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I like your new avatar.
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Signed for The Republic of Texas,
Governor Anthony Sparks
"Thank you very much for inviting me here William. I'm happy we finally have something to give to the world that says we are friends. I hope this friendship lasts for a very long time." The Governor extended out his hand to shake the King's and then sat back and enjoyed the rest of his scotch. "When I get back to Austin I'll draft a copy of this for the Lieutenant Governor so that the Senate will get to it right away."
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I'd vote for Eva.
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Let me be perfectly, unequivocally clear to you and the other GMs, Triyun in no way shape or form wrote that for me. Every single word and phrase was done on my own and on my own time. It painstakingly took me hours to write this. You can ask Dillion who has been waiting to read my response since yesterday. You can ask one of the mods to look through my PMs and my archived PMs to check if he has sent me things to post. He hasn't. Mara is sending 180 F-18Es at me which is some type of silly Pearl Harbor style attack. Such a thing would never happen in the modern day. I asked Triyun if I should send 100 of my fighters to go combat her, and he told me that those kinds of engagements don't happen in the real world, plus I would just putting my own ships at danger. He told me to use SAMs, and that's about it. I researched the Patriot Missile defense system, I looked up how it works and which model to used, and I found how far they could attack her aircraft from sea which is about 42.5 miles. I said they'd engage her at 40 incase she tried to turn around.
Also the CIWS system I worked my ass off to write. Go read the wikipedia page, everything I wrote can be found there. For the tomohawk the most sophisticated thing I wrote was that it was travelling so many feet per second.
Tryiun's hand didn't write any of this. This is completely my own writing. If you're so convinced go ask Triyun, Sargun, Cent, or anyone in #cnrp. They don't have anything to gain or lose in this.^^^ This is what I sent FHIC since she seems to think I didn't write my post.
To add onto that, I would have thought Mara of all people would know not to send 180 modern jets to attack a target, considering she was in the Air Force along with nearly every other branch in our Armed Forces...
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Mogar that's bull. I did an ass load of math and researched the hell out of that stupid CIWS system to be able to write that. How dare you claim I didn't author that.
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OOC: Understand, PD, that I am a CIWS operator. The Centurion, or C-RAM, weapons system is a thing. Understand, again, that I am 110% more likely to know EXACTLY how this operates than you are. Your "strikes" were ineffective. I RP'd losses; you do not get to tell me how many I took or what they were. The C-RAM is in effect a Block 1A CIWS with almost every package needed to make it into a 1B Baseline 2. The only !@#$@#$ difference is that it doesn't have a PTI attached, so it's not meant to engage surface targets. In every other !@#$@#$ way, it is the same goddamn CIWS I work on, which, and I assure you, is more than capable of blowing the everloving $%&@ out of a slow-assed cruise missile like the Tomahawk.
You have angered me. You did not ask me in IRC today when you had the chance. You said nothing, you mentioned nothing.
As of now, I go from a war of conquest to one of scorched earth. Expect a response reflecting that tomorrow when I have the spare neurons to devote to you.
Also, at Triyun, since I know you are helping him - let him fight his own !@#$@#$ war.
OOC: I'll have you know that I spent seven hours of my own time writing that last night. Once I got back from class I started working on it at 5:00 and didn't finish until about 12:50 AM last night. Everything I posted about the CIWS I read and researched myself. Also if you would know anything about the CIWS you would have said C-RAM in the first place because there is no such thing as a CIWS on land, it's just called the C-RAM. Secondly why on Earth would you use that when you could have used something literally almost any other modern AA to take down this missiles is beyond me, but to each his own? Thirdly you aren't shooting at one "slowed-ass" cruise missile. You're shooting at hundreds of them.
Again, I'm extreemly offended that you think this is all the work of Triyun. I've asked him for advice on how some of your technology works and he's given me some baseline advice like "Don't use 150 fighters to fight Mara's 180 fighters" or "Yes I agree, using the CIWS is stupid when she could have used a real anti-missile system". But other than that, the research I have done for this to see through a lot of the odd things you are doing has been very time consuming. Do not assert that someone just wrote this for me, I have been painstakingly working on this post for a long time :V If you have big problems with it, then we can work them out like you said (that's why they have the edit button after all); but I am very confident in what I've written. Now go take a chill-pill.
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The Texan fleet would find it nigh-impossible to "surround" the First and Second fleets, being that they lay most of four hundred nautical miles away from Texas's shoreline, and not close enough to be reached in any time less than a day's travel. The Federal aircraft were on orders specifically not to return to their motherships; instead, after making their strike, they would land in Louisiana while another strike group from a shore installation took its place on the carrier. In this way, the carriers acted as shuttles, merely floating staging grounds for Naval Super Hornets using drop tanks to get to their targets. The first strike group was pure shock and awe - not at all armed to attack ground targets, but rather armed to destroy enemy air support. The F-18Es would have a field day with anything less than an F-22, and even then the odds were even between the craft.
Those "unnecessary" and "non-vital" bridges would become the backbone of the now-spread Federal assault. Bradleys and Strikers blazed over the bridges ahead of Abrams and Pantsirs, none of the tracked vehicles giving a singular solitary damn for the carnage they were wreaking on the roadway. When the surfaces started to wear out, they would be supplemented by bridging equipment if necessary and if not ignored until it was. The Federation would bring its anti-air assets along just behind the first wave of its assault, extending battlefield anti-air as far as they could. They didn't need to worry about ever having too few anti-air units in place, for the saying had been in place since the Second World War: "He who controls the skies controls the battlefield." And the Federation aimed to control the skies, so it brought along plentiful amounts of SAM-armed vehicles and the radar directors to make them hit.
Neither of these targets were active military bases, and thus the $500,000 dollar Tomahawks were wasted on paper tigers.
The 60,000 strong contingent of the VII Corps continued its press towards Amarillo seemingly un-opposed, taking the city within an hour from its launching point in Eastern New Mexico; meanwhile, the secondary attack force in Southern New Mexico came under attack. The V Corps there under the command of General Marshall would dig in hard, M777s and M109s responding to the enemy artillery with fury and flame. The infantry would dig in in Las Cruces with the rest of their forces, Abrams trading fire with enemy armored vehicles while Javelin-toting infantry backed them up with top-attack munitions. F-15Es moved from an airbase further north, rushing to close to grips with the enemy air superiority fighters and annihilate them, while Pantsirs and S-300s guided by the V Corps mobile array supported them from below. Counterbattery radar would let the Federal artillery positions slam their Texan counterparts as soon as they began to speak.
(Note: Nowhere in my posts did I say they were flying as a mass. I did, however, say they were almost at the border before you even had anything in the air.)
Bomber is a relative word. Generally, when one says "bomber", you think of a lumbering, ungainly craft capable of delivering massive loads of bombs once it gets where it's going - and, as a general rule, you'd be right. However, the B-1B Lancer was anything but ungainly. Two squadrons of the supersonic aircraft streaked into enemy airspace just above treetop level, coming over the Arbuckles and using the fallen mountains as radar-scatter cover, a roller-coaster ride for the pilots for sure. Their sensors were up and listening, and they found enemy anti-air installations relatively quickly near the border. Boosting into their full speed, the bombers swept their wings back and roared in for the kill, slowing down to subsonic just long enough to drop a rain of cluster munitions on the installations they found, ensuring total and complete destruction wherever they hit.
The fighters in the first attack wave were armed with a mix of SEAD and air-to-air equipment; the F-15Es were the most accomplished aerial killers of the modern era, and their pilots flew them knowing this full well. The SEAD armed fighters dropped to ground level, shielded by their more numerous and lethal air-to-air armed counterparts, and began to do the same job that the bombers had started, clearing out enemy anti-air positions with AGM-88 HARM missiles and home-on-jam missiles. They would exact a harrowing toll on any target they found.
The Texan forces, it seems, did not assume competence among their adversaries. That was their first mistake. Their second mistake was trying to launch strategic aircraft while tactical air superiority aircraft were still capable of dropping out of the sky and ruining their days - which did happen. Repeatedly. Followed by Federal Tomahawk launches, aimed at destroying every Air Guard runway within three hundred miles of the front. Mobile CIWS platforms, known as Centurions, were fully capable of firing on the move - and did. The 20mm radar-guided guns, selfish machines that they were, perked up when they began to see the signatures of enemy missiles on their horizons. If the weapons had faces, they would have grinned.They slewed and elevated, tracking, tracking, tracking, speaking among themselves over the ADA battlenet, their multiple-weapons-coordination components talking to each other, marking their respective territories as clearly as a pride of lions. They claimed their targets - then, at their maximum engagement range (which varied, depending on the Naval Fire Controlman assigned to the platform, but generally all at about two miles) they began to speak the language of fire.
