In the Pit Bull's Backyard

[Captain Enema]

[b]Port Sudan[/b]

The Legion Navy having come on line fully sets course to Legion France as its first port of call. A single Legion Helicopter Carrier, the LNS Fury, is sent to make a local port of call. With the LNS Fury are four corvettes to assist the larger ship with local security and over the beach operations.

[King Timmy]

The German missile barrage had knocked out 75% of the fixed English radar capability, leaving black spots all across the nation. Portable positions were brought online to cover most of the gaps. Anti missile systems had destroyed approximately 20% of the inbound missiles. The vast amount the Germans fired had proved too much for the AMS to cope with, it was a miracle that 20% had even been destroyed.

All across England the military began to prepare for defensive battles. Forward operating bases were being erected in parallel with the line the Germans had created from Portsmouth to Ramsgate. Troops were organized into divisions of 10,000 men. Approximately 400,000 soldiers remained after the initial strike. The 40 divisions would be rapidly deployed across England. Half would be sent directly to the front line. They would be highly outnumbered but would have their home advantage and would fight to the very last man. The remaining soldiers would be deployed to Wales and Scotland along with their armoured vehicles and artillery.

Remaining military vehicle numbers were estimated to be the following:
4,000 Challenger III's
4,000 Warrior III's
4,000 Imperial Justice Rocket Artillery Systems
4,000 Imperial Justice Long Range Mobile Anti Air Systems
4,000 Thor Self Propelled Artillery Systems
4,000 Starstreak Mobile Anti Air System (Vehicle Mounted)

In the airforce, the loss had been much worse. Approximately half had been destroyed. 25% of all fighter aircraft had been wiped out in the first strike from the Germans. The same was true for the English bomber contingent. They would both have very little part to play in this war. However, the Army Air Corps (AAC) had received next to no casualties due to the fact their bases had somehow eluded most of the barrage as they had no air strips. All in all 200 AH-1 Apaches and 200 AH-2 Comanches remained in service, a loss of only 10%. 400 Merlins, Lynx Wildcats and Chinooks also remained in service totaling a loss of 13% so far.

The AAC was the last remaining hope for the English defence. 150 AH-1 Apaches and 100 AH-2 Comanches would be deployed immediately to the front lines. They would fly low and hard attempting to avoid enemy radar. The advanced stealth of the Comanche would be used to it's advantage. Penetrating enemy lines would be it's goal. Once past enemy lines it would locate targets for both artillery and Apaches depending on the size and nature of the target. The Apache would primarily be used for anti-armour roles with the artillery, both rocket and conventional, would be used on enemy lines and structures. They would patrol the line flying below enemy radar until they were required to go beyond it.

From Southampton to Southend-on-sea a defensive was forming. The Royal Signals began to use satellite imagery to find where the mainstay of German forces were landing. Communicating across encrypted hardwired channels from base to base they began to co-ordinate with the Royal Artillery.

200 Imperial Justice Rocket Artillery Systems were already in range of the German lines. They would target whatever buildings looked to be used as German headquarters, attempting to disrupt the invasion as much as was humanly possible. They would not fire until they knew the civilian population was not at risk however. Emergency broadcasts were made for all civilians to remain in their houses or take refuge in subways. And they did so. All across southern England people rushed home or into cover. This caused congestion but in the time it had taken for the Germans to land their troops the streets had emptied. The artillery opened fire, 400 missiles were fired in all, targeting what looked to be central to the German command as well as the front line of German troops.

Troops began to occupy and empty residential buildings across the line of defence. The residents would be evacuated into the countryside, well away from harm. Large apartment towers, office buildings and such would provide cover and lookout for the troops on the ground. Houses with clear line of sight to the south would be armed with machine-guns, anti-armour and portable anti-air systems. The Royal Armoured would attempt to conceal their tanks and artillery below cover until such a time as they were needed. Starstreak Systems and Imperial Justice Long Range Mobile Anti Air Systems would begin targeting the German Air force. All civilain flights were grounded and all nations were advised not to enter English airspace as there was a very high risk of being shot down. Using what advanced radar they had left the anti-air systems opened fire on just about anything they could find. It would give away their position but it might strike a blow, no matter how small, to the German Air Force and let them know it was not going to be as simple as a walk in the park. What little fighters there were left took off, approximately 270 remained that had sufficient runways to take off. The rest of the remaining aircraft would need to wait for runway repairs to be complete. The Royal Engineers were on that task immediately.

England was ready to defend itself, no matter how dire the situation seemed. The government evacuated to bunkers for their protection. From there they would direct the war effort as best they could. This was not going to be easy.

Meanwhile in the North Atlantic a single ASBM submarine began to prepare to fire from a submerged position. The rest of the 18 submarine strong fleet would remain submerged and silent running until such a time as they were needed. Co-ordinating again with the Royal Signals via satellite they would target the German Fleet, going firstly for Aircraft carriers and then anything else. 24 missiles were systematically launched each with 12 warheads. 4 warheads would be targeted at each ship.

Treaty partners were contacted though secure channels:

[quote]To: Finland
From: England

Our nation has been attacked by the Germanic Union. Requesting you activate our MDP and provide any and all assistance that you can, especially militarily.

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of England[/quote]

Message to the world:

"England has been attacked by the ruthless villains of the Germanic Union. The attack came not 24 hours after the attack on the English base in Finland. Why has the entire world suddenly decided to attack us, we do not know. But we know this, we will not take this lying on our backs. We will not let the Germans simply stroll into England and take it as their captor. We will fight until we can fight no more. We will push back the Germans across the seas they crossed. We will defend the English people and their liberty and repel the forces that seek to take it from them. England will prevail, make no mistake."

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of England

Edited September 7, 2011 by King Timmy

[Triyun]

[b]Classified:[/b]

In response to German aggression against England the UFE has moved its European forces to high alert.

[b]Dispatch to Germany:[/b]

Our Ambassador demands to meet with your leaders about a matter of grave concern.

[Captain Enema]

[b]Port Sudan[/b]

Legion Forces are put on standby for immediate deployment to Europe should it prove needed to fend off the German menace, once again.

