MAAPS-06 "Benevolence", photographed during a training exercise.
Background:
At 0423 hours local time, on the 4th of April 2015, the Congreveopian base "Camp Benevolence" in Qiraj was attacked, and the airship stationed there (MAAPS 06 - "Benevolence") attempted to withdraw after sustaining damage on the ground. At 0432, Benevolence crashed after taking critical damage from the Qiraji Air Force. Purposeful radio jamming by the Qiraji military prevented this information from reaching the rest of the world for just over three days, until on the 7th of April, a coalition of nations snuck approximately three hundred special forces soldiers into Camp Benevolence, to discover the true nature of what occurred. After an hour of heavy fighting, and the loss of upwards of eighty percent of his men, the leader of the special forces broke radio silence to inform Congreveopia that there were survivors at the airship's crash site with recordings of the past three days, and the Qiraji military was attempting to wipe out his force to prevent the recordings from being released. Now, it is 0515 hours on the 7th of April. Congreveopia has declared the territory around Camp Benevolence to be under its exclusive control until it has finished rescue operations in the area. Qiraj has denounced this declaration, insisting that it is the preamble to an invasion, and has stated that it will resist any and all Congreveopian efforts militarily. It appears that diplomacy and subtle action have failed, and the situation will immediately deteriorate to all-out war. The only question that remains is what part your nation will play.
Supply Lines:
This is where Qiraj and its allies have a major advantage. Qiraj already has its entire military deployed on account of it, you know, being in Qiraj, where the war is. The allies of Qiraj can bring in units over land through friendly nations around Qiraj, so they may be forced to spend several hours (or possibly even days) driving units to Qiraj, but there is no upper limit to how many they can choose to move, other than the limit of what their logistics can support. A road can handle 100 trucks driving along it just as easily as 10, as long as the army has fuel for the 100 trucks.
Nations in the Congreveopian Coalition, however, do not have the favorable diplomatic relations necessary to let them drive their vehicles right up to the Qiraji border. They are going to need to come over the beaches. If a nation in the Congreveopian Coalition wants to send in more ships (with or without forces aboard), they will post an ORBAT on the OOC, then I'll give them approval to send in those forces, and the time they'll arrive.If they want to send forces by way of the air, though, they will use this:
They will fly whatever transport aircraft they have the distance (at least 3000 kilometers, probably more) from their nation to Kocahisar air base. This is the final air base before one reaches Qiraj that is willing to support* coalition forces. From there, it is 772 kilometers to Qiraj's coast. 50 of those kilometers belong to the nation that Kocahisar air base is in, and can be considered relatively neutral/safe (the nation will not allow attack aircraft from either force to enter). The next 700 kilometers are international waters, and your fleet is somewhere in them (feel free to refuel transport helicopters on your carriers, and such). If the coalition wants supplies to get through, they had better make sure they secure this airspace, because there's nothing but them preventing Qiraj shooting down all of their transports over international waters. The final 22 kilometers (plus however far inland the transport is going) are Qiraji airspace. Needless to say, this is going to be very dangerous airspace until the coalition secures it. If the coalition wants a transport to get through, they will need to make very sure there aren't Qiraji fighters or SAMs lying in wait to take it out.
*Kocahisar air base is under the control of Congreveopia. All coalition nations can base aircraft there.
Rules 'n stuff:
- Ye shall obey me.
- Don't godmod, metagame, etc.
- Don't deploy five aircraft carriers to take out a fishing boat (keep deployments realistic).
- Don't move a fleet around the world in less time than it takes to boil an egg (keep troops speeds realistic).
- Don't break site rules.
- Don't write one liners unless you absolutely need to.
- Write what time your post is occurring at the top of your post. We will start ignoring your posts if you don't do this.
- This is open, so there's no official app. It would be appreciated if you gave some sort of ORBAT for your forces, though.
Other stuff (OOC):
- The previous thread "Benevolence Down" is here. If you don't want to read it, the summary at the top of this post is all a new player is expected to know.
- If you're not on Qiraj's side, you will be making an amphibious invasion. Bear that in mind.
- Map of Kocahisar air base.
Participating Forces:
Invasion (Congreveopian) coalition:
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