NationStates Jolt Archive

"Status normal. Approacing target."

Corporal Karina Bildt tore her JAS 39 Gripen through the skies of Smaloan, along with the rest of her squad. This was her first run in the Air Force, and she was proud to finally be out here, in the uniform, taking part in Operation Mjöllnir's Ice, the first military operation of Norberd in the twenty-first century. The rebel Smalonians would be destroyed by the Royal Norberdian Air Force before the KIA League ended and the county's short lived Stalinist push for independance crushed. She didn't much care for the political side of the matter; she just wanted to get out, involved in a real military operation.

Karina soon located the guerilla base her squad was supposed to bomb. Not far from it were several bomb factories, which the Army would take care of soon enough. She could identify several nearby homes, most of them damaged one way or another. Hardly unexpected considering what the rebels had done.

"Weapons free."

Karina locked onto to the base and dropped four Mark 82 bombs, along with the rest of her squadron. They hit the base and created mayhem there, a large explosion booming out followed by about half of the base covered in fire, the other half looking like an earthquake had just happened. She dropped about two cluster bombs onto the base, the flames spreading. Soon, the entire base was radically on fire, a heavy amount of the rebels destroyed by the looks of it. She soon started flying backward, towards Arveld Air Base, passing a few other squadrons on their way to begin the strategic bombing campaign of the operation which would be followed by mass carpetbombing which would turn the communist forces into a collection of huge clusterfucks.

Karina expected the foreigners would intervene soon.

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The bombs were falling heavily now. Karina was dropping all of her bombs on rural areas, destroying many factories and ending the lives of even more innocents. She had shot the wings off a rebel Gripen, and that had crashed into a bomb factory. This little town was being absolutely destroyed by the Air Force, beaten onto its knees.

As another rebel Gripen took off, she started tracking it immediately and locked onto it quickly. She fired one AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles at the rebel, but he luckily dodged it and drove the missile into a Air Force airplane. The pilot started firing at her. She started firing back, and soon a few other Royal Gripens started attacking the pilot. Eventually, the rebel had five Sidewinders on him. The aircraft exploded in hellfire.

"Mission complete."

As Karina started returning to the Base, below lay the ruins of a small industrial town, destroyed to the point of beyond recognition.

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After the carpetbombing of the small town, about enough HMMWVs to carry a platoon started driving briskly through the ruins. Behind them were several Pansarbandvagn 302 APCS, and about ten Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks were guarding the group. There were about two platoons in these HMMWVs and Pansarbandvagns, backed closely by artillery and air support. Well, the air support was really just bombing the shit out of every living thing in all of their targets, followed by the Army moving in to advance to their target, which would just be bombed again. What a pattern.

Soon, the platoons found themselves in the cold, snowy countryside again. They pushed through the countryside easily, shooting everything in sight. They were not taking any chances at all.

After about three hours pushing into the country, the platoons stopped for the night. They set up a camp, just outside a rebel townm which they would begin assaulting tomorrow. A few soldiers were desinated to be on patrol for an hour, about five fireteams. They would change in a hour, and the replacement soldiers would be replaced in a hour, and so on.

Operation Mjöllnir's Ice wasn't designed to take chances.

To-Norberd
From United States of Pennsylvania

May we ask why the Rebels have decalred independence

Thank You
President Andrew Hundley

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

Due to your recent inquiry, I would like to inform you about the situation in Smaloan, a breakaway province in our nation. A Stalinist guerrilla force has seized control of the county in a bloody coup d'etat in such speed that our own intelligence services are still in the dark over this organisation. They declared their independance so as to escape 'the dictatorship of Royalty', in reference to Queen Edla III, which is a false accusation. Norberd is a parliamentry democracy based off the Westminster system.

Our military has begun attacking the rebels now via bombing.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

To- Queen Edla III
From- President Andrew Hundley

For now we will stay nuetral, but based on what you have informed me of we are currently leaning in your direction

Official Response of the Fascist Federation of the Grand World Order

The Order is fully willing to devote special forces units to fighting the Communists in Norberd. Communists are a disgusting, vile lot that must be destroyed and re-educated in order for Man to advance. All conventional force will be permitted for use against the Stalinists, and the Norberd armed forces will be given permission to use several of our observation and non-nuclear weapons satellites.

Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Fuhrer!

OOC: Very good intro. Just a tip regarding Swedish grammar: in Swedish, the definite article is a suffix, not a separate word like in English. Therefore, 'The Kingdom of Norbered' would translate to 'Kungariket Norbered', and 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' would become 'Utrikesministeriet', or 'Ministeriet för Utländska Affärer'. Here's a helpful link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_grammar

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Grand Commander GRIFFITH-II,

The Kingdom thanks the Grand World Order for its offers of assitance in Smaloan, and would welcome several units from the GWO military to support our troops. Our troops have begun advancements into the country already, with a large amount of the rebels K.I.A and a town which was manufacturing bombs and weapons for the rebels has been destroyed.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

((OOC: Zaheran, for your information, Norberd speaks another language very close to Swedish, Norberdian. Any mistakes in there are part of Norberdian. Thank you for the help anyways.))

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

I am verry concerned about the situation in your country. On the moment I and Congress are leaning towards your side, but we would like some more information on the situation so that we might help your forces in a later stadium of the conflict, if we feel it's nessecary to intervene.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

We understand the concerns of your country and will not force you to intervene in our favour. We would request, however, that the Grand Duchy confirms that it will not intervene in favour of the rebels so that we may put a stop to the rebellion before it destablizies our country further.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Ofcourse we will not intervene in favour of rebels trying to overthrow a sovereign Nations government, I can promise you that for sure.

And if their is any more information, could you please transmitt this information to the NCIA, the Noordeinde Central Intelligence Agency, so that I can stay tuned to the situation and maybe eventually decide if it's nessecary to intervene.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

Our country will do such, though we are still in the dark over this organisation. Our intelligence services are working around the clock to discover information on these rebels, but so far these activities are proving unsuccessful. Expect information soon, though.

Our armed campaign in the county is going successful. The only casulty we have so far is a twisted ankle from an air force pilot.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Just as almost every country in the world the Grand Duchy of Noordeinde has multiple Intelligence Officers, of the NCIA, abroad, also in The Kingdom of Norberd.

They are investigating this group as well. The NCIA investigates all groups which may marked as "hostile" due the international terrorism.

The Intelligence Officers and the Noordeinde Government were curious how you coulnd't notice that Jas 39 Gripen fighterjets dissapeared from millitairy Airforce bases, or that you didn't notice that a large order of Jas 39 Gripen entered the country while you dind't order them.

We would like some information on that topic please, because if they own fighter jets it means they can even operate international, what means that they are a treat to the world society.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

The JAS Gripens which attacked Smaloan - the breakaway Stalinist republic - were from the Royal Norberdian Air Force, not from those rebels. While the rebels had aircraft, nearly all their functioning aeroplanes have been destroyed during an aerial dogfight over the skies of the small industrial town of Aldrina, a town which had been manufacturing weapons for the rebels. This town is now in ruins and preparations on assault for a nearby large town are beginning.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Althoug almost each and every plane of the rebels has been destroyed I still have some questions, what sort of planes were operated by the rebels, fighterjets? And it is International regulation that planes have a tailnumber which connects them to their owner, cant you identify the rebels by these tail numbers?

