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http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?/topic/82847-the-athens-times/?p=3310031 Calling this out as godmodding. Avalon is under attack by thousands of aircraft from the north sea and atlantic, across the country, not to mention radar coverage, satellites and all the rest of the junk that tracks a warzone, and he is sneaking in a few hundred aircraft? Now fair enough if its permitted, but it comes conveniently after I attack JED, mentions nothing about being under attack at all, and the explanation given on IRC is 'civilian ships'. How many civilian ships does it take to move over a hundred fighter and observation aircraft into an active warzone?

Everyone knows that the RAF won 1940 on the backs of its Typhoons.

The taskforce originally intended as an invasion force to sieze Greenland had been re-directed to Iceland for re-supply before it was given new orders. Leaving the ports in Iceland, the fleet would sail south to Scotland and Ireland. The task was to eliminate the tiny force of defenders in Ireland and liberate it for the Celtic people. As Imperial Forces reached their final strength on the north coast of Ireland the operation was stalled. Satellites and high altitude reconnaissance discovered critical British positions vital to fighting an offensive war. The rest of the Norse fleet would concentrate throughout the North Sea to ensure a total and utter saturation of Britains ability to wage war and fight back against the Norse attack. Short range ballistic missiles fired from the TEL launchers on the ground and cruise missiles from Gryphon launchers based in Iceland launched and flew inwards to the over the Atlantic towards Ireland and Scotland with programmed targets gleaned from satellite analysis of British military facilities. The missile assault would focus on radar stations, military bases and other items of strategic importance like command and control centers and divisional HQ's along the North coast of Ireland and Scotland. Those missiles fired towards airbases and airports would carry a mixed payload of high explosive and cluster warheads with the aim of cratering any runways and causing massive damage to the housing of military equipment such as aircraft and ground formations. Munitions depots, fuel depots and arsenals would also be targeted by the enormous assault, which would strike across England from the south, all across the south east. Hundreds of missiles would be fired. The Fleets cruisers and destroyers would launch their own attack comprised of sub sonic cruise missiles to saturate the more mobile forces of the Alvonian military infrastructure such as mobile anti air, radar units and static defences, as well as supplementing the first wave of missiles across Ireland and Scotland. Aircraft from the carriers, primarily F-35C's and F-14++ jets would begin the massive first wave aerial assault to dominate British skies. With the F-14's primarily to dominate the skies from the carrier fleet, the F-35's would carry mixed payloads to assault ground targets. Military command and control, which had been identified with satellites, would be attacked mercilessly by JDAMs as well as any targets of opportunity, which presented themselves. Once the ground attack munitions had been expended, the F-35's would aid the F-14's in dominating the airspace, actively hunting down any Alvonian military aircraft, which made it into the air that is assuming it, could take off. Tornado ECR++ aircraft that would jam surviving enemy air defences and provide an EWAR assault on any enemy aircraft would supplement this air attack. From the Kingdom proper, the thousands of aircraft on readiness due to the preparations had begun filling the skies in waves to ensure complete and utter saturation of the enemy’s air and ground forces. Twenty squadrons of B-2's would begin SEAD operations using long-range air to surface missiles and smart bombs, these would be maintained for as long as required by rotating aircraft crews back on base. To support the B-2's SEAD operations and the deep strike missions being run by F-35's and the F-14's, twenty squadrons of Tu-160 supersonic bombers would operate on the same basis as the B-2; s, but using their speed to strike hard at Avalons military infrastructure, military forces, naval forces and naval bases on the ground in England using payloads of long range air to surface missiles with HE and fragmenting warheads. F-15E Silent Eagles would operate in the same role as the F-35 squadrons, only on a much larger scale. With twenty squadrons of F-15's in the first few waves, their part in the aerial supremacy attack would be kept rolling with replacement squadrons from the reserve pools of aircraft. These would be supplemented by ten squadrons of A-10 II's to focus on enemy ground formations in England proper. Twenty squadrons of Saab JAS 39 Gripens++, twenty squadrons of Typhoons++ and twenty squadrons of F-22's++ would begin the second phase of the assault in tandem with the heavy SEAD operations, which would be the mission to dominate and destroy the British air force in its entirety. Supported by naval, land and air based radar systems, the fighters would systematically hunt down and wipe out any hostile aircraft they detected with overwhelming force and aggression. The massive reserve pool for continually rolling SEAD and AA operations to cover the ground assaults would sustain this. In addition to the aerial assault, preperations began for massive amphibious operations to be launched on Ireland when the enemies defences had been saturated. The on-going operations would prevent the transport of soldiers to Ireland to reinforce the territory and would heavily inhibit the ability to move soldiers to reinforce Scotland. A short message was broadcast to the world

