy all of you."

With that, he pressed a button, and an intense, shaped wave of sound at the infrasonic level of 19 hertz was broadcast towards the forces on the beach.

Known as the Ghost Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound#Human_reactions_to_infrasound), it utilized the side effects of the human brain's reaction to such low level noise to produce feeling of awe and fear in those listening, and would cause the eyes to resonate, forcing those in the area to "see" ghosts. A second, underlying sound wave moved at 7 Hz. At those frequencies, conventional countermeasures, ear plugs and sound suppressant materials, where of little use.

OOC: 19 Hz is just below what humans can hear, and is mainly felt by the brain at the subconcious level. 7 Hz is far below that level and can pass through walls of vehicles. Also, those speakers can pump out up to 200MHz, which when directed can actually disintegrate vehicles and buildings.

The American Privateer
The order finally came. The first few regiments of Shujuniese troops began entering their BMP-3's and heading to their landing ships. The troop movement would take a long time, Hui thought, the reboarding process was a long, tedious one where the BMP-3s had to renter the landing craft one by one.

OOC: No one is going to respond to my navy?

"Sir North Baltic is making moves to get off the beaches!"


"DETONATE THE MISSILE MID-AIR ASAP!"

"AYE AYE SIR!"

With that order, any missiles that didn't hit the enemy fleet already were detonated mid air, however judging by the sounds from the Leocardian fleet, some had already struck, and the Leocardians were about to make the long haul back to the Mokan fleet for a retaliation. Peace had just took a blow to the face.

"God damn it, well, we notified them to get off or we wouldn't stop em. They agreed to pull back, we detonated. All is fair."


TO: ALL PARTIES INVOLVED
FROM: PRIMARY ADMIRAL ALEX FRANSHAW

Our missiles have been detonated mid flight and we have ceased hostilities. Any enemy planes in hostile formation will be dealt with according to defensive doctrine. One request to turn around, then attacked. Once again, missiles detonated, we are ready for peace talks.

First Fleet within Tortuga Bay
"Shit!" Said Hawk "Looks like Mokastana didn't get to their missiles in time. Alright send out the offer but get our planes in the air as well"

Second and Third Fleet
"Damn." Said D'orville "Ok keep the bubble up and be very very alert got it?"

Eighth Fleet
Eighth Fleet was now quite close to the Northern Baltic mixing with various Fishing boats and look, in fact to all of eighth fleets sensors (including plain sight), just like a bunch of dispersed fishing boats.

Open Broadcast
"The ASD would like to suggest New Haven as the site for a meeting. We believe that a face to face meeting would be beneficial. In order to guarantee the safety of all participants the ASD suggests the following.
1) All parties involved will be brought in by the ASD. There will be no security forces present save those provided by the ASD. There will also be no military or civilian craft of any belligerent nation near the ASD.

2) In order to safeguard the safety of all participants the ASD will drop all defensive measures save those of eighth fleet. If any member of any delegation is harmed in any way The ASD will surrender to that nation and leave itself to that nations mercy. The dropped defensive measures will include The ABM shield

3) Finally strict rules will be enforced to make sure that the delegates involved are participating actively in order to come to some kind of agreement rather than just running in circles.

The amphibious landing prompt a immediate advance toward the TAP coast. Within eleven hours, Leocardian forces can leave the coast and seek inland safer from the infrasound made by the TAP'ian navy. The soldiers immediately packed their belongings and tanks and advanced inland toward the farms, with ambitions to destroy all farming and resistance in sight.

The Greal naval task forces now reached the blockade, and were ready to blast their way in. Tens of thousands of missiles were readied if the enemy fired. Meanwhile, Greal fighters took off from the carriers and headed for TAP.

The amphibious landing prompt a immediate advance toward the TAP coast. Within eleven hours, Leocardian forces can leave the coast and seek inland safer from the infrasound made by the TAP'ian navy. The soldiers immediately packed their belongings and tanks and advanced inland toward the farms, with ambitions to destroy all farming and resistance in sight.

OOC: The noise is coming from the interior of the nation, not the navy. Second, you would not be able to hear it, as it is just below human perception. Read the wiki on it. It is called Infrasound because it is beyond our hearing. Please edit. If you refuse, it shall be seen as a violation of the cease fire, and I WILL blast your forces into oblivion before they can even get off the beaches...

OOC: The noise is coming from the interior of the nation, not the navy. Second, you would not be able to hear it, as it is just below human perception. Read the wiki on it. It is called Infrasound because it is beyond our hearing. Please edit. If you refuse, it shall be seen as a violation of the cease fire, and I WILL blast your forces into oblivion before they can even get off the beaches...

OOC: If you didn't realize from the very first post of the amphibious landing, my troops HAD BEEN in TAP and HAD ALREADY been destroying farms and resistance. This 2nd landing is backup.

OOC: If you didn't realize from the very first post of the amphibious landing, my troops HAD BEEN in TAP and HAD ALREADY been destroying farms and resistance. This 2nd landing is backup.

When did you land them? I though I had fired on landing forces from your first wave...

OOC: Is it even legal according to international laws to use such sound? BTW I read the Wikipedia article, and it says that in the test only 22% felt those emotions, and the eyeball resonating was strengthened in that individual case by the room, which happened to be just the length of the sound wave, the dude sitting in the center. I would say that machine of yours is relatively ineffective. And it will affect your own population near the beach, too.

IC: Sensors in the Burlovians´ fleet detected weak infrasound.
"Is it from a nuclear detonation?", captain asked from the soldier using the detectors.
"No, sir, it is different. I have no idea where it is from. It is continuous, and it is occupied with even lower wave. These are very weak signals, but they are also very unusual. It may come from the volcano, but our earlier measurements showed more irregular waves. These are probably man-made."
"Should we tell admiral?"
"It seems like nothing serious, sir."
"OK keep observing it and inform me if there are interesting changes in it."

OOC: Water may deliver sound long distances, especially low-frequency sounds.

OOC: Well, I am sending in a wing of Hyperions, 88 wings of F-15 Eagles, and 66 Wings of Tomcats

IC:
The aircraft took off. The Hyperions formed the center of the organization, and jammed the enemy radar.

They where escorted by 88 wings of F-15 Eagles carrying AMRAAMS and Sidewinders, and 66 wings of Tomcats carrying equal numbers of Phoenix and Sparrows.

The Tomcats fired their air to air Phoenix Missiles at the extreme range, using the Hyperion's Radar Dome Capability to guide the missiles. The F-15's targeted the incoming missiles with their AIM-54 AMRAAMS and fired, again, tieing them into the Hyperion's radar capabilities.

The Hyperions joined in with both, firing their own Pheonix Missiles at the traitorous aircraft and using their own carried AMRAAMS and their Airborne Lasers to snipe enemy missiles.

As they got into range of the Hyperion's Harpoon and Artillery weapons, they opened fire.

Seven flights of B-59 Starbombers, using the Hyperions as cover, roared overhead, dropping Skybolt Ballistic Missiles at the enemy fleet, and peeling off and away before they could be targeted. (Each can carry four Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutter)

OOC: OrBat
288 Hyperions
2x 105mm Cannons
1x ABL
7x Phalanx CIWS
2x M307 ACWS (Double Mounted Turret)
48x Sidewinders
8x Stingers
6x Tomahawks
12x Mavericks (Replaced with Harpoons for current mission)
4x AMRAAMS
12x ASRAAMS
4x Pheonix

25344 Strike Eagles
2x Sidewinders
2x AMRAAMS
2x Harpoons

19008 Tomcats
2x Sparrows
2x Pheonix
2x Sidewinders

All told the inbound ordinance is
19297 Pheonix,
25632 AMRAAMS,
25632 Harpoons,
1152 Skybolts



P-3 Orions flying overhead where damnright glad. They where so glad the only way o describe it was joy, JOY on MAD. As they detected the enemy submarines, they called in coordinates, and S-3 Viking Anti-Submarine Warfare Planes where dispatched to launch their Mk. 46 Torpedoes against the enemy subs.

288 Vikings each launched 4 torpedoes and boogied out of the area.

First Fleet within the Tortuga Sea
While the Thon UAVs were attacking only TAP'ian Targets. First fleet retaliated. Every one of its aircraft were launched towards the thon fleet, the Hawk 1s and 2s carried 10 air-sea missiles and two pheonix5 air-air missiles while the Hawk 3s carried 10-Air-air missiles as well as 2 HARMs. Ever one of the missile boats launched sea-sea Tomahawks towards the Thon fleet as well, timed to arrive at the same time that the Hawks did. At the same time four main coil guns on each of the swords went to rapid fire attacking the thon anti air/ anti missile ships.

(still all within 4hours of initial attack on Barbary Islands)

Thon and allied orbital and satellite intelligence scanning the TAP mainlands and shores, detected heat blooms, and surveillance of airfield and airbase activity in short response soon after the Thon fleet started attacking the Barbary Islands. Only the response in which and activity which the TAP mustered was far greater than expected.

The Thon cruisers immediately started to maneuver into a fishhook after responding to Dawoad's aircraft to compensate and face both Dawoad's aircraft from the east and the massive TAPian air armada coming from the south.

30 of the 49 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers in the fleet's defensive line were joined by the fleets remaining other 19 cruisers that were securing other portions of the fleets perimeter, now leaving the fleets rear dramatically less defensible.

"Prōtomandatōr! we'eve detected thousands of aircraft coming form the south!"

"What?! let me see!....oh my god!, order the all cruisers to fire upon those craft! Order them each to fire 20 of their RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors now! After which to fire and exhaust all remaining ordinance except their 28 other special tubes! The same to the destroyers only have em fire on Dawoad's first fleet in that damn sea!"

At that all 49 of the fleet's Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers exhausted their missile ordinance at the incoming TAP fighter aircraft.

1st wave of missiles:

20 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors (timed to arrive and detonate at first encounter of enemy fired missiles before the Thon missiles got into their range of effect) from each cruiser totaling to:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

The EMP missiles exploded and knocked out unkown thousands of the incoming missiles which were quickly followed by:

a Thon 2nd missile wave of (seconds behind missile 1st wave):

*3400x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
*3480x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 3480x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 3480x Aster 30 SAMs (both antiaircraft and antimissile missiles)
* 3480x SA-N-9 Gauntlets (antimissile and antiaircraft missiles)

OOC:All Aster 30 SAMs and SA-N-9 Gauntlets targeted the fighter aircraft not the missiles despite them having the capability.

IC:
followed by a
3rd wave of of missiles of:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

and a 4th missile wave engaging missiles that were closer to Thon Ships that got past the previous cruiser defenses

* 3528x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
(their shorter range, and more quick to respond with little reaction and launch time)

The entire Thon fleets destroyer compliment of 76 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers exhausted their ammunition as well firing their entire missile compliments of 80 missiles from each destroyer from their 20 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of their decks, rather than the usual centrally located VLS.

Inbound ordinance to Dawoad's 1st Fleet in Tortuga sea.

From each Destroyer:
*60x BrahMos 2 missiles
*20x Aster 30 SAMs

from 76 destroyers totaling to:

*4560x BrahMos 2 missiles
*1520x Aster 30 SAMs

What Tornadoes that were still in the air fired their ordinance at the now in range and in theater military targets presented to them.

The 180 tornado long-range maritime attack tornadoes launched their compliment of two BrahMos 2 at the Dawoad fleet.

The Thon 12 tornado ECR aircraft and 30 tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes that were in the air accelerated to their top speed of 2.34 straight at the incoming enemy missiles and aircraft, to do what they could to gather and transfer targeting data to the fleet, friendly aircraft and missiles on their way and to disrupt what missiles and enemy aircraft targeting systems and aircraft they could before self destructing purposefully into EMP bursts before imminent enemy missile impacts destroyed the barely dispersed debris of the self destructed sacrificed aircraft.

Having exhausted virtually all missile ordinance the Thon Fleet had to result to its mounted guns and point blank defenses for survival.


Seven flights of B-59 Starbombers, using the Hyperions as cover, roared overhead, dropping Skybolt Ballistic Missiles at the enemy fleet, and peeling off and away before they could be targeted. (Each can carry four Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutter)
each of the 49 cruisers opened up their forward mounted magnetic railguns at the the distant incoming B-59 Starbombers, and Hyperions virtually hitting every one of the aircraft that were targeted.