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

The rebels operated stolen Norberdian-owned aircraft, mostly the JAS Gripen. We are suprised that the Grand Duchy would think that the rebels would either keep a tail number on their planes or put their own on it, as that would compromise their identity. We found no tail numbers on any of the aeroplanes.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

((OOC: More international military reaction needed!))

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Well you recognize yourself now that they mostly use JAS Gripen, militairy fighterjets. How did they get acces to those jets while only airforces are allowed to operate them. So how didn't you notice that those fighterjets were stolen from an Airforce base? Do you at leat have some camera footage wherin we can see them will stealing those jets so that we at least know hog big the "group" might be.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

(ooc: I'm not sending any of my militairy if I have a lack on information)

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

Whenever the rebels seized control of the county, they overwelhmed Smaloan Air Base - along with Army Base - and seized all the equipment there, including several JAS Gripens. They did not steal anything from any military base outside Smaloan. Nearly all rebel Gripens were destroyed in a battle over Ardina in which the rebels made the error of throwing all their planes into the battle, only to be destroyed by the RNAF. The rebels currently have, on land, Leopard 2A4 battle tanks, Pansarbandvagn 302s, Combat Vehicle 90s and artillery weapons, along with AK5s, Kulsprutepistol m/45s, Psg 90s and Glock 19s for their ground troops. We hope that the Grand Duchy understands that we do not know of the rebels' numbers and the amount of the aforementioned weapons they have in stock, due to them having stolen our equipment on many different occasions including times when we have not confirmed they stole the equipment, and requests if the Grand Duchy has anymore questions about the situation so we can answer them all in our next message.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Are these terrorist threatening to attack other sovereign nations next to The Kingdom of Norberd? And is their a possibility to have an Aircraft Carrier at your coast?.So far we would like to observe the whole situation from nearby to see how the situation resolves or will get worse.

My Congress gave permission to commision a Invincible class carrier (http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/invincible/images/Invincible_new_10.jpg), the Hr.Ms Middelburg, with onboard;
- 5 Harrier Jumpjets (http://myoops.fgu.edu.tw/twocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/Global/9/9A8E1047-CD6F-4A13-8B32-CD1B09FF8BF7/0/chp_harrier.jpg), combat
- 5 F35 Joint Strike Fighters (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/F35JointStrikeFighter.jpg?t=1241886633), combat
- 4 NH-90 Helicopters (http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x64/keessturm/nh90.jpg?t=1241886544)
- 2 Westland Wasp Helicopter (http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/7/7/1302779.jpg)

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

So far, the rebels have shown so sign of wishing to attack any other sovereign nation state, but our country would not take such risks. Queen Edla III herself has determined that the aircraft carrier from the Grand Duchy be allowed into our waters, to attack the ports of Smaloan. Be aware that there are some ships from the Royal Norberdian Navy are still located there, but due to lack of training, the rebels have not been able to operate the vessels successfully.

Expect two Fridtjof Nansen class frigates from the Royal Norberdian Navy, the KNS King Viktor II and Queen Edla III, to greet the vessel from the Grand Duchy as soon as they arrive, the frigates themselves being from Lunsk Naval Base.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

Official Message From The Republic of teh New British Shores

The Republic officially offers it's assistance in defeating your rebels. Should the assistance be accepted our ships can be on station in four hours

Signed
John White
President

To-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From- Presidential Office, United States of Pennsylvania

Upon hearing the recent reports, we have deicded to intervene on Norberds side, we will deploy the Following forces

3rd Fleet
1 Nimitz Class Supercarrier, USS Reagan
2 America Class LHAs, USS America and Ironsides
4 Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruisers, Bunker Hill, Anzio, Antietam, San Jacinto
13 Arleigh Burke Class Missile Destroyers, Arleigh Burke, Ramage, Cole, The Sullivans, Bainbridge, Decatur, Porter, Lassen, Dewey, Truxton, Spruance, Samson, Kidd, Farragut
6 Olivar Hazard Perry Class Frigates, Clark, Duncan, Copeland, Gallery, Reid, Jarret

28th Infrantry Division(Mechanized)
17,548 Infrantry
245 M1A2SEP MBTs
142 Leopard 2A6 MBTs
587 M2A3 Bradleys
45 155mm Cannons
574 Assorted AA Pieces
436 Assorted AT Pieces
85 AH-64D Attack Helos
246 UH-60 Transport Helos

38th Infrantry(Mechanized)
16,564 Infrantry
264 M1A2SEP MBTs
124 Leopard 2A6 MBTs
654 M2A3 Bradleys
76 155mm Cannons
453 Assorted AA Pieces
564 Assorted AT Pieces
46 AH-64D Attack Helos
136 UH-60 Transport

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

We informed Captain Bill Johnson and First Officer Jessy Pitt about the two Fridtjof Nansen class frigates, the KNS King Viktor II and Queen Edla III from the Royal Norberdian Navy will sail towards them to greet them.

And we will be aware of the rebel boats and ships, althoug they won't stand a chance against the self defence systems of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241891249).

But about immediatly attacking a port, the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241891249) will first follow the developments on the situation before just going on a full frontal attack.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President John White,

Norberd thanks the New British Shores for supporting our country in our campaign to restabilize the Smaloan county. Several other nations, Noordeinde and the USPA, have sent vessels as well, one aircraft carrier from the former and a rather large deployment from the latter. We would only expect a frigate or two from the NBS; however, feel free to send as many vessels as your country pleases. However, excessive deployments are disencouraged as they could be used as invasion fleets for use against Norberd.

Whenever ships from the NBS arrive in our waters, we would encourage the vessels to regroup with two Fridtjof Nansen class frigates, the KNS King Viktor II and Queen Edla III, which will in turn be grouping with an aircraft carrier from Noordeinde.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

While our country is pleased to see the armed support from the USPA, we are displeased by the excessive and unneccasary amount of vessels from the USPA, which can be viewed as an invasion force. While we understand the USPA feels that Smaloan must remain part of the Kingdom, this excessive deployment while, quite frankly, clutter the seas in Vikta, one of our country's many provinces, which are further divided into counties. We would highly recommend that the USPA seriously lowers the tally of ships being sent to our country.

That said, we once again wish to reassure you, Mister President, that we are glad to see the USPA take action against these Stalinist rebels which are destabilizing Smaloan, Vikta and all of Norberd, and we hope that ships from the navy of the USPA and the Royal Norberdian Navy can work together to secure the future of Smaloan as a county in Vikta, in Norberd.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.


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The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency Prime Minister Jonathan Roosevelt,

We thank you for permitting your vessels to form a group with our aforementioned frigates, and we wish to state that is likely naval forces from several other nation states may join the group. Our frigates will stay put with the Grand Duchy's carrier, and remain with it unless circumstances force our ships to flee.