[Kaiser Martens]

Foch-Glassermann and Lange immediately moved to meet the Chinese Ambassador.

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[quote]The German missile barrage had knocked out 75% of the fixed English radar capability, leaving black spots all across the nation. Portable positions were brought online to cover most of the gaps. Anti missile systems had destroyed approximately 20% of the inbound missiles. The vast amount the Germans fired had proved too much for the AMS to cope with, it was a miracle that 20% had even been destroyed.[/quote]

Data from the missiles indicated a similar scenario on Germanian side, although how much of England was blinded was a matter of some speculation. In any case, the performance of the enemy defences was better than expected. But either way the missiles would have sat rotting if not fired - in fact, slightly above 1% failed due to being so old. It was using them then or dismantling them. VDL missiles were almost over, many Germanian missiles were still there, people in the Rocketry Corps were optimistic, and more were being built as time passed - more everything, from tanks and missiles to small arms and medical aid items. Germania had an insane stack of most goods for war, but they weren't about to push their luck by being too lax.

[quote]All across England the military began to prepare for defensive battles. Forward operating bases were being erected in parallel with the line the Germans had created from Portsmouth to Ramsgate. Troops were organized into divisions of 10,000 men. Approximately 400,000 soldiers remained after the initial strike. The 40 divisions would be rapidly deployed across England. Half would be sent directly to the front line. They would be highly outnumbered but would have their home advantage and would fight to the very last man. The remaining soldiers would be deployed to Wales and Scotland along with their armoured vehicles and artillery.

Remaining military vehicle numbers were estimated to be the following:
4,000 Challenger III's
4,000 Warrior III's
4,000 Imperial Justice Rocket Artillery Systems
4,000 Imperial Justice Long Range Mobile Anti Air Systems
4,000 Thor Self Propelled Artillery Systems
4,000 Starstreak Mobile Anti Air System (Vehicle Mounted)

From Southampton to Southend-on-sea a defensive was forming. The Royal Signals began to use satellite imagery to find where the mainstay of German forces were landing. Communicating across encrypted hardwired channels from base to base they began to co-ordinate with the Royal Artillery.

200 Imperial Justice Rocket Artillery Systems were already in range of the German lines. They would target whatever buildings looked to be used as German headquarters, attempting to disrupt the invasion as much as was humanly possible. They would not fire until they knew the civilian population was not at risk however. Emergency broadcasts were made for all civilians to remain in their houses or take refuge in subways. And they did so. All across southern England people rushed home or into cover. This caused congestion but in the time it had taken for the Germans to land their troops the streets had emptied. The artillery opened fire, 400 missiles were fired in all, targeting what looked to be central to the German command as well as the front line of German troops.

Troops began to occupy and empty residential buildings across the line of defence. The residents would be evacuated into the countryside, well away from harm. Large apartment towers, office buildings and such would provide cover and lookout for the troops on the ground. Houses with clear line of sight to the south would be armed with machine-guns, anti-armour and portable anti-air systems. The Royal Armoured would attempt to conceal their tanks and artillery below cover until such a time as they were needed. Starstreak Systems and Imperial Justice Long Range Mobile Anti Air Systems would begin targeting the German Air force. All civilain flights were grounded and all nations were advised not to enter English airspace as there was a very high risk of being shot down. Using what advanced radar they had left the anti-air systems opened fire on just about anything they could find. It would give away their position but it might strike a blow, no matter how small, to the German Air Force and let them know it was not going to be as simple as a walk in the park. What little fighters there were left took off, approximately 270 remained that had sufficient runways to take off. The rest of the remaining aircraft would need to wait for runway repairs to be complete. The Royal Engineers were on that task immediately.
[/quote]

Due to the velocity required in the following operations, the Germanian High Command was not able to sit back and properly analyze what was happened. Instead, each General in the field sticked to their planes, doctrines, and previously issued orders. Sure, they had realtime images from scout rockets, satellites, scouts and drones available, but at this point, initiative was the key as opposed to a very centralized approach. The directive was to march forwards to the north before the English could afford to properly organize. [i]"Drang nach Norden!"[/i]

The result, given the (then unknown) fact that the English had commited only 200k troops to the Southern Front, was that these troops were outnumbered. Probably, they might not be too well organized, and if they were to attempt to cover such a broad line with such few troops, against the Germans' 540kish Soldiers (Not counting other elements), spearheads could be made with the Armored Elements to stab through. At least, that was the idea.

As the Germanian Forces were divided in three main groups which had several other groups within, English data at first was conflicting, as far as deployment was concerned, finding the "Heavy Point" of the Germanian Deployment seemed to be a futile exercise, but soon enough it would become obvious that they had merely deployed in a fairly balanced manner - that was clear. The Germanians realized that the English hadn't been able to deploy quickly enough, the Defensive Line established had given them more than enough room to maneuver, after all.

But, there was another reason to move on. The English were firing rockets at the Germanian Vanguard Units and to many occupied buildings. The Germanians were using mobile HQs, so the strikes on the buildings actually for the most part only managed to kill some leftover civilians now and then. The Commanders made it a point not to ever stay on the same spot for long, else they would be targetted by the ongoing rocket barrages. But that would not last for long, they hoped - the Heavy 210mm SPGs and a compliment of submarine-based rockets would fire back towards the zones from which the rockets came from, to destroy the English Artillery units. They would have to fire and then move, to avoid the counterbattery.

Of course, the forwards elements wouldn't simply move [i]around[/i]. The same means of operation seen in the landing continued, the English Lines were first assaulted by discardable, cheap armored recon vehicles and recon tankettes, then the Rocket Artillery and 155mm SPGs would start targetting the enemies. Even the Tank Destroyers and Main Battle Tanks would start targetting the English Forces from afar - from where they could not, in fact, be seen nor detected - relying solely on the scout's data for targetting from seemingly impossible distances. Basically, for the English troops, the scenario was seeing a few puny tanks zipping around the battlefield, and then, fire from above would start raining down with surprising accuracy. That was just for softening them up - then, the Main Battle Tanks, the Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers and other vehicles would storm forwards supported by further Artillery and IFV fire. It wasn't fair, the Germanian Troops would not only outnumber the English but would be most of the time fresh condition, whereas the English would have been receiving continuous fire for a while without being able to reply with accuracy. In some cases, non-ballistic homing MIRV missiles from the Mainland were used to hit some of those long-range Rocket Artillery Units, that were so far the only relevant threat to be faced, as far as the General Staff was concerned. The Einherjar and Valkyrie themselves stormed the part of the line of defense which covered for London, bringing with them several next-generation prototype vehicles as well as the modernized MBTs. The tanks wanted to go past the defences to raid the rear areas, and surround the foes. And with numbers and information on their side, they were eager for more.