OOC: My forces would never let them get overhead directly above the fleet. thats absurd. They would've been engaged long before then. they are being engaged before their approach gets to be over on top of my navy.

IC:

Each of the 39 cruisers opened up their forward mounted magnetic railguns. These railguns fired each shell at 5,600 miles per hour using 10 megajoules of energy. With performance over 13,000 miles per hour muzzle velocity, accurate enough to hit a 5 meter target from 200 nautical miles away while shooting at 10 shots per minute.

They specifically targeted the incoming B-59 Starbombers, and Hyperions and their accompanying ordinance of Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutters. The Hyperions' and B-59 Starbombers' defenses stood no chance at the incoming railgun's rounds, as they ripped through the massive planes sending the aircraft plummeting to the surface. While not all that were hit surely didn't incinerate the aircraft in any spectacular explosion or massive fireworks displays. The enemy aircraft did however have time to eject after impact while their aircraft began to inevitably fall from the sky.

The enemy planes fell in large chunks towards the surface visibly showing large amounts of burning debris falling in the sky before the other incoming enemy aircraft.

All 76 of the fleets 1000 Zumwalt Class Multimission Destroyers having also exhausted their missile ordinance began to open up their 2 forward mounted
Millennium Guns and 2x rear mounted Goalkeeper CIWSs which destroyed hundreds of the incoming enemy missiles.

The remaining fleet vessels joined the destroyers in missile defense firing their mounted missile defense Millennium Guns as well

remaining fleet ships:
*60 supply, repair and maintenance ships
*30 various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*8 submarine tender ships
*various Merc ships with combat and ground forces on em/ various classes unknown number

totaling to 460 Millennium guns (5 on each ship, typically one on each corner and one near the bridge)

OOC: Is it even legal according to international laws to use such sound? BTW I read the Wikipedia article, and it says that in the test only 22% felt those emotions, and the eyeball resonating was strengthened in that individual case by the room, which happened to be just the length of the sound wave, the dude sitting in the center. I would say that machine of yours is relatively ineffective. And it will affect your own population near the beach, too.

IC: Sensors in the Burlovians´ fleet detected weak infrasound.
"Is it from a nuclear detonation?", captain asked from the soldier using the detectors.
"No, sir, it is different. I have no idea where it is from. It is continuous, and it is occupied with even lower wave. These are very weak signals, but they are also very unusual. It may come from the volcano, but our earlier measurements showed more irregular waves. These are probably man-made."
"Should we tell admiral?"
"It seems like nothing serious, sir."
"OK keep observing it and inform me if there are interesting changes in it."

OOC: Water may deliver sound long distances, especially low-frequency sounds.

OOC: Well, the wanton destruction of a city is a War Crime, as is Murder (which both The Fall of New Tortuga, and the Politicide of Space Town fall under). But I have looked at the UN Charter, Nuremberg Principles, Hague Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (Which makes blinding laser weapons illegal), The Geneva Conventions, etc. They don't make any mention of acoustic weapons in any of them.

Hundreds of navy ships flying the Thon Flag along with some undeniably Allied naval vessels fying there flags, and a few merc ships hired by the Supreme Commander of the Thon appeared off the coast of Orleans.

8 Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and 4 merc modified supertankers loaded as much possible with AA guns,flack guns, missile defenses, chaff and smoke launchers of various colors, deployed in front of the feet off of Orleans to intercept any artillery missiles or coastal defenses thrown at the massive fleet

They were specifically built for this. Although incapable of defending themselves against other naval vessels or attacking other ships and ground targets they made up for it by the defensive screens and capabilities they could provide and by depending on other naval vessels for protection.

Behind them naval ships engaged in long range bombardment, firing their largest naval cannons and missiles of all manner of versions and sizes, guided by all of a manner of techniques, from orbital satellites, laser guides, data and sensors from both the ships who fired and launched them but also and more specifically from the small maneuverable special Recon and targeting boats swarming around the front line of the fleets' defenses around the Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and merc ships.

Orleans shores had to be softened and reduced in their defenses and made sure any mines were blown away before landing could begin.

UXO's from bombardment were thought to be less of a danger and necessary risks in comparison to any undetonated and destroyed mines that would present. That's why Thon army and marine vehicles were built with mine protection in mind.

OOC: has anyone seen the movie d-day with John Wayne? well remember the look the German officer with German Shepard had in bunker when he looked with his binos at the hundreds of ships suddenly off his shore? That's kinda like how this is, only a little further and farther from the shore however than in that movie.

The 8 Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and 4 merc modified supertankers loaded as much possible with AA guns,flack guns, missile defenses, chaff and smoke launchers of various colors, that were previoulsy deployed in front of the fleet off of Orleans to intercept any artillery missiles or coastal defenses thrown at the massive fleet was still on course from their rushed departure near Orleans, and were behind the TAPian air armada en route to destroy the Thon Fleet at the Barbary Islands.

They exhausted most of their missile ordinance as well upon the TAPian aircraft.

8 cruisers' inbound ordinance to the rear of TAPian air fleet:

* 576x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
* 576x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 576x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 576x Aster 30 SAMs
* 576x SA-N-9 Gauntlets

(still all within 4hours of initial attack on Barbary Islands)

Thon and allied orbital and satellite intelligence scanning the TAP mainlands and shores, detected heat blooms, and surveillance of airfield and airbase activity in short response soon after the Thon fleet started attacking the Barbary Islands. Only the response in which and activity which the TAP mustered was far greater than expected.

The Thon cruisers immediately started to maneuver into a fishhook after responding to Dawoad's aircraft to compensate and face both Dawoad's aircraft from the east and the massive TAPian air armada coming from the south.

30 of the 49 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers in the fleet's defensive line were joined by the fleets remaining other 19 cruisers that were securing other portions of the fleets perimeter, now leaving the fleets rear dramatically less defensible.

"Prōtomandatōr! we'eve detected thousands of aircraft coming form the south!"

"What?! let me see!....oh my god!, order the all cruisers to fire upon those craft! Order them each to fire 20 of their RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors now! After which to fire and exhaust all remaining ordinance except their 28 other special tubes! The same to the destroyers only have em fire on Dawoad's first fleet in that damn sea!"

At that all 49 of the fleet's Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers exhausted their missile ordinance at the incoming TAP aircraft.

1st wave of missiles:

20 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors (timed to arrive and detonate at first encounter of enemy fired missiles before the Thon missiles got into their range of effect) from each cruiser totaling to:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

The EMP missiles exploded and knocked out unkown thousands of the incoming missiles which were quickly followed by:

a Thon 2nd missile wave of (seconds behind missile 1st wave):

*3400x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
*3480x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 3480x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 3480x Aster 30 SAMs (both antiaircraft and antimissile missiles)
* 3480x SA-N-9 Gauntlets (antimissile and antiaircraft missiles)

OOC:All Aster 30 SAMs and SA-N-9 Gauntlets targeted the aircraft not the missiles despite them having the capability.

IC:
followed by a
3rd wave of of missiles of:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

and a 4th missile wave engaging missiles that were closer to Thon Ships that got past the previous cruiser defenses

* 3528x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
(their shorter range, and more quick to respond with little reaction and launch time)

The entire Thon fleets destroyer compliment of 76 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers exhausted their ammunition as well firing their entire missile compliments of 80 missiles from each destroyer from their 20 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of their decks, rather than the usual centrally located VLS.

Inbound ordinance to Dawoad's 1st Fleet in Tortuga sea.

From each Destroyer:
*60x BrahMos 2 missiles
*20x Aster 30 SAMs

from 76 destroyers totaling to:

*4560x BrahMos 2 missiles
*1520x Aster 30 SAMs

What Tornadoes that were still in the air fired their ordinance at the now in range and in theater military targets presented to them.

The 180 tornado long-range maritime attack tornadoes launched their compliment of two BrahMos 2 at the Dawoad fleet.

The Thon 12 tornado ECR aircraft and 30 tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes that were in the air accelerated to their top speed of 2.34 straight at the incoming enemy missiles and aircraft, to do what they could to gather and transfer targeting data to the fleet, friendly aircraft and missiles on their way and to disrupt what missiles and enemy aircraft targeting systems and aircraft they could before self destructing purposefully into EMP bursts before imminent enemy missile impacts destroyed the barely dispersed debris of the self destructed sacrificed aircraft.

Having exhausted virtually all missiles ordinance the Thon Fleet had to result to its mounted guns and point blank defenses for survival.




OOC: My forces would never let them get overhead directly above the fleet. thats absurd. They would've been engaged long before then. they are being engaged before their approach gets to be over on top of my navy.

IC:

Each of the 39 cruisers opened up their forward mounted magnetic railguns. These railguns fired each shell at 5,600 miles per hour using 10 megajoules of energy. With performance over 13,000 miles per hour muzzle velocity, accurate enough to hit a 5 meter target from 200 nautical miles away while shooting at 10 shots per minute.

They specifically targeted the incoming B-59 Starbombers, and Hyperions and their accompanying ordinance of Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutters. The Hyperions' and B-59 Starbombers' defenses stood no chance at the incoming railgun's rounds, as they ripped through the massive planes sending the aircraft plummeting to the surface. While not all that were hit surely didn't incinerate the aircraft in any spectacular explosion or massive fireworks displays. The enemy aircraft did however have time to eject after impact while their aircraft began to inevitably fall from the sky.

The enemy planes fell in large chunks towards the surface visibly showing large amounts of burning debris falling in the sky before the other incoming enemy aircraft.

All 76 of the fleets 1000 Zumwalt Class Multimission Destroyers having also exhausted their missile ordinance began to open up their 2 forward mounted
Millennium Guns and 2x rear mounted Phalanx CIWSs which destroyed hundreds of the incoming enemy missiles.

The remaining fleet vessels joined the destroyers in missile defense firing their mounted missile defense Millennium Guns as well

remaining fleet ships:
*60 supply, repair and maintenance ships
*30 various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*8 submarine tender ships
*various Merc ships with combat and ground forces on em/ various classes unknown number

totaling to 460 Millennium guns (5 on each ship, typically one on each corner and one near the bridge)

The Hyperions fired off their ABL's, targeting the incoming missiles. Massive numbers of chaffe and flares combined with the ECM Jamming by 288 seperate Hyperions, Would make target acquisition and tracking nigh impossible.

The fighters broke off and started weaving all over the sky. They used every tactic in the book, and some they made up on the fly and off the seat of their pants. 10% of the fighter where struck in some way shape or form, putting them out of the fight.

At that point, they pulled away and boogied, dropping flares and chaffe as they went. Using their afterburners, they outpaced the missiles and turned away. KC-135 tankers well inland refueled the fighters, and they returned to blast away at the enemy fleet.

OOC: Overhead is hyperbole. Plus, I never said where they where overhead of, with the long range and high speed of the Skybolt Ballistic Missile, flying overhead of the enemy fleet would make no sense. Also, you need to stop posting enemy losses, it is called God Modding and leads to Ignores. Also, when you use defenses, start off with your first wave, let your opponent rp his response and so on. My forces would have detected the first wave, boogied out, and gotten out of range. By exhasuting your missiles that soon, you have left yourself defensless at no gain.

IC:
Now that the fleet was defenseless, the fighters turned back and went in. They unloaded their ordanance into the fleet in high speed flyovers, and flew north before turning east over Quivira.

Thon fleet info and specs:

*Millennium Gun:
http://www.gizmag.com/go/4006/
(on all virtually all of my ships except my cruisers) typically five on each ship one on each corner and one near the bridge.
Exceptions are my cruisers and destoyers. Only two forward mounted on each destroyer and none on any of my cruisers.