We apoligse for the misintrepation of one of my sectaries in our last message, and he has been cautioned and suspended a week's pay for such an error.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

To-Foreign Ministry, Kingdom of Norberd
From- President Andrew Hundley

Unfortunately it is against policy to Send LHAs and CVNs without hevy escorts, as for the troops, only 5,500 of them will ever be in the area at any one time, the remainder will be either on the LHAs or at their respective bases until needed

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To: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Minister Lindberg,

Actually we would like to thank you for offering protection by sending these two frigates. I had contact with the Captain of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241894570), and he thinks it would be a good idea for afther forming a group to get a tactical spot from where they can deploy the planes, first for several surveillance missions above Smaloan soil, so that the pilots get to know the airspace. And they might be deployed later for attacking missions or to give back up to the Gripons of the Royal Norbed airforce.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

Official Transmission From NBS Secutary Of Defence

A Task Group has been dispatched. At your request it is a smaller taskgroup consisting off:
1 Queen Elizabeth Class
Three Type 42 Destroyers

Signed
SECDEF
Republic of teh New British Shores

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

Following careful consideration, Prime Minister Ola Arvlad herselfhas permitted the right for the aforementioned amount of USPA vessels to enter our nation's waters, but all of the vessels will be under constant watch from the Royal Norberdian Navy, the Royal Norberdian Coast Guard and the Royal Norberdian Intelligence and National Security Services, due to what our military deems as an excessive amount of vessels.

We hope the USPA understands our concerns over the fleet sent by your nation and will allow this constant watch be put in place. Be aware that, once USPA forces enter land, they will be on constant watch as well.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency Prime Minister Jonathen Roosevalt,

You are welcome. As for surveillance missions, our forces support this and believe a good tactical spot would be the border between Lursk and Smaloan, both of them counties, where rebel forces have been dealt with by our Army. Such missions could assist our Air Force in the bombing of rebel areas, not that the Air Force has not already conducted such missions, but we would trust that the technology Noordeinde possesses to conduct such operations would be superior to our own.

Back up for our Gripens would be highly encourged, along with seperate missions from your planes if required.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

To-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
From-The Presidential Office

We do not mind and we do understand, if it wasnt against our Navies policy i would've sent fewer ships, but it is against policy to send fewer Escorts. We do not mind our units being under surviellance, so long as it does not go to far.

Captain Sigge Fradberg looked out at the sea with his binoclaurs, his dark hair cut cleanly as naval standards permitted. He was a young captain of thirty, in charge of the KNS King Viktor II, nicknamed 'Vikkie' after the nickname for the late king, who had died three years ago. That had been a day of national mourning, Fradberg remembered well.

After a few minutes of watching the sea, he spotted a large ship - an aircraft carrier by the looks of it - heading towards Norberdian waters. His face remained expressionless, and remained so as two other, smaller ships appeared in view.

He let go of his binoclaurs, knowing they would remain on his neck thanks to some string. He walked down to Communications, and, after a few minutes of talking to his aides, who explained the vessels were from Noordeinde and NBS, he picked up the radio.

"Hr.Ms Middelburg, unidentified friendly vessels, this is Captain Fradberg of the KNS King Viktor II, please regroup with us ASAP, Over."

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241895850), Noordeinde Navy

Captain Thom Pitt was called to come over to the Communication Station, Captain Fradberg of the KNS King Viktor II made contact with them. Captain Pitt took the mic;

"This is Captain Thom Pitt of the Noordeinde Navy carrier Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241895850), Hello KNS King Viktor II, I have your ship in sight and gave order to set course to your vessel and regroup with you, Over."

Boston Naval Harbor was very busy with activity, the 3rd Fleet carrying the 4th Expenditionary Force, was embarking for Norberd to assist them in fighting a group of Rebels

Sigge nodded as the voice came from over the radio. He asked for a glass of water from one of his aides, and about twenty seconds after he asked, he was sipping a glass of iced purified water. An alcoholic in Norberd might mistake his water for a glass of the finest vodka, due to remarkable similarlity between this water and East Livian Vodka, by far the most popular in the country.

He gave a moment of thought to the reply. "Captain Pitt, it is good to have you here. Regroup with us, we are currently in Norberdian waters near the breakaway Smaloanian waters. We are expecting other foreign vessels soon, including what appears to be a..."

He glanced, once again, at the details of the USPA fleet, quite large by his standards for this operation. He grimaced once again, his slight paranoiagetting at him again.

"..large number of vessels from the USPA. Over."

The Four NBS ships approached their staging area. A CAP of F35's were flying overhead

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241895850), Noordeinde Navy

"We already have set course towards you, so that isn't a problem. And for my information are the USPA vessels regrouping with us as well?, Over."

As the USPAN Vessels approacged the area, they 2 LHAs deployed a LCAC Each, and sent them to the Beach, on each was a Company of Infrantry and 2 Leopard 2A6s. Overhead, some MV-22B Ospreys were flying more comananies of men to the the Beach.

OOC:Where is Norberd and the rebels?

Approaching Norberd Airspace

Unlike most of the countries getting involved, the Order was sending its entire force via aircraft. Then again, there weren't many soldiers heading there. However, the biggest reason for this was simply the fact that the GWO was facing a war at home, and needed all the ships it could muster to fight the Communists attacking Magna Polis.

There were six An-225 cargo planes carrying men and equipment from the Army Advanced Paradrop Service, Marine Corps Fallschirmjaegers, the Federal Guard (Including ACF soldiers), the Special Tactics Force, and, unknowingly to everyone, members of the Gedanke-Polizei secret police force.

Escorting the air convoy were 20 F-22s and five EA-18G Growlers, each plane ready to blow whatever attacks it to hell in a heartbeat. Each plane, including the transports, had the Grand World Order Federal Air Force Coat of Arms printed rather visibly on them.

As they approached Norberd airspace, a radio call went out requesting permission to enter airspace, as to avoid getting attacked by Norberd's own air force.

Sigge looked at the details again. In a minute or so, he was handed some message from Command about how the USPA ships appeared to already be landing, the arrogant bastards. They knew shit about the current clusterfuck of what is called 'Smaloanian aerospace' so far, and for all the intelligence bastards knew, the rebels could have bloody thermonuclear weapons in their arsenal. He sighed at his little moment of idiocy, and downed the last of his water.

He finally satisfied his primal urges and ordered some fine vodka. When you came from Lunsk, you either drank vodka or you were the scapegoat of the local community.

In his deep, Slavic accent he replied; "Captain, it appears that USPA forces have already begun landing, without previous surveillance missions or anything of the sort..."

He paused for a moment as some new documents were handed to him.

"Captain, it also appears that forces from the New British Shores have arrived and several F35s have begun some form of mission, surveillance I would expect, over Smaloan."

((OOC: Norberd would take up Finland. Smaloan would be in the lower north of the country, which is extremely cold and, at least in Norberd, snows all year round.))

* * *

At Lunsk Air Base, one of the regular office transmission officers had recieved the transmission from no other than the fascist might of the Grand World Order, whom's arrival in Norberd was kept secret by the government, to avoid any protests from the many socialists and communists in the country, which could possibly turn into full scale riots, especially with the communists supporting Stoklomolvi, which had been one of their policies during 2005's election. Of course, they had only gained one seat.

This regular office transmission officer, know well as a 'office junkie', brought the message to Air Marshal Fredrick Lincar, who, after a few minutes of informative discussion with the office junkie, issued a reply via radio to the GWO forces, of course secret.

"Orderian forces, this is Air Marshal Fredrick Lincar granting you permission to land in either Smaloan, the county controlled by the rebels, or in Lunsk. Over."

OOC:, ok, are you using RL Terrain for this?

IC:
The area had been overflown by a KH-12 ReconSat 1 hour before the landing, showing that little to nothing was present at the Beach, so the landing went ahead as soon as the MV-22Bs were within range.