Tongues of flame spouted from their muzzles, sending white-hot streams of tungsten penetrators out to stab the slow-moving 'Hawks from the sky. Against such relatively slow targets, the automated guns could kill as many as ten missiles apiece before needing to be reloaded by the team attached to each mobile unit. Dozens of guns silenced incoming cruise missiles, preventing them from reaching their targets. Some would be missed; nearly a thousand Federal troops would die over the course of the next few hours due to either misses or empty guns unable to protect them. However, their greatest defense was simply to keep moving: in the jamming-heavy environment established by EW planes, the cruise missiles could not receive the live course corrections needed to deal with the rapidly dispersing Federal assault contingent.
The contingent, despite its losses, kept pressing forward, aiming to take the northern Texan cities and their military installations as quickly as possible. The mechanized/armored combined offensive had air support in the form of F-15Es, AH-64s and AH-1Zs, all descending on any target that could be found to cut it to ribbons. The artillery would perform a similar role, slamming their counterparts down and then taking out targets called by the advancing troops, never staying in one position for more than a couple of shots.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
THE SITUATION ROOM
0840 HOURSAnthony, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Anthony's Chief of Staff, and the general on a secure video conference all sat quietly in the Situation Room. No one moved, no one said a word - the only thing that could be heard was their light breathing while they waited. "Sir, we can confirm the Tomahawks hit their targets. Intelligence shows scorched Earth where the impacts occurred and our GPS data confirms they weren't prematurely destroyed. Among the targets were military leadership, troop transports, and heavy armor. All three groups are a confirmed hit. Casualties aren't massive, but we were expecting that. The idea is to break up their organization and fracture their command structure. Estimates for those killed for each of the three groups are between 1,000-1,500 soldiers each. Our strike was a success." A few of the Chiefs patted the Air Guard Chief on the back while Dave and Anthony sat back in their chairs. "So you're telling me the Plains Federation wasn't able to shoot them down General? Did they even try?" The Chief of Texas Air National Guard regained his composure and handed the Governor a few documents marked UNCONFIRMED. "Well sir, on the surface it looks like they didn't try to stop the missiles but intelligence is speculating that they were using a CIWS system." Anthony raised his eyebrows, "They had land-mounted CIWS? The CIWS means 'Close-in Weapons System', I remember seeing a lot of them when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor on the Navy ships. How are they using that on land, I thought it was just for short-range anti-ship missiles?"
The Chief of The Army National Guard swiped through a few images on his iPad and put them on a bigger screen for the rest of the room to see. "This isn't what they were using sir, because they specified they were using the CIWS, but this is about as close as you can get since they said it was land-mounted and mobile. As I'm sure you know, this thing weighs about 13,700 pounds on a navy vessel, so it has to be weakened and dumed down a bit to be on land. This mobile land unit was designed and built to take out mortar fire, so it isn't a missile system. It's basically an overly sophisticated gatling gun. This is where it gets interesting, the CIWS system on naval ships is not the primary defense against cruise missiles. There are electronic countermeasures, missile-defense systems on board, and not to mention jets in the case of aircraft carriers. The CIWS is the last line of defense. You are just slugging bullets at a missile, not very high tech."
"I understand what you're trying to say general, but I still don't understand how they couldn't even shoot one of our missiles down. I mean, we shot several hundred at them." The general took a sip of his water and sat back in his chair, "Well sir, if you want to get into the specifics I'll tell you. Its effective, flat-trajectory range is 11,800 feet on a navy ship. If it's a mobile unit and the vehicle it was on was traveling at the same time, it would most likely be even less. Also, our Tomahawks were traveling at 550 miles per hour and we had given no indication that they were coming. Our missiles were literally travelling at 806 feet and eight inches per second. So, if we fire a cruise missile at the enemy and they are using this CIWS system as their defense against our cruise missiles, then their weapons will have a maximum of 14.6 seconds to intercept our missiles and destroy them - and I mind you that is the best case conditions, that the vehicle the CIWS was on wasn't moving, that the skies were clear, that the unit could even engage at 11,800 feet since it wasn't a ship mounted unit, and that the CIWS system was even activated.
A plus that this system has is that it can shoot 4,500 round per minute, but the downside is that its ammunition storage is only 1,550 rounds. Also sir, this system is designed with the mindset that it is defending itself. The projectile, be it mortar shell or anti-ship missile, is coming at it's general vicinity, trying to hit a missile that is striking a target 3,000 feet away with this system is futile. Also there have been numerous occasions where a missile was successfully hit by this system, but the missile still hit its target and did significant damage. I know you are a rifleman sir, so I can put it into those terms. It would be like trying to shoot a truck one mile away while it's going 100 miles an hour; except in reality the thing is over two miles away, it's traveling five and a half times faster than the truck, you didn't know it was coming, and it's in the sky."
A Maritime Guardsmen rain into the Situation Room and handed a piece of paper to the Chief of Staff who handed it over to the Governor. "They're launching an attack from their Caribbean fleet Governor. We know they have two carriers and numerous support craft, our best guess for their aircraft are the F-18E since they are Americans." Anthony checked his watch and looked over to the Director of Public Safety, "Do y'all think they're going to Houston?" Most in the room nodded, "Jesus, Watchmaker call the Director of Civil Defense. I'm thinking Port of Houston and all I can think of is industry, residential areas, and Kemah Board Walk. Someone please tell me there's a military target that they're after?" The Chief of the Air Guard shook his head, "Sir, the only military target in that area is Ellington Field. The United States Air Force maintained it until after World War Two which is when it was handed over to the National Guard. The F-22s based there are already in the air since we're at DEFCON 1. If they're risking that many aircraft, sir, it's because they want to prove a point. They want to hurt our morale. Bombing the fourth biggest port in America would be like crashing the New York Stock Exchange in a matter of hours. We'll retaliate against their ships. They might be 800 miles away at the edge of the Caribbean, but they're about to get a rude awakening." Anthony shook his head, "General I don't think you understand. Texas City, Seabrook, La Porte, and Deer Park are powder kegs. We're the largest refiner of oil in the world."
GULF OF MEXICO
150 MILES OFF THE TEXAS COAST
0855 HoursBuzz kept his flight pattern with two wingmen at his side. They had been patrolling the seas off and on with other shifts but so far, no action. Clear skies, calm waters, and the occasional dolphin were all the pilots had to look forward to. "Ellington to Burner-22?" Crisp thickets of sunlight jumped through the sea as the jet cut through the air. "Roger Ellington this is Burner-22. Go ahead." Buzz could hear the flipping of papers and a light commotion on the other side, "Burner-22 be advised that the Plains Federation has just launched a massive air campaign against the Republic. Their launch points are from carriers between the Yucatan and Cuba. Command believes they're coming to Galveston and Houston. We want you to fall back to the mainland. If Coastal Defense doesn't wipe them out then you and the rest of the Third Wing that is in the area will intercept them and take them out. Over and out."
The enemy F-18Es would interestingly find themselves not under attack during their journey through the Gulf of Mexico. But once the aircraft were about 40 miles from Galveston island the hunters would become the intended prey. Sparely across the empty beaches and more in the city itself were MIM-104B (PAC-1) Patriot launchers. The F-18Es were the target of hundreds of patriot missiles as they launched from the beaches, from within the city in Galveston island, and as the aircraft came closer they would also find additional anti-aircraft weaponry opening fire from place like Ellington Field, the Port of Houston, and areas surrounding Texas City. Mobile units were still being deployed and set up around the metropolitan area, but the important strategic areas had of course already been under protection. The F-22s would stay at a safe distance, considering that they could detect the F-18Es up to 250 miles away with their RWR system. If the strong Coastal Defenses didn't do the job of taking out the oddly large number of aircraft, they would feel the wrath of the Third Wing of the Texas Air National Guard.
Meanwhile in Corpus Christi, the Maritime National Guard brought out its premier weapon. From what Intelligence understood, the aircraft carriers coming from the Caribbean into the Gulf of Mexico were defenseless. They had no air support since a massive attack had been launched on the Texas mainland. Before the fighting commenced at Galveston, mobile launchers armed with the DF-21D ASM corrected their positions and took aim towards the Plains Federation fleet. This long-range (900 miles), hyper-sonic anti-ship missile was capable of traveling at mach 10 which translates to a speed of 2.11 miles per second. In order to make sure the missile would find it's target, four were targeted at both of the aircraft carriers. The Second Plains Federation Fleet "steaming out of New Orleans" would find a similar attack originating from Freeport.