The telegram had arrived almost on the tail of the first British message. Thus the response would also be speedy. After the telegram was sent, British forces would begin reloading the ships, which thankfully would not be such a large job and re-embarking. It would take around two days for everything to be loaded back up again and the flotilla would leave Tangiers and continue south to resupply at the Georgia and South Sandwich islands before continuing on to South Africa. Once they had docked in Jo'berg the British forces would once again disembark and begin again their mission of securing the city and establishing a HQ before further operations were launched to secure the rest of the state. After this first hiccup, Westminister was highly pissed off with Montgomery and very nearly stripped him of rank, it was only luck that prevented it.

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT Ignore Evas below post, that was for Morocco. Place South Africa as a British protectorate please. Just saves posting twice.

Classified A convoy of troop ships with a small destroyer escort would leave Portsmouth for Morocco carrying the Black Watch Infantry Regiment and the Royal Highland Fusiliers Regiment. It would take around three weeks for them to arrive and begin disembarking in the city of Tangier. They would land with rifles slung over their backs as they moved to secure the city and establish supply depots and a command HQ for future operations. With no resistance in Tangier, General Montgomery would proceed to fortify the outskirts of the city as well as prepare forces to hold the city when the rest of the force would move south to secure Rabat. A message was sent to the provincial administrators in Algeria that two regiments of British infantry had landed in Morocco was had claimed protectorate over the territory and that the end game was annexation. It assured the French that no harm was meant to any French interests and once combat operations had ceased, a regular garrison would be left in the territory.

Classified Following the Empires announcment that it was open for buisiness, Parliament permitted an allocation of funds to construct a series of sea forts around Britain to provide offshore defence on vunerable beaches and sea ways. Furthermore, these sea forts would also house a new development known as 'radar' which would provide commanders on the mainland eyes far beyond visual range and allow an advantage to be given to the RAF in terms of interception of hostile aircraft. These sea forts would be armed with four QF 3.75 inch guns and two Bofors 40 mm guns. The 'forts' themselves would be in a cluster of seven structures and would mainly be focussed around river estuaries such as the Thames, the Severn and Mersey as some examples of major shipping ports. That said, the Irish sea between Britain and the Isle of Man would be filled with such structures to deter any attempt by the Irish state to interfere with British interests. Larger forts would be constructed in the English channel focused more between Calais and Dover, these forts would be larger in order to accomodate larger artillery as well as reinforcement from bombardment. Notification was sent to France over these forts and the purpose of their construction. A full explanation would be provided at a later date when both heads of state deemed it a good time to meet. With these developments underway, the vast industrial complex that sprawled across Britain would be subjected to massive orders to fill out the needs of the army, airforce and navy. The primary vehicles to be used by the army would be the Valentine cruiser tank, a medium tank that would provide the backbone of Britains armoured fist. Supplimenting the Valentine would be the Daimler Armoured Car, Humber Armoured Car, Daimler Dingo, Bren Gun Carriers and M2 Half-tracks. This comprehensive list of armoured vehicles would allow a highly agile and highly armed British force the mobility needed to out manouver and obliterate an enemy formation. When facing another mechanised force however, the fights victory would largely come down to who had more guns. A host of unarmoured, wheeled vehicles would provide transport for the majority of the army. The airforce would be made up of a variety of aircraft. Starting with the Spitfire with the A type and D type wing configurations. Also to be entering service as fighter aircraft is the Hawker Hurricane and the Bristol Beaufighter. As part of Bomber Commands mission to provide flexible and devestating bomber forces to support ground operations the Bristol Blenheim, Vought SB2U Vindicator, Lockheed Hudson, Fairey Swordfish, Handley Page Halifax and the B-17 'Fortress I' are to enter service. Bomber commands mission was to provide a strong backbone to ground operations, as well as provide long range strategic level bombing against centers of industry and logistical routes such as railroads and bridges. The Navy, the nations first line of defence and most important piece of Britains defensive puzzle was critical not only to the defence of Britain, but its overseas territories as well, and if worst came to worst, to continue fighting a war from abroad. The Royal Navy would consist of a large battlegroups centered around battleships and aircraft carriers. The doctrines of naval domination of trade lanes and overpowering levels of firepower to destroy or deter hostile naval forces would lead the way as the admiralty began drawing up the navy on paper. Comprised of King George V-class battleships, Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, Admiral class battlecruisers, York-class cruisers, Crown Colony-class cruisers, L class destroyers, Admiralty type flotilla leader class destroyers, Flower-class corvettes, U-class submarines, T-class submarines, Grampus-class submarines, S-class submarines and River-class fleet submarines. The wide array of warships was to ensure that a ship for any circumstance could be called on to fulfil any role required, be it humanitarian or military in nature anywhere in the world.