At the same time, the following was sent to Captain Sigge
"Captain,you have no need to worry, we have reconed this and area, and tell the Noordeinide Ship we will be joining up soon as we are done offloading"

A Eight-Plane Recon flight of F-35's flew over Norberd, looking for targets of interest

((OOC: I'm using Finland for geography, so yes. Lunsk would probably be about the size of County Londonderry from Northern Ireland, small population.))

As Sigge was beginning to enjoy his fine vodka, he nearly spilt the fine drink whenever a new radio call from the damned USPA forces was issued. He rubbed his eyes, remembering he hadn't slept for a day or so now. He would soon be thinking the sun was red now...

He activated the radio and began speaking into it. "USPA forces, we thank for reconning the beach and would like to inform you that several of our own surveillance missions are being conducted as we speak and that it appears there is little populace for about twenty miles from the beach...Over."

* * *

The New British Shores' aircraft would find nothing for about fifteen miles, except a small ghost town last resided in the nineteenth century. However, several rebel land bases were near that ghost town, with about ten thousand rebel soldiers located in them. The rebels seemed unaware of their presencew, though it was clear that the rebels' guard was up; tanks were everywhere, troops on high alert.

The AA guns were manned, and Leopard 2A4s were patrolling the outside of the base constantly.

"Hey, Storm lead, you see that down below at nine O'Clock" Storm Three asked.
"I see it, lets take a look" Storm lead replied.
The Eight aircraft began to dive down to the ground.

"Alas we already knew that, but thanks anyway" Colonel William Mooreland said

On the beach, 1st LT Hal Moore was directing the unloading, currently he had 34 Leopard 2A6 MBTs, 76 M2A3 Bradleys, 7 Palladins, and 945 Men on the Beach, and was beginning to move inland

As the aeroplanes from the NBS took a dive towards the ground, they remained unspotted by the rebels. However, the rebels were starting to suspect something in the air, not supporting the cause of Smaloan. Eventually, after several heated arguements and gunshots, it was decided that the firing of the AA guns would be too much of a risk, stupid and idiotic.

The radar systems seemed to be failing to pick up anything, but they might pick up something, if luck smiled upon them.

* * *

Arrogant bastard, thought Sigge as he listened to the reply from what appeared to be Colonel William Mooreland. Due to USPA intervention in other troubled locations in the world, many Norberdians disliked the military of the USPA and the government of the USPA, which many thought of as 'neoconservative', the most unpopular and hated political group in Norberd. Captain Sigge was one of the group who disliked the USPA.

However, his reply did not reflect his personal thoughts at all. "Colonel, I would expect that several rebel bases lie..."

He paused the radio so he could shuffle through the documents handed to him by one of his aides a minute ago.

"...twenty-five miles ahead of your current position. Bombing of these bases will began sometime in the next few hours, according to the documents in my hands. Over."

"Storm Lead, Storm Five, I've just been spiked by ground Radar!" Storm Five reported.
"Rebels?" Storm Lead asked.
"Most Likely" Storm 5 replied.
"Alright, squadron, lets vector in on the Radar station and prepare to take it out, stand by HARM Missiles" Strom Lead ordeered as the Squadron flew Nap of the Earth.

"Very well, another ReconSat will be makign a pass in....."Mooreland checked the timetable
"a hour and a half, we might end up doing a missile strike shortly thereafter"

1 1/2 Hours later, 285 Miles above the surface of the earth
KH-12 ReconSat #4 passed over Norberd and the Rebel Area, it quickly located the Rebel Bases, this was information was quickly passed to Admiral John Billings on the USS Anzio, who order Anzio and Bunker Hill to launch Cruise Missile strikes on the Bases, soon thereafter 40 Tomahawk Cruise Missile shot out of VLS cells towards the Bases, half carried 2,000 pound Warheads, the rest Carried Submunitions, essentially 20 mortar rounds to the remaining 20 missiles

As soon as the first missile was fired from the NBS aircraft, AA gunfire tore through the skies towards their position, the gun crews firing blindly towards where they had seen the shot and the surrounding area. The missiles themselves had damaged the radar station severely, rendering it rather unusable.

The radar stations in the other bases, however, quickly picked up the aircraft thanks to their break of cover. The small collection of bases had, as was expected, several SAMs located in the base. The F-35s soon had four MIM-104 Patriots tearing through the skies towards them, four Patriots aimed at each aircraft.

* * *

The Tomahawks tore through the bases violently. The first few missiles devastated the bases, destroying many of the bases' vehicles. The next missiles tore through the very foundations of the bases, turning the bases into an engulfment of flame and death, tanks on fire, huge explosions happening every couple of minutes, the bases essentially burnt to rubble.

At least the thirty-two Patriots had been fired at the foreign aeroplanes only minutes before.

After the missiles hit the bases, 30 MV-22Bs carrying around 4 Companies of Men moved in to Secure the Bases, fully 400 Men were moving in, and they were well trained and armed

"Missiles inbound, all aircraft deploy countermeasures and catch so sky!" Storm lead ordered. The Fighters weaved close to the ground until the mssiles closed. Once close enough they deployed Chaff and Flarces and pulled up sharply. The Missiles that didn't go for the countermeasures were unable to follow the F-35's on their high-g climb. One persistant missile got through and clipped Storm Four's wing. The F-35's returned to their patrol pattern as anotehr Squadron was launched from the RNS Knight

It had been too soon after the destruction of the base for the USPA forces to deploy into them. Fires engulfed the base and showed no sign of stopping for a while, with many gargantuan explosions adding fuel to the fire. Several burning rebels ran out of the buildings and vehicles, screaming for help as their skin was burnt slowly off their skin. The explosions seemed to be increasing every minute, until eventually the buildings were reduced to little more than rubble, the rebels all burnt to death by the fires.

The fires seemed to increase, and soon caught onto the nearby forests. Slowly, the forest fires began spreading until they created a huge forest wildfire which was increasing in all directions, north, east, south and west, the beautiful forests of which so many creatures resided in being destroyed in flames, many of the animals in the forests dying, with only a few escaping. HM Government would throw its stack when it heard about this.

The bases were, essentially, unusable.

Storm Squadron flew over one of the bases observeing the damage from the USPA attack.

Lightning Squadron moved inlnad from the Carrier

"Shit" Mooreland exclaimed as the satellite footage came in, he wondered what rebel idiot put the fuel so close to the Treeline, he immediately ordered 3 of the MV-22Bs to be loaded up with Water Bladders in the back of them to fight the Fires

GWO Air Group, Norberg Airspace

Field Marshal Imorr Shan thought for a moment at the options presented. He knew that the rebels had hardly any air power remaining, and the aircraft he had present could attack ground sites that posed a threat to him and his men. He quickly made his decision. His plane, which was laden with the higher officers needed to conduct the GWO's forces, would land in Norberg, and then the high command would lead them from there. The other cargo aircraft would circle above friendly territory while the combat aircraft moved forward and secured an airfield.

The plan was quickly sent to Norberg air command, and the An-225s quickly complied with their orders while the F-22s and EA-18Gs sped forward, with anti-radiation missiles prepared to eliminate any RADAR sites that pinged them, a typical SEAD ("Wild Weasel" in RL America) tactic.

