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After the civil war that was between December 2007 and February 2008 had caused many casulaties which the Republic Of Colstream had recovered from. The detonation of a ZS-33 Tactical Nuclear Warhead by the rebels at the beginning of the conflict in Ashland had caused the city to disappear but that had been resolved very quickly But in early January 2008 the rebels detonated a second ZS-33 Tactical Nuclear Warhead by the rebels had caused the islands to the east of the Republic Of Colstream to be contaminated with heavy radiation.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=544352

Specification of a ZS-33 Tactical Nuclear Device:


ZS33

Weight:12,000lbs
Yield:1 Megaton
Blast Radius: 3 by 2 miles
Radiation cloud limit: 20 square miles
Info: Uses the 1 megaton yield to create a focused explosion designed to destroy a local target or localised forces. BE CAREFUL! Exposure to it will kill a person in 1 hour if not treated.

Today, the Resolution #1560-Nuclear Prevention Act had been activated.


Also a new resolution, Resolution #1580-Nuclear Cleanup Act had been passed.

Resolution #1580-Nuclear Cleanup Act:

This resolution will start the process of cleaning up the Eastern Colstream Islands of radiation and the establishment of new towns and villages on the islands.

1. The Republic Of Colstream will spend £40 Billion Colstream Pounds on cleaning up the radiation from the islands.
2. Will ask Antigr, Alfegos and Zaheran to help clean up the islands so new settlements can begin.
3. All work will be paid for by the Colstream Government and will involve NBC Trained Soldiers and NBC Equipment.
4. Close Eastern Territorial Waters to International Shipping except Military Vessels and close Eastern Colstream Airspace to Commercial Aircraft except Military Aircraft.


To Antigran, Alfegos and Zaheran Governments:
From: President Jack Walker

The Republic Of Colstream would like your help in ridding the Eastern Colstream Islands from the radiation caused by the tactical nuclear device used in our last civil war. We would like you to dispatch your best NBC Units to help us clean up the mess.

"Mr. President, Colstream has started..."

"I do have a computer, you know"

"Yes, sir. What should we do?"

"Ah, why today? I feel so tired...whatever. Send the special battalions from the Darrel Straights and Auston. When can they be ready and mobilised?"

"As an emergency service, about 24 hours maximum for personnel, although equipment may take longer"

"Good. See that it's done. And will you please get me a coffee?"

"Yes, sir"

"So, how we gonna do it this time? Last time, it was the good old bury it in concrete routine, though I don't think they'd be that happy this time for us to turn the islands into a sea of concrete. Plus the fact we don't really have that much concrete riding about at the moment... shall we go for stripping?"
"Why not?"

Stripping policy was pretty simple: removing 1 metre of topsoil from the entire island group, along with trees and the like. Then replace it with nice new topsoil stabilised with trees and mass grass sowing. 2 years later, it'd be able to be accessed without erosion problems. Though that would mean it'd take time for them to actually get there.

"Alright then... how about just leaving it?"
"They want it NOW. They're not about to wait for the radiation to die down, 'specially since it was a ground burst."
"Alright then: it'll be best to go for that two-year plan. But where are we gonna stick all that low-level radioactive earth?"
"Load it up on a container ship and go dump it off in the old Tin mines in New Alfegos. Leave it there 20 years, then we'll have safe earth for use."
"See what the Colstreami's think of it."