(OOC: Kinda like this but none of the mach 10 missiles are shot :v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY7v21Zy1yE )
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
OPERATION FULL SCALE
CLASSIFIED MATERIALS
Texas servicemen and women couldn't contain themselves from laughing as they either observed in person, from the skies, or from satellite as the Plains Federation heavy armor attempted using wooden bridges that were over one-hundred years old, small metal bridges made for pedestrians, and other "unnecessary" and "non-vital" "small structures" that they tried to use. The multi-million dollar pieces of equipment just clunking into the Red River and Sabine River. It was like a really expensive scene out of the movie Saw. However once the Plains Federation military learned that such structures were left alone for a reason, Texas forces would take note that the Plains Federation were then trying to use AVLBs (those are that really cool bridge thing you see used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in the opening mission where you're in the Middle East and you have to cross some bridge. This AVLB comes up and lowers itself and you can cross. It was pretty cool!) The problem for the Plains Federation was that the Red River had the second largest river basin in the southern Great Plains and had an outflow of 57,000 cubic feet of water per second. The conventional AVLB would have certainly have trouble crossing the rivers in most locations because of its width. When the Federation would attempt to put these bridges up in places where the rivers weren't so wide, they'd find themselves under fire by the tomahwaks or short-range cruise missiles. They would also be the prey of the Texas Air National Guard.
The enemy aircraft swarming into Texas would find themselves falling to a similar fate as their brothers attacking the Texas Coast. Patriot missiles constantly screamed into the sky to specifically hit strategic bombers and the other invading aircraft. Once the aircraft crossed into the Texas border, and this is after very heavy fire from the surface-to-air missiles defending the skies, they would come under attack by the First tactical Wing, all of which were tactical, of the Texas Air National Guard in the north. The Wing was separated into their squads and were not flying in tight groups in order to avoid radar detection. They would engage the enemy aircraft dozens of miles away with their AMRAAMs. The second Wing would do the same from the panhandle border with Oklahoma and the fourth Wing would be doing the same around Orange and the border there. The fifth Wing would launch a short offensive from Wichita Falls and Paris (having been split in half) and would strike any enemies at the border. They both were escorting a B-2 bomber who were armed with fifty 500 pound Mark 82 bombs. They would go up I-35 and begin striking the numerous targets on I-35, disrupting supply lines and stopping the flow of units, and the B-2s of course would carpet bomb the interstate as troops advanced forward (OOC: Don't say you are not using I-35 to move troops just to avoid this attack. I have satellites so I should know where a few hundred-thousand troops are going) The roads would be heavily damaged, they the smoking vehicles were more of a problem. Half of the sixth Wing would fly from Beaumont, to the beach, and then up the Sabine River and fire upon advancing enemy units while the other wing fought air to air.
(OOC: Nice try but your 120,000 soldiers are heading to Amarillo. And even if the 120,000 were split up into two groups, 60,000 wouldn't be in Las Cruces heading towards Amarillo "Within two hours"... So I'm just going to disregard that. I'm sure you have defenses, but I'd be highly skeptical of 60,000 soldier defenses when they should be two hours marching distance from Amarillo. Plus for some reason you abandoned the two bases that you could have used to defend this city, so again I'd be skeptical of it having any defense.
16:47 Alessariel the 120 from OK are going to be inside of Dallas in about two hours
16:47 Alessariel and the 120 from NM are going to be in Amarillo/Lubbock in roughly the same timeframe. IC:)
The 39,000 soldiers would move into Las Cruces after the Air Guard mad its passes to clear the area of AA and local defenses. Any combatants within the city would be quickly overwhelmed as thousands of troops poured into the city. Government buildings were quickly taken over while AA and AMs were set up around the city. These 39,000 troops were part of the 1st Division and Second Division of the Texas Army National Guard. The rest of the 2nd Division, 21,000 troops along with armor, would make their way to Las Cruces. From that point, the troops in Las Cruces would begin advancing to Albuquerque. The 10th Wing, which was not flying in formation but split into its squads and smaller units in order to avoid radar detection, would provide air support from a distance. Mobile AA units and Patriot defense systems were brought along as the troops made their way forward to New Mexico's capitol. Three squads in the 11th Wing would sweep around the far outskirts of Albuquerque and take out any visible defenses or any defenses given to them by satellite. They would switch to infrared in the event that there were hidden defenses.
(OOC: This next bit is where you said "Nowhere in my posts did I say they were flying as a mass. I did, however, say they were almost at the border before you even had anything in the air." That's great except like I said before I've been at DEFCON 3 for a long time, however the Air Guard was at DEFCON 2. Once you called the Governor, we were brought down to DEFCON 1. Rest assured, those big hunks of metal were getting in the air once the military noticed you were massing hundreds of thousands of troops and putting hundreds of aircraft in the air :V)
The non-stealth B-1s would come under fire from the same Patriot missiles that were dropping the F-18Es on the Gulf coast. From forty miles away the bombers would already be under fire after they came from the fallen mountains. The Air Guard would quickly take note of their presence and would intercept them once they showed no signs of turning around and were within ten miles of the border.
The border at I-35 was not stuffed with men like it was at Oklahoma where hundreds of thousands of troops were trying to illegally cross into Texas. However, there were local defenses, border guards, AA, and other units trying to protect the other side of the river where they knew troops would eventually get if the Plains Federation military could find out not to use the flimsy bridges still remaining on the border. Hundreds of patriot missiles and anti-air defense missiles scrambled into the air at the incoming fighters. Undoubtedly, dozens would be shot down - that was unequivocal. However there were over 1,500 Texas casualties on the border, especially from the Federation SEAD weaponry.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
OPERATION HOMETOWN
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The troops heading towards Amarillo (OOC: I am going to RP it as 120,000 because you clearly said they were two hours from Amarillo. If you are going to make a mess about this then talk to me about it on IRC or wherever. IC:) would make it to the settlement of Adrian before they met heavy resistance. The half of the 12th Wing would launch an offensive on the ground troops. Enemy aircraft would of course be the first target of the Wing but Patriot defenses in Amarillo would begin lobbing dozens of their missiles at the enemy who were crossing into the Texas panhandle from New Mexico. From Vega, 30 M777 howitzer artillery units were being used to bomb the enemy outside of Adrian and as they continued to move forward. The Air Guard would provide cover while the enemy moved forward.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
OPERATION SAN JACINTO
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From Sheppard Air Force base, 10 Divisions of the Texas Army National Guard would push forward into Oklahoma. The 13th Air Wing would provide defense when necessary, but because there was already such a strong air presence in the area they would remain on standby and be used as reinforcements. The mission of the advancement was to take Lawton. Calculated air strikes would be taken on defenses as the troops moved forward with heavy armor, patriot defense, and artillery. Another push forward of another 50,000 soldiers would take place with the goal of taking McAlester, Oklahoma. One-thousand five-hundred M1-Abrams tanks would company them. The 13th Wing of the Air Guard would also protect these five Divisions pushing forward and would make airstrikes where necessary on local defenses, however the sparsely populated areas weren't expected to be heavily fortified unless satellite imagery proved otherwise. The soldiers would move forward with the aforementioned AA and artillery.
CASCADIAN EMPIRE
CAPITOL CITY
EMPEROR'S RESIDENCE
A Hercules C-130 quieted down at a Cascadian Air Force Base after being clearance to land. It was a Texas Air Guard craft with thirteen Texas Minutemen on board. Once outside, they would show a letter from Governor Sparks to the Emperor and demand to be brought to him at once. Once inside the Emperor's residence they would surrender their weapons but remain in their battle gear and wait for the Emperor to greet them. They soldiers respectfully stood at attention when the Emperor came in, and Sergeant Sheppard immediately stepped forward. "Sir, Governor Sparks ordered us to get this to the Emperor of Cascadia, I'll surrender it to you now. He said for you to read it." Sheppard handed over the box which had inside it a piece of yellowish paper slabbed between two pieces of glass. It was inside a controlled environment within the glass, but would need to be secured somewhere safe. A post-it note was attached to it that read I want this back!!! The old piece of parchment read the following:
Commandancy of the Alamo------
Bejar Fby. 24th 1836
To the People of Texas &
all Americans in the world------
Fellow citizens & compatriots------
I am besieged, by a thousand
or more of the Mexicans under
Santa Anna ----- I have sustained
a continual Bombardment &
cannonade for 24 hours & have
not lost a man ----- The enemy
has demanded a Surrender at
discretion, otherwise, the garrison
are to be put to the sword, if
the fort is taken ----- I have answered
the demand with a cannon
shot, & our flag still waves
proudly from the wall ----- I
shall never Surrender or retreatThen, I can on you in the
name of Liberty, of patriotism &
every thing dear to the American
character, to come to our aid,with an dispatch ----- The enemy is
receiving reinforcements daily &
will no doubt increase to three or
four thousand in four or five days.
If this can is neglected, I am deter
mined to sustain myself as long as
possible & die like a soldier
who never forgets what is due to
his own honor & that of his
country ----- Victory or DeathWilliam Barret Travis
Lt. Col. ComdtP. S. The lord is on our side-
When the enemy appeared in sight
we had not three bushels of corn---
We have since found in deserted
houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into
the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves---Travis
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OOC: Very sorry for not seeing your reply mate!