With little air power left, and with three bases destroyed, there was no resistance towards the NBS aircraft, though the flames might catch onto their wings if they flew much lower, which would contribute to the disaster. In the skies, a JAS Gripen was viewable as it dropped water onto the flames.

A few rare Smaloanian White Owls could be seen, attempting to flutter away as their wings caught on fire.

* * *

While the water bladders did assist in putting out the fires, it did not stop them. The fires raged onward, the water seeming to have been useless in the fight. It could've been known by the USPA forces that many precious animals lived in these forests, and that many of them would have their numbers near depleted today. Whenever this was discovered by the enviromentally concerned HM Government, they would lose the head with the USPA.

* * *

The GWO forces were actually landing near the forest fires, the flames burning in the distance. Considering that those three bases were the main rebel base for about twenty-five miles, the aeroplanes flying through the skies would find nothing but fires, rubble and death.

There were no radar sites for miles.

Whenever the Orderian forces landed near Lunsk Air Base, a dark haired man wearing ceramonial army uniform soon sped up in an HMMWV towards them. Inside was Air Marshal Fredrick Lincar, the 45-year-old in charge of Lunsk Air Base. The HMMWV stopped, and Lincar exited and greeted the leader of the Orderian forces.

"I am Air Marshal Fredrick Lincar," he said. "I'm from Lunsk Air Base. A couple of kilometres ahead of you is Smaloan. USPA kicked off a forest fire after directing forty Tomahawks at three rebel bases."

With that, heavy snow started falling once again. It had been an hour since the last snowfall, and soon the snow went up to most of the men's thighs. "I'd recommend we get back to the Air Base before the snow gets any worse, or do you have any other plans, Field Marshal?"

Mooreland turned to his Subordinate
"Get those Water tankers up there now, all 500 of them"
"Yessir"

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241963611), Noordeinde Navy.

Captain Thom Pitt was quite frustraded, he wanted to intervene, his pilots wanted to intervene, but due the snow it wasn't responsable to launch those fighterjets of the carrier due the snow, which made the flightdeck quite slippery."

The only thing he could do was to wait untill the wheater would be better, and let his pilots know that all of them were on stand-by.

Between the forest which was currently in flames - Fraja Forest - and another, equally large forest was a small patch of waist-high snow. With approximately one bird species already extinct, the wind forced a few sparks from the Fraja fires onto the tall trees of Thar, and those sparks set the course for another gargantuan forest fire. Luckily, most of the creatures living in Thar Forest had managed to escape just in time, meaning species like the Smaloanian White Owl, the Snowy Eagle and other rare breeds would survive.

However, the forest fires started raging onward, though the flames in Fraja had been reduced to small fires which would probably be elimnated with a few more water tankers. Most of the trees in Fraja, however, were nonexistant now.

Soon, about ten water tankers from the Royal Norberdian Air Force were flying high, and started dropping their water quickly, before returning to base for refills and returning to put out more of the flames. The flames kept spreading due to the strong winds in the forest, and thus more water tankers were starting to come in every 'deployment'.

* * *

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

While I do respect the effort you and your country are making to curb the rebels in Smaloan, our government is most disappointed that the forces of the USPA have caused gargantuan forest fires in Smaloan, estimated to have killed many of the rare Smaloanian White Owl and possibly destroying one other breed in the wild.

Our air force reports that the USPA fired forty Tomahawk missiles at three rebel bases, all of them surrounded by thick forests, and these missiles created mass fires in the bases and caused the wildfires which have devastated the populations of many stunning creatures residing in Fraja and now Thar forests.

While we respect the work of the USPA in putting out these wildfires, we ask what prompted the USPA to fire missiles at bases surrounded by forests. Our reports suggested that your own forces had beforehand already conducted surveillance missions, so the leaders of the USPA forces cannot claim they did not know of the forests.

Note that if the USPA aircraft continue attempting to put out the flames, it is likely that the icey airs will damage the aircraft.

Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

* * *

The icey air soon started causing problems for the Norberdian water tankers. Soon, many of the tankers were reporting damages to their aircraft due to ice, and were forced to travel back to Lunsk Air Base. As the winds increased, more and more of the aircraft were being badly damaged, until eventually, one of the aircraft started crashing towards the ground due to the ice.

As it hit the ground, a huge explosion of flames expanded the forest fires massively. The forest fires soon covered the majority of the forest, and with the icey air badly damaging the aircraft, the best one could hope for was for these forest fires to end themselves.

We did know of the Forests, but what we did not know about was the close proximity of the Fuel tanks to the Forests.

The Waters tankers Mooreland had sent up had a Chemical Compound Mixture of Water Foam, which, in this case, would after a certain amount of the Water Foam was on a area, the flames would not be able to spread there. This water had been designed to stop WildFires in the USoPA, and would work just as well here

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The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

While we respect the facts that the USPA failed to know of fuel reserves being near the three bases - despite previous surveillance missions - we fail to see the logic that firing forty missiles into a base surrounded by thick forests with many vehicles inside it would not cause gargantuan fires, such as the ones we are currently experiencing.

Our country is disappointed by these acts, and while we note happily that the USPA is stopping the fires spreading by using what appears to be water foam, we are still critical of the firing of forty missiles, the destruction of our main former bases in the rebel county - which would be put back into use after the war ended - and, among other things, the wildfires which have essentially destroyed two of our nation's greatest forests bar small enclaves.

Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

* * *

While the water foam did protect what little enclaves of trees there were in the two forests, the majority of the forests were burning at near unstoppable rates, all the trees lighting the night sky frighteningly. The wildfires would probably burn themselves out in a few hours, but the destruction of these forests would later be killed 'one of the greatest disasters to occur in Norberd in the modern era'.

And nearly the entire population of the Kingdom would blame the USPA.

Mooreland had finally gotten another 500 Water trucks loaded up with the Water Foam and sent them out to stop the Fire from Spread Farther



To-Ada Arvald
In our military we expend THINGS, not PEOPLE, we prefer to expend missile rather than lives. While everyone here agrees that it was not a good decision it had not been made by any of my Higher Commanders, it was instead made as a On The Spot decision by Admiral John Billings, a Junior Commander, and he has been relieved of Duty Thereof.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

While we do respect the code and practices of your military, and thank you for ending Admiral Billings' command, we are still angered by your attacks on our forests, which were a prime tourist destination before the Stalinist coup d'etat and would most likely become a tourist spot if the rebels are put down. These attacks will most likely have a negative effect on our tourist industry and thus our economy, a fact we are enranged by.

While we will attempt to reconstruct our beautiful forests, it is estimated bringing them back to their position before your attack will take over three centuries, and repopulation of the extinct in the wild species - the White Norberdian Pigeon - will take even longer.

We are most unpleased by your forces causing these wildfires.

Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

((OOC: USPA, shouldn't your water tankers be damaged due to the icey air?))

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To: The Government of The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

Dear Sir, Madam,

I just had contact with Captain Thom Pitt of the Noordeinde Navy Aircraftcarrier Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241971094). Due the snow and other cold circumstances Captain Thom Pitt decided to postpone all flights from the carrier untill the weather becomes better.

Captain Thom Pitt told me that due the weather circumstances on the moment, it wouldn't be responsable to let his jets take of and land on a slippery flightdeck due the ice and snow..