Classified Developing the military into a force to be reckoned with was coming along at an excellent pace. The army itself was now at capacity and every week new orders were being delivered to provide the army with its armour, artillery and other vehicles. The airforce itself was also fully filled out and operating at full capacity, the only slow going was with the Navy, and that was simply down to the volume of vessels being built. To deal with the huge undertaking as well as maintaining such a large fleet, more money was thrown into constructing shipyards and naval bases across the Greek mainland. Once again using the geography of Greece herself, many shipyards would be constructed in wide coastal inlets making them difficult to destroy or disable. The existing ten shipyards, five of which were major berths, were aiming to, as a collective, have an entire battlegroup out by the end of the year. The speedy construction was a gift due to the former Sparta having ten Nimitz class carriers. Eight of those had been kept in such good condition that only minor work was needed to bring them back into service.

http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?/topic/124081-the-british-empire/ Claimed Britain and the following territories Turks and Caicos Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Pitcairn Islands MontserratFalkland Islands Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands British Indian Ocean Territory British Antarctic Territory Bermuda Anguilla

Darkness gave birth to light, just as the world gave birth to countries. The rise and fall and nations had been a common theme since the dawn of mankind and civilisation, but now the year was 1940 and Britain once again stood on the brink of oblivion. World War One had unmanned Britain to the point that it had no choice but to allow Ireland its freedom, and in the intervening years since, it had finally become its Republic. That had to be rectified. Since 1918, The Empire had lost much of its 'Empire', and was now down to fourteen overseas territories spread across the world, all heavily fortified and defended, all of them very much wanting to remain part of the Empire. But with the loss of vast swathes of land meant that all of the garrison forces and fleets were distributed more evenly across what remained. The Royal Navy's warships protecting the slender veins of commerce that were the lifeblood of the Empire and protected from foreign incursion. The Army stood ready to defend the Empire on its many islands and the airforce was ready to bring the thunder. All that remained was to remind the world that the Empire may be diminished, but it was not dead. Rebuilding the military had been a top priority, with fears that more wars could break out across Europe and old friendships, now lost, would be called into action and now it was alone, Britain would be forced to stand isolated. Money was pumped into the Royal Navy and the RAF, and the Army was given substantial funding to ensure it remained on the technological curve. Across the channel the wounds that tore open the heart of Europe were beginning to fade and those in Parliament felt it was time to send a message to the world.

Emperor Lelouch and the Britannian royal family seem to be nothing short of a group of tinpot, child dictators with no concept on how to run a Government or a nation in the best interests of its people. It is the opinion of Sparta that Emperor Lelouch is simply trying to engineer a crisis within his country to grant himself more powers.

As per my claim in the OOC thread, mark britain, ireland and the 14 british overseas territories as the british empire. Will doe soon.

