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  1. OOC: Chris.. I added some movements to my post that I didn't get a chance to address before as I was at work. Peace! I'm off to bed.
  2. Are any of those countries even at war?
  3. OOC: Good fun all around, though I'm not sure how I feel about sending someone money in game for an rp treaty.
  4. Right then, my coteacher showed up today and she's bringing her friends in to teach English for the rest of the week. She offered to me the opprotunity to piss off for the rest of the week, but I turned her down. Going into the school twice a week has become a fixed part of my schedule that I really enjoy. Despite having an extra load of intensive classes dumped in my lap at the last minute I went to the school on Monday and rescheduled my classes for another time this week. The kids seemed a bit surprised that I had taken the effort to make my way down to their place to organize a new time. I'm guessing they've gone through quite a few other teachers before me. It felt pretty good to be able to reassure them that I wasn't going anywhere. I also think they gained something from the respect I showed them as well. Rather than just treating them like people who ought to be grateful I'm bothering to show up at all I pointedly wanted to demonstrate to them that I'm showing up because I take them seriously. I also try to take the time to shake their hands and thank them after each lesson to try to build the idea that this situation is going to be a long term one. I will be sure though to keep to our regular times in the future because apparently they have a bit of a siesta/nap time right after lunch that I interupted. Despite being a bit tired and cranky looking the kids and the adults at the orphanage got out of their beds fairly quickly and made their way to class when I showed up at 1 pm. The lesson was simple as I was able to build off the morning's lesson of, "Do you like___?" that my coteacher taught them. She had stuck to the material in the book, which allowed me to broaden the concept by getting them to identify things they like that come from their surroundings. I finished the lesson by playing a couple games and doing a bit of pair work. After the lesson I asked them what time they wanted to schedule for thursday's lesson. After a bit of hand waving, writing numbers on the board, and head scratching they requested 2 pm. The entire point of me asking was to make them feel like they are in control of their lives and I'm not some random element who is there to get a feel good moment on my vacation. Not that volunteering on your vacation is a bad thing. However, keep in mind that young kids like these have alot of people trample through their lives. If you are going to be volunteering short term be very straight forward about it. Keep the kids in the loop about your pending departure time and don't make a promise unless you are ready and willing to follow through with it. I haven't seen any of this mentality at this orphange and I'm hoping I won't be seeing it in the future. After finishing class I took a few pictures with those students who allowed me to take them. I asked before hand because these are human beings and not people at the zoo. By giving them the choice I make them feel like they are humans and not the objects of my pity. A couple opted not to have their pictures taken and seemed quite happy that I asked. The two girls who decided against their pictures being taken were allowed to stand off to the side and laugh at their peers. Well to be truthful I was trying to poke one of them in the ribs and hold my camera at the same time. So they might have been laughing at me. Here are the photos I took today: One of my student's named Fred who is pretending he can paint. A sample of their artwork More of their artwork Fred pretending he can paint again. One of the boys running by at just the right time. The rest of the class minus the two girls who were standing behind me. One of my students who is a bit shy.. A view of the mountains from the classroom. One of the boys who I found reading a newspaper at a store as I was walking to the school. He picked up my bag and carried it for me after I set it down to take a picture. Sign of the school out front.. One of the girl's dorms. The road leading up to the place. First floor of the Orphanage that I think is condemned. Exposed wiring running along the walls. This is where they get thier water from down on the first floor. They then have to carry it in buckets up to the 3rd floor.
  5. They did it because they were idiotic enough to believe that their biological weapon of terror wouldn't kill anyone. In fact it did kill someone, 533 someones, and this fact makes the person who ordered that attack guilty of mass murder.
  6. Since when is it planet Bob's business who gets paid what reps? You want to know what size of underpants I wear while you are busy being so nosy?
  7. A tourist from Somal looks up at the blimp and is heard saying, "You know as much as I hate those scum from Promised Land... That blimp is a bit much." He then shrugs his shoulders and joins the protest.
