Blood Diamond In The Rough(MT, TG for entry)

by **Aldarminia** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:23 pm

IRS Principality, Archer Class Aircraft Carrier
Southern NS Pacific Ocean

It was a bright, sunny day, and the rays of light made the water glisten and pristine bulk of metal that was the Principality shimmer. As it slowly cut through the water it made a low but large wake behind it. That wake was the only thing that interrupted the water's peacefulness. The ship itself was a different story. The Principality was in a state of complete tranquility. A lot of the crewmembers could be seen on the flight deck laying down, eating, playing cards, and throwing a football. All was calm. There was no reason to be worried or watchful or even professional. The ship was in open sea in international wateers heading back to its home port at Grotrokaragod in the Imperial Republic of Aldarminia. Aldarminia wasn't at war so who would attack the ship? AWACS hadn't even been sent out. The ship's command center was empty because all the officers were relaxing. This was the life of a sailor in the Imperial Republican Navy assigned to colonial port defense. Do a tour of nine months that most considered a vacation in Aldarminia's exotic colonies. Then return home for at least nine more months. Everything was quiet, easygoing, and peaceful.

All of that was about to change. One of the more observant sailors of the crew said he could see land. Most of his fellow crewmembers said he was crazy. He waved the thought off as him seeing things out of the boredom. Then, more and more men started to murmur that they could see land in the distance. Finally, a officer who had bought a pair of binoculars in Imravarminia looked through them in the direction of where the men claimed they could see land. The officer shockingly announced as he peered through the lenses, "I-I-I can't believe it! It's land! It's land! Tell the captain to change course! Land ho!"

Now the whole ship was buzzing with activity. The crew was now in order and in their proper stations. Within an hour, the Principality was anchored off the coast of what the crew thought was a newly discovered island. A small scouting team landing on the beach of the island. The beach was rocky with dark sand. It rose gradually for a few yards then suddenly it ended with a steep rock wall. Sailors still on the ship said they could see where the wall ended and a small slope leading to the rest of the island. An AWACS aerial reconnaissance mssion showed that the island was roughly twice the size of Mauritius. After a long wait a report from the Imperial Organization of Aldarminian Cartographers reported that the island had been recorded but rarely showed up on maps due to its insignificance. The report also said that the island was found to be a "wasteland with no real use besides as an airfield. Even though, a sailor by the name of Anyokilm planted an Aldarminian flag on the beach. he named the beach Prince Beach. The captain named the island after the sailor who originally spotted it, Wyrstrahn Island.

The Principality was ordered to leave the island and return to its original course.

No one suspected that the ship had discovered a diamond in the rough.

by **Tecknoko** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:54 pm

I.M. Class Cruiser: TNS VIchoi: Unknown: Unknown

The small I.M. Class Cruiser, TNS Vichoi, was moving steadily along at a calm pace, barely leaving a wake behind her as she glided on. Her course was steady and straight but her men were nervous. Their communications and HILAR had been knocked out by a massive storm that had seemed to have come out of nowhere. Her hull was intact but if she was damaged, there was no help to come. So far the men had been on edge because they were having to drive by line of sight on a dwindling fuel supply. On the main deck, the most observant and youngest of the men had been commissioned to stand on the side of Vichoi the and watch for any potential hazards, be it coral or a torpedo. The engineers stayed below decks to work on the communications array for it was vital to their survival.

Eventually one of the men said the spied land in the far off distance, Like a rock jutting out of the ocean. The Captain hastily changed course but remained a \slow speed for coral could become an issue. Once the TNS Vichoi was close enough, the men launched rafts towards the rocky island. The men were equipped with various weapons to protect themselves from the unknown dangers that might be waiting on the Island. As the raft came ashore, the men hopped out and began looking around while two of the men pulled the inflatable boat farther inland. The 9 men total began to explore the island in two groups. One group, Zelsei, was to proceed west while Farnoi was to proceed south, towards the main peak of the island and a small jungle.