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

((There ground tankers, much like the airport Fire Trucks, so no, only damage would be if they happened to slide off of a road))

To-Ada Arvald

While we agree this was a misfortunate accident, you cannot place all blame on us, for one if the Rebels actually respected your Economy they would not have put bases in the area. Also you did not warn us of these important facts, so therefore, you can distribute the blame between yourself, the rebels, and our Navy. We are willing to help rebuild after the war, but until then the issue of rebuilding is not one we need to worry about, because if you dont let us do our job you wont have a country to rebuild, we cannot be limited because of woods, if this were to happen, it would guarennttee defeat. From now on we will only do BGM-111 Rattlesnake strikes on targets similar to these last 3 bases, the BGM-111 Rattlesnake is a differnt version of the Tomahawk which can be loaded up with 100 pund to 3,000 pound warheads, or different Submunitions.

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Dear Your Excellency President Jonathan Roosevelt,

Our country is saddened by the reports of weather conditions damaging the runways of the Hr.Ms Middelburg, and disabling the carrier's ability to launch aircraft. However, it is expected that the weather will not improve. Two other frigates of the same class as the KNS King Viktor II and Queen Edla III have been sent, the Prince Harald II and the Fjordrunner, have been sent out from Lunsk Naval Base to assist in protecting the carrier.

At Lunsk Air Base as well, weather patterns have seriously damaged the runways and have stopped our bombing campaign, which will likely slow down our operations in the area.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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To: The Government of The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

Minister Lindberg,

I thank you for your concern as well about the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241973106), I am happy to report to you that the flightdeck isn't actually damaged, just slippery due the ice and snow. Due that ice and snow it's a to big risk for the jets to take of or land.

Hopefully the weather will improve soon, so that it's safe again to restart flight operations from the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241973106).

And I have some more news, due the situation the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241973487) is in, Congress decided to commision another ship to the area. This ship will be the Hr.Ms Holland, a Holland class Coastal patrol vessel (http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/2/5/7/7/3/3/i/4/5/1/o/HighSpeedDutchPatrolVessels_DamenNavalYards2008.jpg). It's task will be first of all to support the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241973487) and second to support joint forces against rebels trying to attack the joint forces naval vessels.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

"Shit" Mooreland exclaimed as the satellite footage came in, he wondered what rebel idiot put the fuel so close to the Treeline, he immediately ordered 3 of the MV-22Bs to be loaded up with Water Bladders in the back of them to fight the Fires

((OOC: To my knowledge, the MV-22B is a variant of the V-22 Osprey.))

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The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

Of course the rebels don't respect our economy, they're trying to weaken us. But we would expect some respect for our economy from fellow sovereign states, and a complete disregard for our nation's soil and enviroment is not welcome. And I believe that you may have just threatened the Kingdom herself with the phrase 'otherwise you won't have a country to rebuild', but I hope this is either incorrect typing or a misunderstanding. Smaloan is a county, not a country.

And our Air Force had previously not conducted surveillance missions in the area surrounding the area of the base, but we would believe that the USPA forces would have scouted ahead to discover the fuel tanks and not fire forty missiles directly towards three bases.

This enviromental damage is most unwelcome and has displeased our entire nation. We prize our enviroment, and the destruction of it is not welcome. The fuel tanks should have been spotted by your surveillance missions, and if your forces had not conducted surveillance missions beforehand, we would be suprised and most highly shocked.


Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

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The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Your Excellency Prime Minister Jonathen Roosevalt,

Very good. The ice and snow may, according to new estimates, decrease slightly in a day or so, meaning that the carrier may be usable in a day if luck smiles upon her. It is brilliant to see your Congress permit for another vessel to be sent to deal with the rebels, though we would note that tensions have been developing between our government and the USPA due to the USPA forces in the area alledged to have destroyed two beautiful forests, Fraja and Thar, with an attack on the rebels using missiles.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

OOC:MV-22B is a variant of the Osprey, but they stood down after the snowstorm moved in, than ground Water Trucks moved in to fight it
Also, i have noticed you have been using a fairly large amount of high Tech Weaponary, considering this is both you Defense and Law & Order budgets
Defense: N$726,558,845.17 4%
Law & Order: N$4,359,353,071.00 24%
I have no problem with the High tech gear, just use very little of it, and the remainder have as T-72s etc. etc., or else you will have little to no money for training purposes



IC:
The phrase "You wont have a country to rebuild" is a way of saying that if you dont fight a war properly, you will lose, it has been common sense ever since the times of Sun Tsu. We did a IR PhotoRecon mission, in which the fuel in the tanks showed up as roughly the same temperature as some of the surrounding tents, misleading Admiral Billings into believing they were just more tents. If you knew about the fuel tanks YOU failed to inform us of them thus putting a fair amount of the blame on yourselves.

Moorelands HQ
Mooreland knew that during this Blizzard would be a Perfect time to advance, so he quickly ordered Armored Companies 2-5 to move inland, with these men were
47 Leopard 2A6s
125 M2A3 Bradleys
356 HMMWVs
385 Marines
There orders were to advance 31 Miles inland, stop, and set up a small Forward OP

((OOC: PA, you think I listen to those trackers? I won't be giving them any attention until I get more issues sorted through, by which time I will most likely have enough of a defence budget to supplement my nation. I've only had about 3-4 issues, so obviously my defence budget is shit. And I do not remember your MVs being roleplayed out of the area, if they were please link me to the post you RP'ed them leaving.))

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

Ah, we understand the mistyped phrase and would like to stress, once again, that Smaloan is a county, not a country like Norberd or the USPA. As I have said before, we had not conducted surveillance missions into the area around the rebel bases, so our air force had no way to know of the fuel tanks either.

Now, we have begun surveillance missions throughout the county and we estimate that some of the rebel bases do have fuel reserves near them, about 1/4 of the bases for a vareity of reasons, though the results are still being verified probably. We feel that the USPA should not have fired forty Tomahawks at a few bases, due to it being, quite frankly, rather obvious that a fire would break out and possibly lead to a forest fire like the one we have seen today.

We would find it hard to believe that the tempature in a fuel tank would show up the same as a tent most likely full of troops, and another surveillance mission - not thermal imaging - could have provided the USPA forces with knowledge of the fuel tanks, rather than conducting one surveillance operation and then suddenly firing forty missiles at it.

We feel that this debate has gone on to long, and we would like to move on from this matter.


Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

* * *

As the USPA troops advanced inland, they would eventually enter the forests which had just been burnt down, the trees black, ashes scattered and dead creatures everywhere. The remains of several human beings, including several children whom's faces were disgustingly destroyed to the point all human beings would be unable to resist vomiting at the sight of it, were scattered around the forest, though at least the snow was coming back on.

In the distance, there was a large town which could be entered and exited via a motorway. Leopard 2A4s patrolled this motorway efficently. The town seemed to be completely black, probably due to the rebels ordering a blackout. Or, there could be another reason.

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To: The Government of The Kingdom of Norberd
From: The Office of the Prime Minister, The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde.

Minister Lindberg,

To bad of this second situation that's now going on. I hope the USPA forces will from now on be more carefull with the beautifull forests which charactarise The Kingdom of Norbed.

I guess if you would like to have more control on them, you shouldn't allow them to let them work on themselves on your soil. If I were you I would place your highest command above theirs, so that from now on all orders come from your Government and from no one else.