On the air, the still somewhat-functional Air Defenses were a matter of some concern for von Danzig. The remaining static detection arrays and static ADs would be targetted quickly by further missiles, so as to finish blinding the English, and then the Fighters would remain in a very high altitude so to avoid being hit by the mobile AD. Although it would be tempting to bring in the huge air superiority number-wise to weight down the English Fighters, Feliks was conservative and used around the same numbers of Fighters for engaging them, maybe with 15% more. While all of this happened, the Bombers, escorted, divided in two groups, one to assist the Push to London by hunting MBTs and Artillery Systems from very, very high above so as to be out of range of the AD too, which either way should have a hard time seeing them if they were any closer too. Two, prowling England to hit the rest of the air facilities, including some which appeared to have men trying to fix them. The idea was that, even if the English Fighters performed reasonably well, they wouldn't be able to replace their losses, and, ultimately, would have no place to land for resupplying.

When most was said and done, the General Staff approved. [i]"Alright. Good. We have our numeric superiority but let's not waste it by blindly charging. Yes, keep using all of our recon units. Then we can shoot THEM before they can fire back...good, all is going as planned. It is time to break through past their line. Surround them in clusters and then reduce them. Prepare our MOAB ICBMS, if some spots are hard to breach, we will use them to great effect...proceed. Let us see how the Einherjar and Valkyrie new Heavy Tanks perform. Send them first, by our estimations their guns won't be able to destroy them. After all, their current guns are like our old guns, and our old guns couldn't do the job. Forwards now. Have reinforcements ready."[/i] - Gebivson-Mannelig


[quote]In the airforce, the loss had been much worse. Approximately half had been destroyed. 25% of all fighter aircraft had been wiped out in the first strike from the Germans. The same was true for the English bomber contingent. They would both have very little part to play in this war. However, the Army Air Corps (AAC) had received next to no casualties due to the fact their bases had somehow eluded most of the barrage as they had no air strips. All in all 200 AH-1 Apaches and 200 AH-2 Comanches remained in service, a loss of only 10%. 400 Merlins, Lynx Wildcats and Chinooks also remained in service totaling a loss of 13% so far.

The AAC was the last remaining hope for the English defence. 150 AH-1 Apaches and 100 AH-2 Comanches would be deployed immediately to the front lines. They would fly low and hard attempting to avoid enemy radar. The advanced stealth of the Comanche would be used to it's advantage. Penetrating enemy lines would be it's goal. Once past enemy lines it would locate targets for both artillery and Apaches depending on the size and nature of the target. The Apache would primarily be used for anti-armour roles with the artillery, both rocket and conventional, would be used on enemy lines and structures. They would patrol the line flying below enemy radar until they were required to go beyond it.[/quote]

That was a slight setback. Although some helipads were targetted - where airstrips were also present - it definately made sense for the bulk of the Helicopters to have survived. They didn't, after all, [i]need[/i] to have any helipads, but rather just a flat surface. The Germanian Response was twofold, they'd firstly send 50 of their Combat Helicopters to England, and at the same time alert their Fighters of the new threat. The English Helicopter Force was estimated to be from 200 to 300 strong, so 21 Fighter Squadrons (147 Planes) were reassigned to Helicopter Hunting - they would be death from above. A helicopter was an easy target for them, but due to their low-flying they needed to be careful, spot them from above and then fire - they couldn't afford to descend to meet the helicopters head on, where they'd be at a disadvantage. Germanian Forces' Ground Air Defences were alerted promptly.

[quote]Meanwhile in the North Atlantic a single ASBM submarine began to prepare to fire from a submerged position. The rest of the 18 submarine strong fleet would remain submerged and silent running until such a time as they were needed. Co-ordinating again with the Royal Signals via satellite they would target the German Fleet, going firstly for Aircraft carriers and then anything else. 24 missiles were systematically launched each with 12 warheads. 4 warheads would be targeted at each ship.[/quote]

OOC: You appear to have 2 navy vessels ingame, how does this translate to 18 subs? Oh, and, my "air carriers" are in fact submarines that just happen to have the ability to deploy one fighter each. So you wouldn't target them, although I'll do the common-sense thing and assume you're targetting the surface vessels with the missiles, if that is alright. Also, what are the missiles like?

IC: On the surface, the Skjöld Boats determined that they were being attacked by missiles. They did not know which kind of missiles these were, the common missiles could be avoided simply by placing their engines on full power and moving out of the way quickly. The ASBM launch was detected also by satellites, so they had a double warning to do things as quickly as possible. From the Mainland, to the source of the ASBM launch, one specialized Anti Ship Missile was launched, but needless to say, sending submarines after this distant target would be no option. For now. The High Command determined that if the English were able to do this, they must still have reasonable control of their satellites...Germanian Internet closed down, isolated itself from the rest of the world, cyberwarfare started as military hackers started to try and further disrupt English communications, using each and every method from simple spam-bombing all the way to complicated custom-made virus. That was not enough, more physical destruction was needed - anything that looked like an antenna or dish good enough to make contact with the satellites would be targetted by further missiles and rockets.

Over in the sea, the Skjöld boats stood by, in case that the Missiles would be able to track them, if they were sufficiently advanced, they would have enough time to stop, aim, and fire back at them to try and simply shoot them out of the sky. But there were a lot of warheads, it would be quite tricky. If possible, Fighters would be ordered to try and intercept the missiles, using jamming and circuit-frying technology if they could. Casualties were expected, and unavoidable. Well, more boats were moving in anyway - Skjöld Spam! - Maybe some of these new boats would get to the area in time to intercept some of the warheads, in spite of these not having targetted them.