25 minutes into their journey, Farnoi reached the small jungle and found a stream. The men tested it and found it to be pure water. The leader of this group wanted to find its source. So the men began to climb the face of the mountain. About 300 feet up the side of the mountain, one of the privates noticed a small nook in the side of the wall. He alerted the others and tried to slip into it. He barely fit into the hole however none of the others could make it in. They gave him two flashlights and told him to stay within sight. As the boy turned on the flashlight he was amazed at what he saw. His eyes were entranced to the sides and roof of the small room because they were covered in the highly sought after and coveted Sapphire. In between these stones was a small amount of diamond.The young boy saw a second small hole in the wall but couldn't proceed for it was a steep drop and he didn't have the equipment.

By now the team waiting on the side of the mountain had decided to break away some rock so they could fit in and see the room for themselves. They eventually broke away enough rock to get in and once they were in the leader of the group used their short-wave radio to contact the TNS Vichoi. As the leader was doing this, the TNS Vichoi was able to get some communications back on line and called for 1st Fleet to come and secure the island and to bring some supplies to begin a new colony. They captain named the island Joiro after the young man who found the cave.

by **Aldarminia** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:17 pm

Imperial Republic of Aldarminia
Edrohrathi State
Republican Capitol Aldaler
Hall of Hulnkharls Senate Building'

The Hall of Hulnkharls, the center of Republican government in Aldarminia, was chaotic. Emperor Dalikharl I was there to announce his new foreign policy. Ten laws were being voted on. To top it off, the government believed it had made a costly mistake. The Imperial Republican Intelligence Service just reported that interest in Wyrstrahn Island had apparently increased. The Principality had only minutes ago reported that its AWACS discovered a fleet heading for Wyrstrahn. IRIS didn't say anything about what could've attracted the attention. They did mention that a nation considered a suspicious and possibly hostile towards the Imperial Republic, Tecknoko, was the homeland of the fleet. A certain short-lived territorial dispute with Tecknoko made it a serious matter. Should the Imperial Republic risk losing a possibly valuable piece of soil?

When Emperor Dalikharl I entered the Hall he made his stance clear. He immediately issued an Imperial Edict, declaring he was claiming Wyrstrahn Island as an official Aldarminian colony. The Senate rejoiced at the Imperial Edict. So did the other millions of Aldarminians. It was never made clear as to what extent that the Emperor planned on securing the new colony.

IRS Principality

Just when things started to calm down on the Principality again, it received its new orders directly from the Emperor himself. Make sure Wyrstrahn Island is firmly in Aldarminian hands. The major problem with that was that the aircraft carrier, even though it was the closest Aldarminian military asset to the island, it was still miles away. Whatever foreign fleet that was heading to island was actually closer to the it than the Principality. In order to compensate, the ship's captain took a big risk and launched all of his aerial assets. These assets included sixty Valkyrie IDSs and five AWACS aircraft. The Valkyries were meant to fly over the island and scare and foreigners off of it. The AWACS were sent to find out exactly what the Principality would be dealing with.

Most of the sailors onboard the ship were extremely worried. They had no doubt in their mind that hostilities would occur from this situation. They only hoped that their ship wouldn't be the first loss in a war over a small island. They all also knew what this war would be about. the assertion of power and wealth. The Emperor wanted to make an example out of Tecknoko. Small or large. No nation unfriedly towards the Imperial Republic is safe from its war machine's wrath, and any soil that an Aldarminian puts his boot on is Aldarminian soil. Whether it's a wasteland or not. That's what this war would end up being about. That and the almighty dollar, or in this case volhyenkha.

by **Tecknoko** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:59 pm

873 Miles off the coast of Jioro: 3rd Fleet: Dementor Class Super Carrier:TNS Myers: CIC
4 Core Admiral Arckshi had received word of the massive find on the tiny island of Jioro, or so they called it. The Admiral had immediately ordered the fleet at full ahead towards Jioro and ordered 1st Fleet to cover the incoming convoys that would turn this new territory into a wealthy colony. This enormous find would bolster Tecknoko's economy if released in the right amount to the public. Arckshi had also ordered one of the rumored HILARs into the air above the fleet and for the Pillars to fly in the Dozer version of the Leopard 2A8A. He was contemplating about taking the first Sapphire from the Island and giving it to his granddaughter for her birthday when the orderly came in.