But about the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass.jpg?t=1241982300), The Kingdom of Norberd government can expect this Coastal Patrol Vessel within 24 hours. And as I and the Noordeinde Congress sad before it's two main tasks will be to support and protect the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241982345), and to work together with the other joint Naval forces.

Sincerrely Yours,
Jonathan Roosevelt,
Prime Minister
The Grand Duchy of Noordeinde

* * *

The Kingdom of Norberd
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Ministären av Utländsk Affärerna

Your Excellency Prime Minister Jonathen Roosevalt,

Our forces agree, and our country is deeply saddened by the loss of two of our beautiful forests, despite tough enviromental regulations brought in in 2005. We would not place our command over there command, however, as this would most likely further tarnish relations. However, we do hope they do not attack us directly.

We will welcome this new vessel, and she will be contacted by the King Viktor II as soon as she arrives near/in Norberdian waters.

Signed,
Ström Lindberg.
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

OOC:Yes i know that, but you should stick to it until than, otherwise it can become a problem for ya later, saying you got hundreds of 4 Million dollar tanks etc. etc., later on it is no problem but for right now you should stick to it is all im saying

IC:
The KH-12 we had had been previously damaged by a Meteorite, preventing us from using its RealColor Camera, so we had to rely on Thermal Imaging, which is far better in a country like yours due to the Snowfall and Snow on the ground, as for the Tents, they were empty when the Satellite made the pass. You can also balme yourself considering how since you said you had built the bases and were planning on useing them again, you knew that it was in the middle of a Tourist Attraction, thus, you cannot pin very much blame on us for we are not the ones who built the bases, nor the ones who failed to inform us of the fact that several endangered species were in the surrounding woods, nor are we the ones who failed to inform us that their might be several large Fuel tanks in the bases.

OP 1, 31 miles inland
The Marines moving forward were all combat experienced, and none of them had the slightest tingle in their stomachs as they passed the bodies, they had all seen far worse before, especially in the last Pennsylvanian Civil War. They got to the OP a half a mile from the road, and radioed into Colonel Mooreland, who requested from the Norberd Commander if he had any troops at (insert village name here)

Within 24 hours the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass.jpg?t=1241983181) approached The Kingdom of Norberd's territorial waters. From now on they had to wait untill the Government of the Kingdom of Norbed gives permission to enter their waters.

To make this process maybe a bitt shorter the Captain of the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass.jpg?t=1241983181), Captain Micheal Bloomberg, made contact with his colleague, Captain Thom Pitt of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241983226), to let him know that they were approaching Norberd's territorial waters.

((OOC: I'm not purchasing any military equipment at all for the time being. I've come to the conclusion that USPA is just the USA, not that I can complain considering I'm Mr. Finland crossed with Russia! :)))

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

During the time in which Norberdian forces held the bases, there were no fuel tanks located in them, thus the rebels moved them there for one reason or another. We would expect that, due to common knowledge, the USPA forces would know of the endangered species living in the woods.

I wish to move on from these matters, as I feel that the popularity of the USPA in the country I govern has plumetted once again, and a few groups are even considering organising protests against the actions taken by the USPA. The next government to be elected will most likely not forget this.

Is there any other matters the USPA wishes to discuss regarding Smaloan?


Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

* * *

The communications were actually redirected back to Captain Fradberg, who had been sipping some more fine vodka whenever the radio went off. He walked over to it and answered it.

"USPA forces? Captain Fradberg here, KNS King Viktor II. No, we do not have any troops in Brezha, its a rebel stronghold. AA guns everywhere, an oil reserve somewhere inside it. Over."

After speaking to the USPA forces, the radio soon went up again with a request from a new ship from Noordeinde. "Affirmative, Hr.Ms Holland, you may enter our waters. Over."

"Are you certain of that Captain, because you sound quite drunk?"

Fradberg spat out his vodka onto the floor, which, in Norberdian culture, was the equilvent of the middle finger in Western cultures. He picked up the radio again and, in a stern voice, replied.

"USPA forces, no, I am not drunk, and I fail to see the logic in your rather informal remark. Over."

"Than could you please stop slurring your words"

At the same time this was sent to Prime Minister Ada Arvald

We do have a topic to discuss, it is the seemingly continual drunkness or semi drunkness of your officers. If you do not stop this there may end up being more incidents and maybe worse in the future due to misinformation from a drunk or semi drunk officer, i am gonna ask you to reply this to us yourself, do you have any troops in Brezha?, if you say yes and it turns out you do this one is on your heads.

What were these false accusations? This was his first vodka today, and everybody knew a glass of vodka a day barely an effect on Norberdian people.

"USPA forces, would you please stop accusing me of being drunk and and may we please discuss Brezha? Over."

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

Mr. Hundley, I am disappointed by your attack on our officers. However, we will begin an investigation into this matter and we expect little if no evidence of soldiers being drunk while serving. On the issue of Brezha, we have a small platoon from the Army stationed near your forces' current position whom can most certainly group up with your men for a combined assault or such. Sadly, air support from our Air Force can not attend the assault, due to ice having made the runways at the nearest air base - Lunsk Air Base - quick slipperly, which could risk our aircraft if we launched them.

Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

Air support is not needed, and i am glad you told me about your troops because i had asked your Captain Fradberg and he was slurring his words a bit, and he also neglected to mention your troops, thank you, have them link up with us and we will put some Thermal Panels on your tanks so as to prevent FF

[SIZE="1"]After speaking to the USPA forces, the radio soon went up again with a request from a new ship from Noordeinde. "Affirmative, Hr.Ms Holland, you may enter our waters. Over."

"This is Captain Micheal Bloomberg of the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass.jpg?t=1241988469), Noordeinde Navy, thank you for allowing us into your territorial waters. We have set course to near the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241988504). Is there anything special we need to know before we join joint forces in this conflict? Over."

The Kingdom of Norberd
Office of the President

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Den Kungarike av Norberd
Kontor om I sin krafts dagar Förvalta

Your Excellency President Andrew Hundley,

I have just spoke to Captain Fradberg and he was speaking normally, though he reported that he was drinking vodka and for that, he has been suspended a week's pay. On another matter, our platoon will be heading towards your forces now.


Signed,
Ada Arvald
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norberd.

* * *

Lieutenant Fredrick Halonen had his AK5 close to his chest as he pushed through the waist-high snow. He had witnessed the burning of the forests from Lunsk Army Base, and had expected such from the USPA forces during their time here. Whenever they came to the motorway, his troops crossed silently, going at the right time when there were no Leopards in sight.

They soon found the USPA forces. He walked through the snow and waved towards them, speaking.

"Lieutenant Fredrick Halonen, Royal Norberdian Army," he said to them. "We have orders to assist you in capturing that."

He pointed towards Brezha, in the distance.

"Very well Lietenant, need to do some things first than we will move out"


OOC:.Do they have any vehicles?, your troops that is?

Sigge picked up the radio, with his vodka in hand. He was speaking normally, and still on the same vodka he had been drinking while talking to those crude USPA men. He would finish this vodka off and not touch the drink for ages now.

"Captain, it appears a joint USPA/Norberdian assault may be taking place on Brezha, a rebel stronghold, very soon...Over."

* * *

"Understood, sir," replied Fredrick. "My men will keep an eye on the road."