IC:
"I was hoping you would suggest something along those lines. I don't want to mislead you, the Republic of Texas and the Cascadian Empire do not have an official diplomatic relationship written down on paper, however I think we both have a mutual understanding that we would stand up for each other if the other was under some type of unwarranted siege or put under illogical international pressure. Though, I am sure it would be worth it make those intentions official with Cascadia. I may have to get back on that when I return to Texas, but we are here and in the now. Is there some type of treaty you had in mind that we could both adhere to?"
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Mara Lithaen, on 14 Jan 2015 - 12:03 AM, said:
President Reece was eminently tired of the lies already from this man he'd known for years at this point. "Governor Sparks, I don't know where you're getting "a month" since the United States fell. It's been more than a decade. For the last six years you were a member state of the Plains Federation. Now maybe this is a case of mass amnesia on your part, in which case admitting to it is your best option, otherwise I'll be forced to assume you're intentionally lying to me. Lying to me is a bad, bad idea." Air Marshal Weatherby tapped him on the shoulder. "One moment, Governor." he said, and covered up the phone's mouthpiece, looking at the head of the Air Force. "Yes?" he asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"Mister President, the lead elements of our strike are about to fly over the Red River. They're reporting that the bridges have been closed across the River; our AWACS are standing by to begin jamming, and I've got fighter pilots ready to blow the border stations to hell and gone, Sir. Just give the word." the elderly Air Marshal told him.
General di Santos was at his side. "And in the event that they blow the bridges, I've got bridging units ready to make crossings for us. The river is low this year; we won't have to go very far out of our way to get across even if they knock out the big bridges." he said, and Admiral Wright cleared her throat.
"My boys and girls are already slinging Hornets off the decks of the Federation and Defiance. They'll be in Galveston and Houston within the hour."
"Thank you, lady, gentlemen. Give me a moment." the President declared, before taking his hand off the mouthpiece. "So, Governor, you've got two choices; come clean and either A. admit to mass amnesia on the part of the population of Texas - which is absurd, by the way - or B. Admit that you're lying, stand down your forces and wait for my troops to secure the state. Or, you can persist in your lies and I crack your state open like a pecan under a train wheel. Which'll it be?"
"I hope you don't kill too many people, Mister President." Anthony hung up his side of the call and looked up to the silent eyes of chiefs, generals, and his Chief of Staff, Dave Snow. "Director," he said in a professional tone. "Take us down to DEFCON one. I am ordering that we now switch from a defensive role, specifically on the seas and in the air. Dave, call Richard and let him know I'm making my way over and make sure the news outlets are told they're going to want to listen in about fifteen minutes. Watchmaker, I'm granting you full operation authority until I'm done at the capitol, but stick to Operation Full Scale. Understood?" The room echoed with a dozen "Yes Governor"s. He grabbed his jacket and started to leave the room, "Oh, I almost forgot, call in the reserves." He stepped out and left his staff to do what they were chosen for. By the time he made it outside the motorcade was waiting and ready to go. It was only a short drive, maybe a few minutes, but it was the most agonizing drive he'd ever had in a limousine before. Racing through his head were how they were going to launch a defense, how many people this semi-sovereign entity known at the "Plains Federation" were going to kill, and what he was going to say in front of congress and the entire nation with only ten minutes to prepare. It was starting to look like it was going to be a rough day.
Within minutes he saw the pinkish-brown dome of the capitol rotunda come into full view. Even after all of these months of being on his own, it was still very humbling to see the Texas flag flying alone over the legislature's home. Outside was waiting a detachment of soldiers. As they got closer Anthony saw who they were and was filled with deep solidarity and fortitude. Olivia was the only staffer that went with the Governor to the capitol. She eagerly cancelled appointments and readied different topics for the Governor to mention in his speech, but the soldiers caught her eye too. "Governor, are those National Guardsmen?" He pulled up his tie and buttoned his collar button, "No Olivia, those are the Texas Minutemen. They're the deadliest weapons in our arsenal." Because of the heightened state of alert over the past week, the soldiers were in their battle gear and not ceremonial dress. As the Governor stepped out of the limousine they stood at attention and saluted. He returned the salute and they followed he and Olivia up the steps and into the capitol building. The Lieutenant Governor's Chief of Staff was waiting at the door and shook the Governor's hand. "Sir, the Lieutenant Governor has both houses convened. CNN and NBC just set up and we told them three minutes. What's going on?"
Anthony checked his watch and stepped up to the wooden doors of the House chamber. "We're under attack from Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico. I need to let the nation know that we're going to take these cowards out." The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives saluted the Governor. "How can I help you sir?" Anthony handed him an invitation from the Speaker of The House, "I am here to address congress. Please let the Speaker and the President of the Senate know that I'm here." The man stepped in and raised his voice, "Mister Speaker, the Governor of the Republic of Texas!" Only a few other times had the Texas House and Senate convened together which was just one of the many things that made the situation so unique. Congressmen and women stood up and began a massive, albeit curious, applause. He stepped past representatives and senators, Republic and Democrat alike, and took his place. The Lieutenant Governor, Richard Adams, patted his shoulder and kept a smile on his face. "I hope this is important sir," the Speaker ever so slightly leaned in to listen to the Governor's reply, "Both of you call a recess after my speech." He cleared his throat and raised his hands, signalling for the congressmen to take their seats. As the room became silent the black microphone protruding from the podium stood as the only reminder that the entire world was listening.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
NEAR AMARILLO
0830 HOURSAn old man sat comfortably in his recliner. After a long day of trying to repair his tractor he felt he deserved to splurge with a little relaxation. "Wilma! John Wayne is on the television!" A slightly younger, but still old by most peoples's standards came in with two bowls of ice cream. "Oh it's the one about the Alamo!" she said with glee. "Turn it up louder!" Just as they both sat back NBC's logo flashed onto the screen for a few seconds of silence. "We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special news bulletin. We take you now, to Austin. Please stand by for the Governor of Texas." The screen switched to a feed from inside the House Chamber. The camera angle slowly zoomed from a wide angle, capturing the entire House, down to a tight angle that only showed the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker. "Samuel, it's Anthony!" The old man waved his hands and squinted, "I can see wife! Stop talking I want to hear!" Their television flickered with the occasional static as their son adjusted the microphone and looked out to the audience of legislatures assembled before him. He checked his watch one last time and then began.
"Lieutenant Governor, Mister Speaker, Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. I have come here today to bring you news that is still in development and will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. The Plains Federation, a sub-sovereign political entity which has taken control of the States of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico among others has launched an unprovoked and unjustified attack on the Republic of Texas. It is clear that this attack, with such a large magnitude, had been in planning several weeks if not months in advance while the Texas forces were defending North American independence and our ally on the West Coast.
During that time, and since the fall of the United States of America several months ago, we have worked without rest to bring aid and assistance to neighboring regions and try to get word of any organized government remaining in the lower forty-eight States. It seems now that our search is over for such government, but instead of finding a strong, true American government to unite this continent, we have found a wolf that has been hiding in the woods. The government of the Plains Federation openly deceived Texas and other American nations by keeping their existence secret and not even attempting to make diplomatic communications. These deceitful tactics were undertaken purely out of malice intent.... Because of this unprovoked attack and the dangerous tactics by this entity, I am asking that this Congress declare a state of war between the Republic of Texas and the Plains Federation. This request comes at a time when our resolve has been questioned by others.
We have been told by foreign representatives that we are 'trigger-happy', that our military forces will march in parades and train with powerful weapons but that they could never defend our borders. We have been told that we are weak, that we can not stand against even the most unorganized and nonstrategic military attacks... Let them say that to the soldiers defending our cities, to the airmen defending our skies as we speak; let them say that to our mariners in the deep sea! We shall not cower or hide. We shall stand tall and face our attacker. We will caramelize them at our borders, we will strike them in their homeland, we will fight at the Red River, we will fight in the Great Plains of America, we will fight on the beaches and in the air, in cities and in the streets! We shall hold our Republic, no matter the cost! There will not come a day when we lay down our arms, we will not go quietly into the night - We shall never surrender!"
The joint session unanimously stood up and cheered for the Governor. He stood at the podium respectfully and nodded to a few of his friends. The clapping went on for several minutes, but the feed was cut off after about thirty seconds of it. Samuel looked over to Wilma who was about to ask him what was going on when they both flinched at a loud knocking at their door. Samuel got out of his recliner and put on his leather jacket and his cowboy hat. "Try calling Anthony Wilma, I'm going check who's outside." The old man walked onto his porch and saw a soldier in full combat uniform at the door. A helicopter buzzed overheard and landed about one-hundred feet from their home. Samuel opened the screen door, "Can I help you young man!" he shouted over the helicopter's engines. Two F-22s bolted past the farm and had at least broken mach one. In this distance the old man could see National Guardsmen guiding anti-air defense vehicles into place in the middle of corn fields. The soldier handed Samuel a piece of paper with the seal of the Governor on it. "Mister Sparks, I am Captain Ford of the Texas Minutemen Special Forces! I am under orders from the Governor to take you and your wife to Austin! We have ten minutes to pack your belongings and then we need to go wheels up! Do you understand sir?"
