1870-1920 Era War: Lockin' up (Continue to New Thread)

[The Traansval]

By the way, all Ranks in my Aerial Corp and Aerial Marines start with "Lud" which means Air in Low Dutch or Afrikaan

So, each Aerial Ship is commanded by a Lud Captain, with 2 Lud Lieutenants, 4 Lud Midshipmen (The Aerial version of the Sergeant), and then Lud Corporals and Lud Privates

[Arengin Union]

By the way, all Ranks in my Aerial Corp and Aerial Marines start with "Lud" which means Air in Low Dutch or Afrikaan

So, each Aerial Ship is commanded by a Lud Captain, with 2 Lud Lieutenants, 4 Lud Midshipmen (The Aerial version of the Sergeant), and then Lud Corporals and Lud Privates

gud, we should wait for Manticore and Wargloria to react to the battle

[The Traansval]

By the way, all Ranks in my Aerial Corp and Aerial Marines start with "Lud" which means Air in Low Dutch or Afrikaan

So, each Aerial Ship is commanded by a Lud Captain, with 2 Lud Lieutenants, 4 Lud Midshipmen (The Aerial version of the Sergeant), and then Lud Corporals and Lud Privates

gud, we should wait for Manticore and Wargloria to react to the battle

Well, it would mainly be Wargloria and Al-Morvern

Remember, Al-Morvern has about 3-5 thousand Foreign Volunteers here at Fort Trieze

[Arengin Union]

gud, we should wait for Manticore and Wargloria to react to the battle

Well, it would mainly be Wargloria and Al-Morvern

Remember, Al-Morvern has about 3-5 thousand Foreign Volunteers here at Fort Trieze

Ohh good then this images will be put to good use

[Olthenia]

Traansval, I'm not too keen on the way you're describing the results of your characters' actions. You should leave that to me. That's why I'm here.

You do know the difference between "he shot them" and "he shot at them", no?

Well, i assume that when you fire a 1 pound explosive shell at a building it tends to collapse

i did feel that i might have overstepped my boundaries when i said that the Pom Pom Gun tore through the Hinges on the Wooden gates tho...

I'd assume that as well, Traans - but my point remains. It can be as obvious as 2 + 2 or Monday follows Sunday follows Saturday - and yet it does not matter. If the answer, or "effect", of your character's action have a discernible effect on the character of any fellow writer in the RP, you need to stop right there, play it cool and trust your fellow roleplayers to write a fair response. Most of them probably will. In fact, trusting people to describe the effects of the actions attempted by your characters on their own characters is what RPing is all about; collaborating on a tale whose twists and turns become a sum total of what we've both put into it.

When my glorious soldiers charge an enemy trench, I won't write something like: "With a cry of 'Urrah!', Lieutenant Mehmet and his brave men fixed their bayonets and charged the enemy redoubt. Sailing across the sandbags, they sliced the hapless defenders into a pile horrible, hapless bits." Instead, I try to write something like: "With bayonets fixed and orders clear, Lieutenant Mehmet and the rest of the 43rd Sheerwinders charged the enemy trench, bayonets gleaming in the setting sun."

See the difference? The first example describes the action's (Mehmet's charge) intended result (killing the enemy) and leaves you and everyone else who might read it with little more to do than bask in the gory results; while the second example stops short of describing any results at all. I leave that to my fellow author. Is there a machine gun hiding in that trench Mehmet's charging? Is a sniper taking aim at Mehmet's chest, mid-sprint? That's for you to decide; not me - and your decision will shape the story as much as mine.

That's RP.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

guys, summary pls.

Well, already know about fall of republic, anything else?

[Olthenia]

gud, we should wait for Manticore and Wargloria to react to the battle

Well, it would mainly be Wargloria and Al-Morvern

Remember, Al-Morvern has about 3-5 thousand Foreign Volunteers here at Fort Trieze

Oh? Does that mean the Sheerwind Legion has actually arrived? As I recall, the Entente's commanders having a pre-attack briefing around the time they set out from Al-Morvern.

What was it we settled on for travel time again? Three months? With an week extra to travel through the Warglorian heartlands and muster at the Sylbanian border?

That's one heck of a long briefing.

[Arengin Union]

Well, it would mainly be Wargloria and Al-Morvern

Remember, Al-Morvern has about 3-5 thousand Foreign Volunteers here at Fort Trieze

Oh? Does that mean the Sheerwind Legion has actually arrived? As I recall, the Entente's commanders having a pre-attack briefing around the time they set out from Al-Morvern.

What was it we settled on for travel time again? Three months? With an week extra to travel through the Warglorian heartlands and muster at the Sylbanian border?

That's one heck of a long briefing.

the attack on the trenches are on Facist rebels not your soldiers or Wargloria.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

I finally posted, lol...

[Olthenia]

guys, summary pls.