The platoon started trudging through the snow again, back to the road. It appeared the patrols had ended for a small period of time to the troops, whom were taking cover behind the trees and broken logs.

((OOC: No.))

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass.jpg?t=1241989241), Noordeinde Navy.

"Understood, we will be sailing on full speed towards you guys, and we will see what we can do if it will eventually become such a situation, Over."

Fradberg was now drinking a cup of tea, cursing the USPA herself for stopping him from enjoying vodka. He hoped the Grand World Order invaded that country and fucked her ten times over. How he would love to be Prime Minister right now, how he would love it! He sighed and tasted the tea. Good.

He listened to the message, and after sipping the tea, he replied; "Understood. Expect your ships to be slightly harmed by ice. Over."

"Ok, i'll leave a Platoon of tanks and IFVs to assist you, i'll take the remainder around the back and flank them, hopefully we will get them all"

After the order was passed, 5 Leopard 2A6s moved towards a low hill overlooking the Road, as well as 9 M2A3 Bradleys, with the remaining 56 Leopard 2A6s and 93 M2A3s as well as all 846 Men moving to the other side of the Town

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass2.png?t=1241989902), Noordeinde Navy.

"Understood, though we already have a full report on the ice on the flightdeck of the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241990050) given by their Captain. When might we actually expect to meet up with the King Viktor II? Over"

"Understood, sir."

The men went to the right side of the town, navigating through the unburnt forest. With the vehicle backup, they were quite confident that they could advance through the town. Near them was the motorway, which they would use as their gatway into the town.

Via a radio, Fredrick asked.

"Begin now, sir?"

* * *

Fradberg thought for a moment, finished his tea and ordered another one. It would be another long night tonight.

"The King Viktor II, the Queen Edla III, the Prince Harald II and the Fjordrunner are all near your aircraft carrier, guarding in some ways. As soon as you meet up wit your carrier, we'll be greeting you as well. Over."

"Hold for 5, Motorized unit is not in position yet"

5 Minutes later, the order was passed to advance into town

Onboard of the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass2.png?t=1241989902), Noordeinde Navy.

"Understood, we will meet you then, Over."

Captain Bloomberg gave order to use all power available to sail as fast as they could to the joint fleet.

And afther a couple of hours the Hr.Ms Holland (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/NoordeindeNavyHollandClass2.png?t=1241990957) sailed next to the Hr.Ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1241990988) and together with the Norberd's naval frigates the King Viktor II, the Queen Edla III, the Prince Harald II and the Fjordrunner

The platoon advanced via the motorway into the town, inside their IFVs and tanks. As the snow fell, the rebels, badly trained, ran out onto the street blindly, only to be decimated by the tanks and the IFVs. Soon, rebel bodies littered the streets.

After the massacare, the troops went around nearby houses and told the inhabitants to stay put for the time being, until the assault ended. The troops, backed by the tanks, started advancing through the town, firing at everything rebel, destroying it.

The Pennsylvanian troops advancing from the other side of Town tended to shot for the Arms or legs to take prisoners, thus, there was a lower kill rate on that side but many more prisoners were taken

The Norberdians were content with letting the foreigners take the prisoners. As they advanced through the town, one Leopard 2 came out from a alley and destroyed two of the IFVs, but the Norberdian-controlled tanks fired at it and decimated it.

Their numbers slightly down, they continued onward on their slaughter, firing at every single last rebel scumbag in sight, destroying many buildings and homes, destroying everything.

By the time the Pennsylvanians encountered, 2 IFVs had been Damaged, 2 Destroyed, a Leopard had had a track knocked off, and 34 Men were wounded, but around 150 Prisoners had been taken with a further 82 killed.

Onboard of the Hr.ms Middelburg (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/Invincibleclasscarrier.jpg?t=1242057256), Noordeinde Navy.

The next day the whole flightdeck was in it's normal state, this time during the night the flightdeck heathers below the flightdeck were on, so during the night all ice on the flightdeck melted.

In the morning at 6.00AM the Squadron leader inspected the flightdeck and let Captain Pitt know that the flightdeck was okay and that they could restart flight operations from the carrier.

Immediatly afther captain Pitt heared the good news he ordered all F35 (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/F35JointStrikeFighter.jpg?t=1242057422)'s and Harriers (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/HarrierJumpjet.jpg?t=1242057291) to be lifted to the flightdeck.

And at 6.35 AM it finnaly was a fact that 3 F35 (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/F35JointStrikeFighter.jpg?t=1242057422)'s took of for a coastal inspection.

And multiple hours later 4 out of the 5 Harriers (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/krijk/HarrierJumpjet.jpg?t=1242057291) would be airborn for a mission to give ground support to the Norberd Army.

Lunsk Air Force Base

The colossal An-225 extended a ramp onto the runway after landing, adding a slight "Alien Landing" touch to the scene. Surely, none of the personnel at the runway would know exactly what whatever would come out of the plane would look like. As the door opened, and the warm air collided with the cold air, several S.T.F. Agents slowly led the passengers out of the aircraft in an extremely disciplined fashion. As guards of the High Command of the operation, they had little need for camouflage, and thus their uniforms were the usual black of the Special Tactics Force.

Field Marshal Imorr Shan exited the plane followed by two S.T.F. Agents, his uniform being a sure sign of his power within the Order's Army. He was quite literally the second highest rank that one could achieve in the Army, and was next in line for the position of Marshal of the Army. His uniform was purely black, and he had several medals pinned on him. He wore the neck-mounted Medal of the Foundings, showing that he had fought in the Foundings, the brutal start of the Federation. He wore a long black, neatly pressed trench coat with intricate "Shoulderboards"; he wasn't in his full formals, as those would probably get destroyed from being moved so much. His officer's cap had the logo of the Land Warfare Department emblazoned on it. He had silver (Which was viewed as higher than gold as a color) ropes wrapped around one of his shoulders.

The next most notable High Command officer was General FC-AU4, the head of S.T.F. Operations. He wore a uniform generally similar to Shan's, but with a black and gray beret sitting on his head and a balaclava hiding his face. On his beret was the symbol of the Special Tactics Force- the Iron Cross with two Fasces crossed behind it and the Swastika in the middle of it.

"Very well. We have one of our interactive electronic maps in the plane, and I'll have some of my men move it. As for the other planes, they'll be landing in Smaloan sometime soon, as I haven't heard of anything bad from our front pilots," was the response of Field Marshal Shan.

Smaloan

The An-225s were with haste to find a landing site. An-225s were originally designed by the Russians; snow wasn't as much of a deal with them as it was for Western aircraft. This was simply viewed as another bonus of the plane, next to its positively massive cargo abilities. When the airborne behemoths landed at a bombed out airport, APS and S.T.F. personnel were the first to charge out. Due to the heavy snowfall expected in Norberd, the non-STF troops were wearing pure white "Snowjaeger" versions of the standard uniform issued to the GWO military, with the S.T.F. Agents wearing their own snow uniforms. They had white cloths concealing their gas masks (And distorting their figure, making detection even harder), with small holes for the AGMOED lens to protrude from. Their AGMOEDs were equipped with advanced thermal imaging software (Explained in my factbook), and the cold temperatures would only make them more accurate.

After ensuring nothing was on the runway, the special forces troops headed towards the relatively small airport. The place could easily make a good forward operations base, so long as there weren't any rebels in there...