Orderly: Admiral! We have reports of Aldarminian aircraft approaching Jioro! HILAR has identified them as Valkryie IDSs and AWACS. Probable numbers are 55 to 60 Vs and 5 AWACS. HILAR has also identified the model AWACS as the 44-B variant, carrier launched. The Vs are on a direct intercept course with the HILAR above Jioro. Under Archer Protocol you have DECAT. (DirEct Command AuthoriTy)
Arckshi: Aldarminia again? First they stole our land, our land!, from us and then blamed us. Now this? It is not possible they could have found out our find. Send a HICAT towards the enemy aircraft. Order that if we are fired upon or Jioro is attacked or attempted to be removed from our rightful hold then they are responsible for the war brought against them. I want a CAP of I-83s up in 3. If the message is ignored hold fire. And get a flight plan for 18 Badgers. If those AWACS are carrier based then they have a fleet in the vicinity of a Badger. If this escalates then the NWCs have launch authorization.

To: Incoming Aircraft
From: Tecknokian 3rd Fleet
Enemy Fighters, this is 4 Core Admiral Arckshi. We have rightfully claimed this land as our own not less than a day ago. We searched the island and found no sign of previous inhabitants. If you do not respond to this, you enter Tecknokian Airspace, or if we are fired upon then you will be the first casualties. We have no quarrel with you regardless of past actions. You have 10 minutes to respond.

by **Aldarminia** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:37 am

As soon as the Tecknoko forces were aware of the Aldarminian aircraft, the Aldarminian AWACS were aware of several Tecknoko aircraft. One AWACS intercepted the message. It was sent to the pilot of one of the Valkyrie IDSs, Ilntrovic Fjornjad. He was an Air Force Captain assigned to Naval Sea duties and he led the Valkyrie IDSs in this mission. After quickly listening to the message for a second time, he decided to follow Tryrvpa Protocal.

The Protocol stated that whenever you are threatened with the possibility of you being fired upon and cooperating with the terms of the threat directly violates your orders you are to take the offensive and go for the enemy's first line of defense and then tear a hole into his heart. That's exactly what Fjornjad planned to do. With his AWACS giving him a continuous stream of information on the enemy's movements, he could effectively launch an attack on the Tecknoko aircraft and eventually use the air-to-ship loadouted half of his forces on the enemy's fleet.

First things first, make sure his most valuable assets, the AWACS, were safe. He had them increase altitude and two of them switch to passive radar. They were also made to spread out even more, making them harder to find. Next, Fjornjad had fifteen of his thirty air-to-air loadout Valkyrie IDSs directly use the information about the possible location of the enemy AWACS to hunt them down and destroy them. Then, he had the other fifteen paired up with of the fifteen of his air-to-ship fighters and had them use their AWACS information to attack whatever fighter aircraft. Fjornjad utilized the rest of his aircraft as reserves that he spread out in a wall-like formation. If any enemy aircraft that weren't paying close attention to their radar would attempt to attack a seemigly alone Aldarminian Valkyrie IDS. Next thing they would know is that they would be swarmed by at least four more. Aldarminia had a history of excellent aerial tactics and strategy, and the experience and skill of their pilots was generally considered unmatched. Flornjad hoped that was enough to at least give these.

The Principality was notified of the threat and Flornjad's decision to go to Tryrvpa Protocol. The carrier was now sending constant updates on the situation to the Emperor. When the Emperor was told of Fjornjad's decision, he only replied with one word. Proceed. And with that, the Principality entered into a state of chaos. No enemy were neaby, but now the area was considere a warzone. Sailors rushed to battle stations. CIWSs were armed. The 240 VLS modules were filled with Tigershark Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles.