A few more, further reserve of Skjöld Boats would converge upon Faroe and then join the fray.

[quote]
Message to the world:

"England has been attacked by the ruthless villains of the Germanic Union. The attack came not 24 hours after the attack on the English base in Finland. Why has the entire world suddenly decided to attack us, we do not know. But we know this, we will not take this lying on our backs. We will not let the Germans simply stroll into England and take it as their captor. We will fight until we can fight no more. We will push back the Germans across the seas they crossed. We will defend the English people and their liberty and repel the forces that seek to take it from them. England will prevail, make no mistake."

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of England [/quote]

van den Meer read it and said, "Yes. They will defend the [i]English[/i] people alright. Anglocentric exploiting of downtrodden Welsh and Scots will however end. I wonder what Ireland will think of this."

[Aggressivenutmeg]

[b]Scotland,
British Isles[/b]

After three days of sailing, the Norwegians had reached Scotland. With the English military otherwise occupied with the Germans in the South, Jarl Kane was expecting little trouble on his conquest. His force had been divided into three parts. 500 men had sailed to the Shetlands, due to their small population; this was more than enough to maintain control of the Islands temporarily. A further 500 men had sailed to the Orkneys. Like the Shetlands, the Orkneys had only a small population, easy pickings for the Vikings. The final 1500 men would land on the Scottish mainland. 1000 men, including Jarl Kane and his [i]Hird[/i], would land on a long wide, beach just north of the major centre of Wick. If Wick and its harbour and airport could be taken, then it would be easy to get supplies from Kane’s allies back in Norway. Another 500 men would land around Thurso, a major centre in the North, with roads linking it to the mother main targets of Kane’s invasion.

The troops would be lightly equipped. In the Islands of the north, they would be armed with small arms and man portable surface to air missiles. On the mainland, they would also be armed with anti-armour weapons, mainly RPGs, but they did have a few ATGMs. As well as that, the troops would be prepared to manufacture IEDs if it came to that. The only vehicles they would have with them, would be commandeered civilian cars and trucks, but also some armed and armoured SUVs brought with them from Norway. Any british army vehicles they could capture would also be used against the enemy.

[Centurius]

OOC: Just a note KM the casualties in your war posts seem relatively low and some lines do border on metagaming. Please watch this in the future.

IC:

As the Slavorussians weren't the ones pushing on the Hellenic Forces prepared earlier would be pulled back to their bases as Athens had no issue with the English themselves. Both parties were informed Hellenic airspace, ground and waters were closed to military units of combatants and that Athens would remain neutral in the conflict. The embassy in London was mostly evacuated with only the ambassador and a minimal amount of civilians staying. High Guard would also be reduced from the normal amount to a bare minimum. The different consulates throughout England were completely closed. Notice was given to the English that this was not cutting diplomatic relations but simply for the protection of diplomatic personnel. In line with the English warning that safety could not be guaranteed all aircraft registered to Athenian corporations would avoid English space. English tourists as they could not return home had the option to either go to the English embassy and secure a way back home or stay in hotel rooms paid for by the Athenian government for the duration of the conflict.

[Captain Enema]

Legion France:

The LNS Fury and its four escorts dock in Calais. Orders are given to replenish and to stay on standby to begin humanitarian operations.

[King Timmy]

OOC: lol sorry, I thought I had three subs IG and got a bit confused with the multipliers, should be 6 not 18

The missiles are like a Trident II, 12 warheads each. MIRV separates the warheads in the atmosphere which then go for a kinetic energy kill, no explosives conventional or nuclear.

I didn't realize you had no real carriers so yea just surface vessels.

I'll also get a reply up either later today or tomorrow.

Also as far as I'm concerned my troops are fully mobilized and not disorganized no matter how many time you say they are.

Also also if you read more carefully you'll see I said

[quote]The artillery opened fire, 400 missiles were fired in all, targeting [b]what looked to be central to the German command [/b]as well as the [b]front line of German troops[/b].[/quote]

Yet you didn't mention a single casualty.

Edited September 8, 2011 by King Timmy

[King Timmy]

[quote name='Aggressivenutmeg' timestamp='1315478007' post='2796748']
[b]Scotland,
British Isles[/b]

After three days of sailing, the Norwegians had reached Scotland. With the English military otherwise occupied with the Germans in the South, Jarl Kane was expecting little trouble on his conquest. His force had been divided into three parts. 500 men had sailed to the Shetlands, due to their small population; this was more than enough to maintain control of the Islands temporarily. A further 500 men had sailed to the Orkneys. Like the Shetlands, the Orkneys had only a small population, easy pickings for the Vikings. The final 1500 men would land on the Scottish mainland. 1000 men, including Jarl Kane and his [i]Hird[/i], would land on a long wide, beach just north of the major centre of Wick. If Wick and its harbour and airport could be taken, then it would be easy to get supplies from Kane’s allies back in Norway. Another 500 men would land around Thurso, a major centre in the North, with roads linking it to the mother main targets of Kane’s invasion.

The troops would be lightly equipped. In the Islands of the north, they would be armed with small arms and man portable surface to air missiles. On the mainland, they would also be armed with anti-armour weapons, mainly RPGs, but they did have a few ATGMs. As well as that, the troops would be prepared to manufacture IEDs if it came to that. The only vehicles they would have with them, would be commandeered civilian cars and trucks, but also some armed and armoured SUVs brought with them from Norway. Any british army vehicles they could capture would also be used against the enemy.
[/quote]
Satellites had identified the occupants of ships bound for Scotland as unknown soldiers. Rather than ask any questions, Naval Command decided it would be more prudent to simply take care of the situation more subtly.

The 1,000 men who sailed to the Orkneys and Shetlands were in for a rather large surprise. Both sets of islands were in fact military bases. I bet they would have felt stupid had they found this out, however they would not have time to land and see their stupidity. The aptly named Astute class submarine HMS Astute was on hand to take care of the belligerent "vikings". Their sonar had been tracking the ships as they neared English waters.