*Goalkeeper CIWS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper_CIWS
at least two on every one of my ships
4 starboard and 4 port on bridge of my cruisers
2 at the rear of my destroyers

*an enlarged Thon versian of RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher
(but instead fires Thon RIM-162s for my my ships and works with Goalkeeper CIWS rather and instead of the inferior phalanx CIWS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile

*The RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESSM

*Barak 8 SAM LRMs:
http://www.defense-update.com/products/b/barak8.htm
anti missile and anticraft missile

*Barak Ship Point Defense Missile System:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/sea_missiles/barak/Barak.html

*Aster 30 Missile:
http://www.netmarine.net/armes/aster/indexe.htm
http://wapedia.mobi/en/MBDA_Aster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_30

*SM-2MR Block IIIBs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-66_Standard

*SA-N-9 Gauntlet:
http://warfare.ru/?linkid=1734&catid=312
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-15_Gauntlet
http://www.deagel.com/Ship-Air-Defense-Systems/Klinok_a001462001.aspx

*my cruiser mounted railguns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/the_navy_shows.php

*Metal Storm ship defense system courtesy of Thon Commonwealth member Australia:
http://www.metalstorm.com/

*Brahmos 2 missiles:
can also be launched from aircraft as well as shipborne and land launched

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/BrahMos-2_Tests_Mark_Major_Progress_On_Indian_Cruise_Missile_999.html
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=20840

fleet orbat on thread page 22

*Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers specs:

picture:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/arsenal_72.jpg

Twelve 4 by 10 (40 missiles tubes) sections totaling to 480 missiles

Each of every 12 missile sections contains:

* 6x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
* 6x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 6x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 6x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
* 6x Aster 30 SAMs
* 6x SA-N-9 Gauntlet.
* 4x other unspecified/secret ex: ECM, chaff, flares, nuclear or tactical nuke tipped missiles, EMP missiles, starbursts, decoys, dispensers, tubes, ejectors etc.

Totaling:

* 72x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
* 72x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 72x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 72x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
* 72x Aster 30 SAMs
* 72x SA-N-9 Gauntlet.
* 48x other unspecified/secret ex: ECM, chaff, flares, nuclear or tactical nuke tipped missiles, EMP missiles, starbursts, decoys, dispensers, tubes, ejectors etc.

In addition to these 12 missile sections the Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers include:

* 8x (4 starboard, 4 port) Goalkeeper CIWS (Close-in weapon system)

* 1x forward mounted magnetic railgun; which fires a shell at 5,600 miles per hour using 10 megajoules of energy. With performance over 13,000 miles per hour muzzle velocity, accurate enough to hit a 5 meter target from 200 nautical miles away while shooting at 10 shots per minute.

"Metal Storm" courtesy of the Thon Commonwealth member Australia.

* 1x helicopter landing platform (platform but no facilities, services, or capability)

* submarine nets/defensive systems/etc to be elaborated and updated later (work in progress)

Crew compliment: 48

The Hyperions fired off their ABL's, targeting the incoming missiles. Massive numbers of chaffe and flares combined with the ECM Jamming by 288 seperate Hyperions, Would make target acquisition and tracking nigh impossible.

The fighters broke off and started weaving all over the sky. They used every tactic in the book, and some they made up on the fly and off the seat of their pants. 10% of the fighter where struck in some way shape or form, putting them out of the fight.

At that point, they pulled away and boogied, dropping flares and chaffe as they went. Using their afterburners, they outpaced the missiles and turned away. KC-135 tankers well inland refueled the fighters, and they returned to blast away at the enemy fleet.

OOC: Overhead is hyperbole. Plus, I never said where they where overhead of, with the long range and high speed of the Skybolt Ballistic Missile, flying overhead of the enemy fleet would make no sense. Also, you need to stop posting enemy losses, it is called God Modding and leads to Ignores. Also, when you use defenses, start off with your first wave, let your opponent rp his response and so on. My forces would have detected the first wave, boogied out, and gotten out of range. By exhausting your missiles that soon, you have left yourself defensless at no gain.

IC:
Now that the fleet was defenseless, the fighters turned back and went in. They unloaded their ordanance into the fleet in high speed flyovers, and flew north before turning east over Quivira.

OOC: not if the waves of missiles are mere seconds or minutes apart so no I don't. The distance and time between waves isn't much. and your fighters can't outrun missiles with afterburners. The respective speeds of the aircraft and missiles are different, all the missiles are faster.But yes you can and did dodge and evade some I don't dispute that, just not by outrunning them. And I can roleplay taking out your missiles that's not goddmoding, while some missiles are ECP protected, I checked and your type missiles and ordinance are not. Your listed Hyperion and other countermeasures couldn't of evaded my railguns either.

The Hyperions fired off their ABL's, targeting the incoming missiles. Massive numbers of chaffe and flares combined with the ECM Jamming by 288 seperate Hyperions, Would make target acquisition and tracking nigh impossible.

plus wouldn't your ECM/jamming effect your own missiles and maybe even some of your countermeasures and aircraft as well? And where are these "separate" hyperions? because all of them were targeted by my railguns, none separate from the railguns being targeted. plus the missiles were aimed at your other aircraft not your hyperions or bombers. Only the railguns were aimed at them.

KC-135 tankers well inland refueled the fighters, and they returned to blast away at the enemy fleet.


Ok please list remaining unspent armament, I assume its just not sidewinders. plus if they are well inland it would take some good amount of time, plus you do have thousands of fighter after all...

My forces would have detected the first wave, boogied out, and gotten out of range. By exhausting your missiles that soon, you have left yourself defensless at no gain.

your forces wouldn't have had and don't have time to "Boogie" out.

and with your insane attack, my only hopes to make a dent were to unleash most of all I got. No sense one of my ships sinking with missiles still in it unfired then unlaunchable at the bottom of your nearby waters. Besides, I think you launched over twice more aircraft as well as missiles than I have missiles, aircraft and ships combined. And my gain is all your hyperions and starbombers taken completely out along with thousands of your aircraft, your losses of billions of dollars of missile ordinance, your rear being left open, and your air force occupied and diverted from my other allied invasion going on now leaving them better hope of achieving air superiority :) and open for them to now attack your unarmed airborne airforce :). (since they expent all their ammo as well mostly) grant it. It's at the cost of my whole entire navy, going to be utterly destroyed, but hey would you of fallen for our rouse if it didn't look this stupid? Now if only the others will post in time... I do so hate time lag between posts.


10% of the fighter where struck in some way shape or form, putting them out of the fight.

I dispute that make it 40% please, my missiles are very accurate and absurdly fast, -faster than all your fighters check stats-
and your fighter crafts' countermeasures are rather few, small, ineffective and miniscule, there not your hyperions as we know. Plus their fighters they can only have so much. 40% please :), at least 20% so I don't go nuts on this thread in frustration of your absurd low losses.

The Hyperions fired off their ABL's, targeting the incoming missiles. Massive numbers of chaffe and flares combined with the ECM Jamming by 288 seperate Hyperions, Would make target acquisition and tracking nigh impossible.

The fighters broke off and started weaving all over the sky. They used every tactic in the book, and some they made up on the fly and off the seat of their pants. 10% of the fighter where struck in some way shape or form, putting them out of the fight.

At that point, they pulled away and boogied, dropping flares and chaffe as they went. Using their afterburners, they outpaced the missiles and turned away. KC-135 tankers well inland refueled the fighters, and they returned to blast away at the enemy fleet.

OOC: Overhead is hyperbole. Plus, I never said where they where overhead of, with the long range and high speed of the Skybolt Ballistic Missile, flying overhead of the enemy fleet would make no sense. Also, you need to stop posting enemy losses, it is called God Modding and leads to Ignores. Also, when you use defenses, start off with your first wave, let your opponent rp his response and so on. My forces would have detected the first wave, boogied out, and gotten out of range. By exhasuting your missiles that soon, you have left yourself defensless at no gain.

IC:
Now that the fleet was defenseless, the fighters turned back and went in. They unloaded their ordnance into the fleet in high speed flyovers, and flew north before turning east over Quivira.

The fleet's 60 supply, repair and maintenance ships were already alongside their respective assigned cruisers, cranes ready with missiles cells in load for replacement upon the cruisers. The spent missiles sections of cruisers pulled out, dropped in the ocean and replaced in a matter of 15 minutes, all while the cruisers railguns and Goalkeeper CIWSs continued to engaged all targets they could.

The destroyers and amphibious warships maneuvered in front of the cruisers oddly enough fulfilling the cruisers' role of fleet protection, but this time protecting the cruisers and supply ships so the cruisers could finish being reloaded and repeat their purpose. The amphibious warships knew they could never get their ships compliment and troops back in time from the islands, so having already unloaded their forces, they maneuvered themselves in front of the cruisers opening up with their Millennium guns and Goalkeeper CIWSs and taking the missile hits in place of the cruisers.

The 40 remaining cruisers having reloaded their missile compliments, again exhausted their new compliment of missiles upon the remaining enemy forces.

inbound ordinance:

From 40 remaining defensive cruisers:

*2880x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
* 2880x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 2880x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 2880x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
* 2880x Aster 30 SAMs
* 2880x SA-N-9 Gauntlets

803 of the fleets shipborne helicopters were in the air, and assisted in taking the missile hits in place of the cruisers, flying in front of them, deploying chaff, smoke, firing their machine guns, and sacrificing their lives for what chance of survival there was or could be for the fleet.

The Aircraft carrier fleet to the rear of the fleet joined by the fleet's six Nautilus class submarines were already speeding further away at their top speed refueling, rearming and redeploying their aircraft on their way, and were closing in on Burlovia's fleet in international waters. From there they could still deploy their aircraft, were out of range of some of TAP launched missiles and stood a far better chance of survival with allied Burlovia's fleet defenses protecting them and on their side.

The fleet's Millennium guns, Goalkeeper CIWSs, Barak point missile defense systems and RIM-162 ESSMs engaged what TAPian aircraft survived that conducted their "high speed flyovers."

RIM-162 ESSMs fired from RIM-116 SeaRAM carrying 21 missiles per launcher
5 mounted on each of the fleet's

*30x various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*60x supply, repair and maintenance ships

24 mounted on:
*3x fuel tankers
(they're military navy owned tankers for what ships in the fleet aren't nuclear powered and/or use fuels so hey! Their massive top deck is well defended and armed with weapons mounted. while incapable of installing deep mounted into the ship for missile silos, tubes and VLSs they can and do however have top mounted weaponry and missiles in the form of 12 deck mounted RIM-162 ESSMs fired from RIM-116 SeaRAM carrying 21 missiles per launcher on both port and starboard, with each SeaRAM tied into a
Goalkeeper CIWSs.)

total RIM-162 ESSMs fired from 522 SeaRAMs to a total of:

10962 RIM-162 ESSMs missiles fired.

Thon Fleet losses:

*66x DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers
*60x supply, repair and maintenance ships
*30x various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*45x merc ships
*3x fuel tankers
*400x helicopters
*5- B-106 Thunderdragons
*20 Panvia tornadoes
*12 Panvia tornado ECR aircraft
*30 Panvia tornado tactical reconnaissance aircraft
*180 tornado long-range maritime attack tornadoes
*1800 UAV air armada with
*200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft in the armada that stealthily made it over the Quivira mountains, deploying EMP bombs on their way and bombing any military airfields that were in the Quiviria mountains and attacking the Pillar itself and engaged targets in Tortuga sea, minutes after the Thon invasion of the Barbary Islands started.
(the UAV's kamikazzeed into targets once their ordinance were deployed, exhausted and spent) High priority targets were The pillar in Quivira and targets around it and Dawoads coil guns then his carriers.) The 200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft that survived tried to make it back to the Thon fleet but were all destroyed en route, despite exiting with UAV's that were still attacking and making their final kamikazizee runs with them on their escape vectors.

editing more into it with aircraft and helos very shortly...

total: 213 ships

(still all within 4hours of initial attack on Barbary Islands)

Thon and allied orbital and satellite intelligence scanning the TAP mainlands and shores, detected heat blooms, and surveillance of airfield and airbase activity in short response soon after the Thon fleet started attacking the Barbary Islands. Only the response in which and activity which the TAP mustered was far greater than expected.

The Thon cruisers immediately started to maneuver into a fishhook after responding to Dawoad's aircraft to compensate and face both Dawoad's aircraft from the east and the massive TAPian air armada coming from the south.

30 of the 49 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers in the fleet's defensive line were joined by the fleets remaining other 19 cruisers that were securing other portions of the fleets perimeter, now leaving the fleets rear dramatically less defensible.