  8. M'Bossa A nervous looking fellow walks up to the podium and taps the microphone prior to saying, "Hello, testing, testing, testing." Once he is certain that the microphone works he exits the stage. A moment later Major General Thomas Johns walks onto the stage and is immediately bombarded with a volley or three of questions from the waiting media hounds. "Sir, what evidence do you have that Promised Land is behind the bio attack," screams a rather anxious looking reporter? "Sit down gentlemen and I'll answer one question at a time," orders Major General Thomas Johns as he waits for order to restore itself. One the reporters have seated themselves he responds to the question by saying, "That's a complicated answer you are asking for. However, the short answer is we hired the intelligence services of Promised Land to train our own Internal Directorate of Intelligence. During that time those men were free to come and go as they pleased," replies the Major General. "So what exactly ties them to the attack," asks the same reporter? "Footage from our security cameras showing one of their agents carrying out the attack." "How do you know he put stuff in the water that caused the attack," a tall blonde haired reporter asks? "Well for starters the agent was nice enough to throw the container he used to transport the virus into a garbage can right next to the spot where he dumped it into the water," replies Major General Thomas Johns. "What of the rumors that the biological weapons was intended to be beign," ask another? "I have no doubts of the truth of that rumor. We've already confirmed as much and have informed Dragonasia several weeks ago. However, the key to the issue is agents of Promised Land carried out an attack that resulted in the deaths of 533 Somal citizens. Striking down several thousand of our citizens with a flu like virus caused the total overloading of our medical system. During this time hundreds of old men and women along with young children died due to vomiting themselves to death," the Major General states. "So the virus was beign?" "You've had the flu before, did it feel beign to you," replies the Major General with a question of his own? "Also be sure you are aware that the virus did not mutate. Despite claims to the contrary it worked as it was intended to do so. Our intial reports indicated it had, but as soon as we learned this wasn't the case we informed the Dragon Empire of our findings. We've been told that claims are being made that the virus had been tampered with or some other rot by rogue agents. This simply isn't true as this has all the signs of being a deliberately planned and sanctioned attack by the government of Promised Land." "Do you believe the government of Promised Land carries full responsibility for the attack?" "I do believe they ordered the attack, I do believe they didn't intend to kill anyone, I do believe that what they intended is of no consequence, and I do know that Somal will see justice done for the mass murder of 533 of its citizens." "What proof do you have that government officials of Promised Land ordered the attack," requests Wolf Blatzer of DENN? "I can't release that information at this time. However, I'd like to point out that the agents sent by Promised Land went through customs to enter Somal. Our customs checkpoints are fairly strict and it defies my belief that this attack could have been carried out by rogues given the level of support needed in smuggling in enough of the virus to have the effect that it did. Sciencetists at the University of M'Bossa have informed me that the amount of the virus needed would not be small. So you do the math on figuring out how those biological agents were smuggled into the country." "Could they have injested them prior to entering into Somal," Wolf Blatzer asked? "Possibly had they found away to cram something roughly the size of a bowling ball down their throats." "What will be the future action taken by the Republic of Free Somal should Promised Land refuse to hand over the director of Promised Land's Intelligence agency?" "I'm not sure it will be so simple as handing over the director of their intelligence agency. We have information that leads us to believe that there is a definite possibility that the attack was ordered by someone higher than that. Once we know who was behind it we'll be demanding that this person be handed over to us." "Will these people be getting a fair trial?" "As fair as they deserve," Major General Thomas Johns replies as he fixes the reporter who asked the question with an ugly stare. "What about," a reporter asks as he is cut off by the Major General. "You will direct the remainder of your questions towards the issues around the reperations of the Aether Empire POWs," orders the Major General. "You can't tell me what to ask! I'm a free citizen offfffffffffff," shouts the reporter as he is escorted out the conference. "Again, questions about the Aether Empire POWs only," suggests the Major General with a smirk of amusement on his face at the plight of the reporter. "Have you returned them all home," asks Wolf Blatzer of DENN? "Yes." "Did any die during transit?" "Thanks to the good offices of those who offered their assistance, no." "What did the entire effort cost?" "The figures presented to me show in the range of 200 Million Somal Dollars," he replies. "200 Mill to fly them home?" "Of course not, 200 million to fly them home, to provide them with the medical care we gave them, the food they ate, the clothing we gave them, and the cash gift we issued each of them prior to their departure." "Cash gift, how much was it?" "1000 Somal dollars and 2 suits of clothing," the Major General replies. "That's not much," notes one of the reporters. "That's about 1000 dollars more than most POWs get when sent back to their home countries," he replies with a snort. "Are you going to seek compensation for the funds spent on caring for the POWs from Aether Empire's government?" "Ummm.. no.. why the hell would I want to do that," asks the Major General? With that he ends the press conference and leaves as he returns to his office to catch up on a mountain of paperwork.