OOC Notes to Colstream:
1) 1 Megaton device at ground level is gonna create a much bigger blast area filled with radioactive fallout. As in, about 40 miles radius with a downwind plume of radioactive material for up to 120 miles. Plus you've got the blast damage for at least 15 miles around the detonation zone, even as a ground burst. Please look up your figures.
2) After this time, the radiation levels aren't gonna kill anyone in an hour. All the most radioactive elements will have mostly decayed, leaving you with more persistant nasties.
I'd say that, unshielded but wearing a gas mask, you'd have to be there for 48 hours before the cancer threat becomes real. Without a gas mask, you've got the problems of Thyroid cancer from radioactive Iodine and the like after about 18 hours.
But it depends on how close you are to the blast point. In Alfegos, I have a radioactive wasteland area, but that's becuase a nuclear device went off on top of a near-surface uranium ore deposit. Thus spreading fissile products from the fission of more concentrated deposits of U-235 across a large area. Whilst its in a naturally arid zone, there still is some plant life in the area, though animals die very early/are born with defects. It's uninhabited for very obvious reasons.

"So, Colstream has started the cleanup? It's about time". The Defence Minister nodded to the junior officer holding the briefing. "Thank you, Lieutenant Friescher. You may leave". He turned back to the assembled generals. "So, gentlemen, that is the situation. The Colstreami have requested our help in cleaning up the radiation on the islands where that nuclear device detonated. General Creutz, you handle our NBC cleanup units. What units can be deployed?"

A man in his fifties with a heavy beard cleared his throat. "Our NBC cleanup units from Fort Halder are quite experienced. They cleaned up after that little "incident" on Chinoz, when the Alfegans nuked the AHC. They are trained for being deployed quickly, so we could have them in Colstream within forty-eight hours. The personnel, that is. The equipment will take a little longer. I would advise that we try to coordinate our actions with Alfegos and Antigr. If everyone does everything at the same same time, things have a tendency of becoming a little confused".

The First Colstream Ships carrying the Biohazard Wing of the Colstream Environmental Office, BNC Units of the Colstream Army and the Colstream Air Force approached the islands. They started to land 200 Radiation Experts of the Colstream Environmental Office to test radiation levels.

ORBAT for Clean up Operation:


Colstream Environmental Office:

400 Radiation Experts


Colstream Army

NBC Warfare Unit

100,000 Soldiers
350 M1132A2 APCs
150 Mi-26 Halo Heavy Lift Helicopters (Modified with NBC Armour)

Colstream Air Force

50 HAMC SH-5 Maritime Patrol Amphibians using Anti-Radiation Chemicals and modified with NBC Armour.

OOC:

Colstream, 100,000 men is overkill. I'd say that even 10,000 was overkill for a cleaning-up job. What with all the millions of men you have abroad, I'd say your military was at eleventy million strong. You need to start cutting down numbers; also, your forces seem to be fanatically under-mechanised.

IC:

The first of the 401st Nuclear Fallout Emergency Battalion's men began to arrive at the Darrel Straights Naval Air Station. These were not men trained to fight in an NBC fallout, these were men trained to repair the aftermath with a secondary ability to defend themselves with weapons while doing so.

Once at the Air Station there, several very large transports would fly them to the Island Directly, or, failing that, fly to Colstreami mainland and have a boat ride.

The Royal Antigran Navy was one of the strongest and most commonly-seen anywhere, with thousands of ships on patrol all round the world. Within 24 hours, suitable ships would be found to take them there, if neccessary.

These are not going all at once. They are on ships that stay out at sea and then as people come out to be decontaminated. Plus also now i am only in Moriabia and Boico. That only comes to around 500,000 Soldiers. I have around 1 Million Soldiers plus around 500,000 armored vehicles at home cause i have a small force in Thive(10,000 plus 200 Tanks and 100 APCs) and i am out of Cyncia and Hervia. I only have a NBC Force availiable but they are not properly mobilised at the moment. Anyway there are 3 islands of 10 by 5 miles and there is heavy radiation so the taskforce is spread out. Also i have consciption so it will be a little bigger than if it were professional.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn279/Tomahawk911/ColstreamIslands-BasicSat.png
Satellite picture of Affected Islands

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn279/Tomahawk911/ColstreamIslands-RadiationLevels.png
Fallout Summary (Measurements in Rontegen Equivalent Man)

OOC: These images are really excellent. I really like them.