The same was true for the ships bound for the Scottish mainland. HMS Ambush, which was also an Astute class submarine, had tracked each vessel.

Once in range the submarines opened fire. HMS Astute fired a full spread of three torpedos at the ship heading for the Orkneys and used three hypersonic anti-ship missiles for the ship heading for the Shetlands as it was further away. HMS Ambush fired three torpedos at the ship going to Thurso and three hypersonic anti-ship missiles at the ship heading for Wick. They would hopefully all be destroyed before they knew what had happened.

Hopefully this had ended the "viking invasion" of England.

The following statement was issued:

"It should be made known that any other nation that attempts to land troops in England shall meet the same fate that is about to befall those who have just been intercepted off the coast of Scotland. If the origin of any invading force is recognized we shall retaliate with the full strength of the English Military."

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of England.

Edited September 8, 2011 by King Timmy

[Centurius]

OOC: Timmy, Aggressivenutmeg will have to post his own casualties. You can't say his invasion was killed off just like that.

[King Timmy]

[quote name='Centurius' timestamp='1315503070' post='2796899']
OOC: Timmy, Aggressivenutmeg will have to post his own casualties. You can't say his invasion was killed off just like that.
[/quote]
OOC: Yea I know. I'm not saying they're destroyed yet, just intercepted. In my eyes I can say the invasion is over surely

[Centurius]

[quote name='King Timmy' timestamp='1315503164' post='2796900']
OOC: Yea I know. I'm not saying they're destroyed yet, just intercepted. In my eyes I can say the invasion is over surely
[/quote]

OOC: Well the issue is it was written in the narrative. I'd like to ask you to edit out those lines or at least show they are hypothetical.

[King Timmy]

[quote name='Centurius' timestamp='1315503438' post='2796904']
OOC: Well the issue is it was written in the narrative. I'd like to ask you to edit out those lines or at least show they are hypothetical.
[/quote]
No worries, done and done.

[quote name='PresidentDavid' timestamp='1315309721' post='2795801']
[b]Public[/b]

A message was given from Chief Diplomat Susan O'Neil right as the sun began to rise. Members of the press began flashing their cameras as she quickly stood up to the podium, "It seems something has developed off the coast of England. We can't tell you for sure what is happening at this moment since we are still getting intel however it seems no aggressive moves are being made towards the United States. I'm sorry if the sirens or jets woke any of you up this morning however we need them in the air in case anyone tries pulling a fast one on us. I advise that fishermen take the day off in the Irish Sea and those who fish in the Western Isles try to only do so in the north." An eager news representative raised his hand. Nearly none of them cared about England at this point. Scotland - where many of the people in the Western Isles had descendents was what everyone was worried about.

"Chief O'Neil, do you know anything about Scotland? How are they doing? Are the boys in the Western Isles ready for war?"

Susan rubbed her face. This news reporter was that one that never shut up - the one that asked the questions that aggravated you. "As I said before we are not sure as of this moment however I can promise that we are ready for any attack against the United States. If need be we will be ready to move peace troops into Scotland as soon as possible. Thank you all for your time, I need to get back to work."
[/quote]

*** Classified ***

The English Government was very surprised that this had been a public transmission, it also seemed that no one else in the world had noticed. Troops on the west cost of Scotland were put at the ready to launch a counter strike should the slightest movement be made towards their shores.

Conventional missiles had their sights honed in on every military stronghold in the USI. The smallest movement towards English shores would result in the systematic, cataclysmic destruction of every USI military asset. To go along with the strike an expeditionary force was being prepared to take advantage of the distraction in southern England. Not a single soul alive would expect anything so stupid, which is quite possibly why it was such a brilliant plan. All eyes would be on the war with Germany, while the USI was taken in a single assault. It would be blitzkrieg warfare, move hard and fast not giving the Islanders (OOC: Is that what they're called?) a chance to blink before their homeland fell back into the hands of it's rightful owners.

In fact, it was still a possibility whether or not they attacked first. Time would tell the fate of the USI...

Edited September 8, 2011 by King Timmy

[Rauchen]

*Classified*
With the destruction of the English military base and the opening of hostilities between Germania and England, an emergency meeting was called in the royal palace in Riga. In the meantime, the Kurlandic armed forces were raised to Alert Level 2, maximum readiness.

The meeting consisted of the highest pertinent officials and the top military officials; King Alaric, Chancellor Schräder, Defense Minister Sigifrid Protz, Generalfeldmarschall Emelrich von Reval, Generaloberst Luitger Habach, Commandant Heinrich von Hessen, Luftmarschall Eadgar Klein, and Intelligence Director Wilhelm Sommer were all present in a conference room off to the side of a communications center constructed beneath the palace. Alaric sat at the head of the table, with Schräder to the left and Emelrich to the right, and the rest of the officers and officials seated along each side. A massive computer screen was inset into the wall opposite Alaric's seat, which showed a map of the British Isles and the northern coast of France.

With the belated arrival of Director Sommer, the meeting began; Emelrich stood, gathered his papers, and walked around the table to the wall computer, a touch screen, and cleared his throat. "Your Majesty. Gentlemen. Recently, as you are aware, the Slavorussians launched a missile strike on an English military base in Finland." He tapped the screen, and an inset map of Finland with the English base highlighted appeared. "Shortly after, the Germans launched an attack on England proper. Our liaisons indicate that they've had a certain degree of success, though they are likely still securing their beachhead." Emelrich typed something in on the regular-sized keyboard set below the screen; gray outlines of ships, indicating the German Kriegsmarine, appeared along the southern coast of England, with arrows pointing towards Portsmouth and other locations. "Meanwhile, Russian forces have occupied Porkkala, and, as far as we can tell, signed a ceasefire with England." He tapped again, and the inset map vanished. "So far, much of the conflict has been missile exchanges and battles for air superiority, but I expect it will become increasingly ground-based as the Germans push further on.

"Additionally," Field Marshal von Reval continued, tapping the screen to bring up a small blip near the northern isles, "England has released a public statement indicating that a token force of unknown origin has been intercepted near Orkney, but this is unlikely to have any real effect on the outcome of the war, unless this force was the leading edge of a second invasion." He looked directly at Alaric and said, "We need to develop an official stance on this situation, at the very least, and explore possible courses of action."