  9. OOC: Was the exchange ever rped? If not, the nuclear card he's holding is a duece at best.
  10. Yes the government of Promised Land would and in fact they did launch a biological attack upon the Republic of Free Somal.
  11. Mad Dog Bob Denard ducks his head instinctively as the first of the Khmer rockets and automatic weapons open fire on the convoy he is travelling with. Looking over to his foward air controller he gives him the nod and prepares to watch the show. Up and down the convoy the occasional GAZzler Armored Vehicle explodes or is crippled by incoming fire. A quick message to thirty thousand feet brings in the first of a wave of SOAD precision munitions delivered by a flight of high flying HALOB Bombers. Behind them comes several salvos of 155mm High Explosive rounds designed to rip apart enemy fortifications. Just as those munitions begin to fall Bob smiles with a feral grin as the Cruisers of the Somal Navy unload their 8 inch gunnes on the ridge as well. As the fire begins to scream overhead Bob dismounts the GAZzler Armored Vehicle he is riding in. Up and down the convoy he is followed by highly trained teams of light infantrymen armed with their assortment of rifles, light machine guns, laser guided man portable rocket lauchers, and multi-shot gernade launchers. With a flick of his finger Bob switches the safety of his 12 guage shotgun to the off position. With an annoyed grunt he racks a round in the chamber as he looks over to the FAC and says, "Have the MIGs work the rear slopes with Napalm and cluster bombs to kill anyone who tries to escape." With that being said Bob, the 'Bad Ones', and another four hundred dismounted light infantrymen advance up the burning and torn hill. Behind them the 12.72 heavy machine guns mounted on the vehicles hammer away at the Khmer positions. With those heavy machine guns rockets mounted on the Somal Vehicles blaze their way up the slope to add to the destruction. The real danger, the men on foot, begin their advance using standard tactics involving 2 squads firing and 2 squads advancing. Hallf of the men are laying down a hammer of fire at all times, the heavy machine guns and rocket launchers slamming their way up the mountain, and the sudden arrival of a flight of Pirahna helicopters who come in at tree top with their rockets and machine guns blazing the blitz of fire can only be described as intense. As the advancing men make their way half way up the ridge they are given a gift. The gift of napalm and clusterbombs that are dropped from the MIG-35 fighters that scream towards the scene with the sun to their backs. These munitions plaster the rear slopes with the intention of cutting off the retreat of the men at the top of the ridge and to prevent them from being reinforced. Bob watches, smiles, stands up and shouts, "Keep moving you lazy buggers," as he leads the way. The second wave of helicopters brings back those taken to the Somal hospitals with stories of good treatment, food, and friendly Somal doctors and nurses. More supplies are delivered with instructions to the government officials of the villages to keep the Somal Military advised of their needs. Every third case of rations is tagged with a special RDIC tag that is very difficult to locate. A corvette from the Republic of Somal spots the speed boat on radar and obliterates it with long range cannon fire. Haiphong The 1st through 4th Armored Divisions have arrived and they have arrived in style. Each turret is wearing the flag of Free Somal as it dances in the wind. Speakers mounted on the tanks are blaring a variety of different rock songs as well. The hard looking men of the Somal armored corp aren't here to put on a fashion show, they are here to conquer a city. After making contact with the Yukotubian Military authorities the Engineers of the Free Somal military put their CEVs to work. It will take time, but the race to construct a nine foot earth berm around the entire city of Haiphong is on. To fill in the gaps teams of mechanized infantry and tanks are deployed behind temporary coils of razor wire. The city is deafened by the sounds of prerecorded messages for Khmer soldiers to surrender and how to go about it. Civilians are advised they can leave their homes to seek refuge in camps guarded by the Somal Military. One would