Meanwhile, that single word, "Proceed", now threw the Imperial Republic of Aldarminia into yet another war. The sound of the Emperor's voice so calmly saying the word was broadcasted all throughout the Aldarminian Empire. Aldarminia's war frenzy was, as it was known for, once again burning as if it never had died. The insatiable war machine's gears were turning at break neck speed. Aldarminia had plunged itself into two wars and now their was a need for volunteers. All over Aldarminia, thousands of men went to their nearest recruiter and enlisted.

Many men were simply given a uniform, a AY144L Assault Rifle, some gear and equipment, and were sent to a boat on its way to Wyrstrahn Island. The real question was how long would this thirst for glory, wealth, power, and a strong sense of patriotism keep the Aldarminian people willing to fight over a small island? Hopefully long enough for the Emperor to use a larger military to scare Tecknoko once again out of a drawn out fight. And hopefully after the sons of Aldarminia start to fill up the casualty list and Aldarminian blood starts to flow thick on the Wyrstrahn rocks.

Another good question that Emperor Dalikharl couldn't stop his conscious from asking over and over again was if a pile of bloody diamonds was worth less than an Aldarminian's life. The sad thing was that the only thing in his body that answered no was his Aldarminian spirit.

by **Tecknoko** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:41 am

~2,000 Miles away from the Providence: 876 Miles from Jioro: 3rd Fleet: Deamentor Class Super Carrier: TNS Myers: CIC

Orderly:Admiral! We have no response. The HILAR is detecting that some of the enmey AWACs are gaining altitude and spreading out. 2nd Fleet reports it will be in the OCZ in 20 hours. We have a GO for the Badgers. 14 have been launched, all of them are carrying two the feared KSR-6, The KSR-5s brother. The KSR-6 is capable of reaching Mach 4.6, has an improved range of 1,180 Miles, and carries a massive 2,600 pound warhead. They will be at their DOP (Drop-off point) in 15 hours. They will be escorted by 22 I-83s, 5 I-90s, and 1 HILAR.
Arckshi:Shit. Order one more HILAR into the air to bolster our PAFC by 200%. I want all of the I-83s up now. Send up half of the I-90s and tell both of the other carriers in our Fleet to do the same. Send the Word. I authenticate. I want a RORSAT pass in 3 hours for those Badggers. Order the Bears to suit up. We don't have a long time before enemy Fighters are in range. Order the LRSAMs to fire at will once the fighters are in range. Give the CZSAMs free reign. I want both of our NWCs up and ready to fire. They should launch in 2 hours. Dismissed.

The Super Carrier was a hub of activity with men running about, loading up the fighters to engage the incoming enemy. The HILAR was up in under 2 minutes as it had priority since it could easily find aircraft on Passive and had great skill at locating anything larger than a fighter from as far out as 6,000 miles. It was able to detect small fighters from within 5,000 miles accurately. Once it was up and moving, the flight crews went to work prepping every fighter for takeoff. This was the same story on the other 2 carriers in 3rd Fleet. In total 160 I-83s, 25 I-90s, and 2 HILARs were in the air.

The HILARs located the incoming enemy aircraft at 2,000 miles out and coordinated the fighters to their targets. It was a 3 to 1 ratio so the Tecknokian aircraft had almost nothing to worry about.

3rd Fleet:

2nd fleet:

OOC: Basic Map Idea

by **Aldarminia** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:14 pm

It was a 3 to 1 ratio so the Tecknokian aircraft had almost nothing to worry about.

Nothing to worry about... That's what they thought. That 3 to 1 ration was decimated with superior missile and long range capabilities of the Archer class aircraft carrier. The Principality was armed with 240 VLS tubes that had a very flexible launch system. Three hundred seventy-five of the possible missile slots on the ship were filled with Tigershark Stealth Anti-Ship Missiles with a range of 1000 kilometers. One hundred more slots were filled Mars S Missiles that were specificly design to target aircraft, avoid countermeasures, and destroy anything over the ships airspace. The twenty-five remaining slots were filled with Seahag Hypersonic Cruise Missiles. It was the Archer class's revolutionary design allowed for it to be able to defend itslef and take a direct, ship-to-ship offensive against the enemy. of course, this sacrificed space for aerial vehicles.