"Yes son, come help us pack."REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
AUSTIN, 11TH STREET
0835 HOURSThe Governor's motorcade was now being escorted by National Guard humvees armed with .50 caliber machine guns and several Guardsmen. The two minute ride from the capitol back to the Governor's Mansion didn't take long but Anthony could feel the Texas Military Forces come to life. Austin was deep in the heart of Texas and wasn't under threat yet, but he feared for cities like Dallas or Amarillo that were much closer to Oklahoma. Regardless, the entire city was on lock down as soldiers patrolled the streets and constant air patrols kept the skies blisteringly loud. "The Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker say the declaration of war is going to pass the House and Senate in a few minutes. Their holding the vote now. By the time you get to the situation room he said that the resolution will be on its way for you to sign it," Olivia said as she scrolled through emails and messages on her iPad. The Governor's limousine made a hard left term onto Colorado Street and came to a rough halt in front of the mansion. Three Texas Rangers ran alongside the Governor into the mansion and escorted him to the Situation Room.
The Joint Chiefs, the Director of Public Safety, and Dave all stood when Anthony entered the room. "You gave a good speech sir," Dave said. Anthony took his seat and the others followed. "Thanks Dave, now does anyone have news for me?" The Chief of the Texas Air National Guard spoke up and started a short presentation on one of the screens in the room. "Yes sir. Bogies are heading towards the border at the Red River. Intel says that they might have AWACs in the air and that-" Anthony paused. "AWACs? So they're trying to jam us?" The chief shook his head, "No sir... I know you're a Navy man so I understand the confusion. AWACs, or Airborne Warning and Control System, is an aircraft used for issuing orders to troops and sometimes providing a wider range of radar. It has about as many offensive capabilities as a refueling aircraft." Anthony nodded, "Thanks for the clarification, please continue." The chief looked through a few reports and handed two of them to the Governor. "It look's like their tacticians are from Berlin. This entire invasion just screams blitzkrieg but they forgot to give themselves the element of surprise. Let's go over what will be going on in the next few hours sir, we've already begun our attack while you were alerting the Republic."
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
OPERATION FULL SCALE
CLASSIFIED MATERIALSOut of the entire Federation attack on Texas, the movements made by their Navy out of Louisiana were among the most obvious. The first, second, third, and fourth fleets of the Texas Maritime National Guard were deployed in the Gulf of Mexico while the fifth fleet stayed further west towards Brownsville. All four of the fleets made a total of one-hundred Gotland-class diesel submarines. They were given the last known location of the Federation naval vessels and their estimated destinations. After that last transmission, the submarines would go deep and maintain radio silence. The submarines would surround the foreign fleet from a far distance and stealthily move in closer to get within range of the Federation ships.
The submarines avoided clumping themselves together and purposely came at the Federation navy at different depths and differences so that they wouldn't be as easy to notice. Other submarines and the aircraft carriers would be the first intended targets of the submarines. The submarines would engage the Federation fleet in the Gulf of Mexico before they could be in striking range of Houston. After the submarine attack began the Texas Maritime Guard and Texas Air Guard would maintain their air assets off the coast of Texas. The Hornets launched from the Federation air craft carriers would be intercept by the primary fighting aircraft of the Texas armed forces and varying altitudes, hopefully before they would launch and missiles at Houston or Galveston, though if the Hornets would continue flying towards Galveston and Houston they would be met by the Texas air forces around 75-100 miles off the Texas coast line.
Meanwhile on the Texas and Louisiana borders, the order had been given by the Direct of Public Safety to take out the bridges crossing over the Sabine and Red rivers. Air assets were already on the border in many places and so didn't have the problem of taking out the big seven interstate and highway bridges but the smaller, State highway bridges would come prey to BGM-109 block two cruise missiles launched from mobile troops who were either heading to the borders or taking defensive positions. Literally within thirty minutes or less the cruise missiles were striking their targets with incredible accuracy. For the first time since the Spanish ruled over Texas lands, there were virtually no major bridges linking Texas to Oklahoma or Louisiana. There would of course the occasional exception for small structures that weren't seen as vital or necessary, but all major roads and State highways would quickly see them lose their link to either Louisiana or Oklahoma.
With the Air Force having been at DEFCON one for a few days and being at DEFCON 2 for weeks, the Texas Air National Guard was capable of getting its entire fighting force into air within fifteen minutes. The Texas fighters were given orders not to go far into enemy air space and to try to stay within the Texas border unless circumstances in a dogfight made it necessary. While the Plains Federation had no major border assets on the Texas border, if they did the Air Guard would have gone on the offensive to neutralize them. The Air Guard would make defensive flight patterns already having the knowledge that the Plains Federation was sending everything they had at them. They knew that their job, at least for the beginning of this fight, would be to focus on the sky.
Holloman Air Force Base would be the first targets of many for the Air Guard in the area. The twenty-four hangers at the base would be the target of over two dozen BGM-109 missiles. Having been sent before any air assets, even stealth ones, or troops, the missiles would be flying at sub-sonic speeds and flying close to the ground. This first strike would happen less than fifteen minutes. Area 51, while smaller than Holloman and less of a threat, would also receive several BGM-109 missiles at its hangers and its barracks. Then, the following would quickly move into action.
The 39,000 troops coming from Mexico would quickly be redirected from El Paso up north into New Mexico. The major Air Guard installation there would assist in pushing forward into New Mexico as quickly as possible. Most of the soldiers returning home were coming by air and thus could quickly turn in route to New Mexico. The Air Guard would escort and provide protection for the the transporting troops heading into enemy territory. Because the Federation forces were not focusing on West Texas or sending major assets into the area, it was seen as a perfect time to strike. If there were any military assets in the area, Air Guard would take them on with a combination of long-range air strikes and short to medium range cruise missile launches. The short twenty miles from El Paso to Las Cruces would make it an easy target to take. Long-range air strikes would be taken when necessary on military targets around the city while soldiers moved in. About two-thousand paratroopers would be dropped over the city with the mission of taking out enemy defenses after the Air Guard crippled many of their defensive capabilities. Artillery and the rest of the army would continue to push forward either by ground or paratrooped from a safer distance. The Air Guard would be sure to maintain air superiority and would maintain unusual flight patterns to confuse the enemy. If any of the Federation's aircraft were diverted from the mass heading into the major cities of Texas, the Air Guard would respond appropriately in the area. Mobile radar arrays were being deployed and set up as quickly as possible as troops would move into the city.
Meanwhile, the 12 squadrons of Federation aircraft would quickly find out that flying in large numbers, together, was an awful idea even with the most sophisticated aircraft. By the time they were approaching the horizon from the Texas border, about fourteen miles away give or take depending on elevation, some air units would be aware of their position because of them flying in such large numbers together with bombers and other aircraft. Every precaution from the Patriot MDS all the way down to javelin SMRs were being utilized by the massive force coming in all at once. Before they had even crossed the border, miles in advance, the aircraft would be the targets of a barrage of anti-aircraft weaponry. Bombers and other large air craft would of course be the easiest targets to take down but even down to fast moving and stealth air craft would also be at a higher risk than usual because they were flying in such large numbers together. The occasional story in the news of an advanced aircraft being shot down by conventional technology would suddenly become a normal happenstance because of the large amount of anti-aircraft weaponry focused on the incoming aircraft. The Air Guard would maintain a distance just outside of range of their own weapons, but once credible information was given for incoming fleets of aircraft they would move in at a high altitude to strike either fleets of bombers or the enemy fighters.
Out of the entire Federation military forces moving into Texas, however, the ground troops would suffer the worst fate. Like the Federation Air Force, the Federation's ground forces biggest disadvantage at that moment was that they were moving in such a large mass. Hellfire would rain down upon them from far off mobile launchers and a few strategic aircraft who were far off from the fighting but would readily launch the smart AGM-86 and the AGM-158B would target the tight points of the forces heading to the Texas border and specifically heavy armor and troop transport vehicles. The BGM-109 submunitions would see see its greatest use yet on all three fronts as the other missiles. Except their targets weren't just specifically vehicles or tanks, they would even be used to make contact with large numbers of ground troops trying to make it on foot. Troop transporting vehicles would be the easiest to hit, though. This was all happening before the Federation troops were even able to cross the border into Texas. More specifically, it would be happening once the Governor and the Federation President had hung up with each other by orders of the DoPS. The thousands of Federation soldiers would see slaughter coming among their ranks as they began their several hour long journies from Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico into the Texas mainland. This first wave would have indefinitely come as a surprise to them because of the spacitiy and quick speed of the missiles. Though the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and possibly even seventh waves may have been more expected, the troops would have to choose between the futile task of stopping their massive convoys and shooting down a few missiles out of dozens or moving on and each individual soldier hoping their vehicle wasn't destroyed.