"Prōtomandatōr! we'eve detected thousands of aircraft coming form the south!"

"What?! let me see!....oh my god!, order the all cruisers to fire upon those craft! Order them each to fire 20 of their RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors now! After which to fire and exhaust all remaining ordinance except their 28 other special tubes! The same to the destroyers only have em fire on Dawoad's first fleet in that damn sea!"

At that all 49 of the fleet's Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers exhausted their missile ordinance at the incoming TAP fighter aircraft.

1st wave of missiles:

20 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors (timed to arrive and detonate at first encounter of enemy fired missiles before the Thon missiles got into their range of effect) from each cruiser totaling to:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

The EMP missiles exploded and knocked out unkown thousands of the incoming missiles which were quickly followed by:

a Thon 2nd missile wave of (seconds behind missile 1st wave):

*3400x RIM-8K Talos SAMs (Thon modern day enhanced version built on the Talos extended range platform)
*3480x SM-2MR Block IIIBs
* 3480x Barak 8 SAM LRMs
* 3480x Aster 30 SAMs (both antiaircraft and antimissile missiles)
* 3480x SA-N-9 Gauntlets (antimissile and antiaircraft missiles)

OOC:All Aster 30 SAMs and SA-N-9 Gauntlets targeted the fighter aircraft not the missiles despite them having the capability.

IC:
followed by a
3rd wave of of missiles of:

*980 RIM-8K Talos SAM EMP disruptors

and a 4th missile wave engaging missiles that were closer to Thon Ships that got past the previous cruiser defenses

* 3528x Ship Point Defense Missile Systems of Barak missiles
(their shorter range, and more quick to respond with little reaction and launch time)

The entire Thon fleets destroyer compliment of 76 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers exhausted their ammunition as well firing their entire missile compliments of 80 missiles from each destroyer from their 20 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of their decks, rather than the usual centrally located VLS.

Inbound ordinance to Dawoad's 1st Fleet in Tortuga sea.

From each Destroyer:
*60x BrahMos 2 missiles
*20x Aster 30 SAMs

from 76 destroyers totaling to:

*4560x BrahMos 2 missiles
*1520x Aster 30 SAMs

What Tornadoes that were still in the air fired their ordinance at the now in range and in theater military targets presented to them.

The 180 tornado long-range maritime attack tornadoes launched their compliment of two BrahMos 2 at the Dawoad fleet.

The Thon 12 tornado ECR aircraft and 30 tactical reconnaissance aircraft Tornadoes that were in the air accelerated to their top speed of 2.34 straight at the incoming enemy missiles and aircraft, to do what they could to gather and transfer targeting data to the fleet, friendly aircraft and missiles on their way and to disrupt what missiles and enemy aircraft targeting systems and aircraft they could before self destructing purposefully into EMP bursts before imminent enemy missile impacts destroyed the barely dispersed debris of the self destructed sacrificed aircraft.

Having exhausted virtually all missile ordinance the Thon Fleet had to result to its mounted guns and point blank defenses for survival.




OOC: My forces would never let them get overhead directly above the fleet. thats absurd. They would've been engaged long before then. they are being engaged before their approach gets to be over on top of my navy.

IC:

Each of the 39 cruisers opened up their forward mounted magnetic railguns. These railguns fired each shell at 5,600 miles per hour using 10 megajoules of energy. With performance over 13,000 miles per hour muzzle velocity, accurate enough to hit a 5 meter target from 200 nautical miles away while shooting at 10 shots per minute.

They specifically targeted the incoming B-59 Starbombers, and Hyperions and their accompanying ordinance of Skybolts loaded with a single BLU-82 Daisy Cutters. The Hyperions' and B-59 Starbombers' defenses stood no chance at the incoming railgun's rounds, as they ripped through the massive planes sending the aircraft plummeting to the surface. While not all that were hit surely didn't incinerate the aircraft in any spectacular explosion or massive fireworks displays. The enemy aircraft did however have time to eject after impact while their aircraft began to inevitably fall from the sky.

The enemy planes fell in large chunks towards the surface visibly showing large amounts of burning debris falling in the sky before the other incoming enemy aircraft.

All 76 of the fleets 1000 Zumwalt Class Multimission Destroyers having also exhausted their missile ordinance began to open up their 2 forward mounted
Millennium Guns and 2x rear mounted Goalkeeper CIWSs which destroyed hundreds of the incoming enemy missiles.

The remaining fleet vessels joined the destroyers in missile defense firing their mounted missile defense Millennium Guns as well

remaining fleet ships:
*60 supply, repair and maintenance ships
*30 various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*8 submarine tender ships
*various Merc ships with combat and ground forces on em/ various classes unknown number

totaling to 460 Millennium guns (5 on each ship, typically one on each corner and one near the bridge)


IC: Seeing the massive launch of antiair missile the ASD Hawks turned tail and fled punching afterburners and releasing every countermeasure and jamming system they could muster. Eagle AWACs went to max Jamming as well and their broad EW suit was further reinforced as their massive radar arrays swept Thon sensors attempting to take them out with energy alone. At the same time subs surfaced near the ASD fleet and all the ASDN ships launched massive countermeasures and began launching counter missiles from vertical tubes. Shields, specifically designed for EW and missile defense brought up massive countermeasures as they also sent out Extreme long range counter missile (OOC: very very very low hit probability) to give them as much defensive depth as possible. The missile craft aborted their attack allowing the missiles to guide themselves to the thon fleet and further reducing accuracy but utilizing their radar and other arrays to light up the incoming missiles and to launch massed volleys of counter missiles of their own. Swords, Shields, Haven's and Strikes moved to maximize CWIS counter missile and SAM effectiveness. The carriers both launched decoys as did the subs attempting to draw further missiles away from the fleet. Thon sensors were blinded but it came at a cost. The ASDN's offense was all but gone save for the swords who were still firing Coil gun rounds in the vain hope of hitting something through the blinding interference on all frequencies.

The Leocardian Navy took advantage having the TAP forces vulnerable by The Thon's navy. Anti-air rockets and guided missiles simultaneously flew high in the skies, eliminating one by one with sophisticated Juki Aerial Defense pulse-Doppler Systems. Missiles such as HQ-7s and PL-10s. While at this vulnerable attack, Leocardian airforce deployed another 500 Su-33s into the air, fighting and engaging TAP airfighters.

OOC: I never agreed to a ceasefire either.

OOC2: Oh, and my planes are attacking south of TAP's fleet.

OOC: broken ceasefire?

OOC: Never agreed to one.

OOC: This war will never end will it? :)

To: Dawoad

What next? Do we need to commit our forces against them or do we just hold on and see what goes?? At the moment i am neutral but if this keeps on i may have to commit and i can't commit much cause i am in 4 conflict zones due to alliance commitments.

High General Somonov was eating his breakfast in one of the most respected cafeteria in Wofcosm, Burlovia´s capital. He had to get out of the bunker he was taken into at the start of the war in Greal. And because Burlovia´s borders were strictly supervized and every immigrant was under some sort of government control, there was a little fear of foreign assassins. And besides, half of the cafeteria´s customers were undercover bodyguards. The other half, normal customers who had somehow managed to gain enough spare money for a coffee, were amazed that they saw their leader there in public.
"Sir, we got a message from our fleet in TAP. It looks like the ceasefire is breaking again."
High General slowly finished his bread and drank his coffee, and then replied:
"Wait until the end of the time TAP gave to allied forces, and let´s look at the situation then again."

To: Burlovia
From: Leocardia
---------------
It's great to be back!

Encrypted message to TAP

We have reached the designated area. We will need extra air support as our fleets try to break through the blockade.

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The Greal navy armed their Moskit missiles and other types of cruise missiles and readied for battle.

Leafanistan
150 Northern Baltic Tu-160 bombers took off from various airfields in Leafanistan. They were accompanied by Northern Baltic Mig-1.44 fighters and the bombers were each armed with 6 Kh-55SM cruise missiles. Flying rather close to the surface of the sea, the Tu-160s fired them for a distance of 1,500 miles at the Greal fleet. Then, they quickly turned around and headed back towards Leafanistan. The escort fighters followed.

The American Privateer
The evacuation continued, but due to the limited number of craft the landing craft could process, it was taking a rather long time. Several Mi-35 helicopters were flown to the beach to lift heavy equipment, but carried no people: the people would go back on the craft they came on.

The Greal fleet, almost caught off guard, fired their firestorm missiles in hopes of preventing the cruise missiles from reaching the vulnerable ships, like transports. Next, anti-missiles went up, but despite everything, the cruise missiles impacted some of the Greal fleet. One destroyer was completely wiped out by three cruise missiles. One cruiser was severely damaged. The First Task Force had suffered most of the losses, since the Second Task Force was not very close. One battleship, Four destroyers, one light carrier, two cruisers were sunk, two battleships, four cruisers, three destroyers, and one carrier were heavily damaged, a dozen ships suffered light damage.

To: Burlovia
From: Leocardia
---------------
It's great to be back!

Yeah, ready to rock´n´roll!

IC:

Burlovian fleet started their engines and re-entered TAPian waters. They headed towards Thon fleet, to give aid to any surviving vessels.

The Greal fleet, almost caught off guard, fired their firestorm missiles in hopes of preventing the cruise missiles from reaching the vulnerable ships, like transports. Next, anti-missiles went up, but despite everything, the cruise missiles impacted some of the Greal fleet. One destroyer was completely wiped out by three cruise missiles. One cruiser was severely damaged. The First Task Force had suffered most of the losses, since the Second Task Force was not very close. One battleship, Four destroyers, one light carrier, two cruisers were sunk, two battleships, four cruisers, three destroyers, and one carrier were heavily damaged, a dozen ships suffered light damage.

The naval admiral, furious, ordered five thousand Moskit missiles to be fired at the Leocardian fleet. He saved the rest of the Moskits for later.

The aircrafts in the battle with TAP were out of range for any attacks or defenses to affect them by Greali forces.

From 220 km away, the Leocardian Admiral looked at the Greal fleet with confusion. Five thousand Moskit missiles were being unloaded next after the other from their ships, yet each of the missiles kept dropping into the sea as they all ran out of fuel in the wide-open naval battlefield. No matter how many the Moskits that just keep falling into the ocean, their stockpile kept firing and firing.

"Idiots." Thought the Admiral, while shaking his head.

North of the Greal Fleet
The Northern Baltic Tu-160 bombers made a quick refuel and rearm trip back to Leafanistan and then headed out again. Their load of Kh-55 cruise subsonic cruise missiles proved to be inadequate, so this time, they were better prepared. They would finish off the Greal fleet while several of her ships were heavily damaged. Each of the 120 Tu-160 bombers were armed with 6 BrahMos missiles. The extremely fast BrahMos missiles, would no doubt wreck havoc on the remaining Greal fleet. They would hopefully do what the Kh-55s could not: knock Greal out of the fight.

"Admiral, it looks like the major target is the Greal fleet. Should we intercept?"

"Send five flotillas and one of the longsword interceptors. All Air interceptor Flotillas. Along with a wolf pack."

With that order a portion of the Mokan Fleet broke off to go towards the Greal fleet to offer assistance. Given that the Greal fleet had left port after they had arrived they were rather close to the Greal fleet and their long range missiles could easily cover them. They watched on Radar as 120 Tu-160 bombers launched their missiles about 500km away from the current branch of the fleet, and now the introduction of the MNS Revolucion. One of the four Longsword Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=551930) missile warships purchased from Lyras. Now with five flotillas protecting it it began its introduction to the war. For one, with a range of 1100 km on the LY4030 air interceptor missile 120 were launched to engage the Tu-160s from North Baltic.

After some minor calculations they determined themselves to be about 500km from the Leocardian fleet. Again they would engage those bastards and this time, no missiles would be detonated in the name of peace. From the longsword alone 800 LY4045s were launched. From the rest of the fleet 2,000 were launched. However they had another surprise, 1,000 LY589 Hellion Advanced Cruise Missiles (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13525984) were launched as well.

The aircrafts in the battle with TAP were out of range for any attacks or defenses to affect them by Greali forces.

