The Pillar of Light (MT, OPEN)

[Clamparapa]

All was quiet and peaceful in the Clamparapan province of Yahin. The wars of other nations seemed far away from the city of Al Moran, a sleepy place of about 750,000. Near the city, the Al Moran military base was just waking up. Most of the members of the 2,000 or so soldiers were on leave for the weekly celebrations of Rieday, the day of Clamparapan Independence. Only about 100-200 troops remained, and even they were sleepy and off-guard that morning.

In the city, after following alleged thieves to an abandoned warehouse, police could not get close enough to apprehend them. What followed was unorthodoxed.

"Uh, Alpha-Mike-Bravo (Al Moran Base), this is Alpha-Mike-Papa-Delta (Al Moran Police Department), we have shots fired from a warehouse in the middle of Alpha-Mike. We do not have forces strong enough to overcome shooters. Request assistance from soldiers out of Alpha-Mike-Bravo. Over."

"This is Alpha-Mike-Bravo-Actual. Our boys and girls are bored and in need of some action. Be happy to send you a few platoons."

With that, 4 platoons were dispatched to the warehouse, with the commander in tow simply because he wanted to be in on the action. The move would prove costly.

As her platoon rolled out, Corporal Leah Dimone was pulling her covers over her shoulders, allowing the warmth to envelope her. No one had bothered to wake her, as she was due for leave in a few hours. Waking up 90 minutes later, she packed her things and headed to her Corolla, loaded it up, got in, and started it up. She breathed in a cold winter's breath and left the base. As she left, she could see the city in front of her, just waking up. That's when things went to Hell.

It started with a flash, then a BOOM and finally the shock wave hit. As soon as she saw the flash, Leah was blinded and swerved off the road, hit the guardrail. While she tried to come to her senses, the shock wave hit, flipping her car 20+ times. Miraculously, she wasn't dead. If no one found her, she would be though...

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The HMMWV sped down the road at lightning speed. Something bad had happened, the occupants just didn't know what yet. Stopping beside a totaled Toyota, three of the troops jumped out to see if there were any survivors. At that moment the radio buzzed.

"Confirming reports of NBC-1 attack on city of Al Moran. Approximate radius of 15.725 kilometers in size. Setting up contamination centers around area. Immediate evacuation of all personnel in the area is ordered..."

"Umm, did they just say NBC-1?" Private Lake asked Sergeant Ricardo.

Ricardo looked at Lake with a shocked face. "Ya, but that means..." Lake looked at Ricardo and they both knew. NBC-1 meant Nuclear...

[Bonnaful]

OOC:sorry but if you dont mind I was trying to set like the red dawn movie
"The device has went off and the military and police were caught off guard sir" said a man in front of a computer screen. Good with this they wont be expecting the paratroopers. "I want the third airbone divison to load in the planes and I want them their in them to attack the city in 9 days"said gerenal Zuarka.


"At the air strip the paratroopers were getting ready. Men check your radation suits and meters" said major blucher. "Once you land head to the nearest building and take it over and look for the rally point and from there we will discuss what to take. Our main forces should meet up with us in two days and we should get close air suppport from mi-25 attack helicopters"said major blucher. Then the para troopers boarded the transport planes to do their practice landing on a mock city of Al morin

[Clamparapa]

OOC: That would be fine, though I don't know if it would be much of a Red Dawn incident, unless your forces somehow cut off comm traffic to the nearest base. The whole country woke up to the flash and people want answers. As soon as my military command saw this, they would activate National Guardsmen across the nation, to prepare for such an invasion. If you took it slow and perhaps play it off of the developing situation, things might be better for you. Invading a nation that has a city, no matter how big, that was just nuked, isn't the best idea. However, if your forces were, say, already there, as a group of tourists, then you could let it go on a little longer before actually invading. Right now I'm trying to get the reactions of the community before anything full-scale happens. Just be patient and things will be fun in due time.

[Bonnaful]

here the link to it from wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dawn

[Clamparapa]

OOC: I've seen the movie. I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm just saying that it isn't feasible. Russia invaded the States because they could. Could you invade me without getting destroyed? I'm really trying to get international reaction to this before things go crazy. Like I said, have a group of "tourists" that are invading.

That said, if anyone wants to RP, say, a tourist that survived, feel free to.

[Bonnaful]

OOC:ok and i'll edit my post paratrooper post,can I play like a group of "tourist"


"Sir the device has went off and our "tourist"are coming out of the bomb shelters".said a man in front of a computer screen.Good very good if they capture the base resupply them if they dont capture it in two days raido ruke and tell him to pull out of there"said gerenal steel.
Meanwhile at the city
"Ok men move out now and get your weapons and head to al morin and capture it"said a man dress in civilian clothing. This was happing around the city with forgein men coming out of bombshelters that been covered up by broken cars and trucks. "Move down that alley way and the first building you see enter it and take it over and any hostiles you see kill on sight said" officer ruke the man dressed in a mickey mouse shirt and blue jeans.