Well, already know about fall of republic, anything else?

Asgeirria's ultimatum to the Republic of Eaka has been left unanswered, as the Eakan last-minute attempt to negotiate their way into the Entente was rejected by its Traansval envoys. Conflicting trade interests were cites; but in the end it makes little difference. The soldiers of Emperor Jadakk Khan have begun their assault, as Grand Commodore Budshony faces his young nation's most dire hour. Fighting is fierce, and the jury is still out on final victor.

In the Sylbanian Territories, a joint assault by Arengin and Traansval forces involing both infantry, air and armored divisions is currently in progress against the infamous Fort Trizte, held for close to a year now by forces loyal to Sylbania's new fascist government. Fighters from the Warglorian Freikorps and even Al-Morvernian volunteers from the so-called "Sheerwind Legion" are also reported to be involved in the defense of the besieged stronghold.

In other news, Empress Lena Cartwine's ball in Townhill continues apace.

A civil war involving communist rebels in TechnoRepublica is also underway. The capital of its legal government has, allegedly, fallen as Skarten dispatches an expeditionary force to "sort things out".

And otherwise, in distant Al-Morvern, fighting in the tribal badlands of Hetmund has escalated yet again as, following the murder of a caravan of salt-merchants just last week, a fortress claimed by militia loyal to the tribe of Hinjar has allegedly been bombarded with artillery.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

I am intervening on the side of Eaka.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Traansval, I'm not too keen on the way you're describing the results of your characters' actions. You should leave that to me. That's why I'm here.

You do know the difference between "he shot them" and "he shot at them", no?

Well, i assume that when you fire a 1 pound explosive shell at a building it tends to collapse

i did feel that i might have overstepped my boundaries when i said that the Pom Pom Gun tore through the Hinges on the Wooden gates tho...

Um, no. Not really.

[Olthenia]

Map of Jutland, anyone?

Port Burhan, on the southern shores of Seykellid Bay, is the humble home of Al-Morvern's trade mission and entrepot of goods to and from Jutland's interior.

[Asgeirria]

I am intervening on the side of Eaka.

Word of the conflict won't reach outside nations for a while, I don't think. The war should be pretty much over by the time you can get troops over there anyways. Eaka just threw away 4 divisions (about 100,000 men) in the south, and is prepared to throw away another 75,000 in the west.

The 4 Divisions are being engaged by 224,000 men, half of which are attacking in the flank, so they're pretty toasted. Not to mention they're on the march, not prepared to hold a line (from what I could tell), initial Asgeirrian casualties are low (1-1.2k, not counting the onslaught against the 4 divisions) in the east, and even lower in the west. This is due to liberal use of artillery against holdouts, forts, and pockets of resistance.
In the west, it's between 2-400, not counting the sailors lost from naval engagements. 5 ships are damaged, 2 ships seriously so. Other ships have sustained minor damage but not significant enough that would need drydock repairs.

Not a good investment of your time to make an additional enemy for no good reason.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Is it 1883 or 1885? Because the first page of the IC says 1883 but I keep hearing that it's 1885 here.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

I am intervening on the side of Eaka.

Word of the conflict won't reach outside nations for a while, I don't think. The war should be pretty much over by the time you can get troops over there anyways. Eaka just threw away 4 divisions (about 100,000 men) in the south, and is prepared to throw away another 75,000 in the west.

The 4 Divisions are being engaged by 224,000 men, half of which are attacking in the flank, so they're pretty toasted. Not to mention they're on the march, not prepared to hold a line (from what I could tell), initial Asgeirrian casualties are low (1-1.2k, not counting the onslaught against the 4 divisions) in the east, and even lower in the west. This is due to liberal use of artillery against holdouts, forts, and pockets of resistance.
In the west, it's between 2-400, not counting the sailors lost from naval engagements. 5 ships are damaged, 2 ships seriously so. Other ships have sustained minor damage but not significant enough that would need drydock repairs.

Not a good investment of your time to make an additional enemy for no good reason.

What will you take from Eaka?

[Asgeirria]

Word of the conflict won't reach outside nations for a while, I don't think. The war should be pretty much over by the time you can get troops over there anyways. Eaka just threw away 4 divisions (about 100,000 men) in the south, and is prepared to throw away another 75,000 in the west.

The 4 Divisions are being engaged by 224,000 men, half of which are attacking in the flank, so they're pretty toasted. Not to mention they're on the march, not prepared to hold a line (from what I could tell), initial Asgeirrian casualties are low (1-1.2k, not counting the onslaught against the 4 divisions) in the east, and even lower in the west. This is due to liberal use of artillery against holdouts, forts, and pockets of resistance.
In the west, it's between 2-400, not counting the sailors lost from naval engagements. 5 ships are damaged, 2 ships seriously so. Other ships have sustained minor damage but not significant enough that would need drydock repairs.