From 220 km away, the Leocardian Admiral looked at the Greal fleet with confusion. Five thousand Moskit missiles were being unloaded next after the other from their ships, yet each of the missiles kept dropping into the sea as they all ran out of fuel in the wide-open naval battlefield. No matter how many the Moskits that just keep falling into the ocean, their stockpile kept firing and firing.

"Idiots." Thought the Admiral, while shaking his head.

OOC: Leocardia, according to this site (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/moskit.htm), they have a longer range then 220 km.

OOC: Leocardia, according to this site (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/moskit.htm), they have a longer range then 220 km.

OOC: Their operational range is 120 km.
And their fuel is not enough to cover 250.

OOC: Their operational range is 120 km.
And their fuel is not enough to cover 250.

OOC: Fine, I'll scrap that post. Next time I'll read wiki.

Leocardian aircrafts were able to resist Greal's attacks on them, but some were shot down due to unorganized formations. 154 planes were shot down, costing the lives of 200 elite pilots.

With Greal forces attempting to attack Leocardian aircrafts, the radar man looked up at Admiral Jones, who later nodded at him, and proceeded on what they were assuming and intending to do: Khan those shitfaces. Pods and radar systems aimed at every enemy ship in the battlefield and calculated the time to sink every one of them. It took them nearly 10 minutes, but this was no time compared to those ships who were going to be a couple miles underwater.

The radar system made a beep, indicating that the calculation was ready. Jones looked at the gunman and nodded to him. "1st Fire, ready... HIT!" The gunman pressed the button and out came 450 Khans heading toward each ship in Greal's fleet. Another batch of Khans were reloaded and fired away.

North of the Greal Fleet
The Northern Baltic Tu-160 bombers made a quick refuel and rearm trip back to Leafanistan and then headed out again. Their load of Kh-55 cruise subsonic cruise missiles proved to be inadequate, so this time, they were better prepared. They would finish off the Greal fleet while several of her ships were heavily damaged. Each of the 120 Tu-160 bombers were armed with 6 BrahMos missiles. The extremely fast BrahMos missiles, would no doubt wreck havoc on the remaining Greal fleet. They would hopefully do what the Kh-55s could not: knock Greal out of the fight.

The Second Task Force this time was close enough to release fighters. F-35 Lightings and Eurofighters came out of the carriers, armed up, and flew to intercept the bombers. Admiral Caine smiled when a pilot put up a thumbs up before the pilot took off. Caine also ordered his LY589 Hellion Advanced Cruise Missiles readied.

Official Republic Of Colstream Communique:

To All Combatants:

The Republic Of Colstream Hereby Notifys All Combatants Its Withdrawl From The TAP Conflict. This Is Due To The Pointless Waste Of Our Military And Economic Resources. This Was Also Against Superior Military Forces That We Can Not Match Due To Other Operations In Other Regions. We Now Declare A Ceasefire For Our Forces And Now Have Withdrawn Completely From The Region.

End

OOC: fairly time warped

IC:
first fleet aircraft
Even with the massive jamming in place from, ASD planes and ships as well as TAP planes there were ALOT of missiles and while most went astray and the highly trained ASD pilots managed to avoid more nearly 15% of the ASD aircraft went down along with Most of their pilots. The rest sped back to First Fleet in hopes that something would be left when they got there.

First Fleet
The BRAHMOS-2 missiles got through the initial counter-missile strike suffering barely 5% casualties. As they crossed into SAM range though casualties mounted. A torrent of counter-missiles and SAMs launched at the BRAHMOS-2s as they went supersonic. Nearly 50% of the missiles went down but then they were through and while Jamming pulled away another 25% of the original missiles and last ditch CWIS systems managed to take out another 15% of the original there were still 228 missiles left. Around 50 missed due to evasive maneuvers and shields and Havens could soak up massive Damage but most of the missiles were no longer controlled by the ships that had launched them and they went after anything and everything in the ASD fleet and the Strike class missile boats could absorb much less. Three of the strike class boats took 30 missiles each and disintegrated dying with All Hands. One of the shields was badly damaged as nearly twenty missiles either struck or near missed the craft but shields are Massively armored and it continued to float as damage control teams rushed to help stem the many holes and casualties caused by the Brahmos. Another shield took 15 and a third took 10 but they were still combat active though their effectiveness was much, much lower. Only 3 went for the last shield who's defenders were either very very good or very very lucky and probably both. The sword boats took thirty missiles between the four of them. One took nearly 20 and began to slowly sink. the three others took less but their offensive power was lowered. The final 10 came in on the two carriers. The ASDS Titan took 7 and the Brock three. The Titan could still move but many catapults went down meaning it would be nigh on impossible for the titan to launch anything near effective aircraft strikes. The Brock, on the other hand, was fully combat effective with only minor damage being sustained.

Aboard the ASDS Issac Brock
"Send out damage control teams to the ASDS Claymore, maybe we can stop her from sinking. Send out rescue helicopters as well and reconfigure the fleet to protect the Damaged ships." Hawk was numbed by the sudden loss of people he'd known and fought with for more than a decade but he could still fight and he prepared the missile craft to launch again at the remaining Thon ships as he arranged the resupply of his remaining ships. He then sent out a message to the Thon. "Your fleet has been badly damaged by TAP we would suggest you proclaim a ceasefire and back out of this conflict. We offer Ships from Second and Third fleet to transport and escort back your surviving ships and personnel as well as those on the barrier Islands. "
OOC: First Fleet ORBAT

ASDS Issac brock-lightly damaged
ASDS Titan- medium damage (Offensive capabilities essentially gone)
1x Shield Badly Damaged
2x shields medium damage
1x Shield light damage
1x Sword Slowly Sinking
3x Swords Lightly Damaged
7X strikes no damage
3x strikes gone
5x cloak SSNs no damage submerging
Ten Beaver class military transports and Ten Kilaue class Resupply ships undamaged (were far enough away from first fleet capital ships to not be targeted)

North of the Greal Fleet
The Tu-160 bombers quickly released each of their 6 BrahMos cruise missiles and turned around, heading for Leafanistan. Noticing enemy fighters at the edge of their radar, the bombers quickly accelerated to 2 mach. The Northern Baltic Mig 1.44 fighters, meanwhile, accelerated to pass the fleeing bombers and guard their retreat. They would fly behind the bombers and would only engage the enemy fighters only if they kept coming at the bombers.

Second and Third Fleet
Eighteen Shield class Missile defense and EW warfare craft came online and launched CMs towards the Cruise missiles aimed at the Greali fleet, at the same time 215 Hawk-3 hypersonic interceptors moved to join the Greali Fighters at mach-3 armed with 8 AIM132 ASRAAMs and 4 AIM-120 AMRAAM slammers, trying to intercept the bombers.

North of the Greal Fleet
The Tu-160 bombers quickly released each of their 6 BrahMos cruise missiles and turned around, heading for Leafanistan. Noticing enemy fighters at the edge of their radar, the bombers quickly accelerated to 2 mach. The Northern Baltic Mig 1.44 fighters, meanwhile, accelerated to pass the fleeing bombers and guard their retreat. They would fly behind the bombers and would only engage the enemy fighters only if they kept coming at the bombers.

Since the cruise missiles were hastily fired, and a little far away from their range, half of the missiles rained onto the Greal fleet. Eletronic jamming and missile interceptors were used against the enemy cruise missiles. Despite all measures, three destroyers, one battleship, one carrier, two cruisers, two support vesesels were sunk. Two dozen others were damaged.

OOC: What is left from the Thon naval fleet? I would like to know so it is easier for me to plan resupply.

OOC: What is left from the Thon naval fleet? I would like to know so it is easier for me to plan resupply.

Original Thon fleet ORBAT as previously listed on page 22:

Thon Naval Armada
** six (to be named when used / secret) unkown class Thon Marine landing vessels
**19 Super aircraft carriers which are in detail:
*1 Cybele class aircraft carrier
*8 Thethys class aircraft carriers
*4 Racknor class aircraft carriers
*6 Karak class aircraft carriers
***all aircraft carrier decks' aircraft covered and camouflaged till upon use
**2 merc aircraft carriers
*2 Cryon class aircraft carriers ( these are Merc ships not Thon)
**76 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers (4 dedicated to each Thon aircraft carrier)
**57 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers (3 dedicated per carrier)
**60 supply, repair and maintenance ships
**30 various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
**8 submarine tender ships
**unkown number of Tsunami class submarines
** various Merc ships with combat and ground forces on em/ various classes unknown number

Thon Fleet losses:

*66x DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers
*60x supply, repair and maintenance ships
*30x various landing/ assault/ amphibious warships (not all one ship class)
*45x merc ships
*3x fuel tankers
*400x helicopters
*5- B-106 Thunderdragons
*20 Panvia tornadoes
*12 Panvia tornado ECR aircraft
*30 Panvia tornado tactical reconnaissance aircraft
*180 tornado long-range maritime attack tornadoes
*1800 UAV air armada with
*200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft in the armada that stealthily made it over the Quivira mountains, deploying EMP bombs on their way and bombing any military airfields that were in the Quiviria mountains and attacking the Pillar itself and engaged targets in Tortuga sea, minutes after the Thon invasion of the Barbary Islands started.
(the UAV's kamikazzeed into targets once their ordinance were deployed, exhausted and spent) High priority targets were The pillar in Quivira and targets around it and Dawoads coil guns then his carriers.) The 200 manned with real human pilots UAV command and control craft that survived tried to make it back to the Thon fleet but were all destroyed en route, despite exiting with UAV's that were still attacking and making their final kamikazizee runs with them on their escape vectors.

Remaining Thon fleet:

The Aircraft carrier fleet to the rear of the fleet joined by the fleet's six Nautilus class submarines were already speeding further away at their top speed refueling, rearming and redeploying their aircraft on their way, and were closing in on Burlovia's fleet in international waters. From there they could still deploy their aircraft, were out of range of some of TAP launched missiles and stood a far better chance of survival with allied Burlovia's fleet defenses protecting them and on their side.

One part of the fleet:

*6 Nautilus class troop warfare and landing submarines
**19 Super aircraft carriers which are in detail:
*1 Cybele class aircraft carrier
*8 Thethys class aircraft carriers
*4 Racknor class aircraft carriers
*6 Karak class aircraft carriers
*2 Cryon class aircraft carriers ( these are Merc ships not Thon)

Are now safe with Burlovia's fleet close to international waters away from Barabary engagement zone.

"Unless the main force is lost, there is always a chance of staging a come back."

(and that's my intention:D )

Another part of the fleet:

The 8 Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers and 4 merc modified supertankers loaded as much possible with AA guns,flack guns, missile defenses, chaff and smoke launchers of various colors, that were previoulsy deployed in front of the fleet off of Orleans to intercept any artillery missiles or coastal defenses thrown at the massive fleet was still on course from their rushed departure near Orleans, and were behind the TAPian air armada en route to destroy the Thon Fleet at the Barbary Islands.

*8 Thon Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers
*4 merc modified supertankers loaded as much possible with AA guns,flack guns, missile defenses, chaff and smoke launchers of various colors

They are behind TAP's aircraft that are attacking my fleet from my fleet's south, and are going full speed northward up TAP's western coast from the diversion off of Orleans many posts back and are currently being protected by Leocardia's and possibly? some of Leafanistan's naval forces as well. Either way they are at least protected by the following post:

The Leocardian Navy took advantage having the TAP forces vulnerable by The Thon's navy. Anti-air rockets and guided missiles simultaneously flew high in the skies, eliminating one by one with sophisticated Juki Aerial Defense pulse-Doppler Systems. Missiles such as HQ-7s and PL-10s. While at this vulnerable attack, Leocardian airforce deployed another 500 Su-33s into the air, fighting and engaging TAP airfighters.

OOC: I never agreed to a ceasefire either.

OOC2: Oh, and my planes are attacking south of TAP's fleet.