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In regards to the war in Texas and Plains Federation I'm sorry I haven't posted yet. I just got back to my dorm in Louisiana and try are messing with the wifi network right now. I'm going to get my next reply up soon. Mara hasn't complained so thanks for understanding this far chica.
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I think it's been 48 hours Mogar?
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Americans don't seem to do well historically when they fight against Communists. So I wouldn't exactly be touting that you fight Communism.
Eh, I'd just say we don't do well historically when we fight non-white countries.
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"We've been doing our best to keep North America tranquil and independent. It's a hard job for Texas to do by itself what the United States had been doing for over two-hundred years, but we've been managing so far. Fortunately all three of those 'conflicts' never had a single shot fired but the Texas Military Forces are prepared to defend their Republic if such an actual fight were to happen. We are just lucky that we are blessed with such talented diplomats and good people in the State Department." Anthony was happy to see the scotch. It'd been a long month and he only had a few quick occasions to enjoy some Jack Daniels. Scotch from a King's private selection sounded pretty good right about then. "Thank you William, I appreciate it." He sipped occasionally while he began to move to the meat of their meeting, "In the cable you sent to me you talked about how the Northlands wanted to establish a new era of relations with the Republic. The Cascadians have rumored that y'all are an honorable, sensible people and your government reflects that, so once I read your message I just had to come here. What exactly did you have in mind?"
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IRC isn't working at the plantation house. It usually works alright here but I'm getting access denied :/
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I feel like I'm being overtaxed. I'd like to apply for RP welfare :V
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Vice President Anna Kennedy stalked into the President's office without much in the way of preamble, warning or invitation. His secretary trailed her by a footstep, trying to get her attention, but Anna simply ignored the woman. Pushing the door open to the President's office, she saw that he was talking to a few businessmen and women representing some industrial group or another. They were beneath her notice, however, and she slapped a newspaper down onto the President's desk.
Texas Secedes!
The headline declared. The text was facing President Reece, and he caught it at a glance. "Excuse me, gentlefolk, but it seems something's upset the Texans." he said, and read, unfolding to the story continuation. When he finished, he looked up at Anna, and raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't we see this coming sooner than this?"
Anna shook her head. "I don't know, Mr. President. This came out of the blue, but all my sources confirmed it before I got to your office - and I'm surprised you didn't know before I did. John, " she said, using his first name, a fairly rare occurrence for her. " what are we going to do?" she asked.
The President looked down at the headline, and back through the story. "Well, with this level of treason, there's only one thing to be done, I suppose. Call General di Santos, Admiral Wright and Sky Marshal Weatherby in; we've planning to do." he said, and looked at his former guests."I apologize, ladies and gentlemen, but it seems all our lives just got a whole lot more interesting.
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Federation Declares War!
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Four hundred thousand troops surged towards the Texan border from New Mexico, Louisiana and Oklahoma. In Louisiana, First Fleet steamed out of port, with Second steaming towards the Texan shoreline from the Caribbean. Every squadron of fighters and bombers in the country made their way south, with twelve squadrons of fighters almost over the border into Texas on strike missions before the National Guard even woke up to the new war.
The fighters and bombers were targeted at Texas's anti air installations and airbases, seeking to gain immediate aerial superiority. The Declaration of War would be sent - to an undersecretary of an undersecretary of State in the Texan government, of course - at a time perfectly coinciding with those aircraft passing over the Texan border.
The ground troops, of course, would make their best speeds to Lubbock, Amarillo, Dallas, Austin and Houston, while the naval assets would seek to pound the Houston Harbor with Tomahawks and strikes from carrier-based fighters.
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30 minutes prior to the strike commencing...
President Reece called Governor Sparks in Texas. When he finally got through to the man, he began without preamble. "This is President Reece. It wasn't a wise decision for you to leave the Federation. It goes rather violently against the Constitution, Governor, and you'll find that I react rather... badly... to people breaking the law of the land. So here's how this is going to go: Either you renounce your secession and come back into the Federal fold, or the declaration of war I just signed, hot from Congress, goes into full effect. It's your choice. I'm waiting."
OOC: The first spoiler is OOC logs between Mara and I in regards to some of her logistics. Just for the GMs really. The second post is for everyone else regarding the OOC/IC line crossing.
[spoiler]OOC:Just wanted to say we cleared some logistics up.
16:41 Alessariel Yo.
16:41 PresidentDavid Howdy.
16:41 Alessariel How's it going?
16:41 PresidentDavid It's going alright. Listening to the stuff about what happened in France but now I'm just listening to some music and talking to some of y'all.
16:41 PresidentDavid What about you?
16:43 Alessariel About the same. Enjoying an early day off.
16:43 Alessariel Did you see the thread I made?
16:43 PresidentDavid Yeah I was linked to it a bit ago. I don't think I'll be able to reply to it right now because I'm going to a bonfire with some friends at 6:00, but I'll probably get to it tonight.
16:43 Alessariel Alright, cool.
16:45 PresidentDavid There are two things I'd like you to clarify though in the forums. 1) What number of troops are leaving what locations, where are they crossing the border, and what major city are they headed to. And then for the naval stuff what ships you are using.
16:46 Alessariel I've already IDd their targets.
16:46 PresidentDavid "Four hundred thousand troops surged towards the Texan border from New Mexico, Louisiana and Oklahoma."
16:46 Alessariel There's 120,000 coming down from OK, 120,000 coming across near Amarillo from NM
16:47 PresidentDavid For all I know 399,999 are leaving from Louisiana and one is leaving from Oklahoma.
16:47 Alessariel and 160k from Louisiana headed for Houston.
16:47 Alessariel the 120 from OK are going to be inside of Dallas in about two hours
16:47 Alessariel and the 120 from NM are going to be in Amarillo/Lubbock in roughly the same timeframe.
16:51 PresidentDavid And the ships?
16:53 PresidentDavid alessariel?
16:53 Alessariel heading towards Houston, Corpus Christi, etc., from Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico.
16:53 Alessariel 2 carriers plus escorts.
16:53 PresidentDavid What are the escorts?
16:54 Alessariel I have to do a little math on that
16:54 Alessariel multipliers
16:54 Alessariel but destroyers and cruisers.
16:54 Alessariel and subs
16:54 PresidentDavid If you don't mind doing the math now I'd be much obliged.
16:55 Alessariel I already was
16:55 PresidentDavid
16:56 *** PresidentDavid is now known as PD[Shower]16:57 Alessariel 2 carriers, 15 destroyers, 2 cruisers, 15 diesel subs, 15 frigates.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]OOC: So a lot has happened in the bast seventy-two hours. I understand there's been a bit of controversy involved with Mara's casus belli. It is extremely weak and faulty casus belli. If you look back since CNRPA was founded, she has only made on CNRPA post other than this one and that was during the Alaskan crisis. Note that her nation had been on the map since the game was founded. There are two ways you can interpret this: A) Her nation should have been cleared off the map for inactivity because she was everything but active or B) She is just starting to RP her nation now. Either way, there is a severe IC problem.
If her nation has existed all of this time, then it doesn't make sense that her nation is attacking me for not being part of the Plains Federation, especially when her characters are surprised of it ICly. In the "B" scenario, her nation was founded now, which is a long time after the founding of the Republic of Texas. My characters and my nation existed for weeks without any knowledge of what the Plains Federation was or what it meant and my Texas never belonged to it. Either way, my Texas didn't belong to the Plains Federation. I have a right to RP that, of course, because it is my story. Though, on the other side of the coin, I don't think she has the right to claim that Texas was part of her nation in this new game because she would have to somehow alter my own RP when my RP in this game has existed longer than hers. I know that her characters can say whatever they want, but her characters actually believing that my nation belonged to hers at one point simply cannot be canon. It just isn't compatible with the current and past events that we have all went through so far.
On top of that there is clear OOC vindictive motive. But I'm sure if this would be ruled as OOC/IC line crossing then Mara would just come up with another reason, so I'll roll with it. Mara and I worked together well when we ran a nation, so I'm hoping that we can run a war together well too. I ask the GMs to bare with us, but I know you have to do your job. I'm going to try not to do any falshbacks and keep this RP linear so that y'all can follow along easily. Anyway, here is my post below. Mara if you don't like the way I found your troops, I'll see them no matter what. You were very vague in the way you deployed your soldiers so I just took a guess at what you were doing. Either way, I would hope that any nation from Nigeria to the United Kingdom would notice hundreds of thousands of troops and vehicles, aircraft, and other craft coming together or coming to a higher state of alert. So, what I'm saying is that I'm going to know something is wrong before your President calls me is what I'm saying.