I'm in, I chose Great Britain, Please name it the British Empire, and include all fourteen BOTs. I'll list them below, all of which are small islands currently held as British Overseas Territories. Will DoE when given the green light. Turks and Caicos Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Pitcairn Islands Montserrat Gibraltar Falkland Islands Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands British Indian Ocean Territory British Antarctic Territory Bermuda Anguilla Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Public Today, the Ministry of War has released the official mission statements of the armed forces. Spartan Armed Forces Standing Orders and Mission Statements: Royal Navy The current role of the Royal Navy is to protect Spartan interests at home and abroad, executing the foreign and defence policies of His Majesty's Government through the exercise of military effect, diplomatic activities and other activities in support of these objectives. These objectives are delivered via a number of core capabilities: Provision of several large maritime task groups with organic air assets. Delivery of the Spartan Commando force. Contribution of assets to the Joint Helicopter Command. Maintenance of standing patrol commitments. Provision of Mine Counter Measures capability to Sparta and allied commitments. Provision of Hydrographic and meteorological services deployable worldwide. Protection of Sparta's Exclusive Economic Zone. Spartan Army The Army carries out tasks given to it by the Crown Government of Sparta Its primary task is to help defend the interests of Sparta. This may involve service overseas as part of a multinational force. Soldiers may also be deployed on Spartan Red Cross operations and used to help in other emergencies. Royal Air Force The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the Spartan Ministry of War (MoW), which are to "provide the capabilities needed: to ensure the security and defence of Sparta and overseas interests, including against terrorism; to support the Government’s foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security." The RAF's own mission statement reads as thus: “ ... to provide an agile, adaptable and capable Air Force that, person for person, is second to none, and that makes a decisive air power contribution in support of the Spartan Defence Mission. ” The above statement goes hand in hand with the RAF's definition of air power, the concept that guides the RAF strategy. Air Power is defined as: "The ability to project military force in air or space by or from a platform or missile operating above the surface of the earth. Air platforms are defined as any aircraft, helicopter or unmanned air vehicle." Although the RAF is the principal Norse air power arm, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the Spartan Army's Air Corps also deliver air power which is integrated into the maritime, littoral and land environments.

The taskforce would change course and sail to Iceland.

Classified King Alexander had finally signed off on Spartan usage of weapons of mass destruction and the national policy. Whilst the policy would remain classified, it fell into two catagories, first strike and second strike weapons. Second strike weapons would be of the strategic variety, used to respond with overwhelming force against a hostile nuclear state's military infrastructure.. First strike weapons came in the form of tactical weapons, used to obliterate large formations of armour. The usage of tactical nuclear weapons would follow the NATO doctrine of the cold war. However given the geography of Greece itself, it shouldn't come to that. With all of the mountain passes defended and being developed into deathtraps, especially the larger ones that would be the most likely route for an invading force, the detonation of a tactical nuclear weapon in those areas if all conventional means failed, would most likely close the pass for good. They would be first strike weapons of last resort if Greece was invaded. To fit the tactical warheads, a range of small yield nuclear weapons would be developed to be mounted on a domestically produced version of the ASMP-A, an air launched nuclear missile. Warheads would also be developed for deployment via artillery and cruise missiles as surface to surface ordenance in the event that aerial delivery is not an option. The strategic level weaponry would only be used under the strict orders of the King, as he had the 'key'. These weapons would be used to utterly destroy hostile enemy fortified positions, military facilities, air bases, missile bases and naval bases. Having concluded that targetting civilian population centers would do nothing but enrage an invading or defending army, the nuclear warheads would be put to better use on targets of significance. The destruction of military facilities as well as industrial complexes would inhibit an enemies ability to wage protracted war against Sparta on the homefront, thus prevent the supply of frontline forces. The usage policy of such weapons would be a second strike capacity, following a nuclear strike on Greece or any other usage of weapons of mass destruction against the Greek people. The line in the sand got hazy in the policy discussion when the subject of WMD targetting of Spartan military forces were concerned. It was concluded that through strict training and excellent quality equipment, the Spartan army would survive such a strike to respond with conventional methods. Thus the decision was to permit a strategic strike only if a Greek population center was hit. But whilst the policy for the deployment and usage of nuclear weapons was set, the method of protecting the Greek state from nuclear weapons was still being developed. Whilst all the conventional missile shields were presently being produced and installed, a dedicated defence was required for ICBM attacks. Project Zeus was a large undertaking which would encompass the entire nation. Using a central tracking computer in the hub bunker network, a series of large laser platforms would be developed on mountain tops and the highest points of islands to get maximum coverage. These high powered lasers would be used to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles and the frequency of the platforms, size and strength of the lasers meant that all of Greece fell under its umbrella. Using a system of satellites and radar to aid the tracking computer, the maximum predicted odds for eliminating individual missiles would be sixty percent. It was hoped that a higher percentile value might be achieved, but it was not to be. Until the Zeus systems were produced, installed and activated, Sparta would use its conventional missile shields to shoot down nuclear weaponry. OOC The Zeus system is just for flavour, opt recognition, if anyone has any problems with it thats fine, when you nuke me, your nukes will fail from my giant slingshots.