Remaining surviving Thon naval forces in Barbary Islands:

*10 DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class - Multimission Destroyers
*8 submarine tender ships
*various unknown number of small theater patrol submarines
*40 Sarmizegetusa class - defensive arsenal cruisers
*lots of sailors and navy men in the water and on burning ships
*stranded army soldiers and marines on Barbary Islands

I know not much hey? My navy was small to begin with. But hey, I don't compensate war threads, wars, posts and such with lots of military and absurdly amounts of unrealistic military naval armadas, aircraft and numbers and technologies because I'm smarter than that, I don't have to rely on that, like maybe Leocardia does with its..."World fleet"? come on thats a little much dude you have to admit. No offense though, your really awesome, it's just that term gets to me hehe. For my strategy is more this:

"Selftitude and cunning are often better allies than a fierce heart and a strong back."

(it's also more interesting and fun too hehe)

IC:

Thon navy men 10 minutes before TAP aircraft came into the Fleet's range:

"If we do not live another day, say this over our pyre: They died like Thon soldiers, with there faces to the fire."

Thon Communique to TAP and its allies:

The esteemed Thon Commonwealth would like to call for a conference with TAP and allied military commanders and government leaders on one of any islands other than the Barbary Islands of TAP's coast.

End Communique.


Thon ambassador's request whose family was killed by NOVA bastards in TAP mainland just for touring their country on their well earned company paid vacation to a Commonwealth military supply depot in the Thon Main Islands:

"Requested: one stealth plane, rader jammer, and one low yield nuclear pocket nuke warhead.-purpose-surprise party for foreign dignitary."

OOC: I thought I'd come back with a bang.

Leafanistan One 18 days in air, resupply via air assets

Field Marshall Amanda Arcturus sat in the rather cramped recliner. The rather quiet engines of the massive private jet weren't bothering her, just the fact that she was constantly surrounded by a cloud of very loud military AWACS and fighter jets.

A fax came through outlining what the Senate Subcommittee on the American Conflict and the Military Council agreed was a good course of action. It would of course break the ceasefire and ruin negotiations, but it was a sound plan. Besides the weaponry involved could be replaced within 3 weeks, a mere 1 if they flew in all the disparate parts and used 24 hour shifts.

Operation Blackboard

Two massive satellites hung in orbit over the earth. Each one surrounded by a cloud of microsatellites protecting each. These were Leafanistan's HAMMER satellites. Each one was meant as a punishing blow and the pinnacle of Leafanistani electrolaser development. Along with dozens of other satellites and ships they had been moved into a favorable orbit above America.

The midsection consisted of a powerful infrared laser called THOR, powered by .5 MW nuclear reactor. Around it consisted a Marx Generator array along with an utterly humongous collection of explosively pumped flux compression generators.

Back on earth the two targets were keyed into each HAMMER satellite. HAMMER II would receive the coordinates of the Pillar. HAMMER I was given the coordinates of the flagship of the Mokan fleet.

At the same time both satellites went active. They left LEO and began to sink deeper into the earth's atmosphere. For less than a second an infrared laser came down from the sky and instantly created a plasma bloom. One on top of the Pillar and one on top of the Mokan Fleet's flagship. The bloom itself was barely damaging, perhaps hot enough to melt plastic or to cause a severe flash burn.

Then all the explosively pumped flux compression generators simultaneously detonated, obliterating each satellite but creating a 600 terawatt overcharge which raced down the conductive channel created by the plasma to the target.

It was three times the power the greatest hurricane in the world could create. It was forty times the power consumed by mankind in 2004. And it was only possible by destroying itself. This much electricity made lightning look like nothing and the thousand of smaller bolts that came off the larger bolt slammed into the earth, each one still holding a tremendous potential.

The Fleet engaging in combat operations against the Mokan Fleet

A flash came from the sky, and the thunderous thump created was deafening. That was the signal to launch an all out attack.

At that moment every single Khan antishipping missile left the fleet, tens of thousands of them rushed into the sky in a massive launch that looked like a second sunrise.

Soon afterwards, land attack cruise missiles loaded with fuel air munitions, designed to fake a landing or to support an allied landing were launched at the enemy fleet, making a third sunrise. They would prove useless as the ships got close enough to use more antishipping missiles.

The minute the Khan's reached a safe distance, every single fighter left the naval ships of the fleet, loaded with antishipping and antiair missiles depending on their type. The ships and aircraft sped up to maximum speeds and rushed toward the enemy and began spreading out their formation to reduce hit probabilities. They began producing a lot of smoke to obscure their positions.

The separate fleets adopted a reverse delta to better defend against enemy retaliatory strikes and to better surrounded the enemy.

A flight of 120 Tu-22Ms from various bases in Leafanistan with Su-87 escorts took off and moved at high speed dashes to engage the enemy fleet.

Space

The two cruisers finished their preliminary salvo and when the HAMMERs went off and sent a scintillating pulse across the atmosphere that was their signal to begin a full bombardment of the enemy fleet from space, aiming for the largest capital ships at optimal angles with all railguns.

Asp space to space missiles lanced out at the Mokan rocketships exiting the atmosphere. 12 more cruisers of the Leafanistani space fleet came online and began preparations to begin operations. High Command wished for a quiet police action, but now it was time to drop all pretenses and go to full war.

American Space Elevator, Leafanistani Code Name: GAMMA-TAU

The hundreds of cosmonauts, foreign and Leafanistani that had spent weeks being lifted starside by rockets were finally given their mission. They left on Soyuz capsules with a massive MiG-107 escort, with supporting armed Soyuz capsules and even a few Salyut stations.

The 1,500 cosmonauts were heavily armed and prepared to latch onto the space elevator and seize control of it to deny space based assets for the Americans. It was also to prevent resupply of the American space forces which had long since disappeared into the distant outer planets.

This is how the war would go. This is how High Command always knew that large scale conflicts would be carried out. Massive first strikes that involved huge fleets ramming each other in a herculean clash.

:eek:

The floating Thon fleet survivors that waded in the waters of the Barbary Islands in their life jackets off their sunken, sinking or burning ships said:

"ooh....awe....perty"

General Roday of the Thon military Forces in charge of Operation Skyrain smiled with glee.

"Yes!!!!! Now that had to of caught TAP off guard!!!"

"Quick! Colonels! See to your units, we act now while TAP may now just be blinded! Start Aquireing and targeting targets now! We can't afford to miss this opportunity!"

Barbary Islands Minutes after Leafanistan attack

The Thon fleet wasn't looking so well, over 75% was destroyed from the massive TAP air attacks. They along with allied help managed to destroy virtually all and every aircraft that attacked the fleet but the cost was never the less way too high. With all the amphibious, transport, landing, and deployment ships destroyed, the aircraft carriers far away in retreat in safety and not in reach, and what ships that remained out of missiles, the army men and marines stationed on the islands had to act fast.

Operation Skyrain then began:

Operation Skyrain's mission was all dependent on Operation Overgod to begin with. Once Operation Overgod had been accomplished, of which the Barbary Islands were to be taken, Thon and allied military forces would emplace long range artillery, MRLSs and rocket and missile batteries on the islands as a staging area and firing point to fire on the American Privateers military in the Quiviria, Lakota, and Shilo districts, whose primary targets would be the Pillar and TAPian military airbases.

The idea was to bombard the American Privateer similar to how Hitler bombarded England with V-2 rockets in WWII only much more effectively and on a much larger and devastating scale and targeted on military targets rather than civilian.

The goal was to severely weaken the morale and resolve of the TAPian people and government into submitting to surrender short of allied invasion, to strike fear, paranoia and a push for the American Privateer's citizens to demand that their own government surrender.

altered Operation Skyrain execution

[earlier than planned without sustainment and continuance (yes I know that's not a word nu you get its meaning lol)]

But since the loss of all the supply ships and amphibious warships along with much of the rest of the Thon fleet, retreat, resupply, evacuation, and sustainment looked very grim.

The American Privateer had been mainly concerned with the fleet and engaged their military and missiles at the Thon ships, leaving the army soldiers, and marines on the islands, off the ships, and their prepping and working for their operation alone because of the fleet's, more particularly the cruisers', distractions and current engagements.

General Roday, knew he had to act know before the The American Privateer turned its attention to him. If the TAP's attention would be directed at him it would be on his terms not theirs. He ordered ordered all batteries to fire at will, exhaust all ammunition.

Luckily the Thon fleet had fully unloaded all the supplies and rocket replacements that they had before their destruction. It just meant that once used, there would be no more to come, save some allied intervention.

The Thon Amphibious warships and landing craft along with hired mercenary transports and ships and Thon supply ships had carried hundreds of M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System vehicles and up to two loads of new ammunition per MLRS that were deployed on the islands minutes after the fleet's arrival.

(here's where the you get hurt part comes in this large post here :D)

Upon receiving the General's orders 900 M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems each containing 6 MGM-168 ATAMCS Block IVA and 6 ATACMS Block III TACMS-P fired their ordnance at the TAPian mainland from all over the Thon held Barbary Islands. They specifically targeted the Pillar and TAPian military airfields, as well Tapian city major airport runways.

They fired at will battery by battery, which after firing their ordinance, each reloaded 12 more rockets in under 5 minutes and fired again, and again with their last salvo, totaling to 36 rockets fired by each MRLS.

Total inbound ordinance to the Pillar, and TAPian airbases.

*32,400 MGM-168 ATAMCS Block IVA and ATACMS Block III TACMS-P

At the conclusion of firing their ordnance, all the MLRSs were primed with demolitions charges, so that come quick rapid withdrawal from the islands, the TAP wouldn't capture or profit from the abandoned vehicles come their re-acquirement of the Barbary Islands.

Hopefully with the opening up of the Pillar and the massive disruptions, interference, fallout, damage, blindness, destruction, and well simply put...shock and awe of Leafanistan's attack on the Pillar, the MLRS's missiles would finish off whatever remnants of the Pillar remained. If Leafanistan's attack on the Pillar didn't destroy the Pillar, but merely opened up, and destroyed or dissentigrated the tons of rock and mountain and/or defenses on top of th pillar, then the MLRS's missiles would finish off the exposed weakened now opened up and exposed facility.


Ordinance specs:

* ATACMS Block III TACMS-P (P = Penetrator)
The Tactical Missile System Penetrator (TACMS-P) is an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) program to demonstrate integration of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) booster with a Navy reentry body, resulting in an improved capability against buried and/or hardened targets. The TACMS-P range extends to 220 kilometers and will be compatible with the Multiple Launch Rocket System family of launchers. The reentry body has maneuvering capabilities for increased accuracy.

* MGM-168 ATAMCS Block IVA specifications:
These guided missiles are launched from an M270A1 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) launcher, and maximum range is 300 km (186 miles). The ATACMS is tasked primarily with the destruction of tactical surface-to-surface missile sites, air defense sites, and C3 (Command, Control and Communications) complexes. 32 MGM-140A missiles were fired in Operation Desert Storm against Iraqi targets.

Thon upgrade to missiles:

coated with heat hardening and reflective coating of the projectiles, which would increase the necessary laser exposure time from THEL and airborne laser antimissile defenses.

Can also be assisted, aided, and supplemented in guidance and targeting via satellites and other Thon targeting systems, some of which are tied into Thon Naval ships.


OOC:

TAP please do realize that your Hyperions and any of your lasers since they are based off real world development and wikipedia, I suppose, have primarily been developed to intercept relatively primitive threats such as homemade Qassam rockets and World War II-era Katyusha rockets, which thus far have not incorporated sophisticated countermeasures.

The first XMGM-140B test flight occurred in October 1994, and the MGM-140B entered service in 1998 in the United States. So as you can see this is an over decade old technology. No PMT here :D hell not even necessarily MT since its last millennium hehe

Assuming the Pillar is in my range, it either can or cannot be depending on where inside the Quiviria area it is actually located in, I don't know. If it isn't in my range then I'll edit this and my MLRS's would then just be just targeting what nearby military targets they could in their range. If as a last resort due to lack of targets which I highly doubt. they would attack Dawoad's fleet in the Tortuga sea, but only if that is the case. Again I say their range is 300 km (186 miles). You can look into it at the bottom of the page of this link:http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-168.html

hey it's not always in the system sometimes its in the missile that counts :D

Secure Communique to all Thon Allies from General Roday:

Operation Skyrain Initiated. The fleet is decimated, our transports destroyed, our missile ammunition exhausted, capabilities of resupply=none. Requesting aid, security, and resupply to continue operations in Barbary Islands. If unable, requesting aid for tactical withdrawal. Help is critical, immediate in need, dire and of upmost importance. Please assist.