[Teccor]

Outskirts of Al Moran, just off a major highway

Okay, head, arms, legs, torso...i'm all here. The man thought to himself, moving each body part in turn. He finally managed to right himself inside the overturned vehicle and crawl through the shattered driverside window, scratching his arm in the process. "Damnit!" he cursed, jerking his arm away from the glass. The cut wasn't deep, merely a scrape, so he continued out of the car. He finally pulled himself free and stood up, brushing himself off. Then, he looked to the sky and beheld an enormous mushroom cloud, drifting above the city he had just left. Oh my god... he stared for what seemed like an hour before eventually shaking himself back to his senses. There'll be people hurt, survivors! I have to help!

He sprinted back to his car, sliding on the loose dirt, and crawled back inside the totalled vehicle. He managed to find his roadmap, his emergency First-Aid kit and his survival kit. They were beat up, but still usable, so he stuffed them into his knapsack. Good thing I was here to hike. he reflected, searching for other usable items. He came across his handgun case, which had been slung from it's position under his seat during the crash. He took the weapon out of the case and packed it, along with the three clips of ammunition. He threw three unbroken water bottles, the only ones spared by the violent accident, and the remainder of his fast-food lunch inside as well. Well, if I don't find anything, i'll have to make this Big Mac last a while... Finally he drew himself back out of the car, dragging the knapsack behind him.

He slipped the straps around his shoulders, and took off towards the road.

Sean Fairbanks was a survivor.

[Teccor]

*bump*

[Clamparapa]

As the troops got closer to the wreckage, they noticed someone struggling to free themselves. As soon as they saw her, they immediately recognized her.

"Sir! We got a live one! I think it's Corporal Dimone!"

"Leah?! Quickly, get her out and into the jeep!" The troops worked tirelessly and finally broke Leah free of her vehicle's restraints. Getting her into the HMMWV, the troops began their drive away from the accident. A few minutes later, they came upon a man, who looked like a hiker, moving up the road. Stopping the vehicle, the Sergeant called to him.

"Who are you? We're on our way to the Al Moran military base. If you wish to join us, you can. It's not that far..."

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Screens all over the globe showed the face of the High Administrator, face red with anger and sadness.

My fellow Clamparapans. It is with great sadness that I inform you that the city of Al Moran exists no longer. Just over an hour ago, nuclear bomb went off inside the city, obliterating it in its entirety. We still have no idea how or why someone would do this, but I assure you, we will find them. If you had loved ones in that city, the thoughts and hearts of myself and this government go out to you and your family. over 600,000 dead are reported, though that figure is not definite. It will be an extremely high death toll, however. Already, our forces are on alert for anyone or anything suspicious entering or leaving the provinces/country. I-I can't tell you how sorry I am for those who died...

At that the camera man noticed Sangdor Maff wasn't talking anymore and was instead sobbing quietly. He silently killed the live feed and tears inched along his face as well...

[Falasia]

Karl Hoff, A young man born in Weisbaden, Falasia is a tourist in Clamparapa. He was staying in City of Al Moran, When the Blast striked he was out sightseeing in the next City, Luckily of course. He was driving back to the city when he saw how devastated it was. Now he was driving over to the Soldiers that were on the side of the Road near the Wreckage. He pulled up, got out of his car and walked over to the soldiers and said, "Hi, Im Karl Hoff Im a Tourist here from Falasia. Whats happened here?"

[Teccor]

Sean was walking down the darkened road when he saw some military vehicles ahead. The army? He moved up slowly, and drew the pistol from his pack, loading it. Might be land pirates, after all.. He moved up slowly, and saw the soldiers start yelling. The wind took most of their words, but he heard enough.

"...Quickly, get her out...!"

The men were scrambling and retrieved a woman from under the wreckage, and placed her in an apperently-operative Humvee. Sean's mind screamed Good Guys, but he kept the handgun ready, just in case. The soldiers mounted up and rumbled down the road toward him, so he stood and waved as they stopped next to him.

A man called out to him, "Who are you? We're on our way to the Al Moran military base. If you wish to join us, you can. It's not that far..."

Sean smiled and answered, raising his voice over the vehicle's engine. "My name's Sean. Sure, I'll head with you to the base. You guys are soldiers, right? What the sverna happened to this place? Was that a nuke?" The man eyed his pistol warily. Sean quickly unloaded the weapon, "Don't worry, I'm not about to shoot my rescuers." Sean hopped into the back of the Humvee and strapped himself in.

[Bonnaful]

The men moved throught the once great city to their points." Men check your radiation suits and meters" said officer ruke. Sir this 2nd squad and we have no enemy contacts,we are moving towards a warehouse that is still standing to use it as a forward op"said the squad leader over his head set. Good get the op finish so we can start to use it for our base of operations against the military"said ruke. Ruke and his squad of 5 men was moving throught a alley when they spotted some enemy soldiers checking under cars for any one that was alive.

