Michael McBride Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Director Louis Egon walks out to a podium draped in an emerald cloth, flanked by Supreme General Francis McCutcheon and Secretary of Intelligence Simon Cox. He places a large folder on the podium, clearing his throat and speaking. "Good evening. We have a couple of important announcements concerning our military that I figured I should deliver in person. The first of which is that our military rebuilding is progressing faster than expected. Apparently at the beginning of the civil war, the Generals locked up much of the military hardware in Xaristan in secret bunkers, not wanting it to fall into enemy hands. Unfortunately for government forces, they also locked these codes up and hid them deep within computer systems before fleeing, not informing Kenneth Persons of the code needed to open these bunkers." "Fortunately for my faction, Simon Cox was able to find these files and then crack this code protecting them, and release the hardware in our area, which we used during the retaking of Redemptio. Now that we are here, he and his agents have cracked the rest of the code and we are currently unlocking the rest of this military hardware. After it is checked for sabotage and explosives, it will be returned to active service of defending this nation." "Along with these tanks and planes and other hardware that we are currently freeing up, we have also freed up three other crucial pieces of equipment. Firstly, we have regained control of our satellite and missile defense systems. We now have eyes in space again, and can protect ourselves with the experimental missile defense system, which testing has shown can shoot down up to 30% of incoming missiles." "The second piece of hardware that has been re-engaged is our Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI. This system has an approximately 60% chance to block incoming nuclear warheads fired at, or over, Xaristan. This improvement is essential to our safety as a nation on this continent, where we are in the minority of independent nations." "And this brings me to my third and final announcement regarding military hardware. Today we cracked the code for both our remaining nuclear missiles and nuclear missile silos. We now have full command of the remaining nuclear arsenal from the Federation of Pravus Ingruo." "Finally, I move on the issue of national sovereignty. We understand that we are on the minority on this continent, and that we are seen with skepticism and mistrust by others close to us. I tell you now, we will not tolerate any hostile moves towards our nation. We will attack or use nuclear weapons preemptively should there be a credible and significant threat to our nation. We will not wait to be fired upon first, we will hit you with a first strike. Do not test us on this policy. Our nation was born from the fires of war, like a phoenix, and we will rise again and again to the challenges that face us. It doesn't matter who you are or how strong you are... threaten us or our sovereignty and we will respond to our fullest extent, including nuclear weapons." "The floor is now open to questions." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargun II Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) "Pre-emptive strikes? Are you mad? You're threatening to destabilize the entire goddamned continent! Xaristan is a mad nation run by mad people threatening to use nuclear weapons on other nations as a 'pre-emptive strike' on 'credible and significant threats'. What if you have faulty information? What if you're being played? There are so many things that could possibly go wrong with your mad scheme." Edited June 9, 2009 by Sargun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McBride Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) "Pre-emptive strikes? Are you mad? You're threatening to destabilize the entire goddamned continent!" "Stay in your part of the continent and we'll stay in ours. Give us our space, and no problems will come at all. We will not be bullied by larger powers however." OOC: My response remains the same for the edited post. Edited June 9, 2009 by Pravus Ingruo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkantos Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 "Well, damn, we could be looking at another nuclear war. DO YOU KNOW HOW FREAKIN LONG IT TAKES TO RECOVER FROM THOSE?!?!?!?!?!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manetheren Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 The United States is the largest destabilizing influence on the continent. Your repeated belligerence and unprovoked invasion of Mexico proves this. If the United States was concerned about stability, it would immediately withdraw from Mexico. Not to mention the repeated civil strife in the SRA and elsewhere shows how internally unstable the United States is becoming. On that note, we are glad our friends in Xaristan have rearmed in order that they may to defend themselves against the encroaching United States, which seeks only to conquer and destroy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargun II Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 The United States is the largest destabilizing influence on the continent. Your repeated belligerence and unprovoked invasion of Mexico proves this. If the United States was concerned about stability, it would immediately withdraw from Mexico. Not to mention the repeated civil strife in the SRA and elsewhere shows how internally unstable the United States is becoming.On that note, we are