Also one other thing, my nation is not a carry over from CNRP2. Just thought I'd mention that since someone was confused about that.
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REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
THE WATCHERS
0700 HOURS
"Hey, you know those guys at NASA that look out for asteroids heading to Earth? Do you think they're actually doing a good job? I read an article that said there's only something like a room of guys working around the clock. The article said that eighty-percent of the asteroids in some type of orbit around Earth or that pass by Earth haven't been tagged. I mean, don't you think we should dedicate some more guys to that? That's bigger than nuclear war, that could actually be mankind's extinction event. Do you think those guys do a good job? An asteroid hasn't hit the Earth in a long time, for all we know they're just all playing beer pong while one guy actually takes the job seriously and is like 'You guys, we are suppose to be looking out for mankind!' and the other guys are like 'Jim, why are yo-'" Stew's rant was cut off by the older soldier next to him, Thomas. He was the rough type that didn't talk much. He was close to retirement but still came to work religiously and took his work seriously. "I swear to God Stew, you really need to give this a rest. You're so fascinated with that space stuff then go work for NASA! I don't see how you don't find this exciting, we are literally the guys that spy on other nations and watch out for unusual activity. Can you give it a rest?" Stew sat back in his chair and readjusted his headset. The others in the room smirked that the old man just drilled Stew a new one but he deserved it to some degree. The guy just wouldn't shut up. It wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't so early.
"Stew," the old man said. Stew looked over and sighed, "I'm sorry Thomas I'll try to contain myself. Can we just get back to work?" Thomas knocked on his glass monitor with his index finger. "I'm seeing something in Oklahoma but I want you to verify. It's grid eighteen. Check out the city and surrounded area and compare it to the observation from two days ago." Stew followed the directions and compared the two images. He checked what they called "open hot spots" which were likely locations to amass troops in defensive positions. The tactic was originally made so that troops could be amassed in a central roundevu point and then launch an invasion together as a troop mass, but with modern technology it became more of a useless tactic because it would inform the enemy in advance that an attack was being planned. Today the tactic could be used for the defense of a city, but using it to launch an invasion would be an interesting choice of military tactics to say the least.
"I see troop buildups in hot spots around the city. I thought Oklahoma was being governed on the county level?" Thomas observed his monitor carefully as he took a sip of his coffee. "Intelligence told us that a semi-sovereign nation of some sorts called the 'Plains Federation' comprises of Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, and a few other States. We haven't heard anything from them and the rest of North America hasn't heard anything from them that we know of. The only thing intelligence could tell us with the military history of the nation was that during the Alaskan Crisis they came to a heightened state of alert. We didn't know at the time that there was even a central government there, I mean hell we flew nearly four-hundred thousand troops over the border to Alaska. You'd think they would have given us a quick notice that we were invading their airspace. It's... It's strange to say the least." This was the most that anyone had heard Thomas spoke in a month. The other Watchers turned to Oklahoma City where they too saw the hot spots light up with activity.
Thomas was the group leader for their row of Watchers. He only needed to speak up if a lot of looking needed to go on at once. "Row Bravo be advised that I've detected troop build up at hot spots around Oklahoma City. This is in a nation called 'The Plains Federation', go ahead and take pull up a visual of their borders. This is probably just a test but let's go ahead and check out major military installations in Oklahoma and Louisiana. Let me know if you see anything similar to what we have in Oklahoma." The row came to life with the chatter of keys being typed. The other rows took notice and looked over. Within a few minutes some of the other Watchers started to raise their voices, "Affirmative group leader. They gearing up for something in the First Look locations in Louisiana. Has anyone checked out New Mexico?" Stew cracked his fingers, "I got it." It was the same thing. "Everyone good work, keeping getting us some intel. I'm going talk to the colonel."
Thomas got up from his station and walked to the back of the room. Newly sworn in Colonel Sanders was in his private office with his feet up on his desk, watching a college game when Thomas lightly knocked. "Come in!" the Colonel grudged. Thomas opened the door, stepped in, and then saluted. Sanders liked Thomas compared to many of the others techies because, well, he was old too so they could reminisce a bit about the old days or enjoy a drink on Friday nights. The had a decent bond, as far as those go for older military men. "What can I do for you Lieutenant?" Thomas closed the door behind him. "I saw troop build ups at hot spots in Oklahoma and another Watcher confirmed. There are similar build ups in New Mexico and Louisiana sir that my row has found sir." Sanders uncapped a small bottle of brandy from under his desk and poured himself a small glass. "How many, ten-thousand in each?" Thomas nearly chuckled, "No sir. Just from first glance we are estimating 150,000 to 200,000 in all three of the areas." Sanders fell out of his chair and on to the ground, "What?!"
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
GOVERNOR'S MANSION
0730 HOURS
"Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away! If you can use some exotic boose there's a bar in far Bombay. Come fly with me let's fly let's fly away. Come fly with me let's float down to Peru..." The Governor raised his hands and his eyebrows like he was expecting an answer. "Sinatra has to work. I have an entire playlist on my phone that just started. Good?" Olivia, the Governor's personal secretary, nodded in submission. "I guess I can teach you to this. It'd be a sin for my to say no to Franky." Anthony smiled and took hold of her hip and her left hand. "Just remember, move with the music sir. You're dancing, let it flow like an ab lib speech." Anthony was doing alright but he still looked mechanical at times. "And I don't have to be so close to you, we're suppose to have eye contact and spark a conversation. It's classy slow dancing Governor, it's all about the person you're with." He stepped on her toe once and she yelped. "Sorry! Ah! I didn't mean to!" He stepped back fearfully like he'd just knocked over a vase in some foreign leader's house. Olivia put her hand over her mouth to cover her smile. "I'm alright you just stepped on my toe. We'll keep practicing until the correspondence dinner, but if this happens then don't jump back. It's not the end of the world." She smiled and they resumed.
"You know Dave said it'd be awkward if I asked you to help me with this but I think you're doing a good job." Anthony dared to twirl her once. Ah, success! "The Chief of Staff knows a lot Governor, but I doubt he knows as much as I do about dancing." He nodded and gave her another twirl, "That is something Dave couldn't do to save his life. He and I have that in common." Olivia maintained her smile and listened to Anthony talk. He liked to talk and she liked the time they had alone, so she would listen to about anything. Frank Sinatra singing about getting away to somewhere far away was a nice tone in the background. She came in closer and leaned her head on his chest. They maintained motion, but it was much closer warmer. "Do you think any of the other Governor's ever danced in the Governor's Office like this? I like to think we're the first ones to do it in the two-hundred year history of this mansion." He patted her head and almost took her into a hug until someone in the Governor's staff knocked and walked into the office. The two dancers quickly regained their personal space.
"Sir, you're needed in the Situation Room. I was told to tell you that the Air National Guard has issued a Red Alert. Please come with me." Olivia briefly frowned and stopped the soundtrack. "Get to work sir, I'll be at my desk when you get back." Anthony buttoned his jacket and headed out with the staffer, "Sorry Olivia we'll finish this later!" The staffer closed the door behind him. "Damn it I told y'all I didn't want to be disturbed for twenty minutes. Is that so much to ask for?" The moment he looked down at his staffer's face he knew something was terribly wrong. "Sir," he said as they swept into another hallway, "The Air Guard thinks we're about to fall under attack. I can't tell you anymore, get in there." The Maritime Guardsmen at the door of the Situation Room opened it. The Joint Chiefs were already assembled inside along with the Chief of Staff and a few other military analysts.
Everyone stood until Anthony took his seat. "What we got gentlemen?" The Chief of Staff, Dave Snow, spoke up first. "We've been issued a Red Alert by the Air National Guard who believes that an invasion-style attack is eminent. Here, here, and here are three groups of soldiers and various vehicles mobilizing in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. We've been monitoring their movements for the past few days but in the past few hours they've been rushing together for something." Anthony squinted his eyes at the provided map. "'Plains Federation', what is the Plains Federation?" Dave switched to another slide that showed some logistics and recommended actions, "They are believed to be a nation or sub-sovereign entity taking up the States you just saw. No one has heard from them and we still haven't. The only time we ever saw activity up there was when there was during the Alaskan Crisis, other than that we don't really have much intel on them."
"Sir we're looking at a combined total of at least 400,000 soldiers. The chiefs and I were talking before you got here and if they are planning an invasion of Texas, they are doing it in a pretty odd way." Dave let his words sink in for the Governor who was still perplexed by the ghost nation to the north. "Options?" The Chief of the Air National Guard handed the Governor a few papers. "Through Louisiana and Oklahoma they are going to have to cross the Sabine and Red rivers which aren't exactly small streams. Border traffic was only a bout a few hundred a day in any direction and we closed the bridged about fifteen minutes ago. That list you're looking at are all registered bridges on either river. We can take out the bridges with our air assets or through our surface missiles. With so many troops they're going to bottle neck one way or another." Anthony looked over the list and nodded, "If we confirm it's an attack then you have the go ahead to take them out."