IC:

The images sent from Alfegos arrived at the Colstream Defence Ministry and were forwarded to the taskforce at the scene. The ships lay in the low and medium level areas to avoid any major problems. Some heavily NBC Armored Ships went into the heart of the zone and began to unload the Hazardous Materials equipment. They could only stay in the west side of the furthest island until the NBC Modified M1132A2 APCs got here. Until then, the Colstream Air Force HAMC SH-5 Maritime Patrol Amphibians were dropping large amounts of Anti-Radiation Chemicals and water to cool the radioactive material that lay on the surface.

At the same time, more NBC Modified M1132A2 APCs and HAZMAT Teams boarded more ships in Ashland Harbour under the guard of the Colstream Army and in full view of the Colstream Press. The Colstream President and the Colstream Government knew that if the islands were cleaned up, they would solve the growing problem of providing good farming land or installing wind farms to power the Republics businesses and homes.

OOC:

*Sulks*

I never got praise for my MS Paint drawings of lethal weapons.

(EDIT: Technical Note; Wind Farms are an extremely bad idea. If you want quick power, build diesel generators and advance along the same route. Global warming and all that rubbish doesn't exist on NS, so don't invite it in. Plus, wind farms take up too much space, are an eyesore, an provide far too little power for their size)

Just for spam and praise - latest ones only;

PT-3 SMG Series
Standard, Standard Stock Folded, Fixed Stock and Standard Silenced (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/PT-3_Pic07.png)
Fixed Stock With 30 Round Mag & First Version With Old 30 Round Mag (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/PT-3_Pic09.png)

SeG-77 Assault Rifle Series
Standard (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/SeG-77_Pic05.png)
'Para' (Stock Folded) (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/SeG-77Para_Pic01.png)
'SWS' - LMG Version, Ladder Sights (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/SeG-77SWS_Pic01.png)
'Grenadier' (With Grenade Launcher) (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/SeG-77_Pic06.png)
Final Prototype/First Production Model (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/SeG-77_Pic09.png)

KGM GPMG Series
Final Product (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KGM_Pic03.png)
Concept/Basic Line Drawing (Note Bolt, Mechanisms Not Drawn) (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KGM_Pic031.png)

MT-86 Marauder II Main Battle Tank
Linky (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/MT-86_Pic03.png)

MT-75 Maverick Light Battle Tank
Yay! More Linkies! (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/MT-75_Pic03.png)

KK-Series Sidearms (Unfinished, Draft Versions)
Standard (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KKS_Pic01.png)
Compact (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KKK_Pic01.png)
Match (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KKM_Pic01.png)
Tactical (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KKT_Pic01.png)
Automatic (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/KKA_Pic01.png)

Finally
A Request By Weccanfeld For a Late '40s Assault Rifle - He Said It Was Perfect (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/Weccanfeld1_Pic02.png) (Below is the draft of the basic shape he wanted)
'Lulz Gun', Anti-Noob Carbine System (ANCS) (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/NS_Antigr/LulzGun_Pic01.png)

That's only for recently, there's a few more tucked away somewhere.

(OOC: Your pictures are good Antigr - you see, I can't draw guns or tanks to save my life. On the other hand, my strong point is maps and the like (such as this satellite photo), which are not as hard to make as you much more skilled vehicles. Plus, since I've got some things going design-wise, you want me to design you (aka do a writeup for) a tank/gun/airship? Since I can do those three, and nothing else?)

A rank smell of diesel and chemicals filled the air as the soldiers from Fort Halden, the NBC specialists of the Imperial Army, began to enter the ships that would take them to Colstream. The ships had been built for this type of missions, having a thin layer of lead on the hull to protect against radiation. All soldiers had been provided with potassium iodide pills in addition to the standard equipment. Workers in protective suits were spraying the ships with chemicals, while others loaded NBC suits and geiger counters. No heavy equipment had arrived yet, but this was merely the vanguard, 300 men of a total of 1,500. Engines roared as the massive ships began to move. Fishermen waved and whistled as the two vessels slowly exited the giant harbor, guided by a frigate and a pilot from the Coast Guard. A long journey awaited them.