The Gerousia and Damons both today signed a bill proposed by King Alexander which would enable work to begin on all of the ancient monuments and sites in Greece to restore them to their former glory. The two biggest of these projects will be the Acropolis in Athens and the monumental undertaking in Rhodes. Of Rhodes's many ancient sites, non are as well known as the Colossus of Rhodes. This enourmous statue stood of taller than the statue of liberty and guarded the the harbour of Rhodes. Sadly, after a century an earthquake brought it down and it faded into history. The new Colossus will be constructed using modern techniques and materials, allowing it to be built even taller than the original. Its design will be based largely on the artists renderings of the old colossus, but it will not be by the sea. Even with earthquake resistance design and modern alloys, if it did collapse, it would cause untold damage and loss of life to the port and surrounding area, so the decision has been made to create an artificial island just off shore and construct it there. It is estimated to take around ten to fifteen years to be completed, around the same time as the work going on elsewhere in Greece.

Classified The Island of Crete was deemed vunerable due to its location and distance from the homeland. To combat this problem, the Ministry of War allocated a large budget to develop extensively, the defences of the island, on top of the defences already being put into place. This would include two large air bases, five army bases and two naval bases. Likewise with Rhodes, its defences would be limited due to its size, the the decision was made to fortify it further with missile platforms, artillery, a small air base and a large naval base in the port. However, Rhodes would be home to one of the largest undertakings by a Greek state for centuries and so would be constantly flooded with ships and aircraft moving in supplies, contractors and building materials. With Greece's many islands around its coastline and dotted throughout the Aegean presented Sparta with an excellent opportunity to control its seaways and defend its shores. Using the islands as sea based unsinkable weapons platforms, each greek island would be armed to the teeth with anti ship missiles, AA missiles, ASBM's, as well as shore based artillery designed to control the waterways in the Aegean. Islands much closer to the mainland such as those in the Ionian and Cretan Sea would receive far more weaponry and sensor development compared to the rest as these islands would be the first line of defence against any sea born invasion of Greece. In the north, along the frontier with Yugoslavia, Zapadnaya and Romania, it was decided that a minimalist effort would be required based around the quality of Spartan weaponry and the geography itself. With only certain passages to be used that could transport vast numbers of soldiers and armour, these mountain roads would be wired for demolition to cuase rockslides which would block the passes, as well as the same fortifications to be used on the hubs, such as pop up missile turrets and artillery/anti tank artillery built into the mountains watching the mountain passes. The strategy for the north was to simply bleed any invader to death with a thousand different ways of attacking them, instead of bludgeoning them to death in a set piece battle in the mountains, which in itself, would be inherently a bad idea. That said however, with no signs of aggression to Sparta from any of the states, work on the frontier would proceed at a slower pace than other projects such as Poseidon or the construction of the Navy.

We need TBM's retardopult for Mogar. Seriously man, just read what the man is saying, then go for a smoke or a coffee, and think about it properly before posting a furiously inaccurate resonse based on past indiscretions.

Classified In the Greek heartland of mountains, work would begin on a vast reinforced command and control bunker network, hundreds of miles of tunnels would eventually connect to eachother in a dozen or more hubs throughout the mountains. These hubs would be the brain of the Spartan military, co-ordinating everything from ration packs to entire theatres of war. Using the latest in concrete technology and military grade steel, the bunker network would be reinforced beneath the mountain to withstand nuclear and conventional assault, its complexity and level of defences when complete would make it suicide to try and enter by force. Concealed 'pop up' missile launchers containing air to air and surface to surface missiles would be constructed around entrances/mountain passes and passages of strategic importance including a number of air bases, built within the mountains themselves. Artillery casemates would be developed to house artillery obviously, as well as heavy calibre anti tank guns, anti air guns and observation posts. Within the hub itself, which would be protected by several blastproof doors before getting anywhere near anything sensitive, would be the operations center for cyber warfare as well as conventional and strategic warfare. The cyber warfare hub would be developed using only domestic hardware and software to prevent loopholes from foreign imports and would protect Spartan interests on its digital infrastructure as well as have the ability to launch its own cyber attacks. A series of missile bases would be constructed in strategic areas and the Spartan radar network would be mademore flexible with the construction of more radar facilities. Greece's coastline would become home to the massive military project known as Project Poseidon, which was the construction of a set of hidden submarine pens, with access only available through submerged entrances. Carved out of the mountains by the water and reinforced with hardened materials, they would become the home of the Spartan submarine fleets. In addition, four large naval bases would be constructed to house the vast Spartan surface fleet which would cause the existing ports to become crammed and dangerously full as the fleet got larger.

I concur.

Hereno can't make that call either as he is involved by pledging support to the eastern bloc.