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Zinaire Shaken by Pirate Attack

ZINAIRE CITY– Early this morning, the group of pirates that have recently been terrorizing Zinaire and other islands of the Caribbean conducted their most daring raid yet. The Zinairian cruise liner Island Jewel was robbed at gunpoint by approximately fifty pirates who, according to one frightened passenger, "came right up to the ship in speedboats." This has been the largest-scale of nearly a dozen pirate attacks that have taken place in the region over the last several months.

A red-faced Minister of Defense apologized to those affected by the incident. He went on to say that "the Zinairian Navy's got the manpower, it's got the ships, what it doesn't have is a clue what to do with them. This attack has shown that thousands of seamen bobbing around helplessly in even the biggest ships aren't going to deter pirates. What was our first hint? When pirates robbed a Navy frigate. It's pretty obvious that we need outside help, so consider this my call to the international world, asking for help establishing a counter-piracy division in our navy."

Frightened citizen Marly Harris underscored the minister's plea, "Quite frankly, I'm p***ing myself. I mean, if these guys are robbing cruise ships, how long before they just pull right up the the island and rob us? I mean, Zinaire's not much more than a giant cruise ship."

At the request of our CEO, Michael DeLacey who would very much like to spend a day on his yacht, ZNN would like to urge all nations with an established navy to assist Zinaire in the formation of one. The first nation to pledge their support will win a ZNN coffee mug and mouse pad*.

* Void where prohibited. Limit one per nation.

To Zinaire:

Chernobyl-Pripyat is willing to lend two Ka-60 "Kasatka" Helicopters to assistthe Anti-Pirate operations. These helicopters are capable of maritime operations and can have various equipment mounted, thus enabling it to be either a rescue, attack, or general utility chopper.








Yuri Danev, - Minister of Foreign Affairs

To Zinaire,

We would be glad to assist you with your pirate issues. Is there anyway we could set up a meeting. We would prefer to meet with your current navy's flagship, about 40 NM off your coast. No need to bring any of your other ships off anti-piracy duties, as we will have ships there for your protection. A picture of your flagship would be appreciated, so we know where to go. We see a bright future in our cooperation.

We advise you invest in fast attack boats crewed by special ops teams design to chase down and destroy priates. Also training willing crew members of your navy vessals to learn how to borad hostile ships or defend from a baording is also very helpful. If your nation is willing. We can work out the details of a contact for us to provide you with training and the equipment to deal with these terriosts. But it will cost you. But I think you realise its a win-win situation for you if you agree.

Also most costal vessals desgin to defend your coast, a increase in radar tracking,helicopters and other such means will certianlly reduce or wipe out this threat to your nation.

-fighter4u

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Zinairian Military Authority
The Republic of Zinaire
19 National Plaza, Zinaire City

Chernobyl-Pripyat:

Although we appreciate the gesture, we are not in need of equipment. Our list of assets can be found here (http://nationstates.wikia.com/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Zinaire).

The Beatus:

We are intrigued by your offer, but none of our seamen know how far a nautical mile is and therefore we cannot comply with your request. I apologize.

Fighter4u:

As stated above, we have plenty of equipment. The LCS Corvettes and Chimeras on our equipment list seem like good matches for the ships you have recommended. How much would training cost?

Sir Henry Norton
Minister of Defense

The Beatus:

We are intrigued by your offer, but none of our seamen know how far a nautical mile is and therefore we cannot comply with your request. I apologize.

To Zinaire,

Problem solved, just go out into the open water, and let your ship drift, and we will find you.

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Zinairian Military Authority
The Republic of Zinaire
19 National Plaza, Zinaire City

The Beatus:

I've asked around our naval base and neither I, nor any of the others know what this "water" stuff is. Once again, I apologize.

Sir Henry Norton
Minister of Defense

To Zinaire,

Yes,your vessels will be perfect for the job. As for training. Its seem to us your seamen are not well trained. It will cost 55,000 to train a average seamen to teach them to resist borading partys and perform their dutys,along with giving them basic training which they seen to lack. It also cost 75 thousand to teach your seamen to become boraders of captured pirates ships and teach them basic seamen skills and 175,000 to train fast atatck boats forces along with more basic skills. But if you buy a large contact that price can be reduce by 20-40%.

-Figher4u

P.S for a contact in the range of 125 million(depending on your navy size). We be quite willing to retrain your entire navy.