think that such a large perimeter would be difficult to guard, but as the Armored Corp arrives so does help from the sea. 3rd through 7th Light Infantry Brigades Using the landing capacity of the Kingdom of Cochin Navy the brigades swarm ashore and take up their positions. They dig foxholes, string wire, emplace mines, preregister artillery targets, set up listening posts, lay out trip flares, and a variety of other tasks needed to defend themselves. With these four brigades comes an additional regiment of towed 155mm Howitzers that are emplaced in 12 gun firebases that are quickly prepared around the perimter of the city. Firebases that can fire towards the city and away from it as well. 8th through 12th Light Infantry Brigades, Central Zone of Military Occupation The territory between Haiphong and the border is by no means under control. A brisk and deadly battle is currently underway between the column headed by Mad Dog Bob Denard himself and the insurgents. The four light infantry brigades are tasked with establishing a cordon of security from the DE border to halfway to Haiphong. They know their jobs as they are fresh from extensive anti-insurgent excercises in Somal. Likewise, they are well blooded from the fighting against NoN and Aether. As they land they carefully fan out to assume positions in the following locations: Critical transportation junctures Cities over 5000 in population Bridges Airports Hospitals Small cities and large villages become the new homes of these brigades as they set up company sized bases near or in them. Already having their orders to remain respectful the Somal soldiers attempt to practice their awful Khmer on the locals with mostly absurd results. In one particular occasion a low ranking Somal officers offers to sexually satisfy the entire water buffalo herd of the village. Behind his back he is mockingly referred to as buffalo humper by his entire company. With them the Republic of Free Somal Constabulary begins to set up shop. These well trained police officers spread out under the protection of the Light Infantry Brigades and begin contacting city officials. Police officers are asked to return to duty to help keep the peace, doctors are encouraged to keep open hospitals, and other critical services are examined. The first round of surveys finds that the damage to the water, sewer, and power facilities are extensive. These damaged sites are the problem of the Republic of Free Somal Engineers who follow closely behind. They begin the hard work of getting this damaged repaired as quickly as possible. To speed up the process fliers are handed out offering good paying jobs to those who wish to sign up as laborers. The intial response seems promising but it is too early to tell. Bulldozers, trenchers, and other heavy vehicles are heard snorting to life as they go about the hard work needed get the Khmer out of the stone age they were bombed into. 21st through 31st Special Forces Groups While the cities are getting sorted out the rural villages aren't being ignored. Strong patrols of Special Forces teams are fanning out as they slip in and out of the shadows. At each village they stop at they check on the local government officals and emphasize with them that the government needs to keep running. They strongly encourage that government services be kept open and to notify the Somal military if they need technical assistance to help keep those services running. On several occasions they hand out more rations, water, and have those who need medical care flown out by helicopter. As before these new ration cases are selectively fitted with an RDIC tag that is well concealed. 13th through 16th Light Infantry Brigades These poor chaps are dumped at the former Somal bases in DE and are told to stay on standby for orders. They do so grudgingly and make numerous references to their commanders being short of brain cells.
  12. Absolutely, we prefer justice which Promised Land seems intent on evading.
  13. Agents under the direct control of the government of Promised Land are not rogue agents. The attack was sanctioned by the government of Promised Land. Stop trying to cover up for biological terrorists. It's unbecoming of your government and an embarrassment to your people.
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