Not a good investment of your time to make an additional enemy for no good reason.

What will you take from Eaka?

Their land lol. I want to make that big middle island to be nice and securely brown.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

What will you take from Eaka?

Their land lol. I want to make that big middle island to be nice and securely brown.

Aight, I hope my English luck can grant me some decisive victories, like 1:5, and I am one...

[Asgeirria]

Their land lol. I want to make that big middle island to be nice and securely brown.

Aight, I hope my English luck can grant me some decisive victories, like 1:5, and I am one...

Well, unlike Eaka, I have been building coastal fortifications and guns, not to mention I deployed several divisions to them. And you've got two men per artillery piece. This is gonna be straight casualties, bud.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

Aight, I hope my English luck can grant me some decisive victories, like 1:5, and I am one...

Well, unlike Eaka, I have been building coastal fortifications and guns, not to mention I deployed several divisions to them. And you've got two men per artillery piece. This is gonna be straight casualties, bud.

Everywhere? That's a lot of money, and you need AA, and we'll raid from the Sheepish colony, we'll deprive you of resources, but all these are just raw speculation.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Their land lol. I want to make that big middle island to be nice and securely brown.

Aight, I hope my English luck can grant me some decisive victories, like 1:5, and I am one...

With 10,000 men and 5,000 artillery and machine guns? You're screwed. You don't have enough personnel to properly crew the artillery, let alone fight an infantry battle at the same time.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

Aight, I hope my English luck can grant me some decisive victories, like 1:5, and I am one...

With 10,000 men and 5,000 artillery and machine guns? You're screwed. You don't have enough personnel to properly crew the artillery, let alone fight an infantry battle at the same time.

10,000 regular fighting men, 5,000 artillery and machine guns, complete with personnel, get your facts straight please.

[Asgeirria]

Well, unlike Eaka, I have been building coastal fortifications and guns, not to mention I deployed several divisions to them. And you've got two men per artillery piece. This is gonna be straight casualties, bud.

Everywhere? That's a lot of money, and you need AA, and we'll raid from the Sheepish colony, we'll deprive you of resources, but all these are just raw speculation.

You know what's a lot of money? Two airships being blown up by howitzers. And then 5000 artillery pieces being captured, and 10,000 men dying on the beach. THAT'S a lot of buckeroos down the drain, man. Lost tank prototypes? Also a hit to the old wallet. You know what's not a lot of money? Steel-reinforced concrete.

Also you said artillery and machineguns, not manned. But I'll let it slide, since you probably won't be making it ashore anyways.

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

Everywhere? That's a lot of money, and you need AA, and we'll raid from the Sheepish colony, we'll deprive you of resources, but all these are just raw speculation.

You know what's a lot of money? Two airships being blown up by howitzers. And then 5000 artillery pieces being captured, and 10,000 men dying on the beach. THAT'S a lot of buckeroos down the drain, man. Lost tank prototypes? Also a hit to the old wallet. You know what's not a lot of money? Steel-reinforced concrete.

Also you said artillery and machineguns, not manned. But I'll let it slide, since you probably won't be making it ashore anyways.

It's a good thing I got the ingenious idea of placing artillery on the ships and camouflaging them with the dark blue of the sea, besides, we'll probably do a night attack. And why do you like powerwanking? I could give a guarantee of independence to Eaka and an alliance and call in the entire Imperium.

[Asgeirria]

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The 127mm is the backbone of the coastal fortifications being constructed across the expanding coasts of Asgeirria, having a solid range of 12km and firing up to 3 rounds per minute.

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The 800mm Howitzer can reach out to 24km, although only with 1 round every 6 minutes. One shell is capable of crippling even a battleship, and completely destroying a smaller ship

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155mm howitzers have a solid range of 16km, pumping out one shell every 2 minutes. A direct hit from one of these shells can snap the keel of smaller ships, and do significant damage to larger ships.

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The 410 is the deadliest weapon in the coastal defenses, easily punching through even the thickest armor, and snapping smaller ships in half from ranges up to 18km, at a rate of one shell per 4 minutes.

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The 37mm is commonly deployed against landing boats, infantry, and cavalry. At 40 rounds per minute, this gun can wreak havoc against landing forces.

The Glidans surrender came as no surprise to the Imperator, and he had prepared well. The Glidan leadership remained intact and unharmed. No threats were made, there were no robberies, rapes, or assaults. Glida had only rebelled from Asgeirrian under pressure from Arevin, and Arevin had only done so with support from Jutland, now a protectorate, and Austrivania, recently seized by Bolsheviks. There was no reason for them to resist such a formidable for when there no consequences to be had.

The few who resisted were sent to their home provinces and sentenced to 6 months of hard labor on the coastal defenses before being sent home with a small amount of money for their family.
If they were to raise an army from the provinces, they had to ensure the Army was loyal, willing, and happy.

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