What the enemy seemed to have no realization of was the disappearance of two of the AWACS from whatever long range radar. From what Fjornjad could tell, the enemy hadn't even bothered to send at least a small scout squadron to find out was going. That would probably be fatal for at least one of the Tecknokian ships. Now the two passive radar AWACS increased their alititude even more and went dangerously close to the enemy. They now had a clear picture of a large chunk of the enemy. They even caught readings from new enemy arrivals. Even better though, a certain kind of aircraft that had an extremely powerful radar was giving off the strongest signal on their passive radar. There was more than one of these signals. The two AWACS immediately marked the aircraft(HILARs) for attack.

Taking a a large risk, Fjornjad he had two of the AWACS that were still on active radar switch off some of their stealth measures to give the impression that they had just armed themselves. Fjornjad sent those two AWACS on a diagonal, gradually downward sloping motion towards an enemy ship. The AWACS would come dangerously to atleast two groups of Tecknokian aircraft. The AWACS would have to time their descent and their "angle of attack" so that when the enemy aircraft started to swarm in an attempt to defend the ship from an attack, the AWACS could immediatel pull out and head back towards the "wall". this, Fjornjad hoped, would create a massive shift in the sides of the battle. When the enemy shifted their forces to one side, the AWACS would lead them straight into the Principality's range. Meanwhile, the Aldarminian planes would weep through the weak side of the enemy, eliminating as many of whatever those strong radar-equipped aircraft there were. Then they would attack the rear of the enemy aircraft pressing them farther into barage of the ship's missiles and even possibly the CIWS guns and air defense guns.

Now, was the time for the attack. If he launched his aircraft too early, they and the AWACS would be utterly defeated. If he waited too long, the enemy would be on his tail pushing him towards their ships. The AWACS were now on the move. All he could do was wait and hope to God that whenever he did decide to attack he wasn't dooming his men to their deaths and a burial in the deep blue. The thought that all of this was over a little speck of dirt on a map was slowly starting to creep into Fjornjad's head.

by **Tecknoko** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:52 pm

Arckshi: What the hell is he doing....Are they trying to fool us? We have burned through any possible jamming and there are only two AWACS on radar. Is this intel correct?
Officer Worae:Yes sir. I am thinking the same thing as you are, sir. Orders?
Arckshi: Seeing as their are only two AWACS, they are not our priority at the moment but targets of opportunity. Send a squad to take them out but tell them no rush. I don't want to take any chances here.
Worae:Yes sir. Detailing 4th squad of 3rd TAG.

The squad, consisting of 1 I-90 and 4 I-83s, began to separate from their CAP route and headed on a southern vector to intercept the AWACS. Their estimated time until interception was 30 minutes since they were told that no rush was needed. The remaining aircraft continued their routes on passive as to conceal their locations from the other 3 known AWACS in their OCZ.

The RORSAT had just taken its images and was now transmitting them to the TNS Myers who would in turn send the coordinates of the hopefully found enemy fleet to the Badgers. As the team was looking them over they found most of them were unusable because of bad weather in the area. However one of the photos was able to get a good side angle of the enemy fleet. This enemy fleet turned out to be a single carrier, the Principality. Her co-ordinates were sent to the Badgers.

The Badgers received the co-ordinates and relayed them to the KSR-6s being carried under each wing. The numbers were punched in and the safeties unlocked. From a distance of 1,180 miles away the missiles were launched and the Badgers turned around to head back to friendly skies with their escorts following suit.