Alaric, who was propping himself up by his elbows, hands folded together beneath his chin, was silent for a moment. At length, he replied, "Germania are our brothers, and we will support our brothers."

"How so?" Minister Sigifrid Protz, sitting a few seats down from him, asked, leaning forward to see the king's face.

"I'm open to suggestions," Alaric replied, leaning back and folding his hands behind his head and looking around expectantly.

Air Marshal Eadgar Klein, commander of the Luftwaffe, spoke up first. "Germania already rules the waves, and in a war on an island, that is a crucial advantage. The German assault and the English defense are roughly evenly matched in terms of ground strength, and air superiority is still a toss-up. The German Luftwaffe would likely appreciate any form of air assistance we can give them. I propose that we send a number of fighters to offer tactical aid to the Germans."

"[i]Nicht genug,[/i]" Generaloberst Habach of the Army said before Alaric could reply. "We should deploy ground forces immediately, open up a new front and take some stress off of the German invasion. The more spread out the English army is, the less effective its defense will be."

"Your Majesty," Commandant von Hessen said, latching on to Habach's suggestion with an eager gleam in his eye. "The SKS is ready to deploy at a moment's notice. Just say the word, and fifteen thousand marines will embark to tear England a new !@#$%^&."

Alaric cast a bemused grin at the commandant. "Your recommendations have been noted. Sigismund, would you be so kind as to send a missive to the Germans offering whatever assistance they may need. In the meantime, Heinrich, Eadgar, and Luitger, have your forces on standby."

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[code]Orders Issued
The following units are to transfer to the specified locations in preparation for potential deployment, effective immediately.

3rd Division, Kurlandic Royal Army- Kerpen Army Base, Reval
4th & 5th Divisions, KRA- Hohenlohe Military Installation, Windau
6th Division, KRA; First SKS- Garmr Military Installation, Hapsal
Second SKS- Bassenheim Military Base, Riga

Authorized by
Emelrich von Reval
Generalfeldmarschall[/code]

Twenty F-16s and ten F-111s have been dispatched from previous deployments across Kurland to German air bases around Amsterdam shortly before the following message was sent.


[quote]Encrypted Message to the Germanic Leadership

The Kingdom of Kurland fully supports you, our brother nation, in your conflict with the unstable English regime. We are currently dispatching elements of the Luftwaffe to Amsterdam; should you require assistance in any of your air operations, they will be available. Should you require further assistance, you need but ask, and we shall do what we can to aid you in your efforts to bring true stability and freedom to the British people.

Yours,
Sigismund Schräder
Chancellor [/quote]

[PresidentDavid]

[quote name='King Timmy' timestamp='1315503792' post='2796906']
No worries, done and done.



*** Classified ***

The English Government was very surprised that this had been a public transmission, it also seemed that no one else in the world had noticed. Troops on the west cost of Scotland were put at the ready to launch a counter strike should the slightest movement be made towards their shores.

Conventional missiles had their sights honed in on every military stronghold in the USI. The smallest movement towards English shores would result in the systematic, cataclysmic destruction of every USI military asset. To go along with the strike an expeditionary force was being prepared to take advantage of the distraction in southern England. Not a single soul alive would expect anything so stupid, which is quite possibly why it was such a brilliant plan. All eyes would be on the war with Germany, while the USI was taken in a single assault. It would be blitzkrieg warfare, move hard and fast not giving the Islanders (OOC: Is that what they're called?) a chance to blink before their homeland fell back into the hands of it's rightful owners.

In fact, it was still a possibility whether or not they attacked first. Time would tell the fate of the USI...
[/quote]

[b]Private To The English Government[/b]

I would like to let you know that we are standing down our forces but will stay on guard. I do not want to see the USI brought into this. We now just want to be out of it. Thank you for your time.

Susan O'Neil
[b]Chief Diplomat of The United States[/b]

EDIT

[b]Classified[/b]

Forces loosened their ready grip and quieted down. The Coast Guard moved away from the Scottish Coast and returned to the Western Isles. The Air Force did stay in the air but were not in massive flying patters all at one time.

OOC: And yes they are Islanders. Congratulations you are the first person to ever get it right

Edited September 9, 2011 by PresidentDavid

[Aggressivenutmeg]

[quote name='King Timmy' timestamp='1315502751' post='2796896']
Satellites had identified the occupants of ships bound for Scotland as unknown soldiers. Rather than ask any questions, Naval Command decided it would be more prudent to simply take care of the situation more subtly.

The 1,000 men who sailed to the Orkneys and Shetlands were in for a rather large surprise. Both sets of islands were in fact military bases. I bet they would have felt stupid had they found this out, however they would not have time to land and see their stupidity. The aptly named Astute class submarine HMS Astute was on hand to take care of the belligerent "vikings". Their sonar had been tracking the ships as they neared English waters.

The same was true for the ships bound for the Scottish mainland. HMS Ambush, which was also an Astute class submarine, had tracked each vessel.

Once in range the submarines opened fire. HMS Astute fired a full spread of three torpedos at the ship heading for the Orkneys and used three hypersonic anti-ship missiles for the ship heading for the Shetlands as it was further away. HMS Ambush fired three torpedos at the ship going to Thurso and three hypersonic anti-ship missiles at the ship heading for Wick. They would hopefully all be destroyed before they knew what had happened.

Hopefully this had ended the "viking invasion" of England.
[/quote]

[b]OOC:[/b] I don't think that the Shetlands are in missile range of the Orkneys 'bro, so I wont be posting any casualties from there unless a GM tells me otherwise.

