Tolvan
30-08-2008, 05:06
OOC: The island in question is a NPC for all intents and purposes. It's basically just an unclaimed rock in the middle of nowhere. Anyone who deploys military forces withour first Tging me will be summarily ignored. Feel free to RP as criminal/pirate elements on the island, within reason of course.
Isla de la Serpiente
Southeastern Caribbean Sea
Isla de la Serpiente, Snake Island, was one of the more aptly named islands in the region. The island was home to seventy-one distinct types of snakes, twenty-two of which were venomus, at last count. The island was effectively unclaimed as nobody really wanted it, it was small (just twelve sq. km), it had no natural resources, and it was infested with the aforementioned snakes. The only inhabitants were the assorted varieties of scum that populated the island's two small "towns". It was these sorts that brought the attention of the Commonwealth to this remote island. The island were located rather close to the islands of the San Espada Province and served as a base for all manner of smugglers, criminals and worst of all ,pirates, that operating in and around the islands.
The local pirate gangs, there were at least twenty, had become more and more of a problem and it was becoming increasingly difficult to police the waters of the area adequately. As a result the Tolvanic government decided to take the fight to the pirate's doorstep and seize control of the island and root out the unsurly sorts that lived there by force.
Puerto Garcia Naval Station
San Espada Islands
The 23rd Amphibous Ready Group (ARG) departed the San Espada Islands a little before midnight bound for OBJ Viper (the code name of Snake Island). The small but deadly unit was built around a pair of amphibous assault ships (and their embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)), and three escorts. It would take the ships a little more than four hours to reach their destination, with a little luck the locals would never see what hit them.
Isla de la Serpiente
Southeastern Caribbean Sea
Isla de la Serpiente, Snake Island, was one of the more aptly named islands in the region. The island was home to seventy-one distinct types of snakes, twenty-two of which were venomus, at last count. The island was effectively unclaimed as nobody really wanted it, it was small (just twelve sq. km), it had no natural resources, and it was infested with the aforementioned snakes. The only inhabitants were the assorted varieties of scum that populated the island's two small "towns". It was these sorts that brought the attention of the Commonwealth to this remote island. The island were located rather close to the islands of the San Espada Province and served as a base for all manner of smugglers, criminals and worst of all ,pirates, that operating in and around the islands.
The local pirate gangs, there were at least twenty, had become more and more of a problem and it was becoming increasingly difficult to police the waters of the area adequately. As a result the Tolvanic government decided to take the fight to the pirate's doorstep and seize control of the island and root out the unsurly sorts that lived there by force.
Puerto Garcia Naval Station
San Espada Islands
The 23rd Amphibous Ready Group (ARG) departed the San Espada Islands a little before midnight bound for OBJ Viper (the code name of Snake Island). The small but deadly unit was built around a pair of amphibous assault ships (and their embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)), and three escorts. It would take the ships a little more than four hours to reach their destination, with a little luck the locals would never see what hit them.