The missiles broke away and reached Mach 4.6 in under a minute. They streaked away and headed towards the enemy carrier faster than most missiles could fly. Once these missiles got close enough to their targets they would burn up their remaining fuel and kamikaze into the ships at a tremendous speed. Missiles had a 26% intercept rate while a Gatling weapon had a 55% chance to intercept once in range. A total of 28 missiles were converging on a single carrier. The enemy was in for Hell.

by **Aldarminia** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:32 am

The Principality was faced with th situation it had been made and trained for. A heavily oncentrated missile barage. There was still not much the ship could do. The Mars and one AWACS detected the missiles. Fifty Mars S Missiles sped out of their VLS modules, rocketing straight for pre-designated missile targets. Thankfully, these missiles were a little better than most. They were aided by two Seahads and ten Tigersharks with SWARM warheads. The Seahags would simply a hit one missile, explode, and destory a couple more or so. The Tigershark ASMs that had been launched with SWARM warheads would send multiple SWARM munitions everywhere into the sky looking for the closest targets. Each of these missiles had advanced guidance systems and were not as easily tricked by the usual countermeasures of jamming and chaff. After a brief fireworks display, the crew of the carrier only continued to launch their ship's missiles as they saw that five still falling from the sky. The last twenty-three Seahags were launched at the Badgers, whose position was given away by their discharges. Only a couple of dozen Tigershark ASMs were lauched. Their targets were any enemy fighters that had reached their thousand kilometer range. It was a desperate attempt.

The Principality seemed quiet for one brief second right before the first missile penetrated the flight deck's armor. Then it was Hell on Sea. The missile tore through the metal and puncture deep into the ship's core erupting it into an internal wound of sorts that could be likened to when one's organs were ruptured and shredded. The second missile fell almost right on top of it. This time the damage was mainly on the surface. The flight deck was ripped apart. The fires were enormous. The firefighting teams were sent out to extinguish them. their attempts were pointless and in vain. The final missile impacts happened almost simultaneously. The command decks were absolutely destryed. They were blown to oblivion. Then, the fuel was hit, followed by the last missile hitting the last Tigershark and Mars filled VLS modules. The Principality erupted into an inconceivable conflagration. There were no survivors. No eye witnesses. Only the burning hulk of a ships and what was left of its crew. As the ship slowly sunk to the depths of a submerged hell, there was a new fleet emerging from the horizon behind it.

The inevitable had been delayed for long enough.

Now it Fjornjad's turn. He watched as the Principality's dot flickered on and off until it finally disappeared. He shook his mind from the thought. The enemy hadn't taken his bait. He called back the bait AWACS. He ordered all of his fighters to increase speed and pick their targets. There was only one way to fight this. That was to dogfight, an Aldarminian specialty. The Aldarminian pilots licked their lips as they sped to heir targets. They knew they were going to die. They just wanted to take some tecknokians with them. As soon as they were in range, they fired off two missiles.

OOC-Sorry for bad post.

by **Tecknoko** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:57 pm

The HILAR operator noticed it first. A tally of 58 Vs were incoming on a S SE bearing heading towards the cluster of Tecknokian I-83s posted near Mt. Hiraki. The HILAR then found 3 large aircraft, possibly AWACS, and tagged them for a squadron that was several hundred miles away from the main enemy force. This way the I-83s could get bypass the enemy Vs and go straight for the hostile AWACS. The operator then radioed all this information back to the Myers. The OIC on the HILAR then ordered for the HILAR to switch to RJSRM mode in order to fault all radar guided missiles in the area, friend or foe.

Aboard the Myers the remaining I-90s were armed with the experimental ATAM-6 LRSAM which had a range of of 80 Miles and was LAZR guided so the pilot could use it like a fire-and-forget weapon. After several minutes of preparation, the 11 remaining aircraft shot into the sky. They were going on on a S SE vector to confront the enemy head on and take out as many as they could from long range.

The 80 aircraft in the vicinity of the enemy aircraft sprang to life. They received targets from one HILAR that was still on active and were given their packages. Once confirmed Hell broke loose. Sparrows and scavengers barreled to the enemy Vs. The enemy shouldn't be able to detect most of these missiles until they reached the CZ. At that point the enemies right flight would erupt into a ball of fire and plummet into the ocean below. With no Carrier to save them and too far away for 3rd or 2nd Fleet to save them, any pilot that was to go into the water would most likely not make it back.

OOC- What does your incoming Fleet consist of?

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