The first M1132A2 APCs landed on the western island and began to unload its NBC Soldiers using sprayers carrying anti-radiation chemcial to decontaminate small areas where the first main groups would land.

(OOC: Colstrean, you know nothing about radioactive decontamination, do you? It's a very, very difficult thing. Because the damage is caused by the "fallout" of radioactive fission products from the uranium in the bomb, as well as radioactive soil from the vicinity it exploded in (due to the neutron radiation converting stable isotopes into radioactive isoptopes). Now, radioactivity halves every half-life of it there is. For example, a nice little friend we have in Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8 days. Meaning by now (140 days?), there'll only be 1/2^18 of the original amount left. Hardly a threat.

However, you still have problems from the more persistant ones. At this point, there'll be a peak in activity from Zirconium/Niobium - 95 and Ruthenium, as well as a rising level of Caesium-134 from the decay of trans-uranic fission products.

Now with this weapon, the problem you have is the dust: the radioactive material is in tiny dust specks. Walking through the area, you'd be completely fine as long as you wore a dust mask. Most of these materials in the area are:
a) Alpha emitters, so radiaiton can be stopped by your epidermal skin layer.
b) Accumlative: once they get inside your body, they don't come out.

The problem you have is getting rid of that dust, which contaminates all watercourses, and soil. Solution? Rip all the topsoil out, filter the water and rip out all the trees and start from scratch, or do it the Chernobyl way - wait. Waiting is the best solution.)

OOC:

I know a fair bit about types of radioactive atoms, their science, and how to use them and 'destroy' them, but you have really done your homework.

Well done, you know more than I do. Now be quiet before I press the button that makes the SeG-60 rifles you just bought turn evil.

OOC: Didn't do any research Antigr - just my common knowledge. And remember we only bought a couple hundred of them rifles... not the millions we have currently of native firearms.
Anyhow, let's get cleaning up.

"So then, the Colstreami lot want the island decontaminated NOW, and don't really understand what they want?"
"You hit the nail on the head. But since we managed to clean up that last blast, or at least buried the high risk area of it, we'd better do the same for them here. But where the hell do we start?"
"I'd reccomend concreting over everywhere within a 1km radius of ground zero, as we did last time, to encase all the radioactive dust, before sticking some air filters in the encased area. At about 1m of concrete over that area... I make it about 9.3 km^2 of concrete. At a metre thick, that's 9.3 million cubic metres. Or about 30 million tonnes. I guess we'd better start buying up concrete. At least the market price for it itself isn't bad at the moment - Æ25 per tonne. But then add the price of shipping ... do they honestly expect us to spend a few billion on this? Especially since we'll have to do it by airship."
"Well, get onto the Colstreami government. They pay us 50% of the cost, and when we receive our deposit we'll let rip. I'm sure the government can commandeer enough airships to make the operation work. Though on the coast I'm sure we can bring in some shoreline erosion control vessels from Los'vi to concrete it over. Course, it'll be a shame that there'll be not plant life in the area, but that's regrettable. Especially since the local sealife's gone."
"

OOC:

I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'll just help Alfegos. Sorted?

OOC: Thats sorted then. Plus also i am not starting to decominate properly. Only very tiny areas are being done until i get more equipment.

OOC:

I don't wanna really poke around here, but what is this thread for, anyway? I see no really good RP in it, so the only thing I can think of is something to boost the ol' post count.

(OOC: I agree with Antigr, though rather hypocritically... anyhow, post in IC coming sometime in the future)

Thread Dead- it was not to boost my post count but i think this is a dead thread as nothing i can think will advance it. Sorry Guys. New thread coming soon..........