An aide walked up to the Chief of the Maritime National Guard and handed him paper with a picture attached to it. "Governor," the Chief handed him the paper. "An armada of what we assume to be Plains Federation ships have been spotted off the coast of Louisiana. They aren't moving towards us but they're getting into a battle formation. Our naval assets have reported no sightings near our waters." Anthony checked his watch, "Alright that's enough for me. What's our DEFCON status?" The Director of Public Safety raised his finger, "DEFCON 3, but the Air Guard is at DEFCON 2. Order sir?"
"Bring the Air Guard down to DEFCON 1 and bring Texas Military Forces down to DEFCON 2. Someone talk to Civil Defense and activate the EAS here in Austin. It'll spirderweb to the rest of the Republic in a few minutes."
Anthony and the Joint Chiefs continued to draw up plans until the call came through. "Sir, it's someone claiming to be the President of The Plains Federation. We traced the call and it's coming from Oklahoma City. We think it's credible." The Chief of Staff handed the Governor the phone. "Good afternoon, to whom am I speaking?" He didn't know what to say for a moment. The allegations and tone of the man's voice on the other end of the line were serious in tone but none of what he was saying didn't make sense. "Mister President, it's nice to make your acquaintance but we have never met sir. I'm sorry but I don't know who you are Mister President. You've been here for at least a month and your people never even sent us a diplomatic cable." Anthony listened to the man talk about seceding from the union among other things. "Mister President, I don't know who has been giving you this information but I'd really like to talk this out in person. Four months ago the United States of America fell into what the Texas government believes was an attempted coup de etat in our nation's capitol. Over a third of the State government's were incapacitated along with a large part of the military command structure. We've been operating here in Texas on our own and trying to make contact with Washington to no avail. Again, I have no idea what you're talking about but I'd be happy for you to come down her to Texas or for us both to send representatives somewhere, but I'm going to need a better idea of what's going on here, alright?"
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Dude seriously? What in the name of anything went on here?
IC/OOC crossing was not happening with me or David, so unless a different issue is being discussed...
And PD, while I'm here, Baja is yours. Sorry for the troubles. There's always Nevada if you want it. There is the situation of us fighting just for UCS to claim it, and I would be willing to back you up in that debate
Peter I accept your apology but like I said before I ICly - and OOCly for that matter - have no grudge against the United Caribbean States. I'm sorry you got so worked up over everything that happened - I've had my fare share of that - but just keep carrying on. Don't dwell on your past mistakes, learn from them and build a brighter reputation/future for yourself. It's all going to work out.
TBM resigned because of Mara's attack on PD. As for your situation, that's a whole different can of worms.
Well, I have to say I think it's a load of crap too. But I'm sure if I'd get her actions overturned she'd just find another reason. So I suppose we should deal with it while it's up in the air. I'll make a more detailed explanation in my post of the war thread that Mara made. TBM can annoy the hell out of me sometimes, like I'm sure he can others and we do to him, but he sure does stand by his principles.
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I refuse to support ooc/ic crossing.
I resign as gm.
What happened mate?
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Saddened? You hope for a peaceful resolution? Are you not the ones who started this entire Baja conflict? I, personally, have no reason to believe that the Texas government did not set up the assassination. I am beginning an investigation, and whoever is found guilty will be tortured and spend a lifetime in prison, so you better hope there is no evidence. Not to mention you refuse to negotiate, you trigger-happy idiots.
The trigger-happy idiots would continue to advance upon the tree-hugging peace lovers who approve of torture.
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To California
To California and Texas"The Texas government, respectfully, at this time will not be negotiating terms regarding Baja California unless all California military personnel surrender and return home."
-Department of State of The Republic of Texas
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"The Texas government is saddened to see the death of President Herald and offers its prayers and condolences to the family of the leader and the people of California. We continue to wish for peace and hope that our current conflict can be resolved."
-State Department of The Republic of Texas
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Officially contesting California's claim to Baja California.
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To The House of Representatives of The California Republic
From Lieutenant Governor Richard Adams of The Republic of Texas
Representatives,
It is extremely insulting that the California government claims that Texans do not care about our servicemen. Thousands of Texans died defending the Republic, the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, and hundreds gave their lives in the Mexican-American war which later led to the admittance of California into the Old Union. We care for the life of every serviceman, but they volunteered willing to give up their lives for the Republic. Furthermore, The United Caribbean States are considered a stable and peaceful nation by all means and have never expressed ill-will to Texas. The fact that you are trying to deter our military operations onto them is extremity worrisome. Finally, stating that California is a few-hundred miles away from Texas and thus its actions play no part into Texas's interests is absolutely absurd.
We in the Texas government want this situation to be resolved peacefully, but we will not tolerate the invasion of Cascadia or the continued occupation of the Baja California Peninsula.
Regards,
Lieutenant Governor Richard Adams
To Emperor Alan Wymore of The Cascadian Empire
From Director of Public Safety Francis Watchmaker of The Republic of Texas
Emperor Wymore,
Governor Sparks instructed me to inform Your Imperial Majesty that Texas Military Forces will continue to monitor the situation in California and will share all relevant intelligence in regards to troop movements that we can detect. The Governor wanted to offer the assistance of the fourth division of the third field army of the Texas Army National Guard if such assistance is required. Inform me if any assistance is required or if any important intelligence needs to be relayed.
Thank you,
Director of Public Safety Francis Watchmaker
To President Marco of The United Caribbean States
From Governor Anthony Sparks of The Republic of Texas
Mister President,
I wanted to personally contact you to help explain the current situation with California so that we can both be on the same page. Currently Texas troops are travelling through northern Mexico along the former American border, however the Texas government has no intentions of annexing Mexico or invading deep into the region. The troops are merely passing through to the Baja California peninsula. They have also been tasked with preventing California military forces from coming further into Mexico. I personally find the Marco Doctrine beneficial for both the Caribbean States and the Republic of Texas because it has the capability of preventing foreign colonization of Central America and the Caribbean. I hope that this conflict can be resolved peacefully, but if the California military begins a conflict the Texas Military Forces will respect the neutrality of the Mexican people and keep any possible conflict out of Mexico.
If a peace is to be made, I would be happy to sign whatever document it may be in Havana.
Regards,
Governor Anthony Sparks
Classified
The Texas military would continue to monitor all known UCS troop movements, however they were to be acknowledged as "Not a Threat". The Texas Air National Guard would continue its regular coastal patrols off the Texas coast and would not interfere with UCS naval movements provided that they did not invade Texas waters. The UCS troops heading to Chihuahua would have no interference from the Texas air forces.
Meanwhile on the Baja California Peninsula the battalions would land at their previously described locations and take defensive positions. The two relevant airports would be ceased and then the men would wait for further orders. A second round of troops via the Air National Guard would be airdropped over Ciudad Insurgentes where the other battalion was already waiting. Once the Air National Guard had secured the airports and grounded all civilian flights, the Air National Guard would use them as designated FOBs, specifically the one in La Paz (though Cabo San Lucas would also house Texas aircraft).
The three divisions of the first field army of the Texas Army National Guard occupied Puerto Penasco as a hard line of defense to prevent Californian troops from entering Mexico. Mobile sams would be put around the city and also coastal defense would be set up on the beaches. The Air National Guard would fly in elements of the Maritime National Guard who would prepare to transport five battalions across the Gulf of California. The Air National Guard would maintain constant air cover and continue regular patrols of the area with its F-22s and a larger number of F-16s who were fully equipped with their ASMs. The remaining convoy of soldiers, who would have continual air cover from the front, flanks, and back, would advance to San Luis Rio Colorado and then to Mexicali.
Reforms and why they fail...
in Open National RP
Posted · Edited by PresidentDavid
Also all of what you said sounds about right Eva. I'm just not sure if we can ever merge again as one community. You have the people that are like "ARHHHHHHHHHHHH TRIYUN CENT. EVA TOXIC PLAYERS, WATCH ME SHOVE THIS &$/@? UP MY &@$ . TOXIC PLAYERS AH AH AHHHH NO THEYRE EVIL OMG THEY SAID SOMETHING IM GOING TO BASH MY HEAD THROUGH A WALL" and then you have CNRP that is like "Yes our RP has a pulse of a 90 year old man that is in a vegetative state. Yes our RPers are in denial that our game is almost perfect. Yes I know we won't admit that we need the little guy to have a fun RP. Yes yes I understand that players don't want to be in the world run by an oligarchy. Oh and of course if we changed a few of our rules we could see a reemergence of a united community. That all makes sense, but I mean, if we do that then that means we have to reason with TBM and Mogar and we are simply just above doing such a thing."
This is all just like a really bad drama where both sides of the story are severely flawed and there is no "good guy". I hope we get a united community again.