OOC:

Make this like the British evacuation of Dunkirk in WWII if you have to guys but please help me hehe.

"Help me Obi-won Kenobi. Your my only hope!"
:eek:


I would...like to save my MLRS's they are expensive platforms after all ya know?....please?

Secure Communique to all Thon Allies from General Roday:

Operation Skyrain Initiated. The fleet is decimated, our transports destroyed, our missile ammunition exhausted, capabilities of resupply=none. Requesting aid, security, and resupply to continue operations in Barbary Islands. If unable, requesting aid for tactical withdrawal. Help is critical, immediate in need, dire and of upmost importance. Please assist.

OOC:

Make this like the British evacuation of Dunkirk in WWII if you have to guys but please help me hehe.

"Help me Obi-won Kenobi. Your my only hope!"
:eek:


I would...like to save my MLRS's they are expensive platforms after all ya know?....please?

Operation Mauve Flogger

Long range Tu-95 Bear bombers with RADAR guided 23mm guns lifted off airbases in Rovonia, loaded with basic supplies and ammunition for large guns. They couldn't airlift the massive MRLS ammo, but they could bring smaller rounds in. This contingency was originally meant to resupply BM-21 Grad squadrons trapped behind enemy lines, so they were meant to be lifting 122mm rockets. They would airdrop this equipment and hopefully keep them supplied long enough for something else to come.

Commanders scrambled to come up with a new plan. They poured over contigencies and old plans to look for one that was a perfect fit or at least a retrofit away from one to help their stricken allies.

The Northern Baltic
150 Tarantul III Class Corvettes and 3 Kiev Class Carriers left the Bay of Nations to resupply the Thon fleet. They were escorting a large collection of various merchant ships, loaded with ammunition, missiles, as well as fuel and basic necessities. Many of the Tarantul Classes contained a surprise for TAP in case the Thion forces decided to leave the conflict: mines. These mines came in all different shapes and sizes, to confuse the enemy's sonar. Armed with cameras and high tech devices, the several thousand mines would pose a formidable threat to the TAP'ian forces.

The merchant fleet carried five types of missiles:
BrahMos I x 300
SA-N-9 x 6,000
MGM-168 x 10,000
ATACMS Block III TACMS-P x 9,000
RIM-162 x 4,000

Operation Blackboard

HAMMER I was given the coordinates of the flagship of the Mokan fleet.

The Fleet engaging in combat operations against the Mokan Fleet

A flash came from the sky, and the thunderous thump created was deafening. That was the signal to launch an all out attack.

At that moment every single Khan antishipping missile left the fleet, tens of thousands of them rushed into the sky in a massive launch that looked like a second sunrise.

The minute the Khan's reached a safe distance, every single fighter left the naval ships of the fleet, loaded with antishipping and antiair missiles depending on their type. The ships and aircraft sped up to maximum speeds and rushed toward the enemy and began spreading out their formation to reduce hit probabilities. They began producing a lot of smoke to obscure their positions.

The separate fleets adopted a reverse delta to better defend against enemy retaliatory strikes and to better surrounded the enemy.

A flight of 120 Tu-22Ms from various bases in Leafanistan with Su-87 escorts took off and moved at high speed dashes to engage the enemy fleet.



MNS Mokastana, Overlord Class SuperDreadnaught

The heat barred down on the ship as the few crew members outside began to race for cover, the heat was incredible, Primary Admiral Franshaw watched as his ship began to glow, it was those space assets, he knew it.

"Transfer command to Admiral Jesus Consuelo, tell him good luck. It will all be over soon amigos.....(quietly) See you soon brother."

The blast tore the ship in half, splitting it down the middle as crew dove into the boiling sea. The flagship for the entire navy had just gone down. Crews watched in horror as the deafening roar hit their ships, stunning crew members on decks and in the open without ear protection.

Admiral Consuelo had just received the information when he saw the MNS Mokstana sink. Play time was over, no time to mourn, just react. Just then the E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes reported the incoming of thousands of missiles. Apparently hoping to gain control of the confusion that sinking a flagship would cause. Lucky the navy had a plan or that.

"Open up all command files, notify the fleets that this is the new Flag ship. Then return fire towards the Leafanistani fleet. 5,000 LY'45s and 10,000 Hellions (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13525984) at them and launch another 2,000 at those land based assets of theirs, while we are at it, launch another 1,000 at the Thon artillery sites trying to beat up TAP. Get every fighter we can in the air and pull back into the ocean."

With those orders missiles from the fleet shot off in record numbers, thousands in return lit up the sky, bringing vengeance for the ship yet sunk. Carriers launched hundreds of F-18s, F-35s and EA-18s. Each armed with AA missiles and Electronic counter measures they were to take out enemy planes before the strikes and hopefully some off the assaulting missiles too. In total this was 1550 F-18 fighters alone. The two Longsword class ships began the long range assault on the missiles. However once they got within 200km of the fleet LY4031s would take over...followed by the sheer volume of Advance Sea Sparrows the fleet had in reserve.

This war was getting heated up. In space the MBSA astronaunts flew the six fighters knew that they were going into something that wasn't in their favor. On the ground more were being loaded up with Rotary launchers for heavier, anti-cruiser munitions, aka larger orbital munitions with tactical nuke warheads. They would make it into orbit in approximately 4 hours. As of now they began pelting the two cruisers in space with 90mm coil guns, with 20 seconds between shots on a single coil gun, and each ship armed with two, the 6 ships fired a round every ten seconds, each High Explosive round going at 4km/s. Using Ladar and IR scanners the rounds could and would correct themselves mid flight to hit the enemy ships.

TAP
The mass bobardment of Tap was sure to have caused massive amounts of damage but at the same time it had outlined every one of The Thons emplaced positions like a beacon to the ASD fire finding radar. First fleets three remaining Swords opened up on the Enemy emplacements firing at a rate of one shot per minute (one per coil gun, two guns per broadside). At the same time the ASDs two entirely undamaged fleets launched Block IV Phase 2 TLAM-Ds at the Thon positions. Fourty Strikes launched 160 TLAMs every 30 seconds as the Five Pikes opened up with 30 more every thirty seconds and the two dreanoughts launched 40 as well. This put 460 missiles a minute towards the Thon emplacements all carrying Anti armor submunitions.

Leocardian Naval Fleet

After having a couple side skirmishes with the Greal fleet, the rest of the fleet left the landed soldiers on TAP soil and headed toward the Mokstanan Navy in a delta shaped form. "20-60, we're live." The radar man said on the mike. "50-65, we're on air." Another radar man said in the halls of radars. The useless numbered messages were sent to random bystanders who might happen to pick up the messages and think it might become a plan of attack.

Radar locked onto the Mokstanan Navy, with 2,250 YJ-82s locking into every ship of their fleet and firing toward them. Pod after pod, with rapid reloaders, each of the missiles fired and fired and fired. Showing the Mokastanan Navy that Leocardia wants to show fear, and fear will be shown to them. By the time the enemy had found time to recover from the 2,250 YJ-82s, an additional 1,500 Moskits will be fired before any action will be set planned.

"Launch the missiles."
One after another, two thousand LY589 Hellion advanced cruise missiles were launched at the Leocardian fleet from the First task Force, the Second Task Force, only had enough ships to launch one thousand LY589 Hellion advanced cruise missiles. Together, three thousand of them, were fired at the Leocardian fleet.

Meanwhile, the carrier decks were full of crew members, working on the damage from the last naval battle, or directing planes to land. Captain Hill inspected the carrier, Rampage. He hoped this cruiser missile strike would succeed in at least sinking a few Leocardian ships.

"Launch the missiles."
One after another, two thousand LY589 Hellion advanced cruise missiles were launched at the Leocardian fleet from the First task Force, the Second Task Force, only had enough ships to launch one thousand LY589 Hellion advanced cruise missiles. Together, three thousand of them, were fired at the Leocardian fleet.

Meanwhile, the carrier decks were full of crew members, working on the damage from the last naval battle, or directing planes to land. Captain Hill inspected the carrier, Rampage. He hoped this cruiser missile strike would succeed in at least sinking a few Leocardian ships.

OOC: You still have to RP my attack before you can even attack me.
(Another flaw of your RPing skills.)

OOC: You still have to RP my attack before you can even attack me.
(Another flaw of your RPing skills.)

OOC: Where? I though your last IC post was that the missiles were directed toward the Mokans..

OOC: Where? I though your last IC post was that the missiles were directed toward the Mokans..

OOC: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13682060&postcount=459

If you don't know what Khans are, go ask TAP or one of your allies.

OOC: 450 Khans per ship?

OOC: 450 Khans per ship?

OOC: No, just 450 scattered at your ships.

OOC: My response will be up later, I need to go find out some things about Khans
You want to assume we fired at each other at the same time?

OOC: My response will be up later, I need to go find out some things about Khans
You want to assume we fired at each other at the same time?

OOC: Sure. But then again, you're attacking just 15 of my ships. So I don't see why not.

OOC: Sure. But then again, you're attacking just 15 of my ships. So I don't see why not.

OOC: You have 15 ships left in your fleet?

OOC: You have 15 ships left in your fleet?

OOC: No. I have 15 ships attacking your fleet.

yeah, can I get some info on those Kahns, and were you going to respond to my attack?

OOC: Yeah, I will. Just wait, it'll all connect before my attack is made.

OOC: I’m confused now, I fired missiles at your big fleet, even if it was 500 Km away, it wouldn’t matter, the Advanced cruiser missiles have a operational range of 3000Km.

The admiral laughed at the Thon request.
"We are right here with dozens and dozens of large supply ships, and more coming on from motherland! It looks like they are underestimating us."
He picked up the megaphone, pointed it towards Thon formation, and said: "Hey, it seems like you guys need some resupplying, what if we..."
"Sir, large amount of missiles inbound!"
"Activate countermeasures!"; admiral´s smirk quickly turned to the most serious face a man who had served his whole life in a military could get.

Although the missiles were targeted towards Thon ships, Burlovians were so close they could use their countermeasures easily on incoming projectiles. They could destroy 80% of incoming missiles, but here and there missiles hit also Burlovian fleet.

Allied CENTCOM

We and the Thon fleet will continue our way to international waters. We hope the ceasefire won´t break (again) completely.

The admiral laughed at the Thon request.
"We are right here with dozens and dozens of large supply ships, and more coming on from motherland! It looks like they are underestimating us."
He picked up the megaphone, pointed it towards Thon formation, and said: "Hey, it seems like you guys need some resupplying, what if we..."
"Sir, large amount of missiles inbound!"
"Activate countermeasures!"; admiral´s smirk quickly turned to the most serious face a man who had served his whole life in a military could get.

Although the missiles were targeted towards Thon ships, Burlovians were so close they could use their countermeasures easily on incoming projectiles. They could destroy 80% of incoming missiles, but here and there missiles hit also Burlovian fleet.

Allied CENTCOM

We and the Thon fleet will continue our way to international waters. We hope the ceasefire won´t break (again) completely.

OOC: what missiles? if their mine their targeted at the barbery island not at the Thon fleet . . . BTW thon I will finish replying to those UAVs if/when TAP responds to them. (I assume some will be lost over tap and ill Deal with the rest and probably lose a shitload of ships into the bargain lol)

IC:
"Jesus!" exclaimed Hawk as he watched a swarm of UAVs cross over TAP coming towards the battered first fleet Get our fighters interposed NOW and have the shields change to interposed themselves between us and those oncoming UAVS. Contact ASD command and see if they can crack the Signals between those UAVs and whatevers controlling them

"Admiral, it looks like the major target is the Greal fleet. Should we intercept?"

"Send five flotillas and one of the longsword interceptors. All Air interceptor Flotillas. Along with a wolf pack."

With that order a portion of the Mokan Fleet broke off to go towards the Greal fleet to offer assistance. Given that the Greal fleet had left port after they had arrived they were rather close to the Greal fleet and their long range missiles could easily cover them. They watched on Radar as 120 Tu-160 bombers launched their missiles about 500km away from the current branch of the fleet, and now the introduction of the MNS Revolucion. One of the four Longsword Class (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=551930) missile warships purchased from Lyras. Now with five flotillas protecting it it began its introduction to the war. For one, with a range of 1100 km on the LY4030 air interceptor missile 120 were launched to engage the Tu-160s from North Baltic.