[b]IC:[/b]
The attacks on the fleet were rather devistating. Many of the casualties suffered were from the men drowinging the the icey North Sea. However hundreds still made it to shore. In the Orkneys only 84 of the 500 men made it shore alive, and they were scattered across the islands. They would immediately head for Kirkwall, and from there, branch out to the other settlements on the islands. The forces in the Shetlands, had been hit by anti-ship missiles, as with other ships, only 159 men in life boats had managed to escape. They would regroup around Lerwick. On the mainland, many of the ships were hit. North of Wick only 703 men made it shore of the 1500, they still had plenty of weapons and vehicles, they would immediatly move south to Wick proper. At Thuro, 182 men made it to shore. At all the towns the Norwegians captured, they would detain the local police and any registered gun owners, to prevent any militia resistance. A total of 1213 men were missing presumed dead. Jarl Kane nad most of his [i]hird[/i] had made it to shore, the Huscarls would form the core of the force.

Edited September 10, 2011 by Aggressivenutmeg

[King Timmy]

[quote name='PresidentDavid' timestamp='1315540723' post='2797225']
[b]Private To The English Government[/b]

I would like to let you know that we are standing down our forces but will stay on guard. I do not want to see the USI brought into this. We now just want to be out of it. Thank you for your time.

Susan O'Neil
[b]Chief Diplomat of The United States[/b]

EDIT

[b]Classified[/b]

Forces loosened their ready grip and quieted down. The Coast Guard moved away from the Scottish Coast and returned to the Western Isles. The Air Force did stay in the air but were not in massive flying patters all at one time.

OOC: And yes they are Islanders. Congratulations you are the first person to ever get it right
[/quote]
OOC: That was a classified post, you can't respond to it and suddenly not have troops ready. It's metagaming.

[quote name='Aggressivenutmeg' timestamp='1315552727' post='2797302']
[b]OOC:[/b] I don't think that the Shetlands are in missile range of the Orkneys 'bro, so I wont be posting any casualties from there unless a GM tells me otherwise.

[b]IC:[/b]
The attacks on the fleet were rather devistating. Many of the casualties suffered were from the men drowinging the the icey North Sea. However hundreds still made it to shore. In the Orkneys only, 312 of the 500 men made it shore alive, and they were scattered across the islands. They would immediately head for Kirkwall, and from there, branch out to the other settlements on the islands. The forces in the Shetlands, had been luck enough to not take any histd from British naval froces the 500 men landed at Lerwick, and quickly set up a defenceive pereimeter. On the mainland, many of the ships were hit. North of Wick only 1112 men made it shore of the 1500, they still had plenty of weapons and vehicles, they would immediatly move south to Wick proper. At Thuro, 286 men made it to shore. At all the towns the Norwegians captured, they would detain the local police and any registered gun owners, to prevent any militia resistance. A total of 290 men were missing presumed dead. Jarl Kane nad most of his [i]hird[/i] had made it to shore, the Huscarls would form the core of the force.
[/quote]
OOC: They would be less than 100 miles apart and therefore very much within missile range, please try again with your casualties. How any of your troops managed to reach the shore after being sunk is a mystery to me also. It would have been a devastating attack, not one where 1112 out of 1500 men and all their vehicles survive.

Edited September 9, 2011 by King Timmy

[Centurius]

[quote name='Aggressivenutmeg' timestamp='1315552727' post='2797302']
[b]OOC:[/b] I don't think that the Shetlands are in missile range of the Orkneys 'bro, so I wont be posting any casualties from there unless a GM tells me otherwise.

[b]IC:[/b]
The attacks on the fleet were rather devistating. Many of the casualties suffered were from the men drowinging the the icey North Sea. However hundreds still made it to shore. In the Orkneys only, 312 of the 500 men made it shore alive, and they were scattered across the islands. They would immediately head for Kirkwall, and from there, branch out to the other settlements on the islands. The forces in the Shetlands, had been luck enough to not take any histd from British naval froces the 500 men landed at Lerwick, and quickly set up a defenceive pereimeter. On the mainland, many of the ships were hit. North of Wick only 1112 men made it shore of the 1500, they still had plenty of weapons and vehicles, they would immediatly move south to Wick proper. At Thuro, 286 men made it to shore. At all the towns the Norwegians captured, they would detain the local police and any registered gun owners, to prevent any militia resistance. A total of 290 men were missing presumed dead. Jarl Kane nad most of his [i]hird[/i] had made it to shore, the Huscarls would form the core of the force.
[/quote]

OOC: Timmy is correct on both points, it is well within missile range and the casualties are way too low.

[PresidentDavid]

[quote name='King Timmy' timestamp='1315575171' post='2797377']
OOC: That was a classified post, you can't respond to it and suddenly not have troops ready. It's metagaming.
[/quote]

OOC: I don't think it was partner. Plus I have eyes in the sky, I can see when you begin to mobilize troops. Plus I actually thought you were just going to surrender and then RP the start up of a new nation, I apologize for that miscalculation.

IC:

"The Peace Bill has passed, congratulation everyone." Many members of the House stood and cheered. Robert put up his hands to quiet them down which took only about thirty seconds, "With support from the President and all three parties, I am happy we could pass this bi-partisan (why did that word feel overused to him?) bill. This document of peace signifies that the United States will not engage in hostilities with The United Kingdom unless they attack first, attempt to invade Ireland, or attack an ally of the United States of The Islands. The forces in the Western Isles are ready to protect U.S. soil but are now in a more relaxed state. The Air Force is now just taking simple patrols with a few extra birds in the air. We offer total peace to the British and give neutrality in the current conflict so long as it does not spread to the United States or Ireland."

[b]Private[/b]

The Overlord made sure that the DEFCON level was sat back to four and was ready to switch it to five when total peace had been created.

Edited September 9, 2011 by PresidentDavid

[Kaiser Martens]

OOC: Oh I was just waiting on the clarifications before fixing that, Timmy. I'll deal with it now as a quick fix and stand by for your reply proper, then.
The reason why I said your troops must have been disorganized is because basically you allowed me to take a good chunk of your country before doing anything, and, they seem to be scattering and scrambling to cover different areas of your country instead of having already been deployed at specific points for defence...in spite of having been attacked by Slavorussians hours earlier. I'll take whatever cent decides makes sense concerning this, since I'm obviously biased.