[Hornopolis]

Karl Zimms finally regained consicness to see to his horror that there was a large hole in the wall of his hotel room. He doesn't know what happened but he hopes its not like the horrors of when he was in New Spartanicus. He runs through the hole in the wall to see soldiers around a turned over van. He runs over to help but is quickly told to make his way to a fallout shelter 3 block away. Zimms sees a large cloud of smoke 2 blocks to the east. All of a sudden fallout starts to drop from the sky killing many as they run through the streets towards the fallout bunker. Zimms gets hit in the lower thigh. He starts to lose conscienseness he new his wound wasn't fatal but he knew the radiation was. An hour later he wakes up in a subway tunnel surrounded by Army medics and other civs, he passed out again after telling the medics his name his rank his serial number and that he was a Hornopolis soldier.
Karl Zimms is a surviver.

[Bonnaful]

"Sir fallout is occuring!"yelled a soldier."Run to our bomb shelters and after that sent out the 3rd squad to look for any survivers" yell ruke as he made his way to a another squads bomb shelter.


At the warehouse


"Sir fallout is occuring" yelled a sniper. "Ok men go to that man hole and get in to the sewer" yelled the squad leader. The men open the man hole and the squad jumped in and closed it. The squad made their way throught the sewage system.

[Hornopolis]

Zimms wakes to see he is alone in the subway tunnel. All that is around him in the subway tunnel is a weeks worth of food and assault rifle 2 weeks of ammunition and his suit of Dezra light combat armour. Corporal Zimms makes his way towards the exit of the subway tunnel. He turns on anti-radiation in his suit and exits te subway. He sees nothing but bodies. He has a flash back of the fateful day in New Spartanicus just 2 weeks earliers at the Battle of Tusagoo. Everyone was dead or dying of radiation poisening. He sees an open manhole but passes it without thought. He sees a man running towards him. He sees the man is armed he pulls his assault rifle up getting ready to fire, he sees that he is a soldier, but not of the Clamparapan. The man reachs Zimms telling him his name is Officer Ruke told Zimms to go back to the subway or he'll detain Zimms. Zimms pulls his rifle up and tells the man to leave.

[Bonnaful]

"My name is ledon ruke and I command you to go back into the subway or you will be arrested"said ruke.Ruke pulled up his ak 96 and said "so what do you want to do". Then officer rukes men came running toward him. "Men I want you to arrest this man and bring him back to our base"said ruke as he put down his weapon and walked to the warehouse.

[Hornopolis]

Corporal Zimms demands to know who Officer Ruke works for before going with the men. He doesn't get the response he wants so he opens up with his assault rifle killing his assalints and wounding Officer Ruke. Zimms runs towards a car opens the door hot wires it, gets it running then trys to drive out of town when Ruke fires his gun blowing out his engine. Zimms bails from the car, fires at Ruke mortally wounding him. Zimms runs towards the military base just outside of town.

[Bonnaful]

"Men get me out of here now yelled" ruke as he pulled his ak 96 and startes to fire even with a bullet hole in his gut.Then the rest of the squads started to climb out of the man hole and open fire on the man that injured ruke and killed 3 of the six man squad.

[Hornopolis]

Zimms started taking fire from soldiers near the injured Officer Ruke Corporal Zimms realized he was in big trouble, he knows the men that attacked him were the terrorists that blew up the city. Zimms returns fire and keeps running towards the military base.

[Bonnaful]

"Men get me to the bomb shelter and kill that bastard "yelled ruke as he spited out blood. The two nearest men drag him and lifted him down to the sewer to the medic. A sniper set up and took two shots at the man who shot at officer ruke. One of the bullets hited the man in the leg and the some of the men ran up to him.

[Konariona]

Dean awoke and realized he was in the train where he had been when some highly explosive thing had gone off. "What the hell?' he murmurred to himself as he picked up his back pack and rummaged through it for his Ferelli .30. Finding it along with a water pack and some energy bars, he pulled it out and loaded it, as, down the hall, he could hear the sounds of guns firing, and voices proclaiming arrests and other various things that probably meant trouble...

[Hornopolis]

Zimms takes a hit to his left leg, his armour took the brunt of the shot but he still fell to one knee fired a plasma grenade towards the approaching men killing two flinging the third against a nearby wall. The man gets up fires at Zimms hitting him in the arm. Zimms fires again at the man but misses. Zimms gets up and starts to run again blindfiring at the last man still shooting at him.

[Bonnaful]

Damm he got the mike and josh"said the sniper. The sniper loads in the .50 cal bullet and shoots at the mans arm sockect. Kummar go's prone and startes to fire his gernade laucher at the fleeing man. Take this you bastard pig"said kummar as he shot a gernade of his launcher

[Hornopolis]

Zimms hears a fragmentation grenade whistle through the air he turns around fires in the sky misses but he hears what he thinks is a bullet connecting with flesh. The grenade hits near Zimms and a piece hits his lower left arm and his helmet shattering part of the visor. He limps on amazed at how he can still walk with shrapnel in his leg.

[Bonnaful]

"Damm this guy is a machine" thought the sniper. Kummar loaded another clip of sleeping darts to shoot at the guy so he can bring him into the sewer. "Ok If kummar fails to get this guy I will have to kill him" said the sniper to the soldier peaking his head out of the manhole