After some minor calculations they determined themselves to be about 500km from the Leocardian fleet. Again they would engage those bastards and this time, no missiles would be detonated in the name of peace. From the longsword alone 800 LY4045s were launched. From the rest of the fleet 2,000 were launched. However they had another surprise, 1,000 LY589 Hellion Advanced Cruise Missiles (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13525984) were launched as well.

The Leocardian fleet responded quickly to the 3,800 missiles fired. During the attack, the fleets' AEGIS and RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 systems engaged the ballistic missiles, however, they were unable to block all of them. Out of all 3,800 missiles, only 2000 were blocked, and the rest severely damaged three forth of the fleet. Black smoke lustered into the air, and more was going to be coming out as the missiles from Leocardian YJ's fired.

The Khans were surprising. They came, missile after missile. The Greal fleet launched their Lyran Advanced cruise missiles at the Leocardian fleet and focused on destroying the Khans. Captain Hill, was on deck when a Khan struck it, he fell down, badly wounded in the leg. Crew members were running, there was screams in the air as more Khans struck the Greal fleet.

Now half the fleet was know gone from all the missile attacks.

The Khans were surprising. They came, missile after missile. The Greal fleet launched their Lyran Advanced cruise missiles at the Leocardian fleet and focused on destroying the Khans. Captain Hill, was on deck when a Khan struck it, he fell down, badly wounded in the leg. Crew members were running, there was screams in the air as more Khans struck the Greal fleet.

Now half the fleet was know gone from all the missile attacks.

From the Greali missile strike, it was unfortunate for the Leocardian fleet, as half of the ships sank from the severely damaged attack by the Mokstanan Navy. A white flare was shot into the air multiple times, signaling that the ship has had its last breath alive. As many witnessed, the Juki SD had remained standing after the harsh blows, with hatches remaining to keep it afloat. This time, it was Leocardia's time to fight back, to finish off the Greali fleet. The Juki SD's crew loaded its 450mm guns and fired its munitions at the enemy. Torpedoes were loaded and fired. 1,500 Khan missiles were loaded and fired. Anti-ship rocketries were loaded and fired. Every munition, missile, firepower on Juki SD and its class' storage was being released onto the enemy's fleet.

The Mokan Fleet had been hit hard by all the restless attacks, both Leafanistani and Leocardian attacks had struck hard. Luckily the submarine launched missiles had fallen short, just barely of the fleet. However the sheer amount of Kahns and other strikes had made the fleet use up nearly every AA missile it had.

Casualities:
1x Overlord Dreadnaught(the Flagship)
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought(minor damage)
1x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought(medium damage)
1X Nietzshe Class Super Dreadnought (sunk)
5x Nimitz-class supercarriers (medium damage)
1x Nimitz-class supercarriers (sunk)
4x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers(medium damage)
2x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers(sunk)
14x Arleigh Burke class destroyer(light damage)
20xZumwalt-class destroyer(medium damge)
34x Zumwalt-class destroyer(sunk)
9x Hobart Class Air Destroyer(light damage)
12x Hobart Class Air Destroyer(medium damage)
23x Hobart Class Air Destroyer(sunk)
6x Seawolf class attack submarine(sunk)
1x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines (sunk)


Total Fleet value:

2x Longsword-class superheavy guided missile warships

Air Attack Flotillas
4x Nietzsche Class Super Dreadnought
9x Nimitz-class supercarriers
9x Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
41x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
41xZumwalt-class destroyer
77x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
40x Seawolf Class Attack Subs
755x F-18 Super Hornets
377x F-35s
185x EA-18G Growler
82x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye,

Kraken Flotilla
2x Kraken Super Dreadnaught
4x Empire Class Battle Carrier
12x Arleigh Burke class destroyer
14xZumwalt-class destroyer
15x Hobart Class Air Destroyer
10x Sea Wolf Class attack subs
60 x RQ-8B Fire Scouts
30x CH-53 Sea Stallions
30 x HM1 Merlins
30 x SH-60 Seahawks
400x F-18 Super Hornets
340x F-35 Lightning II
40x EA-18G Growler
40x V-22 Ospreys


Wolf Pack Flotilla
60x Seawolf class attack submarine
14x Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines

OOC: what missiles? if their mine their targeted at the barbery island not at the Thon fleet . . . BTW thon I will finish replying to those UAVs if/when TAP responds to them. (I assume some will be lost over tap and ill Deal with the rest and probably lose a shitload of ships into the bargain lol)

IC:
"Jesus!" exclaimed Hawk as he watched a swarm of UAVs cross over TAP coming towards the battered first fleet Get our fighters interposed NOW and have the shields change to interposed themselves between us and those oncoming UAVS. Contact ASD command and see if they can crack the Signals between those UAVs and whatevers controlling them

OOC: Oops, sorry. Forget about that.

IC: Burlovian cargoships started refueling and resupplying Thon carriers.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/thonnation/missilezonmap.jpg

updated map, please make your own as well, so I don't have to guess for other nations navy that aren't mine, and still delete those OOC post above please people

Admiral Jones looked down on the decks of the Juki Superdreadnaught. He frowned and continued giving orders to the other ships with were within the Juki Battlegroup. It seemed as if the Juki might perhaps escape the fight without getting sunk. It's hatches are 145 out of 440 sealed shut on its 2nd-last layer of hatch defense, ready to take on extra pounding. He gave the signal for all ships to fire and use their defenses at their own will, while he walked back into his office.

Inside his office, he constructed a thousand word essay. Comprised in the essay, he wrote to the Admirals in the Northern Baltic, Burlovia, Leafanistan, and The Thon fleet, about his failing decline in the Juki Battle Order. He needed to now.

Inside the enclosed essay, he has a note in which he typed up, and gave the entire papers to a radioman to transmit to the allied fleets. The radioman, then, transmitted the message, ending with the quote: "We are battle harden, we are battle ready, we are battle safe, but we are not battle proof."

The Mokan Fleet had been hit hard by all the restless attacks, both Leafanistani and Leocardian attacks had struck hard. Luckily the submarine launched missiles had fallen short, just barely of the fleet. However the sheer amount of Kahns and other strikes had made the fleet use up nearly every AA missile it had.


The Leocardian navy, despite its losses in numbers, took advantage at this opportunity in fighting the Mokan fleet, who had fallen short in AA missiles, and immediately deployed all their available naval helicopters, all 320 of them, to unload a closer-up torpedo strike. Composed of Ka-27s and Z-8s, they unloaded both their 2,000 kg torpedoes and the Z-8s fired their Exocet missiles at the Mokan Navy. While seeing that naval helicopter attack wasn't enough, 450 JH-7s, with the YJ-82 anti-ship missiles, reinforced the firepower of the helicopters. And lastly, to provide additional protection for the bombers, the Leocardian navy will also be deploying their Su-33s on a special escort mission.

Off TAP
The Northern Baltic fleet, seeing the 2nd and 3rd DaWoad fleets moving to their position, took the initiative. The 180 Longboat Class Battlecruisers, accompanied by Alta Class minesweepers, sped up. The Northern Baltic ships took advantage of their low radar signatures to close into 290 km from the fleets, then, they fired half of their BrahMos missiles (24 each Longboat).

The other ships, meanwhile, formed a defense screen around the aircraft carriers and battleships. The carriers launched 1,000 of their Mig-1.44s, armed with two BrahMos missiles each. The fighters, flying low, reached the maximum distance from the enemy fleet that the BrahMos missiles would reach and then proceeded to fire all of them at the enemy fleet. The fingers then proceeded back to the carriers. The carrier fleet began moving forward and the Longboat and Alta classes began moving back. They would meet somewhere in the middle and then, after they grouped up, would move towards the Thon fleet.

Despite the heavy losses to the VLS tubes they still had some AA abilities left. However the main AA was going to be the F-18 fighter. While they had been mainly on anti-missile and anti-assault duty they did not ever get a chance to have such a perfect target, 320 helicopters flying in. Armed with torpedoes, they were practically ducks in the water. Of the 300 F-18s in the air guarding the fleet, 100 turned towards the mass and began flying threw launching 2
range AIM-120s each at about 70km out then launched another 2, if needed, AIM-9 Sidewinders as they flew close into the mess of choppers.

Of course the fighter-bombers were not going to get by unstopped. The first 100, once done with the choppers quickly launched off another 2 AIM-120s each and turned back to the fleet. Using the hawkeyes as control systems another hundred Super Hornets, fired 2 AIM-120s each into the fray.

From the fleet, the Two Longswords began launching LY4031s 500 in total to assist in crushing the air attack.

Despite the heavy losses to the VLS tubes they still had some AA abilities left. However the main AA was going to be the F-18 fighter. While they had been mainly on anti-missile and anti-assault duty they did not ever get a chance to have such a perfect target, 320 helicopters flying in. Armed with torpedoes, they were practically ducks in the water. Of the 300 F-18s in the air guarding the fleet, 100 turned towards the mass and began flying threw launching 2
range AIM-120s each at about 70km out then launched another 2, if needed, AIM-9 Sidewinders as they flew close into the mess of choppers.

Of course the fighter-bombers were not going to get by unstopped. The first 100, once done with the choppers quickly launched off another 2 AIM-120s each and turned back to the fleet. Using the hawkeyes as control systems another hundred Super Hornets, fired 2 AIM-120s each into the fray.

From the fleet, the Two Longswords began launching LY4031s 500 in total to assist in crushing the air attack.

With missiles being headed toward the aerial assault, the helicopters begun to drop their armaments, however, some were too late and did not drop their torpedoes. All the helicopters were destroyed, but 34 came back, heavily damaged and darkened by the smoke. The Z-8s managed to fire their Exocet missiles, but were also blown into pieces.

While the JH-7s were in air flying toward the Mokan fleet, they were being attacked by AA missiles. Most of the aircrafts were forced to fire their YJ-82s early at the ships before they, too, were blown into pieces. The Su-33s provided support fire, unleashing their weaponry against the F-18s. Though, all aircrafts sent were not expected to make their arrival back.

The death tolls went up as each soldier and plane was being destroyed in the black smoke. Radar picked up missing blimps, assuming they were goners. For every couple soldiers killed, the Juki SD would fire a red firework into the air, symbolizing the courage Leocardia had seen throughout the battle.

The Khan pods were loaded once again and fired. This time, Admiral Jones wanted the Mokan fleet gone. 450 Khans were targetted at the Mokan fleet and fired, with another 550 Khans following right behind them.

Luckily the F-18s had done well, and many of the missiles launched by the enemy misses due to launched early or inaccurately, however a few hit and more ships were smoldering and sinking. More F-18s were launched and preppared for combat. This time the Growlers would be on higher alert, jamming as much as they could of the incoming.

As for the wolf packs, they had spent most of this battle getting closer to the enemy fleet. Once they were in range they launched two Tomahawk anti ship missiles a piece, in total 120 Tomahawks now sped towards the enemy fleet, targeting the Dreadnaught and Carriers as primary targets, 10 towards the Dreadnaught, 5 to each carrier, and the other 40 for the destroyers and missile boats.


"Launch coordinates achieved, missiles ready, all 58 targets locked on Admiral."

"Good lets sink those bastards."

"Sir, we have about 1,000 missiles coming fast."

"Damn it what AA do we have left?"

"2,592 Firestorm and about umm...7,000 ESSMs, 4,000 LY4030s, 7,000 LY4031, and 512 LY4032s "

"Very well, Clean out the firestorms and reload them at the incoming missiles, use the ESSMs for when they get close. It should minimize damage. Now offensive abilities?"

"Once again, Firestorms, plenty of LY4045s, and about 6,000 LY589 Hellions."

"Admiral Subs have launched."

"Good return fire with 2,000 Hellions, sink those bastards."

Meanwhile in the air at least 150 F-18s that survived the battle stayed alfoat, cycling out with fresh ones from the Carriers, the admiral wanted 400 up, but only so many could be launched at once.