IC:

[quote]Classified-
To Kurland: "We are forwarding encrypted data concerning the tactical-strategic maps obtained by our recon systems to you, to aid your operations, and would like to invite one of your authorities or generals to this operations' base, for his or her eyes only, to aid with further cooperation."[/quote]

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The first Casualty Reports arrived. It was determined that speeding up to avoid the missiles was not a viable tactic unless if the course were to be changed after the activation of the MIRV system, and that the use of redundant fire against the boats made it difficult to intercept all four charges. The result was that 35 Boats were Sunk, while other 20 were damaged to different degrees and had to go back to safe haven. This came as no dissapointing in spite of the high effectivity of the missiles...in the next few hours, the last of the Skjöld Reserves would enter to replace the losses. (OOC: Did I calculate this right? It should basically mean that the missiles hit, for the most part, and did their job)

This war so far seemed to be all about missiles. The 400ish that had been shot by the Artillery towards the troops had a measurable effect on the troops, which, due to being notified of the launches early on were able to for the most part move out of the way or otherwise take cover. But what that meant is that some of the elements of the frontline were unable to push on to attack, delaying the Germanian Frontline while the others would catch up. Still, around 5000 men/units would be disabled by the rockets. A few of them were intercepted by AD, but they were too many to make a big impact. (OOC: Does that sound reasonable either? Correct me otherwise, cent.)

This got some men in trouble however, as they were supposed to have been attacking, so with Gebivson-Mannelig's guns pointing to their backs, the attack is quickly resumed, as planned.

[Rauchen]

*Classified*
SKS Commandant Heinrich von Hessen, his aide, and a handful of communications and intelligence officers were sent to the Germanic base of operations in a government C-12. As the small plane took off, the designated units were preparing to embark. The SKS and army units, combined, totaled 65,000 soldiers with 650 tanks and supporting armored vehicles, artillery, and helicopters. Of the tanks, 500 were the standard M1 Abrams, but 150 were Leopard IVs imported from Germania.

Having received intelligence reports indicating that the English were favoring missile strikes at present, hundreds of military transports and painted civilian craft were assembled not only to transport the Kurlandic army, but also to serve as decoys; only one in three of the ships to be deployed would actually carry military personnel or hardware. The ships were launched from Reval, Riga, Windau, and Hapsal, all headed west; they would go through the Øresund into the Nordsee, and make their way to the east coast of England.

Upon arriving at the Germanic operations base, Commandant von Hessen would request Germanic warships to escort the transport fleet once it was clear of the Baltic, in order to prevent hit-and-run strikes by unaccounted-for English submarines.

The Kurlandic fighters stationed in Amsterdam would begin launching air ops in support of the German aircraft in two alternating groups, unofficially referred to as Air Groups A and B. Each group would consist of ten F-16s and five F-111s; Group A would deploy first, while Group B transferred to German-occupied Portsmouth. As Group A ran low on fuel or ammo, they would return to base and resupply while Group B launched its ops. The primary target of the fighters were the English helicopters, though the pilots were authorized to engage targets of opportunity; radar stations, both portable and fixed, military infrastructure, and armor units. The F-111s were to drop their payloads on English military positions wherever possible. The pilots were to avoid any overly-risky attacks. Kurlandic Luftwaffe decals were based off of the Germanic Luftwaffe's, so they could easily be mistaken as German reserve aircraft.

[Zoot Zoot]

Three Astutes stationed in in the northern most edge of the North Sea were ordered to sail into the North Sea proper. With no SOSUS network in place it would be relativly easy to accomplish with as they were the same hull type as the known British Submarine Fleet, with the same armaments, it would make things much easier and less dangerous. Using their towed 2076 sonar array, the Kurdlandic Fleet was quickly identified as it sailed into the Skagerrak gap between Denmark and Norway.

SATOPS had been ordered to watch over the European Theatre incase it escalated when it had detected the masses of ships being brought together in Kurland. On further observation and monitering the ships, SATOPS was able to pinpoint the shipping carrying the military hardware and which were not.

This information was forwarded to the leading Astute via low frequency transmission to the floating wire which then, via a second low frequency transmission forwarded it to MI6 in Vauxhall, London to British military intelligence. Whilst it would not say who it was from, it would state the information was from a state friendly to the British cause.

Two Astutes moved into position and lay in wait along the projected route of the Kurdlandic taskforce and sat in utter silence after that transmission was sent. Sat deep 500 meters beneath the thermal layer, they were practically undetectable. The third Astute remained in the Northern quarter of the North Sea in the vicinity of the Shetland Islands.

Edited September 10, 2011 by Zoot Zoot

[Captain Enema]

[b]Legion France[/b]

The LNS Fury pulls into port with its four escorts and disembarks its Legion Maritime Battalion and sailors for a bit of shore leave prior to embarking on humanitarian operations when orders come down from Legion Central Command.

[Rauchen]

[quote name='Zoot Zoot' timestamp='1315645861' post='2797957']
Three Astutes stationed in in the northern most edge of the North Sea were ordered to sail into the North Sea proper. With no SOSUS network in place it would be relativly easy to accomplish with as they were the same hull type as the known British Submarine Fleet, with the same armaments, it would make things much easier and less dangerous. Using their towed 2076 sonar array, the Kurdlandic Fleet was quickly identified as it sailed into the Skagerrak gap between Denmark and Norway.

SATOPS had been ordered to watch over the European Theatre incase it escalated when it had detected the masses of ships being brought together in Kurland. On further observation and monitering the ships, SATOPS was able to pinpoint the shipping carrying the military hardware and which were not.

This information was forwarded to the leading Astute via low frequency transmission to the floating wire which then, via a second low frequency transmission forwarded it to MI6 in Vauxhall, London to British military intelligence. Whilst it would not say who it was from, it would state the information was from a state friendly to the British cause.

Two Astutes moved into position and lay in wait along the projected route of the Kurdlandic taskforce and sat in utter silence after that transmission was sent. Sat deep 500 meters beneath the thermal layer, they were practically undetectable. The third Astute remained in the Northern quarter of the North Sea in the vicinity of the Shetland Islands.
[/quote]

OOC: Where is the RP placing those subs in the area? I won't recognize magical subs vanishing from Siberia to appear off the coast of England.

Also, there's only one 'd' in Kurlandic.