glad our friends in Xaristan have rearmed in order that they may to defend themselves against the encroaching United States, which seeks only to conquer and destroy. Immediately withdraw so that Mexico can lose all American support? Even if it was a mistake, according to you, at this point withdrawing would do more harm than staying. In addition, it was Tahoe's idea to start attacking American troops! Tahoe is more bloodthirsty than the United States - you just haven't had someone to give you the opportunity to throw around a little weight. We won't be threatened by you, Tahoe. Or Xaristan. These threats and subtle hints from you, New Jersey and Tahoe are all designed to 'keep us in line', maybe? No matter. The United States is for preservation of stabilization on this continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkantos Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 The United States is the largest destabilizing influence on the continent. Your repeated belligerence and unprovoked invasion of Mexico proves this. If the United States was concerned about stability, it would immediately withdraw from Mexico. Not to mention the repeated civil strife in the SRA and elsewhere shows how internally unstable the United States is becoming.On that note, we are glad our friends in Xaristan have rearmed in order that they may to defend themselves against the encroaching United States, which seeks only to conquer and destroy. You speak this when you, yourself, invaded Mexico? I have no time for such propoganda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McBride Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 "Well, damn, we could be looking at another nuclear war. DO YOU KNOW HOW FREAKIN LONG IT TAKES TO RECOVER FROM THOSE?!?!?!?!?!?" "Once again, we reiterate that we will only consider using our nuclear weapons when presented with a credible and significant threat from a larger nation. Do not antagonize or bully us, and you have nothing to worry about." "We also thank Tahoe for their continued support and look upon them as a voice of reason on the North American continent." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McBride Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) **OOC: Considering this later in the day. Also, I'm bored. This is a rough outline of my military... and when I say rough, I mean rough. This is mostly just to give people an idea about numbers and equipment... you can use this old thread as a reference for what the planes can do (minus the bombers) and what the tanks can do. Troop stuff will change a little.** The extent of the military might that Xaristan possesses was revealed by their defense forces. Troops: 333,000 total 160,000 active 170,000 reserve 3,000 special forces Tanks and Vehicles: 2,280 tanks 1,500 Viper MBT 780 Black Widow MBT 2,280 APCs, Artillery 1,300 Bat APCs 400 Cobra LBT/AAPs 300 MLRS units 280 Artillery pieces Aircraft (60 squadrons, 720 planes) 2 squadrons of Bombers (14 planes, no picture yet) 35 squadrons of Air Superiority Fighters (420 planes, AS-37 Mamba) 3 squadrons of Cargo Planes (36 planes, CT-76 Grizzly) 7 squadrons of Troop Transports (84, TT-41 Spooks) 13 squadrons of Fighter/Bombers (156 planes, FB-66 Hellfire) Bomber Squadrons 1st Bomber Squadron – Monster 2nd Bomber Squadron - Zombie Air Superiority Squadrons 1st Interceptor Squadron - Black Knights 2nd Interceptor Squadron - Dueces 3rd Interceptor Squadron - High Flight 4th Interceptor Squadron - Gundam 5th Interceptor Squadron - Red Dawn 6th Interceptor Squadron - Monkeywrench 7th Interceptor Squadron - Shamrock 8th Interceptor Squadron - Cougar 9th Interceptor Squadron - Jackal 10th Interceptor Squadron - Dragon 11th Interceptor Squadron - Stick 12th Interceptor Squadron - Bonus 13th Interceptor Squadron - Steel 14th Interceptor Squadron - Lion 15th Interceptor Squadron - Yodel 16th Interceptor Squadron - Cheetah 17th Interceptor Squadron - Moonshine 18th Interceptor Squadron - Zeke 19th Interceptor Squadron - Dasher 20th Interceptor Squadron - Bear 21st Interceptor Squadron - Winter 1st Homeland Defense Squadron - Ace 2nd Homeland Defense Squadron - Defender 3rd Homeland Defense Squadron - Topgun 4th Homeland Defense Squadron - Pandora 5th Homeland Defense Squadron - Whiplash 6th Homeland Defense Squadron - Victory 7th Homeland Defense Squadron - Nomad 8th Homeland Defense Squadron - McFly 9th Homeland Defense Squadron - Knuckle 10th Homeland Defense Squadron - Countdown 11th Homeland Defense Squadron - Chance 12th Homeland Defense Squadron - Tiger 13th Homeland Defense Squadron - Kid 14th Homeland Defense Squadron – Backdraft Cargo Plane Squadrons 1st Heavy Lifter Squadron - Big Papa 2nd Heavy Lifter Squadron - Dime 3rd Heavy Lifter Squadron - Gorilla Troop Transport Squadrons 1st Airborne Squadron - Transport 2nd Airborne Squadron - Dropper 3rd Airborne Squadron - Friendly 4th Airborne Squadron - Silence 5th Airborne Squadron - Mystery 1st Deep Insertion Squadron - Wraith 2nd Deep Insertion Squadron - Invisible Fighter/Bomber Squadrons 1st Assault Squadron - Bruiser 2nd Assault Squadron - Fire 3rd Assault Squadron - Pillage 4th Assault Squadron - Chaos 5th Assault Squadron - Disorder 6th Assault Squadron - Rock 7th Assault Squadron - Paper 8th Assault Squadron - Scissors 9th Assault Squadron - Burden 10th Assault Squadron - Madman 11th Assault Squadron - Quantum 12th Assault Squadron - Dropkick 13th Assault Squadron - Slaughter Edited June 9, 2009 by Pravus Ingruo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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